¹大卫攻打非利士人

¹And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.`

²大卫就求问耶和华说：“我可以去击打这些非利士人吗？”耶和华对大卫说：“你可以去击打非利士人，拯救基伊拉。”

²And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? — and have I smitten among these Philistines?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.`

³跟随大卫的人对他说：“看哪，我们在犹大地这里尚且惧怕，何况到基伊拉去攻打非利士人的军兵呢？”

³And David`s men say unto him, `Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?`

⁴于是大卫再求问耶和华。耶和华回答他说：“你只管起来，下到基伊拉去，因为我必把非利士人交在你的手里。”

⁴And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, `Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.`

⁵大卫和跟随他的人就到基伊拉去，与非利士人争战，掳走了他们的牲畜，又在他们中间杀戮多人。这样，大卫拯救了基伊拉的居民。

⁵And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁶亚希米勒的儿子亚比亚他逃到基伊拉去见大卫的时候，是手里带着以弗得下来的。

⁶And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

⁷有人告诉扫罗，大卫到了基伊拉，扫罗就说：“　神把他交在我的手中了，因为他进了一座有门有闩的城，把自己关闭起来了。”

⁷And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, `God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.`

⁸于是扫罗召集众人去争战，要下到基伊拉去，围困大卫和跟随他的人。

⁸And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

⁹大卫知道扫罗设计害他，就对亚比亚他祭司说：“把以弗得拿来！”

⁹And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.`

¹⁰大卫说：“耶和华以色列的　神啊！你仆人确实听见了扫罗想要到基伊拉来，为了我的缘故要毁灭这城。

¹⁰And David saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

¹¹基伊拉人会把我交在扫罗的手里吗？扫罗会照着你仆人所听到的下来吗？耶和华以色列的　神啊！求你告诉你仆人。”耶和华说：“他必下来。”

¹¹Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.` And Jehovah saith, `He doth come down.`

¹²大卫又说：“基伊拉人会把我和跟随我的人交在扫罗手里吗？”耶和华说：“他们必把你们交出来。”

¹²And David saith, `Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?` And Jehovah saith, `They shut [thee] up.`

¹³大卫和跟从他的人，约有六百人，就起身离开基伊拉，到处漂泊。有人告诉扫罗，大卫已经逃离了基伊拉，扫罗就不出去了。

¹³And David riseth — and his men — about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.

¹⁴大卫住在旷野的山寨里，又住在亚弗旷野的山里。扫罗天天寻索大卫，　神却不把大卫交在他手里。

¹⁴And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.

¹⁵大卫再与约拿单立约大卫惧怕，因为扫罗出来寻索他的命。那时大卫住在西弗旷野的何列斯那里。

¹⁵And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

¹⁶扫罗的儿子约拿单起身，到何列斯去见大卫，鼓励他，使他靠　神坚强起来，

¹⁶And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

¹⁷对他说：“你不要惧怕！我父亲扫罗的手必不能害你。你必要作以色列的王，我要在你以下位居第二，这事连我父亲扫罗也知道了。”

¹⁷and saith unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.`

¹⁸于是他们二人在耶和华面前立了约。大卫仍住在何列斯，约拿单却回自己的家去了。

¹⁸And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

¹⁹西弗人上到基比亚去见扫罗，说：“大卫不是在我们这里的何列斯的山寨，就是在旷野南边的哈基拉山上藏着吗？

¹⁹And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, `Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?

²⁰王啊，现在请下来，请你随着你的心愿下来，我们必亲自把他交在王的手里。”

²⁰And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.`

²¹扫罗说：“愿耶和华赐福你们，因为你们关心我。

²¹And Saul saith, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

²²你们要去再确实查看他脚踪所到的地方，有谁看见他在那里，因为有人对我说，他非常狡猾。

²²go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for [one] hath said unto me, He is very subtile.

²³你们要去查看他所有藏身的地方，确定以后再回来见我，我就与你们同去；如果他在本地，我必从犹大的千门万户中把他搜出来。”

²³And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.`

²⁴扫罗在玛云旷野追寻大卫于是西弗人起身，在扫罗以先到西弗去了。那时大卫和跟随他的人却在玛云旷野，就是在荒野南边的亚拉巴。

²⁴And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.

²⁵扫罗和跟随他的人去寻找大卫。有人告诉大卫，他就下到磐石那里，留在玛云旷野。扫罗听见了，就在玛云旷野追赶大卫。

²⁵And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare to David, and he goeth down the rock, and abideth in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul heareth, and pursueth after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.

²⁶扫罗在山这边走，大卫和跟随他的人却在山那边走。大卫匆匆忙忙逃避扫罗，扫罗和跟随他的人却四面包围大卫和跟随他的人，要把他们捉住。

²⁶And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them.

²⁷那时忽有使者来见扫罗说：“请你赶快回去，因为非利士人来突击这地。”

²⁷And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, `Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.`

²⁸于是扫罗不再追赶大卫，回去迎战非利士人。因此这地方被称为西拉．哈玛希罗结。

²⁸And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place `The Rock of Divisions.`

²⁹大卫从那里上去，住在隐．基底的山寨里。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为24:1）

²⁹And David goeth up thence, and abideth in fortresses [at] En-gedi.