1 Samuel 20
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ramatha, and came and said to Jonathan: What have I done? what is my iniquity, and what is my sin against thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1大衛 從 拉瑪 的 拿約 逃跑，來到 約拿單 那裏，對他說：「我做了甚麼？有甚麼罪孽呢？在你父親面前犯了甚麼罪，他竟尋索我的性命呢？」
2And he said to him: God forbid, thou shalt not die: for my father will do nothing great or little, without first telling me: hath then my father hid this word only from me? no, this shall not be.
2約拿單 回答說：「斷然不是！你必不致死。我父做事，無論大小，沒有不叫我知道的。怎麼獨有這事隱瞞我呢？決不如此。」
3And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and death.
3大衛 又起誓說：「你父親準知我在你眼前蒙恩。他心裏說，不如不叫 約拿單 知道，恐怕他愁煩。我指着永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓，我離死不過一步。」
4And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee.
4約拿單 對 大衛 說：「你心裏所求的，我必為你成就。」
5And David said to Jonathan: Behold tomorrow is the new moon, and I according to custom am wont to sit beside the king to eat: let me go then that I may be hid in the field till the evening of the third day.
5大衛 對 約拿單 說：「明日是初一，我當與王同席，求你容我去藏在田野，直到第三日晚上。
6If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem his own city: because there are solemn sacrifices there for all his tribe.
6你父親若見我不在席上，你就說：『 大衛 切求我許他回本城 伯利恆 去，因為他全家在那裏獻年祭。』
7If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.
7你父親若說好，僕人就平安了；他若發怒，你就知道他決意要害我。
8Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.
8求你施恩與僕人，因你在耶和華面前曾與僕人結盟。我若有罪，不如你自己殺我，何必將我交給你父親呢？」
9And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee.
9約拿單 說：「斷無此事！我若知道我父親決意害你，我豈不告訴你呢？」
10And David answered Jonathan: Who shall bring me word, if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me?
10大衛 對 約拿單 說：「你父親若用厲言回答你，誰來告訴我呢？」
11And Jonathan said to David: Come and let us go out into the field. And when they were both of them gone out into the field,
11約拿單 對 大衛 說：「你我且往田野去。」二人就往田野去了。
12Jonathan said to David: O Lord God of Israel, if I shall discover my father’s mind, tomorrow or the day after, and there be any thing good for David, and I send not immediately to thee, and make it known to thee,
12約拿單 對 大衛 說：「願耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝 為證 。明日約在這時候，或第三日，我探我父親的意思，若向你有好意，我豈不打發人告訴你嗎？
13May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan and add still more. But if my father shall continue in malice against thee, I will discover it to thy ear, and will send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace, and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
13我父親若有意害你，我不告訴你使你平平安安地走，願耶和華重重地降罰與我。願耶和華與你同在，如同從前與我父親同在一樣。
14And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,
14你要照耶和華的慈愛恩待我，不但我活着的時候免我死亡，
15Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David’s enemies.
15就是我死後，耶和華從地上剪除你仇敵的時候，你也永不可向我家絕了恩惠。」
16Jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of David: and the Lord required it at the hands of David’s enemies.
16於是 約拿單 與 大衛 家結盟， 說 ：「願耶和華藉 大衛 的仇敵追討 背約 的罪。」
17And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.
17約拿單 因愛 大衛 如同愛自己的性命，就使他再起誓。
18And Jonathan said to him: Tomorrow is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed:
18約拿單 對他說：「明日是初一，你的座位空設，人必理會你不在那裏。
19For thy seat will be empty till after tomorrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place, where thou must be hid on the day when it is lawful to work, and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called Ezel.
19你等三日，就要速速下去，到你從前遇事所藏的地方，在 以色 磐石那裏等候。
20And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.
20我要向磐石旁邊射三箭，如同射箭靶一樣。
21And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.
21我要打發童子， 說 ：『去把箭找來。』我若對童子說：『箭在後頭，把箭拿來』，你就可以回來；我指着永生的耶和華起誓，你必平安無事。
22If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because, there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.
