2 Samuel 13

1 After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

1 后来，大卫的儿子暗嫩爱上了美丽的她玛，她玛是大卫的儿子押沙龙的妹妹。

2 Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

2 她仍是处女，住在深宫里，暗嫩无法接近她，相思成病。

3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

3 暗嫩有一个朋友名叫约拿达，是大卫长兄示米亚的儿子，生性狡猾。

4 and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

4 他问暗嫩：“王子，你为什么一天比一天消沉？能告诉我吗？”暗嫩答道：“我爱上了我兄弟押沙龙的妹妹她玛。”

5 Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

5 约拿达说：“你回去躺在床上装病，你父亲来探望你的时候，你就请求他叫你妹妹她玛来，在你面前预备食物，请她亲手递给你吃。”

6 So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

6 暗嫩就躺在床上装病。王来看他的时候，他便对王说：“请你叫我妹妹她玛来这里，在我面前做两个饼，请她亲自递给我吃。”

7 Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

7 大卫便派人进宫对她玛说：“你去你哥哥暗嫩房里为他预备食物吧。”

8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.

8 她玛到了哥哥暗嫩的家，暗嫩正躺在床上装病。她拿了面团在他面前揉面做饼，把饼烤熟了。

9 Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.

9 她拿着锅在他面前把饼倒出来，但暗嫩却不肯吃。暗嫩命令仆人：“你们全都出去吧！”仆人就都退下了。

10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.

10 暗嫩对她玛说：“你把食物拿到我的卧房来，亲手递给我吃。”她玛便拿着饼进了她哥哥暗嫩的卧房里，

11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”

11 上前给他吃，暗嫩却抓住她，说：“妹妹，与我同寝吧！”

12 “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

12 她玛说：“哥哥，不要，不要玷污我！在以色列不应当发生这种事，不要做这种恶事。

13 Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

13 你这样叫我怎么见人呢？你在以色列也必遭人唾弃。你可以请求王，他会同意把我许配给你。”

14 But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

14 暗嫩却充耳不闻，因为他力气比她玛大，就把她强奸了。

15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

15 事后暗嫩非常憎恨她玛，对她的恨比以前对她的爱还强烈。他对她玛说：“你起来走吧！”

16 “No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

16 她玛哀求道：“不要这样对我！你赶我走是更大的恶行。”暗嫩却不听，

17 Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

17 他吩咐随从：“把这女人赶出去，随后锁上门。”

18 So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.

18 他的随从就把她玛赶出去，随后锁上了门。那时，她玛穿着彩色的长衣，没有出嫁的公主都穿这种衣服。

19 And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.

19 她玛把灰尘撒在头上，撕破身上的彩衣，双手抱着头，一面走一面哭。

20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.

20 她的哥哥押沙龙问她：“是不是你哥哥暗嫩污辱了你？妹妹，不要声张，他是你哥哥，不要把这件事放在心上。”于是她玛就忧忧郁郁地住在押沙龙家里。

21 When King David heard all this, he was furious.

21 大卫王听见了这件事以后，非常生气。

22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

22 押沙龙好话坏话都没有对暗嫩说一句话，只是心里暗暗地恨他，因为他玷污了妹妹她玛。

23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

23 两年后，押沙龙的工人在以法莲附近的巴力·夏琐剪羊毛，押沙龙邀请王的众子去那里。

24 And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

24 他去见王，说：“工人正在为仆人剪羊毛，请王和众臣仆跟仆人一起去吧。”

25 “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.

25 王说：“我儿，我们不必都去打扰你。”押沙龙再三邀请，王还是推辞了，但他为押沙龙祝福。

26 “If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.

26 押沙龙说：“王若不去，请让我兄弟暗嫩跟我们去吧。”大卫说：“何必要他同去呢？”

27 But Absalom urged him, so the king sent Amnon and the rest of his sons.

27 但押沙龙再三恳求，王就让暗嫩和其他王子一同去了。

28 Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

28 押沙龙吩咐仆人说：“你们要留意，当暗嫩喝得正高兴的时候，我叫你们动手，你们就要杀他。不要害怕，要刚强勇敢！因为这是我的命令。”

29 So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.

29 押沙龙的仆人就照命令把暗嫩杀了。王的众子都起来骑上骡子逃走了。

30 While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”

30 他们还在路上的时候，有人禀告大卫说：“押沙龙把王子都杀了，无一幸免！”

31 Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

31 王便站起来撕裂衣服，躺在地上。众臣仆也都撕裂衣服，站在旁边。

32 But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

32 大卫的长兄示米亚的儿子约拿达说：“我主不要以为所有的王子都被杀了，其实只有暗嫩一人死了。自从暗嫩奸污押沙龙的妹妹她玛以来，押沙龙便决定要报仇了。

33 So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

33 所以，我主我王啊，不要相信这消息，不是所有的王子都死了，只有暗嫩一人死了。”

34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”

34 此时，押沙龙已经逃走了。守望的人举目瞭望，见有一大群人从西面山坡的路上下来。

35 So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”

35 约拿达对王说：“请看，王子们都回来了！正如仆人所言。”

36 And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

36 话刚说完，众王子已经来到他们跟前放声大哭，王和众臣仆也哀痛不已。

37 Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.

37–38 押沙龙逃到了亚米忽的儿子基述王达买那里，在那里住了三年。大卫王天天为他儿子暗嫩悲伤，

38 After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

39 And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

39 后来心情恢复平静，开始想念押沙龙。