撒母耳記上 26 – CCBT & NIRV

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撒母耳記上 26:1-25

大衛再次放過掃羅

1西弗人到基比亞掃羅,說:「大衛正躲在曠野附近的哈基拉山中。」 2掃羅就帶領三千以色列精兵到西弗的曠野去追捕大衛3他們在曠野附近路邊的哈基拉山上紮營。大衛在曠野聽說掃羅追來了, 4就派人去打探消息,得知掃羅的追兵果然已到。 5大衛來到掃羅的營地,看見了他和他的元帥——尼珥的兒子押尼珥睡覺的地方,他睡在軍營中間,其他人圍繞著他紮營。 6大衛亞希米勒洗魯雅的兒子約押的兄弟亞比篩:「誰願意跟我到掃羅的營裡?」亞比篩答道:「我願意。」 7大衛亞比篩就趁夜間走進掃羅的軍營,發現掃羅正在熟睡,他的矛插在地上,靠近他的頭,押尼珥和其他人睡在他周圍。 8亞比篩大衛說:「現在上帝把你的敵人交在你手中了,讓我一矛把他釘在地上,決不用刺第二下。」 9大衛卻說:「不要殺他,誰殺害耶和華所膏立的王,都難逃罪責。 10我憑永活的耶和華起誓,耶和華必親手擊殺他。他要麼壽終而死,要麼命喪沙場。 11我在耶和華面前絕不敢出手傷害祂所膏立的王。我們拿走他旁邊的矛和水瓶吧。」 12大衛拿上掃羅的矛和水瓶同亞比篩離開了,沒有人看見,沒有人知道,他們都在沉睡,沒有人醒來,因為耶和華使他們都熟睡了。

13大衛爬上營地對面的山坡,遠遠地站在山頂上,與他們相距很遠。 14他呼喊掃羅的士兵和尼珥的兒子押尼珥:「押尼珥,你回答我!」押尼珥問道:「你是誰,竟敢在王面前喊叫?」 15大衛說:「你不是勇士嗎?在以色列有誰比得上你呢?有人來刺殺你的王,你的主,你為何沒有保護他呢? 16你失職了。我憑永活的耶和華起誓,你們都該死。因為你們沒有保護你們的主——耶和華所膏立的王。你看看王身邊的矛和水瓶在哪裡?」

17掃羅聽出是大衛的聲音,就說:「我兒大衛!是你嗎?」大衛答道:「我主我王啊,是我。 18我主為什麼又要追殺僕人呢?我做錯了什麼,犯了什麼罪? 19我主我王,請聽僕人說,如果是耶和華使你與我作對,願祂悅納我獻上的祭物;如果這是出於人的主意,願他們在耶和華面前受咒詛。因為他們趕我離開耶和華所賜的產業,叫我去服侍外族人的神明。 20求你不要讓我死在遠離耶和華的異鄉!以色列王為何要像在山上獵殺鷓鴣一樣追捕一隻跳蚤呢?」

21掃羅說:「我犯罪了。我兒大衛,你回來吧,我不會再傷害你,因為你今日保存了我的性命。我真是糊塗,犯了大錯。」 22大衛答道:「王的矛在這裡,請派一個人來拿回去吧。 23耶和華賜福給公義、信實的人。今天耶和華把你交在我手中,但我不願下手傷害耶和華所膏立的王。 24我今天保存了你的性命,願耶和華也保存我的性命,救我脫離一切患難。」 25掃羅大衛說:「我兒大衛,願你蒙福。你一定能建功立業,戰勝仇敵。」於是,大衛起身離開,掃羅也回家去了。

New International Reader’s Version

1 Samuel 26:1-25

Once Again David Doesn’t Kill Saul When He Has the Chance

1Some people from Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah. They said, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah. It faces Jeshimon.”

2So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph. He took 3,000 of the best soldiers in Israel with him. They went to the desert to look for David. 3Saul set up his camp beside the road. It was on the hill of Hakilah facing Jeshimon. But David stayed in the desert. He saw that Saul had followed him there. 4So he sent out scouts. From them he learned that Saul had arrived.

5Then David started out. He went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner were lying down. Saul was lying inside the camp. The army was camped all around him. Abner was commander of the army. He was the son of Ner.

6Then David spoke to Ahimelek, the Hittite. He also spoke to Joab’s brother Abishai, the son of Zeruiah. He asked them, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?”

“I’ll go with you,” said Abishai.

7So that night David and Abishai went into the camp. They found Saul lying asleep inside the camp. His spear was stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.

8Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. So let me pin him to the ground. I can do it with one jab of the spear. I won’t even have to strike him twice.”

9But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! No one can do any harm to the Lord’s anointed king and not be guilty. 10You can be sure that the Lord lives,” he said. “And you can be just as sure that the Lord himself will strike Saul down. Perhaps he’ll die a natural death. Or perhaps he’ll go into battle and be killed. 11May the Lord keep me from doing anything to harm his anointed king. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head. Then let’s leave.”

12So David took the spear and water jug that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai left. No one saw them. No one knew about what they had done. In fact, no one even woke up. Everyone was sleeping. That’s because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep.

13David went across to the other side of the valley. He stood on top of a hill far away from Saul’s camp. There was a wide space between them. 14He called out to the army and to Abner, the son of Ner. He said, “Abner! Aren’t you going to answer me?”

Abner replied, “Who is calling out to the king?”

15David said, “You are a great soldier, aren’t you? There isn’t anyone else like you in Israel. So why didn’t you guard the king? He’s your master, isn’t he? Someone came into the camp to destroy him. 16You didn’t guard him. And that isn’t good. You can be sure that the Lord lives. And you can be just as sure that you and your men must die. That’s because you didn’t guard your master. He’s the Lord’s anointed king. Look around you. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?”

17Saul recognized David’s voice. He said, “My son David, is that your voice?”

David replied, “Yes it is, King Saul, my master.” 18He continued, “Why are you chasing me? What evil thing have I done? What am I guilty of? 19King Saul, please listen to what I’m saying. Was it the Lord who made you angry with me? If it was, may he accept my offering. Was it people who made you angry at me? If it was, may the Lord see them cursed. They have driven me today from my share of the Lord’s land. By doing that, they might as well have said, ‘Go and serve other gods.’ 20Don’t spill my blood on the ground far away from where the Lord lives. King Saul, you have come out to look for nothing but a flea. It’s as if you were hunting a partridge in the mountains.”

21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. My son David, come back. Today you thought my life was very special. So I won’t try to harm you again. I’ve really acted like a foolish person. I’ve made a huge mistake.”

22“Here’s your spear,” David answered. “Send one of your young men over to get it. 23The Lord rewards everyone for doing what is right and being faithful. He handed you over to me today. But I wouldn’t harm you. You are the Lord’s anointed king. 24Today I thought your life had great value. In the same way, may the Lord think of my life as having great value. May he save me from all trouble.”

25Then Saul said to David, “May the Lord bless you, David my son. You will do great things. You will also have great success.”

So David went on his way. And Saul returned home.