1 Samuel 18
1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
達味同撒烏耳說完了話，約納堂的心和達味的心很相契；約納堂愛他如愛自己一樣。
2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
那天，撒烏耳把達味留下，不讓他回父家去。
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
約納堂同達味結為盟友，愛他如愛自己一樣。
4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David with his clothing, even including his sword, his bow, and his sash.
約納堂脫下自己穿的外氅，連軍裝，帶刀劍，甚至弓和腰帶，都給了達味。
5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
撒烏耳派達味出去無論作什麼事，沒有不成功的；故此撒烏耳派他作軍隊的將領；軍民和撒烏耳的臣僕都非常喜愛他。
6 As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
當達味殺死那培肋舍特人後，班師回來時，婦女們從城中出來，唱歌跳舞，打鼓彈琴，興高采烈地前來歡迎撒烏耳君王。
7 The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
婦女們邊唱邊跳說：「撒烏耳殺了一千，達味殺了一萬」。
8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
撒烏耳因此很是憤怒，這話使他很不高興，遂說：「給了根一萬，只給我一千；他所少的只有王位了!」
9 Saul watched David from that day and forward.
從那一天起，撒烏耳常嫉視達味。
10 On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;
第二天，惡神由天主那裏降到撒烏耳身上；使他在屋中發狂。達味一如往日手中彈著琴，撒烏耳手中卻拿著一根長槍，
11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.
撒烏耳舉起槍來，想把達味釘在牆上；達味已由他面前逃脫了兩次。
12 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.
撒烏耳害怕達味，因為上主與達味同在，而離開了撒烏耳。
13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
因此，撒烏耳叫他離開自己，派他作千夫長，達味便在軍民前往來出入。
14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
達味在所行的一切事上，無不順利，因為天主與他同在。
15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
撒烏耳見他辦事順利，就更疑懼他。
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
但全以色列和猶大人卻愛達味，因為他在他們前往來出入。
17 Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
撒烏耳對達味說：「看；我要把我的長女默辣布嫁給你為妻，只要你為我勇敢服務，為上主作戰」。──撒烏耳心中想：我不親手害他，讓培肋舍特人加害他。
18 David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
達味回答撒烏耳說：「我是誰，我父在以色列又算得什麼，我怎配作君王的女婿﹖」
19 But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
但是撒烏耳的女兒默辣布正要嫁給達味的時候，卻嫁給了默曷拉人阿德黎耳為妻。
20 Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
當時撒烏耳的女兒米加耳很愛達味；有人告訴了撒烏耳，他看這事好，
21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall today be my son-in-law.”
心想：「我把她嫁給達味，叫她成為他的羅網，藉培肋舍特人害他」。所以撒烏耳再次對達味說：「今天你要作我的女婿了! 」
22 Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’”
撒烏耳吩咐他的臣僕說：「你們暗暗地告訴達味說：看，君王多麼喜愛你，如今你要作君王的女婿了! 」
23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?”
撒烏耳的臣僕將這些話告訴了達味；達味反答說：「你們以為作君王的女婿軟碟件小事嗎﹖我不過是個貧窮賤卑賤的人」。
24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
撒烏耳的臣僕回報王說：「達味如此如此說了」。
25 Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
撒烏耳答說：「你們要這樣對達味說：君王不要什麼聘禮，只要一百培培肋舍特人的包皮，為報復君王的仇敵」。撒烏耳有意使達味落在培肋舍特人手中。
26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
他的臣僕將這些話轉告給達味，達味看這事為作君王的女婿也對，所限的日期尚未過去，
27 David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
達味就和他的人起身去殺死了一百培肋舍特人，將他們的包皮帶回，足數交給君王，為作君王的女婿；撒烏耳就將女兒米加耳嫁給他為妻。
28 Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.
撒烏耳看出了上主與達味同在，全以色列也都愛他，
29 Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
從此更疑懼達味，終身與他為敵。
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.
培肋舍特人的首領仍不斷出征；但每遇他們出征，達味所行的常比撒烏耳所有的臣僕成就更大，為此他更受人景仰。
