1 Kings 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
1大衛 的死期臨近了，就囑咐他兒子 所羅門 說：
2“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
2「我現在要走世人必走的路。所以，你當剛強，作大丈夫，
3And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
3遵守耶和華－你上帝所吩咐的，照着 摩西 律法上所寫的行主的道，謹守他的律例、誡命、典章、法度。這樣，你無論做甚麼事，不拘往何處去，盡都亨通。
4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
4耶和華必成就向我所應許的話說：『你的子孫若謹慎自己的行為，盡心盡意誠誠實實地行在我面前，就不斷人坐 以色列 的國位。』
5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
5你知道 洗魯雅 的兒子 約押 向我所行的，就是殺了 以色列 的兩個元帥： 尼珥 的兒子 押尼珥 和 益帖 的兒子 亞瑪撒 。他在太平之時流這二人的血，如在爭戰之時一樣，將這血染了腰間束的帶和腳上穿的鞋。
6So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
6所以你要照你的智慧行，不容他白頭安然下陰間。
7But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
7你當恩待 基列 人 巴西萊 的眾子，使他們常與你同席吃飯；因為我躲避你哥哥 押沙龍 的時候，他們 拿食物 來迎接我。
8Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
8在你這裏有 巴戶琳 的 便雅憫 人， 基拉 的兒子 示每 ；我往 瑪哈念 去的那日，他用狠毒的言語咒罵我，後來卻下 約旦河 迎接我，我就指着耶和華向他起誓說：『我必不用刀殺你。』
9Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
9現在你不要以他為無罪。你是聰明人，必知道怎樣待他，使他白頭見殺，流血下到陰間。」
10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
10大衛 與他列祖同睡，葬在 大衛城 。
11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
11大衛 作 以色列 王四十年：在 希伯崙 作王七年，在 耶路撒冷 作王三十三年。
12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
12所羅門 坐他父親 大衛 的位，他的國甚是堅固。
13Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
13哈及 的兒子 亞多尼雅 去見 所羅門 的母親 拔示巴 ， 拔示巴 問他說：「你來是為平安嗎？」回答說：「是為平安」；
14Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
14又說：「我有話對你說。」 拔示巴 說：「你說吧。」
15“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
15亞多尼雅 說：「你知道國原是歸我的， 以色列 眾人也都仰望我作王，不料，國反歸了我兄弟，因他得國是出乎耶和華。
16So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
16現在我有一件事求你，望你不要推辭。」 拔示巴 說：「你說吧。」
17Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
17他說：「求你請 所羅門 王將 書念 的女子 亞比煞 賜我為妻，因他必不推辭你。」
18“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
18拔示巴 說：「好，我必為你對王提說。」
19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
19於是， 拔示巴 去見 所羅門 王，要為 亞多尼雅 提說；王起來迎接，向她下拜，就坐在位上，吩咐人為王母設一座位，她便坐在王的右邊。
20“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
20拔示巴 說：「我有一件小事求你，望你不要推辭。」王說：「請母親說，我必不推辭。」
21So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
21拔示巴 說：「求你將 書念 的女子 亞比煞 賜給你哥哥 亞多尼雅 為妻。」
22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
22所羅門 王對他母親說：「為何單替他求 書念 的女子 亞比煞 呢？也可以為他求國吧！他是我的哥哥，他有祭司 亞比亞他 和 洗魯雅 的兒子 約押 為輔佐 。」
23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
23所羅門 王就指着耶和華起誓說：「 亞多尼雅 這話是自己送命，不然，願上帝重重地降罰與我。
24And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
24耶和華堅立我，使我坐在父親 大衛 的位上，照着所應許的話為我建立家室；現在我指着永生的耶和華起誓， 亞多尼雅 今日必被治死。」
25So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
25於是 所羅門 王差遣 耶何耶大 的兒子 比拿雅 ，將 亞多尼雅 殺死。
26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
26王對祭司 亞比亞他 說：「你回 亞拿突 歸自己的田地去吧！你本是該死的，但因你在我父親 大衛 面前抬過主耶和華的 約 櫃，又與我父親同受一切苦難，所以我今日不將你殺死。」
27So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
27所羅門 就革除 亞比亞他 ，不許他作耶和華的祭司。這樣，便應驗耶和華在 示羅 論 以利 家所說的話。
28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
28約押 雖然沒有歸從 押沙龍 ，卻歸從了 亞多尼雅 。他聽見這風聲，就逃到耶和華的帳幕，抓住祭壇的角。
29It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
29有人告訴 所羅門 王說：「 約押 逃到耶和華的帳幕，現今在祭壇的旁邊。」 所羅門 就差遣 耶何耶大 的兒子 比拿雅 ，說：「你去將他殺死。」
30And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
30比拿雅 來到耶和華的帳幕，對 約押 說：「王吩咐說，你出來吧！」他說：「我不出去，我要死在這裏。」 比拿雅 就去回覆王，說 約押 如此如此回答我。
31And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
31王說：「你可以照着他的話行，殺死他，將他葬埋，好叫 約押 流無辜人血的罪不歸我和我的父家了。
32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
32耶和華必使 約押 流人血的罪歸到他自己的頭上；因為他用刀殺了兩個比他又義又好的人，就是 以色列 元帥 尼珥 的兒子 押尼珥 和 猶大 元帥 益帖 的兒子 亞瑪撒 ，我父親 大衛 卻不知道。
33Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
33故此，流這二人血的罪必歸到 約押 和他後裔的頭上，直到永遠；惟有 大衛 和他的後裔，並他的家與國，必從耶和華那裏得平安，直到永遠。」
34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
34於是 耶何耶大 的兒子 比拿雅 上去，將 約押 殺死，葬在曠野 約押 自己的墳墓裏。
35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
35王就立 耶何耶大 的兒子 比拿雅 作元帥，代替 約押 ，又使祭司 撒督 代替 亞比亞他 。
36Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
36王差遣人將 示每 召來，對他說：「你要在 耶路撒冷 建造房屋居住，不可出來往別處去。
37On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
37你當確實地知道，你何日出來過 汲淪溪 ，何日必死！你的罪必歸到自己的頭上。」
38“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
38示每 對王說：「這話甚好！我主我王怎樣說，僕人必怎樣行。」於是 示每 多日住在 耶路撒冷 。
39After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
39過了三年， 示每 的兩個僕人逃到 迦特 王 瑪迦 的兒子 亞吉 那裏去。有人告訴 示每 說：「你的僕人在 迦特 。」
40So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
40示每 起來，備上驢，往 迦特 到 亞吉 那裏去找他的僕人，就從 迦特 帶他僕人回來。
41When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
41有人告訴 所羅門 說：「 示每 出 耶路撒冷 往 迦特 去，回來了。」
42the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
42王就差遣人將 示每 召了來，對他說：「我豈不是叫你指着耶和華起誓，並且警戒你說『你當確實地知道，你哪日出來往別處去，那日必死』嗎？你也對我說：『這話甚好，我必聽從。』
43So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
43現在你為何不遵守你指着耶和華起的誓和我所吩咐你的命令呢？」
44The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
44王又對 示每 說：「你向我父親 大衛 所行的一切惡事，你自己心裏也知道，所以耶和華必使你的罪惡歸到自己的頭上；
45But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
45惟有 所羅門 王必得福，並且 大衛 的國位必在耶和華面前堅定，直到永遠。」
46Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
46於是王吩咐 耶何耶大 的兒子 比拿雅 ，他就去殺死 示每 。這樣，便堅定了 所羅門 的國位。
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