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1 西弗人到基比亚见扫罗,说:“大卫不是在旷野前的哈基拉山藏着吗?”
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Look, David is hiding himself on the hill of Hakilah, which is near Jeshimon."
2 扫罗就起身,带领以色列人中挑选的三千精兵下到西弗的旷野,要在那里寻索大卫。
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
3 扫罗在旷野前的哈基拉山,在道路上安营。大卫住在旷野,听说扫罗到旷野来追寻他,
Saul camped on the hill of Hakilah, which is before Jeshimon, near the road. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
4 就打发人去探听,便知道扫罗果然来到。
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
5 大卫起来,到扫罗安营的地方,看见扫罗和他的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥睡卧之处;扫罗睡在辎重营里,百姓安营在他周围。
David arose, and came to the place where Saul had camped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were camped around him.
6 大卫对赫人亚希米勒和洗鲁雅的儿子约押的兄弟亚比筛说:“谁同我下到扫罗营里去?”亚比筛说:“我同你下去。”
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hethite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?" Abishai said, "I will go down with you."
7 于是大卫和亚比筛夜间到了百姓那里,见扫罗睡在辎重营里;他的枪在头旁,插在地上。押尼珥和百姓睡在他周围。
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, look, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.
8 亚比筛对大卫说:“现在 神将你的仇敌交在你手里,求你容我拿枪将他刺透在地,一刺就成,不用再刺。”
Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time."
9 大卫对亚比筛说:“不可害死他。有谁伸手害耶和华的受膏者而无罪呢?”
David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against YHWH's anointed, and be guiltless?"
10 大卫又说:“我指着永生的耶和华起誓,他或被耶和华击打,或是死期到了,或是出战阵亡;
David said, "As YHWH lives, YHWH will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
11 我在耶和华面前,万不敢伸手害耶和华的受膏者。现在你可以将他头旁的枪和水瓶拿来,我们就走。”
YHWH forbid that I should put forth my hand against YHWH's anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go."
12 大卫从扫罗的头旁拿了枪和水瓶,二人就走了,没有人看见,没有人知道,也没有人醒起,都睡着了,因为耶和华使他们沉沉地睡了。
So David took the spear and the jar of water at his head, and they went away. And no one saw it or knew about it, nor did any awake. For they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from YHWH had fallen on them.
13 大卫过到那边去,远远地站在山顶上,与他们相离甚远。
Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a great distance between them.
14 大卫呼叫百姓和尼珥的儿子押尼珥说:“押尼珥啊,你为何不答应呢?”押尼珥说:“你是谁?竟敢呼叫王呢?”
And David called to the people, and to Abner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner replied, "Who are you that calls?"
15 大卫对押尼珥说:“你不是个勇士吗?以色列中谁能比你呢?民中有人进来要害死王—你的主,你为何没有保护王—你的主呢?
David said to Abner, "Aren't you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.
16 你这样是不好的!我指着永生的耶和华起誓,你们都是该死的;因为没有保护你们的主,就是耶和华的受膏者。现在你看看王头旁的枪和水瓶在哪里。”
This thing isn't good that you have done. As YHWH lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, YHWH's anointed. Now look, where is the king's spear, and where is the jar of water that was by his head?"
17 扫罗听出是大卫的声音,就说:“我儿大卫,这是你的声音吗?”大卫说:“主—我的王啊,是我的声音”;
Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."
18 又说:“我做了什么?我手里有什么恶事?我主竟追赶仆人呢?
He said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
19 求我主我王听仆人的话:若是耶和华激发你攻击我,愿耶和华收纳祭物;若是人激发你,愿他在耶和华面前受咒诅;因为他现今赶逐我,不容我在耶和华的产业上有分,说:‘你去事奉别神吧!’
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that God has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is from human beings, they are cursed before YHWH; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to YHWH's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
20 现在求王不要使我的血流在离耶和华远的地方。以色列王出来是寻找一个虼蚤,如同人在山上猎取一个鹧鸪一般。”
Now therefore, do not let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of YHWH; for the king of Israel has come out to seek my life, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
21 扫罗说:“我有罪了!我儿大卫,你可以回来,因你今日看我的性命为宝贵;我必不再加害于你。我是糊涂人,大大错了。”
Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Come back, my son David, for I will not harm you, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Look, I have behaved foolishly, and have made a great mistake."
22 大卫说:“王的枪在这里,可以吩咐一个仆人过来拿去。
And David answered and said, "Look, the king's spear. Now let one of the young men come over and get it.
23 今日耶和华将王交在我手里,我却不肯伸手害耶和华的受膏者。耶和华必照各人的公义诚实报应他。
YHWH will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because YHWH delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against YHWH's anointed.
24 我今日重看你的性命,愿耶和华也重看我的性命,并且拯救我脱离一切患难。”
Look, as your life was respected this day in my eyes, so let my life be respected in the eyes of YHWH, and let him deliver me out of all oppression."
25 扫罗对大卫说:“我儿大卫,愿你得福!你必做大事,也必得胜。”于是大卫起行,扫罗回他的本处去了。
Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son. You will accomplish much, and will surely be successful." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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