1 Kings 2

1 As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,

1 大卫临终时，叮嘱他儿子所罗门说：

2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.

2 “我要走世人都必走的那条路了。你要刚强，做大丈夫。

3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

3 你要遵从你的上帝耶和华的吩咐，遵行祂的道，照摩西的律法遵守上帝的律例、诫命、典章和法度。这样，你无论做什么、去哪里都必亨通，

4 and 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 耶和华必成就给我的应许，祂对我说，‘如果你的子孙谨慎自守，全心全意地在我面前尽忠，你的以色列王朝必世代相传。’

5 Moreover, 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 “你知道洗鲁雅的儿子约押怎样对我，他杀了以色列的两名元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥和益帖的儿子亚玛撒。他在太平的时候把他们当作战场的敌手杀害，腰带和鞋上沾满了他们的血。

6 So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

6 你要用智慧处置他，不可让他安享天年。

7 But 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 “你要恩待基列人巴西莱的众子，让他们成为你的座上宾，因为我逃避你哥哥押沙龙的时候，他们曾接待我。

8 Keep 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 “别放过巴户琳的便雅悯人基拉的儿子示每。我逃亡到玛哈念的时候，他曾用恶毒的话咒骂我。后来他到约旦河迎接我的时候，我曾凭耶和华起誓不杀他。

9 Now 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 但你不要放过他。你是个聪明人，知道该怎样处置他。你要让他白头落地，不得善终。”

10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

10 大卫与祖先同眠后，葬在大卫城。

11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

11 他统治以色列四十年，他在希伯仑执政七年，在耶路撒冷执政三十三年。

12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

12 所罗门继承大卫的王位，江山稳固。

13 Now 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 一天，哈及的儿子亚多尼雅来见所罗门的母亲拔示巴，拔示巴问他：“你是为平安而来吗？”亚多尼雅说：“是为平安而来。”

14 Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.

14 又说：“我有事禀告。”拔示巴说：“你说吧。”

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 亚多尼雅说：“你知道，王位本该是我的，整个以色列原指望我做王。不料，王位归了我兄弟，因为这是上帝的旨意。

16 So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.

16 现在我有一个请求，请你不要推辞。”拔示巴说：“你说吧。”

17 Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

17 他说：“请你求所罗门王将那书念女子雅比莎赐我为妻，他不会拒绝你。”

18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”

18 拔示巴说：“好吧，我会为你向王请求。”

19 So 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 拔示巴就为亚多尼雅的事去见所罗门王，王离座迎接，向她下拜，然后坐回位上，命人在自己右边为她摆设座位。

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 拔示巴说：“我有一件小事求你，请你不要推辞。”王说：“母亲请说，我必不推辞。”

21 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

21 拔示巴说：“请将书念女子雅比莎赐给你哥哥亚多尼雅为妻。”

22 King 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 所罗门王回答说：“为何只为亚多尼雅求书念女子雅比莎呢？你也为他求这国家吧！他是我哥哥，又有亚比亚他祭司和洗鲁雅的儿子约押支持。”

23 Then 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 所罗门王就凭耶和华起誓说：“亚多尼雅若不为他这样的要求付出性命，愿上帝重重地惩罚我。

24 And 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 耶和华让我稳稳地坐在父亲大卫的宝座上，照祂的应许为我建立了王朝，我凭永活的耶和华起誓，亚多尼雅今天必被处死。”

25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.

25 于是，所罗门王命令耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅杀死亚多尼雅。

26 Then 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 王对亚比亚他祭司说：“你回亚拿突的老家去吧。你本是该死的，但我念你在我父大卫面前抬过主耶和华的约柜，曾经与我父亲患难与共，才饶你一命。”

27 So 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 所罗门就罢免了亚比亚他的职位，不许他再做耶和华的祭司。这事应验了耶和华在示罗所说的有关以利家的预言。

28 When 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 约押虽然没有支持押沙龙，但却支持了亚多尼雅。他听见风声，就逃进圣幕，抓住祭坛的角。

29 It 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 有人把这消息告诉所罗门王，说约押已经逃进圣幕，躲在祭坛旁边。所罗门就派耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅去杀他。

30 And 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 比拿雅来到耶和华的圣幕，对约押说：“王吩咐你出来！”约押却回答说：“不，我要死在这里。”比拿雅回去禀告王。

31 And 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 王说：“你就照他的话成全他，埋葬他，把他滥杀无辜的罪从我和我父亲家清除。

32 The 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 耶和华要让他血债血还。因为他背着我父亲杀了两名比他良善正直的人，即尼珥的儿子以色列元帅押尼珥和益帖的儿子犹大元帅亚玛撒。

33 Their 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 所以，杀这二人的血债必永远归到约押和他后代身上。愿耶和华的平安永远伴随大卫和他的后代、他的家、他的王位。”

34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

34 耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅就去把约押杀死，葬在旷野约押自己的墓地。

35 And 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 王委派耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅替代约押为元帅，命撒督祭司代替亚比亚他。

36 Then 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 王又派人将示每召来，对他说：“你要在耶路撒冷建屋居住，不得出城去其他地方。

37 On 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 你哪天越过汲沦溪，哪天必死无疑，你的死是咎由自取。”

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 示每说：“好，仆人必照我主我王说的做。”示每就一直住在耶路撒冷。

39 After 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 过了三年，示每的两个仆人逃到迦特王玛迦的儿子亚吉那里。示每知道后，

40 So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.

40 就备上驴到迦特的亚吉那里找他的仆人，并把他们带了回来。

41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,

41 所罗门听说示每从耶路撒冷前往迦特，已经返回，

42 the 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 就派人召来示每，问道：“我不是叫你凭耶和华起誓不离开耶路撒冷吗？我警告过你，你哪天离开这里，哪天必死无疑。当时你也同意。

43 So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

43 现在你为何不守你向耶和华起的誓，不遵行我的命令？”

44 The 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 王又说：“你以前如何恶待我父大卫，你自己心里明白，现在耶和华要追究你的罪行了。

45 But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”

45 但所罗门王必蒙祝福，大卫的王位必在耶和华面前必永远稳固。”

46 Then 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 于是，王命令耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅杀死示每。这样所罗门的江山得以稳固。