2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,
洗鲁雅的儿子约押，知道王心里想念押沙龙，
2 so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.
就打发人往提哥亚去，从那里叫了一个聪明的妇人来，对她说：“请你假装居丧的，穿上孝衣，不要用膏抹身，要装作为死者许久悲哀的妇人；
3 And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.
进去见王，对王如此如此说。”于是约押将当说的话教导了妇人。
4 And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”
提哥亚妇人到王面前，伏地叩拜，说：“王啊，求你拯救！”
5 And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.
王问她说：“你有什么事呢？”回答说：“婢女实在是寡妇，我丈夫死了。
6 And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.
我有两个儿子，一日在田间争斗，没有人解劝，这个就打死那个。
7 And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”
现在全家的人都起来攻击婢女，说：‘你将那打死兄弟的交出来，我们好治死他，偿他打死兄弟的命，灭绝那承受家业的。’这样，他们要将我剩下的炭火灭尽，不与我丈夫留名留后在世上。”
8 And the king said to the woman, “Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf.”
王对妇人说：“你回家去吧！我必为你下令。”
9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: “May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent.”
提哥亚妇人又对王说：“我主我王，愿这罪归我和我父家，与王和王的位无干。”
10 And the king said, “Whoever will contradict you, bring him to me, and he will never touch you again.”
王说：“凡难为你的，你就带他到我这里来，他必不再搅扰你。”
11 And she said, “Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground.”
妇人说：“愿王记念耶和华—你的 神，不许报血仇的人施行灭绝，恐怕他们灭绝我的儿子。”王说：“我指着永生的耶和华起誓：你的儿子连一根头发也不致落在地上。”
12 Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”
妇人说：“求我主我王容婢女再说一句话。”王说：“你说吧！”
13 And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?
妇人说：“王为何也起意要害 神的民呢？王不使那逃亡的人回来，王的这话就是自证己错了！
14 We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
我们都是必死的，如同水泼在地上，不能收回。 神并不夺取人的性命，乃设法使逃亡的人不致成为赶出、回不来的。
15 Therefore, now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, in the presence of the people. And your handmaid said: I will speak to the king, for perhaps there may be some way for the king to accomplish the word of his handmaid.
我来将这话告诉我主我王，是因百姓使我惧怕。婢女想，不如将这话告诉王，或者王成就婢女所求的。
16 And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God.
人要将我和我儿子从 神的地业上一同除灭，王必应允救我脱离他的手。
17 Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you.”
婢女又想，我主我王的话必安慰我；因为我主我王能辨别是非，如同 神的使者一样。惟愿耶和华—你的 神与你同在！”
18 And in response, the king said to the woman, “You shall not conceal from me a word of what I ask you.” And the woman said to him, “Speak, my lord the king.”
王对妇人说：“我要问你一句话，你一点不要瞒我。”妇人说：“愿我主我王说。”
19 And the king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said: “By the welfare of your soul, my lord the king, it is neither to the left, nor to the right, in all these things that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab himself instructed me, and he himself placed all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
王说：“你这些话莫非是约押的主意吗？”妇人说：“我敢在我主我王面前起誓：王的话正对，不偏左右，是王的仆人约押吩咐我的，这些话是他教导我的。
20 Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth.”
王的仆人约押如此行，为要挽回这事。我主的智慧却如 神使者的智慧，能知世上一切事。”
21 And the king said to Joab: “Behold, your word has succeeded in appeasing me. Therefore, go and call back the boy Absalom.”
王对约押说：“我应允你这事。你可以去，把那少年人押沙龙带回来。”
22 And falling to the ground upon his face, Joab reverenced, and he blessed the king. And Joab said: “Today your servant has understood that I have found grace in your sight, my lord the king. For you have accomplished the word of your servant.”
约押就面伏于地叩拜，祝谢于王，又说：“王既应允仆人所求的，仆人今日知道在我主我王眼前蒙恩了。”
23 Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem.
于是约押起身往基述去，将押沙龙带回耶路撒冷。
24 But the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” And so, Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
王说：“使他回自己家里去，不要见我的面。”押沙龙就回自己家里去，没有见王的面。
25 Now in all of Israel, there was no man so handsome, and so very stately as Absalom. From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there was no blemish in him.
以色列全地之中，无人像押沙龙那样俊美，得人的称赞，从脚底到头顶毫无瑕疵。
26 And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.
他的头发甚重，每到年底剪发一次；所剪下来的，按王的平称一称，重二百舍客勒。
27 Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar.
押沙龙生了三个儿子，一个女儿。女儿名叫她玛，是个容貌俊美的女子。
28 And Absalom remained for two years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the face of the king.
押沙龙住在耶路撒冷足有二年，没有见王的面。
29 And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,
押沙龙打发人去叫约押来，要托他去见王，约押却不肯来。第二次打发人去叫他，他仍不肯来。
30 he said to his servants: “You know that the field of Joab, the one that is near my field, has a harvest of barley. Therefore, go and set it on fire.” And so, the servants of Absalom set fire to the grain field. And the servants of Joab, arriving with their garments torn, said, “The servants of Absalom have set fire to part of the field!”
所以押沙龙对仆人说：“你们看，约押有一块田，与我的田相近，其中有大麦，你们去放火烧了。”押沙龙的仆人就去放火烧了那田。
31 And Joab rose up, and he went to Absalom at his house, and he said, “Why have your servants set fire to my grain field?”
于是约押起来，到了押沙龙家里，问他说：“你的仆人为何放火烧了我的田呢？”
32 And Absalom responded to Joab: “I sent to you, begging that you might come to me, and that I might send you to the king, and that you might say to him: ‘Why was I brought from Geshur? It would have been better for me to be there.’ I beg you, therefore, that I may see the face of the king. And if he is mindful of my iniquity, let him put me to death.”
押沙龙回答约押说：“我打发人去请你来，好托你去见王，替我说：‘我为何从基述回来呢？不如仍在那里。’现在要许我见王的面；我若有罪，任凭王杀我就是了。”
33 And so, Joab, entering to the king, reported everything to him. And Absalom was summoned. And he entered to the king, and he reverenced on the face of the earth. And the king kissed Absalom.
于是约押去见王，将这话奏告王，王便叫押沙龙来。押沙龙来见王，在王面前俯伏于地，王就与押沙龙亲嘴。
