1 Now it happened on a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side." But he didn’t tell his father. 2 Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men, 3 including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone.
4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. 6 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us, for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few."
7 His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Go, and behold, I am with you according to your heart."
8 Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them. 9 If they say this to us, ‘Wait until we come to you!’ then we will stand still in our place and will not go up to them. 10 But if they say this, ‘Come up to us!’ then we will go up, for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand. This shall be the sign to us."
11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, "Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!" 12 The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you something!"
Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel." 13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him, and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him. 14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.
15 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so there was an exceedingly great trembling. 16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered. 17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Count now, and see who is missing from us." When they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring God’s ark here." For God’s ark was with the children of Israel at that time. 19 While Saul talked to the priest, the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased; and Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand!"
20 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion. 21 Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before and who went up with them into the camp from all around, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So Yahweh saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
24 The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
25 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened. 28 Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’" So the people were faint.
29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the plunder of their enemies which they found? For now there has been no great slaughter among the Philistines." 31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint; 32 and the people pounced on the plunder, and took sheep, cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood."
He said, "You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today!" 34 Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, ‘Every man bring me here his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don’t sin against Yahweh in eating meat with the blood.’" All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
35 Saul built an altar to Yahweh. This was the first altar that he built to Yahweh. 36 Saul said, "Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light. Let’s not leave a man of them."
They said, "Do whatever seems good to you."
Then the priest said, "Let’s draw near here to God."
37 Saul asked counsel of God: "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But he didn’t answer him that day. 38 Saul said, "Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see in whom this sin has been today. 39 For as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him. 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side."
The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Show the right."
