撒母耳記下 5
1 以色列眾支派來到希伯崙見大衛，說：「我們原是你的骨肉。
And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, 'Lo, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh;
2 從前掃羅作我們王的時候，率領以色列人出入的是你；耶和華也曾應許你說：『你必牧養我的民以色列，作以色列的君。』」
also heretofore, in Saul's being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.'
3 於是以色列的長老都來到希伯崙見大衛王，大衛在希伯崙耶和華面前與他們立約，他們就膏大衛作以色列的王。
And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel.
4 大衛登基的時候年三十歲，在位四十年；
A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;
5 在希伯崙作猶大王七年零六個月，在耶路撒冷作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 大衛和跟隨他的人到了耶路撒冷，要攻打住那地方的耶布斯人。耶布斯人對大衛說：「你若不趕出瞎子、瘸子，必不能進這地方」；心裏想大衛決不能進去。
And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, 'Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;' saying, 'David doth not come in hither.'
7 然而大衛攻取錫安的保障，就是大衛的城。
And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David.
8 當日，大衛說：「誰攻打耶布斯人，當上水溝攻打我心裏所恨惡的瘸子、瞎子。」從此有俗語說：「在那裏有瞎子、瘸子，他不能進屋去。」
And David saith on that day, 'Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind — the hated of David's soul,' — because the blind and lame say, 'He doth not come into the house.'
9 大衛住在保障裏，給保障起名叫大衛城。大衛又從米羅以裏，周圍築牆。
And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it — City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,
10 大衛日見強盛，因為耶和華－萬軍之上帝與他同在。
and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with him.
11 泰爾王希蘭將香柏木運到大衛那裏，又差遣使者和木匠、石匠給大衛建造宮殿。
And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,
12 大衛就知道耶和華堅立他作以色列王，又為自己的民以色列使他的國興旺。
and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.
13 大衛離開希伯崙之後，在耶路撒冷又立后妃，又生兒女。
And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.
14 在耶路撒冷所生的兒子是沙母亞、朔罷、拿單、所羅門、
And these [are] the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15 益轄、以利書亞、尼斐、雅非亞、
and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 以利沙瑪、以利雅大、以利法列。
and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
17 非利士人聽見人膏大衛作以色列王，非利士眾人就上來尋索大衛；大衛聽見，就下到保障。
And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress,
18 非利士人來了，布散在利乏音谷。
and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
19 大衛求問耶和華說：「我可以上去攻打非利士人嗎？你將他們交在我手裏嗎？」耶和華說：「你可以上去，我必將非利士人交在你手裏。」
And David asketh of Jehovah, saying, 'Do I go up unto the Philistines? dost Thou give them into my hand?' And Jehovah saith unto David, 'Go up, for I certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.'
20 大衛來到巴力‧毗拉心，在那裏擊殺非利士人，說：「耶和華在我面前沖破敵人，如同水沖去一般。」因此稱那地方為巴力‧毗拉心。
And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, 'Jehovah hath broken forth [on] mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;' therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
21 非利士人將偶像撇在那裏，大衛和跟隨他的人拿去了。
And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.
22 非利士人又上來，布散在利乏音谷。
And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,
23 大衛求問耶和華；耶和華說：「不要一直地上去，要轉到他們後頭，從桑林對面攻打他們。
and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, 'Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,
24 你聽見桑樹梢上有腳步的聲音，就要急速前去，因為那時耶和華已經在你前頭去攻打非利士人的軍隊。」
and it cometh to pass, in thy hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then thou dost move sharply, for then hath Jehovah gone out before thee to smite in the camp of the Philistines.'
25 大衛就遵着耶和華所吩咐的去行，攻打非利士人，從迦巴直到基色。
And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.
