¹ 耶和华的话又临到我说：

² 人子啊，你对推罗君王说，主耶和华如此说：因你心里高傲，说：我是神；我在海中坐神之位。你虽然居心自比神，也不过是人，并不是神！

³ 看哪，你比但以理更有智慧，甚麽秘事都不能向你隐藏。

⁴ 你靠自己的智慧聪明得了金银财宝，收入库中。

⁵ 你靠自己的大智慧和贸易增添资财，又因资财心里高傲。

⁶ 所以主耶和华如此说：因你居心自比神，

⁷ 我必使外邦人，就是列国中的强暴人临到你这里；他们必拔刀砍坏你用智慧得来的美物，亵渎你的荣光。

⁸ 他们必使你下坑；你必死在海中，与被杀的人一样。

⁹ 在杀你的人面前你还能说我是神麽？其实你在杀害你的人手中，不过是人，并不是神。

¹⁰ 你必死在外邦人手中，与未受割礼（或译：不洁；下同）的人一样，因为这是主耶和华说的。

¹¹ 耶和华的话临到我说：

¹² 人子啊，你为推罗王作起哀歌，说主耶和华如此说：你无所不备，智慧充足，全然美丽。

¹³ 你曾在伊甸神的园中，佩戴各样宝石，就是红宝石、红璧玺、金钢石、水苍玉、红玛瑙、碧玉、蓝宝石、绿宝石、红玉，和黄金；又有精美的鼓笛在你那里，都是在你受造之日预备齐全的。

¹⁴ 你是那受膏遮掩约柜的基路伯；我将你安置在神的圣山上；你在发光如火的宝石中间往来。

¹⁵ 你从受造之日所行的都完全，後来在你中间又察出不义。

¹⁶ 因你贸易很多，就被强暴的事充满，以致犯罪，所以我因你亵渎圣地，就从神的山驱逐你。遮掩约柜的基路伯啊，我已将你从发光如火的宝石中除灭。

¹⁷ 你因美丽心中高傲，又因荣光败坏智慧，我已将你摔倒在地，使你倒在君王面前，好叫他们目睹眼见。

¹⁸ 你因罪孽众多，贸易不公，就亵渎你那里的圣所。故此，我使火从你中间发出，烧灭你，使你在所有观看的人眼前变为地上的炉灰。

¹⁹ 各国民中，凡认识你的，都必为你惊奇。你令人惊恐，不再存留於世，直到永远。

²⁰ 耶和华的话临到我说：

²¹ 人子啊，你要向西顿预言攻击他，

²² 说主耶和华如此说：西顿哪，我与你为敌，我必在你中间得荣耀。我在你中间施行审判、显为圣的时候，人就知道我是耶和华。

²³ 我必使瘟疫进入西顿，使血流在他街上。被杀的必在其中仆倒，四围有刀剑临到他，人就知道我是耶和华。

²⁴ 四围恨恶以色列家的人，必不再向他们作刺人的荆棘，伤人的蒺藜，人就知道我是主耶和华。

²⁵ 主耶和华如此说：我将分散在万民中的以色列家招聚回来，向他们在列邦人眼前显为圣的时候，他们就在我赐给我仆人雅各之地，仍然居住。

²⁶ 他们要在这地上安然居住。我向四围恨恶他们的众人施行审判以後，他们要盖造房屋，栽种葡萄园，安然居住，就知道我是耶和华─他们的神。

¹ Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

² Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

³ Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!"

⁴ All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

⁵ The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

⁶ When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

⁷ Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

⁸ He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

⁹ Saul said, "Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace offerings." He offered the burnt offering.

¹⁰ It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

¹¹ Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

¹² therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh.' I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering."

¹³ Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

¹⁴ But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you."

¹⁵ Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

¹⁶ Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

¹⁷ The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

¹⁸ and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁹ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears;"

²⁰ but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

²¹ yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

²² So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

²³ The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.