1 Samuel 17

1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

1 非利士人在犹大的梭哥招聚军队，准备作战。他们在梭哥和亚西加之间的以弗·大悯扎营。

2 Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

2 扫罗和以色列人也聚集起来在以拉谷安营，摆好阵势准备迎战。

3 The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.

3 双方的军队各占一座山对峙，中间隔着山谷。

4 Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

4 非利士营中有个名叫歌利亚的巨人出来讨战。他来自迦特，身高三米，

5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

5 头戴铜盔，身穿重达五十七公斤的铠甲，

6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

6 腿上有铜护膝，肩背铜戟。

7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.

7 戟柄粗如织布机的轴，铁戟头重七公斤。有卫士拿着他的盾牌走在前面。

8 And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

8 他站在那里挑战以色列人，高喊：“你们为什么列阵打仗呢？我是非利士人，你们是扫罗的仆人，你们选一个人下来跟我一比高下。

9 If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”

9 如果他打得过我，将我杀了，我们就做你们的奴隶。但如果我战胜他，把他杀了，你们就要做我们的奴隶，服侍我们。

10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”

10 我今天向以色列军队骂阵，你们找一个人出来跟我一决高下吧！”

11 On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

11 扫罗和所有以色列人听了非利士人的这些话，都吓得惊恐不已。

12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.

12 大卫是以法他人耶西的儿子。扫罗执政期间，耶西已经年纪老迈，住在犹大的伯利恒，有八个儿子。

13 The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

13 他的三个儿子已经跟随扫罗去打仗了，他们是长子以利押、次子亚比拿达和三子沙玛。

14 And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

14 大卫年纪最小，他的三个哥哥跟随扫罗期间，

15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

15 他有时去扫罗的军营，有时回伯利恒为他父亲放羊。

16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

16 这非利士人早晚都出来骂阵，长达四十天。

17 One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

17 一天，耶西对大卫说：“你带上十公斤烤麦和十个饼，赶快到军营中送给你的哥哥们。

18 Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.

18 再带十块奶饼送给他们的千夫长，看望一下他们，带个信儿回来。

19 They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

19 他们跟随扫罗率领的以色列军在以拉谷跟非利士人打仗。”

20 So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

20 大卫清早起来把羊交给一个牧人看顾，然后照父亲的吩咐带着食物出发了。他来到军营的时候，大军正呐喊着出战。

21 And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.

21 以色列人与非利士人摆好阵势，两军对垒。

22 Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

22 大卫把带来的东西交给负责看守的人保管，自己跑到阵中去问候哥哥们。

23 And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

23 他们正在交谈的时候，非利士军中的迦特人歌利亚出来，像往常一样向以色列军骂阵，大卫都听见了。

24 When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.

24 以色列人一看见歌利亚都竞相奔逃，极其害怕。

25 Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

25 以色列人彼此议论说：“看那个人！他是来向以色列军骂阵的。谁要能杀死他，王必有重赏，还会把女儿嫁给他为妻，并免去他父亲家在以色列应缴的赋税。”

26 David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

26 大卫问站在旁边的人：“如果有人杀了这非利士人，洗掉以色列人的羞辱，他会得到什么呢？这个未受割礼的非利士人是谁？竟敢向永活上帝的军队骂阵！”

27 The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

27 他们就把刚才的话一一告诉大卫。

28 Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

28 大卫的长兄以利押听见他跟人说话，就愤怒地对他说：“你来这里做什么？你把旷野的那几只羊交给谁了？我知道你骄傲自大，心怀恶意，你来只是想看打仗。”

29 “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

29 大卫说：“我做错了什么？我问一下都不行吗？”

30 Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

30 他又去问其他人同样的问题，得到了同样的答复。

31 Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.

31 有人听见了大卫的话，就去告诉扫罗，扫罗便派人来召大卫。

32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”

32 大卫对扫罗说：“大家不要因这个非利士人而丧胆，让仆人去战他。”

33 But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

33 扫罗说：“你不能去，你年纪还小，他却是一个久经沙场的战士。”

34 David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

34 大卫说：“我一直替父亲放羊，有时候狮子或熊会从羊群中叼走羊，

35 I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

35 我会去追打它，把羊从它口中救出来。如果它起来攻击我，我就揪着它的胡子把它打死。

36 Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

36 我曾打死过狮子和熊。这未受割礼的非利士人竟敢向永活上帝的军队骂阵，他的下场也必像狮子和熊一样。

37 David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”

37 耶和华曾经从狮子和熊的利爪下拯救我，祂也必从这非利士人手中拯救我。”扫罗对大卫说：“去吧，愿耶和华与你同在。”

38 Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.

38 扫罗把自己的战袍给大卫穿上，又给他戴上自己的头盔，穿上自己的铠甲。

39 David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

39 大卫把刀挎在战袍上，试着走了几步，却不习惯这种装束，就对扫罗说：“我穿着这些无法走路，因为我不习惯。”他便摘下头盔，卸下铠甲，

40 And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.

40 然后拿着杖，在溪里捡了五块光滑的石头放进牧人用的袋子，拿着投石器向歌利亚走去。

41 Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.

41 歌利亚也迎着大卫走来，卫士拿着他的盾牌走在前面。

42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.

42 歌利亚见大卫是个面色红润、相貌英俊的少年，就藐视他。

43 “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

43 他对大卫说：“你拿着棍子来战我，难道我是一条狗吗？”他就凭自己的神明咒诅大卫，

44 “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

44 又说：“你过来，我要把你的肉丢给天上的飞禽和地上的走兽。”

45 But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

45 大卫答道：“你是靠刀枪剑戟来攻击我，我是靠万军之耶和华的名，就是你所蔑视的以色列军队的上帝来迎战你。

46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

46 今天，耶和华必把你交在我手中，我必杀死你，砍掉你的头，用非利士军兵的尸体喂飞禽走兽，使普天下都知道以色列有上帝。

47 And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”

47 这里所有的人都必知道耶和华拯救人不靠刀枪，因为祂掌管战争的胜负。祂必把你们交在我们手中。”

48 As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.

48 歌利亚迎面走来的时候，大卫就飞快地跑上去应战，

49 Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

49 他从袋里拿出一块石子用投石器猛力抛去，石子击中歌利亚的额头，嵌了进去，他迎面栽倒在地。

50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

50 大卫就这样不用刀剑，只用投石器和一块石子战胜了那个非利士人，杀死了他。

51 David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

51 大卫跑到那非利士人身边，从他刀鞘里拔出刀杀了他，并割下他的头颅。非利士人看见自己的英雄死了，纷纷逃跑。

52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

52 以色列人和犹大人乘势呐喊，追杀非利士人，直追到迦特和以革伦的城门。通往迦特和以革伦的沙拉音大道上到处是非利士人的尸体。

53 When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

53 以色列军队追杀非利士人回来，又掳掠了他们的营地。

54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

54 大卫把那非利士人的头颅带到耶路撒冷，把那人的兵器存放在自己的帐篷中。

55 As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

55 扫罗看见大卫出去迎战歌利亚，就问押尼珥元帅：“押尼珥啊，那少年是谁的儿子？”押尼珥答道：“王啊，我向你发誓，我真的不知道。”

56 “Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.

56 扫罗王说：“你去查查他是谁的儿子。”

57 So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

57 大卫杀了歌利亚回来，押尼珥就把他带到扫罗那里，他手上还拿着那非利士人的头颅。

58 “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

58 扫罗问他：“年轻人，你是谁的儿子？”大卫答道：“我是你仆人伯利恒人耶西的儿子。”