1David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
1大衛攻打非利士人有人告訴大衛：“看哪，非利士人正在攻打基伊拉，並且搶掠禾場。”
2Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
2大衛就求問耶和華說：“我可以去擊打這些非利士人嗎？”耶和華對大衛說：“你可以去擊打非利士人，拯救基伊拉。”
3David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
3跟隨大衛的人對他說：“看哪，我們在猶大地這裡尚且懼怕，何況到基伊拉去攻打非利士人的軍兵呢？”
4Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
4於是大衛再求問耶和華。耶和華回答他說：“你只管起來，下到基伊拉去，因為我必把非利士人交在你的手裡。”
5David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
5大衛和跟隨他的人就到基伊拉去，與非利士人爭戰，擄走了他們的牲畜，又在他們中間殺戮多人。這樣，大衛拯救了基伊拉的居民。
6It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
6亞希米勒的兒子亞比亞他逃到基伊拉去見大衛的時候，是手裡帶著以弗得下來的。
7It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”
7有人告訴掃羅，大衛到了基伊拉，掃羅就說：“ 神把他交在我的手中了，因為他進了一座有門有閂的城，把自己關閉起來了。”
8Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
8於是掃羅召集眾人去爭戰，要下到基伊拉去，圍困大衛和跟隨他的人。
9David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
9大衛知道掃羅設計害他，就對亞比亞他祭司說：“把以弗得拿來！”
10Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
10大衛說：“耶和華以色列的 神啊！你僕人確實聽見了掃羅想要到基伊拉來，為了我的緣故要毀滅這城。
11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” Yahweh said, “He will come down.”
11基伊拉人會把我交在掃羅的手裡嗎？掃羅會照著你僕人所聽到的下來嗎？耶和華以色列的 神啊！求你告訴你僕人。”耶和華說：“他必下來。”
12Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will deliver you up.”
12大衛又說：“基伊拉人會把我和跟隨我的人交在掃羅手裡嗎？”耶和華說：“他們必把你們交出來。”
13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
13大衛和跟從他的人，約有六百人，就起身離開基伊拉，到處漂泊。有人告訴掃羅，大衛已經逃離了基伊拉，掃羅就不出去了。
14David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
14大衛住在曠野的山寨裡，又住在亞弗曠野的山裡。掃羅天天尋索大衛， 神卻不把大衛交在他手裡。
15David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
15大衛再與約拿單立約大衛懼怕，因為掃羅出來尋索他的命。那時大衛住在西弗曠野的何列斯那裡。
16Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
16掃羅的兒子約拿單起身，到何列斯去見大衛，鼓勵他，使他靠 神堅強起來，
17He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.”
17對他說：“你不要懼怕！我父親掃羅的手必不能害你。你必要作以色列的王，我要在你以下位居第二，這事連我父親掃羅也知道了。”
18They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
18於是他們二人在耶和華面前立了約。大衛仍住在何列斯，約拿單卻回自己的家去了。
19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
19西弗人上到基比亞去見掃羅，說：“大衛不是在我們這裡的何列斯的山寨，就是在曠野南邊的哈基拉山上藏著嗎？
20Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”
20王啊，現在請下來，請你隨著你的心願下來，我們必親自把他交在王的手裡。”
21Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
21掃羅說：“願耶和華賜福你們，因為你們關心我。
22Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
22你們要去再確實查看他腳蹤所到的地方，有誰看見他在那裡，因為有人對我說，他非常狡猾。
23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
23你們要去查看他所有藏身的地方，確定以後再回來見我，我就與你們同去；如果他在本地，我必從猶大的千門萬戶中把他搜出來。”
24They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
24掃羅在瑪雲曠野追尋大衛於是西弗人起身，在掃羅以先到西弗去了。那時大衛和跟隨他的人卻在瑪雲曠野，就是在荒野南邊的亞拉巴。
25Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
25掃羅和跟隨他的人去尋找大衛。有人告訴大衛，他就下到磐石那裡，留在瑪雲曠野。掃羅聽見了，就在瑪雲曠野追趕大衛。
26Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
26掃羅在山這邊走，大衛和跟隨他的人卻在山那邊走。大衛匆匆忙忙逃避掃羅，掃羅和跟隨他的人卻四面包圍大衛和跟隨他的人，要把他們捉住。
27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
27那時忽有使者來見掃羅說：“請你趕快回去，因為非利士人來突擊這地。”
28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
28於是掃羅不再追趕大衛，回去迎戰非利士人。因此這地方被稱為西拉．哈瑪希羅結。
29David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
29大衛從那裡上去，住在隱．基底的山寨裡。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為24:1）