1 Samuel 17
1 The Philistines gathered their army [to fight the Israeli army]. They gathered together near Socoh, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. They set up their tents at Ephes-Dammim, which is between Socoh and Azekah.
培肋舍特人調集了軍隊，準備作戰，集合在猶大，在索苛與阿則卡之間的厄斐斯達明紮了營。
2 Saul gathered the Israeli army near Elah Valley, and they set up their tents. Then they all took their places, ready to fight the Philistines.
撒烏耳和以色列人齊集起來，在厄拉谷紮了營，擺陣準備迎擊培肋舍特人。
3 So the Philistine and Israeli armies faced each other. They were on two hills, with a valley between them.
培肋舍特人站在這邊一座山上，以色列人站在那邊一座山上，中間隔著山谷。
4 Then Goliath, from Gath [city], came out from the Philistine camp. He was a champion warrior/soldier. He was (over 9 feet/3 meters) tall.
從培肋舍特人陣地中走出一個挑戰的人，名叫哥肋雅，是加特人，身高六肘又一柞，
5 He wore a helmet made of bronze [to protect his head], and he wore a coat made of metal plates [to protect his body]. The coat weighed (125 pounds/56 kg.).
頭帶銅盔，身穿鎧衣，鎧衣的重銅重五千「協刻爾」，
6 He wore bronze guards/protectors on his legs. He had a long bronze dagger fastened on his back.
腿裹銅葉，肩插銅槍。
7 He also had a big spear. It had a cord on it to enable him to throw it better (OR, which was as thick as a weaver’s beam). The tip of the spear was made of iron and weighed (15 pounds/almost 7 kg.). A soldier carrying a huge shield walked in front of him.
矛桿像織布機的大軸，矛頭重六百「協刻爾」；有個持盾的人給他開道。
8 Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israeli army, “Why are you all lined up for battle? I am the great Philistine [soldier], and I think [RHQ] you are [merely] Saul’s slaves. Choose one man to fight for all of you, and send him down here to me!
他站在以色列人的陣地前，喊說：「你們為什麼出來擺陣作戰﹖我不是培肋舍特人嗎﹖你們不是撒烏耳的奴才嗎﹖你們挑選一人，下來同我對敵!
9 If he fights with me and kills me, then my fellow Philistines will all be your slaves. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you Israelis will all be our slaves.
假使他能同我決鬥，殺了我，我們就作你們的奴隸；但是，如果我得勝，殺了他，你們就應服事我們，作我們的奴隸」。
10 I defy/challenge you men of the Israeli army. Send me a man who will fight with me!”
那培肋舍特人還說：「今天我向以色列罵陣，你們給我個人來，讓我們彼此決鬥」。
11 When Saul and all the Israeli soldiers heard that, they were extremely terrified [DOU].
撒烏耳和全以色列聽見那培肋舍特說的這些話，都非常驚慌害怕。
12 David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the clan of Ephrath. He lived in Bethlehem, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. Jesse had eight sons. When Saul [was king], Jesse had already become a very old man [DOU].
達味是猶大白冷的一個厄弗辣大人的兒子，那人名叫葉瑟，他有八個兒子。此人在撒烏耳時，已經老了。
13 Jesse’s three oldest sons, Eliab and Abinadab and Shammah, had gone with Saul to fight [the Philistines].
葉瑟的三個大兒已跟撒烏耳出征作戰；從軍的三個兒子：長子叫厄里雅布，次子名叫阿彼納達布，三子名叫沙瑪。
14 David was Jesse’s youngest son. While his three oldest brothers were with Saul,
達味最小，三個年長的已跟撒烏耳出征。
15 David went back and forth: Sometimes he went to Saul’s camp, and sometimes he stayed in Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep.
