¹亚扪王拿辖威胁雅比人

¹And Nahash the Ammonite cometh up, and encampeth against Jabesh-Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh say unto Nahash, `Make with us a covenant, and we serve thee.`

²亚扪人拿辖对他们说：“这是我与你们立约的条件：我要剜出你们各人的右眼，用来羞辱以色列众人。”

²And Nahash the Ammonite saith unto them, `For this I covenant with you, by picking out to you every right eye — and I have put it a reproach on all Israel.`

³雅比的长老对他说：“请你宽限我们七天，好让我们派遣使者到以色列的全境去；如果没有人拯救我们，我们就出来向你投降。”

³And the elders of Jabesh say to him, `Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is none saving us — then we have come out unto thee.`

⁴使者到了扫罗住的基比亚，把这些话说给众民听，众民就都放声大哭。

⁴And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;

⁵那时，扫罗正从田里赶牛回来，问说：“什么事啊？为什么人都在哭呢？”于是有人把雅比人的话告诉他。

⁵and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What — to the people, that they weep?` and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

⁶扫罗击败亚扪人扫罗听了这些话，　神的灵大大感动他，他就非常忿怒。

⁶And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly,

⁷他牵来一对牛，把它们切成碎块，交给使者，送到以色列的全境去，说：“不出来跟从扫罗和撒母耳的，他的牛也必受到这样的对待。”因众民惧怕耶和华，他们就都出来，如同一人。

⁷and he taketh a couple of oxen, and cutteth them in pieces, and sendeth through all the border of Israel, by the hand of the messengers, saying, `He who is not coming out after Saul and after Samuel — thus it is done to his oxen;` and the fear of Jehovah falleth on the people, and they come out as one man.

⁸扫罗在比色数点他们。以色列人共有三十万，犹大人有三万。

⁸And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

⁹扫罗对前来的使者说：“你们要这样对基列．雅比人说：‘明天中午，你们必得拯救。’”使者回去告诉基列．雅比人，他们就欢喜了。

⁹And they say to the messengers who are coming, `Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety — by the heat of the sun;` and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice;

¹⁰雅比人对亚扪人说：“明天我们出来向你们投降，你们看怎么好，就怎么待我们吧。”

¹⁰and the men of Jabesh say [to the Ammonites], `To-morrow we come out unto you, and ye have done to us according to all that [is] good in your eyes.`

¹¹第二天，扫罗把众人分成三队。在晨更的时候，他们进了亚扪人的营中，击杀他们，直到中午；残余的人都星散了，他们中间没有两个人留在一起的。

¹¹And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together.

¹²人民在吉甲立扫罗为王众民对撒母耳说：“那说‘扫罗怎能作我们的王’的是谁呢？把那些人交出来，我们好杀死他们。”

¹²And the people say unto Samuel, `Who is he that saith, Saul doth reign over us! give ye up the men, and we put them to death.`

¹³扫罗说：“今天不可以杀人，因为今天是耶和华在以色列中施行拯救的日子。”

¹³And Saul saith, `There is no man put to death on this day, for to-day hath Jehovah wrought salvation in Israel.`

¹⁴撒母耳对众民说：“来吧，我们往吉甲去，好在那里重新建立王国。”

¹⁴And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;`

¹⁵众民就都到吉甲去，在那里在耶和华面前立扫罗为王，又在那里在耶和华面前献平安祭。扫罗和以色列众民都在那里，非常欢喜。

¹⁵and all the people go to Gilgal, and cause Saul to reign there before Jehovah in Gilgal, and sacrifice there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul rejoiceth — and all the men of Israel — very greatly.