2 Samuel 19
1 Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.
有人報告約阿布說：「看，君王在痛哭哀悼阿貝沙隆。」
2 And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, “The king is grieving over his son.”
那天的勝利為全軍竟變成了悲哀，因為他們那天聽說君王為自己的兒子悲傷。
3 And the people declined to enter the city on that day, in the manner that the people were accustomed to decline if they had turned and fled from battle.
因此，那天軍人暗暗地進了城，好像由戰埸上受辱回來的軍隊。
4 And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
此時君王正在掩面大聲哀哭說：「我兒阿貝沙隆! 我兒阿貝沙隆! 我兒! 」
5 Therefore, Joab, entering to the king in the house, said: “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who saved your life, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines.
約阿布進去對君王說：「你今天大傷你僕人們的臉面，他們救了你的性命，你兒女的性命，你妻妾的性命；
6 You love those who hate you, and you hate those who love you. And you have revealed this day that you have no concern for your leaders and for your servants. And truly, I know now that if Absalom had lived, and if we all had been killed, then it would have pleased you.
然而恨你的，你反而愛他；愛你的，你反恨他。今天你已明確表示：王侯和臣民為你不算什麼。也明明看出：阿貝沙隆今天若能活著，我們我們都死了，你才安心呢!
7 Now then, rise up and go out, and speak so as to make amends to your servants. For I swear to you by the Lord that if you will not go forth, not even one person will be left with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evils that have come to you, from your youth even to the present.”
現今你快起來，出去，說幾句使你僕人們安心的話吧! 我指著上主起誓，如果你不出去，今夜再沒有一個人同你一起了。這禍患於你要超過你從小到大所遭遇的一切禍患」。
8 Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.
君王就起來，坐在大門口。遂有人向軍民傳報說：「君王已坐在門口! 」軍人都聚齊，來到君王前。以色列各自逃回自己的營幕。
9 And all the people were conflicted, in all the tribes of Israel, saying: “The king has freed us from the hand of our enemies. He himself saved us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he flees from the land for the sake of Absalom.
那時，以色列各支派的民眾紛紛議論說：「君王從仇人手中拯救了我們，現在，他竟為阿貝沙隆離開了本國。
10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?”
我們給阿貝沙隆曾傅過油為管理我們，他已經戰死。現今你們等什麼，遇不把君王接回來﹖」
11 Then truly, king David sent to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, saying: “Speak to those greater by birth of Judah, saying: ‘Why have you arrived last to lead back the king into his house? (For the talk in all of Israel had reached the king in his house.)
全以色列這提議傳到君王那裏。達味遂派人對司祭匝多克和厄貝雅塔爾說：「你們應向猶大長老說：為什麼你們等到最後才去迎接君王回宮呢﹖
12 You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why are you the last to lead back the king?’
你們是我的兄弟，我的骨肉，為什麼你們等到最後才去迎接君王呢﹖
13 And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do these things, and may he add these other things, if you will not be the leader of the military in my sight, for all time, in the place of Joab.’”
你們要向阿瑪撒說：你不是我的骨肉嗎﹖若我不叫你一生代替約阿布作元帥，願天主這樣罰我，且更加倍地罰我! 」
14 And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah, as if one man. And they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
那時，全猶大人都同心合意，一致派使者到君王說：「請你和你的臣僕回來吧!
15 And the king returned. And he went as far as the Jordan, and all of Judah went as far as Gilgal, so as to meet the king, and to lead him across the Jordan.
君王動身回來了，到了約旦河。這時迎接君王的猶大人來到了基耳加耳，協助君王渡約旦河。
16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, hurried and descended with the men of Judah to meet king David,
那時，巴胡陵的本雅明人革辣的兒子史米，也趕快來同那些猶大人歡迎達味君王。
17 with one thousand men from Benjamin, and with Ziba, the servant from the house of Saul. And with him were his fifteen sons and twenty servants. And going into the Jordan,
同他來的，還有一千本雅明人。撒烏耳的家僕，漆巴和他十五個兒子同二十個僕人，也來到約旦河歡迎君王﹖
18 they crossed the fords before the king, so that they might lead across the house of the king, and might act in accord with his order. Then, Shimei, the son of Gera, prostrating himself before the king after he had now gone across the Jordan,
他們都到渡口那邊，協助君王的家族過河。聽君王的調動；君王快要過約旦河時，革辣的兒子史米就俯伏在君王前，
19 said to him: “May you not impute to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor call to mind the injuries, of your servant in the day that you, my lord the king, departed from Jerusalem. And may you not store it up in your heart, O king.
向他說：「我主；，請不要歸罪於我，求你不要懷念大王出離耶路撒冷時，你僕人所犯的罪；願大王不要把這事放在心上!
20 For as your servant, I acknowledge my sin. And for this reason, today, I arrive as the first from all the house of Joseph, and I descend to meet my lord the king.”
因為你的僕人自知犯了罪。看，如今我是若瑟全家族中，首先來歡迎我主大王的」。
21 Yet truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, responding, said, “Should not Shimei, because of these words, be killed, since he cursed the Christ of the Lord?”
責雅的兒子阿瑟立即發言說：「史米辱罵了上主的受傅者，難道為了他這番話就不該死嗎﹖」
22 And David said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Why are you acting toward me this day like Satan? Why should any man be put to death on this day in Israel? Or do you not know that today I have been made king over Israel?”
