撒母耳記下 5
1 以色列各支派聚集到赫貝龍，來見達味說：「看，我們都是你的骨肉。
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
2 以前，連撒烏耳當我們的君王時，也是你率領以色列出入征討；上主曾對你說過：你應牧養我的百姓以色列，作以色列的領袖。」
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.’”
3 隨後，以色列所有的長老都到赫貝龍來見君王，達味君王就在赫貝龍，當上主的面同他們立了盟約；他們便給達味傅油，立他為以色列王。
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.
4 達味登極時已三十歲，做王四十年；
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
5 在赫貝龍做猶大王，七年零六個月；在耶路撒冷做全以色列和猶大王三十三年。
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
6 以後，達味和他的人向耶路撒冷進發，攻打住在那地方的耶步斯人，有人告訴達味說：「你決攻不進去，因為瞎眼瘸腿的也會把你趕走。」這是說：「達味決攻不進去。」
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.”
7 但是達味卻佔領了熙雍山堡，即達味城。
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
8 那日達味宣佈說：「凡攻打耶步斯人，從水道首先到達味所惱恨的那些瘸腿瞎眼的人那裏的，他要升為軍長和元帥。」責魯雅的兒子約阿布首先上去了，因而成了元帥。但為此有句俗語說：「有瞎眼瘸腿的在此，人是進不去的! 」
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.”
9 達味住在那山堡內，稱之為達味城。達味又從米羅往裏，四周加建了城牆。
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.
10 達味日漸強盛，上主萬軍的天主與他同在。
And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
11 提洛王希蘭派使臣來見達味，給他送來了香柏木，派來了木匠石匠，為他建造宮室。
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
12 那時，達味知道上主已堅定他為以色列王，並為了自己的百姓以色列，提高了他的王位。
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.
13 達味從赫貝龍遷來以後，在耶路撒冷又娶了妻妾，生了一些子女。
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
14 他在耶路撒冷所生兒子的名字如下：沙慕亞、芍巴布、納堂、撒羅滿、
These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 依貝哈爾、厄里叔亞、乃費格、雅非亞、
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 厄里沙瑪、厄肋雅達和厄里培肋特。
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17 培肋舍特人聽說：達味受傅作了以色列王，遂都上來向達味尋釁；達味一聽說，便下到堡壘中。
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.
18 培肋舍特人來到後，散布在勒法因平原內。
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
19 那時達味求問上主說：「我可以上去攻打培肋舍特人嗎﹖你將他們交在我手中嗎﹖」上主回答達味說：「你上去，我必將培肋舍特人交在你手中。」
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
20 達味於是來到巴耳培辣親，在那裏擊敗了他們。達味因此說：「上主使我的敵人在我面前崩潰，如水破堤。」為此，後人稱這地方為巴耳培辣親。
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.
21 培肋舍特人把自己的神像都遺棄在那裏，達味和他的人便將這些神像都帶走了。
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
22 培肋舍特人又上來，散布在勒法因平原內。
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
23 達味又求問上主，上主說：「不要上去，但要繞到他們後方，從桑林那邊抄他們的後路。
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.
24 當你聽到桑樹梢上有腳步聲時，你就趕快行動，因為那時正是上主在你前面出擊培肋舍特人的軍隊。」
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 marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
25 達味就照上主所命的行了，擊殺培肋舍特人，從基貝紅直到革則爾。
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
