1Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.
1掃羅欲殺大衛，約拿單代求掃羅吩咐他的兒子約拿單和他所有的臣僕要把大衛殺死，但掃羅的兒子約拿單非常喜愛大衛。
2Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
2約拿單告訴大衛：“我父親掃羅正設法要殺死你。所以明天早晨你要小心，留在隱密的地方裡，躲藏起來。
3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.”
3我會出去，到你藏身的那塊田那裡，站在我父親旁邊，和他談論你的事。我看看情形怎樣，然後告訴你。”
4Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;
4約拿單向父親掃羅替大衛說好話，說：“王不要得罪你的僕人大衛，因為他沒有得罪你；並且他所作的，對你大有好處。
5for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
5他冒著生命的危險擊殺了那非利士人，耶和華為以色列人施行了大拯救，那時你看見了，也很歡喜。現在你為甚麼要犯罪，無緣無故殺死大衛，流無辜人的血呢？”
6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”
6掃羅聽了約拿單的話，就起誓，說：“我指著永活的耶和華起誓，大衛必不會被殺死。”
7Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.
7約拿單叫大衛來，把這一切話都告訴他；約拿單把大衛帶到掃羅那裡，他就像以前一樣，侍候在掃羅面前。
8There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
8米甲釋放大衛後來，又有戰事；大衛出去與非利士人交戰，大敗他們，他們就在大衛面前逃跑。
9An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
9從耶和華那裡來的惡鬼又臨到掃羅身上；那時掃羅坐在屋裡，手裡拿著槍。大衛正在彈琴，
10Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.
10掃羅就想用槍刺殺大衛，把他刺在牆上，但大衛從掃羅面前躲開了，他的槍刺在牆上。那天晚上大衛逃跑，就逃脫了。
11Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
11掃羅派人到大衛家裡去監視他，要在第二天早晨殺死他。大衛的妻子米甲告訴他說：“今天晚上你若不逃命，明天就會被殺死。”
12So Michal let David down through the window. He went, fled, and escaped.
12於是米甲從窗口把大衛縋下去，大衛就離開那裡逃走，逃脫了。
13Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
13米甲把家中的一尊神像拿來，放在床上，把頭枕在用山羊毛弄成的枕頭上，再用衣服蓋著。
14When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
14掃羅派人來捉拿大衛，米甲說：“他病了。”
15Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
15掃羅又派人去看大衛說：“你們把他連床一起抬到我這裡來，我好殺死他。”
16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
16奉派的人進去，看見床上有一尊家中的神像，頭枕在用山羊毛弄成的枕頭上。
17Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”
17掃羅問米甲：“你為甚麼這樣欺騙我，放了我的仇敵，讓他逃走呢？”米甲回答掃羅：“他對我說：‘放我走！否則我要殺死你。’”
18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
18掃羅受感說話大衛逃跑，逃脫了，來到拉瑪見撒母耳，把掃羅對他所作的一切都告訴了撒母耳。然後他和撒母耳去拿約，住在那裡。
19It was told Saul, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
19有人告訴掃羅：“大衛住在拉瑪的拿約。”
20Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
20於是掃羅派人去捉大衛。派去的人看見一群先知正在受感說話，撒母耳站著帶領他們。那時， 神的靈也臨到掃羅的使者身上，他們都受感說話。
21When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
21有人把這事告訴了掃羅，他就再派別的人去，這些人也受感說話。掃羅第三次派人去，他們也受感說話。
22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
22後來，掃羅也親自到拉瑪去，到了西沽的大井，就問人，說：“撒母耳和大衛在哪裡？”有一個人回答：“在拉瑪的拿約。”
23He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
23掃羅就從那裡往拉瑪的拿約去。 神的靈也臨到他身上，他一面走，一面受感說話，直到他到了拉瑪的拿約。
24He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
24他脫掉了自己的衣服，也在撒母耳面前受感說話。那一日，他整天整夜赤著身子躺著，因此有一句俗語說：“掃羅也列在先知中嗎？”