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1 於是上主打發納堂先知去見達味;他一來到他跟前,就對他說:「在一座城裡有兩個人,一富一貧;
And he sent Yahweh Nathan to David and he came to him and he said to him two men they were in a city one one [was] rich and one [was] poor.
To [the] rich [man] it belonged flock[s] and herd[s] many very.
3 貧的,除一隻小母羊外,什麼也沒有。這隻小母羊是他買來餵養的,在他和他兒女身邊長大,吃他自己的食物,喝他自己杯中的飲料,睡在他的懷裡,帶他如同自己的女兒一樣。
And [belonged] to the poor [man] not anything that except a ewe-lamb one small which he had acquired and he nourished it and it grew up with him and with children his together from morsel his it ate and from cup his it drank and in bosom his it lay down and it was to him like a daughter.
4 有一個客人,來到富人那裡,他捨不得拿自己的牛羊,款待那來到他這裡的旅客,卻取了那貧窮人的母羊,來款待那到他這裡來的人。」
And he came a traveler to [the] man rich and he spared to take one of own sheep his and one of own cattle his to prepare for the traveler who had come to him and he took [the] ewe-lamb of the man poor and he prepared it for the man who had come to him.
5 達味對這人大發憤怒,向納堂說:「上主永在! 做這事的人該死!
And it burned [the] anger of David on the man exceedingly and he said to Nathan [by] [the] life of Yahweh for [is] a son of death the man who did this.
6 並且,因為他這樣行事,捨不得自己的牛羊,他應七倍償還」。
And the ewe-lamb he will restore fourfold consequence that he did the thing this and on that not he showed pity.
7 約納堂對達味說:「這人就是你! 以色列的天主上主這樣說:是我給你傅油,立你作以色列的君王,是我由撒烏耳手中將你救出,
And he said Nathan to David you [are] the man thus he says Yahweh [the] God of Israel I I anointed you to king over Israel and I I delivered you from [the] hand of Saul.
8 是我將你主人的家室賜給你;我把你主人的妻妾放在你懷裏,把以色列和猶大的家族也賜給了你;若還以為太少,我願再給你這樣那樣的恩惠。
And I gave! to you [the] house of master your and [the] wives of master your in bosom your and I gave! to you [the] house of Israel and Judah and if little and I will add to you like those and like those.
9 你為什麼輕視上主,作出衪眼中視為邪惡的事,借刀殺了赫特人烏黎雅,為佔取他的妻子,據為己有﹖你借阿孟子民的刀殺了烏黎雅。
Why? have you despised - [the] word of Yahweh by doing the evil (in eyes my *Q(K)*) Uriah the Hittite you struck down with the sword and wife his you took for yourself to a wife and him you killed with [the] sword of [the] people of Ammon.
10 從此刀劍永不離開你家! 因為你輕視了我,佔取了赫特的妻子,據為己有。
And therefore not it will depart [the] sword from house your until perpetuity consequence for you despised me and you took [the] wife of Uriah the Hittite to become of you a wife.
11 上主這樣說:看,我要由自己的家裏激起災禍反對你,我要當你的眼前拿你的妻妾給與你的近人,他要在光天化日之下與你的妻妾同寢。
Thus - he says Yahweh here I [am] about to raise up on you calamity from own house your and I will take wives your to eyes your and I will give [them] to neighbor your and he will lie with wives your to [the] eyes of the sun this.
12 你暗中行的事,我卻要叫這事在眾以色列前和太陽下進行」。
For you you acted in secret and I I will do the thing this before all Israel and before the sun.
13 達味對約納堂說:「我得罪了上主! 」約納堂對達味說:「上主已赦免了你的罪惡,你不致於死;
And he said David to Nathan I have sinned to Yahweh. And he said Nathan to David also Yahweh he has taken away sin your not you will die.
14 但是你在這事上蔑視了上主,給你生的那個孩子,必要死去」。
Nevertheless for indeed you have declared contemptible [the] enemies of Yahweh by the thing this also the son born to you certainly he will die.
15 以後,約納堂就回家去了。上主打擊了烏黎雅給達味所生的孩子,使他患病甚重。
And he went Nathan to house his and he struck Yahweh the child whom she had borne [the] wife of Uriah to David and he was sick.
16 達味就為孩子懇求天主,並且禁食,進入房內,穿著苦衣躺在地上過夜。
And he sought David God for the lad and he fasted David a fast and he went and he passed [the] night and he lay (in the sackcloth *X*) [the] ground towards.