達味有時服侍撒烏耳，有時離開，回白冷放父親的羊。
16 For 40 days Goliath came out from the Philistine camp and stood there [taunting the Israeli army/telling the Israelis to choose one man to fight with him]. He did it twice each day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
那培肋舍特人早晨晚上常出來挑戰，一連四十天之久。
17 [One day], Jesse said to David, “Here is a sack of roasted grain and ten loaves of bread. Take these quickly to your [older] brothers.
葉瑟對他的兒子達味說：「你給你哥哥們帶去這一「厄法」炒麥和十個餅，快往營裏給你哥哥們送去。
18 And here are ten large chunks of cheese. Take them to their commander. And see how things are going with your [older] brothers. Then [if they are okay, ] bring back something to show they are all right.”
將這十塊奶餅送給千夫長．然後看望你的哥哥們是否平安，並把他們的薪俸帶回來。
19 His brothers were with Saul and all the other Israeli soldiers, camped alongside Elah Valley, [preparing to] fight the Philistines.
他們與撒烏耳和全以色列人都在厄拉谷，同培肋舍特人作戰」。
20 So David arranged for another shepherd to take care of the sheep. Early the next morning he took the food and went to the Israeli camp, as Jesse told him to do. He arrived there just as the Israeli soldiers were forming their ranks and going out to the battlefield. As they went, they were shouting a war cry.
達味清早起來，把羊群托給一個看羊的人，就照他父親葉瑟吩咐的起身去了。他來到營中時，軍隊正出來擺陣，喊著衝鋒的口號。
21 The Philistine army and the Israeli army stood [on the hillsides], facing each other, ready for the battle.
以色列人和培肋舍特人列陣相對。
22 David gave the food to the man who was taking care of the war equipment. [He told him to take care of the food that he brought], and then he went and greeted his older brothers.
達味把自己的行囊交給一個看守輜重兵的1 內，跑入陣內，向他的哥哥們問安。
23 While he was talking with them, he saw Goliath coming out from among the Philistine soldiers, shouting [to the Israelis], challenging them [to send a man to fight him]. David heard what Goliath was saying.
當他和他們談話時，名叫哥肋雅的挑戰者，──加特的培肋舍特人──從培肋舍特人的陣裏上來，說了以所述的話，達味聽見了。
24 When all the Israeli soldiers saw Goliath, they were terrified and started to ran away.
所有的以色列人一看見那人，都非常害怕，便由他面前逃避了。
25 They were saying to each other, “Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelis! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her, and that he will no longer require that man’s family to pay taxes.”
那時有個以色列人宣佈說：「你們看見了上來的這人嗎﹖這人上來是辱罵以色列。若有人把他殺死，君王要賜給他許多財富，將自己是女兒嫁給他為妻，並使他的父家在以色列內豁免繳稅」。
26 David talked to some of the men who were standing near him. He said, “What will be given to whoever kills this Philistine and frees us Israelis from this shame/disgrace? And who [does] this heathen Philistine [think he] is, defying/ridiculing the army that serves the all-powerful God?”
達味問站在他旁邊的人說：「殺死這培肋舍特人，給以色列雪恥的人得什麼賞﹖這未受割損培肋舍特人是誰﹖他竟敢辱罵永生天主的軍旅! 」
27 They told him the same thing that the other men had said, about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath.
人就把上邊那些話告訴他說：「殺死這人的，要得這樣這樣的報酬」。
28 But when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking to the men, he was angry. He said to David, “Why have you come down here? Is someone taking care of those few sheep that you left in the desert? I know you are just a (smart-aleck/brat)! You just want to watch the battle!”
他的大哥厄里雅布一聽見達味對那些人所說的話，便對達味大發憤怒說：「你為什麼下來﹖你在曠野中放的那幾隻羊，託給了誰﹖我知道你驕傲，心中不懷好意；你下來只是要看作戰」。
29 David replied, “Have I done something wrong? I was merely asking a question!”
達味回答說：「我究竟作的什麼不對﹖連句話也不能說嗎﹖」
30 Then he walked over to another man and asked him the same question, but the man gave him the same answer. Each time he asked someone, he received the same answer.
