¹押沙龙取得民心

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;

²押沙龙常常清早起来，站在通往城门口的路旁。有争讼的案件要进去请王判决的人，押沙龙就把他叫到跟前来，问他：“你是从哪一座城来的？”他回答：“仆人是从以色列某一支派来的。”

²and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, `Of what city [art] thou?` and he saith, `Of one of the tribes of Israel [is] thy servant.`

³押沙龙就对他说：“你看！你的案件有情有理，但是王并没有委人听你的案子。”

³And Absalom saith unto him, `See, thy matters [are] good and straightforward — and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.`

⁴押沙龙又说：“但愿有人立我作这地的审判官，这样，有案件或诉讼的人，都可以到我这里来，我就给他公平的审判。”

⁴And Absalom saith, `Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? — then I have declared him righteous.`

⁵如果有人走近押沙龙要拜他，他就伸手拉住他，并且与他亲嘴。

⁵And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;

⁶所有来到王面前请求审决的以色列人，押沙龙都是这样对待他们。因此，押沙龙暗中迷惑了以色列人的心。

⁶and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel.

⁷押沙龙谋反过了四年，押沙龙对王说：“求你准我到希伯仑去，好向耶和华还我所许的愿。

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron,

⁸因为仆人住在亚兰的基述的时候，曾经许了一个愿说：‘如果耶和华使我再回到耶路撒冷来，我就要在希伯仑事奉他。’”

⁸for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.`

⁹王对他说：“你平平安安地去吧！”于是他动身，往希伯仑去了。

⁹And the king saith to him, `Go in peace;` and he riseth and goeth to Hebron,

¹⁰押沙龙派遣探子到以色列的各支派中，说：“你们一听见号角的声音，就说：‘押沙龙在希伯仑作王了！’”

¹⁰and Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.`

¹¹有二百人从耶路撒冷应邀与押沙龙同去。他们都是诚诚实实地去，对内情一点也不知道。

¹¹And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;

¹²押沙龙献祭的时候，差派人去把大卫的参谋基罗人亚希多弗从他的本城基罗请来。于是叛乱的势力越来越大，跟随押沙龙的人民也越来越多。

¹²and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.

¹³大卫逃亡有一个报信的人来见大卫说：“以色列人的心都归向押沙龙了。”

¹³And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.`

¹⁴大卫就对所有在耶路撒冷与他在一起的臣仆说：“我们要起来逃走，不然我们就不能逃避押沙龙的面了，要赶快离开，恐怕他迅速赶上我们，使灾难临到我们身上，用刀击杀全城的人。”

¹⁴And David saith to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, `Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.`

¹⁵王的臣仆对王说：“我主我王决定的一切，仆人都必遵行。”

¹⁵And the servants of the king say unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king chooseth — lo, thy servants [do].`

¹⁶于是王出走了，他的全家都跟在他的后头，却留下十个妃嫔看守王宫。

¹⁶And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women — concubines — to keep the house.

¹⁷王出发了，众人都跟在他的脚后；他们在伯．墨哈停下来。

¹⁷And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.

¹⁸王所有的臣仆都从王的身边走过去，所有的基利提人、比利提人和迦特人，就是从迦特来跟从王的六百人，都从王面前走过去。

¹⁸And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.

¹⁹王对迦特人以太说：“你为什么也与我们一同走呢？回去留在新王那里吧！因为你是个外族人，是个远离自己家乡逃到这里来的人。

¹⁹And the king saith unto Ittai the Gittite, `Why dost thou go — thou also — with us? turn back — and abide with the king, for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile thou — to thy place.

