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 in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
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。」
In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
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 responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made 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 was king for 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。
Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.
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。」
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here.
7 但是達味卻佔領了熙雍山堡，即達味城。
But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town 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! 」
And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.
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 the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.
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, the God of armies, 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。
And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.
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 saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because 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。
And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.
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 those whose birth took place in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon
15 依貝哈爾、厄里叔亞、乃費格、雅非亞、
And Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia
16 厄里沙瑪、厄肋雅達和厄里培肋特。
And Elishama and 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。
And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.
18 培肋舍特人來到後，散布在勒法因平原內。
And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction 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。」
And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.
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。
And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named 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。
And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.
22 培肋舍特人又上來，散布在勒法因平原內。
And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction 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。
And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front; but make a circle round them from the back and come on them opposite the spice-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。」
Then at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go forward quickly, for the Lord has gone out before you to overcome the army 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。
And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.
