サムエル記Ⅰ 18
1 ダビデがサウルに語り終えた時、ヨナタンの心はダビデの心に結びつき、ヨナタンは自分の命のようにダビデを愛した。
After David finished talking with Saul, [he met Saul’s son, Jonathan.] Jonathan [immediately] liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself.
2 この日、サウルはダビデを召しかかえて、父の家に帰らせなかった。
From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home.
3 ヨナタンとダビデとは契約を結んだ。ヨナタンが自分の命のようにダビデを愛したからである。
Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. [They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends].
4 ヨナタンは自分が着ていた上着を脱いでダビデに与えた。また、そのいくさ衣、およびつるぎも弓も帯も、そのようにした。
Jonathan took off his own outer robe and gave it to David. He also gave David his soldier’s tunic, his sword, his bow [and arrows], and his belt.
5 ダビデはどこでもサウルがつかわす所に出て行って、てがらを立てたので、サウルは彼を兵の隊長とした。それはすべての民の心にかない、またサウルの家来たちの心にもかなった。
[David went wherever Saul sent him. And] whatever Saul told him to do, David did it very successfully. As a result, Saul appointed David to be a commander in the army. All the officers and other men in the army (approved of/were very pleased with) that.
6 人々が引き揚げてきた時、すなわちダビデが、かのペリシテびとを殺して帰った時、女たちはイスラエルの町々から出てきて、手鼓と祝い歌と三糸の琴をもって、歌いつ舞いつ、サウル王を迎えた。
But, when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, the women came out from many [HYP] towns in Israel to meet/greet King Saul. They were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres.
7 女たちは踊りながら互に歌いかわした、「サウルは千を撃ち殺し、ダビデは万を撃ち殺した」。
As they danced, they sang this song to each other: “Saul has killed 1,000 [enemy soldiers], But David has killed 10,000 [of them].”
8 サウルは、ひじょうに怒り、この言葉に気を悪くして言った、「ダビデには万と言い、わたしには千と言う。この上、彼に与えるものは、国のほかないではないか」。
[When] Saul [heard them singing that, he] did not like it. He became very angry. He said [to himself], “They are saying that David [killed] 10,000 men, but that I [have killed] only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” [RHQ]
9 サウルは、この日からのちダビデをうかがった。
From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious [that David would try to become king].
10 次の日、神から来る悪霊がサウルにはげしく臨んで、サウルが家の中で狂いわめいたので、ダビデは、いつものように、手で琴をひいた。その時、サウルの手にやりがあったので、
The next day, an evil spirit sent by God suddenly took control of Saul. He began to act like a madman, inside his house. David was playing the lyre for him, as he did every day. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,
11 サウルは「ダビデを壁に刺し通そう」と思って、そのやりをふり上げた。しかしダビデは二度身をかわしてサウルを避けた。
and he hurled it [at David], saying to himself, “I will fasten David to the wall with the spear!” He did that two times, but David jumped aside [both times].
12 主がサウルを離れて、ダビデと共におられたので、サウルはダビデを恐れた。
Because [it became evident that] Yahweh had abandoned Saul but [that] he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David.
13 それゆえサウルは、ダビデを遠ざけて、千人の長としたので、ダビデは民の先に立って出入りした。
So he appointed David as a commander of 1,000 soldiers and sent David away from him, [hoping that David would be killed in a battle]. But when David led his soldiers [in their battles],
14 またダビデは、すべてそのすることに、てがらを立てた。主が共におられたからである。
he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
15 サウルはダビデが大きなてがらを立てるのを見て彼を恐れたが、
When Saul heard that David [and his soldiers were] very successful, he became more afraid of David.
16 イスラエルとユダのすべての人はダビデを愛した。彼が民の先に立って出入りしたからである。
But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully [in the battles].
