撒母耳记上 20
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
約拿單暗助大衛
20 大衛從拉瑪的拿約逃走，來見約拿單，說：“我作了甚麼？我有甚麼罪孽？我在你父親面前犯了甚麼罪，他竟尋索我的性命呢？” 2 約拿單對他說：“絕對沒有這事，你必不會死。我父親作事，無論大小，沒有不讓我知道的，為甚麼這事他偏要隱瞞我呢？不會這樣的。” 3 大衛再起誓說：“你父親一定知道我在你眼中蒙恩，就心裡想：‘不要讓約拿單知道這事，免得他傷心。’可是，我指著永活的耶和華，又指著你的性命起誓，我離死只差一步。” 4 約拿單對大衛說：“你心裡想要甚麼，我必為你作成。” 5 大衛就對約拿單說：“你看，明天是初一，我本該與王一同坐席。但是，求你容我去藏在田裡，直到後天晚上。 6 如果你父親不見我在座，你就說：‘大衛懇求我讓他趕回他的本城伯利恆去，因為他全家在那裡有獻年祭的事。’ 7 如果你父親這樣說：‘好！’那麼僕人就平安無事了；如果他大大發怒，你就知道，他決意要害我了。 8 求你以慈愛待僕人，因為你曾與僕人在耶和華面前立盟約。如果我有罪孽，你就親手把我殺死，為甚麼要把我交給你父親呢？” 9 約拿單說：“絕對沒有這事，如果我知道我父親決意要害你，我會不告訴你嗎？” 10 大衛對約拿單說：“如果你父親嚴厲地回答你，誰來告訴我呢？” 11 約拿單對大衛說：“你來，我們出到田裡去吧！”他們二人就出到田裡去了。
12 約拿單對大衛說：“願耶和華以色列的 神作證，明天或後天約在這個時候，我探出了我父親的意思，如果他對你有好感，那時我會不派人來告訴你嗎？ 13 假如我父親有意要害你，我若是不告訴你，不讓你走，不使你平平安安地離去，願耶和華加倍懲罰我。願耶和華與你同在，好像從前與我父親同在一樣。 14 我活著的時候，求你以耶和華的慈愛待我，使我不致於死。 15 我死了以後，耶和華從地上一一剪除大衛的仇敵的時候，你也不可向我的家永遠斷絕你的慈愛。” 16 於是約拿單與大衛家立盟約，說：“願耶和華藉大衛仇敵的手追討違背盟約的罪。” 17 約拿單由於愛大衛，就使大衛再起誓；他愛大衛如同愛自己的命。
18 約拿單對大衛說：“明天是初一，因為你的座位空著，人必注意到你不在。 19 到後天，你要趕快下去，到你以前出事那天藏身的地方，在以色磐石旁邊等候。 20 我要向磐石旁邊射三支箭，好像射箭靶一樣。 21 然後，我要派一個僕人去，說：‘你去把箭找回來。’如果我對那僕人說：‘看哪！箭在你的後面，把箭拿回來。’你就可以回來，因為我指著永活的耶和華起誓，你必平安無事。 22 如果我對僕人說：‘看哪！箭在你的前面。’你就要離去，因為是耶和華打發你去的。 23 至於你我之間所說的這事，有耶和華永遠在你我之間作證。”
掃羅怒責約拿單
24 於是大衛在田裡藏起來。到了初一，王坐席吃飯。 25 王照常坐在他的座位上，就是靠牆的座位，約拿單坐在對面（按照《馬索拉文本》，“坐在對面”作“站起來”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），押尼珥坐在掃羅旁邊，大衛的座位卻空著。 26 那天掃羅沒有說甚麼，因為他心裡想：“這是恰巧的事，或許大衛沾染了不潔，還沒有得到潔淨。” 27 次日，就是初二，大衛的座位仍是空著。於是掃羅問他的兒子約拿單：“為甚麼耶西的兒子昨天今天都沒有來吃飯呢？” 28 約拿單回答掃羅：“大衛懇切地求我讓他回伯利恆去。 29 他說：‘求你讓我去，因為我們的家在城裡有獻祭的事，我哥哥吩咐我去。所以，我若是在你眼前蒙恩，求你讓我離開，看看我的哥哥們。’因此，大衛沒有來赴王的筵席。”
30 於是掃羅向約拿單發怒，對他說：“你這邪僻悖逆婦人所生的，我豈不知道你喜悅耶西的兒子，自取羞辱，也羞辱生你的母親嗎？ 31 因為只要耶西的兒子還活在這世上，你和你的國就不能穩固。現在，你要派人去把他抓到我這裡來，因為他是該死的。” 32 約拿單回答他父親掃羅說：“為甚麼要把他處死呢？他作了甚麼事呢？” 33 掃羅向著約拿單把槍擲過去，要刺殺他。約拿單就知道，他父親已經決意要殺死大衛。 34 約拿單怒氣沖沖地從席間退去，初二這天，他沒有吃飯；因為他父親羞辱了大衛，他就為大衛擔憂。
大衛與約拿單泣別
35 到了早晨，約拿單照著與大衛約定的時候，出到田裡去，有一個小童與他在一起。 36 他對那童僕說：“你跑去，把我所射的箭找回來。”那童僕跑去的時候，約拿單就把箭射到他前面。 37 那童僕到了約拿單的箭射到的地方，約拿單就在那童僕的背後喊叫：“箭不是在你的前面嗎？” 38 約拿單又在那童僕的背後喊叫：“趕快跑去！不要停留！”那童僕就把箭拾起來，回到他主人那裡去。 39 那童僕一點也不知道這是甚麼意思，只有約拿單和大衛知道。 40 約拿單把自己的武器交給他的童僕，對他說：“你帶回城裡去吧！” 41 那童僕一離去，大衛就從石堆的南邊起來，臉伏於地，叩拜了三次。二人互相親吻，相對哭泣，大衛哭得更悲痛。 42 約拿單對大衛說：“你平平安安走吧！我們二人曾指著耶和華的名起誓說：‘願耶和華在你我之間，也在我的後裔和你的後裔之間作證，直到永遠。’”大衛就起身離開，約拿單也回城裡去了（“大衛就起身離開，約拿單也回城裡去了。”在《馬索拉文本》為21:1）。
