1 Samuel 19
1 And Saul speaks to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, to put David to death,
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 son of Saul delighted in David exceedingly, and Jonathan declares [it] to David, saying, “My father Saul is seeking to put you to death, and now, please take heed in the morning, and you have abided in a secret place and been hidden,
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 go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where you [are], and I speak of you to my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared [it] to 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 speaks good of David to his father Saul and says to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works [are] very good for you;
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 indeed, he puts his life in his hand, and strikes the Philistine, and YHWH works a great salvation for all Israel; you have seen, and rejoice, and why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nothing?”
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 listens to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swears, “YHWH lives—he does 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 calls for David, and Jonathan declares all these words to him, and Jonathan brings in David to Saul, and he is before him as before.
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 adds to be war, and David goes out and fights against the Philistines, and strikes among them [with] a great striking, and they flee from his face.
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 a spirit of sadness [from] YHWH is to Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin [is] in his hand, and David is playing with the hand,
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 seeks to strike with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he frees himself from the presence of Saul, and he strikes the javelin through the wall; and David has fled and escapes during that night.
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 Saul sends messengers to the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and his wife Michal declares [it] to David, saying, “If you are not delivering your life tonight—tomorrow you are put to death.”
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 And Michal causes David to go down through the window, and he goes on, and flees, and escapes;
米加耳把達味從窗口縋下去，他便逃跑了，救了命。
13 and Michal takes the teraphim, and lays [it] on the bed, and she has put the mattress of goats’ [hair for] his pillows, and covers [it] with a garment.
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 sends messengers to take David, and she says, “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 Saul sends the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up in the bed to me in order to put him to death.”
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 in, and behold, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats’ [hair for] his pillows.
差役進去，見是「神像」躺在床上，有張毛毯蓋著頭。
17 And Saul says to Michal, “Why have you thus deceived me—that you send my enemy away, and he escapes?” And Michal says to Saul, “He said to me, Send me away. Why do I put you to death?”
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 And David has fled, and escapes, and comes to Samuel at Ramath, and declares to him all that Saul has done to him, and he goes, he and Samuel, and they dwell in Naioth.
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 is declared to Saul, saying, “Behold, David [is] in Naioth in Ramah.”
有人告訴撒烏耳說：「看，達味住在辣瑪的納約特」。
20 And Saul sends messengers to take David, and they see the assembly of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, set over them, and the Spirit of God is on Saul’s messengers, and they prophesy—they also.
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 they declare [it] to Saul, and he sends other messengers, and they prophesy—they also; and Saul adds and sends messengers a third time, and they prophesy—they also.
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 he goes—he also—to Ramath, and comes to the great well which [is] in Sechu, and asks and says, “Where [are] Samuel and David?” And [one] says, “Behold, in Naioth in Ramah.”
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 goes there—to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God is on him also; and he goes, going on, and he prophesies until his coming to Naioth in Ramah,
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 strips off—he also—his garments, and prophesies—he also—before Samuel, and falls down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, “Is Saul also among 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﹖」
