撒母耳記上 19
1 掃羅對他兒子約拿單和眾臣僕說，要殺大衛；掃羅的兒子約拿單卻甚喜愛大衛。
Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
2 約拿單告訴大衛說：「我父掃羅想要殺你，所以明日早晨你要小心，到一個僻靜地方藏身。
so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
3 我就出到你所藏的田裏，站在我父親旁邊與他談論。我看他情形怎樣，我必告訴你。」
I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”
4 約拿單向他父親掃羅替大衛說好話，說：「王不可得罪王的僕人大衛；因為他未曾得罪你，他所行的都與你大有益處。
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
5 他拚命殺那非利士人，耶和華為以色列眾人大行拯救；那時你看見，甚是歡喜，現在為何無故要殺大衛，流無辜人的血，自己取罪呢？」
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
6 掃羅聽了約拿單的話，就指着永生的耶和華起誓說：「我必不殺他。」
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
7 約拿單叫大衛來，把這一切事告訴他，帶他去見掃羅。他就仍然侍立在掃羅面前。
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
8 此後又有爭戰的事。大衛出去與非利士人打仗，大大殺敗他們，他們就在他面前逃跑。
When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
9 從耶和華那裏來的惡魔又降在掃羅身上（掃羅手裏拿槍坐在屋裏），大衛就用手彈琴。
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
10 掃羅用槍想要刺透大衛，釘在牆上，他卻躲開，掃羅的槍刺入牆內。當夜大衛逃走，躲避了。
Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.
11 掃羅打發人到大衛的房屋那裏窺探他，要等到天亮殺他。大衛的妻米甲對他說：「你今夜若不逃命，明日你要被殺。」
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
12 於是米甲將大衛從窗戶裏縋下去，大衛就逃走，躲避了。
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 米甲把家中的神像放在床上，頭枕在山羊毛裝的枕頭上，用被遮蓋。
Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
14 掃羅打發人去捉拿大衛，米甲說：「他病了。」
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
15 掃羅又打發人去看大衛，說：「當連床將他抬來，我好殺他。」
But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
16 使者進去，看見床上有神像，頭枕在山羊毛裝的枕頭上。
And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
17 掃羅對米甲說：「你為甚麼這樣欺哄我，放我仇敵逃走呢？」米甲回答說：「他對我說：『你放我走，不然我要殺你。』」
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
18 大衛逃避，來到拉瑪見撒母耳，將掃羅向他所行的事述說了一遍。他和撒母耳就往拿約去居住。
So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
19 有人告訴掃羅，說大衛在拉瑪的拿約。
When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
20 掃羅打發人去捉拿大衛。去的人見有一班先知都受感說話，撒母耳站在其中監管他們；打發去的人也受上帝的靈感動說話。
he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
21 有人將這事告訴掃羅，他又打發人去，他們也受感說話。掃羅第三次打發人去，他們也受感說話。
When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
22 然後掃羅自己往拉瑪去，到了西沽的大井，問人說：「撒母耳和大衛在哪裏呢？」有人說：「在拉瑪的拿約。」
Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
23 他就往拉瑪的拿約去。上帝的靈也感動他，一面走一面說話，直到拉瑪的拿約。
So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
24 他就脫了衣服，在撒母耳面前受感說話，一晝一夜露體躺臥。因此有句俗語說：「掃羅也列在先知中嗎？」
Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
