< 2 Samuel 21 >

1 Then there was a famine in the dayes of Dauid, three yeeres together: and Dauid asked counsell of the Lord, and the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloodie house, because hee slewe the Gibeonites.
大衛年間有饑荒,一連三年,大衛就求問耶和華。耶和華說:「這饑荒是因掃羅和他流人血之家殺死基遍人。」
2 Then ye King called the Gibeonites and said vnto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, vnto whom ye children of Israel had sworne: but Saul sought to slay them for his zeale toward the children of Israel and Iudah)
原來這基遍人不是以色列人,乃是亞摩利人中所剩的;以色列人曾向他們起誓,不殺滅他們,掃羅卻為以色列人和猶大人發熱心,想要殺滅他們。大衛王召了他們來,
3 And Dauid said vnto the Gibeonites, What shall I doe for you, and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may blesse the inheritance of the Lord?
問他們說:「我當為你們怎樣行呢?可用甚麼贖這罪,使你們為耶和華的產業祝福呢?」
4 The Gibeonites then answered him, Wee will haue no siluer nor golde of Saul nor of his house, neither for vs shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I doe for you.
基遍人回答說:「我們和掃羅與他家的事並不關乎金銀,也不要因我們的緣故殺一個以色列人。」大衛說:「你們怎樣說,我就為你們怎樣行。」
5 Then they answered the King, The man that consumed vs and that imagined euill against vs, so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel,
他們對王說:「那從前謀害我們、要滅我們、使我們不得再住以色列境內的人,
6 Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs, and we will hang them vp vnto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lordes chosen. And the King said, I will giue them.
現在願將他的子孫七人交給我們,我們好在耶和華面前,將他們懸掛在耶和華揀選掃羅的基比亞。」王說:「我必交給你們。」
7 But the King had compassion on Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul, because of the Lordes othe, that was betweene them, euen betweene Dauid and Ionathan the sonne of Saul.
王因為曾與掃羅的兒子約拿單指着耶和華起誓結盟,就愛惜掃羅的孫子、約拿單的兒子米非波設,不交出來,
8 But the King tooke the two sonnes of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whome shee bare vnto Saul, euen Armoni and Mephibosheth and the fiue sonnes of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whome shee bare to Adriel the sonne of Barzillai the Meholathite.
卻把愛雅的女兒利斯巴給掃羅所生的兩個兒子亞摩尼、米非波設,和掃羅女兒米甲的姊姊給米何拉人巴西萊兒子亞得列所生的五個兒子
9 And hee deliuered them vnto the handes of the Gibeonites, which hanged them in the mountaine before the Lord: so they died all seuen together, and they were slaine in the time of haruest: in the first dayes, and in the beginning of barly haruest.
交在基遍人的手裏。基遍人就把他們,在耶和華面前,懸掛在山上,這七人就一同死亡。被殺的時候正是收割的日子,就是動手割大麥的時候。
10 Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah tooke sackecloth and hanged it vp for her vpon the rocke, from the beginning of haruest, vntill water dropped vpon them from the heauen, and suffered neither the birdes of the aire to light on the by day, nor beasts of the fielde by night.
愛雅的女兒利斯巴用麻布在磐石上搭棚,從動手收割的時候直到天降雨在屍身上的時候,日間不容空中的雀鳥落在屍身上,夜間不讓田野的走獸前來糟踐。
11 And it was told Dauid, what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah ye concubine of Saul had done.
有人將掃羅的妃嬪愛雅女兒利斯巴所行的這事告訴大衛。
12 And Dauid went and tooke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne from the citizens of Iabesh Gilead, which had stollen them from the streete of Beth-shan, where the Philistims had hanged them, when the Philistims had slaine Saul in Gilboa.
大衛就去,從基列‧雅比人那裏將掃羅和他兒子約拿單的骸骨搬了來(是因非利士人從前在基利波殺掃羅,將屍身懸掛在伯‧珊的街市上,基列‧雅比人把屍身偷了去。)
13 So hee brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
大衛將掃羅和他兒子約拿單的骸骨從那裏搬了來,又收殮被懸掛七人的骸骨,
14 And the bones of Saul and of Ionathan his sonne buried they in the coutrey of Beniamin in Zelah, in the graue of Kish his father: and when they had perfourmed all that the King had commanded, God was then appeased with the land.
將掃羅和他兒子約拿單的骸骨葬在便雅憫的洗拉,在掃羅父親基士的墳墓裏;眾人行了王所吩咐的。此後上帝垂聽國民所求的。
15 Againe the Philistims had warre with Israel: and Dauid went downe, and his seruants with him, and they fought against the Philistims, and Dauid fainted.
非利士人與以色列人打仗;大衛帶領僕人下去,與非利士人接戰,大衛就疲乏了。
16 Then Ishi-benob which was of the sonnes of Haraphah (the head of whose speare wayed three hundreth shekels of brasse) euen he being girded with a newe sword, thought to haue slaine Dauid.
偉人的一個兒子以實‧比諾要殺大衛;他的銅槍重三百舍客勒,又佩着新刀。
17 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistim, and killed him. Then Dauids men sware vnto him, saying, Thou shalt goe no more out with vs to battell, lest thou quench the light of Israel.
但洗魯雅的兒子亞比篩幫助大衛,攻打非利士人,將他殺死。當日,跟隨大衛的人向大衛起誓說:「以後你不可再與我們一同出戰,恐怕熄滅以色列的燈。」
18 And after this also there was a battell with the Philistims at Gob, then Sibbechai the Hushathite slewe Saph, which was one of ye sonnes of Haraphah.
後來,以色列人在歌伯與非利士人打仗,戶沙人西比該殺了偉人的一個兒子撒弗。
19 And there was yet another battel in Gob with the Philistims, where Elhanah the sonne of Iaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite slewe Goliath the Gittite: the staffe of whose speare was like a weauers beame.
又在歌伯與非利士人打仗,伯利恆人雅雷俄珥金的兒子伊勒哈難殺了迦特人歌利亞。這人的槍桿粗如織布的機軸。
20 Afterward there was also a battel in Gath, where was a man of a great stature, and had on euerie hand sixe fingers, and on euerie foote sixe toes, foure and twentie in nomber: who was also the sonne of Haraphah.
又在迦特打仗,那裏有一個身量高大的人,手腳都是六指,共有二十四個指頭;他也是偉人的兒子。
21 And when hee reuiled Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shima the brother of Dauid slewe him.
這人向以色列人罵陣,大衛的哥哥示米亞的兒子約拿單就殺了他。
22 These foure were borne to Haraphah in Gath, and died by the hande of Dauid and by the hands of his seruants.
這四個人是迦特偉人的兒子,都死在大衛和他僕人的手下。

< 2 Samuel 21 >