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撒母耳記上 25-26
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
撒母耳記上 25-26
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
撒母耳卒
25 撒母耳死了，以色列眾人聚集，為他哀哭，將他葬在拉瑪他自己的墳墓[a]裡。大衛起身，下到巴蘭的曠野。
大衛遣僕求饋於拿八
2 在瑪雲有一個人，他的產業在迦密，是一個大富戶，有三千綿羊，一千山羊。他正在迦密剪羊毛。 3 那人名叫拿八，是迦勒族的人。他的妻名叫亞比該，是聰明俊美的婦人。拿八為人剛愎凶惡。 4 大衛在曠野聽見說拿八剪羊毛， 5 大衛就打發十個僕人，吩咐他們說：「你們上迦密去見拿八，提我的名問他安， 6 要對那富戶如此說：『願你平安，願你家平安，願你一切所有的都平安！ 7 現在我聽說有人為你剪羊毛，你的牧人在迦密的時候和我們在一處，我們沒有欺負他們，他們也未曾失落什麼。 8 可以問你的僕人，他們必告訴你。所以願我的僕人在你眼前蒙恩，因為是在好日子來的。求你隨手取點賜予僕人和你兒子大衛！」 9 大衛的僕人到了，將這話提大衛的名都告訴了拿八，就住了口。
拿八以惡語詈之
10 拿八回答大衛的僕人說：「大衛是誰？耶西的兒子是誰？近來悖逆主人奔逃的僕人甚多！ 11 我豈可將飲食和為我剪羊毛人所宰的肉給我不知道從哪裡來的人呢？」 12 大衛的僕人就轉身從原路回去，照這話告訴大衛。 13 大衛向跟隨他的人說：「你們各人都要帶上刀。」眾人就都帶上刀，大衛也帶上刀。跟隨大衛上去的約有四百人，留下二百人看守器具。
14 有拿八的一個僕人告訴拿八的妻亞比該說：「大衛從曠野打發使者來問我主人的安，主人卻辱罵他們。 15 但是那些人待我們甚好，我們在田野與他們來往的時候，沒有受他們的欺負，也未曾失落什麼。 16 我們在他們那裡牧羊的時候，他們晝夜做我們的保障。 17 所以你當籌劃，看怎樣行才好，不然禍患定要臨到我主人和他全家。他性情凶暴，無人敢與他說話。」
18 亞比該急忙將二百餅，兩皮袋酒，五隻收拾好了的羊，五細亞烘好了的穗子，一百葡萄餅，二百無花果餅，都馱在驢上， 19 對僕人說：「你們前頭走，我隨著你們去。」這事她卻沒有告訴丈夫拿八。 20 亞比該騎著驢，正下山坡，見大衛和跟隨他的人從對面下來，亞比該就迎接他們。 21 大衛曾說：「我在曠野為那人看守所有的，以致他一樣不失落，實在是徒然了。他向我以惡報善！ 22 凡屬拿八的男丁，我若留一個到明日早晨，願神重重降罰於我！」
亞比該求恕於大衛
23 亞比該見大衛，便急忙下驢，在大衛面前臉伏於地叩拜， 24 俯伏在大衛的腳前，說：「我主啊，願這罪歸我！求你容婢女向你進言，更求你聽婢女的話。 25 我主不要理這壞人拿八，他的性情與他的名相稱。他名叫拿八[b]，他為人果然愚頑。但我主所打發的僕人，婢女並沒有看見。 26 我主啊，耶和華既然阻止你親手報仇，取流血的罪，所以我指著永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓說：願你的仇敵和謀害你的人都像拿八一樣！ 27 如今，求你將婢女送來的禮物給跟隨你的僕人。 28 求你饒恕婢女的罪過。耶和華必為我主建立堅固的家，因我主為耶和華爭戰，並且在你平生的日子查不出有什麼過來。 29 雖有人起來追逼你，尋索你的性命，你的性命卻在耶和華你的神那裡蒙保護，如包裹寶器一樣。你仇敵的性命，耶和華必拋去，如用機弦甩石一樣。 30 我主現在若不親手報仇流無辜人的血，到了耶和華照所應許你的話賜福於你，立你做以色列的王，那時我主必不致心裡不安，覺得良心有虧。耶和華賜福於我主的時候，求你記念婢女。」
