2 Samuel 21
1 There was a famine in David's time for three years in a row, and David sought the face of Yahweh. So Yahweh said, “This famine is on you because of Saul and his murderous family, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
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 Now the Gibeonites were not from the people of Israel; they were from what remained of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul tried to kill them all anyway in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
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 So King David called together the Gibeonites and said to them, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement, so that you may bless the people of Yahweh, who inherit his goodness and promises?”
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 The Gibeonites responded to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his family. In the same way it is not for us to put to death any man in Israel.” David replied, “What are you saying 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 answered the king, “The man who tried to kill us all, who schemed against us, so that we are now destroyed and have no place within the borders of 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 let seven men from his descendants be handed over to us, and we will hang them before Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the one chosen by Yahweh.” So the king said, “I will give them 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 But the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, because of Yahweh's oath between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
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 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, sons whom she bore to Saul—the two sons were named Armoni and Mephibosheth; and David also took the five sons of Merab daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
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 He handed them over into the hands of the Gibeonites. They hanged them on the mountain before Yahweh, and they died all seven together. They were put to death during the time of harvest, during the first days at the beginning of barley harvest.
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, the daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the mountain beside the dead bodies, from the beginning of harvest until the rain poured down on them from the sky. She did not allow the birds of the sky to disturb the bodies by day or the wild animals by 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 It was told to David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the slave wife of Saul, 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 So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, after the Philistines had killed Saul in Gilboa.
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 took away from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of the seven men who had been hanged, as well.
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 his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. They performed all that the king commanded. After that God answered their prayers for the land.
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 Then the Philistines went to war again with Israel. So David went down with his army and fought against the Philistines. David was overcome with battle fatigue.
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 Ishbi-Benob, a descendant of the giants, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels, and who was armed with a new sword, intended to kill David.
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 son of Zeruiah rescued David, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You must not go to battle anymore with us, so that you do not put out the lamp of 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 It came about after this that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob, when Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of the Rephaim.
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 It came about again in a battle with the Philistines at Gob, that Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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 It came about in another battle at Gath that there was a man of great height who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number. He also was descended from the Rephaim.
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 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's brother, 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 These were descendants of the Rephaim of Gath, and they were killed by the hand of David and by the hand of 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。