²⁰你昨天才来，我怎可以今天就让你与我们一同流浪呢？现在我还不知道我要到哪里去。你回去吧！带着你的兄弟一同回去吧！愿耶和华的慈爱和信实与你同在。”

²⁰Yesterday [is] thy coming in, and to-day I move thee to go with us, and I am going on that which I am going! — turn back, and take back thy brethren with thee, — kindness and truth.`

²¹以太回答王说：“我指着永活的耶和华，在我主我王面前起誓，无论我主我王在什么地方，或生或死，你仆人也必在那里。”

²¹And Ittai answereth the king and saith, `Jehovah liveth, and my lord the king liveth, surely in the place where my lord the king is — if for death, if for life, surely there is thy servant.`

²²大卫对以太说：“你可以去，向前走吧！”迦特人以太就带着所有属他的人，和与他在一起的妇人孩子都向前走。

²²And David saith unto Ittai, `Go and pass over;` and Ittai the Gittite passeth over, and all his men, and all the infants who [are] with him.

²³众人向前走的时候，遍地的人都放声大哭；王过了汲沦溪，众人就都走上通往旷野去的路。

²³And all the land are weeping — a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the brook Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;

²⁴命令撒督等人返回耶路撒冷看哪！撒督也来了，所有抬　神约柜的利未人都与他在一起。他们把　神的约柜放下。亚比亚他上来，直到从城里出来的众人都走过去了。

²⁴and lo, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they make the ark of God firm, and Abiathar goeth up, till the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city.

²⁵王对撒督说：“把　神的约柜抬回城里去吧！我若是在耶和华眼前蒙恩，他必使我回来再看到约柜和他安居的地方。

²⁵And the king saith to Zadok, `Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation;

²⁶他若是说：‘我不喜悦你。’看哪！我就在这里，他看怎样好，就怎样对待我吧！”

²⁶and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here [am] I, He doth to me as [is] good in His eyes.`

²⁷王又对撒督祭司说：“你不是先见吗？平平安安地回到城里去吧！你的儿子亚希玛斯和亚比亚他的儿子约拿单要与你一同回去。

²⁷And the king saith unto Zadok the priest, `Art thou a seer? turn back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons with you;

²⁸我会在旷野的渡口那里等候，直到我接到从你们那里来的消息。”

²⁸see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.`

²⁹于是撒督和亚比亚他把　神的约柜抬回耶路撒冷去，并且住在那里。

²⁹And Zadok taketh back — and Abiathar — the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they abide there.

³⁰大卫走上橄榄山；他蒙着头，赤着脚，一边上，一边哭，所有与他在一起的人民也都蒙着头，一边上，一边哭。

³⁰And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who [are] with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;

³¹有人告诉大卫说：“亚希多弗也在押沙龙的叛党之中。”大卫祷告说：“耶和华啊，求你使亚希多弗的计谋变为愚拙。”

³¹and David declared, saying, `Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom;` and David saith, `Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.`

³²大卫到了山顶，就是人敬拜　神的地方。看哪！有亚基人户筛衣服撕裂，头蒙灰尘，在那里迎接他。

³²And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him [is] Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head;

³³大卫对他说：“你若是与我同去；必成为我的累赘。

³³and David saith to him, `If thou hast passed on with me then thou hast been on me for a burden,

³⁴如果你回到城里去，对押沙龙说：‘王啊！我愿作你的仆人，以前我作你父亲的仆人，现在我也照样作你的仆人。’这样，你就可以为我破坏亚希多弗的计谋。

³⁴and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I [am] also hitherto, and now, I [am] also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;

³⁵撒督祭司和亚比亚他不是都在那里与你在一起吗？你在王宫里听见的话，都要告诉撒督祭司和亚比亚他。

³⁵and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.

³⁶看哪！还有他们的两个儿子在那里，就是撒督的儿子亚希玛斯和亚比亚他的儿子约拿单。你们听见的一切，可以托他们来告诉我。”

³⁶Lo, there with them [are] their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and ye have sent by their hand unto me anything that ye hear.`

³⁷于是大卫的朋友户筛进了城；押沙龙也进了耶路撒冷。

³⁷And Hushai, David`s friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.