22我若對童子說：『箭在前頭』，你就要去，因為是耶和華打發你去的。
23And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.
23至於你我今日所說的話，有耶和華在你我中間 為證 ，直到永遠。」
24So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
24大衛 就去藏在田野。到了初一日，王坐席要吃飯。
25And when the king sat down upon his chair (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place appeared empty.
25王照常坐在靠牆的位上， 約拿單 侍立， 押尼珥 坐在 掃羅 旁邊， 大衛 的座位空設。
26And Saul said nothing that day, for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified.
26然而這日 掃羅 沒有說甚麼，他想 大衛 遇事，偶染不潔，他必定是不潔。
27And when the second day after the new moon was come, David’s place appeared empty again. And Saul said to Jonathan his son: Why cometh not the son of Isai to meat neither yesterday nor today?
27初二日 大衛 的座位還空設。 掃羅 問他兒子 約拿單 說：「 耶西 的兒子為何昨日、今日沒有來吃飯呢？」
28And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem,
28約拿單 回答 掃羅 說：「 大衛 切求我容他往 伯利恆 去。
29And he said: Let me go, for there is a solemn sacrifice in the city, one of my brethren hath sent for me: and now if I have found favour in thy eyes, I will go quickly, and see my brethren. For this cause he came not to the king’s table.
29他說：『求你容我去，因為我家在城裏有獻祭的事；我長兄吩咐我去。如今我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你容我去見我的弟兄』；所以 大衛 沒有赴王的席。」
30Then Saul being angry against Jonathan said to him: Thou son of a woman that is the ravisher of a man, do I not know that thou lovest the son of Isai to thy own confusion and to the confusion of thy shameless mother?
30掃羅 向 約拿單 發怒，對他說：「你這頑梗背逆之婦人所生的，我豈不知道你喜悅 耶西 的兒子，自取羞辱，以致你母親露體蒙羞嗎？
31For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death.
31耶西 的兒子若在世間活着，你和你的國位必站立不住。現在你要打發人去，將他捉拿交給我；他是該死的。」
32And Jonathan answering Saul his father, said: Why shall he die: what hath he done?
32約拿單 對父親 掃羅 說：「他為甚麼該死呢？他做了甚麼呢？」
33And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.
33掃羅 向 約拿單 掄槍要刺他， 約拿單 就知道他父親決意要殺 大衛 。
34So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.
34於是 約拿單 氣忿忿地從席上起來，在這初二日沒有吃飯。他因見父親羞辱 大衛 ，就為 大衛 愁煩。
35And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field, according to the appointment with David, and a little boy with him.
35次日早晨， 約拿單 按着與 大衛 約會的時候出到田野，有一個童子跟隨。
36And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he shot another arrow beyond the boy.
36約拿單 對童子說：「你跑去，把我所射的箭找來。」童子跑去， 約拿單 就把箭射在童子前頭。
37The boy therefore came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot: and Jonathan cried after the boy, and said: Behold the arrow is there further beyond thee.
37童子到了 約拿單 落箭之地， 約拿單 呼叫童子說：「箭不是在你前頭嗎？」
38And Jonathan cried again after the boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to his master:
38約拿單 又呼叫童子說：「速速地去，不要遲延！」童子就拾起箭來，回到主人那裏。
39And he knew not at all what was doing: for only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
39童子卻不知道這是甚麼意思，只有 約拿單 和 大衛 知道。
40Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city.
40約拿單 將弓箭交給童子，吩咐說：「你拿到城裏去。」
41And when the boy was gone, David rose out of his place, which was towards the south, and falling on his face to the ground, adored thrice: and kissing one another, they wept together, but David more.
41童子一去， 大衛 就從 磐石 的南邊出來，俯伏在地，拜了三拜；二人親嘴，彼此哭泣， 大衛 哭得更慟。
42And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that 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.
42約拿單 對 大衛 說：「我們二人曾指着耶和華的名起誓說：『願耶和華在你我中間，並你我後裔中間 為證 ，直到永遠。』如今你平平安安地去吧！」 大衛 就起身走了； 約拿單 也回城裏去了。
43And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
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