大衛釋怒
32 大衛對亞比該說：「耶和華以色列的神是應當稱頌的！因為他今日使你來迎接我。 33 你和你的見識也當稱讚，因為你今日攔阻我親手報仇，流人的血。 34 我指著阻止我加害於你的耶和華以色列永生的神起誓，你若不速速地來迎接我，到明日早晨，凡屬拿八的男丁必定不留一個。」 35 大衛受了亞比該送來的禮物，就對她說：「我聽了你的話，准了你的情面，你可以平平安安地回家吧。」
拿八死
36 亞比該到拿八那裡，見他在家裡設擺筵席，如同王的筵席。拿八快樂大醉，亞比該無論大小事都沒有告訴他，就等到次日早晨。 37 到了早晨，拿八醒了酒，他的妻將這些事都告訴他，他就魂不附體，身僵如石頭一般。 38 過了十天，耶和華擊打拿八，他就死了。
大衛娶亞比該為妻
39 大衛聽見拿八死了，就說：「應當稱頌耶和華，因他申了拿八羞辱我的冤，又阻止僕人行惡，也使拿八的惡歸到拿八的頭上。」於是大衛打發人去，與亞比該說，要娶她為妻。 40 大衛的僕人到了迦密見亞比該，對她說：「大衛打發我們來見你，想要娶你為妻。」 41 亞比該就起來，俯伏在地，說：「我情願做婢女，洗我主僕人的腳。」 42 亞比該立刻起身，騎上驢，帶著五個使女，跟從大衛的使者去了，就做了大衛的妻。
43 大衛先娶了耶斯列人亞希暖，她們二人都做了他的妻。 44 掃羅已將他的女兒米甲，就是大衛的妻，給了迦琳人拉億的兒子帕提為妻。
掃羅複索大衛
26 西弗人到基比亞見掃羅，說：「大衛不是在曠野前的哈基拉山藏著嗎？」 2 掃羅就起身，帶領以色列人中挑選的三千精兵下到西弗的曠野，要在那裡尋索大衛。 3 掃羅在曠野前的哈基拉山，在道路上安營。大衛住在曠野，聽說掃羅到曠野來追尋他， 4 就打發人去探聽，便知道掃羅果然來到。 5 大衛起來，到掃羅安營的地方，看見掃羅和他的元帥尼珥的兒子押尼珥睡臥之處。掃羅睡在輜重營裡，百姓安營在他周圍。
大衛在西弗不害掃羅
6 大衛對赫人亞希米勒和洗魯雅的兒子約押的兄弟亞比篩說：「誰同我下到掃羅營裡去？」亞比篩說：「我同你下去。」 7 於是大衛和亞比篩夜間到了百姓那裡，見掃羅睡在輜重營裡，他的槍在頭旁，插在地上，押尼珥和百姓睡在他周圍。 8 亞比篩對大衛說：「現在神將你的仇敵交在你手裡，求你容我拿槍將他刺透在地，一刺就成，不用再刺。」 9 大衛對亞比篩說：「不可害死他。有誰伸手害耶和華的受膏者而無罪呢？」 10 大衛又說：「我指著永生的耶和華起誓：他或被耶和華擊打，或是死期到了，或是出戰陣亡， 11 我在耶和華面前，萬不敢伸手害耶和華的受膏者。現在你可以將他頭旁的槍和水瓶拿來，我們就走。」 12 大衛從掃羅的頭旁拿了槍和水瓶，二人就走了，沒有人看見，沒有人知道，也沒有人醒起，都睡著了，因為耶和華使他們沉沉地睡了。
13 大衛過到那邊去，遠遠地站在山頂上，與他們相離甚遠。 14 大衛呼叫百姓和尼珥的兒子押尼珥說：「押尼珥啊，你為何不答應呢？」押尼珥說：「你是誰？竟敢呼叫王呢？」 15 大衛對押尼珥說：「你不是個勇士嗎？以色列中誰能比你呢？民中有人進來要害死王你的主，你為何沒有保護王你的主呢？ 16 你這樣是不好的。我指著永生的耶和華起誓，你們都是該死的，因為沒有保護你們的主，就是耶和華的受膏者。現在你看看王頭旁的槍和水瓶在哪裡？」
諫勸掃羅
