Kings I 19
1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to kill David.
撒烏耳曾對兒子約納堂和臣僕提過，他願殺達味；但撒烏耳的兒子約納堂很愛達味，
2 And Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill you: take heed to yourself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide yourself, and dwell in secret.
就警告達味說：「我父親想殺害你，現今請你明晨多加小心，躲藏在一個隱密的地方。
3 And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where you shall be, and I will speak concerning you to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell you.
我去陪我到你所在的田間，向我父親向你說情，看情形怎樣，然後告訴你」。
4 And Jonathan spoke favourably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against your servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and his deeds [are] very good.
於是約納堂向他父親提及達味的長處，對他說：「君王不要得罪的僕人達味，因為他沒有得罪你，並且他所行的，都是對你很有利的事。
5 And he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then do you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
他冒著性命的危險，去殺了那培肋舍特人；上主藉他使以色列獲得了這樣大的勝利，你親自看見了，也很喜歡；為什麼你要犯罪，流無辜者的血，無緣無故殺害達味﹖」
6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die.
撒烏耳就聽了約納堂的話，並且發誓說：「上主永在，他必不死! 」
7 And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.
約納堂便叫回達味，告訴他這一切話，並且領他到撒烏耳前；就如和先前一樣，侍立在君王左右。
8 And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and struck them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.
再次爆發了戰爭，達味又出征攻打培肋舍特人，打得他們大敗，他們都從他面前逃散了。
9 And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear [was] in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.
惡神由上主那裏又降在撒烏耳身上；有一天，君王在家中坐著，手中拿槍，同時達味正在彈琴。
10 And Saul sought to strike David with the spear; and David withdrew [suddenly] from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.
撒烏耳想用槍把達味釘在牆上，但達味立刻由撒烏耳面前躲開，君王把槍釘在牆上，達味就逃跑了，沒有喪命。
11 And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to kill him in the morning; and Melchol David's wife told him, saying, Unless you save your life this night, to-morrow you shall be slain.
那一夜，撒烏耳派差役去看守達味的家，要在早晨殺死他。他的妻子米加耳警告他說：「今夜你不逃命，明日你就沒有命了」。
12 So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
米加耳把達味從窗口縋下去，他便逃跑了，救了命。
13 And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
米加耳隨即把神像放在床上，用毛毯把頭蓋上，又蓋上一件衣服。
14 And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
當撒烏耳派差役去捉拿達味時，米加耳說：「達味病了」。
15 And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may kill him.
撒烏耳再派差役去看達味說：「將達味連床帶到這裏來，我要殺死他」。
16 And the messengers come, and, behold, the images [were] on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.
差役進去，見是「神像」躺在床上，有張毛毯蓋著頭。
17 And Saul said to Melchol, Why have you thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will kill you.
因此，撒烏耳對米加耳說：「妳為什麼這樣欺騙我﹖放走了我的仇人，叫他逃命」。米加耳回答撒烏耳說：「他對我說：放我走，不然我要殺妳! 」
18 So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and lived in Navath in Rama.
達味死裏逃生，到了辣瑪，去見撒慕爾，向他報告了撒烏耳對他所行的一切；然後他便和撒慕爾去了納約特，住在那裏。
19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] in Navath in Rama.
有人告訴撒烏耳說：「看，達味住在辣瑪的納約特」。
20 And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood [as] appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.
撒烏耳又派差役去捉拿達味，但是他們看見一大群先知正在出神說妙語，撒慕爾站在他們面前作領導；這些天主的神也降在撒烏耳的差役身上，他們也出神說起妙語來。
21 And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.
有人將此事撒烏耳，他又打發別的差役去，他們也出神說開了妙語。撒烏耳第三次又打發差役去，他們也出神說開了妙語。
22 And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.
撒烏耳大發憤怒，便親自去了辣瑪；當他到了色雇的大井那裏，就問說：「撒慕爾和達味在哪裏﹖」有人答說：「在辣瑪的納約特」。
23 And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.
他就從那裏起身往辣瑪納約特去；那時天主的神也降到他身上，所以他一邊走，一邊說妙語，一直到了辣瑪納約特。
24 And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, [Is] Saul also amongst the prophets?
並且他還脫去衣服，在撒慕爾面前出神說起妙語來，赤裸裸地一天一夜躺在地上：因此有句俗語說：「不是撒烏耳也列在先知中嗎﹖」
