1 Samuel 18
1 And it happened that, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul.
ダビデがサウルに語り終えた時、ヨナタンの心はダビデの心に結びつき、ヨナタンは自分の命のようにダビデを愛した。
2 And Saul took him that day, and would not permit him to return to his father’s house.
この日、サウルはダビデを召しかかえて、父の家に帰らせなかった。
3 Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.
ヨナタンとダビデとは契約を結んだ。ヨナタンが自分の命のようにダビデを愛したからである。
4 And Jonathan took off the coat that he was wearing, and he gave it to David, with the rest of his garments, even to his sword and bow, and even his belt.
ヨナタンは自分が着ていた上着を脱いでダビデに与えた。また、そのいくさ衣、およびつるぎも弓も帯も、そのようにした。
5 Also, David went out to do everything whatsoever that Saul sent him to do, and he conducted himself prudently. And Saul set him over men of war. And he was acceptable in the eyes of the entire people, and most of all in the sight of the servants of Saul.
ダビデはどこでもサウルがつかわす所に出て行って、てがらを立てたので、サウルは彼を兵の隊長とした。それはすべての民の心にかない、またサウルの家来たちの心にもかなった。
6 Now when David returned, after he had struck down the Philistine, the women went out, from all the cities of Israel, leading the singing and dancing, rejoicing with timbrels and bells, so as to meet king Saul.
人々が引き揚げてきた時、すなわちダビデが、かのペリシテびとを殺して帰った時、女たちはイスラエルの町々から出てきて、手鼓と祝い歌と三糸の琴をもって、歌いつ舞いつ、サウル王を迎えた。
7 And the women sang, as they played, saying, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”
女たちは踊りながら互に歌いかわした、「サウルは千を撃ち殺し、ダビデは万を撃ち殺した」。
8 Then Saul became exceedingly angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes. And he said: “They have given David ten thousand, and to me they gave only one thousand. What is left for him, except the kingdom itself?”
サウルは、ひじょうに怒り、この言葉に気を悪くして言った、「ダビデには万と言い、わたしには千と言う。この上、彼に与えるものは、国のほかないではないか」。
9 Therefore, Saul did not regard David with a good eye, from that day and thereafter.
サウルは、この日からのちダビデをうかがった。
10 Then, on the next day, the evil spirit from God assailed Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand, just as at every other time. And Saul held a lance in his hand.
次の日、神から来る悪霊がサウルにはげしく臨んで、サウルが家の中で狂いわめいたので、ダビデは、いつものように、手で琴をひいた。その時、サウルの手にやりがあったので、
11 And he threw it, thinking that he would be able to fix David to the wall. And David stepped aside twice, from before his face.
サウルは「ダビデを壁に刺し通そう」と思って、そのやりをふり上げた。しかしダビデは二度身をかわしてサウルを避けた。
12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, but he had withdrawn from Saul.
主がサウルを離れて、ダビデと共におられたので、サウルはダビデを恐れた。
13 Therefore, Saul sent him away from himself, and he made him tribune over one thousand men. And he entered and departed in the sight of the people.
それゆえサウルは、ダビデを遠ざけて、千人の長としたので、ダビデは民の先に立って出入りした。
14 Also, David acted prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
またダビデは、すべてそのすることに、てがらを立てた。主が共におられたからである。
15 And so, Saul saw that he was exceedingly prudent, and he began to be wary of him.
サウルはダビデが大きなてがらを立てるのを見て彼を恐れたが、
16 But all of Israel and Judah loved David. For he entered and departed before them.
イスラエルとユダのすべての人はダビデを愛した。彼が民の先に立って出入りしたからである。
17 And Saul said to David: “Behold, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord.” Now Saul was considering within himself, saying, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.”
その時サウルはダビデに言った、「わたしの長女メラブを、あなたに妻として与えよう。ただ、あなたはわたしのために勇ましく、主の戦いを戦いなさい」。サウルは「自分の手で彼を殺さないで、ペリシテびとの手で殺そう」と思ったからである。
18 Then David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, and what is my father’s kinship within Israel, that I should be the son-in-law of the king?”
ダビデはサウルに言った、「わたしは何者なのでしょう。わたしの親族、わたしの父の一族はイスラエルのうちで何者なのでしょう。そのわたしが、どうして王のむこになることができましょう」。
19 Then it happened that, at the time when Merab, the daughter of Saul, was to be given to David, she was given to Adriel, the Meholathite, as wife.
しかしサウルの娘メラブは、ダビデにとつぐべき時になって、メホラびとアデリエルに妻として与えられた。
20 Now Michal, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And this was reported to Saul, and it pleased him.
サウルの娘ミカルはダビデを愛した。人々がそれをサウルに告げたとき、サウルはその事を喜んだ。
21 And Saul said, “I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him.” And Saul said to David, “In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today.”
サウルは「ミカルを彼に与えて、彼を欺く手だてとし、ペリシテびとの手で彼を殺そう」と思ったので、サウルはふたたびダビデに言った、「あなたを、きょう、わたしのむこにします」。
22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: “Behold, you are pleasing to the king, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, be the son-in-law of the king.”
そしてサウルは家来たちに命じた、「ひそかにダビデに言いなさい、『王はあなたが気に入り、王の家来たちも皆あなたを愛しています。それゆえ王のむこになりなさい』」。
23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words to the ears of David. And David said: “Does it seem a small matter to you, to be the son-in-law of the king? I am but a poor and unimportant man.”
そこでサウルの家来たちはこの言葉をダビデの耳に語ったので、ダビデは言った、「わたしのような貧しく、卑しい者が、王のむこになることは、あなたがたには、たやすいことと思われますか」。
24 And the servants reported to Saul, saying, “David has spoken words in this manner.”
サウルの家来たちはサウルに、「ダビデはこう言った」と告げた。
25 Then Saul said, “Speak in this way to David: The king does not have need of any dowry, but only one hundred foreskins from the Philistine men, so that he may be vindicated from the enemies of the king.” So did Saul think to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.
サウルは言った、「あなたがたはダビデにこう言いなさい、『王はなにも結納を望まれない。ただペリシテびとの陽の皮一百を獲て、王のあだを討つことを望まれる』」。これはサウルが、ダビデをペリシテびとの手によって倒そうと思ったからである。
26 And when his servants had repeated to David the words that Saul had spoken, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David, so that he would become son-in-law of the king.
サウルの家来たちが、この言葉をダビデに告げた時、ダビデは王のむこになることを良しとした。そして定めた日がまだこないうちに、
27 And after a few days, David, rising up, went with the men who were under him, and he struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. And he brought their foreskins, and he counted them out for the king, so that he might be his son-in-law. And so, Saul gave to him his daughter Michal as wife.
ダビデは従者をつれて、立って行き、ペリシテびと二百人を殺して、その陽の皮を携え帰り、王のむこになるために、それをことごとく王にささげた。そこでサウルは娘ミカルを彼に妻として与えた。
28 And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, loved him.
しかしサウルは見て、主がダビデと共におられること、またイスラエルのすべての人がダビデを愛するのを知った時、
29 And Saul began to fear David all the more. And Saul became the enemy of David, every day.
サウルは、ますますダビデを恐れた。こうしてサウルは絶えずダビデに敵した。
30 And the leaders of the Philistines departed. And from the beginning of their departure, David conducted himself more prudently than all the servants of Saul, and his name became exceedingly celebrated.
さてペリシテびとの君たちが攻めてきたが、ダビデは、彼らが攻めてくるごとに、サウルのどの家来よりも多くのてがらを立てたので、その名はひじょうに尊敬された。