17 掃羅聽出是大衛的聲音，就說：「我兒大衛，這是你的聲音嗎？」大衛說：「主我的王啊，是我的聲音。」 18 又說：「我做了什麼，我手裡有什麼惡事，我主竟追趕僕人呢？ 19 求我主我王聽僕人的話，若是耶和華激發你攻擊我，願耶和華收納祭物。若是人激發你，願他在耶和華面前受咒詛。因為他現今趕逐我，不容我在耶和華的產業上有份，說：『你去侍奉別神吧！』 20 現在求王不要使我的血流在離耶和華遠的地方。以色列王出來是尋找一個虼蚤，如同人在山上獵取一個鷓鴣一般。」
掃羅自承其謬
21 掃羅說：「我有罪了！我兒大衛，你可以回來，因你今日看我的性命為寶貴。我必不再加害於你。我是糊塗人，大大錯了！」 22 大衛說：「王的槍在這裡，可以吩咐一個僕人過來拿去。 23 今日耶和華將王交在我手裡，我卻不肯伸手害耶和華的受膏者。耶和華必照各人的公義誠實報應他。 24 我今日重看你的性命，願耶和華也重看我的性命，並且拯救我脫離一切患難。」 25 掃羅對大衛說：「我兒大衛，願你得福！你必做大事，也必得勝。」於是大衛起行，掃羅回他的本處去了。
Footnotes
- 撒母耳記上 25:1 「墳墓」原文作「房屋」。
- 撒母耳記上 25:25 就是「愚頑」的意思。
撒母耳记上 25-26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
撒母耳记上 25-26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
大卫与亚比该
25 撒母耳死了，以色列人都聚在一起哀悼他，把他安葬在拉玛他自己的坟地里。之后，大卫到了巴兰的旷野。 2 玛云有个富翁拥有三千只绵羊和一千只山羊，他的产业在迦密。当时他正在迦密剪羊毛。 3 他名叫拿八，是迦勒族人，妻子名叫亚比该，既聪慧又漂亮。拿八粗暴凶恶。 4 大卫在旷野得知拿八正在剪羊毛， 5 就派十个部下到迦密去见拿八，吩咐他们以他的名义向拿八问安， 6 对拿八说：“愿你和你全家平安，愿你一切顺利！ 7 我听说你正在剪羊毛。你的牧人与我们在迦密的时候，我们没有欺负过他们，他们没有丢过任何东西。 8 你问问你的仆人就知道了。请你恩待我的部下，因为今天是好日子，求你随手赏一点东西给晚辈我和我的部下。”
9 大卫的部下就去把大卫的话告诉拿八，等候他的答复。 10 拿八说：“大卫是谁？耶西的儿子是谁？这些日子有很多仆人逃离主人， 11 我怎能把饼、水和为剪羊毛者预备的肉分给一群来历不明的人呢？” 12 大卫的部下回去把拿八的话禀告大卫。 13 大卫听了，就吩咐众人备刀，他自己也带了刀去拿八那里。大卫带了四百人去，留下二百人看守营地。
14 拿八的一个仆人告诉拿八的妻子亚比该说：“大卫从旷野派人来向我们主人问安，主人却辱骂他们。 15 大卫的仆人对我们很好，从来不欺负我们。我们跟他们一起在田野的时候，从来没有丢过任何东西。 16 我们在他们附近牧羊的时候，他们昼夜不断地保护我们。 17 所以，请你赶快想个法子，不然主人和他全家恐怕都会大难临头。主人是个凶暴的人，没有人敢跟他说话。”
18 亚比该连忙用驴驮上二百块饼、两皮袋酒、五只宰好了的羊、三十七升烤麦、一百块葡萄饼和二百块无花果饼， 19 又吩咐仆人说：“你们先去吧！我随后就来。”她没有把这事告诉丈夫拿八。 20 她骑着驴下山的时候，就看见大卫和他的部下迎面而来。 21 大卫曾说：“我在旷野保护这人的羊群，使它们不致丢失，真是枉费功夫。他竟以怨报德。 22 如果我让他家里一个男子活到明早，愿上帝重重地惩罚我！”
