¹大卫投奔非利士之迦特王

¹And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me — of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.`

²于是大卫起来，和跟随他的六百人都越过边界，到迦特王玛俄的儿子亚吉那里去。

²And David riseth, and passeth over, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath;

³大卫和跟随他的人，以及他们各人的家眷，都与亚吉一同住在迦特。大卫的两个妻子，就是耶斯列人亚希暖和作过拿八妻子的迦密人亚比该也都住在那里。

³and David dwelleth with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, [even] David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess.

⁴有人告诉扫罗，大卫已经逃到迦特去了，扫罗就不再寻索他了。

⁴And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him.

⁵大卫对亚吉说：“我若是在你眼前蒙恩，求你在这地的城市中，给我一个地方，让我住在那里。为什么要你的仆人与你一同住在王城呢？”

⁵And David saith unto Achish, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?`

⁶那天，亚吉就把洗革拉赐给大卫，因此，洗革拉直到今日还是属犹大王的。

⁶And Achish giveth to him in that day Ziklag, therefore hath Ziklag been to the kings of Judah till this day.

⁷大卫在非利士人的乡镇居住的日子，共有一年零四个月。

⁷And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines [is] days and four months;

⁸征服邻近外族大卫和跟随他的人上去袭击基述人、基色人和亚玛力人，这些人自古以来就是这地的居民，居于书珥到埃及地之间。

⁸and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,

⁹大卫攻打那地，无论男女，都不让一人存活，又掳走了牛、羊、驴子、骆驼和衣服，然后回来，到亚吉那里去。

⁹and David hath smitten the land, and doth not keep alive man and woman, and hath taken sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments, and turneth back, and cometh in unto Achish.

¹⁰亚吉问：“你们今天袭击了什么地方呢？”大卫回答：“我们袭击了犹大的南方，耶拉蔑的南部，和基尼的南方。”

¹⁰And Achish saith, `Whither have ye pushed to-day?` and David saith, `Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and unto the south of the Kenite.`

¹¹无论男女，大卫都不让一人活着带到迦特来，他说：“恐怕他们把我们的事告诉别人，说：‘大卫作了这样的事，他住在非利士人乡镇的日子，常常这样作。’”

¹¹Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in [word] to Gath, saying, `Lest they declare [it] against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus [is] his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.`

¹²亚吉相信了大卫，心里说：“他在自己的族人以色列中留下了臭名，他必永远作我的仆人了。”

¹²And Achish believeth in David, saying, `He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.`