撒母耳記上 17
1 非利士人招聚他們的軍旅，要來爭戰；聚集在屬猶大的梭哥，安營在梭哥和亞西加中間的以弗‧大憫。
Nowe the Philistims gathered their armies to battell, and came together to Shochoh, which is in Iudah, and pitched betweene Shochoh and Azekah, in the coast of Dammim.
2 掃羅和以色列人也聚集，在以拉谷安營，擺列隊伍，要與非利士人打仗。
And Saul, and the men of Israel assembled, and pitched in the valley of Elah, and put themselues in battell araie to meete the Philistims.
3 非利士人站在這邊山上，以色列人站在那邊山上，當中有谷。
And the Philistims stoode on a mountaine on the one side, and Israel stoode on a mountaine on the other side: so a valley was betweene them.
4 從非利士營中出來一個討戰的人，名叫歌利亞，是迦特人，身高六肘零一虎口；
Then came a man betweene them both out of the tents of the Philistims, named Goliath of Gath: his height was sixe cubites and an hande breadth,
5 頭戴銅盔，身穿鎧甲，甲重五千舍客勒；
Aud had an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and a brigandine vpon him: and the weight of his brigandine was fiue thousand shekels of brasse.
6 腿上有銅護膝，兩肩之中背負銅戟；
And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legs, and a shield of brasse vpon his shoulders.
7 槍桿粗如織布的機軸，鐵槍頭重六百舍客勒。有一個拿盾牌的人在他前面走。
And the shaft of his speare was like a weauers beame: and his speare head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron: and one bearing a shielde went before him.
8 歌利亞對着以色列的軍隊站立，呼叫說：「你們出來擺列隊伍做甚麼呢？我不是非利士人嗎？你們不是掃羅的僕人嗎？可以從你們中間揀選一人，使他下到我這裏來。
And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.
9 他若能與我戰鬥，將我殺死，我們就作你們的僕人；我若勝了他，將他殺死，你們就作我們的僕人，服事我們。」
If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kill him, then shall yee be our seruants, and serue vs.
10 那非利士人又說：「我今日向以色列人的軍隊罵陣。你們叫一個人出來，與我戰鬥。」
Also the Philistim saide, I defie the hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that we may fight together.
11 掃羅和以色列眾人聽見非利士人的這些話，就驚惶，極其害怕。
When Saul and all Israel heard those wordes of the Philistim, they were discouraged, and greatly afraide.
12 大衛是猶大伯利恆的以法他人耶西的兒子。耶西有八個兒子。當掃羅的時候，耶西已經老邁。
Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.
13 耶西的三個大兒子跟隨掃羅出征。這出征的三個兒子：長子名叫以利押，次子名叫亞比拿達，三子名叫沙瑪。
And the three eldest sonnes of Ishai went and followed Saul to the battel: and the names of his three sonnes that went to battell, were Eliab the Eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the thirde Shammah.
14 大衛是最小的；那三個大兒子跟隨掃羅。
So Dauid was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul.
15 大衛有時離開掃羅，回伯利恆放他父親的羊。
Dauid also went, but hee returned from Saul to feede his fathers sheepe in Beth-lehem.
16 那非利士人早晚都出來站着，如此四十日。
And the Philistim drew neere in the morning, and euening, and continued fourtie daies.
17 一日，耶西對他兒子大衛說：「你拿一伊法烘了的穗子和十個餅，速速地送到營裏去，交給你哥哥們；
And Ishai said vnto Dauid his sone, Take nowe for thy brethren an Ephah of this parched corne, and these ten cakes, and runne to the hoste to thy brethren.
18 再拿這十塊奶餅，送給他們的千夫長，且問你哥哥們好，向他們要一封信來。」
Also carie these ten fresh cheeses vnto the captaine, and looke howe thy brethren fare, and receiue their pledge.
19 掃羅與大衛的三個哥哥和以色列眾人，在以拉谷與非利士人打仗。
(Then Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistims)
20 大衛早晨起來，將羊交託一個看守的人，照着他父親所吩咐的話，帶着食物去了。到了輜重營，軍兵剛出到戰場，吶喊要戰。
So Dauid rose vp earely in the morning, and left the sheepe with a keeper, and tooke and went as Ishai had commanded him, and came within the compasse of the hoste: and the hoste went out in araie, and shouted in the battell.
21 以色列人和非利士人都擺列隊伍，彼此相對。
For Israel and the Philistims had put themselues in araie, armie against armie.
22 大衛把他帶來的食物留在看守物件人的手下，跑到戰場，問他哥哥們安。
And Dauid left the things, which hee bare, vnder the handes of the keeper of the cariage, and ranne into the hoste, and came, and asked his brethren howe they did.