23 亚比该看见大卫，连忙下驴俯伏下拜。 24 她俯伏在大卫脚前说：“我主啊，我愿意承担一切的罪过，请听婢女说。 25 请不要理会拿八那个恶徒，他人如其名[a]，是个名符其实的蠢人。当时婢女没有见到你派来的使者。 26 我主啊，既然耶和华阻止你亲手杀人报仇，我就凭永活的耶和华和你的性命起誓，愿你的仇敌和伤害你的人都像拿八一样没有好下场。 27 现在，请把婢女带来的礼物分给你的部下吧。 28 请饶恕婢女的罪过，耶和华必使你的子孙世代做王，因为你是在为耶和华而战，愿你一生没有过错。 29 你就是被人追杀，也会在你的上帝耶和华的保护下安然无恙。你敌人的性命却要像石头一样被耶和华用投石器抛出去。 30-31 如果你现在没有杀人报仇，伤害无辜，到了耶和华照应许赐福给你、立你做以色列王的时候，你就不会心里不安了。我主啊，耶和华赐福给你的时候，求你不要忘了婢女。”
32 大卫对亚比该说：“以色列的上帝耶和华当受称颂！祂今天派你来见我。 33 你很有见识，你今天拦阻我亲手杀人复仇，值得称赞。 34 我凭阻止我杀你的以色列的上帝——永活的耶和华起誓，若不是你赶来迎接我，拿八家中不会有一个男子活到明天早上。” 35 大卫接受了亚比该的礼物，对她说：“安心回家吧，我答应你的请求。”
36 她回到家时，拿八正在大摆宴席，排场如御宴。她见拿八心情愉快，喝得酩酊大醉，就什么也没告诉他，等第二天早上再说。 37 次日清晨，拿八酒醒以后，他妻子把发生的一切告诉他，他吓得昏死过去，身体僵硬如石。 38 过了十天，耶和华击打拿八，他就死了。
39 大卫听见拿八的死讯，就说：“赞美耶和华！拿八羞辱我，祂为我申了冤，又阻止仆人行恶。祂使拿八得到了报应。”后来，大卫差遣使者去向亚比该求婚。 40 他的使者就启程到迦密去向亚比该传达大卫的心意。 41 亚比该听了，立刻俯伏在地上说：“婢女愿意效劳，为我主的仆人洗脚。” 42 她连忙骑上驴，带了五个侍女，跟随大卫的使者前去，做了大卫的妻子。 43 大卫已经娶了耶斯列人亚希暖，她们二人就同做大卫的妻子。 44 扫罗已经把自己的女儿——大卫的妻子米甲嫁给了迦琳人拉亿的儿子帕提。
大卫再次放过扫罗
26 西弗人到基比亚见扫罗，说：“大卫正躲在旷野附近的哈基拉山中。” 2 扫罗就带领三千以色列精兵到西弗的旷野去追捕大卫。 3 他们在旷野附近路边的哈基拉山上扎营。大卫在旷野听说扫罗追来了， 4 就派人去打探消息，得知扫罗的追兵果然已到。 5 大卫来到扫罗的营地，看见了他和他的元帅——尼珥的儿子押尼珥睡觉的地方，他睡在军营中间，其他人围绕着他扎营。 6 大卫问赫人亚希米勒和洗鲁雅的儿子约押的兄弟亚比筛：“谁愿意跟我到扫罗的营里？”亚比筛答道：“我愿意。” 7 大卫和亚比筛就趁夜间走进扫罗的军营，发现扫罗正在熟睡，他的矛插在地上，靠近他的头，押尼珥和其他人睡在他周围。 8 亚比筛对大卫说：“现在上帝把你的敌人交在你手中了，让我一矛把他钉在地上，决不用刺第二下。” 9 大卫却说：“不要杀他，谁杀害耶和华所膏立的王，都难逃罪责。 10 我凭永活的耶和华起誓，耶和华必亲手击杀他。他要么寿终而死，要么命丧沙场。 11 我在耶和华面前绝不敢出手伤害祂所膏立的王。我们拿走他旁边的矛和水瓶吧。” 12 大卫拿上扫罗的矛和水瓶同亚比筛离开了，没有人看见，没有人知道，他们都在沉睡，没有人醒来，因为耶和华使他们都熟睡了。
13 大卫爬上营地对面的山坡，远远地站在山顶上，与他们相距很远。 14 他呼喊扫罗的士兵和尼珥的儿子押尼珥：“押尼珥，你回答我！”押尼珥问道：“你是谁，竟敢在王面前喊叫？” 15 大卫说：“你不是勇士吗？在以色列有谁比得上你呢？有人来刺杀你的王，你的主，你为何没有保护他呢？ 16 你失职了。我凭永活的耶和华起誓，你们都该死。因为你们没有保护你们的主——耶和华所膏立的王。你看看王身边的矛和水瓶在哪里？”
