1掃羅追擊非利士人回來，得知大衛在隱·基底的曠野，2就率領三千以色列精兵去野羊岩附近搜索大衛和他的部下。3他們來到路旁的一處羊圈，那裡有一個山洞，掃羅進去大解。大衛和他的部下就躲在洞的深處。4大衛的部下對大衛說：「耶和華說過要把你的仇敵交在你手中，任你處置，今天機會來了。」大衛就爬過去，偷偷割了掃羅外袍的一角。5事後，大衛心裡不安，6他對部下說：「我不該做這樣的事，我主是耶和華所膏立的王，我絕不出手傷害他，因為他是耶和華所膏立的。」7大衛用這些話攔住他的部下，不讓他們殺掃羅。 掃羅起來離開山洞走了，8大衛隨後也來到洞外，在後面喊掃羅：「我主我王啊！」掃羅回頭一看，見大衛俯伏在地，向他下拜。9大衛對掃羅說：「你為什麼聽信讒言，認為我要謀害你呢？10你現在親眼看見了，剛才在山洞裡，耶和華把你交在我手中，有人叫我殺你，我卻不肯，因為你是耶和華所膏立的王，我不會動手傷害你。11我父請看，你的這塊袍子在我手中。我割下了你的袍角，沒有殺你，現在你應該明白我並未圖謀背叛你。我沒有對不起你，你卻要置我於死地。12願耶和華在你我之間判定是非，替我伸冤，我卻不會動手傷害你。13俗語說，『惡事出於惡人』，所以我不會動手傷害你。14以色列王出來要捉拿誰呢？一條死狗嗎？一隻跳蚤嗎？15願耶和華做我們的審判官，在你我之間判定是非。願耶和華鑒察，為我伸冤，從你手中拯救我。」16大衛說完了，掃羅問道：「我兒大衛啊！是你嗎？」便放聲大哭起來。17掃羅對大衛說：「你比我公義，因為你善待我，我卻惡待你。18你今天使我明白你善待了我，耶和華把我交在你手中，你卻沒有下手殺我。19有誰會讓自己手中的仇敵平安離去呢？願耶和華因你今日善待我而賜福你。20我知道你必做王，以色列國必在你手中得到堅固。21現在請你憑耶和華向我起誓，你不會殺害我的子孫，滅絕我的後代。」22大衛便向掃羅起誓。之後，掃羅回家了，大衛和部下也回堡壘去了。
English Standard Version
David Spares Saul’s Life
1* When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.”2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats’ Rocks.3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself.* Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.4And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.5And afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.6He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.”7So David persuaded his men with these words and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave and went on his way.8Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.9And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’?10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.* I said, ‘I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’11See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.12May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.13As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you.14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!15May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.”16As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.17He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.18And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.19For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.20And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.21Swear to me therefore by the Lord that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”22And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
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