2 Samuel 20

1 Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

1 有一个无赖名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子，当时刚好在吉甲。他吹响号角，大喊：“我们与大卫毫无关系，耶西儿子的产业没有我们的份。以色列人啊，各自回家去吧！”

2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

2 于是，以色列人都离开了大卫，跟随了比基利的儿子示巴。但犹大人仍然紧紧跟随他们的王，从约旦河一直来到耶路撒冷。

3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

3 大卫回到耶路撒冷的宫里，把从前留下来看守王宫的十个妃嫔关进冷宫，供养她们，却不再和她们同房。她们像寡妇一样在软禁中度过余生。

4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

4 王对亚玛撒说：“你要在三天内招聚犹大人，跟他们一起来见我。”

5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

5 亚玛撒就去招聚犹大人，但他超过了王所定的期限。

6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

6 大卫对亚比筛说：“现在比基利的儿子示巴给我们带来的危害恐怕比押沙龙还要大。你带领我的部下去捉拿他，免得他占据了坚固的城池，得以逃脱。”

7 So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.

7 于是，约押的部下和基利提人、比利提人，以及所有的勇士都跟随亚比筛离开耶路撒冷，去追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

8 And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

8 他们来到基遍的巨石旁，见亚玛撒迎面而来。约押当时身穿战袍，腰间佩刀，他迎上去的时候，刀从鞘中滑落出来。

9 “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

9 约押对亚玛撒说：“兄弟，你好吗？”他用右手抓住亚玛撒的胡子，亲吻他。

10 Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

10 亚玛撒毫无防备，被约押一刀刺入肚子，肚破肠流而死。然后，约押和他兄弟亚比筛继续追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

11 One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

11 约押的一个部下站在亚玛撒的尸体旁边说：“拥护约押和大卫的人来跟随约押吧！”

12 But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.

12 亚玛撒的尸体倒在路中间的血泊中。那人见众人驻足围观，便把尸体从路上拖到田里，扔了一件衣服盖上。

13 As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

13 尸体搬走以后，众人都跟随约押去追比基利的儿子示巴。

14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.

14 示巴走遍以色列各支派，一直到伯·玛迦的亚比拉城。他的本族比利人都聚集起来跟随他。

15 And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

15 约押率大军来到伯·玛迦，把示巴围困在亚比拉城内，他们修筑攻城的高台，撞击城墙，要摧毁它。

16 a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

16 有一个聪明的妇人从城上喊：“请听我说！请听我说！请约押到这边来，我有话要对他说。”

17 When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

17 约押就走上前去，那妇人问道：“你是约押吗？”约押答道：“我就是。”妇人说：“请听婢女说几句。”约押说：“你说吧！”

18 Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

18 妇人说：“古时候人们常说，‘有事到亚比拉去请教，问题都会解决。’

19 I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

19 我们这座城的人在以色列素来热爱和平、忠心耿耿，你却要毁灭这座大城。你为什么要吞掉耶和华的产业？”

20 “Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

20 约押答道：“我根本不想吞掉或毁灭这城。

21 That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

21 事情不是这样。以法莲山区比基利的儿子示巴背叛大卫王，你们只要把他交出来，我就撤退。”那妇人说：“我们一定把他的首级从城上抛下来给你。”

22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

22 妇人把自己的良策告诉众人，他们便把比基利的儿子示巴的头割下来，抛给约押。约押就吹响号角令军队各自回家，自己回耶路撒冷见王。

23 Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

23 约押负责统率以色列全军；耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅统管基利提人和比利提人；

24 Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

24 亚多兰管理服劳役的；亚希律的儿子约沙法做史官；

25 Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

25 示法做书记；撒督和亚比亚他做祭司；

26 and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.

26 雅珥人以拉做大卫的祭司。