17 扫罗听出是大卫的声音，就说：“我儿大卫！是你吗？”大卫答道：“我主我王啊，是我。 18 我主为什么又要追杀仆人呢？我做错了什么，犯了什么罪？ 19 我主我王，请听仆人说，如果是耶和华使你与我作对，愿祂悦纳我献上的祭物；如果这是出于人的主意，愿他们在耶和华面前受咒诅。因为他们赶我离开耶和华所赐的产业，叫我去服侍外族人的神明。 20 求你不要让我死在远离耶和华的异乡！以色列王为何要像在山上猎杀鹧鸪一样追捕一只跳蚤呢？”
21 扫罗说：“我犯罪了。我儿大卫，你回来吧，我不会再伤害你，因为你今日保存了我的性命。我真是糊涂，犯了大错。” 22 大卫答道：“王的矛在这里，请派一个人来拿回去吧。 23 耶和华赐福给公义、信实的人。今天耶和华把你交在我手中，但我不愿下手伤害耶和华所膏立的王。 24 我今天保存了你的性命，愿耶和华也保存我的性命，救我脱离一切患难。” 25 扫罗对大卫说：“我儿大卫，愿你蒙福。你一定能建功立业，战胜仇敌。”于是，大卫起身离开，扫罗也回家去了。
Footnotes
- 25:25 “拿八”意思是“愚蠢”。
撒母耳記上 25-26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
撒母耳記上 25-26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
大衛與亞比該
25 撒母耳死了，以色列人都聚在一起哀悼他，把他安葬在拉瑪他自己的墳地裡。之後，大衛到了巴蘭的曠野。 2 瑪雲有個富翁擁有三千隻綿羊和一千隻山羊，他的產業在迦密。當時他正在迦密剪羊毛。 3 他名叫拿八，是迦勒族人，妻子名叫亞比該，既聰慧又漂亮。拿八粗暴兇惡。 4 大衛在曠野得知拿八正在剪羊毛， 5 就派十個部下到迦密去見拿八，吩咐他們以他的名義向拿八問安， 6 對拿八說：「願你和你全家平安，願你一切順利！ 7 我聽說你正在剪羊毛。你的牧人與我們在迦密的時候，我們沒有欺負過他們，他們沒有丟過任何東西。 8 你問問你的僕人就知道了。請你恩待我的部下，因為今天是好日子，求你隨手賞一點東西給晚輩我和我的部下。」
9 大衛的部下就去把大衛的話告訴拿八，等候他的答覆。 10 拿八說：「大衛是誰？耶西的兒子是誰？這些日子有很多僕人逃離主人， 11 我怎能把餅、水和為剪羊毛者預備的肉分給一群來歷不明的人呢？」 12 大衛的部下回去把拿八的話稟告大衛。 13 大衛聽了，就吩咐眾人備刀，他自己也帶了刀去拿八那裡。大衛帶了四百人去，留下二百人看守營地。
14 拿八的一個僕人告訴拿八的妻子亞比該說：「大衛從曠野派人來向我們主人問安，主人卻辱罵他們。 15 大衛的僕人對我們很好，從來不欺負我們。我們跟他們一起在田野的時候，從來沒有丟過任何東西。 16 我們在他們附近牧羊的時候，他們晝夜不斷地保護我們。 17 所以，請你趕快想個法子，不然主人和他全家恐怕都會大難臨頭。主人是個兇暴的人，沒有人敢跟他說話。」
18 亞比該連忙用驢馱上二百塊餅、兩皮袋酒、五隻宰好了的羊、三十七升烤麥、一百塊葡萄餅和二百塊無花果餅， 19 又吩咐僕人說：「你們先去吧！我隨後就來。」她沒有把這事告訴丈夫拿八。 20 她騎著驢下山的時候，就看見大衛和他的部下迎面而來。 21 大衛曾說：「我在曠野保護這人的羊群，使牠們不致丟失，真是枉費功夫。他竟以怨報德。 22 如果我讓他家裡一個男子活到明早，願上帝重重地懲罰我！」
