2 Samuel 15
1 And it comes to pass afterward that Absalom prepares a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men are running before him;
這事以後，阿貝沙隆準備了車輛和駿馬，並叫五十個為他開道。
2 and Absalom has risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it comes to pass, every man who has a pleading to come to the king for judgment, that Absalom calls to him and says, “Of what city [are] you?” And he says, “Your servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel.”
阿貝沙隆常清早起來，站在進城門的大路旁；凡有爭訟，要到君王前去要裁判的人，阿貝沙隆就把他叫到自己跟前來問說：「你是那一城裏的人﹖」他答說：「你僕人是以色列某支派的人」。
3 And Absalom says to him, “See, your matters [are] good and straightforward—and there is none listening to you from the king.”
阿貝沙隆就向他說：「看你的案件是正直有理的，但是君王沒有派人來聽取你的案件」。
4 And Absalom says, “Who makes me judge in the land, that every man who has a plea and judgment comes to me? Then I have declared him righteous.”
阿貝沙隆又接著說：「唉! 誰若立我作了國家的判官，凡是有訴和案件的，來到我這裏，我必使他獲得公正的裁判」。
5 And it has come to pass, in the drawing near of anyone to bow himself to him, that he has put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;
若有人前來叩拜他，他就伸手將他抱住，與他親吻。
6 and Absalom does according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment to the king, and Absalom steals the heart of the men of Israel.
凡是要到君王前去告狀的以色列人，阿貝沙隆總是這樣對待他們；如此他獲得了以色列人的心。
7 And it comes to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom says to the king, “Please let me go, and I complete my vow that I vowed to YHWH in Hebron,
四年以後，阿貝沙隆向君王說：「我要求大王讓我去赫貝龍，向上主所許的願，
8 for your servant has vowed a vow in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If YHWH certainly brings me back to Jerusalem, then I have served YHWH.”
因為你的僕人住在阿蘭革叔爾時，曾願許說：若上主領我再回耶路撒冷，我要在赫貝龍崇拜上主」。
9 And the king says to him, “Go in peace”; and he rises and goes to Hebron,
君王向他說：「你平安去吧! 」阿貝沙隆便往赫貝龍去了。
10 and Absalom sends spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, “At your hearing the voice of the horn, then you have said, Absalom has reigned in Hebron.”
阿貝沙隆打發特務到以色列各支派說：「你們一聽見號聲，就喊說：阿貝沙隆在赫貝龍為王了! 」
11 And two hundred men have gone with Absalom out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;
由耶路撒冷與阿貝沙隆同來的，還有二百人，他們因為被請，就好心好意的來了，對於事情的真相，卻一點不知道。
12 and Absalom sends Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.
當阿貝沙隆祭獻時，就派人將達味的參謀，基羅人阿希托費耳由他的本城基羅請來參與祭祀。這樣，叛亂就更形擴大，隨從阿貝沙隆的民眾也逐漸加多。
13 And he who is declaring tidings comes to David, saying, “The heart of the men of Israel has been after Absalom.”
有報信的人來到達味前說：「以色列人的心都歸向阿貝沙隆了」。
14 And David says to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, “Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; hurry to go, lest he hurries, and has overtaken us, and forced evil on us, and struck the city by the mouth of the sword.”
達味就對所有跟他在耶路撒冷的臣僕說：「我們趕快逃跑，不然，我們就來不及逃避阿貝沙隆了。你們趕快上路，免得他忽然趕到，殘害我們，用刀屠殺全城的人」。
15 And the servants of the king say to the king, “According to all that my lord the king chooses—behold, your servants do.”
王的臣僕向君王說：「凡我主大王所決定的，你的臣僕必都照辦」。
16 And the king goes out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaves ten women—concubines—to keep the house.
君王帶著全家徒步出走，只留下十個嬪妃看守王宮。
17 And the king goes out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.
君王徒步前行，他的軍民都跟著他；到了最後的住宅區，君王站住了。
18 And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.
所有的軍民都由他身邊走過，所有的革勒提人和培肋提人，還有從加特跟隨依泰來的六百人，也都由君王面前過去。
19 And the king says to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you go—you also—with us? Return and abide with the king, for you [are] a stranger, and also an exile, you—to your place.
君王逐向加特人依泰說：「你m口我們一起出走﹖你回去協同新王國吧! 因為你是個離鄉背井的，流徙在外的僑民。
20 Your coming in [was only] yesterday, and should I move you to go with us today, since I am going over [to] where [I do not know where] I am going? Return, and take your brothers back. Kindness and truth [be] with you.”
