撒母耳記上 18
1 達味同撒烏耳說完了話，約納堂的心和達味的心很相契；約納堂愛他如愛自己一樣。
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
2 那天，撒烏耳把達味留下，不讓他回父家去。
And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
3 約納堂同達味結為盟友，愛他如愛自己一樣。
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
4 約納堂脫下自己穿的外氅，連軍裝，帶刀劍，甚至弓和腰帶，都給了達味。
And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
5 撒烏耳派達味出去無論作什麼事，沒有不成功的；故此撒烏耳派他作軍隊的將領；軍民和撒烏耳的臣僕都非常喜愛他。
So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
6 當達味殺死那培肋舍特人後，班師回來時，婦女們從城中出來，唱歌跳舞，打鼓彈琴，興高采烈地前來歡迎撒烏耳君王。
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
7 婦女們邊唱邊跳說：「撒烏耳殺了一千，達味殺了一萬」。
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
8 撒烏耳因此很是憤怒，這話使他很不高興，遂說：「給了根一萬，只給我一千；他所少的只有王位了!」
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
9 從那一天起，撒烏耳常嫉視達味。
And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
10 第二天，惡神由天主那裏降到撒烏耳身上；使他在屋中發狂。達味一如往日手中彈著琴，撒烏耳手中卻拿著一根長槍，
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
11 撒烏耳舉起槍來，想把達味釘在牆上；達味已由他面前逃脫了兩次。
and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
12 撒烏耳害怕達味，因為上主與達味同在，而離開了撒烏耳。
So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
13 因此，撒烏耳叫他離開自己，派他作千夫長，達味便在軍民前往來出入。
Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
14 達味在所行的一切事上，無不順利，因為天主與他同在。
and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
15 撒烏耳見他辦事順利，就更疑懼他。
When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
16 但全以色列和猶大人卻愛達味，因為他在他們前往來出入。
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
17 撒烏耳對達味說：「看；我要把我的長女默辣布嫁給你為妻，只要你為我勇敢服務，為上主作戰」。──撒烏耳心中想：我不親手害他，讓培肋舍特人加害他。
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
18 達味回答撒烏耳說：「我是誰，我父在以色列又算得什麼，我怎配作君王的女婿﹖」
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
19 但是撒烏耳的女兒默辣布正要嫁給達味的時候，卻嫁給了默曷拉人阿德黎耳為妻。
So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
20 當時撒烏耳的女兒米加耳很愛達味；有人告訴了撒烏耳，他看這事好，
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
21 心想：「我把她嫁給達味，叫她成為他的羅網，藉培肋舍特人害他」。所以撒烏耳再次對達味說：「今天你要作我的女婿了! 」
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
22 撒烏耳吩咐他的臣僕說：「你們暗暗地告訴達味說：看，君王多麼喜愛你，如今你要作君王的女婿了! 」
Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
23 撒烏耳的臣僕將這些話告訴了達味；達味反答說：「你們以為作君王的女婿軟碟件小事嗎﹖我不過是個貧窮賤卑賤的人」。
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
24 撒烏耳的臣僕回報王說：「達味如此如此說了」。
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
25 撒烏耳答說：「你們要這樣對達味說：君王不要什麼聘禮，只要一百培培肋舍特人的包皮，為報復君王的仇敵」。撒烏耳有意使達味落在培肋舍特人手中。
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
26 他的臣僕將這些話轉告給達味，達味看這事為作君王的女婿也對，所限的日期尚未過去，
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
27 達味就和他的人起身去殺死了一百培肋舍特人，將他們的包皮帶回，足數交給君王，為作君王的女婿；撒烏耳就將女兒米加耳嫁給他為妻。
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
28 撒烏耳看出了上主與達味同在，全以色列也都愛他，
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
29 從此更疑懼達味，終身與他為敵。
he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
30 培肋舍特人的首領仍不斷出征；但每遇他們出征，達味所行的常比撒烏耳所有的臣僕成就更大，為此他更受人景仰。
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
