撒母耳記下 17
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
World English Bible
1亞希多弗 又對 押沙龍 說：「求你准我挑選一萬二千人，今夜我就起身追趕 大衛 ，
1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2趁他疲乏手軟，我忽然追上他，使他驚惶；跟隨他的民必都逃跑，我就單殺王一人，
2I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
3使眾民都歸順你。你所尋找的人 既然死了 ，眾民就如已經歸順你；這樣，也都平安無事了。」
3and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
4押沙龍 和 以色列 的長老都以這話為美。
4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5押沙龍 說：「要召 亞基 人 戶篩 來，我們也要聽他怎樣說。」
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
6戶篩 到了 押沙龍 面前， 押沙龍 向他說：「 亞希多弗 是如此如此說的，我們照着他的話行可以不可以？若不可，你就說吧！」
6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
7戶篩 對 押沙龍 說：「 亞希多弗 這次所定的謀不善。」
7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
8戶篩 又說：「你知道，你父親和跟隨他的人都是勇士，現在他們心裏惱怒，如同田野丟崽子的母熊一般，而且你父親是個戰士，必不和民一同住宿。
8Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9他現今或藏在坑中或在別處，若有人首先被殺，凡聽見的必說：『跟隨 押沙龍 的民被殺了。』
9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
10雖有人膽大如獅子，他的心也必消化；因為 以色列 人都知道你父親是英雄，跟隨他的人也都是勇士。
10Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
11依我之計，不如將 以色列 眾人－從 但 直到 別是巴 ，如同海邊的沙那樣多－聚集到你這裏來，你也親自率領他們出戰。
11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
12這樣，我們在何處遇見他，就下到他那裏，如同露水下在地上一般，連他帶跟隨他的人，一個也不留下。
12So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
13他若進了哪一座城， 以色列 眾人必帶繩子去，將那城拉到河裏，甚至連一塊小石頭都不剩下。」
13Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
14押沙龍 和 以色列 眾人說：「 亞基 人 戶篩 的計謀比 亞希多弗 的計謀更好！」這是因耶和華定意破壞 亞希多弗 的良謀，為要降禍與 押沙龍 。
14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.
15戶篩 對祭司 撒督 和 亞比亞他 說：「 亞希多弗 為 押沙龍 和 以色列 的長老所定的計謀是如此如此，我所定的計謀是如此如此。
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
16現在你們要急速打發人去，告訴 大衛 說：『今夜不可住在曠野的渡口，務要過河，免得王和跟隨他的人都被吞滅。』」
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
17那時， 約拿單 和 亞希瑪斯 在 隱‧羅結 那裏等候，不敢進城，恐怕被人看見。有一個使女出來，將這話告訴他們，他們就去報信給 大衛 王。
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
18然而有一個童子看見他們，就去告訴 押沙龍 。他們急忙跑到 巴戶琳 某人的家裏；那人院中有一口井，他們就下到井裏。
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19那家的婦人用蓋蓋上井口，又在上頭鋪上碎麥，事就沒有洩漏。
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
20押沙龍 的僕人來到那家，問婦人說：「 亞希瑪斯 和 約拿單 在哪裏？」婦人說：「他們過了河了。」 僕人找他們，找不着，就回 耶路撒冷 去了。
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21他們走後，二人從井裏上來，去告訴 大衛 王說：「 亞希多弗 如此如此定計害你，你們務要起來，快快過河。」
21After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22於是 大衛 和跟隨他的人都起來，過 約旦河 。到了天亮，無一人不過 約旦河 的。
22Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
23亞希多弗 見不依從他的計謀，就備上驢，歸回本城；到了家，留下遺言，便吊死了，葬在他父親的墳墓裏。
23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24大衛 到了 瑪哈念 ， 押沙龍 和跟隨他的 以色列 人也都過了 約旦河 。
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25押沙龍 立 亞瑪撒 作元帥，代替 約押 。 亞瑪撒 是 以實瑪利 人 以特拉 的兒子。 以特拉 曾與 拿轄 的女兒 亞比該 親近；這 亞比該 與 約押 的母親 洗魯雅 是姊妹。
25Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26押沙龍 和 以色列 人都安營在 基列 地。
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27大衛 到了 瑪哈念 ， 亞捫 族的 拉巴 人 拿轄 的兒子 朔比 ， 羅‧底巴 人 亞‧米利 的兒子 瑪吉 ， 基列 的 羅基琳 人 巴西萊 ，
27When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28帶着被、褥、盆、碗、瓦器、小麥、大麥、麥麵、炒 穀 、豆子、紅豆、炒 豆 、
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
29蜂蜜、奶油、綿羊、奶餅，供給 大衛 和跟隨他的人吃；他們說：「民在曠野，必飢渴困乏了。」
29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
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