你昨天來了，今天我就要你同我們一起漂流嗎﹖我還不知道我要往哪裏去﹖你領著你的兄弟們一起回去吧! 願上主仁慈忠誠對待你! 」
21 And Ittai answers the king and says, “YHWH lives, and my lord the king lives, surely in the place where my lord the king is—if for death, if for life, surely your servant is there.”
依泰回答君王說：「上主永在! 我主大王萬歲! 在我主大王所在的地方，無論生死，你的僕人也必在那裏! 」
22 And David says to Ittai, “Go and pass over”; and Ittai the Gittite passes over, and all his men, and all the infants who [are] with him.
達味向依泰說：「好，你過去吧! 」加特人依泰與他率領的人民，和他全家也都過去了。
23 And all the land is weeping [with] a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the Brook of Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;
人民過去時，遍地一片哭聲；君王停在克德龍谷中，人民在他面前過去，向曠野的路上走去。
24 and behold, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, are carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God, and they make the Ark of God firm, and Abiathar goes up, until the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city.
匝多克和所有的肋未人抬著天主的結約之櫃來了，他們把天主的約櫃放在厄貝雅塔爾面前，等由城中出來的人民全都走過。
25 And the king says to Zadok, “Take back the Ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of YHWH, then He has brought me back, and shown me it and His habitation;
君王對匝多克說：「你將天主的約櫃抬回城去，放在原處! 若我在上主眼中蒙恩，衪必會領我回來，再能見約櫃和衪的聖所。
26 and if thus He says, I have not delighted in you; here I [am], He does to me as [is] good in His eyes.”
但若上主說：我不喜歡你，看，我在這裏，衪看著怎樣好，就怎樣處置 吧! 」
27 And the king says to Zadok the priest, “Are you a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons with you;
君王又向匝多克司祭「看，你 和厄貝雅塔爾可以平安回城，你的兒子阿希瑪茲和厄貝雅塔爾的兒子約納堂，你們的兩個兒子，也應隨你們回去。
28 see, I am lingering in the plains of the wilderness until the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.”
我願在曠野中的渡口暫並住下，等侯你們來給我報告消息」。
29 And Zadok takes back—and Abiathar—the Ark of God to Jerusalem, and they abide there.
匝多克和厄貝雅塔爾抬著天主的約櫃回了耶路撒冷，且住在那裏。
30 And David is going up in the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, going up and weeping, and he has the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who [are] with him have each covered his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;
以後，達味上了橄欖山：一邊上，一邊哭，蒙著頭赤著腳；隨著人民也都蒙著頭，哭著上山。
31 and David declared, saying, “Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom”; and David says, “Please make the counsel of Ahithophel foolish, O YHWH.”
忽有人報告達味說：「阿希托費耳也跟隨了阿貝沙隆，雜在叛黨中」。 根遂說：「上主，我求你使阿希托費耳的計謀轉為愚策」。
32 And it comes to pass, David has come to the top, where he bows himself to God, and behold, Hushai the Archite [is there] to meet him, [with] his coat torn, and earth on his head;
達味一到了山頂，敬拜天主的地方，見他的朋友阿爾基人胡瑟穿著撕裂的衣服，頭上頂灰，出來迎接他。
33 and David says to him, “If you have passed on with me then you have been for a burden on me,
達味向他說：「你若跟隨 ，為我反是負擔；
34 and if you return to the city and have said to Absalom, I am your servant, O king; I [am] also servant of your father until now, and presently, I [am] also your servant; then you have made void the counsel of Ahithophel for me;
但你若回去，向阿貝沙隆說：大王，我願作你的僕人，先我是你父親的人，如今我作你的僕人；這樣你反能為我破壞阿希托費耳的計謀。
35 and are Zadok and Abiathar the priests not with you there? And it has been, the whole of the matter that you hear from the house of the king you declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.
在那裏同你一起的，還有司祭匝多克和厄貝雅塔爾司祭。
36 Behold, their two sons [are] there with them: Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and you have sent to me by their hand anything that you hear.”
與他們在一起的，還有他們的兩個兒子，匝多克的兒子阿希瑪茲和厄貝雅塔爾的兒子約納堂，託他們把你們所聽到的傳報給我」。
37 And Hushai, David’s friend, comes to the city, and Absalom comes to Jerusalem.
達味的朋友胡瑟就回了城，同時也到了耶路撒冷。
