< 2 Samuel 17 >

1 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
亚希多弗又对押沙龙说:“求你准我挑选一万二千人,今夜我就起身追赶大卫,
2 and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,
趁他疲乏手软,我忽然追上他,使他惊惶;跟随他的民必都逃跑,我就单杀王一人,
3 and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.
使众民都归顺你。你所寻找的人既然死了,众民就如已经归顺你;这样,也都平安无事了。”
4 And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
押沙龙和以色列的长老都以这话为美。
5 And Absalom saith, 'Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth — even he.'
押沙龙说:“要召亚基人户筛来,我们也要听他怎样说。”
6 And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, 'According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — speak thou.'
户筛到了押沙龙面前,押沙龙向他说:“亚希多弗是如此如此说的,我们照着他的话行可以不可以?若不可,你就说吧!”
7 And Hushai saith unto Absalom, 'Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.'
户筛对押沙龙说:“亚希多弗这次所定的谋不善。”
8 And Hushai saith, 'Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;
户筛又说:“你知道,你父亲和跟随他的人都是勇士,现在他们心里恼怒,如同田野丢崽子的母熊一般,而且你父亲是个战士,必不和民一同住宿。
9 lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;
他现今或藏在坑中或在别处,若有人首先被杀,凡听见的必说:‘跟随押沙龙的民被杀了。’
10 and he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him.
虽有人胆大如狮子,他的心也必消化;因为以色列人都知道你父亲是英雄,跟随他的人也都是勇士。
11 'So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;
依我之计,不如将以色列众人—从但直到别是巴,如同海边的沙那样多—聚集到你这里来,你也亲自率领他们出战。
12 and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.
这样,我们在何处遇见他,就下到他那里,如同露水下在地上一般,连他带跟随他的人,一个也不留下。
13 And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.'
他若进了哪一座城,以色列众人必带绳子去,将那城拉到河里,甚至连一块小石头都不剩下。”
14 And Absalom saith — and all the men of Israel — 'Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.
押沙龙和以色列众人说:“亚基人户筛的计谋比亚希多弗的计谋更好!”这是因耶和华定意破坏亚希多弗的良谋,为要降祸与押沙龙。
15 And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, 'Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;
户筛对祭司撒督和亚比亚他说: “亚希多弗为押沙龙和以色列的长老所定的计谋是如此如此,我所定的计谋是如此如此。
16 and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.'
现在你们要急速打发人去,告诉大卫说:‘今夜不可住在旷野的渡口,务要过河,免得王和跟随他的人都被吞灭。’”
17 And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them — and they go and have declared [it] to king David — for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city.
那时,约拿单和亚希玛斯在隐·罗结那里等候,不敢进城,恐怕被人看见。有一个使女出来,将这话告诉他们,他们就去报信给大卫王。
18 And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,
然而有一个童子看见他们,就去告诉押沙龙。他们急忙跑到巴户琳某人的家里;那人院中有一口井,他们就下到井里。
19 and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.
那家的妇人用盖盖上井口,又在上头铺上碎麦,事就没有泄漏。
20 And the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, 'Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' and the woman saith to them, 'They passed over the brook of water;' and they seek, and have not found, and turn back to Jerusalem.
押沙龙的仆人来到那家,问妇人说:“亚希玛斯和约拿单在哪里?”妇人说:“他们过了河了。”仆人找他们,找不着,就回耶路撒冷去了。
21 And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, 'Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'
他们走后,二人从井里上来,去告诉大卫王说:“亚希多弗如此如此定计害你,你们务要起来,快快过河。”
22 And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed over the Jordan.
于是大卫和跟随他的人都起来,过约旦河。到了天亮,无一人不过约旦河的。
23 And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
亚希多弗见不依从他的计谋,就备上驴,归回本城;到了家,留下遗言,便吊死了,葬在他父亲的坟墓里。
24 And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;
大卫到了玛哈念,押沙龙和跟随他的以色列人也都过了约旦河。
25 and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;
押沙龙立亚玛撒作元帅,代替约押。亚玛撒是以实玛利人以特拉的儿子。以特拉曾与拿辖的女儿亚比该亲近;这亚比该与约押的母亲洗鲁雅是姊妹。
26 and Israel encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.
押沙龙和以色列人都安营在基列地。
27 And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,
大卫到了玛哈念,亚扪族的拉巴人拿辖的儿子朔比,罗·底巴人亚米利的儿子玛吉,基列的罗基琳人巴西莱,
28 couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],
带着被、褥、盆、碗、瓦器、小麦、大麦、麦面、炒谷、豆子、红豆、炒豆、
29 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, 'Thy people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'
蜂蜜、奶油、绵羊、奶饼,供给大卫和跟随他的人吃;他们说:“民在旷野,必饥渴困乏了。”

< 2 Samuel 17 >