¹示巴背叛

¹And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.`

²于是以色列众人都上山去，不跟随大卫，却跟随了比基利的儿子示巴；犹大人却紧紧跟随他们的王，从约旦河直到耶路撒冷。

²And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

³大卫王回到耶路撒冷自己的宫里，就把以前留下来看守王宫的那十个妃嫔捉起来，关在禁宫里。王供养她们，却不再亲近她们。她们被禁闭，过着寡妇一般的生活，直到死的日子。

³And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines — whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

⁴约押刺杀亚玛撒王对亚玛撒说：“你要在三天之内把犹大人召集到我这里来。你自己也要在这里。”

⁴And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,`

⁵亚玛撒就去召集犹大人。他却耽延，超过了王限定的日期。

⁵and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

⁶大卫对亚比筛说：“现在比基利的儿子示巴要加害我们，比押沙龙更甚。你要带着你主人的仆人去追赶他，免得他找到了设防的城镇，就避过我们的眼目，从我们的手中逃脱了。”

⁶and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.`

⁷于是约押的人，基利提人、比利提人和所有的勇士，都跟随亚比筛出去。他们从耶路撒冷出去，追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

⁷And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

⁸他们到了基遍的大磐石那里，亚玛撒来与他们会合。那时约押穿着战衣，腰间束着佩刀的带子，刀在鞘里。他往前走的时候，刀掉了下来。

⁸they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is] girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle — a sword [is] fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth.

⁹约押对亚玛撒说：“我的兄弟，你好吗？”约押用右手握住亚玛撒的胡子，要与他亲嘴。

⁹And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou [in] peace, my brother?` and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

¹⁰亚玛撒没有防备约押手中的刀，约押用这刀刺进他的肚子，他的内脏就流在地上。不用再刺第二刀，亚玛撒就死了。约押和他的兄弟亚比筛继续追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

¹⁰and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated [it] to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

¹¹约押追赶示巴约押的仆从之中，有一个人站在亚玛撒的尸体旁边，说：“谁喜欢约押，谁归顺大卫，就当跟随约押去！”

¹¹And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who [is] for David — after Joab!`

¹²亚玛撒在大道当中，辊在自己的血里。那人看见经过的众人都站住，就把亚玛撒的尸体从大道上拖到田里，又扔一件衣服把他盖住，因为他看见众人来到亚玛撒的尸体旁边都站住。

¹²And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him — hath stood still.

¹³尸体从大道上挪去以后，众人就都过去，跟随约押去追赶比基利的儿子示巴。

¹³When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

¹⁴示巴被杀，叛变结束示巴走遍以色列各支派，直到伯．玛迦的亚比拉和比利人的全境，他们聚集起来跟随他。

¹⁴And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

¹⁵所有跟随约押的人都来了，把示巴围困在伯．玛迦的亚比拉。他们对着城筑起攻城的土垒，高度与城的外墙一样。他们撞击城墙，要把城墙撞倒。

¹⁵and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

¹⁶有一个聪明的妇人在城墙上呼叫：“请听！请听！请你们对约押说：‘请你走近这里，我有话对你说。’”

¹⁶And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.`

¹⁷约押走近妇人那里，妇人问：“你是约押吗？”他回答：“我是。”妇人对他说：“请听婢女的话！”他说：“我正在听！”

¹⁷And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?` and he saith, `I [am].` And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;` and he saith, `I am hearing.`

¹⁸妇人说：“古时人常说：‘只要在亚比拉求问，事就必成全。’

¹⁸and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

¹⁹我在以色列中是和平信实的人，你却设法毁灭这座以色列的母城。你为什么要吞灭耶和华的产业呢？”

¹⁹I [am] of the peaceable — faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

²⁰约押回答：“绝对不会！我绝对不会吞灭，也不会毁坏。

²⁰And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it — far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

²¹事情不是这样的；只因以法莲山地有一个人名叫示巴，是比基利的儿子，他举手攻击大卫王。你们只要把他一人交出来，我就离开这城。”妇人对约押说：“看哪！那人的头必从这城墙上丢给你。”

²¹The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim — Sheba son of Bichri his name — hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.` And the woman saith unto Joab, `Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.`

²²妇人就凭她的智慧去见众人，他们就把比基利的儿子示巴的头砍下来，丢给约押；约押吹号角，众人就离城散开，各回自己的家去了。约押也回耶路撒冷去见大卫王。

²²And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast [it] unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.

²³大卫的重要臣仆约押作以色列所有军队的统帅。耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅统辖基利提人和比利提人；

²³And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,

²⁴亚多兰管理作苦工的人。亚希律的儿子约沙法作史官；

²⁴and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,

²⁵示法作书记。撒督和亚比亚他作祭司长；

²⁵and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,

²⁶睚珥人以拉也作大卫的祭司。

²⁶and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.