撒母耳記上 27
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1大衛 心裏說：「必有一日我死在 掃羅 手裏，不如逃奔 非利士 地去。 掃羅 見我不在 以色列 的境內，就必絕望，不再尋索我；這樣我可以脫離他的手。」
1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
2於是 大衛 起身，和跟隨他的六百人投奔 迦特 王－ 瑪俄 的兒子 亞吉 去了。
2So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
3大衛 和他的兩個妻，就是 耶斯列 人 亞希暖 和作過 拿八 妻的 迦密 人 亞比該 ，並跟隨他的人，連各人的眷屬，都住在 迦特 的 亞吉 那裏。
3David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
4有人告訴 掃羅 說：「 大衛 逃到 迦特 。」 掃羅 就不再尋索他了。
4And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5大衛 對 亞吉 說：「我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你在京外的城邑中賜我一個地方居住。僕人何必與王同住京都呢？」
5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6當日 亞吉 將 洗革拉 賜給他，因此 洗革拉 屬 猶大 王，直到今日。
6That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
7大衛 在 非利士 地住了一年零四個月。
7And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
8大衛 和跟隨他的人上去，侵奪 基述 人、 基色 人、 亞瑪力 人之地。這幾族歷來住在那地，從 書珥 直到 埃及 。
8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
9大衛 擊殺那地的人，無論男女都沒有留下一個，又奪獲牛、羊、駱駝、驢，並衣服，回來見 亞吉 。
9Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
10亞吉 說：「你們今日侵奪了甚麼地方呢？」 大衛 說：「侵奪了 猶大 的南方、 耶拉篾 的南方、 基尼 的南方。」
10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
11無論男女， 大衛 沒有留下一個帶到 迦特 來。他說：「恐怕他們將我們的事告訴人，說 大衛 住在 非利士 地的時候常常這樣行。」
11David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
12亞吉 信了 大衛 ，心裏說：「 大衛 使本族 以色列 人憎惡他，所以他必永遠作我的僕人了。」
12So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
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