2 Samuel 13
1 It came about after this that Amnon son of David was very attracted to his beautiful half-sister Tamar, who was a full sister of Absalom, another of David's sons.
此後，還發生了一件事：達味的兒子阿貝沙隆有個妹妹，名叫塔瑪爾，很是美麗，達味的兒子阿默農很愛她。
2 Amnon was so frustrated that he became sick because of his sister Tamar. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
阿默農為了他妹妹塔瑪爾的緣故，竟憂愁悶成疾；因為她還是處女，所以在阿默農看來，對她行事幾乎不可能。
3 But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
阿默農有個朋友，名叫約納達布，是達味的兄弟史默亞的兒子。約納達布是一個很狡滑的人。
4 Jonadab said to Amnon, “Why, son of the king, are you depressed every morning? Will you not tell me?” So Amnon answered him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”
他向阿默農說：「太子，為什麼你一天一天如此萎靡不振﹖你不肯告訴我嗎﹖」阿默農回答說：「我愛上我兄弟阿貝沙隆的妹妹塔瑪爾」。
5 Then Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, ask him, 'Would you please send my sister Tamar to give me something to eat and cook it before me, so that I may see it and eat it from her hand?'”
約納達布向他說：「你在躺床裝病，你父親來看你時，你就對他說：我很希望我的妹妹塔瑪爾來，給我準備食物，她要在我眼前準備，叫我看看著，並且由她手中取食。
6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please send my sister Tamar to make some food for my sickness in front of me so that I may eat from her hand.”
阿默農就臥床裝病，君王來看他時，阿默農向君王說：「求你叫我妹妹塔瑪爾來，在我前做兩塊餅，好叫我從她手中取食」。
7 Then David sent word to Tamar at his palace, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him.”
達味就派人到塔瑪爾房中說：「請妳到妳哥哥房裏去，給他準備食物」。
8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house where he was lying down. She took dough and kneaded it and formed bread in his sight, and then she baked it.
塔瑪爾到了她哥哥阿默農房裏，他正躺在床上。她取了麵，在他眼前和好，烤成餅。
9 She took the pan and gave the bread to him, but he refused to eat. Then Amnon said to the others present, “Send everyone out, away from me.” So everyone went out from him.
她就拿過鍋來，在他面前將餅倒出，他卻推辭不吃。阿默農說：「妳叫眾人都由面前出去」。眾人就都由他面前出去了。
10 So Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into my room that I may eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the bread that she had made, and brought it into the room of Amnon her brother.
阿默農對塔瑪爾說：「妳給我把食物拿到內室來，好叫我由妳手中取食」。塔瑪爾拿著她做的餅，進了內室，送到她哥哥阿默農前。
11 When she had brought the food to him, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, sleep with me, my sister.”
她正遞給他時，他就抓住她說：「我的妹妹，來與我同寢! 」
12 She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for nothing like this should be done in Israel. Do not do this appalling thing!
她回答說：「我的哥哥! 不可這樣，不要作賤我! 在以色列不應作這樣 木事，不要作這愚蠢的事!
13 How could I be rid of my shame? What about you? You would be like one of the fools in Israel! Now, please speak to the king, for he would not keep me from you.”
我帶著這恥辱到哪裏去呢﹖你在以色列也成了一個愚妄人。請你向君王說明，他決不會拒絕使我屬於你的! 」
14 However Amnon would not listen to her. Since he was stronger than Tamar, he seized her and he slept with her.
他卻不肯聽她的話，又比她有力，就強姦了她。
15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with extreme hatred. He hated her even more than he had desired her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and go.”
事後，阿默農立即十分憎恨她，並且他如今對她的憎恨，遠超過以前對她的愛戀，就向她說：「起來，走吧! 」
16 But she responded to him, “No! Because this great evil of making me leave is even worse than what you did to me!” But Amnon did not listen to her.
她答說：「我的哥哥，那不可以。氮趕我走，比你對我所行的，更為無理! 」他卻石聽從她，
17 Instead, he called his personal servant and said, “Take this woman away from me, and bolt the door after her.”
就叫服侍自己的僕人來，向他說：「把這女人從我這裏趕出去! 她走後，隨鎖上門! 」
18 Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her. Tamar was wearing a very decorated robe because the king's daughters who were virgins dressed that way.
她那時穿著彩色長衣，因為君王的女兒，在未出嫁以前，昔日都是如此裝束。他的僕人將她趕出去，隨後鎖上了門。
19 Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. She put her hands on her head and walked away, crying aloud as she went.
塔瑪爾把灰撒在頭上，撕破自己所穿的彩色長衣，雙手抱著頭，一路邊哭邊走。
20 Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained alone in her brother Absalom's house.