23 亞比該看見大衛，連忙下驢俯伏下拜。 24 她俯伏在大衛腳前說：「我主啊，我願意承擔一切的罪過，請聽婢女說。 25 請不要理會拿八那個惡徒，他人如其名[a]，是個名符其實的蠢人。當時婢女沒有見到你派來的使者。 26 我主啊，既然耶和華阻止你親手殺人報仇，我就憑永活的耶和華和你的性命起誓，願你的仇敵和傷害你的人都像拿八一樣沒有好下場。 27 現在，請把婢女帶來的禮物分給你的部下吧。 28 請饒恕婢女的罪過，耶和華必使你的子孫世代做王，因為你是在為耶和華而戰，願你一生沒有過錯。 29 你就是被人追殺，也會在你的上帝耶和華的保護下安然無恙。你敵人的性命卻要像石頭一樣被耶和華用投石器拋出去。 30-31 如果你現在沒有殺人報仇，傷害無辜，到了耶和華照應許賜福給你、立你做以色列王的時候，你就不會心裡不安了。我主啊，耶和華賜福給你的時候，求你不要忘了婢女。」
32 大衛對亞比該說：「以色列的上帝耶和華當受稱頌！祂今天派你來見我。 33 你很有見識，你今天攔阻我親手殺人復仇，值得稱讚。 34 我憑阻止我殺你的以色列的上帝——永活的耶和華起誓，若不是你趕來迎接我，拿八家中不會有一個男子活到明天早上。」 35 大衛接受了亞比該的禮物，對她說：「安心回家吧，我答應你的請求。」
36 她回到家時，拿八正在大擺宴席，排場如御宴。她見拿八心情愉快，喝得酩酊大醉，就什麼也沒告訴他，等第二天早上再說。 37 次日清晨，拿八酒醒以後，他妻子把發生的一切告訴他，他嚇得昏死過去，身體僵硬如石。 38 過了十天，耶和華擊打拿八，他就死了。
39 大衛聽見拿八的死訊，就說：「讚美耶和華！拿八羞辱我，祂為我申了冤，又阻止僕人行惡。祂使拿八得到了報應。」後來，大衛差遣使者去向亞比該求婚。 40 他的使者就啟程到迦密去向亞比該傳達大衛的心意。 41 亞比該聽了，立刻俯伏在地上說：「婢女願意效勞，為我主的僕人洗腳。」 42 她連忙騎上驢，帶了五個侍女，跟隨大衛的使者前去，做了大衛的妻子。 43 大衛已經娶了耶斯列人亞希暖，她們二人就同做大衛的妻子。 44 掃羅已經把自己的女兒——大衛的妻子米甲嫁給了迦琳人拉億的兒子帕提。
大衛再次放過掃羅
26 西弗人到基比亞見掃羅，說：「大衛正躲在曠野附近的哈基拉山中。」 2 掃羅就帶領三千以色列精兵到西弗的曠野去追捕大衛。 3 他們在曠野附近路邊的哈基拉山上紮營。大衛在曠野聽說掃羅追來了， 4 就派人去打探消息，得知掃羅的追兵果然已到。 5 大衛來到掃羅的營地，看見了他和他的元帥——尼珥的兒子押尼珥睡覺的地方，他睡在軍營中間，其他人圍繞著他紮營。 6 大衛問赫人亞希米勒和洗魯雅的兒子約押的兄弟亞比篩：「誰願意跟我到掃羅的營裡？」亞比篩答道：「我願意。」 7 大衛和亞比篩就趁夜間走進掃羅的軍營，發現掃羅正在熟睡，他的矛插在地上，靠近他的頭，押尼珥和其他人睡在他周圍。 8 亞比篩對大衛說：「現在上帝把你的敵人交在你手中了，讓我一矛把他釘在地上，決不用刺第二下。」 9 大衛卻說：「不要殺他，誰殺害耶和華所膏立的王，都難逃罪責。 10 我憑永活的耶和華起誓，耶和華必親手擊殺他。他要麼壽終而死，要麼命喪沙場。 11 我在耶和華面前絕不敢出手傷害祂所膏立的王。我們拿走他旁邊的矛和水瓶吧。」 12 大衛拿上掃羅的矛和水瓶同亞比篩離開了，沒有人看見，沒有人知道，他們都在沉睡，沒有人醒來，因為耶和華使他們都熟睡了。
