2 Samuel 12

1 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

1 耶和华派拿单先知去见大卫。拿单对大卫说：“一座城里有两个人，一个富有，一个贫穷。

2 The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,

2 富人拥有许多牛羊，

3 but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

3 穷人除了自己买来养活的一只母羊羔外，什么也没有。他让它跟自己的儿女一起长大。他吃什么，羊也吃什么，他喝什么，羊也喝什么，甚至让它睡在自己怀里，就像他女儿一样。

4 Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

4 一天，富人家中来了客人，他舍不得拿自己的牛羊款待客人，却宰了穷人的羊给客人吃。”

5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

5 大卫听后非常愤怒，对拿单说：“我凭永活的耶和华起誓，做这事的人实在该死！

6 Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”

6 他这样做真是没有半点怜悯之心，他必须偿还那穷人四倍！”

7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

7 拿单对大卫说：“那人就是你！以色列的上帝耶和华这样说，‘我膏立你做以色列的王，从扫罗手中救你，

8 I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

8 将你主人的家业和妻妾交给你，把以色列和犹大的国权赐给你。倘若还不够，我会再加倍地赐给你。

9 Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

9 你为什么蔑视我的命令，做出我视为可憎的事呢？你借亚扪人的刀杀了赫人乌利亚，把他的妻子据为己有。

10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

10 因为你藐视我，把赫人乌利亚的妻子据为己有，从今以后，杀戮流血的事必永不离开你的家。’

11 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

11 耶和华说，‘我要在你家中降下灾祸，我要当着你的面把你的妻妾交给你的近臣，他必在光天化日之下与她们行淫。

12 You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

12 你在暗地里做这恶事，我要让这样的恶事当着以色列人的面在光天化日之下临到你。’”

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

13 大卫对拿单说：“我得罪了耶和华。”拿单说：“耶和华已经赦免了你的罪，使你不致死亡。

14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

14 但你做的丑事给了仇敌大肆亵渎耶和华的机会，所以你这个孩子必定死。”

15 After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

15 拿单说完，便回家去了。 耶和华击打乌利亚的妻子给大卫生的孩子，使他患重病。

16 David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

16 大卫为这孩子向上帝哀求，并且禁食，他进到里面，整夜躺在地上。

17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

17 宫里的老臣在旁边伺候，想要扶他起来，他却不肯，也不肯与他们一同吃饭。

18 On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”

18 到了第七日，孩子死了。大卫的臣仆都不敢把这消息告诉他，因为他们心里想：“孩子还活着的时候，我们劝他，他尚且不听，若告诉他孩子死了，他会怎样折磨自己呢？”

19 When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.

19 大卫看见他们交头接耳，知道孩子死了，便问他们：“孩子死了？”他们答道：“是的，他死了。”

20 Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

20 大卫听后，便从地上起来，沐浴更衣，抹上香膏，然后到耶和华的殿去敬拜。他回宫以后，吩咐人摆上食物，自己开始用膳。

21 “What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”

21 他的臣仆诧异地问他：“你这是什么意思？孩子还活着的时候，你禁食、哀哭。孩子死了，你反倒起来进食。”

22 David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

22 大卫说：“不错，孩子活着的时候我禁食、哀哭，因为我想也许耶和华会向我开恩，让他活命。

23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

23 但现在他既然死了，我禁食又有什么用呢？能让他起死回生吗？我必去他那里，他却不能返回我这里了。”

24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

24 大卫安慰妻子拔示巴，与她同房，她便生了一个儿子。大卫给孩子取名叫所罗门。耶和华喜爱这孩子，

25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

25 祂差遣拿单先知去赐给他一个名字，叫耶底底亚，意思是耶和华喜爱他。

26 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

26 那时，约押正攻打亚扪人的拉巴，占领了王城。

27 Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

27 他派使者去向大卫禀告说：“我攻打拉巴，已经占领了城的水源。

28 Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”

28 请你赶快带领其余的兵马前来围攻并占领这城，免得我攻取这城以后，人们用我的名字为这城命名。”

29 So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.

29 于是，大卫便召集了所有的人去攻打拉巴，攻陷了那城，

30 Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

30 夺取了亚扪王头上的金冠。这金冠重达三十四公斤，上面还镶着宝石，人们将它戴在大卫头上。大卫从城里获得许多战利品，

31 David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

31 又把城里的人带出来，让他们从事锯木、耕田、砍树的工作，还让他们制作砖。他用同样的方式对待亚扪其他城邑的居民。之后，大卫和全军返回耶路撒冷。