1 Samuel 18
1 And when he had made an ende of speaking vnto Saul, the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, and Ionathan loued him, as his owne soule.
大衛對掃羅說完了話，約拿單的心與大衛的心深相契合。約拿單愛大衛，如同愛自己的性命。
2 And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.
那日掃羅留住大衛，不容他再回父家。
3 Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
約拿單愛大衛如同愛自己的性命，就與他結盟。
4 And Ionathan put off the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it Dauid, and his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
約拿單從身上脫下外袍，給了大衛，又將戰衣、刀、弓、腰帶都給了他。
5 And Dauid went out whithersoeuer Saul sent him, and behaued himselfe wisely: so that Saul set him ouer the men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.
掃羅無論差遣大衛往何處去，他都做事精明。掃羅就立他作戰士長，眾百姓和掃羅的臣僕無不喜悅。
6 When they came againe, and Dauid returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, the women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dauncing to meete king Saul, with timbrels, with instruments of ioy, and with rebeckes.
大衛打死了那非利士人，同眾人回來的時候，婦女們從以色列各城裏出來，歡歡喜喜，打鼓擊磬，歌唱跳舞，迎接掃羅王。
7 And the women sang by course in their play, and sayd, Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousand.
眾婦女舞蹈唱和，說：「掃羅殺死千千，大衛殺死萬萬。」
8 Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, and to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, and what can he haue more saue the kingdome?
掃羅甚發怒，不喜悅這話，就說：「將萬萬歸大衛，千千歸我，只剩下王位沒有給他了。」
9 Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.
從這日起，掃羅就怒視大衛。
10 And on the morowe, the euill spirite of God came vpon Saul, and he prophecied in the middes of the house: and Dauid played with his hand like as at other times, and there was a speare in Sauls hand.
次日，從上帝那裏來的惡魔大大降在掃羅身上，他就在家中胡言亂語。大衛照常彈琴，掃羅手裏拿着槍。
11 And Saul tooke the speare, and sayd, I will smite Dauid through to the wall. But Dauid auoyded twise out of his presence.
掃羅把槍一掄，心裏說，我要將大衛刺透，釘在牆上。大衛躲避他兩次。
12 And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
掃羅懼怕大衛；因為耶和華離開自己，與大衛同在。
13 Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.
所以掃羅使大衛離開自己，立他為千夫長，他就領兵出入。
14 And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes: for the Lord was with him.
大衛做事無不精明，耶和華也與他同在。
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afrayde of him.
掃羅見大衛做事精明，就甚怕他。
16 For all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.
但以色列和猶大眾人都愛大衛，因為他領他們出入。
17 Then Saul sayd to Dauid, Beholde mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will giue thee to wife: onely be a valiant sonne vnto me, and fight the Lordes battels: for Saul thought, Mine hand shall not be vpon him, but the hand of the Philistims shalbe vpon him.
掃羅對大衛說：「我將大女兒米拉給你為妻，只要你為我奮勇，為耶和華爭戰。」掃羅心裏說：「我不好親手害他，要藉非利士人的手害他。」
18 And Dauid answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the King?
大衛對掃羅說：「我是誰，我是甚麼出身，我父家在以色列中是何等的家，豈敢作王的女婿呢？」
19 Howbeit when Merab Sauls daughter should haue bene giuen to Dauid, she was giuen vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife.
掃羅的女兒米拉到了當給大衛的時候，掃羅卻給了米何拉人亞得列為妻。
20 Then Michal Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they shewed Saul, and the thing pleased him.
掃羅的次女米甲愛大衛。有人告訴掃羅，掃羅就喜悅。
21 Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne.
掃羅心裏說：「我將這女兒給大衛，作他的網羅，好藉非利士人的手害他。」所以掃羅對大衛說：「你今日可以第二次作我的女婿。」
22 And Saul commanded his seruants, Speake with Dauid secretly, and say, Behold, ye King hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in law.
掃羅吩咐臣僕說：「你們暗中對大衛說：『王喜悅你，王的臣僕也都喜愛你，所以你當作王的女婿。』」
23 And Sauls seruantes spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid. And Dauid sayd, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a Kings sonne in lawe, seeing that I am a poore man and of small reputation?
掃羅的臣僕就照這話說給大衛聽。大衛說：「你們以為作王的女婿是一件小事嗎？我是貧窮卑微的人。」
24 And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid.
掃羅的臣僕回奏說，大衛所說的如此如此。
25 And Saul sayd, This wise shall ye say to Dauid, The King desireth no dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistims, to bee auenged of the Kings enemies: for Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistims.
掃羅說：「你們要對大衛這樣說：『王不要甚麼聘禮，只要一百非利士人的陽皮，好在王的仇敵身上報仇。』」掃羅的意思要使大衛喪在非利士人的手裏。
26 And when his seruantes tolde Dauid these wordes, it pleased Dauid well, to be the Kings sonne in law: and the dayes were not expired.
掃羅的臣僕將這話告訴大衛，大衛就歡喜作王的女婿。日期還沒有到，
27 Afterwarde Dauid arose with his men, and went and slewe of the Philistims two hundreth men: and Dauid brought their foreskinnes, and they gaue them wholly to the King that hee might be the Kings sonne in lawe: therefore Saul gaue him Michal his daughter to wife.
大衛和跟隨他的人起身前往，殺了二百非利士人，將陽皮滿數交給王，為要作王的女婿。於是掃羅將女兒米甲給大衛為妻。
28 Then Saul sawe, and vnderstoode that the Lord was with Dauid, and that Michal the daughter of Saul loued him.
掃羅見耶和華與大衛同在，又知道女兒米甲愛大衛，
29 Then Saul was more and more afrayde of Dauid, and Saul became alway Dauids enemie.
就更怕大衛，常作大衛的仇敵。
30 And when the Princes of the Philistims went forth, at their going forth Dauid behaued himselfe more wisely then all the seruants of Saul, so that his name was much set by.
每逢非利士軍長出來打仗，大衛比掃羅的臣僕做事精明，因此他的名被人尊重。