13 大衛爬上營地對面的山坡，遠遠地站在山頂上，與他們相距很遠。 14 他呼喊掃羅的士兵和尼珥的兒子押尼珥：「押尼珥，你回答我！」押尼珥問道：「你是誰，竟敢在王面前喊叫？」 15 大衛說：「你不是勇士嗎？在以色列有誰比得上你呢？有人來刺殺你的王，你的主，你為何沒有保護他呢？ 16 你失職了。我憑永活的耶和華起誓，你們都該死。因為你們沒有保護你們的主——耶和華所膏立的王。你看看王身邊的矛和水瓶在哪裡？」
17 掃羅聽出是大衛的聲音，就說：「我兒大衛！是你嗎？」大衛答道：「我主我王啊，是我。 18 我主為什麼又要追殺僕人呢？我做錯了什麼，犯了什麼罪？ 19 我主我王，請聽僕人說，如果是耶和華使你與我作對，願祂悅納我獻上的祭物；如果這是出於人的主意，願他們在耶和華面前受咒詛。因為他們趕我離開耶和華所賜的產業，叫我去服侍外族人的神明。 20 求你不要讓我死在遠離耶和華的異鄉！以色列王為何要像在山上獵殺鷓鴣一樣追捕一隻跳蚤呢？」
21 掃羅說：「我犯罪了。我兒大衛，你回來吧，我不會再傷害你，因為你今日保存了我的性命。我真是糊塗，犯了大錯。」 22 大衛答道：「王的矛在這裡，請派一個人來拿回去吧。 23 耶和華賜福給公義、信實的人。今天耶和華把你交在我手中，但我不願下手傷害耶和華所膏立的王。 24 我今天保存了你的性命，願耶和華也保存我的性命，救我脫離一切患難。」 25 掃羅對大衛說：「我兒大衛，願你蒙福。你一定能建功立業，戰勝仇敵。」於是，大衛起身離開，掃羅也回家去了。
Footnotes
- 25·25 「拿八」意思是「愚蠢」。
1 Samuel 25-26
New International Version
1 Samuel 25-26
New International Version
David, Nabal and Abigail
25 Now Samuel died,(A) and all Israel assembled and mourned(B) for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.(C) Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.[a]
2 A certain man in Maon,(D) who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy.(E) He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing(F) in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail.(G) She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.(H)
4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. 5 So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health(I) to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!(J)
7 “‘Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat(K) them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever(L) you can find for them.’”