17 その時サウルはダビデに言った、「わたしの長女メラブを、あなたに妻として与えよう。ただ、あなたはわたしのために勇ましく、主の戦いを戦いなさい」。サウルは「自分の手で彼を殺さないで、ペリシテびとの手で殺そう」と思ったからである。
One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my oldest daughter, Merab, to be your wife. I will do that if you serve me bravely by fighting battles for Yahweh [against the Philistines]”. He said that because he thought, “I will not try to get rid of David by myself. I will allow the Philistines to do that.”
18 ダビデはサウルに言った、「わたしは何者なのでしょう。わたしの親族、わたしの父の一族はイスラエルのうちで何者なのでしょう。そのわたしが、どうして王のむこになることができましょう」。
But David said to Saul, “I am not [RHQ] a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” [RHQ]
19 しかしサウルの娘メラブは、ダビデにとつぐべき時になって、メホラびとアデリエルに妻として与えられた。
So, when it was time for Merab to be given to David to become his wife, instead, Saul gave her to a man named Adriel, from Meholah [town].
20 サウルの娘ミカルはダビデを愛した。人々がそれをサウルに告げたとき、サウルはその事を喜んだ。
But Saul’s other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased.
21 サウルは「ミカルを彼に与えて、彼を欺く手だてとし、ペリシテびとの手で彼を殺そう」と思ったので、サウルはふたたびダビデに言った、「あなたを、きょう、わたしのむこにします」。
He thought, “I will let Michal marry him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him.” So he said to David, [“You can marry Michal],” and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
22 そしてサウルは家来たちに命じた、「ひそかにダビデに言いなさい、『王はあなたが気に入り、王の家来たちも皆あなたを愛しています。それゆえ王のむこになりなさい』」。
Saul told his servants, “Talk to David privately, and say to him, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now [we think that] you should [marry Michal and] become the king’s son-in-law.’”
23 そこでサウルの家来たちはこの言葉をダビデの耳に語ったので、ダビデは言った、「わたしのような貧しく、卑しい者が、王のむこになることは、あなたがたには、たやすいことと思われますか」。
So they told that to David. But David said, “It would be a great honor [RHQ] to become the king’s son-in-law. But [I do not think that I should do that, because] I am only a poor and insignificant man.”
24 サウルの家来たちはサウルに、「ダビデはこう言った」と告げた。
When the servants told Saul what David had said,
25 サウルは言った、「あなたがたはダビデにこう言いなさい、『王はなにも結納を望まれない。ただペリシテびとの陽の皮一百を獲て、王のあだを討つことを望まれる』」。これはサウルが、ダビデをペリシテびとの手によって倒そうと思ったからである。
Saul replied, “Go and say to David, ‘[In order for] the king [to allow you to marry Michal, he] wants [you to kill] 100 Philistines [and cut off] their foreskins [and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them]. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’” But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David [while David was trying to kill them].
26 サウルの家来たちが、この言葉をダビデに告げた時、ダビデは王のむこになることを良しとした。そして定めた日がまだこないうちに、
When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king’s son-in-law [by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that]. But before that time ended,
27 ダビデは従者をつれて、立って行き、ペリシテびと二百人を殺して、その陽の皮を携え帰り、王のむこになるために、それをことごとく王にささげた。そこでサウルは娘ミカルを彼に妻として与えた。
David and his men went and killed, [not 100, but] 200 Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them [while Saul was watching], in order to prove that he had [done what the king required so that he could become Saul’s son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated] to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
28 しかしサウルは見て、主がダビデと共におられること、またイスラエルのすべての人がダビデを愛するのを知った時、
But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David,
29 サウルは、ますますダビデを恐れた。こうしてサウルは絶えずダビデに敵した。
he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy.
30 さてペリシテびとの君たちが攻めてきたが、ダビデは、彼らが攻めてくるごとに、サウルのどの家来よりも多くのてがらを立てたので、その名はひじょうに尊敬された。
The Philistine armies repeatedly came to fight the Israelis, but every time they fought, David and his soldiers were more successful than any of Saul’s other army commanders. As a result, David became very famous.
