撒母耳記下 12
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 Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;
2 富的有很多牛羊；
The rich hath flocks and herds very many;
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 the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as 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 there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto 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 the anger of David burneth against the man exceedingly, and he saith unto Nathan, 'Jehovah liveth, surely a son of death [is] the man who is doing 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 doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no 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 Nathan saith unto David, 'Thou [art] the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of 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 give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such [things].
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。
'Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-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 now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for 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 said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun;
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 thou hast done [it] in secret, and I do this thing 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 David saith unto Nathan, 'I have sinned against Jehovah.' And Nathan saith unto David, 'Also — Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not 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」。
only, because thou hast caused the enemies of Jehovah greatly to despise by this thing, also the son who is born to thee doth surely 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 Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;
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 David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.
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 the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;
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 cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, 'Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? — then he hath done evil.'
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 David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, 'Is the lad dead?' and they say, 'Dead.'
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 David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint [himself], and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth.
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 his servants say unto him, 'What [is] this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.'
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 saith, 'While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? — Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;
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 hath died, why [is] this — I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto 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 David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath 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 sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.
26 那時，約阿布正攻打阿孟子民的辣巴，佔據了水城。
And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
27 約阿布就派使者到達味那裏說：「攻打辣巴，已佔了水城；
and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, 'I have fought against Rabbah — also I have captured the city of 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 now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.'
29 達味遂召集了所有的軍隊，開到辣巴，攻取了那城。
And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth 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 taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight [is] a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much;
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 who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brick-kiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon; and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.
