撒母耳记下 20
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1在那里恰巧有一个匪徒，名叫 示巴 ，是 便雅悯 人 比基利 的儿子。他吹角，说：「我们与 大卫 无分，与 耶西 的儿子无涉。 以色列 人哪，你们各回各家去吧！」
1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
2于是 以色列 人都离开 大卫 ，跟随 比基利 的儿子 示巴 。但 犹大 人从 约旦河 直到 耶路撒冷 ，都紧紧跟随他们的王。
2So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
3大卫 王来到 耶路撒冷 ，进了宫殿，就把从前留下看守宫殿的十个妃嫔禁闭在 冷宫 ，养活她们，不与她们亲近。她们如同寡妇被禁，直到死的日子。
3When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
4王对 亚玛撒 说：「你要在三日之内将 犹大 人招聚了来，你也回到这里来。」
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
5亚玛撒 就去招聚 犹大 人，却耽延过了王所限的日期。
5So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.
6大卫 对 亚比筛 说：「现在恐怕 比基利 的儿子 示巴 加害于我们比 押沙龙 更甚。你要带领你主的仆人追赶他，免得他得了坚固城，躲避我们。」
6And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
7约押 的人和 基利提 人、 比利提 人，并所有的勇士，都跟着 亚比筛 ，从 耶路撒冷 出去追赶 比基利 的儿子 示巴 。
7So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
8他们到了 基遍 的大磐石那里， 亚玛撒 来迎接他们。那时 约押 穿着战衣，腰束佩刀的带子，刀在鞘内； 约押 前行，刀从鞘内掉出来。
8And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
9约押 左手拾起刀来 ，对 亚玛撒 说：「我兄弟，你好啊！」就用右手抓住 亚玛撒 的胡子，要与他亲嘴。
9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
10亚玛撒 没有防备 约押 手里所拿的刀； 约押 用刀刺入他的肚腹，他的肠子流在地上，没有再刺他，就死了。 约押 和他兄弟 亚比筛 往前追赶 比基利 的儿子 示巴 。
10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
11有 约押 的一个少年人站在 亚玛撒 尸身旁边， 对众人 说：「谁喜悦 约押 ，谁归顺 大卫 ，就当跟随 约押 去。」
11One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
12亚玛撒 在道路上滚在自己的血里。那人见众民 经过 都站住，就把 亚玛撒 的尸身从路上挪到田间，用衣服遮盖。
12But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
13尸身从路上挪移之后，众民就都跟随 约押 去追赶 比基利 的儿子 示巴 。
13As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
14他走遍 以色列 各支派，直到 伯·玛迦 的 亚比拉 ，并 比利 人的全地；那些地方的人也都聚集跟随他。
14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
15约押 和跟随的人到了 伯·玛迦 的 亚比拉 ，围困 示巴 ，就对着城筑垒；跟随 约押 的众民 用锤 撞城，要使城塌陷。
15And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
16有一个聪明妇人从城上呼叫说：「听啊，听啊，请 约押 近前来，我好与他说话。」
16a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
17约押 就近前来，妇人问他说：「你是 约押 不是？」他说：「我是。」妇人说：「求你听婢女的话。」 约押 说：「我听。」
17When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.
18妇人说：「古时有话说，当先在 亚比拉 求问，然后事就定妥。
18Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
19我们这城的人在 以色列 人中是和平、忠厚的。你为何要毁坏 以色列 中的大城，吞灭耶和华的产业呢？」
19I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
20约押 回答说：「我决不吞灭毁坏，
20“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
21乃因 以法莲 山地的一个人— 比基利 的儿子 示巴 —举手攻击 大卫 王，你们若将他一人交出来，我便离城而去。」妇人对 约押 说：「那人的首级必从城墙上丢给你。」
21That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
22妇人就凭她的智慧去劝众人。他们便割下 比基利 的儿子 示巴 的首级，丢给 约押 。 约押 吹角，众人就离城而散，各归各家去了。 约押 回 耶路撒冷 ，到王那里。
22Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
23约押 作 以色列 全军的元帅； 耶何耶大 的儿子 比拿雅 统辖 基利提 人和 比利提 人；
23Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
24亚多兰 掌管服苦的人； 亚希律 的儿子 约沙法 作史官；
24Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
25示法 作书记； 撒督 和 亚比亚他 作祭司 长 ；
25Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
26睚珥 人 以拉 作 大卫 的宰相。
26and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
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