撒母耳记上 30
1 第三日，大卫和跟随他的人到了洗革拉。亚玛力人已经侵夺南地，攻破洗革拉，用火焚烧，
Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.
2 掳了城内的妇女和其中的大小人口，却没有杀一个，都带着走了。
And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.
3 大卫和跟随他的人到了那城，不料，城已烧毁，他们的妻子儿女都被掳去了。
So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,
4 大卫和跟随他的人就放声大哭，直哭得没有气力。
David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
5 大卫的两个妻—耶斯列人亚希暖和作过拿八妻的迦密人亚比该，也被掳去了。
For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 大卫甚是焦急，因众人为自己的儿女苦恼，说：“要用石头打死他。”大卫却倚靠耶和华—他的 神，心里坚固。
And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons, and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
7 大卫对亚希米勒的儿子祭司亚比亚他说：“请你将以弗得拿过来。”亚比亚他就将以弗得拿到大卫面前。
And he said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 大卫求问耶和华说：“我追赶敌军，追得上追不上呢？”耶和华说：“你可以追，必追得上，都救得回来。”
And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.
9 于是，大卫和跟随他的六百人来到比梭溪；有不能前去的就留在那里。
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there.
10 大卫却带着四百人往前追赶，有二百人疲乏，不能过比梭溪，所以留在那里。
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.
11 这四百人在田野遇见一个埃及人，就带他到大卫面前，给他饼吃，给他水喝，
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
12 又给他一块无花果饼，两个葡萄饼。他吃了，就精神复原；因为他三日三夜没有吃饼，没有喝水。
As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights.
13 大卫问他说：“你是属谁的？你是哪里的人？”他回答说：“我是埃及的少年人，是亚玛力人的奴仆；因我三日前患病，我主人就把我撇弃了。
And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.
14 我们侵夺了基利提的南方和属犹大的地，并迦勒地的南方，又用火烧了洗革拉。”
For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.
15 大卫问他说：“你肯领我们到敌军那里不肯？”他回答说：“你要向我指着 神起誓，不杀我，也不将我交在我主人手里，我就领你下到敌军那里。”
And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him.
16 那人领大卫下去，见他们散在地上，吃喝跳舞，因为从非利士地和犹大地所掳来的财物甚多。
And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
17 大卫从黎明直到次日晚上，击杀他们，除了四百骑骆驼的少年人之外，没有一个逃脱的。
And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.
18 亚玛力人所掳去的财物，大卫全都夺回，并救回他的两个妻来。
So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 凡亚玛力人所掳去的，无论大小、儿女、财物，大卫都夺回来，没有失落一个。
And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all.
20 大卫所夺来的牛群羊群，跟随他的人赶在原有的群畜前边，说：“这是大卫的掠物。”
And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.
21 大卫到了那疲乏不能跟随、留在比梭溪的二百人那里。他们出来迎接大卫并跟随的人。大卫前来问他们安。
And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people saluted them peaceably.
22 跟随大卫人中的恶人和匪类说：“这些人既然没有和我们同去，我们所夺的财物就不分给他们，只将他们各人的妻子儿女给他们，使他们带去就是了。”
Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.
23 大卫说：“弟兄们，耶和华所赐给我们的，不可不分给他们；因为他保佑我们，将那攻击我们的敌军交在我们手里。
But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.
24 这事谁肯依从你们呢？上阵的得多少，看守器具的也得多少；应当大家平分。”
And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.
25 大卫定此为以色列的律例典章，从那日直到今日。
And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.
26 大卫到了洗革拉，从掠物中取些送给他朋友犹大的长老，说：“这是从耶和华仇敌那里夺来的，送你们为礼物。”
Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
27 他送礼物给住伯特利的，南地拉末的，雅提珥的；
To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
28 住亚罗珥的，息末的，以实提莫的；
And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,
29 住拉哈勒的，耶拉篾各城的，基尼各城的；
And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
30 住何珥玛的，歌拉珊的，亚挞的；
And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,
31 住希伯 的，并大卫和跟随他的人素来所到之处的人。
And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.
