¹撒母耳往伯利恒见耶西

¹And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

²撒母耳说：“我怎能去呢？扫罗听见了，必定杀我。”耶和华说：“你可以带一头母牛犊去，就说：‘我来是要向耶和华献祭。’

²And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.` And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

³你要请耶西参加献祭的筵席，我就会指示你当作的。我指示你的那人，你要为我膏立他。”

³and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.`

⁴于是撒母耳照着耶和华的话去行。他到了伯利恒的时候，城里的长老就都战战兢兢地出来迎接他，说：“你是为平安来的吗？”

⁴And Samuel doth that which Jehovah hath spoken, and cometh in to Beth-Lehem, and the elders of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] saith, `Is thy coming peace?`

⁵他回答：“是为平安来的。我来是要向耶和华献祭。你们要自洁，与我一同参加献祭的筵席。”撒母耳使耶西和他的儿子自洁，邀请他们来参加献祭的筵席。

⁵and he saith, `Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;` and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.

⁶撒母耳膏立大卫为王他们来到的时候，撒母耳看见以利押，就心里想：“在耶和华面前的这位，必是他所要膏立的。”

⁶And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, `Surely, before Jehovah [is] His anointed.`

⁷但耶和华对撒母耳说：“不要看他的外貌和他高大的身材，因为我不拣选他。耶和华看人不像人看人，人是看外表，耶和华是看内心。”

⁷And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man seeth — for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.`

⁸耶西叫亚比拿达在撒母耳面前经过，撒母耳说：“这也不是耶和华所拣选的。”

⁸And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.`

⁹耶西又叫沙玛经过。撒母耳说：“耶和华也不拣选这个。”

⁹And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.`

¹⁰耶西叫他的七个儿子都在撒母耳面前经过。但撒母耳对耶西说：“这些都不是耶和华所拣选的。”

¹⁰And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, `Jehovah hath not fixed on these.`

¹¹撒母耳问耶西：“孩子们全都在这里吗？”耶西回答：“还有一个最小的，正在牧羊。”撒母耳对耶西说：“你派人去把他带回来，因为他没有来到以前，我们决不入席。”

¹¹And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?` and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;` and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.`

¹²耶西就派人去把大卫带回来。他面色红润，眼目清秀，外貌英俊。耶和华说：“就是这一个，你起来膏立他吧！”

¹²And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he [is] ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this [is] he.`

¹³撒母耳就拿起盛油的角，在他的兄长中膏立他。从那天起，耶和华的灵就大大感动大卫。后来撒母耳动身往拉玛去了。

¹³And Samuel taketh the horn of oil, and anointeth him in the midst of his brethren, and prosper over David doth the Spirit of Jehovah from that day and onwards; and Samuel riseth and goeth to Ramath.

¹⁴大卫被召入宫为扫罗弹琴耶和华的灵离开了扫罗。有恶鬼从耶和华那里来惊扰他。

¹⁴And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;

¹⁵扫罗的臣仆对他说：“看哪！有恶鬼从　神那里来惊扰你。

¹⁵and the servants of Saul say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, a spirit of sadness [from] God is terrifying thee;

¹⁶愿我们的主吩咐你面前的臣仆，去寻找一位善于弹琴的人；从　神那里来的灵临到你身上的时候，他可以弹琴，你就好了。”

¹⁶let our lord command, we pray thee, thy servants before thee, they seek a skilful man, playing on a harp, and it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness [from] God being upon thee, that he hath played with his hand, and [it is] well with thee.`

¹⁷扫罗对他的臣仆说：“你们可以为我找一个善于弹琴的人，带到我这里来。”

¹⁷And Saul saith unto his servants, `Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well — then ye have brought [him] in unto me.`

¹⁸有一个仆人回答：“我见过伯利恒人耶西的一个儿子，他善于弹琴，是个大能的勇士，又是个战士，谈吐合宜，容貌俊美，耶和华也与他同在。”

¹⁸And one of the servants answereth and saith, `Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah [is] with him.`

¹⁹于是扫罗派遣使者去见耶西，说：“请你叫你放羊的儿子大卫到我这里来。”

¹⁹And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who [is] with the flock.`

²⁰耶西就牵来一头驴子，驮上饼、一皮袋酒和一只山羊羔，交给他的儿子大卫送给扫罗。

²⁰And Jesse taketh an ass, [with] bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

²¹大卫到了扫罗那里，就侍立在他面前。扫罗很爱他，他就作了替扫罗拿武器的人。

²¹And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.

²²扫罗再派人到耶西那里去，说：“请你让大卫侍立在我面前吧，因为我喜欢他。”

²²And Saul sendeth unto Jesse, saying, `Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he hath found grace in mine eyes.`

²³每逢从　神那里来的恶鬼临到扫罗身上的时候，大卫就拿起琴来弹奏，扫罗就舒服畅快，恶鬼也离开了他。

²³And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of [sadness from] God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.