2 Samuel 5
1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your flesh and bone.
以色列眾支派來到希伯崙見大衛，說：「我們原是你的骨肉。
2 In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become ruler over Israel.'”
從前掃羅作我們王的時候，率領以色列人出入的是你；耶和華也曾應許你說：『你必牧養我的民以色列，作以色列的君。』」
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel.
於是以色列的長老都來到希伯崙見大衛王，大衛在希伯崙耶和華面前與他們立約，他們就膏大衛作以色列的王。
4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
大衛登基的時候年三十歲，在位四十年；
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
在希伯崙作猶大王七年零六個月，在耶路撒冷作以色列和猶大王三十三年。
6 The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. They said to David, “You will not come here except to be turned away by the blind and the lame. David cannot come here.”
大衛和跟隨他的人到了耶路撒冷，要攻打住那地方的耶布斯人。耶布斯人對大衛說：「你若不趕出瞎子、瘸子，必不能進這地方」；心裏想大衛決不能進去。
7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which now is the city of David.
然而大衛攻取錫安的保障，就是大衛的城。
8 At that time David said, “Those who attack the Jebusites will have to go through the water shaft to reach the 'lame and the blind' who are David's enemies.” That is why people say, “The 'blind and the lame' must not enter the palace.”
當日，大衛說：「誰攻打耶布斯人，當上水溝攻打我心裏所恨惡的瘸子、瞎子。」從此有俗語說：「在那裏有瞎子、瘸子，他不能進屋去。」
9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. He fortified around it, from the terrace toward the inside.
大衛住在保障裏，給保障起名叫大衛城。大衛又從米羅以裏，周圍築牆。
10 David became very powerful because Yahweh, the God of hosts, was with him.
大衛日見強盛，因為耶和華－萬軍之上帝與他同在。
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons. They built a house for David.
泰爾王希蘭將香柏木運到大衛那裏，又差遣使者和木匠、石匠給大衛建造宮殿。
12 David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
大衛就知道耶和華堅立他作以色列王，又為自己的民以色列使他的國興旺。
13 After David left Hebron and came to Jerusalem, he took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
大衛離開希伯崙之後，在耶路撒冷又立后妃，又生兒女。
14 These were the names of the children who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
在耶路撒冷所生的兒子是沙母亞、朔罷、拿單、所羅門、
15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
益轄、以利書亞、尼斐、雅非亞、
16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
以利沙瑪、以利雅大、以利法列。
17 Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over Israel, they all went out looking for him. But David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
非利士人聽見人膏大衛作以色列王，非利士眾人就上來尋索大衛；大衛聽見，就下到保障。
18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
非利士人來了，布散在利乏音谷。
19 Then David asked for help from Yahweh. He said, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you give victory over them?” Yahweh said to David, “Attack, for I will certainly give you victory over the Philistines.”
大衛求問耶和華說：「我可以上去攻打非利士人嗎？你將他們交在我手裏嗎？」耶和華說：「你可以上去，我必將非利士人交在你手裏。」
20 So David attacked at Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He commented, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood of water.” So the name of that place became Baal Perazim.
大衛來到巴力‧毗拉心，在那裏擊殺非利士人，說：「耶和華在我面前沖破敵人，如同水沖去一般。」因此稱那地方為巴力‧毗拉心。
21 The Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
非利士人將偶像撇在那裏，大衛和跟隨他的人拿去了。
22 Then the Philistines came up again and spread out once more in the Valley of Rephaim.
非利士人又上來，布散在利乏音谷。
23 So David sought help from Yahweh again, and Yahweh said to him, “You must not attack their front, but rather circle around behind them and come on them through the balsam woods.
大衛求問耶和華；耶和華說：「不要一直地上去，要轉到他們後頭，從桑林對面攻打他們。
24 When you hear the sound of marching in the wind blowing through the balsam treetops, then attack with force. Do this because Yahweh will have gone out before you to attack the army of the Philistines.”
你聽見桑樹梢上有腳步的聲音，就要急速前去，因為那時耶和華已經在你前頭去攻打非利士人的軍隊。」
25 So David did as Yahweh had commanded him. He killed Philistines from Geba all the way to Gezer.
大衛就遵着耶和華所吩咐的去行，攻打非利士人，從迦巴直到基色。