達味就離開那裏，到了另一處，又問了同樣的事，人回答的話也和先前一樣。
31 Finally, someone told king Saul what David had asked, and Saul sent someone to bring David to him.
有人聽見了達味說的話，就去報告給撒烏耳；撒烏耳就命他前來。
32 David told king Saul, “No one should (worry/become a coward) because of that Philistine man. I will go and fight with him!”
達味對撒烏耳說：「請我主不必為那人而沮喪，你僕人要去同這培肋舍特人決鬥」。
33 Saul said to David, “You are only a young man, and he has been a very capable soldier all his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!”
撒烏耳對達味說：「你不能去對抗這培肋舍特人，同他決鬥，因為你還年輕，而他自幼便是習於戰鬥的人」。
34 David replied, “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep [for many years]. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried away a lamb,
達味回答撒烏耳說：「你的僕人是為他父親牧羊的人，幾時有獅子或狗熊闖來，由羊群中奪去一隻羊，
35 I went after the lion or the bear and attacked it and rescued the lamb from the wild animal’s mouth. Then I grabbed the animal by its jaw/throat and struck it and killed it.
我就追上去，打死牠，從牠口中救出那隻來；假使獅子起來撲我，我就抓住牠的鬚，將牠打死。
36 I have killed both lions and bears. And [I will do] the same to this heathen Philistine, because he has defied/ridiculed the army of the all-powerful God!
你的你的僕人連獅子帶狗熊都打死了，這未受割損的培肋舍特人也不過像其中的一個，因為他竟敢辱罵永生天主的軍旅」。
37 Yahweh has rescued me from paws of lions and bears, and he will rescue me from this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “All right, go [and fight him], and [I hope/desire] that Yahweh will help you!”
達味又接著說：「由獅子和狗熊中拯救我的上主，也必從這培肋舍特人手中拯救我」。撒烏耳對達味說：「去吧! 望上主與你同在! 」
38 Then Saul gave to David his own clothes that he always wore in battles, and he gave him a bronze helmet and a coat made of metal plates.
撒烏耳給達味穿上自己的武裝，給他頭上帶上銅盔，身上穿上鎧甲，
39 David [put these things on. Then he] fastened his sword over them, and tried to walk. But he could not walk, because he was not accustomed to wearing those things. So David said to Saul, “I cannot fight wearing all these things, because I am not accustomed to [wearing] them!” So he took them off.
又在鎧甲上偑上自己的刀。達味試走了兩步，因他沒有穿慣，遂對撒烏耳說：「穿戴這些東西，不能行動，因為先前總沒有穿過」。所以他又將盔甲從身上脫下。
40 Then he took his walking/shepherd’s stick, and he picked up five smooth stones from the brook/stream. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder-bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath.
達味手裏拿著自己的棍子，在河裏揀了五塊很光滑的石頭，放在牧童隨身所帶的袋子內，即裝石囊內，手內拿著投石器，向那培肋舍特人走去。
41 Goliath walked toward David, with the soldier who was carrying his shield walking in front of him. When he got near David,
那培肋舍特人也大搖大擺走近了達味，給他持盾的走在他開路。
42 he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
那培肋舍特人瞪眼一看，見了達味，遂看不起他，因達味還很年輕，面色紅潤，眉清目秀。
43 He said to David, “Are you coming to me with a stick because [you think that] I am a dog?” Then he called out to his gods to harm David.
那培肋舍特人對達味說：「莫非我是隻狗，你竟拿棍子來對付我﹖」達味回答說：「你比一隻狗還不如! 」那培肋舍特人就指著自己的神詛咒達味，
44 He said to David, “Come here to me, and I will [kill you and] give your dead body to the birds and wild animals to eat!”
且對達味說：「你到我這裏來，我要把你的肉，給空中的飛鳥和田野的走獸吃」。
45 David replied, “You are coming to me with a sword and a dagger and a spear. But I am coming to you (in the name/with the authority) of almighty Yahweh. He is the God whom the army of Israel [worships], and he is the God whom you have defied/ridiculed.
