今日读经

扫罗拣选三千人

¹扫罗登基年四十岁；作以色列王二年的时候，Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

²就从以色列中拣选了三千人：二千跟随扫罗在密抹和伯特利山，一千跟随约拿单在便雅悯的基比亚；其余的人扫罗都打发各回各家去了。He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

³约拿单攻击在迦巴的非利士人的防营，非利士人听见了。扫罗就在遍地吹角，意思说，要使希伯来人听见。Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

⁴以色列众人听见扫罗攻击非利士人的防营，又听见以色列人为非利士人所憎恶，就跟随扫罗聚集在吉甲。And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

非利士大军压境

⁵非利士人聚集，要与以色列人争战，有车三万辆，马兵六千，步兵像海边的沙那样多，就上来在伯·亚文东边的密抹安营。Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

⁶以色列百姓见自己危急窘迫，就藏在山洞、丛林、石穴、隐密处，和坑中。Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

⁷有些希伯来人过了约旦河，逃到迦得和基列地。扫罗还是在吉甲，百姓都战战兢兢地跟随他。Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

扫罗擅自献祭

⁸扫罗照着撒母耳所定的日期等了七日。撒母耳还没有来到吉甲，百姓也离开扫罗散去了。And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

⁹扫罗说：“把燔祭和平安祭带到我这里来。”扫罗就献上燔祭。So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.

¹⁰刚献完燔祭，撒母耳就到了。扫罗出去迎接他，要问他好。Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

¹¹撒母耳说：“你做的是什么事呢？”扫罗说：“因为我见百姓离开我散去，你也不照所定的日期来到，而且非利士人聚集在密抹。“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

¹²所以我心里说：恐怕我没有祷告耶和华。非利士人下到吉甲攻击我，我就勉强献上燔祭。”I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

王位必不长久

¹³撒母耳对扫罗说：“你做了糊涂事了，没有遵守耶和华—你　神所吩咐你的命令。若遵守，耶和华必在以色列中坚立你的王位，直到永远。“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

¹⁴现在你的王位必不长久。耶和华已经寻着一个合他心意的人，立他作百姓的君，因为你没有遵守耶和华所吩咐你的。”But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

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¹⁵撒母耳就起来，从吉甲上到便雅悯的基比亚。扫罗数点跟随他的，约有六百人。Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

非利士掠兵四出

¹⁶扫罗和他儿子约拿单，并跟随他们的人，都住在便雅悯的迦巴；但非利士人安营在密抹。Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

¹⁷有掠兵从非利士营中出来，分为三队：一队往俄弗拉向书亚地去，And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,

¹⁸一队往伯·和仑去，一队往洗波音谷对面的地境向旷野去。another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.

以色列没有铁匠

¹⁹那时，以色列全地没有一个铁匠；因为非利士人说，恐怕希伯来人制造刀枪。And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”

²⁰以色列人要磨锄、犁、斧、铲，就下到非利士人那里去磨。Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

²¹但有锉可以锉铲、犁、三齿叉、斧子，并赶牛锥。The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

²²所以到了争战的日子，跟随扫罗和约拿单的人没有一个手里有刀有枪的，惟独扫罗和他儿子约拿单有。So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

²³非利士人的一队防兵到了密抹的隘口。And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

约拿单和拿兵器的人

¹有一日，扫罗的儿子约拿单对拿他兵器的少年人说：“我们不如过到那边，到非利士人的防营那里去。”但他没有告诉父亲。One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

²扫罗在基比亚的尽边，坐在米矶仑的石榴树下，跟随他的约有六百人。Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,

³在那里有亚希突的儿子亚希亚，穿着以弗得。（亚希突是以迦博的哥哥，非尼哈的儿子，以利的孙子。以利从前在示罗作耶和华的祭司。）约拿单去了，百姓却不知道。including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

⁴约拿单要从隘口过到非利士防营那里去。这隘口两边各有一个山峰：一名播薛，一名西尼；Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

⁵一峰向北，与密抹相对，一峰向南，与迦巴相对。One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

⁶约拿单对拿兵器的少年人说：“我们不如过到未受割礼人的防营那里去，或者耶和华为我们施展能力；因为耶和华使人得胜，不在乎人多人少。”Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

⁷拿兵器的对他说：“随你的心意行吧。你可以上去，我必跟随你，与你同心。”His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”

⁸约拿单说：“我们要过到那些人那里去，使他们看见我们。“Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.

