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非利士人集結在亞弗

29 非利士人把他們所有的軍隊都聚集在亞弗,以色列人卻在耶斯列的泉旁安營。 非利士人的首領各率領百人或千人前進;大衛和跟隨他的人也跟在亞吉的後面前進。 非利士人的領袖說:“這些希伯來人在這裡作甚麼?”亞吉對非利士人的領袖說:“這人不是以色列王掃羅的臣僕大衛嗎?他已經在我這裡有好些年日了。自從他降服我的一天,直到今日,我未曾發現他有甚麼過錯。”

眾首領疑忌大衛

非利士人的領袖向亞吉發怒,對他說:“你叫這人回去,好讓他回到你為他安排的地方去。他不可與我們一同下戰場,免得他在戰場上成為我們的對頭。這人可用甚麼去得他主人的歡心呢?豈不是用我們這些人的頭嗎? 這人不就是大衛嗎?從前以色列的婦女向他歌唱跳舞說:

‘掃羅殺死千千,

大衛殺死萬萬!’”

亞吉命大衛回去

亞吉把大衛叫來,對他說:“我指著永活的耶和華說,你是正直的人,你與我在軍中出入,我感到很滿意,因為自從你到我這裡來的那一天,直到今日,我未曾在你身上找到甚麼過失;只是各首領不喜歡你。 現在,你可以回去,平平安安走吧!不要行非利士人的首領看為惡的事。” 大衛對亞吉說:“我作了甚麼呢?自從我來到你面前的那一天,直到今日,你在僕人身上找到甚麼,使我不能與我主我王的仇敵爭戰呢?” 亞吉回答大衛,說:“我知道你在我眼中是個好人,像 神的使者一樣;只是非利士人的領袖曾經說過:‘他不可與我們一同上戰場。’ 10 所以明天早晨,你和跟你來的人,就是你主人的僕人都要清早起來。你們明天早晨都要早起,天一亮你們就要離開。” 11 於是大衛和跟隨他的人清早起來,一早就離開,回到非利士人的地去。非利士人也上耶斯列去了。

Achish Sends David Back to Ziklag

29 The Philistines gathered(A) all their forces at Aphek,(B) and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.(C) As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear(D) with Achish. The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?”

Achish replied, “Is this not David,(E) who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year,(F) and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”

But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send(G) the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn(H) against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men? Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances:

“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens of thousands’?”(I)

So Achish called David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the army. From the day(J) you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers(K) don’t approve of you. Now turn back and go in peace; do nothing to displease the Philistine rulers.”

“But what have I done?” asked David. “What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can’t I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

Achish answered, “I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel(L) of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders(M) have said, ‘He must not go up with us into battle.’ 10 Now get up early, along with your master’s servants who have come with you, and leave(N) in the morning as soon as it is light.”

11 So David and his men got up early in the morning to go back to the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

The Philistines Reject David

29 Then (A)the Philistines gathered together all their armies (B)at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel. And the (C)lords of the Philistines [a]passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, but (D)David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?

And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me (E)these days, or these years? And to this day I have (F)found no fault in him since he defected to me.

But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; so the princes of the Philistines said to him, (G)“Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to (H)battle, lest (I)in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these (J)men? Is this not David, (K)of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying:

(L)‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

Then Achish called David and said to him, “Surely, as the Lord lives, you have been upright, and (M)your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day (N)I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless the lords do not favor you. Therefore return now, and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

So David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

Then Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as good in my sight (O)as an angel of God; nevertheless (P)the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’ 10 Now therefore, rise early in the morning with your master’s servants (Q)who have come with [b]you. And as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.”

11 So David and his men rose early to depart in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. (R)And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 29:2 passed on in the rear
  2. 1 Samuel 29:10 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX adds and go to the place which I have selected for you there; and set no bothersome word in your heart, for you are good before me. And rise on your way