1 Samuel 23
1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.
有人告訴大衛說：「非利士人攻擊基伊拉，搶奪禾場。」
2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.
所以大衛求問耶和華說：「我去攻打那些非利士人可以不可以？」耶和華對大衛說：「你可以去攻打非利士人，拯救基伊拉。」
3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
跟隨大衛的人對他說：「我們在猶大地這裏尚且懼怕，何況往基伊拉去攻打非利士人的軍旅呢？」
4 Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.
大衛又求問耶和華。耶和華回答說：「你起身下基伊拉去，我必將非利士人交在你手裏。」
5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.
大衛和跟隨他的人往基伊拉去，與非利士人打仗，大大殺敗他們，又奪獲他們的牲畜。這樣，大衛救了基伊拉的居民。
6 Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.
亞希米勒的兒子亞比亞他逃到基伊拉見大衛的時候，手裏拿着以弗得。
7 And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.
有人告訴掃羅說：「大衛到了基伊拉。」掃羅說：「他進了有門有閂的城，困閉在裏頭；這是上帝將他交在我手裏了。」
8 And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.
於是掃羅招聚眾民，要下去攻打基伊拉城，圍困大衛和跟隨他的人。
9 And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
大衛知道掃羅設計謀害他，就對祭司亞比亞他說：「將以弗得拿過來。」
10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.
大衛禱告說：「耶和華－以色列的上帝啊，你僕人聽真了掃羅要往基伊拉來，為我的緣故滅城。
11 And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.
基伊拉人將我交在掃羅手裏不交？掃羅照着你僕人所聽的話下來不下來？耶和華－以色列的上帝啊，求你指示僕人！」耶和華說：「掃羅必下來。」
12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.
大衛又說：「基伊拉人將我和跟隨我的人交在掃羅手裏不交？」耶和華說：「必交出來。」
13 Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.
大衛和跟隨他的約有六百人，就起身出了基伊拉，往他們所能往的地方去。有人告訴掃羅，大衛離開基伊拉逃走；於是掃羅不出來了。
14 And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.
大衛住在曠野的山寨裏，常在西弗曠野的山地。掃羅天天尋索大衛，上帝卻不將大衛交在他手裏。
15 And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.
大衛知道掃羅出來尋索他的命。那時，他住在西弗曠野的樹林裏；
16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;
掃羅的兒子約拿單起身，往那樹林裏去見大衛，使他倚靠上帝得以堅固，
17 And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.
對他說：「不要懼怕！我父掃羅的手必不加害於你；你必作以色列的王，我也作你的宰相。這事我父掃羅知道了。」
18 And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.
於是二人在耶和華面前立約。大衛仍住在樹林裏，約拿單回家去了。
19 Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?
西弗人上到基比亞見掃羅，說：「大衛不是在我們那裏的樹林裏山寨中、曠野南邊的哈基拉山藏着嗎？
20 So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.
王啊，請你隨你的心願下來，我們必親自將他交在王的手裏。」
21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.
掃羅說：「願耶和華賜福與你們，因你們顧恤我。
22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.
請你們回去，再確實查明他的住處和行蹤，是誰看見他在那裏，因為我聽見人說他甚狡猾。
23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
所以要看準他藏匿的地方，回來據實地告訴我，我就與你們同去。他若在猶大的境內，我必從千門萬戶中搜出他來。」
24 And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.
西弗人就起身，在掃羅以先往西弗去。 大衛和跟隨他的人卻在瑪雲曠野南邊的亞拉巴。
25 And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.
掃羅和跟隨他的人去尋找大衛；有人告訴大衛，他就下到磐石，住在瑪雲的曠野。掃羅聽見，便在瑪雲的曠野追趕大衛。
26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
掃羅在山這邊走，大衛和跟隨他的人在山那邊走。大衛急忙躲避掃羅；因為掃羅和跟隨他的人，四面圍住大衛和跟隨他的人，要拿獲他們。
27 But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.
忽有使者來報告掃羅說：「非利士人犯境搶掠，請王快快回去！」
28 So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.
於是掃羅不追趕大衛，回去攻打非利士人。因此那地方名叫西拉‧哈瑪希羅結。
29 And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.
大衛從那裏上去，住在隱‧基底的山寨裏。
