撒母耳記上 13
1 撒烏耳三十歲登極，作以色列王四十年。
Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign; when he had reigned forty years over Israel,
2 撒烏耳從以色列人中挑選了三千人：兩千在米革瑪斯和貝特耳山地與撒烏耳在一起；一千在本雅明的革巴隨著約納堂；剩下的人，撒烏耳遺散他們各回本帳幕。
he chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the soldiers he sent home, each man to his tent.
3 約納堂擊殺了駐紮在基貝亞的培肋舍特人的官吏，培肋舍特人遂知道希伯人已經叛變。撒烏耳在全國吹了警號，
Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
4 全以色列人都聽說：撒烏耳擊殺了培肋舍特人的一個官吏，所以以色列為培肋舍特人所仇恨；於是人民便跟隨撒烏耳聚集在基耳加耳。
All Israel heard that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become a rotten smell to the Philistines. Then the soldiers were summoned together to join Saul at Gilgal.
5 培肋舍特人已調齊來攻打以色列人；他們有戰車三千，騎兵六千，民兵多得如同海邊的沙，都上來在貝特阿文東方的米革瑪斯紮了營。
The Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand men to drive the chariots, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They came up and encamped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.
6 以色列人一見大難臨頭，敵人壓境，就有人藏在山洞裏，土窟內，岩石下，地窖內和旱井裏，
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble—for the people were distressed, the people hid in caves, in the underbrush, in rocks, in wells, and in pits.
7 另有許多人渡過約但河往加得和基肋阿得去了；但撒烏耳卻還在基耳加耳，跟隨他的人都戰慄害怕。
Some of the Hebrews went over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 撒烏耳照撒慕爾約定的日期等了七天，但是撒慕爾卻沒有到基耳加耳來，因此軍民離開撒烏耳四散逃跑了。
He waited seven days, the time Samuel had set. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from Saul.
9 撒烏耳於是吩咐說：「把全燔祭品與和平祭品送到我這裏來! 」他遂獻了全燔祭。
Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered the burnt offering.
10 他剛獻完全燔祭，撒慕爾來了，撒烏耳便去迎接他，向他致敬。
As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.
11 撒慕爾問道：「你作了什麼事﹖」撒烏耳答說：「我看見軍民離開我四散逃跑了，你又沒有照定期來，同時培肋舍特人已集合在米革瑪斯，
Then Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the people were leaving me, and that you did not come within the set time, and that the Philistines had assembled at Michmash,
12 所以我想現在培肋舍特人就要下到基耳加耳來攻打我，我還沒向上主求援，所以我迫不得已，奉獻了全燔祭。」
I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of Yahweh.' So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”
13 撒慕爾對撒烏耳說：「你作的真糊塗! 假使你遵守了上主你的天主吩咐的命令，上主必鞏固你在以色列的王位直到永遠。
Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God that he gave you. For then Yahweh would have established your rule over Israel forever.
14 但現在你的王位已立不住了；上主已另找了一位隨他心意的人，立他為百姓的首領，因為你沒有遵守上主吩咐你的命令。」
But now your rule will not continue. Yahweh has sought out a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not obeyed what he commanded you.”
15 撒慕爾就起身離開基耳加耳走了。剩下的人跟隨撒烏耳從基耳加耳上到了本雅明的革巴，與那裏的軍隊會合；撒烏耳統計了隨從他的部隊，約有六百人。
Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Then Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
16 撒烏耳和他的兒子約納堂，並一切隨從他們的人駐紮在本雅明的革巴；同時培肋舍特人已在米革瑪斯安了營。
Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin. But the Philistines camped at Michmash.
17 那時從培肋舍特營中有三個突擊隊出發：一隊取道敖斐辣，開往叔阿耳地方；
Raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One group turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual.
18 一隊開往貝特曷龍；另一隊開往革巴，此地俯瞰往曠野去的袋狼山谷。
Another group turned toward Beth Horon, and another group turned toward the border that overlooks the Valley of Zeboyim toward the wilderness.
19 那時，在以色列全境內沒有鐵匠，原來培肋舍特人說過：「免得希伯來人製造刀鎗。」
No blacksmith could be found throughout all of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews would make swords or spears for themselves.”
20 因此，以色列人為磨快犁、鋤、斧、鐮，都要下到培肋舍特人那裏。
But all the men of Israel used to go down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plow points, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle.
21 磨快犁和鋤的價錢是三分之二「協刻耳，」磨快鐮刀或裝製刺針是三分之一「協刻耳。」
The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plow points, and the mattocks, and one-third of a shekel for sharpening axes and for straightening the goads.
22 所以在米革瑪斯到了開戰的那一天，隨從撒烏耳和約納堂的人手中都沒有刀鎗，祇是撒烏耳和他的兒子約納堂有刀鎗。
So on the day of battle, there were no swords or spears found in the hands of any of the soldiers who were with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
23 那時培肋舍特人的前哨向米革瑪斯關口推進。
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
