1 Samuel 30 – KJV & JCB

King James Version

1 Samuel 30:1-31

1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

3¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.30.6 grieved: Heb. bitter

7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

11¶ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

16¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.30.17 the next…: Heb. their morrow 18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

21¶ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.30.21 saluted…: or, asked them how they did 22Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.30.22 those: Heb. men 23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.30.25 forward: Heb. and forward

26¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;30.26 present: Heb. blessing 27To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, 28And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 29And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 31And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

Japanese Contemporary Bible

サムエル記Ⅰ 30:1-31

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アマレク人追撃

1三日後、ダビデたちがツィケラグの町に帰り着いてみると、どうでしょう。アマレク人が町を襲って焼き払い、 2女や子どもをみな連れ去ったあとだったのです。 3ダビデとその部下は町の焼け跡を見て、家族の身に起こったことを知り、 4声がかれ果てるまで大声で泣きました。 5ダビデの二人の妻、アヒノアムとアビガイルも連れ去られていました。 6ダビデは苦しみました。さらに悪いことに、子どもたちの身を案じて悲しむあまり、部下の中からダビデを殺そうとする動きさえ出始めたのです。しかし、ダビデは主から力づけられました。

7ダビデは、祭司エブヤタルにエポデを持って来させると、 8主に伺いを立てて言いました。「あの者たちを追うべきでしょうか。追いつけるでしょうか。」

主は答えました。「追いかけよ。奪われたもの全部を取り返すのだ。」

9-10ダビデは「それっ!」とばかり、六百人を率いて、アマレク人を追撃しました。ベソル川まで来た時、二百人の者は疲れきって渡ることができず、四百人だけが前進しました。 11-12追撃の途中、野原で一人のエジプト人の若者に出くわしました。さっそくダビデの前に連れて来ると、三日三晩、何も口にしていないというのです。そこで、干しいちじくと、干しぶどう二房、それに水を少し与えると、すぐに元気になりました。 13ダビデは、「何者だ。どこから来たのか」と尋ねました。

「エジプト人で、アマレク人の召使でした。ところが病気になったものですから、三日前に、主人が置き去りにして行ったのです。 14私たちはネゲブのケレテ人を襲って帰る途中、ユダの南部とカレブの地をも襲い、ツィケラグを焼き払いました。」

15「アマレク人がどこへ行ったか、案内してくれるか。」

「いのちを助けてくれますか。主人に渡したりしませんか。もし、神にかけて誓ってくださるなら、案内しましょう。」

16こうしてその若者は、ダビデをアマレク人の野営地に案内しました。彼らはあたり一面に散らばって、食べたり飲んだり踊ったり、お祭り騒ぎの最中でした。ペリシテ人やユダの人々から、戦利品を山ほど手に入れたからです。 17ダビデと部下の者はその中に突入し、その晩から翌日の夕方までかかって、彼らを打ち殺しました。らくだに乗って逃げた四百人の若者のほかは、一人も取り逃がしませんでした。 18-19アマレク人に奪われたものは残らず取り戻しました。家族全員を救い出し、持ち物を全部取り返したのです。もちろん、ダビデの二人の妻も救い出されました。 20一隊は羊や牛の群れを駆り集め、群れを先導して行きました。みなはダビデに、「これは全部、あなたのものでございます。あなたのご功績ですから」と言いました。

21さて、二百人が極度の疲労のため前進を断念した、ベソル川まで来ると、ダビデは喜んでその人々の歓迎に応えました。 22ところが、ダビデに同行した者たちの中には意地の悪い者もいて、口々にこう言い始めたのです。「彼らはいっしょに行かなかったのだから、戦利品の分け前をやることはない。妻子だけ返してやって、帰らせよう。」

23しかし、ダビデはさとしました。「それはいけない。主がわれわれを守り助けてくださったおかげで、敵を打ち破れたのではないか。 24そんなことを言って、いったいだれが納得すると思っているのだ。戦いに行く者も、銃後の守りを固めた者も、平等に分け合おうではないか。」

25以来、ダビデはこのことを全イスラエルの規律とし、今もそのとおり行われています。

26ダビデはツィケラグに帰ると、ユダの長老たちに戦利品の一部を送り、「これは、主の敵から奪い取ったもので、皆さんへの贈り物です」と書き添えました。 27-31贈り物が届けられたのは、ダビデたちが立ち寄ったことのある、次の町々の長老たちです。ベテル、ネゲブのラモテ、ヤティル、アロエル、シフモテ、エシュテモア、ラカル、エラフメエル人の町々、ケニ人の町々、ホルマ、ボル・アシャン、アタク、ヘブロン。