2 Samuel 15

1 Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

1 后来，押沙龙为自己备了车马，又派五十个人在他前面开道。

2 He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

2 他常常清早起来，站在城门的通道旁边。每当有人来找王审理争讼时，押沙龙便问他是从哪一座城来的，那人就会报上自己所属的支派。

3 Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

3 押沙龙会对他说：“你的申诉合情合理，可惜王没有派人来听你申诉。”

4 And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”

4 他接着会说：“要是我被立为国中的审判官就好了！那样，任何人有争讼都可以来找我，我一定会为他主持公道。”

5 Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

5 每当有人要向他叩拜，他都伸手扶他，亲吻他。

6 Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

6 押沙龙这样对待每一个来向王申诉的以色列人，赢得了民心。

7 After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

7 过了四年，押沙龙对王说：“请让我到希伯仑去还我向耶和华许下的愿吧。

8 For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”

8 仆人住在亚兰的基述时曾许愿，如果耶和华带领我回到耶路撒冷，我必在希伯仑敬拜祂。”

9 “Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.

9 王说：“你平安地去吧！”押沙龙就去了希伯仑。

10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

10 他派密使通知以色列各支派一听见号角的响声，便喊：“押沙龙在希伯仑做王了！”

11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.

11 有二百人应邀随同押沙龙一起从耶路撒冷去希伯仑，他们对内情一无所知。

12 While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

12 押沙龙献祭的时候，还派人去把大卫的谋士亚希多弗从他的故乡基罗请来。反叛的势力大增，拥护押沙龙的民众越来越多。

13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

13 有人来禀告大卫：“以色列的民心都归向押沙龙了。”

14 And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”

14 大卫便对在耶路撒冷跟随他的臣仆说：“我们赶快逃命吧！否则，我们都难逃押沙龙的追捕。我们要马上离开！免得他赶到残害我们，屠杀全城。”

15 The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

15 臣仆对王说：“臣等谨遵我主我王的决定。”

16 Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

16 于是王就带着全家逃命，只留下十个妃嫔看守宫殿。

17 So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

17 大卫王带着众民离开耶路撒冷，走到最后的那座房子时，停了下来。

18 and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

18 他的臣仆都从他身边过去了，包括基利提人、比利提人以及从迦特来的六百个随从。

19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

19 王问迦特人以太说：“你为什么要跟我们一起逃难呢？回去留在新王那里吧！你是流亡到这里的外族人。

20 In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”

20 你刚来不久，我怎么可以叫你跟我们一同四处飘流呢？我甚至不知道往何处去。你还是和你的弟兄回去吧，愿耶和华以慈爱和信实待你！”

21 But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

21 以太却答道：“我凭永活的耶和华和我主我王的性命起誓，不管我王去哪里，仆人都要誓死追随到底！”

22 “March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

22 大卫便对以太说：“那就继续前行吧！”于是，迦特人以太带着他的人及所有的家眷继续前行。

23 Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

23 众人离开时，当地的百姓都放声大哭。王带着所有的人过了汲沦溪，向旷野走去。

24 Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.

24 祭司撒督、亚比亚他和抬上帝约柜的利未人都来了，他们把约柜放下，让城里出来的人先走过去。

25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

25 王对撒督说：“你把上帝的约柜抬回城去吧。耶和华若恩待我，必使我重返家园，重见约柜和会幕；

26 But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

26 但我若使祂不悦，也甘愿听凭祂的处置。

27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.

27 你是个有先见之明的人，安心带着你的儿子亚希玛斯和亚比亚他的儿子约拿单回城吧。

28 See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

28 我会在旷野渡口那里等你们的消息。”

29 So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.

29 于是，撒督和亚比亚他便把上帝的约柜抬回耶路撒冷，留了下来。

30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

30 大卫蒙着头，赤着脚登上橄榄山，边走边哭，他的随从也蒙着头，哭着走上山。

31 Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

31 有人告诉大卫，亚希多弗也叛变，投奔了押沙龙，大卫就祷告说：“耶和华啊，求你使亚希多弗的谋算都变得愚不可及。”

32 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

32 大卫来到山顶敬拜上帝的地方，看见亚基人户筛撕破了衣服，头蒙灰尘前来迎接他。

33 David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

33 大卫对他说：“你跟我一同逃命，只会给我带来不便。

34 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

34 你若回到城中，告诉押沙龙你愿意做他的臣仆，就像以前做我的臣仆一样，就可以帮我破坏亚希多弗的计谋。

35 Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.

35 祭司撒督和亚比亚他都在那里，你在宫内听到什么消息就告诉他们。

36 Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”

36 撒督的儿子亚希玛斯和亚比亚他的儿子约拿单也在那里，你听到什么消息，可以派他们传信给我。”

37 So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.

37 于是，大卫的朋友户筛便回到城里。那时，押沙龙也进了耶路撒冷。