< 1 Samuel 29 >

1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts, towards Aphek, —and, the Israelites, were encamping by the fountain, that is in Jezreel.
非利士人将他们的军旅聚到亚弗;以色列人在耶斯列的泉旁安营。
2 And, the lords of the Philistines, were passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, —but, David and his men, were passing on in the rear, with Achish.
非利士人的首领各率军队,或百或千,挨次前进;大卫和跟随他的人同着亚吉跟在后边。
3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What are these Hebrews [doing]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines—Is not this David, servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me this year, or two, and I have found in him nothing, from the day of his coming over unto me unto this day?
非利士人的首领说:“这些希伯来人在这里做什么呢?”亚吉对他们说:“这不是以色列王扫罗的臣子大卫吗?他在我这里有些年日了。自从他投降我直到今日,我未曾见他有过错。”
4 But the princes of the Philistines raged against him, and the princes of the Philistines said unto him—Let the man go back, that he may return unto the place which thou didst appoint him, and let him not go down with us, into battle, so shall he not become to us a traitor, in the battle, —for, wherewith, should this fellow gain favour with his lord? Would it not be with the heads of those men?
非利士人的首领向亚吉发怒,对他说:“你要叫这人回你所安置他的地方,不可叫他同我们出战,恐怕他在阵上反为我们的敌人。他用什么与他主人复和呢?岂不是用我们这些人的首级吗?
5 Is not this David, of whom they made responses in the dances, saying, —Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, But, David, his, tens of thousands?
从前以色列的妇女跳舞唱和说:‘扫罗杀死千千,大卫杀死万万’,所说的不是这个大卫吗?”
6 So Achish called for David, and said unto him—By the life of Yahweh, surely, upright, thou art, and, pleasing in mine eyes, have been thy going out and thy coming in with me, in the host, for I have found in thee no wrong, from the day of thy coming in unto me, until this day, —but, in the eyes of the lords, displeasing, thou art.
亚吉叫大卫来,对他说:“我指着永生的耶和华起誓,你是正直人。你随我在军中出入,我看你甚好。自从你投奔我到如今,我未曾见你有什么过失;只是众首领不喜悦你。
7 Now, therefore, return, and go in peace, —so shalt thou not do wrong in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.
现在你可以平平安安地回去,免得非利士人的首领不欢喜你。”
8 Then said David unto Achish—But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant, from the day that I came before thee, unto this day, —that I may not go in and fight, with the enemies of my lord the king.
大卫对亚吉说:“我做了什么呢?自从仆人到你面前,直到今日,你查出我有什么过错,使我不去攻击主—我王的仇敌呢?”
9 Then answered Achish, and said unto David, I acknowledge that, pleasing, thou art in mine eyes, as a messenger of God, —notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines, have said, He shall not go up with us, into the battle.
亚吉说:“我知道你在我眼前是好人,如同 神的使者一般;只是非利士人的首领说:‘这人不可同我们出战。’
10 Now, therefore, rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, —yea, as soon as ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then depart.
故此你和跟随你的人,就是你本主的仆人,要明日早晨起来,等到天亮回去吧!”
11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines, —but, the Philistines, went up to Jezreel.
于是大卫和跟随他的人早晨起来,回往非利士地去。非利士人也上耶斯列去了。

< 1 Samuel 29 >