Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 9:5

5 Dào le sū Fú dì , Sǎoluó duì gēnsuí tāde púrén shuō , wǒmen bù rú huí qù , kǒngpà wǒ fùqin bù wèi lü guà xīn , fǎn wèi wǒmen dān yōu .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 9:5

And when they were come to the land of Zuph
In which was Ramathaimzophim, the native place of Samuel, ( 1 Samuel 1:1 ) and so the Targum here,

``the land in which was the prophet''

Saul said to the servant that was with him, come, and let us return;
home, despairing of finding the asses after so long a search in divers places:

lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us;
fearing some evil should have befallen his son and his servant, in comparison of whom, and especially his son, the asses would be of no account, and so give himself no concern for them, but be in great care and uneasiness for his son and servant; wherefore Saul thought it most advisable to return home as soon as possible, lest his father should be overwhelmed with grief and trouble.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 9:5 In-Context

3 Sǎoluó de fùqin jī shì diū le jǐ tóu lü , tā jiù fēnfu érzi Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ daì yī gè púrén qù xúnzhǎo lü .

4 Sǎoluó jiù zǒu guō Yǐfǎlián shān dì , yòu guō shā lì s Hādì , dōu méiyǒu zhǎo zhe . yòu guō sHālín dì , lü yĕ bú zaì nàli . yòu guō Biànyǎmǐn dì , hái méiyǒu zhǎo zhe .

5 Dào le sū Fú dì , Sǎoluó duì gēnsuí tāde púrén shuō , wǒmen bù rú huí qù , kǒngpà wǒ fùqin bù wèi lü guà xīn , fǎn wèi wǒmen dān yōu .

6 Púrén shuō , zhè chéng lǐ yǒu yī wèi shén rén , shì zhòngrén suǒ zūnzhòng de , fán tā suǒ shuō de quándōu yìngyàn . wǒmen bù rú wǎng Tānàli qù , huòzhĕ tā néng jiāng wǒmen dāng zǒu de lù zhǐshì wǒmen .

7 Sǎoluó duì púrén shuō , wǒmen ruò qù , yǒu shénme kĕyǐ sòng nà rén ne . wǒmen náng zhōng de shíwù dōu chī jǐn le , yĕ méiyǒu lǐwù kĕyǐ sòng nà shén rén , wǒmen hái yǒu shénme méiyǒu .