撒母耳記上 18
1 大衛對掃羅說完了話，約拿單的心與大衛的心深相契合。約拿單愛大衛，如同愛自己的性命。
When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 那日掃羅留住大衛，不容他再回父家。
Saul took David into his service that day; he did not let him return to his father's house.
3 約拿單愛大衛如同愛自己的性命，就與他結盟。
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant of friendship because Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
4 約拿單從身上脫下外袍，給了大衛，又將戰衣、刀、弓、腰帶都給了他。
Jonathan took off the robe that he was wearing and gave it to David with his armor, as well as his sword, bow, and belt.
5 掃羅無論差遣大衛往何處去，他都做事精明。掃羅就立他作戰士長，眾百姓和掃羅的臣僕無不喜悅。
David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he succeeded. Saul set him over the men of war. This was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6 大衛打死了那非利士人，同眾人回來的時候，婦女們從以色列各城裏出來，歡歡喜喜，打鼓擊磬，歌唱跳舞，迎接掃羅王。
As they came home from defeating the Philistines, the women came from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.
7 眾婦女舞蹈唱和，說：「掃羅殺死千千，大衛殺死萬萬。」
The women sang one to another as they played. They sang: “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
8 掃羅甚發怒，不喜悅這話，就說：「將萬萬歸大衛，千千歸我，只剩下王位沒有給他了。」
Saul was very angry, and this song displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but they have ascribed only thousands to me. What more can he have but the monarchy?”
9 從這日起，掃羅就怒視大衛。
Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.
10 次日，從上帝那裏來的惡魔大大降在掃羅身上，他就在家中胡言亂語。大衛照常彈琴，掃羅手裏拿着槍。
The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he raved within the house. So David played his instrument, as he did each day. Saul had a spear in his hand.
11 掃羅把槍一掄，心裏說，我要將大衛刺透，釘在牆上。大衛躲避他兩次。
Saul threw the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from Saul's presence twice in this way.
12 掃羅懼怕大衛；因為耶和華離開自己，與大衛同在。
Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, but was no longer with Saul.
13 所以掃羅使大衛離開自己，立他為千夫長，他就領兵出入。
So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him a commander of a thousand. In this way David went out and came in before the people.
14 大衛做事無不精明，耶和華也與他同在。
David was prospering in all his ways, for Yahweh was with him.
15 掃羅見大衛做事精明，就甚怕他。
When Saul saw that he prospered, he stood in awe of him.
16 但以色列和猶大眾人都愛大衛，因為他領他們出入。
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
17 掃羅對大衛說：「我將大女兒米拉給你為妻，只要你為我奮勇，為耶和華爭戰。」掃羅心裏說：「我不好親手害他，要藉非利士人的手害他。」
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as a wife. Only be courageous for me and fight Yahweh's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
18 大衛對掃羅說：「我是誰，我是甚麼出身，我父家在以色列中是何等的家，豈敢作王的女婿呢？」
David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, or my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
19 掃羅的女兒米拉到了當給大衛的時候，掃羅卻給了米何拉人亞得列為妻。
But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
20 掃羅的次女米甲愛大衛。有人告訴掃羅，掃羅就喜悅。
But Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. They told Saul, and this pleased him.
21 掃羅心裏說：「我將這女兒給大衛，作他的網羅，好藉非利士人的手害他。」所以掃羅對大衛說：「你今日可以第二次作我的女婿。」
Then Saul thought, “I will give her to him, so that she can be a trap for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You will be my son-in-law.”
22 掃羅吩咐臣僕說：「你們暗中對大衛說：『王喜悅你，王的臣僕也都喜愛你，所以你當作王的女婿。』」
Saul commanded his servants, “Speak with David in private, and say, 'See, the king takes pleasure in you, and all his servants love you. Now then, become the king's son-in-law.'”
23 掃羅的臣僕就照這話說給大衛聽。大衛說：「你們以為作王的女婿是一件小事嗎？我是貧窮卑微的人。」
So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. Then David said, “Is it a small matter to you to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
24 掃羅的臣僕回奏說，大衛所說的如此如此。
The servants of Saul reported to him the words which David spoke.
25 掃羅說：「你們要對大衛這樣說：『王不要甚麼聘禮，只要一百非利士人的陽皮，好在王的仇敵身上報仇。』」掃羅的意思要使大衛喪在非利士人的手裏。
Then Saul said, “Say this to David, 'The king does not desire any price for the bride except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged from the king's enemies.'” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 掃羅的臣僕將這話告訴大衛，大衛就歡喜作王的女婿。日期還沒有到，
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to be the king's son-in-law.
27 大衛和跟隨他的人起身前往，殺了二百非利士人，將陽皮滿數交給王，為要作王的女婿。於是掃羅將女兒米甲給大衛為妻。
Before those days had expired, David went with his men and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.
28 掃羅見耶和華與大衛同在，又知道女兒米甲愛大衛，
When Saul saw, and he knew that Yahweh was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
29 就更怕大衛，常作大衛的仇敵。
Saul was even more afraid of David. Saul was continually David's enemy.
30 每逢非利士軍長出來打仗，大衛比掃羅的臣僕做事精明，因此他的名被人尊重。
Then the princes of the Philistines came out for battle, and as often as they came out, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly regarded.
