2 Samuel 21
1 During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
達味在位時，飢荒接連三年，他求問了上主，上主答說：「在撒烏耳和他家中尚有血債，因為他殺了基貝紅人」。
2 The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
君王遂將基貝紅人召來，詣問 。 ──基貝紅不屬以色列人，他們原是阿摩黎人的遺民。以色列子民曾向起過誓，但撒烏耳為表示愛以色列和猶大的熱情，曾設法屠殺他們。
3 and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
達味向基貝紅人說：「我該為你們作什麼﹖該怎樣贖罪才可以使你們祝福上主的遺產﹖」
4 They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
基貝紅人回答他說：「我們和撒烏耳和他家不是金銀的問題，也不願在以色列殺一個人。」達味說：「你們論什麼，我必為你們作到。」
5 They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
他們向君王說：「破壞我們，設法消滅我們，我們不在以色列任何中存在的人，
6 Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
要將他七個子孫交給我們，我們要在基貝紅的山上，將他們懸掛在上主面前」。君王答說：「我必將他們交出來」。
7 The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
君王為了自己同撒烏耳的兒子約納堂間向上主所起的誓約，饒恕了撒烏耳的孫子，約納堂的兒子默黎巴耳，
8 Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
只將阿雅的女兒黎茲帕給撒烏耳所生的兩個兒子阿爾摩尼和默黎巴耳，以及撒烏耳的女兒默辣布給默曷拉人巴爾齊來的兒子阿德黎耳所生的五個兒子，
9 David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
交給基貝紅人手裏；基貝紅人把他們在山上懸掛在上主面前； 他們七人死在一處，死在收割初期。
10 Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
阿雅的女兒了麻衣，舖在石上，開始收割大麥，直到雨從天上落到屍首上，白天她不讓飛鳥飛近，夜間不讓野獸起近。
11 When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
有人把阿雅的女身兒，撒烏耳的妾黎茲帕所行的事，報告給達味。
12 he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
君王就去把撒烏耳和他的兒子約納堂的遺骸，從雅貝士基肋阿得的居民那裏收殮起來；這骨骸是他們從貝特商偷來的。原來培肋舍特人那天在基耳波殺了撒烏耳，將他們懸在廣場上。
13 David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
達味那裏將撒烏耳和他的兒子的遺骸，那七個被懸掛的遺骸，一同運了回來，
14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
與撒烏耳和他兒子約納堂的遺骸，一同埋在本雅明地方的責拉，撒烏耳的父親克的墳墓內。人門全依照君王所吩咐的作了；以後，天主才憐憫了那地方。
15 The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
培肋舍特人與以色列人之間又發生戰事，達味帶著他的軍隊下來，駐紮在哥布，攻打培肋舍特人。正當達味疲乏時，約阿士的兒子多多出來了，
16 One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
他是辣法巨人的後裔，他所持的矛的銅有三百「協刻耳」重，腰間佩著一把新劍，揚言要擊殺達味。
17 But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
責魯雅的兒子阿彼瑟就來協助達味，打敗了那培肋舍特人，將他殺死。那時，達味的臣僕向他起誓說：「你可可跟隨我們出征打戰，怕你熄滅了以色列的明燈」。
18 Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
此後，又在哥布和發生了戰事，這次胡沙人息貝開擊殺了撒夫，他也是辣法巨人的後裔。
19 [Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
以後，在哥布又與培肋舍特人交戰，白冷人雅依爾的兒子厄耳哈，殺了加特城人哥肋雅的兄弟拉赫米；這人的長矛粗如織布機的橫軸。
20 Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
此後，在加特又了戰事，在那裏有一巨人，兩手各有六指，兩腳也各有六趾，共有二十四個，也是辣法巨人的。
21 But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
由於他辱罵了以色列，達味的兄弟史默亞的兒子約納堂，便擊殺了他：
22 Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
以上四人，都是加特城辣法巨的後裔，都喪身在達味和他的臣僕的手下。
