撒母耳記下 15
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1此後， 押沙龍 為自己預備車馬，又派五十人在他前頭奔走。
1Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
2押沙龍 常常早晨起來，站在城門的道旁，凡有爭訟要去求王判斷的， 押沙龍 就叫他過來，問他說：「你是哪一城的人？」回答說：「僕人是 以色列 某支派的人。」
2And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and when any man had business to come to the king’s judgment, Absalom called him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy servant is of such a tribe of Israel.
3押沙龍 對他說：「你的事有情有理，無奈王沒有委人聽你伸訴。」
3And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:
4押沙龍 又說：「恨不得我作國中的士師！凡有爭訟求審判的到我這裏來，我必秉公判斷。」
4O that they would make me judge over the land, that all that have business might come to me, that I might do them justice.
5若有人近前來要拜 押沙龍 ， 押沙龍 就伸手拉住他，與他親嘴。
5Moreover when any man came to him to salute him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
6以色列 人中，凡去見王求判斷的， 押沙龍 都是如此待他們。這樣， 押沙龍 暗中得了 以色列 人的心。
6And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king, and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.
7滿了四十年， 押沙龍 對王說：「求你准我往 希伯崙 去，還我向耶和華所許的願。
7And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.
8因為僕人住在 亞蘭 的 基述 ，曾許願說：『耶和華若使我再回 耶路撒冷 ，我必事奉他。』」
8For thy servant made avow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem I will offer sacrifice to the Lord.
9王說：「你平平安安地去吧！」 押沙龍 就起身，往 希伯崙 去了。
9And king David said to him: Go in peace. And he arose, and went to Hebron.
10押沙龍 打發探子走遍 以色列 各支派，說：「你們一聽見角聲就說：『 押沙龍 在 希伯崙 作王了！』」
10And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, say ye: Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
11押沙龍 在 耶路撒冷 請了二百人與他同去，都是誠誠實實去的，並不知道其中的真情。
11Now there went with Absalom two hundred men out of Jerusalem that were called, going with simplicity of heart, and knowing nothing of the design.
12押沙龍 獻祭的時候，打發人去將 大衛 的謀士、 基羅 人 亞希多弗 從他本城請了來。於是叛逆的勢派甚大；因為隨從 押沙龍 的人民，日漸增多。
12Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom.
13有人報告 大衛 說：「 以色列 人的心都歸向 押沙龍 了！」
13And there came a messenger to David, saying: All Israel with their whole heart followeth Absalom.
14大衛 就對 耶路撒冷 跟隨他的臣僕說：「我們要起來逃走，不然都不能躲避 押沙龍 了；要速速地去，恐怕他忽然來到，加害於我們，用刀殺盡合城的人。」
14And David said to his servants, that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise and let us flee: for we shall not escape else from the face of Absalom: make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake us, and bring ruin upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
15王的臣僕對王說：「我主我王所定的，僕人都願遵行。」
15And the king’s servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants will willingly execute.
16於是王帶着全家的人出去了，但留下十個妃嬪看守宮殿。
16And the king went forth, and all his household on foot: and the king left ten women his concubines to keep the house:
17王出去，眾民都跟隨他，到 伯墨哈 ，就住下了。
17And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:
18王的臣僕都在他面前過去。 基利提 人、 比利提 人，就是從 迦特 跟隨王來的六百人，也都在他面前過去。
18And all his servants walked by him, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the Gethites, valiant warriors, six hundred men who had followed him from Geth on foot, went before the king.
19王對 迦特 人 以太 說：「你是外邦逃來的人，為甚麼與我們同去呢？你可以回去與 新 王同住， 或者回 你本地去吧！
19And the king said to Ethai the Gethite: Why comest thou with us? return and dwell with the king, for thou art a stranger, and art come out of thy own place.
