1 Samuel 20
1 And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?
大卫从拉玛的拿约逃跑，来到约拿单那里，对他说：“我做了什么？有什么罪孽呢？在你父亲面前犯了什么罪，他竟寻索我的性命呢？”
2 And he said to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
约拿单回答说：“断然不是！你必不致死。我父做事，无论大小，没有不叫我知道的。怎么独有这事隐瞒我呢？决不如此。”
3 And David swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not know this, lest he be grieved; but truly [as] Jehovah liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
大卫又起誓说：“你父亲准知我在你眼前蒙恩。他心里说，不如不叫约拿单知道，恐怕他愁烦。我指着永生的耶和华，又敢在你面前起誓，我离死不过一步。”
4 And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee.
约拿单对大卫说：“你心里所求的，我必为你成就。”
5 And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.
大卫对约拿单说：“明日是初一，我当与王同席，求你容我去藏在田野，直到第三日晚上。
6 If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
你父亲若见我不在席上，你就说：‘大卫切求我许他回本城伯利恒去，因为他全家在那里献年祭。’
7 If he say thus, It is well, — thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.
你父亲若说好，仆人就平安了；他若发怒，你就知道他决意要害我。
8 Deal kindly then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
求你施恩与仆人，因你在耶和华面前曾与仆人结盟。我若有罪，不如你自己杀我，何必将我交给你父亲呢？”
9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for, if I knew with certainty that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?
约拿单说：“断无此事！我若知道我父亲决意害你，我岂不告诉你呢？”
10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
大卫对约拿单说：“你父亲若用厉言回答你，谁来告诉我呢？”
11 And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
约拿单对大卫说：“你我且往田野去。”二人就往田野去了。
12 And Jonathan said to David, Jehovah, God of Israel, when I sound my father about this time to-morrow, [or] the next day, and behold, there be good toward David, and I then send not to thee, and apprise thee of it,
约拿单对大卫说：“愿耶和华—以色列的 神为证。明日约在这时候，或第三日，我探我父亲的意思，若向你有好意，我岂不打发人告诉你吗？
13 Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has been with my father.
我父亲若有意害你，我不告诉你使你平平安安地走，愿耶和华重重地降罚与我。愿耶和华与你同在，如同从前与我父亲同在一样。
14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,
你要照耶和华的慈爱恩待我，不但我活着的时候免我死亡，
15 but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth.
就是我死后，耶和华从地上剪除你仇敌的时候，你也永不可向我家绝了恩惠。”
16 And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying, ] Let Jehovah even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies!
于是约拿单与大卫家结盟，说：“愿耶和华借大卫的仇敌追讨背约的罪。”
17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
约拿单因爱大卫如同爱自己的性命，就使他再起誓。
18 And Jonathan said to him, To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty;
约拿单对他说：“明日是初一，你的座位空设，人必理会你不在那里。
19 but on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the business, and abide by the stone Ezel.
你等三日，就要速速下去，到你从前遇事所藏的地方，在以色磐石那里等候。
20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
我要向磐石旁边射三箭，如同射箭靶一样。
21 And behold, I will send the lad, [saying, ] Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come, for there is peace for thee, and it is nothing; [as] Jehovah liveth.
我要打发童子，说：‘去把箭找来。’我若对童子说：‘箭在后头，把箭拿来’，你就可以回来；我指着永生的耶和华起誓，你必平安无事。
22 But if I say thus to the youth: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, — go thy way; for Jehovah sends thee away.
我若对童子说：‘箭在前头’，你就要去，因为是耶和华打发你去的。
23 And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.
至于你我今日所说的话，有耶和华在你我中间为证，直到永远。”
24 And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.
大卫就去藏在田野。到了初一日，王坐席要吃饭。
25 And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
王照常坐在靠墙的位上，约拿单侍立，押尼珥坐在扫罗旁边，大卫的座位空设。
26 And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen [him], that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.
然而这日扫罗没有说什么，他想大卫遇事，偶染不洁，他必定是不洁。
27 And it came to pass the next day after the new moon, the second [day of the month], as David's place was empty, that Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to table, neither yesterday nor to-day?
初二日大卫的座位还空设。扫罗问他儿子约拿单说：“耶西的儿子为何昨日、今日没有来吃饭呢？”
28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,
约拿单回答扫罗说：“大卫切求我容他往伯利恒去。
29 and said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a family sacrifice in the city; and my brother himself has commanded me [to be there]; and now, if I have found favour in thy sight, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. He has therefore not come to the king's table.
他说：‘求你容我去，因为我家在城里有献祭的事；我长兄吩咐我去。如今我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你容我去见我的弟兄’；所以大卫没有赴王的席。”
30 And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
扫罗向约拿单发怒，对他说：“你这顽梗背逆之妇人所生的，我岂不知道你喜悦耶西的儿子，自取羞辱，以致你母亲露体蒙羞吗？
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.
耶西的儿子若在世间活着，你和你的国位必站立不住。现在你要打发人去，将他捉拿交给我；他是该死的。”
32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?
约拿单对父亲扫罗说：“他为什么该死呢？他做了什么呢？”
33 Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.
扫罗向约拿单抡枪要刺他，约拿单就知道他父亲决意要杀大卫。
34 And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no meat the second day of the new moon; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
于是约拿单气忿忿地从席上起来，在这初二日没有吃饭。他因见父亲羞辱大卫，就为大卫愁烦。
35 And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field, to the place agreed on with David, and a little lad with him.
次日早晨，约拿单按着与大卫约会的时候出到田野，有一个童子跟随。
36 And he said to his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. The lad ran, and he shot the arrow beyond him.
约拿单对童子说：“你跑去，把我所射的箭找来。”童子跑去，约拿单就把箭射在童子前头。
37 And when the lad came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, Is not the arrow away beyond thee?
童子到了约拿单落箭之地，约拿单呼叫童子说：“箭不是在你前头吗？”
38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
约拿单又呼叫童子说：“速速地去，不要迟延！”童子就拾起箭来，回到主人那里。
39 And the lad knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
童子却不知道这是什么意思，只有约拿单和大卫知道。
40 And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.
约拿单将弓箭交给童子，吩咐说：“你拿到城里去。”
41 The lad went, and David arose from the side of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
童子一去，大卫就从磐石的南边出来，俯伏在地，拜了三拜；二人亲嘴，彼此哭泣，大卫哭得更恸。
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have both of us sworn in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever! And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
约拿单对大卫说：“我们二人曾指着耶和华的名起誓说：‘愿耶和华在你我中间，并你我后裔中间为证，直到永远。’如今你平平安安地去吧！”大卫就起身走了；约拿单也回城里去了。
