2 Samuel 17

1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

1 亚希多弗对押沙龙说：“请让我挑选一万二千人，今夜启程追赶大卫，

2 I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

2 趁他疲惫无力的时候袭击他，使他惊慌失措，他的随从必逃命。我只把王一个人杀掉，

3 and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

3 把他的部下全都带来归顺你。你寻索的人既然死了，跟随他的人必然会归顺你。这样，大家就平安无事了。”

4 This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

4 押沙龙和以色列的长老都赞成这个提议。

5 Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

5 押沙龙说：“召亚基人户筛进来，我们也听听他的意见。”

6 So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”

6 户筛来了，押沙龙就把亚希多弗的建议告诉他，问他：“我们应该照亚希多弗的提议去做吗？如果不可行，说说你的看法吧。”

7 Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

7 户筛答道：“亚希多弗这次的主意不好！

8 He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

8 你知道你父亲和他的部下，他们都是勇士，现在他们就像丢了熊崽的母熊一样凶猛。况且你父亲是个身经百战的人，他一定不会跟部下睡在一处。

9 Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

9 他现在可能藏在山洞或某个地方。要是他袭击我们的人马，听见的人会说押沙龙的军队惨败了。

10 Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

10 那时候，你手下的人再胆量过人，也会胆战心惊。因为全以色列都知道你父亲是英雄，他的部下都是勇士。

11 Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.

11 因此，我认为你应该把从但到别示巴的那多如海沙的以色列人都聚集起来，然后你亲自率领他们出征。

12 Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

12 这样不管在哪里找到大卫，我们就像露水一样铺天盖地地袭击他，让他全军覆没。

13 If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”

13 如果大卫退进一座城里，我们以色列全军就拿绳索把那城拉到河谷，连一块石头都不留。”

14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

14 押沙龙和以色列众人都说：“亚基人户筛的主意比亚希多弗的好！”其实是耶和华决定破坏亚希多弗的巧计，好把灾祸降在押沙龙身上。

15 So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

15 户筛把亚希多弗和自己为押沙龙及以色列长老所提的建议告诉祭司撒督和亚比亚他，

16 Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

16 并说：“你们现在快派人去通知大卫，告诉他今晚不可在旷野的渡口过夜，务必要渡过约旦河，免得他和随从全军覆没。”

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.

17 当时，约拿单和亚希玛斯待在隐·罗结，不敢进城，怕被人看见。有一个婢女从城中出来给他们报信，他们便去通知大卫王。

18 But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

18 不料，有一个少年发现了他们，就去告诉押沙龙。他们二人急忙逃走，来到巴户琳的一户人家，藏到那家院子里的一口井内，

19 Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

19 那家的妇人用盖子盖上井口，然后在上面撒了一些麦子，没有人知道这件事。

20 When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

20 押沙龙的部下来到妇人家查问约拿单和亚希玛斯的下落，妇人说他们已经过河了。押沙龙的部下就去搜索，结果一无所获，就返回耶路撒冷。

21 After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

21 押沙龙的部下离开后，约拿单和亚希玛斯便从井里爬出来，去向大卫王报信，把亚希多弗的计谋告诉他，请他赶快渡过约旦河。

22 So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.

22 大卫王和部下就动身过约旦河，在黎明之前，所有的人都过去了。

23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

23 亚希多弗见自己的提议不被接纳，便备上驴，启程回乡，安顿好家事以后，就自缢身亡了。他被安葬在他父亲的墓穴里。

24 Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

24 大卫来到玛哈念，押沙龙也率领以色列全军渡过了约旦河。

25 Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

25 押沙龙任命亚玛撒为元帅，代替约押的位置。亚玛撒是以实玛利人以特拉的儿子，他母亲是拿辖的女儿亚比该。亚比该与约押的母亲洗鲁雅是姊妹。

26 So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

26 押沙龙和以色列人在基列地区安营。

27 When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

27 大卫来到玛哈念后，得到亚扪族拉巴人拿辖的儿子朔比、罗·底巴人亚米利的儿子玛吉和基列的罗基琳人巴西莱的款待。

28 They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

28 他们带来被褥、碗盆、瓦器、小麦、大麦、面粉、炒麦、豆子、扁豆、

29 honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

29 蜂蜜、奶油、绵羊和奶酪，送给大卫和跟随他的人，因为他们想：“众人在旷野一定饥渴疲乏了。”