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1 大卫心里说:“必有一日我死在扫罗手里,不如逃奔非利士地去。扫罗见我不在以色列的境内,就必绝望,不再寻索我;这样我可以脱离他的手。”
And David said in his heart: I shall gone day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.
2 于是大卫起身,和跟随他的六百人投奔迦特王—玛俄的儿子亚吉去了。
And David arose and went away, both he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achis the son of Maoch, king of Geth.
3 大卫和他的两个妻,就是耶斯列人亚希暖和作过拿八妻的迦密人亚比该,并跟随他的人,连各人的眷属,都住在迦特的亚吉那里。
And David dwelt with Achis at Geth, he and his men: every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
4 有人告诉扫罗说:“大卫逃到迦特。”扫罗就不再寻索他了。
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Geth, and he sought no more after him.
5 大卫对亚吉说:“我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你在京外的城邑中赐我一个地方居住。仆人何必与王同住京都呢?”
And David said to Achis: If I have found favour in thy sight, let a place be given me in one of the cities of this country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 当日亚吉将洗革拉赐给他,因此洗革拉属犹大王,直到今日。
Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.
7 大卫在非利士地住了一年零四个月。
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months.
8 大卫和跟随他的人上去,侵夺基述人、基色人、亚玛力人之地。这几族历来住在那地,从书珥直到埃及。
And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gessuri, and Gerzi, and the Amalecites: for these were of old the inhabitants of the countries, as men go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 大卫击杀那地的人,无论男女都没有留下一个,又夺获牛、羊、骆驼、驴,并衣服,回来见亚吉。
And David wasted all the land, and left neither man nor woman alive: and took away the sheep and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achis.
10 亚吉说:“你们今日侵夺了什么地方呢?”大卫说:“侵夺了犹大的南方、耶拉篾的南方、基尼的南方。”
And Achis said to him: Whom hast thou gone against today? David answered: Against the south of Juda, and against the south of Jerameel, and against the south of Ceni.
11 无论男女,大卫没有留下一个带到迦特来。他说:“恐怕他们将我们的事告诉人,说大卫住在非利士地的时候常常这样行。”
And David saved neither man nor woman, neither brought he any of them to Geth, saying: Lest they should speak against us. So did David, and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
12 亚吉信了大卫,心里说:“大卫使本族以色列人憎恶他,所以他必永远作我的仆人了。”
And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

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