撒母耳记上 25

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1 撒母耳死了,以色列人都聚在一起哀悼他,把他安葬在拉瑪他自己的墳地裡。之後,大衛到了巴蘭的曠野。2 瑪雲有個富翁擁有三千隻綿羊和一千隻山羊,他的產業在迦密。當時他正在迦密剪羊毛。3 他名叫拿八,是迦勒族人,妻子名叫亞比該,既聰慧又漂亮。拿八粗暴兇惡。4 大衛在曠野得知拿八正在剪羊毛,5 就派十個部下到迦密去見拿八,吩咐他們以他的名義向拿八問安,6 對拿八說:「願你和你全家平安,願你一切順利!7 我聽說你正在剪羊毛。你的牧人與我們在迦密的時候,我們沒有欺負過他們,他們沒有丟過任何東西。8 你問問你的僕人就知道了。請你恩待我的部下,因為今天是好日子,求你隨手賞一點東西給晚輩我和我的部下。」9 大衛的部下就去把大衛的話告訴拿八,等候他的答覆。10 拿八說:「大衛是誰?耶西的兒子是誰?這些日子有很多僕人逃離主人,11 我怎能把餅、水和為剪羊毛者預備的肉分給一群來歷不明的人呢?」12 大衛的部下回去把拿八的話稟告大衛。13 大衛聽了,就吩咐眾人備刀,他自己也帶了刀去拿八那裡。大衛帶了四百人去,留下二百人看守營地。14 拿八的一個僕人告訴拿八的妻子亞比該說:「大衛從曠野派人來向我們主人問安,主人卻辱罵他們。15 大衛的僕人對我們很好,從來不欺負我們。我們跟他們一起在田野的時候,從來沒有丟過任何東西。16 我們在他們附近牧羊的時候,他們晝夜不斷地保護我們。17 所以,請你趕快想個法子,不然主人和他全家恐怕都會大難臨頭。主人是個兇暴的人,沒有人敢跟他說話。」18 亞比該連忙用驢馱上二百塊餅、兩皮袋酒、五隻宰好了的羊、三十七升烤麥、一百塊葡萄餅和二百塊無花果餅,19 又吩咐僕人說:「你們先去吧!我隨後就來。」她沒有把這事告訴丈夫拿八。20 她騎著驢下山的時候,就看見大衛和他的部下迎面而來。21 大衛曾說:「我在曠野保護這人的羊群,使牠們不致丟失,真是枉費功夫。他竟以怨報德。22 如果我讓他家裡一個男子活到明早,願上帝重重地懲罰我!」23 亞比該看見大衛,連忙下驢俯伏下拜。24 她俯伏在大衛腳前說:「我主啊,我願意承擔一切的罪過,請聽婢女說。25 請不要理會拿八那個惡徒,他人如其名[1],是個名符其實的蠢人。當時婢女沒有見到你派來的使者。26 我主啊,既然耶和華阻止你親手殺人報仇,我就憑永活的耶和華和你的性命起誓,願你的仇敵和傷害你的人都像拿八一樣沒有好下場。27 現在,請把婢女帶來的禮物分給你的部下吧。28 請饒恕婢女的罪過,耶和華必使你的子孫世代做王,因為你是在為耶和華而戰,願你一生沒有過錯。29 你就是被人追殺,也會在你的上帝耶和華的保護下安然無恙。你敵人的性命卻要像石頭一樣被耶和華用投石器拋出去。30-31 如果你現在沒有殺人報仇,傷害無辜,到了耶和華照應許賜福給你、立你做以色列王的時候,你就不會心裡不安了。我主啊,耶和華賜福給你的時候,求你不要忘了婢女。」32 大衛對亞比該說:「以色列的上帝耶和華當受稱頌!祂今天派你來見我。33 你很有見識,你今天攔阻我親手殺人復仇,值得稱讚。34 我憑阻止我殺你的以色列的上帝——永活的耶和華起誓,若不是你趕來迎接我,拿八家中不會有一個男子活到明天早上。」35 大衛接受了亞比該的禮物,對她說:「安心回家吧,我答應你的請求。」36 她回到家時,拿八正在大擺宴席,排場如御宴。她見拿八心情愉快,喝得酩酊大醉,就什麼也沒告訴他,等第二天早上再說。37 次日清晨,拿八酒醒以後,他妻子把發生的一切告訴他,他嚇得昏死過去,身體僵硬如石。38 過了十天,耶和華擊打拿八,他就死了。39 大衛聽見拿八的死訊,就說:「讚美耶和華!拿八羞辱我,祂為我申了冤,又阻止僕人行惡。祂使拿八得到了報應。」後來,大衛差遣使者去向亞比該求婚。40 他的使者就啟程到迦密去向亞比該傳達大衛的心意。41 亞比該聽了,立刻俯伏在地上說:「婢女願意效勞,為我主的僕人洗腳。」42 她連忙騎上驢,帶了五個侍女,跟隨大衛的使者前去,做了大衛的妻子。43 大衛已經娶了耶斯列人亞希暖,她們二人就同做大衛的妻子。44 掃羅已經把自己的女兒——大衛的妻子米甲嫁給了迦琳人拉億的兒子帕提。

撒母耳记上 25

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1 Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. (创50:10; 民10:12; 民20:29; 申34:8; 撒上1:19; 撒上28:3; 王上2:34)2 And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. (创38:13; 书15:55; 撒上23:24; 撒下13:23)3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite. (撒上30:14)4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. (撒上25:2)5 So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.6 And thus you shall greet him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. (代上12:18; 太10:13; 路10:5)7 I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel. (撒上25:15; 撒上25:21)8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’” (斯8:17; 斯9:19; 斯9:22)9 When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. (士9:28; 士12:4)11 Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?” (士8:6; 撒上22:2)12 So David’s young men turned away and came back and told him all this.13 And David said to his men, “Every man strap on his sword!” And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage. (撒上22:2; 撒上23:13; 撒上27:2; 撒上30:24)14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he railed at them.15 Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them. (撒上25:7; 撒上25:21)16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. (伯1:10)17 Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.” (申13:13; 撒上20:7)18 Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs[1] of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.19 And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.20 And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good. (撒上25:7; 撒上25:15; 诗109:5; 箴17:13)22 God do so to the enemies of David[2] and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.” (得1:17)23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. (创24:64; 书15:18; 士1:14; 得2:10; 撒上25:41)24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. (撒下14:9)25 Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal[3] is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. (撒上25:17)26 Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. (创20:6; 撒上20:3; 撒下18:32; 羅12:19; 來10:30)27 And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. (创33:11; 撒上30:26; 王下5:15)28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. (撒上2:35; 撒上18:17; 撒下7:11; 撒下7:27; 王上9:5; 王上11:38; 代上17:10; 代上17:25)29 If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. (耶10:18)30 And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince[4] over Israel,31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.” (撒上25:26)32 And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! (创24:27; 诗41:13; 诗72:18; 路1:68)33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! (撒上25:26)34 For as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.” (得3:13; 撒上25:26)35 Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.” (撒上1:17)36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light. (撒上22:15; 撒下13:23; 撒下13:28; 王上21:7)37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.38 And about ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. (撒上26:10)39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife. (撒上24:15; 撒上25:26; 撒上25:32; 撒上25:33; 王上2:44; 诗7:16; 歌8:8; 结17:19)40 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”41 And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” (得2:10)42 And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives. (书15:56; 撒上27:3; 撒上30:5; 撒下2:2; 撒下3:2; 代上3:1)44 Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.