她的哥哥阿貝沙隆問她說：「莫非妳的哥哥阿默農與妳同寢了﹖妹妹，暫且不要出聲，因為他是好的兄弟，不可把這事放在心上! 」塔瑪爾從此就憂悶不樂，住在她哥哥阿貝沙隆家裏。
21 But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
達味聽說了這一切事，十分生氣；怛他不願傷他兒子阿默農的心，因為他是長子，格外愛他。
22 Absalom said nothing to Amnon, for Absalom hated him for what he had done to her and how he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
至於，無論好話歹話，一句也不向阿默農說。他惱恨阿默農，因為他污辱了他妹妹塔瑪爾。
23 It came about after two full years that Absalom had sheep shearers working at Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons to visit there.
過了兩年，當阿貝沙隆在厄弗辣因的巴耳哈祚爾剪羊毛的時節，阿貝沙隆邀請了君王所有的兒子。
24 Absalom went to the king and said, “Look now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please, may the king and his servants go with me, your servant.”
阿貝沙隆來到君王前說：「看，你的僕人剪羊毛的時節，請君王帶著臣僕都到你僕人那裏去! 」
25 The king answered Absalom, “No, my son, all of us should not go because we would be a burden to you.” Absalom begged the king, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.
君王回答阿貝沙隆說：「我兒，不必如此! 我們不必都去麻煩你」。他雖然懇求，君王仍不願去，只祝福了他。
26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” So the king said to him, “Why should Amnon go with you?”
阿貝沙隆便說：「至少讓我的兄弟阿默農同我們一起去! 」君王回答說：「為什麼要他同你一起去﹖」
27 Absalom pressed David, and so he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
阿貝沙隆還是再三懇求，達味便派阿默農和君王所有的兒子，同他一起去了。阿貝沙隆擺設筳席，好像御筳。
28 Absalom commanded his servants saying, “Listen closely. When Amnon begins to be affected by the wine, and when I say to you, 'Attack Amnon,' then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and brave.”
阿貝沙隆吩咐僕人說：「你們要注意! 阿默農暢飲的時候，我向你們說：刺死阿默農! 你們就打死他，不要害怕，是我吩咐了你們，要大膽勇敢」。
29 So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as he had commanded them. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man mounted his mule and fled.
阿貝沙隆的僕人，就照他所吩咐的，對阿默農做了。君王所有的兒子遂起來，各自騎上騾子逃跑了。
30 So it came about, while they were on the road, that the news came to David saying, “Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.”
他們還在路上，消息已傳到達味前說：「阿貝沙隆殺了君王所有的兒子，沒有一個幸免」。
31 Then the king arose and tore his clothes, and lay on the floor; all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
君王便起來，撕裂了自己的衣服，俯伏在地；他身邊的臣僕，也都撕裂了自己的衣服。
32 Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered and said, “Let not my master believe that they have killed all the young men who are the king's sons, for Amnon only is dead. Absalom has planned this from the day that Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
達味的兄弟史默亞的兒子說道：「我主不要想：所有的青年，君王所有兒子都被殺了；其實只有阿默農一人死了。自從阿默農污辱了他的妹妹塔瑪爾那日起，阿貝沙隆就決定了這事。
33 So therefore let not my master the king take this report to heart, so as to believe that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon only is dead.”
主君王，且不要將這事放在心上，以為君王所有的兒子都死了，因為只有阿默農一人死了」。
34 Absalom fled away. A servant keeping watch raised his eyes and saw many people coming on the road on the hillside west of him.
逃走了。守衛的僕人舉目一望，看見在往曷洛納因山坡的路上，有一大群人下來。守衛的就去報告君王說：「我看見一群人，從曷洛納因山坡的路上下來了」。
35 Then Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the king's sons are coming. It is just as your servant said.”
約納達布就向君王說：「看，執行的兒子回來了，正如你僕人所說的，現在實現了」。
36 So it came about when he finished speaking, the king's sons arrived and raised their voices and wept. The king and all his servants also wept bitterly.
他剛說完這話，君王的兒子都來到了，放聲大哭；君王和眾臣僕也都號咷痛哭。
37 But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.
同時，阿貝沙隆逃到革叔爾王阿米胡得的兒子塔取買那裏去了。君王天天哀悼自己的兒子。
38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, where he was for three years.
阿貝沙隆逃到革叔爾，在那裏住了三年。
39 The mind of King David longed to go out to see Absalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon and his death.
此時，君王的心漸漸不再惱怒阿貝沙隆，對阿默農的死，也不再難過了。
