2 Samuel 21

1 During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

1 在大卫执政期间，连续有三年饥荒，大卫就求问耶和华。耶和华说：“发生这饥荒是因为扫罗一家人的血债，他们杀害了基遍人。”

2 At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

2 原来基遍人不是以色列人，他们是亚摩利人的遗民。以色列人曾起誓不伤害他们，但扫罗为以色列人和犹大人发热心，试图铲除基遍人。大卫就召来基遍人，

3 So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

3 问他们：“我可以为你们做些什么？我该怎样赎罪，你们才愿意祝福耶和华的子民 呢？”

4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.

4 基遍人答道：“金银不能解决我们和扫罗一家人的问题，我们也不想处死任何以色列人。”大卫说：“你们要我怎么办？”

5 And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

5 他们说：“扫罗曾试图灭绝我们，把我们从以色列境内铲除。

6 let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

6 请把他的七个子孙交给我们，我们好在耶和华面前把他们吊死在基比亚，就是耶和华选立扫罗的地方。”王说：“我必把他们交给你们。”

7 Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

7 大卫王因为与扫罗的儿子约拿单在耶和华面前起过誓，就没有把扫罗的孙子、约拿单的儿子米非波设交出来。

8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

8 他把爱亚的女儿利斯巴为扫罗所生的两个儿子亚摩尼、米非波设，以及扫罗女儿米拉为米何拉人巴西莱的儿子亚得列所生的五个儿子交给基遍人。

9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

9 基遍人在耶和华面前把他们七人吊死在山上。他们都一同死去，那时正好是收割大麦的时候。

10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

10 爱亚的女儿利斯巴取麻布为自己铺在磐石上。她白天不让飞鸟靠近，夜间不容野兽走近，从开始收割大麦，一直守到降下雨来。

11 When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,

11 大卫知道扫罗的嫔妃——爱亚的女儿利斯巴的事以后，

12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

12 就去基列·雅比人那里把扫罗和约拿单的骸骨运来。从前非利士人在基利波杀死扫罗和约拿单，把他们的尸体挂在伯·珊的广场，后来基列·雅比人把尸体偷走了。

13 So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

13 大卫运回扫罗和约拿单的骸骨，又收殓了扫罗那七个子孙的骸骨。

14 And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

14 众人按照大卫的吩咐，把扫罗和约拿单的骸骨埋葬在扫罗父亲基士的墓里，在便雅悯境内的洗拉。此后，上帝垂听了人们为国家的祷告。

15 Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.

15 非利士人又和以色列人交战，大卫亲自出征。在他十分疲倦的时候，

16 Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

16 一个名叫以实·比诺的巨人佩戴新刀，手拿三公斤半重的铜矛，冲上来要杀他。

17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

17 洗鲁雅的儿子亚比筛赶来救驾，杀死了非利士巨人。这事以后，大卫的部下向他起誓说：“你绝不可再跟我们一起出战，免得以色列的灯熄灭。”

18 Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.

18 后来，以色列人与非利士人在歌伯交战，户沙人西比该杀了另一个非利士巨人撒弗。

19 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

19 在歌伯与非利士人的另一次交战中，伯利恒人雅雷·俄珥金的儿子伊勒哈难杀了迦特人歌利亚。歌利亚的枪杆粗如织布机的轴。

20 And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,

20 在迦特的一次交战中，有一个非利士巨人每只手和脚各有六个手指和脚趾，共二十四个手指和脚趾。

21 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

21 他向以色列人骂阵，大卫的哥哥示米亚的儿子约拿单杀了他。

22 So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

22 这四个迦特巨人的后裔都死在大卫和他的部下手里。