1 Samuel 23
1 And they declare to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.”
有人告訴達味說：「看，培肋舍特人在攻打刻依拉，搶劫禾場」。
2 And David inquires of YHWH, saying, “Do I go? And have I struck among these Philistines?” And YHWH says to David, “Go, and you have struck among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.”
達味就求問上主說：「我是否該去攻打這些培肋舍特人﹖」上主回答達味說：「去攻打培肋舍特人，解救刻依拉! 」
3 And David’s men say to him, “Behold, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, to the ranks of the Philistines?”
隨從達味的人對他說：「看，我們在猶大這裏，已惴惴不安；如果到刻依拉去攻打培肋舍特軍隊，更將如何﹖」
4 And David adds again to inquire of YHWH, and YHWH answers him and says, “Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand.”
達味又求問了上主，上主回答他說：「動身下到刻依拉去，因為已將培肋舍特人交在你手中了! 」
5 And David goes, and his men, to Keilah, and fights with the Philistines, and leads away their livestock, and strikes among them [with] a great striking, and David saves the inhabitants of Keilah.
達味就和跟隨他的人到刻依拉，攻打培肋舍特人，奪得了他們的牲口，打得他們慘敗，營救了刻依拉的居民。
6 And it comes to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech to David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.
那時阿希默肋客的兒子厄貝雅塔爾逃到達味那裏，也下到了刻依拉，手中拿著「厄弗得」
7 And it is declared to Saul that David has come to Keilah, and Saul says, “God has made him known for my hand, for he has been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.”
有人報告撒烏耳說：「達味到了刻依拉」。撒烏耳便說：「天主真將他交在我手中了，因為他將自己封鎖在一座有門有閂的城裏」。
8 And Saul summons all the people to the battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege to David and to his men.
撒烏耳就調集了人民出征，下到刻依拉，要包圍達味和他的部隊。
9 And David knows that Saul is devising the evil against him and says to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod near.”
達味一知道撒烏耳要陷害他，就給厄貝雅塔爾說：「拿「厄弗得」來! 」
10 And David says, “YHWH, God of Israel, Your servant has certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.
然後達味說：「上主，以色列的天主! 你僕人聽說撒烏耳正在籌劃到刻依拉來，為了我的緣故，要毀滅這座城。
11 Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? Does Saul come down as Your servant has heard? YHWH, God of Israel, please declare [it] to Your servant.” And YHWH says, “He comes down.”
刻依拉居民會將我交在他們手中嗎﹖撒烏耳是否會像你僕人所聽到的下來﹖請上主，以色列的天主，通知你的僕人! 」上主回答說：「他要下來! 」
12 And David says, “Do the possessors of Keilah shut up me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And YHWH says, “They shut [you] up.”
達味又問說：「刻依拉的居民，會把我和隨從我的的人，交在撒烏耳手中嗎﹖」上主答說：「他們會把你們交出」。
13 And David rises—and his men—about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and it has been declared to Saul that David has escaped from Keilah, and he ceases to go out.
達味就動身率領士兵，約有六百人，離開了刻依拉，到處漂流。有人告訴撒烏耳說：「達味從刻依拉逃走了」。撒烏耳遂停止出動。
14 And David abides in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abides in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeks him [for] all the days, and God has not given him into his hand.
達味住在曠野的深山裏，有時住在齊弗曠野的山中。撒烏耳每日找他，天主沒有將達味交在他手中。
15 And David sees that Saul has come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
達味很是害怕，因為撒烏耳出來，不斷搜索他，當時達味住在齊弗曠野的曷勒士。
16 And Jonathan son of Saul rises, and goes to David [in the] forest, and strengthens his hand in God,
撒烏耳的兒子約納堂動身，到了曷勒士，去見達味，他以天主的名鼓勵達味說：
17 and says to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of my father Saul does not find you, and you reign over Israel, and I am to you for second, and also so knows my father Saul.”
「不必害怕! 我父撒烏耳的手決拿不住你! 你必要作以色列王，我要在你以下居第二位，連我父撒烏耳也知道這事」。
18 And both of them make a covenant before YHWH; and David abides in the forest, and Jonathan has gone to his house.
他們二人在上主面前訂了盟約。以後達味仍留在曷勒士，約納堂回了家。
19 And the Ziphites go up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?
有些齊弗人上了基貝亞見撒烏耳，說：「達味不是在我們當中，在曷勒士隱藏著嗎﹖
20 And now, by all the desire of your soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.”
大王! 現在你隨意下到我們這裏，我們必將他交在大王手中」。
21 And Saul says, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH, for you have pity on me;
撒烏耳答說：「望上主祝福你們，因為你們同情了我。
22 now go prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who has seen him there? For [one] has said to me, He is very cunning.
你們再去查看清楚，看他的腳步急速往哪裏去，因為有人給我說，他非常狡滑。
23 And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself, and you have turned back prepared to me, and I have gone with you, and it has been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.”
所以你們去觀察清楚，他藏身的一切地方，確定後，回來見我，我必同一起去，只要他在這地方，我必在猶大各鄉村中搜捕他」。
24 And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.
他們就在撒烏耳以先動身往齊弗去了；達味和他的人那時住在瑪紅曠野，即在曠野南方的荒野原中。
25 And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare [it] to David, and he goes down the rock, and abides in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul hears, and pursues after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.
撒烏耳率領士兵去尋找達味。有人將這事告訴了達味，他就下到轟立瑪紅曠野的山崖間；撒烏耳一聽說，便到瑪紅曠野去追趕達味。
26 And Saul goes on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hurried to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are surrounding David and his men, to catch them.
撒烏耳帶領士兵走在山這面，達味帶領他的士兵走在山那邊；達味正在急速逃避撒烏耳時，撒烏耳率領著他的士兵追蹤達味和他的士兵，幾乎要把他們捉住，
27 And a messenger has come to Saul, saying, “Hurry, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.”
就在這時，有一個使者來見撒烏耳說：「快回去，因為培肋舍特已侵入邊境! 」
28 And Saul turns back from pursuing after David, and goes to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place “The Rock of Divisions.”
撒烏耳遂立即收兵，不再追趕達味，而去迎擊培肋舍特人；因此，人給那地方起名叫「隔離岩」。
29 And David goes up there, and abides in fortresses [at] En-gedi.
達味為那裏上去，住在恩革狄的山寨中。
