Then, implying that David and his men were no more than runaway servants, he asked: “Do I have to take my bread and my water and my slaughtered meat that I have butchered for my shearers and give it to men of whom I do not even know from where they are? ”
Pēc tam, izsakot domu, ka Dāvids un viņa vīri nav nekas vairāk kā aizbēguši kalpi, Nābals jautāja: ” Vai tad lai es ņemu savu maizi un ūdeni un savu ēšanai sagatavoto gaļu, kuŗu es esmu gatavojis saviem cirpējiem, un lai to piešķiŗu vīriem, nemaz nezinādams, no kurienes tie ir nākuši? ”