23 與他們說話的時候，那討戰的，就是屬迦特的非利士人歌利亞，從非利士隊中出來，說從前所說的話；大衛都聽見了。
And as hee talked with them, beholde, the man that was betweene the two armies, came vp, (whose name was Goliath ye Philistim of Gath) out of the armie of the Philistims, and spake such woordes, and Dauid heard them.
24 以色列眾人看見那人，就逃跑，極其害怕。
And all the men of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne away from him, and were sore afraied.
25 以色列人彼此說：「這上來的人你看見了嗎？他上來是要向以色列人罵陣。若有能殺他的，王必賞賜他大財，將自己的女兒給他為妻，並在以色列人中免他父家納糧當差。」
For euery man of Israel saide, Sawe yee not this man that commeth vp? euen to reuile Israel is he come vp: and to him that killeth him, wil the king giue great riches, and will giue him his daughter, yea, and make his fathers house free in Israel.
26 大衛問站在旁邊的人說：「有人殺這非利士人，除掉以色列人的恥辱，怎樣待他呢？這未受割禮的非利士人是誰呢？竟敢向永生上帝的軍隊罵陣嗎？」
Then Dauid spake to the men that stoode with him, and sayde, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistim, and taketh away the shame from Israel? for who is this vncircumcised Philistim, that he shoulde reuile the hoste of the liuing God?
27 百姓照先前的話回答他說：「有人能殺這非利士人，必如此如此待他。」
And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 大衛的長兄以利押聽見大衛與他們所說的話，就向他發怒，說：「你下來做甚麼呢？在曠野的那幾隻羊，你交託了誰呢？我知道你的驕傲和你心裏的惡意，你下來特為要看爭戰！」
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell.
29 大衛說：「我做了甚麼呢？我來豈沒有緣故嗎？」
Then Dauid sayde, What haue I nowe done? Is there not a cause?
30 大衛就離開他轉向別人，照先前的話而問；百姓仍照先前的話回答他。
And hee departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former woordes.
31 有人聽見大衛所說的話，就告訴了掃羅；掃羅便打發人叫他來。
And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.
32 大衛對掃羅說：「人都不必因那非利士人膽怯。你的僕人要去與那非利士人戰鬥。」
So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.
33 掃羅對大衛說：「你不能去與那非利士人戰鬥；因為你年紀太輕，他自幼就作戰士。」
And Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou art not able to goe against this Philistim to fight with him: for thou art a boye, and he is a man of warre from his youth.
34 大衛對掃羅說：「你僕人為父親放羊，有時來了獅子，有時來了熊，從群中啣一隻羊羔去。
And Dauid answered vnto Saul, Thy seruant kept his fathers sheepe, and there came a lyon, and likewise a beare, and tooke a sheepe out of the flocke,
35 我就追趕牠，擊打牠，將羊羔從牠口中救出來。牠起來要害我，我就揪着牠的鬍子，將牠打死。
And I went out after him and smote him, and tooke it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard, and smote him, and slue him.
36 你僕人曾打死獅子和熊，這未受割禮的非利士人向永生上帝的軍隊罵陣，也必像獅子和熊一般。」
So thy seruaunt slue both the lyon, and the beare: therefore this vncircumcised Philistim shall be as one of them, seeing hee hath railed on the hoste of the liuing God.
37 大衛又說：「耶和華救我脫離獅子和熊的爪，也必救我脫離這非利士人的手。」掃羅對大衛說：「你可以去吧！耶和華必與你同在。」
Moreouer Dauid sayd, The Lord that deliuered me out of the pawe of the lyon, and out of the paw of the beare, he wil deliuer me out of the hand of this Philistim. Then Saul sayd vnto Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
38 掃羅就把自己的戰衣給大衛穿上，將銅盔給他戴上，又給他穿上鎧甲。
And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid, and put an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and put a brigandine vpon him.
39 大衛把刀跨在戰衣外，試試能走不能走；因為素來沒有穿慣，就對掃羅說：「我穿戴這些不能走，因為素來沒有穿慣。」於是摘脫了。
Then girded Dauid his sword vpon his rayment, and began to go: for he neuer proued it: and Dauid sayde vnto Saul, I can not goe with these: for I am not accustomed. wherefore Dauid put them off him.
40 他手中拿杖，又在溪中挑選了五塊光滑石子，放在袋裏，就是牧人帶的囊裏；手中拿着甩石的機弦，就去迎那非利士人。
Then tooke he his staffe in his hand, and chose him fiue smoothe stones out of a brooke, and put them in his shepheards bagge or skrippe, and his sling was in his hand, and he drewe neere to the Philistim.