17 皇室的長老到他前,要將他從地上扶起來,他卻不願意,也不與他們一起吃飯。
And they stood [the] elders of house his with him to raise him from the ground and not he was willing and not he ate with them food.
18 到了第七天,孩子竟然死了。達味的臣僕怕告訴他孩子死了,因為他們說:「孩子活著的時候,我們勸他,他還不聽我們的話;我們若告訴他孩子死了,豈不是更使他痛苦﹖」
And it was on the day seventh and he died the child and they were afraid [the] servants of David to tell to him - that he had died the child for they said here! when was the child alive we spoke to him and not he listened to voice our and how? will we say to him he has died the child and he will do harm.
19 達味見自己的臣僕低聲耳語,就曉得孩子死了,便問臣僕說:「孩子死了嗎﹖」他們答說:「死了! 」
And he saw David that servants his [were] whispering to one another and he understood David that he had died the child and he said David to servants his ¿ has he died the child and they said he has died.
20 達味就由地上起來,沐浴、抹油、更衣,進了上主的庭院朝拜了;然後回到家裏,叫人給他擺上飯來,他就吃了。
And he arose David from the ground and he bathed and he anointed himself and he changed (garments his *Q(K)*) and he went [the] house of Yahweh and he bowed down and he went to own house his and he asked and they set for him food and he ate.
21 他的臣僕對他說:「你這是作的什麼事。孩子著,你為他禁食哀哭;孩子死了你反而起來吃飯」。
And they said servants his to him what? [is] the thing this which you have done for sake of the child [was] alive you fasted and you wept and just when he died the child you arose and you ate food.
22 他答說:「孩子活著,我禁食悲哭,因為我想:也許上主會可憐我,使孩子生存,有誰知道﹖
And he said while still the child [was] alive I fasted and I wept for I said who? [is] knowing (and he will show favor to me *Q(K)*) Yahweh and he will live the child.
23 如今,他死了,我為什麼還要禁食﹖難道我能叫他回來﹖是我要到他那裏去,他不會回到我這裏來了! 」
And now - he has died why? this [am] I fasting ¿ am I able to bring back him again I [am] going to him and he not he will return to me.
24 事後,達味安慰了妻子巴特舍巴,再走近她,與她同寢;她又生了一個兒子,給他起名叫撒羅滿;上主也喜愛他,
And he comforted David Bath-sheba wife his and he went into her and he lay with her and she bore a son (and she called *Q(K)*) name his Solomon and Yahweh he loved him.
25 派了先知約納堂去,代替上主給他起了個別號,叫耶狄狄雅。
And he sent by [the] hand of Nathan the prophet and he called name his Jedidiah for sake of Yahweh.
26 那時,約阿布正攻打阿孟子民的辣巴,佔據了水城。
And he fought Joab against Rabbah of [the] people of Ammon and he captured [the] city of royalty.
27 約阿布就派使者到達味那裏說:「攻打辣巴,已佔了水城;
And he sent Joab messengers to David and he said I have fought against Rabbah also I have captured [the] city of the waters.
28 如今你快調集其餘的軍隊來圍攻,佔領這座城市,免得我攻下了,人拿我的名字作城名」。
And therefore gather [the] rest of the people and encamp on the city and capture it lest I should take I the city and it will be called name my on it.
29 達味遂召集了所有的軍隊,開到辣巴,攻取了那城。
And he gathered David all the people and he went Rabbah towards and he fought against it and he captured it.
30 達味從米耳公神的頭上,取下了那重一「塔冷通」的金冠來,上面嵌有一塊寶石,達味將這寶石戴在自己頭上,並由城中運走了大批勝利品。
And he took [the] crown of king their from on head his and weight its [was] a talent of gold and a stone precious and it was on [the] head of David and [the] plunder of the city he brought out much very.
31 至於城內的居民,根將他們帶走,叫他們拉鋸、操斧、劈石、做磚;達味對待阿孟子民所有的城市都是如此。然後率領自己的軍隊回了耶路撒冷。
And the people which [was] in it he brought out and he set [them] at the saws and at [the] picks of iron and at [the] axes of iron and he caused to pass them (in the brick mold[s] *Q(K)*) and thus he did to all [the] cities of [the] people of Ammon and he returned David and all the people Jerusalem.