撒母耳记下 2
1 此后，大卫问耶和华说：“我上犹大的一个城去可以吗？”耶和华说：“可以。”大卫说：“我上哪一个城去呢？”耶和华说：“上希伯 去。”
And after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron.
2 于是大卫和他的两个妻—一个是耶斯列人亚希暖，一个是作过迦密人拿八妻的亚比该—都上那里去了。
So David went up, and his two wives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel:
3 大卫也将跟随他的人和他们各人的眷属一同带上去，住在希伯 的城邑中。
And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron.
4 犹大人来到希伯 ，在那里膏大卫作犹大家的王。 有人告诉大卫说：“葬埋扫罗的是基列·雅比人。”
And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David, that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul.
5 大卫就差人去见基列·雅比人，对他们说：“你们厚待你们的主—扫罗，将他葬埋。愿耶和华赐福与你们！
David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shewn this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him.
6 你们既行了这事，愿耶和华以慈爱诚实待你们，我也要为此厚待你们。
And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will, requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing.
7 现在你们的主—扫罗死了，犹大家已经膏我作他们的王，所以你们要刚强奋勇。”
Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king.
8 扫罗的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥，曾将扫罗的儿子伊施波设带过河，到玛哈念，
But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul’s army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp?
9 立他作王，治理基列、亚书利、耶斯列、以法莲、便雅悯，和以色列众人。
And made him king over Galaad, and, over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 扫罗的儿子伊施波设登基的时候年四十岁，作以色列王二年；惟独犹大家归从大卫。
Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over, Israel, and he reigned two years: and only the house of Juda followed David.
11 大卫在希伯 作犹大家的王，共七年零六个月。
And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months.
12 尼珥的儿子押尼珥和扫罗的儿子伊施波设的仆人从玛哈念出来，往基遍去。
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon.
13 洗鲁雅的儿子约押和大卫的仆人也出来，在基遍池旁与他们相遇；一班坐在池这边，一班坐在池那边。
And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Gabaon. And when they were come together, they sat down over against one another: the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side.
14 押尼珥对约押说：“让少年人起来，在我们面前戏耍吧！”约押说：“可以。”
And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.
15 就按着定数起来：属扫罗儿子伊施波设的便雅悯人过去十二名，大卫的仆人也过去十二名，
Then there arose and went over twelve in number of Benjamin, of the part of Isboseth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 彼此揪头，用刀刺肋，一同仆倒。所以，那地叫做希利甲·哈素林，就在基遍。
And every one catching his fellow, by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called: The field of the valiant, in Gabaon.
17 那日的战事凶猛，押尼珥和以色列人败在大卫的仆人面前。
And there was a very fierce battle that day: and Abner was put to flight, with the men of Israel, by the servants of David.
18 在那里有洗鲁雅的三个儿子：约押、亚比筛、亚撒黑。亚撒黑脚快如野鹿一般；
And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael: now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods.
19 亚撒黑追赶押尼珥，直追赶他不偏左右。
And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
20 押尼珥回头说：“你是亚撒黑吗？”回答说：“是。”
And Abner looked behind him, and said: Art thou Asael? And he answered: I am.
21 押尼珥对他说：“你或转向左转向右，拿住一个少年人，剥去他的战衣。”亚撒黑却不肯转开不追赶他。
And Abner said to him: Go to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take thee his spoils. But Asael would not leave off following him close.
22 押尼珥又对亚撒黑说：“你转开不追赶我吧！我何必杀你呢？若杀你，有什么脸见你哥哥约押呢？”
And again Abner said to Asael: Go off, and do not follow me, lest I be obliged to stab thee to the ground, and I shall not be able to hold up my face to Joab thy brother.
23 亚撒黑仍不肯转开。故此，押尼珥就用枪 刺入他的肚腹，甚至枪从背后透出，亚撒黑就在那里仆倒而死。众人赶到亚撒黑仆倒而死的地方，就都站住。
But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through, and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died stood still.
24 约押和亚比筛追赶押尼珥，日落的时候，到了通基遍旷野的路旁，基亚对面的亚玛山。
Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over against the valley by the way of the wilderness in Gabaon.
25 便雅悯人聚集，跟随押尼珥站在一个山顶上。
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together to Abner: and being joined in one body, they stood on the top of a hill.
26 押尼珥呼叫约押说：“刀剑岂可永远杀人吗？你岂不知终久必有苦楚吗？你要等何时才叫百姓回去、不追赶弟兄呢？”
And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren?
27 约押说：“我指着永生的 神起誓：你若不说戏耍的那句话，今日早晨百姓就回去，不追赶弟兄了。”
And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the people should have retired from pursuing after their brethren.
28 于是约押吹角，众民就站住，不再追赶以色列人，也不再打仗了。
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the army stood still, and did not pursue after Israel any farther, nor fight any more.
29 押尼珥和跟随他的人整夜经过亚拉巴，过约旦河，走过毕伦，到了玛哈念。
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plains: and they passed the Jordan, and having gone through all Beth-horon, came to the camp.
30 约押追赶押尼珥回来，聚集众民，见大卫的仆人中缺少了十九个人和亚撒黑。
And Joab returning, after he had left Abner, assembled all the people: and there were wanting of David’s servants nineteen men, beside Asael.
31 但大卫的仆人杀了便雅悯人和跟随押尼珥的人，共三百六十名。
But the servants of David had killed of Benjamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who all died.
32 众人将亚撒黑送到伯利恒，葬在他父亲的坟墓里。约押和跟随他的人走了一夜，天亮的时候到了希伯 。
And they took Asael, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father in Bethlehem, and Joab, and the men that were with him, marched all the night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
