撒母耳記上 19
1 撒烏耳曾對兒子約納堂和臣僕提過，他願殺達味；但撒烏耳的兒子約納堂很愛達味，
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 就警告達味說：「我父親想殺害你，現今請你明晨多加小心，躲藏在一個隱密的地方。
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
3 我去陪我到你所在的田間，向我父親向你說情，看情形怎樣，然後告訴你」。
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
4 於是約納堂向他父親提及達味的長處，對他說：「君王不要得罪的僕人達味，因為他沒有得罪你，並且他所行的，都是對你很有利的事。
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
5 他冒著性命的危險，去殺了那培肋舍特人；上主藉他使以色列獲得了這樣大的勝利，你親自看見了，也很喜歡；為什麼你要犯罪，流無辜者的血，無緣無故殺害達味﹖」
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 撒烏耳就聽了約納堂的話，並且發誓說：「上主永在，他必不死! 」
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 約納堂便叫回達味，告訴他這一切話，並且領他到撒烏耳前；就如和先前一樣，侍立在君王左右。
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
8 再次爆發了戰爭，達味又出征攻打培肋舍特人，打得他們大敗，他們都從他面前逃散了。
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
9 惡神由上主那裏又降在撒烏耳身上；有一天，君王在家中坐著，手中拿槍，同時達味正在彈琴。
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
10 撒烏耳想用槍把達味釘在牆上，但達味立刻由撒烏耳面前躲開，君王把槍釘在牆上，達味就逃跑了，沒有喪命。
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
11 那一夜，撒烏耳派差役去看守達味的家，要在早晨殺死他。他的妻子米加耳警告他說：「今夜你不逃命，明日你就沒有命了」。
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 米加耳把達味從窗口縋下去，他便逃跑了，救了命。
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 米加耳隨即把神像放在床上，用毛毯把頭蓋上，又蓋上一件衣服。
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 當撒烏耳派差役去捉拿達味時，米加耳說：「達味病了」。
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
15 撒烏耳再派差役去看達味說：「將達味連床帶到這裏來，我要殺死他」。
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
16 差役進去，見是「神像」躺在床上，有張毛毯蓋著頭。
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
17 因此，撒烏耳對米加耳說：「妳為什麼這樣欺騙我﹖放走了我的仇人，叫他逃命」。米加耳回答撒烏耳說：「他對我說：放我走，不然我要殺妳! 」
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
18 達味死裏逃生，到了辣瑪，去見撒慕爾，向他報告了撒烏耳對他所行的一切；然後他便和撒慕爾去了納約特，住在那裏。
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 有人告訴撒烏耳說：「看，達味住在辣瑪的納約特」。
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 撒烏耳又派差役去捉拿達味，但是他們看見一大群先知正在出神說妙語，撒慕爾站在他們面前作領導；這些天主的神也降在撒烏耳的差役身上，他們也出神說起妙語來。
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
21 有人將此事撒烏耳，他又打發別的差役去，他們也出神說開了妙語。撒烏耳第三次又打發差役去，他們也出神說開了妙語。
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 撒烏耳大發憤怒，便親自去了辣瑪；當他到了色雇的大井那裏，就問說：「撒慕爾和達味在哪裏﹖」有人答說：「在辣瑪的納約特」。
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
23 他就從那裏起身往辣瑪納約特去；那時天主的神也降到他身上，所以他一邊走，一邊說妙語，一直到了辣瑪納約特。
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
24 並且他還脫去衣服，在撒慕爾面前出神說起妙語來，赤裸裸地一天一夜躺在地上：因此有句俗語說：「不是撒烏耳也列在先知中嗎﹖」
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