⁹他们若对我们说：‘你们站住，等我们到你们那里去’，我们就站住，不上他们那里去。If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.

¹⁰他们若说：‘你们上到我们这里来’，这话就是我们的证据；我们便上去，因为耶和华将他们交在我们手里了。”But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”

¹¹二人就使非利士的防兵看见。非利士人说：“希伯来人从所藏的洞穴里出来了！”So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”

¹²防兵对约拿单和拿兵器的人说：“你们上到这里来，我们有一件事指示你们。”约拿单就对拿兵器的人说：“你跟随我上去，因为耶和华将他们交在以色列人手里了。”So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”

¹³约拿单就爬上去，拿兵器的人跟随他。约拿单杀倒非利士人，拿兵器的人也随着杀他们。So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.

¹⁴约拿单和拿兵器的人起头所杀的约有二十人，都在一亩地的半犁沟之内。In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.

非利士营中大乱

¹⁵于是在营中、在田野、在众民内都有战兢，防兵和掠兵也都战兢，地也震动，战兢之势甚大。Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.

¹⁶在便雅悯的基比亚，扫罗的守望兵看见非利士的军众溃散，四围乱窜。Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,

¹⁷扫罗就对跟随他的民说：“你们查点查点，看从我们这里出去的是谁？”他们一查点，就知道约拿单和拿兵器的人没有在这里。Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.

¹⁸那时　神的约柜在以色列人那里。扫罗对亚希亚说：“你将　神的约柜运了来。”Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)

¹⁹扫罗正与祭司说话的时候，非利士营中的喧嚷越发大了；扫罗就对祭司说：“停手吧！”While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”

²⁰扫罗和跟随他的人都聚集，来到战场，看见非利士人用刀互相击杀，大大惶乱。Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.

²¹从前由四方来跟随非利士军的希伯来人现在也转过来，帮助跟随扫罗和约拿单的以色列人了。And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

²²那藏在以法莲山地的以色列人听说非利士人逃跑，就出来紧紧地追杀他们。When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.

²³那日，耶和华使以色列人得胜，一直战到伯·亚文。So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.

扫罗草率的誓言

²⁴扫罗叫百姓起誓说，凡不等到晚上向敌人报完了仇吃什么的，必受咒诅。因此这日百姓没有吃什么，就极其困惫。Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

²⁵众民进入树林，见有蜜在地上。Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

²⁶他们进了树林，见有蜜流下来，却没有人敢用手取蜜入口，因为他们怕那誓言。And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

²⁷约拿单没有听见他父亲叫百姓起誓，所以伸手中的杖，用杖头蘸在蜂房里，转手送入口内，眼睛就明亮了。Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

²⁸百姓中有一人对他说：“你父亲曾叫百姓严严地起誓说，今日吃什么的，必受咒诅；因此百姓就疲乏了。”Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

²⁹约拿单说：“我父亲连累你们了。你看，我尝了这一点蜜，眼睛就明亮了。“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

³⁰今日百姓若任意吃了从仇敌所夺的物，击杀的非利士人岂不更多吗？”How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

百姓吃带血的肉

³¹这日，以色列人击杀非利士人，从密抹直到亚雅仑。百姓甚是疲乏，That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

³²就急忙将所夺的牛羊和牛犊宰于地上，肉还带血就吃了。So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

³³有人告诉扫罗说：“百姓吃带血的肉，得罪耶和华了。”扫罗说：“你们有罪了，今日要将大石头滚到我这里来。”Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

³⁴扫罗又说：“你们散在百姓中，对他们说，你们各人将牛羊牵到我这里来宰了吃，不可吃带血的肉得罪耶和华。”这夜，百姓就把牛羊牵到那里宰了。Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

³⁵扫罗为耶和华筑了一座坛，这是他初次为耶和华筑的坛。Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.

神不回答，掣签追查

³⁶扫罗说：“我们不如夜里下去追赶非利士人，抢掠他们，直到天亮，不留他们一人。”众民说：“你看怎样好就去行吧！”祭司说：“我们先当亲近　神。”And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”

³⁷扫罗求问　神说：“我下去追赶非利士人可以不可以？你将他们交在以色列人手里不交？”这日　神没有回答他。So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

³⁸扫罗说：“你们百姓中的长老都上这里来，查明今日是谁犯了罪。Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.

