1 And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.

2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

3 And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away {to me} to this day?

4 But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this {fellow} reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

6 And Achish called David, and said to him, {As} Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.

7 And now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

8 And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee to this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art acceptable to me, as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

10 And now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee; and rise ye early in the morning, and when ye have daylight, depart.

11 And David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jizreel.

1 非利士人把他们所有的军队都聚集在亚弗， 以色列人却在耶斯列的泉旁安营。

2 非利士人的首领各率领百人或千人前进； 大卫和跟随他的人也跟在亚吉的后面前进。

3 非利士人的领袖说： "这些希伯来人在这里作什么？"亚吉对非利士人的领袖说： "这人不是以色列王扫罗的臣仆大卫吗？他已经在我这里有好些年日了。自从他降服我的一天， 直到今日， 我未曾发现他有什么过错。"

4 非利士人的领袖向亚吉发怒， 对他说： "你叫这人回去， 好让他回到你为他安排的地方去。他不可与我们一同下战场， 免得他在战场上成为我们的对头。这人可用什么去得他主人的欢心呢？岂不是用我们这些人的头吗？

5 这人不就是大卫吗？从前以色列的妇女向他歌唱跳舞说： ‘扫罗杀死千千， 大卫杀死万万！ ’"

6 亚吉把大卫叫来， 对他说： "我指着永活的耶和华说， 你是正直的人， 你与我在军中出入， 我感到很满意， 因为自从你到我这里来的那一天， 直到今日， 我未曾在你身上找到什么过失； 只是各首领不喜欢你。

7 现在， 你可以回去， 平平安安走吧！ 不要行非利士人的首领看为恶的事。"

8 大卫对亚吉说： "我作了什么呢？自从我来到你面前的那一天， 直到今日， 你在仆人身上找到什么， 使我不能与我主我王的仇敌争战呢？"

9 亚吉回答大卫， 说： "我知道你在我眼中是个好人， 像 神的使者一样； 只是非利士人的领袖曾经说过： ‘他不可与我们一同上战场。’

10 所以明天早晨， 你和跟你来的人， 就是你主人的仆人都要清早起来。你们明天早晨都要早起， 天一亮你们就要离开。"

11 于是大卫和跟随他的人清早起来， 一早就离开， 回到非利士人的地去。非利士人也上耶斯列去了。