41 非利士人也漸漸地迎着大衛來，拿盾牌的走在前頭。
And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.
42 非利士人觀看，見了大衛，就藐視他；因為他年輕，面色光紅，容貌俊美。
Now when the Philistim looked about and saw Dauid, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddie, and of a comely face.
43 非利士人對大衛說：「你拿杖到我這裏來，我豈是狗呢？」非利士人就指着自己的神咒詛大衛。
And the Philistim sayde vnto Dauid, Am I a dog, that thou commest to me with staues? And the Philistim cursed Dauid by his gods.
44 非利士人又對大衛說：「來吧！我將你的肉給空中的飛鳥、田野的走獸吃。」
And the Philistim sayd to Dauid, Come to me, and I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.
45 大衛對非利士人說：「你來攻擊我，是靠着刀槍和銅戟；我來攻擊你，是靠着萬軍之耶和華的名，就是你所怒罵帶領以色列軍隊的上帝。
Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim, Thou commest to me with a sword, and with a speare, and with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.
46 今日耶和華必將你交在我手裏。我必殺你，斬你的頭，又將非利士軍兵的屍首給空中的飛鳥、地上的野獸吃，使普天下的人都知道以色列中有上帝；
This day shall the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shall smite thee, and take thine head from thee, and I wil giue the carkeises of the hoste of the Philistims this daye vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beasts of the earth, that all the world may know that Israel hath a God,
47 又使這眾人知道耶和華使人得勝，不是用刀用槍，因為爭戰的勝敗全在乎耶和華。他必將你們交在我們手裏。」
And that all this assembly may know, that the Lord saueth not with sworde nor with speare (for the battel is the Lords) and he will giue you into our handes.
48 非利士人起身，迎着大衛前來。大衛急忙迎着非利士人，往戰場跑去。
And when the Philistim arose to come and drawe neere vnto Dauid, Dauid hasted and ran to fight against the Philistim.
49 大衛用手從囊中掏出一塊石子來，用機弦甩去，打中非利士人的額，石子進入額內，他就仆倒，面伏於地。
And Dauid put his hande in his bagge, and tooke out a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistim in his forehead, that the stone sticked in his forehead, and he fell groueling to the earth.
50 這樣，大衛用機弦甩石，勝了那非利士人，打死他；大衛手中卻沒有刀。
So Dauid ouercame the Philistim with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistim, and slew him, when Dauid had no sword in his hand.
51 大衛跑去，站在非利士人身旁，將他的刀從鞘中拔出來，殺死他，割了他的頭。非利士眾人看見他們討戰的勇士死了，就都逃跑。
Then Dauid ranne, and stood vpon the Philistim, and tooke his sword and drew it out of his sheath, and slewe him, and cut off his head therewith. So whe the Philistims saw, that their champion was dead, they fled.
52 以色列人和猶大人便起身吶喊，追趕非利士人，直到迦特和以革倫的城門。被殺的非利士人倒在沙拉音的路上，直到迦特和以革倫。
And the men of Israel and Iudah arose, and shouted, and followed after the Philistims, vntill they came to the valley, and vnto the gates of Ekron: and the Philistims fell downe wounded by the way of Shaaraim, euen to Gath and to Ekron.
53 以色列人追趕非利士人回來，就奪了他們的營盤。
And the children of Israel returned from pursuing the Philistims, and spoyled their tents.
54 大衛將那非利士人的頭拿到耶路撒冷，卻將他軍裝放在自己的帳棚裏。
And Dauid tooke the head of ye Philistim, and brought it to Ierusalem, and put his armour in his tent.
55 掃羅看見大衛去攻擊非利士人，就問元帥押尼珥說：「押尼珥啊，那少年人是誰的兒子？」押尼珥說：「我敢在王面前起誓，我不知道。」
When Saul sawe Dauid go forth against the Philistim, he sayd vnto Abner the captaine of his hoste, Abner, whose sonne is this yong man? and Abner answered, As thy soule liueth, O King, I can not tell.
56 王說：「你可以問問那幼年人是誰的兒子。」
Then the King sayde, Enquire thou whose sonne this yong man is.
57 大衛打死非利士人回來，押尼珥領他到掃羅面前，他手中拿着非利士人的頭。
And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.
58 掃羅問他說：「少年人哪，你是誰的兒子？」大衛說：「我是你僕人伯利恆人耶西的兒子。」
And Saul sayde to him, Whose sonne art thou, thou yong man? And Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy seruant Ishai the Bethlehemite.