³⁹我指着救以色列—永生的耶和华起誓，就是我儿子约拿单犯了罪，他也必死。”但百姓中无一人回答他。As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.

⁴⁰扫罗就对以色列众人说：“你们站在一边，我与我儿子约拿单也站在一边。”百姓对扫罗说：“你看怎样好就去行吧！”Then Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.

⁴¹扫罗祷告耶和华—以色列的　神说：“求你指示实情。”于是掣签掣出扫罗和约拿单来；百姓尽都无事。So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.

⁴²扫罗说：“你们再掣签，看是我，是我儿子约拿单”，就掣出约拿单来。Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.

⁴³扫罗对约拿单说：“你告诉我，你做了什么事？”约拿单说：“我实在以手里的杖，用杖头蘸了一点蜜尝了一尝。这样我就死吗（或译：吧！）？”“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”

⁴⁴扫罗说：“约拿单哪，你定要死！若不然，愿　神重重地降罚与我。”And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”

百姓救了约拿单

⁴⁵百姓对扫罗说：“约拿单在以色列人中这样大行拯救，岂可使他死呢？断乎不可！我们指着永生的耶和华起誓，连他的一根头发也不可落地，因为他今日与　神一同做事。”于是百姓救约拿单免了死亡。But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

⁴⁶扫罗回去，不追赶非利士人；非利士人也回本地去了。Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.

扫罗的战绩和家族

⁴⁷扫罗执掌以色列的国权，常常攻击他四围的一切仇敌，就是摩押人、亚扪人、以东人，和琐巴诸王，并非利士人。他无论往何处去，都打败仇敌。After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

⁴⁸扫罗奋勇攻击亚玛力人，救了以色列人脱离抢掠他们之人的手。He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

⁴⁹扫罗的儿子是约拿单、亦施韦、麦基舒亚。他的两个女儿：长女名米拉，次女名米甲。Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

⁵⁰扫罗的妻名叫亚希暖，是亚希玛斯的女儿。扫罗的元帅名叫押尼珥，是尼珥的儿子；尼珥是扫罗的叔叔。His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

⁵¹扫罗的父亲基士，押尼珥的父亲尼珥，都是亚别的儿子。Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

⁵²扫罗平生常与非利士人大大争战。扫罗遇见有能力的人或勇士，都招募了来跟随他。And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.

预备驴驹

²⁸耶稣说完了这话，就在前面走，上耶路撒冷去。After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹将近伯法其和伯大尼，在一座山名叫橄榄山那里，就打发两个门徒，说：As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,

³⁰“你们往对面村子里去，进去的时候，必看见一匹驴驹拴在那里，是从来没有人骑过的，可以解开牵来。saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

³¹若有人问为什么解它，你们就说：‘主要用它。’”If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³²打发的人去了，所遇见的正如耶稣所说的。So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.

³³他们解驴驹的时候，主人问他们说：“解驴驹做什么？”As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

³⁴他们说：“主要用它。”“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

骑驴进耶路撒冷

³⁵他们牵到耶稣那里，把自己的衣服搭在上面，扶着耶稣骑上。Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

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³⁶走的时候，众人把衣服铺在路上。As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.

³⁷将近耶路撒冷，正下橄榄山的时候，众门徒因所见过的一切异能，都欢乐起来，大声赞美　神，And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸说：奉主名来的王是应当称颂的！在天上有和平；在至高之处有荣光。“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

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石头必要呼叫

³⁹众人中有几个法利赛人对耶稣说：“夫子，责备你的门徒吧！”But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

⁴⁰耶稣说：“我告诉你们，若是他们闭口不说，这些石头必要呼叫起来。”“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

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为耶路撒冷哀哭

⁴¹耶稣快到耶路撒冷，看见城，就为它哀哭，As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

⁴²说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事；无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

⁴³因为日子将到，你的仇敌必筑起土垒，周围环绕你，四面困住你，For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

⁴⁴并要扫灭你和你里头的儿女，连一块石头也不留在石头上，因你不知道眷顾你的时候。”They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

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洁净圣殿

⁴⁵耶稣进了殿，赶出里头做买卖的人，Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

⁴⁶对他们说：“经上说：我的殿必作祷告的殿，你们倒使它成为贼窝了。”He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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天天在殿里教训人

⁴⁷耶稣天天在殿里教训人。祭司长和文士与百姓的尊长都想要杀他，Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

⁴⁸但寻不出法子来，因为百姓都侧耳听他。Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

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