撒母耳记上 20
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
大卫与约拿单
20 大卫从拉玛的拿约逃出来去见约拿单，问他：“我做了什么？犯了什么罪？我什么地方对不起你父亲，他竟追杀我？” 2 约拿单答道：“绝无此事，你不会死的！我父亲事无大小都会告诉我的，他不会瞒着我这件事，不会的。” 3 大卫发誓说：“你父亲深知你恩待我，他为了不使你伤心，才瞒着你。但我凭永活的耶和华和你的性命起誓，我离死亡仅一步之遥！” 4 约拿单说：“你有什么需要？我一定相助。” 5 大卫答道：“明天是初一，我本该跟王一起用餐，请让我躲到田间，直到第三天晚上。 6 如果你父亲问起我，你就说我恳求你允许我回到故乡伯利恒，因为我全家正在那里献年祭。 7 如果你父亲说‘好吧’，仆人就平安无事了。如果他发怒，就表示他决意要杀我。 8 请你善待仆人，因你与我在耶和华面前立了盟约。如果我有罪，就请你亲手杀了我，何必把我交给你父亲呢？” 9 约拿单答道：“我决不会这样做。如果我知道我父亲决意要杀你，我怎能不通知你呢？” 10 大卫说：“你父亲若向你发怒，谁来告诉我呢？” 11 约拿单说：“我们一起到田野去吧。”于是，二人一起去了田野。
12 约拿单对大卫说：“愿以色列的上帝耶和华作证，明天或后天这个时侯我就会打探到我父亲的意思，如果他善意待你，我会派人通知你。 13 如果他有意杀你，而我却不告诉你让你安然逃走，愿耶和华重重地惩罚我。愿耶和华与你同在，像从前与我父亲同在一样。 14 在我有生之年，请你照耶和华的慈爱恩待我，免我一死。 15 在我死后，即使耶和华把你所有的仇敌都毁灭了，请你仍旧恩待我的后人。” 16 于是，约拿单与大卫家立下盟约，说：“倘若大卫不守盟约，愿耶和华借着仇敌惩罚他。” 17 约拿单因为像爱自己一样爱大卫，便叫他再次起誓。 18 约拿单说：“明天是初一，人们会注意到你缺席。 19 到了后天，你要赶快去上次出事时躲藏的以色磐石那里。 20 我会朝磐石的旁边射三箭，好像射靶子。 21 然后，我会叫一个少年把箭拾回来。如果你听到我对他说，‘箭就在你旁边，把箭拾回来。’那就表示你可以回来了，我凭永活的耶和华起誓，你必平安无事。 22 但如果我对少年说，‘箭就在你前面。’你就要离开，因为是耶和华要你离开。 23 至于我们之间所立的约，耶和华永远为我们作证。”
24 于是，大卫就躲到田野。初一到了，扫罗王入席吃饭， 25 他照常坐在靠墙的位置，约拿单坐在对面，押尼珥坐在王的身边，大卫的位子空着。 26 那一天，扫罗并没有说什么，他以为大卫可能遇到了使自己不洁净的事，不能赴宴。 27 可是到了第二天，大卫的座位还是空的，扫罗就问儿子约拿单：“耶西的儿子为什么这两天都不来赴宴呢？” 28 约拿单答道：“大卫恳求我让他回到伯利恒， 29 因为他家要在城中献祭，他的哥哥要他去。他求我恩准他去见他的哥哥们。所以，他没有来参加王的宴席。”
30 扫罗向约拿单发怒，对他说：“你这邪恶叛逆妇人所生之子！难道我不知道你是站在耶西的儿子那边吗？你这样做不但自取其辱，也使你母亲蒙羞。 31 只要耶西的儿子活在世上，你和你的王位就不得安稳。你派人把他抓到我这里，他非死不可。” 32 约拿单问：“为什么要杀他？他做了什么？”
33 扫罗气得把矛掷向约拿单，想要杀他。约拿单知道父亲决意要杀大卫。 34 他怒气冲冲地离席，整天不肯进食，因为他看见父亲如此卑劣地对待大卫，心里非常难过。 35 第二天早晨，约拿单按照和大卫的约定带着一个少年来到田野。 36 约拿单对少年说：“你跑去把我射的箭拾回来。”少年就向前跑去，约拿单把箭射在他前面。 37 少年跑到落箭之处的时候，约拿单就大声叫道：“箭不是在你的前面吗？ 38 快快去，不要耽延。”少年连忙把箭拾起来，回到主人那里。 39 他不知道主人的用意，只有约拿单和大卫知道。 40 约拿单把弓箭交给那少年，吩咐他带回城中。 41 少年离开以后，大卫就从磐石南面出来，伏地拜了三拜。二人彼此亲吻，抱头痛哭，大卫更是泣不成声。 42 约拿单说：“我们已凭耶和华的名起誓，有耶和华在你我和你我的子孙之间永远为我们的盟约作证，你就安心去吧。”大卫便起身离开，约拿单也回城去了。
1 Samuel 20
King James Version
20 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
13 The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.
22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.
23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.
24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
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