1 Samuel 29

1 And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and Israel is encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel,

培肋舍特人將軍隊全調集在阿費克，同時以色列人在依次勒耳附近的泉旁紮營。

2 and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish.

培肋舍特的莤長，有領一百人的，也有領一千人的，列陣在前；達味帶領自己的人同阿基士列陣在後。

3 And the heads of the Philistines say, “What [are] these Hebrews?” And Achish says to the heads of the Philistines, “Is this not David, servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days or these years, and I have not found anything in him [wrong] from the day of his falling away until this day?”

培肋舍特人的將領說：「這些希伯來人作什麼﹖」阿基士回答培肋舍特人的將領說：「他不是以色列王撒烏耳的臣僕達味嗎﹖他已同我在一起有一二年了，從他歸順我那一天起，他已在他身上從未發現什麼過錯」。

4 And the heads of the Philistines are angry against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, “Send back the man, and he turns back to his place to where you have appointed him, and does not go down with us into battle, and is not for an adversary to us in battle; and with what does this one reconcile himself to his lord—is it not with the heads of those men?

培肋舍特將領向他大發憤怒說：「把這人打發回去，回到你給他指定的地方去，不要讓他同我們一起下去打仗，免得他他在戰爭中作出賣我們的細，他不借用我們這些人的頭，怎能獲得他主人的歡心﹖

5 Is this not David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul has struck among his thousands, and David among his myriads?”

人在舞蹈時歌詠說：「『撒烏耳殺了一千，達味殺了一萬』，不就是這達味嗎﹖」

6 And Achish calls to David and says to him, “YHWH lives, surely you [are] upright, and good in my eyes is your going out, and your coming in with me in the camp, for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me until this day; but you are not good in the eyes of the princes;

阿基士就將艮召來，向他說：「願永生的天作證：你是可靠的人，你同我在軍中出入，我很滿意，因為自你投奔我那一天起，我在你身上並沒有發現什麼可指摘之事；但是莤長們不喜歡你。

7 and now, return, and go in peace, and you do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”

現今你回去，平安去吧! 免得培肋舍特人的茜長們厭惡」。

8 And David says to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day that I have been before you until this day—that I do not go in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?”

達味回答阿基士說：「我作了什麼不對﹖或是自我來服你那一天起，直到今日，你在你僕人人身上發現了什麼不對，竟不肯讓我同我大王的敵人交戰﹖」

9 And Achish answers and says to David, “I have known that you [are] good in my eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He does not go up with us into battle;

阿基士回答達味說：「我知道你在我眼中，好像一位天主的使者，但培肋舍特的將領說：不許他同我們一起作戰！

10 and now, rise early in the morning—and the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go.”

明早起來，你同你一起來的你主人的僕人，都往我給你指定的地方去，心中不要抱怨，我是喜歡你的，所以明天，天一亮，你們就動身回去吧! 」

11 And David rises early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.

於是達味和他的人清早就起身，回培肋舍特地方去了。培肋舍特人上了依次勒耳。