(续上)大卫说:拿八背叛王权,不必审判。亚比该说:扫罗还活着,你的王权还不为众人所知,你无权以叛逆之罪审人。大卫接受了她的话,称赞她拦阻自己流血。
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……你的丈夫拿八是背叛王权的人,因为大卫已由先知撒母耳膏立为王,拿八却拒绝他的命令。
Nabal, your husband, is a rebel against the throne, as David had already been anointed as king by the prophet Samuel, and Nabal refused his orders.
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所以不必审判他,因为背叛王权的人不按通常审判的规程处置。
And therefore there is no need to try him, as a rebel is not accorded the ordinary prescriptions governing judicial proceedings.
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亚比该对他说:你无权这样做,因为扫罗还活着。
Abigail said to him: You lack the authority to act in this manner, as Saul is still alive.
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实际作王的是他,你的印信还没有传遍天下,就是说,你的王权还不为众人所知。
He is the king in actual practice, and your seal [tivakha] has not yet spread across the world, i.e., your kingship is not yet known to all.
注:「印信」原文 טִבְעָךְ,本指印或钱币上的印记,喻王的名号流通天下。
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所以你无权以背叛王权之罪审判人。
Therefore, you are not authorized to try someone for rebelling against the monarchy.
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大卫接受了她的话,对她说:「你和你的见识也当称赞。你今日拦阻我亲手报仇,不至流血」(撒母耳记上 25:33)。
David accepted her words and said to her: “And blessed be your discretion and blessed be you who have kept me this day from coming to bloodguiltiness [damim]” (I Samuel 25:33).
注:「流血」原文 דָּמִים,是复数,下段即就此发问。