2 Samuel 20
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1There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
1在那裏恰巧有一個匪徒，名叫 示巴 ，是 便雅憫 人 比基利 的兒子。他吹角，說：「我們與 大衛 無分，與 耶西 的兒子無涉。 以色列 人哪，你們各回各家去吧！」
2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2於是 以色列 人都離開 大衛 ，跟隨 比基利 的兒子 示巴 。但 猶大 人從 約旦河 直到 耶路撒冷 ，都緊緊跟隨他們的王。
3David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
3大衛 王來到 耶路撒冷 ，進了宮殿，就把從前留下看守宮殿的十個妃嬪禁閉在 冷宮 ，養活她們，不與她們親近。她們如同寡婦被禁，直到死的日子。
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
4王對 亞瑪撒 說：「你要在三日之內將 猶大 人招聚了來，你也回到這裏來。」
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
5亞瑪撒 就去招聚 猶大 人，卻耽延過了王所限的日期。
6David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
6大衛 對 亞比篩 說：「現在恐怕 比基利 的兒子 示巴 加害於我們比 押沙龍 更甚。你要帶領你主的僕人追趕他，免得他得了堅固城，躲避我們。」
7Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
7約押 的人和 基利提 人、 比利提 人，並所有的勇士，都跟着 亞比篩 ，從 耶路撒冷 出去追趕 比基利 的兒子 示巴 。
8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
8他們到了 基遍 的大磐石那裏， 亞瑪撒 來迎接他們。那時 約押 穿着戰衣，腰束佩刀的帶子，刀在鞘內； 約押 前行，刀從鞘內掉出來。
9Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9約押 左手拾起刀來 ，對 亞瑪撒 說：「我兄弟，你好啊！」就用右手抓住 亞瑪撒 的鬍子，要與他親嘴。
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
10亞瑪撒 沒有防備 約押 手裏所拿的刀； 約押 用刀刺入他的肚腹，他的腸子流在地上，沒有再刺他，就死了。 約押 和他兄弟 亞比篩 往前追趕 比基利 的兒子 示巴 。
11One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
11有 約押 的一個少年人站在 亞瑪撒 屍身旁邊， 對眾人 說：「誰喜悅 約押 ，誰歸順 大衛 ，就當跟隨 約押 去。」
12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
12亞瑪撒 在道路上滾在自己的血裏。那人見眾民 經過 都站住，就把 亞瑪撒 的屍身從路上挪到田間，用衣服遮蓋。
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
13屍身從路上挪移之後，眾民就都跟隨 約押 去追趕 比基利 的兒子 示巴 。
14He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.
14他走遍 以色列 各支派，直到 伯‧瑪迦 的 亞比拉 ，並 比利 人的全地；那些地方的人也都聚集跟隨他。
15They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
15約押 和跟隨的人到了 伯‧瑪迦 的 亞比拉 ，圍困 示巴 ，就對着城築壘；跟隨 約押 的眾民 用錘 撞城，要使城塌陷。
16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
16有一個聰明婦人從城上呼叫說：「聽啊，聽啊，請 約押 近前來，我好與他說話。」
17He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
17約押 就近前來，婦人問他說：「你是 約押 不是？」他說：「我是。」婦人說：「求你聽婢女的話。」 約押 說：「我聽。」
18Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
18婦人說：「古時有話說，當先在 亞比拉 求問，然後事就定妥。
19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
19我們這城的人在 以色列 人中是和平、忠厚的。你為何要毀壞 以色列 中的大城，吞滅耶和華的產業呢？」
20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20約押 回答說：「我決不吞滅毀壞，
21The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
21乃因 以法蓮 山地的一個人－ 比基利 的兒子 示巴 －舉手攻擊 大衛 王，你們若將他一人交出來，我便離城而去。」婦人對 約押 說：「那人的首級必從城牆上丟給你。」
22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
22婦人就憑她的智慧去勸眾人。他們便割下 比基利 的兒子 示巴 的首級，丟給 約押 。 約押 吹角，眾人就離城而散，各歸各家去了。 約押 回 耶路撒冷 ，到王那裏。
23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
23約押 作 以色列 全軍的元帥； 耶何耶大 的兒子 比拿雅 統轄 基利提 人和 比利提 人；
24Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
24亞多蘭 掌管服苦的人； 亞希律 的兒子 約沙法 作史官；
25Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
25示法 作書記； 撒督 和 亞比亞他 作祭司 長 ；
26and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
26睚珥 人 以拉 作 大衛 的宰相。
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