¹大卫受膏作犹大王

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up into one of the cities of Judah?` and Jehovah saith unto him, `Go up.` And David saith, `Whither do I go up?` and He saith, `To Hebron.`

²于是大卫带着他的两个妻子，一个是耶斯列人亚希暖，一个是作过迦密人拿八妻子的亚比该，上到那里去了。

²And David goeth up thither, and also his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

³大卫也把与他在一起的人，和他们各人的家眷都带上去。他们就在希伯仑的城镇里住下来。

³and his men who [are] with him hath David brought up — a man and his household — and they dwell in the cities of Hebron.

⁴于是犹大人来到希伯仑，在那里膏立了大卫作王，统治犹大家。有人报告大卫说：“埋葬扫罗的是基列．雅比人。”

⁴And the men of Judah come, and anoint there David for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, `The men of Jabesh-Gilead [are] they who buried Saul.`

⁵大卫就差派使者到基列．雅比人那里去，对他们说：“愿耶和华赐福给你们，因为你们厚待了你们的主扫罗，把他埋葬了。

⁵And David sendeth messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead, and saith unto them, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, in that ye have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that ye bury him.

⁶你们既作了这事，现在就愿耶和华以慈爱和诚实待你们，我也要善待你们。

⁶`And, now, Jehovah doth with you kindness and truth, and also, I do with you this good because ye have done this thing;

⁷现在你们要坚强，要作勇敢的人，因为你们的主扫罗已经死了；犹大家已经膏立了我作他们的王了。”

⁷and now, are your hands strong, and be ye for sons of valour, for your lord Saul. [is] dead, and also — me have the house of Judah anointed for king over them.`

⁸伊施波设作以色列王当时，扫罗的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥已经领着扫罗的儿子伊施波设，把他带过河到玛哈念去，

⁸And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul hath, hath taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causeth him to pass over to Mahanaim,

⁹并且立了他作王，统治基列、亚书利、耶斯列、以法莲、便雅悯和以色列众人。

⁹and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel — all of it.

¹⁰扫罗的儿子伊施波设作以色列王的时候，已经四十岁；他作王共两年。犹大家却追随大卫。

¹⁰A son of forty years, [is] Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, in his reigning over Israel, and two years he hath reigned, only the house of Judah have been after David.

¹¹大卫在希伯仑作王统治犹大家的时候共有七年零六个月。

¹¹And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.

¹²以色列家与犹大家之战争尼珥的儿子押尼珥带着扫罗的儿子伊施波设的仆从，离开玛哈念，到基遍去。

¹²And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

¹³洗鲁雅的儿子约押和大卫的臣仆也出来，在基遍的水池旁边与他们会面。大家都坐下，一队在水池这边，一队在水池那边。

¹³And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this [side], and these by the pool on that.

¹⁴押尼珥对约押说：“让年轻人起来，在我们面前比比武。”约押说：“好！叫他们起来。”

¹⁴And Abner saith unto Joab, `Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;` and Joab saith, `Let them rise.`

¹⁵他们就起来，按着人数走过去：属便雅悯，就是属扫罗的儿子伊施波设的，有十二人；属大卫臣仆的也有十二人。

¹⁵And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁶他们各人都紧紧抓住对手的头，用刀刺进对手的肋旁，于是他们全都倒毙。所以在基遍那地方就叫作希利甲．哈素林。

¹⁶And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon,

¹⁷那天的战事非常激烈，结果押尼珥和以色列人败在大卫的臣仆面前。

¹⁷and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

¹⁸洗鲁雅的三个儿子约押、亚比筛和亚撒黑都在那里。亚撒黑的腿轻快如野地的羚羊一般。

¹⁸And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,

¹⁹亚撒黑追赶押尼珥，紧紧地跟着他，不偏左，也不偏右。

¹⁹And Asahel pursueth after Abner, and hath not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.

²⁰押尼珥往后瞧着，说：“你是亚撒黑吗？”他回答：“我正是。”

²⁰And Abner looketh behind him, and saith, `Art thou he — Asahel?` and he saith, `I [am].`

²¹押尼珥对他说：“你或转左或转右，抓住一个年轻人，夺去他的武器吧！”可是亚撒黑不愿意离开不追赶他。

²¹And Abner saith to him, `Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and seize for thee one of the youths, and take to thee his armour;` and Asahel hath not been willing to turn aside from after him.

²²押尼珥再一次对亚撒黑说：“你离开，别追赶我！我为什么要把你砍倒在地上呢？以后怎么还有脸见你的哥哥约押呢？”

²²And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, `Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?`

²³亚撒黑不肯离开，所以押尼珥就用枪的尾端刺入了他的肚子，枪从他的背后穿出。亚撒黑仆倒在那里，当场死了。所有来到亚撒黑倒毙的地方的人，都站住不动。

²³And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth [rib], and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth — they stand still.

²⁴约押和亚比筛却继续追赶押尼珥。日落的时候，他们来到亚玛山，就在通往基遍旷野的路旁，基亚的对面。

²⁴And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which [is] on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁵便雅悯人集结在押尼珥后面，站在一座山头上，列成一个队伍。

²⁵And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,

²⁶押尼珥对约押喊叫，说：“刀剑要不停地杀人吗？你不知道结局是痛苦的吗？你要等到什么时候才吩咐人民转去，不追赶自己的兄弟呢？”

²⁶and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, `For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?`

²⁷约押说：“我指着永活的　神起誓，如果你们没有说过比武的话，大家必在早晨的时候离去，不再追赶自己的兄弟。”

²⁷And Joab saith, `God liveth! for unless thou hadst spoken, surely then from the morning had the people gone up each from after his brother.`

²⁸于是约押吹响号角，众人就站住，不再追赶以色列人，也不再打仗了。

²⁸And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and all the people stand still, and pursue no more after Israel, nor have they added any more to fight.

²⁹押尼珥和属他的人，整夜走过亚拉巴，渡过约旦河，又走过毕伦，才回到玛哈念。

²⁹And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on [through] all Bithron, and come in to Mahanaim.

³⁰约押追赶押尼珥回来，集合所有人的时候，发现在大卫的臣仆中，除了亚撒黑以外，还少了十九个人。

³⁰And Joab hath turned back from after Abner, and gathereth all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel;

³¹但大卫的臣仆击杀便雅悯人和跟随押尼珥的人，共有三百六十人死了。

³¹and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men — they died.

³²他们把亚撒黑抬回去，埋葬在伯利恒他父亲的坟墓里。约押和属他的人走了一整夜，天亮的时候才回到希伯仑。

³²And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which [is] in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night — Joab and his men — and it is light to them in Hebron.