But there were some scoundrels who complained,“ How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them.[ Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn’t allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn’t a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh gilead.]

但有些匪徒说：“这人怎能救我们呢？”就藐视他，没有送他礼物；扫罗却不理会。

但有些无赖之辈说：“这人怎么能救我们呢？”他们就藐视他，不送礼物给他。扫罗却保持沉默。

但有些无赖之辈说：“这人怎么能救我们呢？”他们就藐视他，不送礼物给他。扫罗却保持沉默。

但有一些市井之徒说：“这人怎能救我们？”就鄙视他，没有送礼物给他，但扫罗没有说什么。

但是有些流氓说：“这人怎能拯救我们呢？”就藐视他，也没有送他礼物。扫罗却没有说什么。

然而有些卑劣之徒说：“这人怎么能拯救我们呢？”他们就轻视他，也没有给他带礼物，扫罗却保持沉默。

但有些匪徒說：「這人怎能救我們呢？」就藐視他，沒有送他禮物；掃羅卻不理會。

但有些無賴之輩說：「這人怎麼能救我們呢？」他們就藐視他，不送禮物給他。掃羅卻保持沉默。

但有些無賴之輩說：「這人怎麼能救我們呢？」他們就藐視他，不送禮物給他。掃羅卻保持沉默。

但有一些市井之徒說：「這人怎能救我們？」就鄙視他，沒有送禮物給他，但掃羅沒有說什麼。

但是有些流氓說：“這人怎能拯救我們呢？”就藐視他，也沒有送他禮物。掃羅卻沒有說甚麼。

但是有些無賴子說：『這傢伙怎能拯救我們呢？』就藐視他，沒有給他送禮物。

然而有些卑劣之徒說：「這人怎麼能拯救我們呢？」他們就輕視他，也沒有給他帶禮物，掃羅卻保持沉默。

有匪徒曰、斯人焉能拯我、遂藐視之、不饋禮物、掃羅置若罔聞、

諸匪類曰、斯人也、曷能拯我。故藐視之、不饋禮物。掃羅置若罔聞。

有匪徒曰、斯人也、何能救我、乃藐視之、不饋禮物、惟掃羅默然、

But some scoundrels said,“ How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

But some people who wanted to stir up trouble said,“ How can this fellow save us?” They looked down on him. They didn’t bring him any gifts. But Saul kept quiet about it.

But some worthless fellows said,“ How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

But some wicked men said,“ How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.

But certain useless men said,“ How can this one save us?” And they despised him and did not bring him a gift. But he kept silent about it.

But some rebels said,“ How can this man save us?” So they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

But some wicked men said,“ How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

But some wicked men said,“ How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.

But certain worthless fellows said,“ How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by saying,‘ Let us go worship other gods’— gods you have not known before.

Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord

So the Lord established Jehoshaphat’s control over the kingdom of Judah. All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so he became very wealthy and highly esteemed.

But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them,“ Do not answer him.”

The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.

Then the people exclaimed to Samuel,“ Now where are those men who said,‘ Why should Saul rule over us?’ Bring them here, and we will kill them!”

Then a whole gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon’s son Rehoboam when he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.

“ So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded,‘ Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One— the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered peoples of those lands sent tribute money to Solomon and continued to serve him throughout his lifetime.

They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram’s horn and began to chant:“ Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Come on, you men of Israel, back to your homes!”

But I am deaf to all their threats. I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.

But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.“ Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor’s surprise.

David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.