1After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said⚓ to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’ ” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 5Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 7With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. 8Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’? 10This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you. 14“Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.” 16When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. 17“You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. 18You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. 19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today. 20I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. 21Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.” 22So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
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Daviv Tseg Xa-ules Txojsia
1Thaum Xa-ules mus tua cov Filitees rov qab los, muaj neeg qhia rau nws hais tias Daviv nyob tom roob mojsab qhua uas ze ntawm Enkedis. 2Xa-ules txawm xaiv cov tubrog Yixalayees uas txawj tua rog, peb txhiab leej mus nrhiav Daviv thiab Daviv cov neeg ntawm lub Roob Tsuas Sai sab hnubtuaj. 3Xa-ules tuaj txog ntawm lub qhov tsua uas nyob ze cov nkuaj yaj ntawm ntug kev, nws txawm mus tawm rooj hauv lub qhov tsua ntawd. Lub qhov tsua ntawd twb yog lub uas Daviv thiab nws cov neeg nkaum hauv ntag. 4Daviv cov neeg hais rau Daviv hais tias, “Zaum no yog sijhawm zoo rau koj lawm, raws li tus TSWV hais rau koj hais tias, nws yuav muab koj tus yeebncuab cob rau koj tes, koj xav ua li cas rau nws los ua tau.” Daviv txawm nyas mus txiav Xa-ules lub tw tsho ntev ib qho nqa mus lawm los Xa-ules twb tsis hnov li. 5Tom qab ntawd Daviv nyuaj siab heev, rau qhov uas nws txiav Xa-ules lub twg tsho, 6Daviv hais rau nws cov neeg hais tias, “Thov tus TSWV tsis txhob pub kuv ua tej yam tsis zoo rau kuv tus vajntxwv uas tus TSWV xaiv! Tsis tsimnyog kuv ua ib qho phem rau nws li, rau qhov yog tus TSWV tsa nws ua vajntxwv.” 7Yog li ntawd, Daviv thiaj tsis pub nws cov neeg muab Xa-ules tua povtseg. Xa-ules txawm sawv tsees tawm hauv qhov tsua mus lawm. 8Daviv raws loo qab mus hu Xa-ules hais tias, “Vajntxwv!” Xa-ules tig hlo saib tuaj, Daviv txhos caug ntua khoov ntshis ua ntsejmuag ti kaus hauv av hawm, 9thiab hais tias, “Ua li cas koj mloog luag tej lus uas hais tias kuv soj nraim yuav tua koj? 10Qhia rau koj paub hais tias hnub no tus TSWV twb muab koj cob rau kuv hauv lub qhov tsua no lawm. Kuv cov neeg kom kuv muab koj tua povtseg, tiamsis vim kuv hwm koj, kuv thiaj tsis ua phem rau koj, rau qhov koj yog tus uas tus TSWV tsa ua vajntxwv. 11Txiv, koj saib, kuv twb txiav tau koj lub tw tsho nyob ntawm kuv tes no! Yog kuv xav tua koj, ces kuv twb tua tau koj lawm, tiamsis kuv tsuas txiav koj lub tw tsho xwb. Qhov no qhia rau koj paub hais tias, kuv tsis tau ntxeev siab lossis ua phem rau koj li. Txawm yog kuv tsis tau ua txhaum rau koj los koj pheej caum kuv tua. 12Thov tus TSWV txiav txim rau wb saib leejtwg yog tus ua txhaum! Thov tus TSWV rau txim rau koj, vim koj ua phem rau kuv, rau qhov kuv tsis tau ua phem rau koj li. 13Nyaj koj paub tej lus uas cov laus ibtxwm hais tias, ‘Tsuas yog tus neeg siab phem thiaj ua phem xwb.’ Yog li ntawd, kuv yuav tsis ua phem rau koj. 14Cov Yixalayees tus vajntxwv, koj mus tawmtsam leejtwg? Koj mus caum leejtwg? Koj caum tus dev uas tuag lawm los? Koj caum devmub los? 15Thov tus TSWV tshuaj saib yog koj lossis yog kuv ua txhaum. Thov tus TSWV tsa muag saib zaj no thiab tuaj kuv tog pab kom kuv dim ntawm koj txhais tes.” 16Thaum uas Daviv hais li ntawd tas, Xa-ules teb hais tias, “Kuv tus tub, koj yog Daviv ntag los?” Ces Xa-ules txawm quaj. 17Xa-ules hais rau Daviv hais tias, “Koj hais yog lawm! Kuv tau ua txhaum tiag. Txawm yog kuv tau ua phem rau koj los koj tseem ua zoo rau kuv. 18Hnub no koj ua rau sawvdaws pom hais tias koj ua zoo kawg nkaus rau kuv. Txawm yog tus TSWV muab kuv cob rau koj tes lawm los koj tseem tsis tua kuv povtseg. 19Puas muaj leejtwg ntes tau nws tus yeebncuab thiab cia li muab tso mus tsis muab tua povtseg? Thov tus TSWV foom koob hmoov rau koj, pauj tej uas koj tau ua zoo rau kuv hnub no. 20Nimno kuv paub hais tias, koj yuav tau ua cov Yixalayees tus vajntxwv thiab kav lub tebchaws kom vammeej mus lawm yav tom ntej. 21Thov koj tuav tus TSWV lub npe coglus rau kuv hais tias, koj yuav tsis tua kuv cov xeebntxwv povtseg, kom kuv lub npe thiab kuv tsevneeg lub npe thiaj yuav tsis ploj mus.” 22Daviv coglus hais tias nws yuav ua li ntawd. Ces Xa-ules txawm rov qab mus tsev, Daviv thiab nws cov neeg thiaj rov los rau ntawm qhov chaw uas lawv nkaum lawm.