Jonathan and Saul were chosen, but the people escaped.
42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son."
Jonathan was selected.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done!"
Jonathan told him, and said, "I certainly did taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold, I must die."
44 Saul said, "God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan."
45 The people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today!" So the people rescued Jonathan, so he didn’t die. 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them. 48 He did valiantly and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them. 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal. 50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 51 Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
52 There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he took him into his service.
1 有一天， 扫罗的儿子约拿单对替他拿武器的仆人说： "来！ 我们过到非利士人的驻军那边去吧。"但他没有告诉父亲。
2 那时扫罗在基比亚的边界， 坐在米矶仑的石榴树下， 跟随他的约有六百人。
3 其中有亚希突的儿子亚希亚带着以弗得； 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， 众人都不知道。
4 约拿单设法要经过那个隘口到非利士人的驻军那里去， 隘口的两边各有一个山峰， 一个名叫播薛， 另一个名叫西尼。
5 一个高峰向北， 与密抹相对， 另一个向南， 与迦巴相对。
6 约拿单对替他拿武器的仆人说： "来！ 我们过到这些未受割礼的人的驻军那里去， 也许耶和华会为我们动工， 因为不论人多或人少， 都不能妨碍耶和华施行拯救。"
7 替他拿武器的仆人对他说： "照你的心意作吧！ 去吧， 我必与你同心。"
8 约拿单说： "我们要过到那些人那里去， 让他们看见我们。
9 如果他们对我们这样说： ‘你们站住！ 等我们到你们那里去。’我们就站在原地， 不上他们那里去。
10 如果他们对我们这样说： ‘你们上到我们这里来吧！ ’我们就上去， 这就是我们的凭据， 因为耶和华已经把他们交在我们的手里了。"
11 他们二人就让非利士人的驻军看见。非利士人说： "看哪！ 有希伯来人从他们躲藏的洞里出来了。"
12 驻军中有人应声对约拿单和替他拿武器的人说： "你们上我们这里来吧！ 我们有一件事要告诉你们。"约拿单对替他拿武器的人说： "你跟我上去， 因为耶和华已经把他们交在以色列人的手里了。"
13 约拿单手脚并用地爬了上去， 替他拿武器的人跟着他。非利士人在约拿单面前倒下， 替他拿武器的也跟在后面把他们杀死。
14 约拿单和替他拿武器的第一次杀敌， 约杀死了二十人， 都是在四分之一公顷的范围内杀的。
15 于是在营房里， 在田野中和在众人中间， 都有恐慌， 驻军和突击队也都恐惧， 地也震动， 这是从 神而来的恐惧。
16 在便雅悯的基比亚， 扫罗的瞭望兵看见非利士人的大军溃败， 四处逃窜。
17 于是扫罗对跟随他的众民说： "你们数点一下， 看看谁从我们这里出去了。"他们一数点， 就发现约拿单和替他拿武器的不在那里。
18 扫罗对亚希亚说： "把 神的约柜运来！ "因为那时 神的约柜在以色列人那里。
19 扫罗正对祭司说话的时候， 非利士营中的骚乱越来越大， 扫罗就对祭司说： "住手吧！ "
20 扫罗和所有跟随他的人就聚集起来， 到了战场， 就看见非利士人用刀互相击杀， 十分混乱。
21 那些从前归顺非利士人的希伯来人， 就是混杂在营里与非利士人一起上来的， 现在也转过来， 与那些跟从扫罗和约拿单的以色列人在一起。
22 那些躲藏在以法莲山地的以色列众人一听见非利士人逃跑， 也就在战场上紧紧追赶他们。
23 那一天， 耶和华拯救了以色列人。战争伸展到伯．亚文。
24 那一天， 以色列人处境很窘迫， 因为扫罗叫众人起誓说： "不等到晚上， 不等到我向敌人报了仇， 就吃食物的， 那人必受咒诅。"所以众民都没有尝过食物。
25 众人进了树林， 林中地上有蜂蜜。
26 他们进了树林， 看见有蜂蜜流出来， 却没有人敢伸手取蜜入口， 因为众人都害怕所起的誓。
27 约拿单没有听见他父亲叫众民所起的誓， 所以伸出手中的杖， 用杖头蘸在蜂房里， 转手送进口里， 他的眼睛就明亮了。
28 众民中有一个人说： "你父亲曾经叫众人严严地起誓说： ‘今天吃食物的， 那人必受咒诅。’所以众人都疲乏了。"
29 约拿单说： "我父亲连累了这地的人。你们看！ 我尝了这一点蜂蜜以后， 我的眼睛就明亮了。
30 今天众民若是随意吃了从他们的仇敌夺得的东西， 不是更好吗？如今被击杀的非利士人， 不是更多吗？"
31 那一天， 他们击杀非利士人， 从密抹直到亚雅仑； 众人都非常疲乏了，
32 就急忙抢夺战利品； 他们捉住了羊、牛或牛犊， 就地宰杀， 带着血一起吃了。
33 有人告诉扫罗说： "众民吃了带着血的肉， 得罪耶和华了。"他说： "你们作了不忠的事了， 立刻把一块大石头滚到我这里来。"
34 扫罗又说： "你们分散到众人中去， 对他们说： ‘你们各人要把自己的牛羊带到我面前来， 在这里宰了吃； 不可吃带着血的肉， 得罪耶和华。’"于是当天晚上， 众人都各把自己的牛羊带到那里宰了。
35 扫罗为耶和华筑了一座祭坛， 这是他初次为耶和华筑的祭坛。
36 扫罗说： "我们趁着晚上下去追赶非利士人， 抢掠他们， 直到天亮， 不让他们留下一人。"他们说： "你看怎么好， 就怎么行吧！ "但祭司说： "我们先在这里亲近 神！ "
37 扫罗求问 神： "我可以下去追赶非利士人吗？你把他们交在以色列人的手里吗？"那天 神没有回答他。
38 扫罗说： "民间的众领袖啊， 你们都要走近这里来； 你们要查看今天我们犯了什么罪。
39 我指着拯救以色列、永活的耶和华起誓， 即使是我的儿子约拿单犯了罪， 他也一定要死。"众人中没有一人回答他。
40 于是扫罗对以色列众人说： "你们站在这里， 我和我的儿子约拿单站在那边。"众民回答扫罗： "你看怎么好， 就怎么行吧！ "
41 扫罗祷告耶和华以色列的 神说： "求你指示实情！ "于是抽签， 抽中了约拿单和扫罗； 众民都没事。
42 扫罗说： "你们再抽签， 看是我， 或是我的儿子约拿单。"结果抽中约拿单。
43 扫罗对约拿单说： "告诉我， 你作了什么事？"约拿单告诉他： "我用我手中的杖头尝了一点蜂蜜。我在这里， 我愿意死！ "
44 扫罗说： "约拿单啊！ 你必定要死， 否则， 愿 神加倍惩罚我。"
45 众民对扫罗说： "约拿单在以色列人中行了这样大的拯救， 难道一定要他死吗？绝对不可以！ 我们指着永活的耶和华起誓， 连他一根头发也不可落在地上， 因为他今天是与 神一同作工。"这样， 众民救了约拿单， 使他免了一死。
46 扫罗上去， 不再追赶非利士人； 非利士人也回到自己的地方去了。
47 扫罗取得了以色列的王国以后， 常常攻打四围的一切仇敌， 就是摩押人、亚扪人、以东人、琐巴众王和非利士人， 他无论往哪里去， 都得到胜利。
48 扫罗行事勇敢， 击败了亚玛力人， 把以色列人从抢掠他们的人手中救了出来。
49 扫罗的儿子是约拿单、亦施韦和麦基舒亚。他的两个女儿， 长女名叫米拉， 次女名叫米甲。
50 扫罗的妻子名叫亚希暖， 是亚希玛斯的女儿。扫罗军队的元帅名叫押尼珥， 是尼珥的儿子， 尼珥是扫罗的叔叔。
51 扫罗的父亲基士和押尼珥的父亲尼珥都是亚别的儿子。
52 扫罗的一生常常与非利士人有猛烈的争战。每逢扫罗看见任何勇士或有能力的人， 就都招募归他。