20你來的日子不多，我今日怎好叫你與我們一同飄流、沒有一定的住處呢？你不如帶你的弟兄回去吧！ 願耶和華 用慈愛誠實待你。」
20Yesterday thou camest, and today shalt thou be forced to go forth with us? but I shall go whither I am going: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, and the Lord will shew thee mercy, and truth, because thou hast shewn grace and fidelity.
21以太 對王說：「我指着永生的耶和華起誓，又敢在王面前起誓：無論生死，王在哪裏，僕人也必在那裏。」
21And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth: in what place soever thou shalt be, my lord, O king, either in death, or in life, there will thy servant be.
22大衛 對 以太 說：「你前去過 河 吧！」於是 迦特 人 以太 帶着跟隨他的人和所有的 婦人 孩子，就都過去了。
22And David said to Ethai: Come, and pass over. And Ethai the Gethite passed, and all the men that were with him, and the rest of the people.
23本地的人都放聲大哭。眾民盡都過去，王也過了 汲淪溪 ；眾民往曠野去了。
23And they all wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself went over the brook Cedron, and all the people marched towards the way that looketh to the desert.
24撒督 和抬上帝約櫃的 利未 人也一同來了，將上帝的 約 櫃放下。 亞比亞他 上來，等着眾民從城裏出來過去。
24And Sadoc the priest also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God, and they set down the ark of God: and Abiathar went up, till all the people that was come out of the city had done passing.
25王對 撒督 說：「你將上帝的 約 櫃抬回城去。我若在耶和華眼前蒙恩，他必使我回來，再見 約 櫃和他的居所。
25And the king said to Sadoc: Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find grace in the sight of the Lord, he will bring me again, and he will shew me it, and his tabernacle.
26倘若他說：『我不喜悅你』，看哪，我在這裏，願他憑自己的意旨待我！」
26But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.
27王又對祭司 撒督 說：「你不是先見嗎？你可以安然回城；你兒子 亞希瑪斯 和 亞比亞他 的兒子 約拿單 都可以與你同去。
27And the king said to Sadoc the priest: O seer, return into the city in peace: and let Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.
28我在曠野的渡口那裏等你們報信給我。」
28Behold I will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness, till there come word from you to certify me.
29於是 撒督 和 亞比亞他 將上帝的 約 櫃抬回 耶路撒冷 ，他們就住在那裏。
29So Sadoc and Abiathar carried back the ark of God into Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
30大衛 蒙頭赤腳上 橄欖山 ，一面上一面哭。跟隨他的人也都蒙頭哭着上去；
30But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping.
31有人告訴 大衛 說：「 亞希多弗 也在叛黨之中，隨從 押沙龍 。」 大衛 禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你使 亞希多弗 的計謀變為愚拙！」
31And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel.
32大衛 到了 山 頂、敬拜上帝的地方，見 亞基 人 戶篩 ，衣服撕裂，頭蒙灰塵來迎接他。
32And when David was come to the top of the mountain, where he was about to adore the Lord, behold Chusai the Arachite, came to meet him with his garment rent and his head covered with earth.
33大衛 對他說：「你若與我同去，必累贅我；
33And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me:
34你若回城去，對 押沙龍 說：『王啊，我願作你的僕人；我向來作你父親的僕人，現在我也照樣作你的僕人。』這樣，你就可以為我破壞 亞希多弗 的計謀。
34But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father’s servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel.
35祭司 撒督 和 亞比亞他 豈不都在那裏嗎？你在王宮裏聽見甚麼，就要告訴祭司 撒督 和 亞比亞他 。
35And thou hast with thee Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests: and what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests.
36撒督 的兒子 亞希瑪斯 ， 亞比亞他 的兒子 約拿單 ，也都在那裏。凡你們所聽見的可以託這二人來報告我。」
36And there are with them their two sons Achimaas the son of Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar: and you shall send by them to me every thing that you shall hear.
37於是， 大衛 的朋友 戶篩 進了城； 押沙龍 也進了 耶路撒冷 。
37Then Chusai the friend of David went into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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