達味回答那培肋舍特說：「你仗著刀槍箭戟來對付我，但我是仗著你所淩辱的萬軍的上主，以色列的天主的聖名來對付你。
46 Today Yahweh will enable me to defeat you. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And [we Israelis will kill] many Philistine [soldiers and] give their bodies to the birds and wild animals to eat. And everyone in the world will [hear about it and] know that we Israeli people worship an [all-powerful] God.
今天上主定把你交在我手中，我必打死你割下你的頭來；今天我要把你的屍體和培肋舍特軍人的屍體，給空中的飛鳥和田野的走獸吃：這樣：全地都要知道在以色列有天主。
47 And everyone here will know that Yahweh can rescue people without a sword or a spear. Yahweh always wins his battles, and he will enable us to defeat all of you [Philistines].”
在埸的眾人也要知道，上主不賴刀槍賜人勝利，戰爭勝負只屬於上主，衪已把你們交我們手中了」。
48 As Goliath came closer to attack David, David ran quickly toward him.
正當那培肋舍特人起身，大搖大擺向達味走來時，達味趕快由陣中跑出來，迎那培肋舍特人；
49 He put his hand into his shoulder-bag and took out one stone. He [put it in his sling and] hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath on the forehead and penetrated his skull, and he fell face down onto the ground.
同時伸手，由囊中取出一塊石頭，套在投石器上打過去，正打在那培肋舍特人的額上，石頭穿入額內，那人就跌倒在地上。
50 Then David ran and stood over Goliath. He pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath and killed him with it, and then cut off his head. In that way David defeated the Philistine without having his own sword. He used [only] a sling and a stone! When the other Philistines saw that their great warrior was dead, they ran away.
如此，達味用投石器和石頭，得勝了那培肋舍特人，打中了他，將他殺死，雖然手無寸鐵。
達味遂跑過去，站在培肋舍特人身上，拿起他的刀，從鞘內拔出，殺了他，砍下他的頭。所有培肋舍特人看見他們的英雄死了，就囡散奔逃。
52 The Israeli men shouted and ran after them. They pursued them all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron [city]. They struck them as they went, with the result that dead/wounded Philistines were lying on the road all the way from Shaaraim to Gath and Ekron [towns].
以色列人和猶大人就起來吶喊，追擊培肋舍特人直到加特關，直到厄刻龍城門。沿沙阿辣因的路上，直到加特和厄刻龍，遍地是培肋舍特人的屍首。
53 When the Israelis returned from chasing the Philistines, they (plundered/took everything from) the Philistine camp.
以色列人追殺培肋舍特人回來，又搶劫了他們的幕。
54 David later took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
以後，達味取了那培肋舍特人的頭，送到耶路撒冷；至於那人的武器，卻放在會幕內。
55 As Saul watched David going toward Goliath, he said to Abner, the commanded of his army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “(As sure as you are alive/Truly) [IDM], I do not know.”
當撒烏耳看見達味去和那培肋舍特人迎戰時，就問統帥阿貝乃爾說：「阿貝乃爾，這少年人是誰的兒子﹖」阿貝乃爾回答說：「大王萬歲，我不知道」。
56 Then the king said, “Find out whose son he is!”
君王說：「你查一下，這少年人是誰的兒子﹖」
57 [Later, ] as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was carrying Goliath’s head.
達味殺死那培肋舍特人回來時，阿貝乃爾帶他去見撒烏耳，他手中還拿著那培肋舍特人的頭。
58 Saul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?” David replied, “[Sir, perhaps you have forgotten that] I am the son of your servant Jesse, who has served you faithfully, who lives in Bethlehem.”
撒烏耳問他說：「少年人你是誰的兒子﹖」達味答說：「我是你僕白冷人葉瑟的兒子」。
