2 Samuel 16
1 And David has passed on a little from the top, and behold, Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, [is there] to meet him, and a couple of donkeys [are] saddled, and on them [are] two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of raisins, and one hundred of summer-fruit, and a bottle of wine.
達味剛走過山頂不遠，看，默黎巴耳的僕人漆巴正牽著一對備好鞍子的驢，馱著兩百個餅，一百串葡萄乾，一百鮮果和一皮囊酒，前來迎接君王。
2 And the king says to Ziba, “What [are] these to you?” And Ziba says, “The donkeys for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.”
君王對漆巴說：「你帶這些東西來作什麼﹖」漆巴說：「驢是為君王的家眷騎的，餅和水果是為僮僕吃的，酒是為在曠野裏疲倦了的人喝的」。
3 And the king says, “And where [is] the son of your lord?” And Ziba says to the king, “Behold, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, Today the house of Israel gives back the kingdom of my father to me.”
君王問說：「你主人的兒子在哪裏﹖」漆巴回答君王說：「他仍留在耶路撒冷，因為他說：今日以色列家會將我父親的王位歸還給我了! 」
4 And the king says to Ziba, “Behold, all that Mephibosheth has [is] for you”; and Ziba says, “I have bowed myself—I find grace in your eyes, my lord, O king.”
君王對漆巴說：「看，凡屬默黎巴耳的，都歸你所有! 」漆巴答說：「我屈膝叩拜我主一王! 願我在你眼中獲得寵幸」。
5 And King David has come to Bahurim, and behold, a man there is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [is] Shimei, son of Gera, he comes out, coming out and reviling;
達味王來到巴胡陵時看，出來一個撒烏耳家族的人，是革辣的兒子，名叫史米的。他罵著走來，
6 and he stones David with stones, and all the servants of King David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left.
投石襲擊達味和達味的眾臣僕，雖然百姓和勇士都圍在王的左右，他毫不畏懼。
7 And thus said Shimei in his reviling: “Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
史米這樣罵君王說：「滾吧! 滾吧! 你這個殺人王! 你這個敗類!
8 YHWH has turned back on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead you have reigned, and YHWH gives the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom; and behold, you [are] in your evil, for you [are] a man of blood.”
上主將撒烏耳一家的血都歸在你身上，你奪了他的王位，現在，上主將王權交在你兒子阿貝沙隆手裏，使你陷入絕境，足見你是個殺人王」。
9 And Abishai son of Zeruiah says to the king, “Why does this dead dog revile my lord the king? Please let me pass over and I turn aside his head.”
責魯雅的兒子阿彼瑟對君王說：「為什麼讓這死狗辱罵我主大王﹖讓我去砍下他的頭來! 」
10 And the king says, “And what do I [have to do] with you, O sons of Zeruiah? For let him revile; even because YHWH has said to him, Revile David; and who says, Why have You done so?”
君王說：「責魯雅的兒子，我和我和你們有什麼關係﹖讓他罵吧! 如果上主吩咐他說：你咒罵達味! 誰還敢說：你為什麼這樣做﹖」
11 And David says to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for YHWH has commanded [so] to him;
達味對阿彼瑟和他的臣僕說：「唉! 我親生的兒子，尚且謀害我的生命，這個本雅明人更將如何﹖讓他罵吧! 因為上主吩咐了他。
12 it may be YHWH looks on my affliction, and YHWH has turned back good to me for his reviling this day.”
也許上主會憐恤我的困苦，會將他今日的咒罵，變成我的幸福」。
13 And David goes with his men in the way, and Shimei is going at the side of the hill opposite him, going on, and he reviles, and stones with stones close by him, and has dusted with dust.
達味與跟隨的人沿路前行，史米也沿著山路與他平排進行，邊走邊罵，向他拋石撒土。
14 And the king comes in, and all the people who [are] with him, wearied, and they are refreshed there.
君王與跟隨他的眾人，來到約旦河岸，非常疲倦，就在那裏暫且休息。
15 And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,
阿貝沙隆與跟隨他的眾以色列人進了耶路撒冷，阿希托費耳也同他在一起，
16 and it comes to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, has come to Absalom, that Hushai says to Absalom, “Let the king live! Let the king live!”
當達味的朋友阿爾基人胡瑟來見阿貝沙隆時，便對阿貝沙隆說：「大王萬歲! 「大王萬歲! 」
17 And Absalom says to Hushai, “[Is] this your kindness with your friend? Why have you not gone with your friend?”
阿貝沙隆對胡瑟說：「這是你對你朋友的恩情嗎﹖為什麼沒有去跟隨你的朋友﹖」
18 And Hushai says to Absalom, “No, for he whom YHWH has chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, I am his, and I abide with him;
胡瑟回答阿貝沙隆說：「不，因為凡上主和這個民族以及全以色列人所揀選的，我就跟隨他，與他住在一起。
19 and secondly, for whom do I labor? Is it not before his son? As I served before your father, so I am before you.”
再者，我要事奉的是誰呢﹖先前我怎樣服事了你父親，也願怎樣服事你」。
20 And Absalom says to Ahithophel, “Give counsel for yourself [for] what we do.”
阿貝沙隆對阿希托費耳說：「你們商討一下，我們該作什麼？」
21 And Ahithophel says to Absalom, “Go in to the concubines of your father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel has heard that you have been abhorred by your father, and the hands of all who [are] with you have been strong.”
阿希托費耳對阿貝沙隆說：「你應去親近你父親留下看守宮殿的嬪妃，叫全以色列人知道你已惹下了你父親的仇恨，那些支持你的人，就必更加堅強」。
22 And they spread out the tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom goes in to the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.
於是人們在屋頂上，給阿貝沙隆支搭了一座帳棚；阿貝沙隆當著眾以色列人的面，親近了他父親的嬪妃。
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counseled in those days [is] as [when] one inquires at the word of God; so [is] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.
那時，阿希托費耳所出的主意，好像是詢問天主得來的神諭。凡阿希托費耳所出的主意，無論對達味，或對阿貝沙隆，都是如此。
