2 Samuel 5

1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

1 以色列各支派都来希伯仑见大卫，对他说：“看啊，我们是你的骨肉同胞。

2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

2 从前扫罗做王的时候，率领以色列人出征打仗的是你，耶和华也曾应许让你做祂以色列子民的牧者和首领。”

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

3 以色列的长老都到希伯仑见大卫王，大卫与他们在耶和华面前立约，他们膏立大卫做以色列的王。

4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

4 大卫三十岁登基，执政共四十年。

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

5 他在希伯仑统治犹大七年半，在耶路撒冷统治以色列和犹大三十三年。

6 Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

6 大卫率领军队来到耶路撒冷，要攻打那里的耶布斯人。耶布斯人对大卫说：“你攻不进来，就连我们这里瞎眼的和瘸腿的都可以把你赶走。”他们以为大卫攻不进去。

7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

7 然而，大卫攻取了锡安的堡垒，即后来的大卫城。

8 On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

8 那天，大卫下令军队从地下水道爬进城去，攻打那些“瞎眼的和瘸腿的”，他憎恶这些耶布斯人。后来便有一句俗语：“瞎眼的和瘸腿的不得进殿！”

9 So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

9 大卫住在锡安的堡垒里，并称之为大卫城，他又从米罗向内兴建环城围墙。

10 And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

10 大卫日渐强盛，因为万军之上帝耶和华与他同在。

11 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

11 泰尔王希兰差遣使者带着香柏木、木匠和石匠去为大卫建造宫殿。

12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

12 那时，大卫知道耶和华已立他做以色列王，并因祂以色列子民的缘故而使他国家兴旺。

13 After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

13 大卫从希伯仑迁到耶路撒冷以后，又选立妃嫔，生了更多儿女。

14 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

14 他在耶路撒冷生的孩子有沙姆亚、朔罢、拿单、所罗门、

15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

15 益辖、以利书亚、尼斐、雅非亚、

16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

16 以利沙玛、以利雅大和以利法列。

17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

17 非利士人听说大卫已被膏立为以色列王，就全军出动，搜寻大卫。大卫听说后，便退到堡垒里。

18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

18 非利士人大军压境，散布在利乏音谷。

19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

19 大卫求问耶和华：“我可以去迎战非利士人吗？你会把他们交在我手里吗？”耶和华说：“去吧，我必把他们交在你手里。”

20 So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

20 大卫前往巴力·毗拉心，在那里打败了他们。他说：“耶和华像洪水决堤一样为我冲垮了仇敌。”因此那地方叫巴力·毗拉心 。

21 There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

21 大卫和他的军队带走了非利士人所丢弃的神像。

22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

22 后来非利士人又卷土重来，散布在利乏音谷。

23 So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

23 大卫又求问耶和华，耶和华说：“你不要正面出击，要绕到他们后面，从桑林对面攻打他们。

24 As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

24 当你听见桑树梢上响起脚步声时，就要快速进攻，因为那表示耶和华已在你前头去攻击非利士的军队了。”

25 So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

25 大卫遵命而行，打败非利士人，从迦巴一直杀到基色。