¹大卫在挪伯获亚希米勒帮助

¹And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?`

²大卫对亚希米勒祭司说：“王吩咐我作一件事，对我说：‘我差派你，吩咐你去办的这事，你不要让任何人知道，我已经指示我的仆人在某地会面。’

²And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;

³现在你手中有什么？求你给我五个饼，或是别的食物。”

³and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.`

⁴祭司回答大卫：“我手中没有普通的饼，只有圣饼。只有那些没有亲近过女人的年轻人，才可以吃的。”

⁴And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.`

⁵大卫回答祭司说：“像以往我出征的时候一样，这次我们出征前，确实没有亲近女人。虽然这是一次普通的任务，众仆人的器皿还是清洁的，何况今天这些器皿更加是清洁的。”

⁵And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, `Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.`

⁶于是祭司把圣饼给他，因为在那里没有别的饼，只有陈设饼，就是那些刚从耶和华面前拿下来，为要换上热的。

⁶And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

⁷那天有一个扫罗的臣仆在那里，留在耶和华面前。他名叫多益，是以东人，是扫罗牧羊人中的领袖。

⁷And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul on that day detained before Jehovah, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul hath.

⁸大卫问亚希米勒：“你手下有枪有刀没有？因为王的事很急迫，所以我手里连刀剑或其他武器都没有带来。”

⁸And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.`

⁹祭司回答：“有一把刀，是你从前在以拉谷击杀的那非利士人歌利亚的刀。这刀用布包着，放在以弗得后面，你若是要拿去自用，就拿去吧，因为这里除了这刀以外，再没有别的武器了。”大卫说：“没有比这更好的刀了，请你给我吧！”

⁹And the priest saith, `The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapt in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this [place].` And David saith, `There is none like it — give it to me.`

¹⁰大卫在迦特装疯那一天大卫起来，从扫罗面前逃走，到了迦特王亚吉那里。

¹⁰And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;

¹¹亚吉的臣仆对亚吉说：“这不是那地的王大卫吗？那里的妇女不是指着他跳舞歌唱说：‘扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀死万万’吗？”

¹¹and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?`

¹²大卫把这些话记在心里，他非常怕迦特王亚吉，

¹²And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

¹³就在众人面前假装神智不健全，在他们手下装疯，在城门的门扇上胡乱涂写，又让唾沫流到胡须上。

¹³and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

¹⁴亚吉就对他的臣仆说：“你们看，这个人疯了，你们为什么把他带到我这里来呢？

¹⁴And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?

¹⁵难道我缺少疯子吗？你们竟把这人带来我面前发疯。这人怎可以进我的家呢？”

¹⁵A lack of madmen [have] I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?`