¹拿单指摘大卫，大卫认罪耶和华差派拿单去见大卫。于是拿单来到大卫那里，对他说：“在一座城里有两个人，一个富有，一个贫穷。

¹And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: `Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

²那富有的有极多牛羊，

²The rich hath flocks and herds very many;

³那贫穷的除了买来养的一只母羊羔以外，什么也没有。那小羊在他家里和他的儿女一同长大，小羊吃他的食物，喝他杯中的饮料，睡在他的怀里，就像他的女儿一样。

³And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

⁴有一个旅客来到富翁那里，他舍不得从自己的牛群羊群中取一头出来，款待到他那里来的旅客，却取了那穷人的母羊羔，款待到他那里来的客人。”

⁴And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.`

⁵大卫就非常恼怒那人，对拿单说：“我指着永活的耶和华起誓，作这事的人该死。

⁵And the anger of David burneth against the man exceedingly, and he saith unto Nathan, `Jehovah liveth, surely a son of death [is] the man who is doing this,

⁶他必须四倍赔偿这羊羔，因为他作了这事，又因他没有怜悯的心。”

⁶and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.`

⁷拿单对大卫说：“你就是那人！耶和华以色列的　神这样说：‘我膏立了你作以色列的王，把你从扫罗的手里救了出来，

⁷And Nathan saith unto David, `Thou [art] the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

⁸把你主人的家赐给你，把你主人的妻妾交在你怀里，又把以色列和犹大家赐给你。你若是还以为太少，我还可以多多加给你。

⁸and I give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such [things].

⁹你为什么藐视耶和华的话，行他看为恶的事呢？你用刀击杀了赫人乌利亚，娶了他的妻子作你的妻子，你借着亚扪人的刀杀了乌利亚。

⁹`Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.

¹⁰所以，从今以后，刀剑必不离开你的家，因为你藐视了我，娶了赫人乌利亚的妻子作你的妻子。’

¹⁰`And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife;

¹¹耶和华这样说：‘看哪！我必从你家中兴起祸患攻击你；我要在你的眼前把你的妃嫔拿去赐给别人。他要在光天化日之下与她们同床。

¹¹thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun;

¹²你在暗中行了这事，我却要在所有以色列人面前，在光天化日之下行这事报应你。’”

¹²for thou hast done [it] in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.`

¹³大卫对拿单说：“我得罪了耶和华了。”拿单对大卫说：“耶和华已经除去了你的罪，你必不至于死。

¹³And David saith unto Nathan, `I have sinned against Jehovah.` And Nathan saith unto David, `Also — Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;

¹⁴只是因为你作了这事，使耶和华的仇敌大得亵渎的机会，所以你所生的儿子必定死。”

¹⁴only, because thou hast caused the enemies of Jehovah greatly to despise by this thing, also the son who is born to thee doth surely die.`

¹⁵于是拿单回自己的家去了。耶和华击打乌利亚的妻子给大卫所生的孩子，他就害了重病。

¹⁵And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable;

¹⁶大卫的儿子病逝大卫为那孩子恳求　神，并且禁食。他进房里去，终夜躺在地上。

¹⁶and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

¹⁷他家中的老侍从站在他旁边，要把他从地上扶起来，他却不肯，也不与他们一起吃饭。

¹⁷And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

¹⁸到了第七天，孩子死了。大卫的臣仆不敢告诉他孩子死了，因为他们说：“看哪，孩子还活着的时候，我们劝他，他尚且不听我们的话。现在我们怎么能告诉他孩子已经死了呢？他会伤心欲绝的。”

¹⁸and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, `Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? — then he hath done evil.`

¹⁹大卫看见他的臣仆彼此低声耳语，就知道孩子已经死了。他问臣仆说：“孩子死了吗？”他们回答：“死了！”

¹⁹And David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, `Is the lad dead?` and they say, `Dead.`

²⁰于是大卫从地上起来，洗澡，抹膏，更换衣服，进耶和华的殿去敬拜，然后回到自己的宫里去，吩咐人给他摆上饭，他就吃了。

²⁰And David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint [himself], and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth.

²¹臣仆问他：“你为什么这样作呢？孩子还活着的时候，你为他禁食哭泣；孩子死了，你倒起来吃饭！”

²¹And his servants say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.`

²²他回答：“孩子还活着的时候，我禁食哭泣，因为我想：‘也许耶和华怜悯我，让孩子可以活着。’

²²And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? — Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived;

²³现在他死了，我为什么还要禁食呢？我还能使他回来吗？我要到他那里去，他却不能回到我这里来。”

²³and now, he hath died, why [is] this — I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.`

²⁴所罗门出生大卫安慰他的妻子拔示巴，进到她那里去，与她同睡。她生了一个儿子，大卫给他起名叫所罗门；耶和华也喜爱他，

²⁴And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,

²⁵就差派拿单先知去，照着耶和华的吩咐，给他起名叫耶底底亚。

²⁵and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

²⁶约押攻取拉巴（代上20:1-3）那时，约押正在攻打亚扪人的拉巴，攻取了王城。

²⁶And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

²⁷约押派遣使者去见大卫，说：“我攻打拉巴，已经攻取了水城。

²⁷and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, `I have fought against Rabbah — also I have captured the city of waters;

²⁸现在，请你聚集其余的人民，安营攻打这城，把城攻取；免得我攻取了这城，人就以我的名字来叫这城。”

²⁸and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.`

²⁹于是大卫聚集所有的人民，向拉巴进军；攻打那城，把它攻取了。

²⁹And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it;

³⁰大卫从他们的王的头上夺取了王冠。王冠的金子重三十五公斤，上面嵌有宝石，人把这冠冕戴在大卫的头上。大卫又从这城里带走了许多战利品，

³⁰and he taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight [is] a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much;

³¹又把那城里的人民带出去，使他们用锯子、铁耙、铁斧作工，或使他们在砖窑服役。大卫对待亚扪各城的居民都是这样。后来，大卫和众人都回耶路撒冷去了。

³¹and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brick-kiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon; and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.