達味卻答說：「責魯雅的兒子們，我與你們有什麼關係﹖竟使你們今天與我作對! 今天還可以將一個以色列人處死嗎﹖難道不知道，我今天又作了以色列的君王﹖」
23 And the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And he swore to him.
然後君王向史米說：「伓不會死! 」君王遂向起了誓。
24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.
撒烏耳的孫子默黎巴耳也下來歡迎君王；他自從君王出走的那日起，直到平安回來的這一天，沒有洗腳，沒有修鬚，也沒有人換洗自己的衣服。
25 And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
他由耶路撒冷來君王時，君王問他說：「默黎巴耳! 你為什麼不同我一起出走呢﹖」
26 And in response, he said: “My lord the king, my servant spurned me. And I, your servant, spoke to him so that he might saddle a donkey for me, and I might climb upon it and go with the king. For I, your servant, am lame.
他答說：「我主大王! 我的僕人哄騙了我，你僕人曾向他說：給我備一匹驢，我好騎著跟王一齊走，因為你僕腳跛。
27 Moreover, he also accused me, your servant, to you, my lord the king. But you, my lord the king, are like an Angel of God. Do whatever is pleasing to you.
他又在我主大王前誹謗了你的僕人；但我主大王像天主的天使，你看怎樣好，就怎樣作吧!
28 For my father’s house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?”
因為我父全家對於我主大王，都是該死的人，你反而使你的僕人與你同桌共，食我那裏還有名分來向大王訴苦﹖」
29 Then the king said to him: “Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions.”
君王對他說：「你何必再說﹖我已決定，你該與巴平分產業」。
30 And Mephibosheth responded to the king, “But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house.”
默黎巴耳回答君王說：「我主大王既然平安回朝，讓他全佔有吧! 」
31 Likewise, Barzillai the Gileadite, descending from Rogelim, led the king across the Jordan, having prepared also to follow him beyond the river.
基肋阿得人巴爾齊從洛格林下來，陪伴君王過了約旦河，在約旦河岸與他辭別。
32 Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.
巴爾齊來年紀很老，已八十歲。君王住在瑪哈納殷時，他供給了君王的吃用，他原很富有。
33 And so the king said to Barzillai, “Come with me, so that you may rest securely with me in Jerusalem.”
君王向巴爾齊來說：「你同我一起去吧! 我願在耶路撒冷供養你的老年」。
34 And Barzillai said to the king: “How many days remain in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
巴爾齊來回答君王說：「既使我同大王上耶路撒冷去，我還能活幾年﹖
35 Today I am eighty years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or is food and drink able to delight your servant? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
我現年已八十，還能分辨美醜麼﹖你的僕人還能嚐出吃喝的味道來麼﹖還能細聽伶女和歌女的樂聲麼﹖你的為什麼還要拖累我主大王﹖
36 I, your servant, shall proceed a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense.
你的僕人陪著大王過約旦河，只是一點小意思，為什麼大王要給我一個這樣的報答﹖
37 But I beg you that I, your servant, may be returned and may die in my own city, and may be buried beside the sepulcher of my father and my mother. But there is your servant Chimham; let him go with you, my lord the king. And do for him whatever seems good to you.”
請讓你的僕人回去，叫我死在靠近我父母墳墓的故鄉! 看，你的僕人基默罕在這裏，他可跟我主大王同去，你看著怎樣好，就怎樣對待他吧! 」
38 And so the king said to him: “Let Chimham cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever will be pleasing to you. And all that you ask of me, you shall obtain.”
達味答說：「那麼，讓默基罕跟我去好了，你看著怎樣好，我就怎樣待他；凡你向我所所要求的，我必為你做到」。
39 And when the entire people and the king had crossed over the Jordan, the king kissed Barzillai, and he blessed him. And he returned to his own place.
眾人都過了約旦河，君王也過去了；然後與巴爾齊來親吻，祝福道別。巴爾齊來遂回了本鄉。
40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. Now all the people of Judah had led the king across, but only as much as one half part of the people of Israel were there.
君王繼續向基耳加耳前行，基默罕跟他同來。猶大全民眾和一半以色列人陪著君王前行。
41 And so, all the men of Israel, running to the king, said to him: “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away. And why have they led the king and his house across the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”
眾以色列人來到君王前，向君王說：「為什麼我們的兄弟猶大人將君王劫了去，領君王和君王的眷屬過了約旦河。所有屬達味的人不都是他的百姓嗎﹖」
42 And all the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel: “Because the king is nearer to me. Why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten anything belonging to the king, or have any gifts been given to us?”
猶大人回答以色列人說：「因為君王是我們的親族，你們為什麼因此憤怒﹖我們豈是吃過君王的飯，或是領過他的俸祿﹖」
43 And the men of Israel responded to the men of Judah, and said: “I have the greater amount, ten parts, with the king, and so David belongs to me more so than to you. Why have you caused me injury, and why was it not announced to me first, so that I might lead back my king?” But the men of Judah answered more firmly than the men of Israel.
以色列人回答猶大人說：「我們對君王有十倍權利，那麼，我們對達味的名分也多過你們，你們為什麼輕視我們﹖不是我們首先提議，要迎回我們的君王嗎﹖」然後猶大的答覆比以色列人所說的話，更為激烈。
