2 Samuel 5
1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
以色列眾支派來到希伯崙見大衛，說：「我們原是你的骨肉。
2 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.
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。』」
3 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.
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。
4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,
大衛登基的時候年三十歲，在位四十年；
5 Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.
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。
6 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.
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。
7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
然而大衛攻取錫安的保障，就是大衛的城。
8 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.
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。」
9 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.
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。
10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.
大衛日見強盛，因為耶和華－萬軍之上帝與他同在。
11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.
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。
12 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.
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。
13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.
大衛離開希伯崙之後，在耶路撒冷又立后妃，又生兒女。
14 These are the names of those whose birth took place in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon
在耶路撒冷所生的兒子是沙母亞、朔罷、拿單、所羅門、
15 And Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia
益轄、以利書亞、尼斐、雅非亞、
16 And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.
以利沙瑪、以利雅大、以利法列。
17 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.
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。
18 And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
非利士人來了，布散在利乏音谷。
19 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.
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。」
20 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.
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。
21 And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.
非利士人將偶像撇在那裏，大衛和跟隨他的人拿去了。
22 And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
非利士人又上來，布散在利乏音谷。
23 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.
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。
24 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.
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。」
25 And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.
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。
