撒母耳記上 21
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1大衛 到了 挪伯 祭司 亞希米勒 那裏， 亞希米勒 戰戰兢兢地出來迎接他，問他說：「你為甚麼獨自來，沒有人跟隨呢？」
1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2大衛 回答祭司 亞希米勒 說：「王吩咐我一件事說：『我差遣你委託你的這件事，不要使人知道。』故此我已派定少年人在某處等候我。
2“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
3現在你手下有甚麼？求你給我五個餅或是別樣的食物。」
3Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
4祭司對 大衛 說：「我手下沒有尋常的餅，只有聖餅；若少年人沒有親近婦人才可以給。」
4“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
5大衛 對祭司說：「實在約有三日我們沒有親近婦人；我出來的時候，雖是尋常行路，少年人的器皿還是潔淨的；何況今日不更是潔淨嗎？」
5David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”
6祭司就拿聖 餅 給他；因為在那裏沒有別樣餅，只有更換新餅，從耶和華面前撤下來的陳設餅。 （
6So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7當日有 掃羅 的一個臣子留在耶和華面前。他名叫 多益 ，是 以東 人，作 掃羅 的司牧長。）
7Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
8大衛 問 亞希米勒 說：「你手下有槍有刀沒有？因為王的事甚急，連刀劍器械我都沒有帶。」
8Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
9祭司說：「你在 以拉谷 殺 非利士 人 歌利亞 的那刀在這裏，裹在布中，放在以弗得後邊，你要就可以拿去；除此以外，再沒有別的。」 大衛 說：「這刀沒有可比的！求你給我。」
9The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
10那日 大衛 起來，躲避 掃羅 ，逃到 迦特 王 亞吉 那裏。
10That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
11亞吉 的臣僕對 亞吉 說：「這不是 以色列 國王 大衛 嗎？那裏的婦女跳舞唱和，不是指着他說『 掃羅 殺死千千， 大衛 殺死萬萬』嗎？」
11But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
12大衛 將這話放在心裏，甚懼怕 迦特 王 亞吉 ，
12Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13就在眾人面前改變了尋常的舉動，在他們手下假裝瘋癲，在城門的門扇上胡寫亂畫，使唾沫流在鬍子上。
13So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
14亞吉 對臣僕說：「你們看，這人是瘋子。為甚麼帶他到我這裏來呢？
14Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
15我豈缺少瘋子，你們帶這人來在我面前瘋癲嗎？這人豈可進我的家呢？」
15Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
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