9 When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.
10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(M) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread(N) and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”
12 David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. 13 David said to his men(O), “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went(P) up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.(Q)
14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(R) but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat(S) us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.(T) 16 Night and day they were a wall(U) around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked(V) man that no one can talk to him.”
18 Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs[b] of roasted grain,(W) a hundred cakes of raisins(X) and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.(Y) 19 Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead;(Z) I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell(AA) her husband Nabal.
20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them. 21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing.(AB) He has paid(AC) me back evil(AD) for good. 22 May God deal with David,[c] be it ever so severely,(AE) if by morning I leave alive one male(AF) of all who belong to him!”
23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.(AG) 24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,(AH) and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool(AI),(AJ) and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed(AK) and from avenging(AL) yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.(AM) 27 And let this gift,(AN) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28 “Please forgive(AO) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(AP) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(AQ) and no wrongdoing(AR) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(AS) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(AT) away as from the pocket of a sling.(AU) 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(AV) over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember(AW) your servant.”(AX)
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(AY) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(AZ) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(BA) would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted(BB) your request.”
36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high(BC) spirits and very drunk.(BD) So she told(BE) him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.(BF) 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck(BG) Nabal and he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”
41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” 42 Abigail(BH) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam(BI) of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.(BJ) 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel[d](BK) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.(BL)
David Again Spares Saul’s Life
26 The Ziphites(BM) went to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding(BN) on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?(BO)”
2 So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search(BP) there for David. 3 Saul made his camp beside the road on the hill of Hakilah(BQ) facing Jeshimon, but David stayed in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul had followed him there, 4 he sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived.
5 Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner(BR) son of Ner, the commander of the army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the camp, with the army encamped around him.
6 David then asked Ahimelek the Hittite(BS) and Abishai(BT) son of Zeruiah,(BU) Joab’s brother, “Who will go down into the camp with me to Saul?”
“I’ll go with you,” said Abishai.
7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.
8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed(BV) and be guiltless?(BW) 10 As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike(BX) him, or his time(BY) will come and he will die,(BZ) or he will go into battle and perish. 11 But the Lord forbid that I should lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let’s go.”
12 So David took the spear and water jug near Saul’s head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep.(CA)
13 Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill some distance away; there was a wide space between them. 14 He called out to the army and to Abner son of Ner, “Aren’t you going to answer me, Abner?”
Abner replied, “Who are you who calls to the king?”
15 David said, “You’re a man, aren’t you? And who is like you in Israel? Why didn’t you guard your lord the king? Someone came to destroy your lord the king. 16 What you have done is not good. As surely as the Lord lives, you and your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the Lord’s anointed. Look around you. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?”
17 Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is that your voice,(CB) David my son?”
David replied, “Yes it is, my lord the king.” 18 And he added, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong(CC) am I guilty of? 19 Now let my lord the king listen(CD) to his servant’s words. If the Lord has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering.(CE) If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the Lord! They have driven me today from my share in the Lord’s inheritance(CF) and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’(CG) 20 Now do not let my blood(CH) fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea(CI)—as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.(CJ)”
21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned.(CK) Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious(CL) today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong.”
22 “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of your young men come over and get it. 23 The Lord rewards(CM) everyone for their righteousness(CN) and faithfulness. The Lord delivered(CO) you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. 24 As surely as I valued your life today, so may the Lord value my life and deliver(CP) me from all trouble.”
25 Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed,(CQ) David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.”
So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:1 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts Maon
- 1 Samuel 25:18 That is, probably about 60 pounds or about 27 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David’s enemies
- 1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel
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