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 came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold us, thy bone and thy flesh are we;
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。」
Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.
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。
Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king unto Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David as king over Israel.
4 達味登極時已三十歲，做王四十年；
Thirty years was David old when he became king, [and] forty years he reigned.
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 and 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。」
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; who said unto David, as followeth, Thou shalt not come in hither, except thou [first] remove away the blind and the lame: meaning, David cannot come in hither.
7 但是達味卻佔領了熙雍山堡，即達味城。
Nevertheless David captured the strong-hold of Zion; the same 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! 」
And David said on that day, Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, and reach the aqueduct and the lame and the blind, that are hateful to David's soul, —Wherefore people usually say, The blind and the lame shall 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。
And David dwelt in the fort, and he called it “The City of David.” And David built [it] round about from the Millo and inward.
10 達味日漸強盛，上主萬軍的天主與他同在。
And David went on, and became greater and greater, and the Lord the 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。
And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house 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 felt conscious that the Lord has established him as king over Israel, and that he 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。
And David took yet more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were born to David yet [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、
And these are the names of those that were born unto him 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 Yibchar, and Elishua', and Nepheg, and Yaphia',
16 厄里沙瑪、厄肋雅達和厄里培肋特。
And Elishama', and Elyada', 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。
But when the Philistines heard that the people had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went down to the strong-hold.
18 培肋舍特人來到後，散布在勒法因平原內。
The Philistines also came and spread themselves 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。」
And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy 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。
And David came to Ba'al-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken down my enemies before me, as a breach [is made by] water. Wherefore he called the name of that place Ba'al-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 they left behind there their idols, and David and his men burnt them.
22 培肋舍特人又上來，散布在勒法因平原內。
And the Philistines came up once again, and spread themselves 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。
And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry-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。」
And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of walking on the top of the mulberry-trees, that thou shalt then bestir thyself; for then will the Lord go out before thee, to smite in 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。
And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and he smote the Philistines from Geba' until thou comest to Gezer.
