1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
1亞捫王拿轄威脅雅比人亞捫人拿轄上來，安營攻擊基列．雅比。所有的雅比人都對拿轄說：“你與我們立約，我們就服事你。”
2And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
2亞捫人拿轄對他們說：“這是我與你們立約的條件：我要剜出你們各人的右眼，用來羞辱以色列眾人。”
3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
3雅比的長老對他說：“請你寬限我們七天，好讓我們派遣使者到以色列的全境去；如果沒有人拯救我們，我們就出來向你投降。”
4Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
4使者到了掃羅住的基比亞，把這些話說給眾民聽，眾民就都放聲大哭。
5And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
5那時，掃羅正從田裡趕牛回來，問說：“甚麼事啊？為甚麼人都在哭呢？”於是有人把雅比人的話告訴他。
6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
6掃羅擊敗亞捫人掃羅聽了這些話， 神的靈大大感動他，他就非常忿怒。
7And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
7他牽來一對牛，把牠們切成碎塊，交給使者，送到以色列的全境去，說：“不出來跟從掃羅和撒母耳的，他的牛也必受到這樣的對待。”因眾民懼怕耶和華，他們就都出來，如同一人。
8And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
8掃羅在比色數點他們。以色列人共有三十萬，猶大人有三萬。
9And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
9掃羅對前來的使者說：“你們要這樣對基列．雅比人說：‘明天中午，你們必得拯救。’”使者回去告訴基列．雅比人，他們就歡喜了。
10Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
10雅比人對亞捫人說：“明天我們出來向你們投降，你們看怎麼好，就怎麼待我們吧。”
11And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
11第二天，掃羅把眾人分成三隊。在晨更的時候，他們進了亞捫人的營中，擊殺他們，直到中午；殘餘的人都星散了，他們中間沒有兩個人留在一起的。
12And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
12人民在吉甲立掃羅為王眾民對撒母耳說：“那說‘掃羅怎能作我們的王’的是誰呢？把那些人交出來，我們好殺死他們。”
13And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
13掃羅說：“今天不可以殺人，因為今天是耶和華在以色列中施行拯救的日子。”
14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
14撒母耳對眾民說：“來吧，我們往吉甲去，好在那裡重新建立王國。”
15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
15眾民就都到吉甲去，在那裡在耶和華面前立掃羅為王，又在那裡在耶和華面前獻平安祭。掃羅和以色列眾民都在那裡，非常歡喜。