1There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.”
1基遍人向掃羅家復仇大衛在位的日子，有連續三年的饑荒；大衛就尋求耶和華的面。耶和華說：“這是因為掃羅和掃羅家流人血的罪，因為他曾經殺死了基遍人。”
2The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
2原來基遍人不是以色列人，而是亞摩利人中餘剩的後人。以色列人曾經起誓與他們立約，但掃羅卻為以色列人和猶大人發熱心，設法要擊殺他們。王把基遍人召了來，對他們說話。
3and David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?”
3大衛問基遍人：“我能為你們作甚麼？我該用甚麼來贖罪，使你們為耶和華的產業祝福呢？”
4The Gibeonites said to him, “It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” He said, “Whatever you say, that will I do for you.”
4基遍人回答大衛：“我們與掃羅和他家的事，都與金子銀子沒有關係；我們也不願以色列中有一個人被殺。”大衛問：“那麼，你們說，我當為你們作甚麼？”
5They said to the king, “The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
5他們回答王：“從前破壞我們，謀害我們，要消滅我們，使我們不能在以色列境內立足的那人，
6let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” The king said, “I will give them.”
6現在請你把他子孫中的七個男丁交給我們，我們可以在基遍耶和華的山上，在耶和華面前把他們處決。”王說：“我必交給你們。”
7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
7王顧惜掃羅的孫子、約拿單的兒子米非波設，因為大衛與掃羅的兒子約拿單，曾經在耶和華面前有過誓約。
8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
8於是王逮捕了愛雅的女兒利斯巴為掃羅所生的兩個兒子：亞摩尼和米非波設，和掃羅的女兒米拉為米何拉人巴西萊的兒子亞得列所生的五個兒子，
9He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
9把他們交在基遍人的手裡。基遍人就在山上耶和華面前把他們處決，這七人就一同倒斃了。他們被處死的時候，正是收穫季節之初，就是開始收割大麥的時候。
10Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
10愛雅的女兒利斯巴拿了一塊麻布，為自己鋪在磐石上。從開始收割的時候，直到雨水從天上傾倒在他們的屍身上的時候，白天她不讓空中的飛鳥落在屍身上，夜間不讓田間的走獸來糟踐他們。
11It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
11大衛埋葬掃羅與約拿單有人把掃羅的妃子，愛雅的女兒利斯巴所作的這事告訴了大衛，
12David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
12大衛就去把掃羅的骸骨和他兒子約拿單的骸骨，從基列．雅比人那裡搬回來。原來非利士人從前在基利波山擊殺掃羅那一天，就把他們二人的屍體掛在伯．珊的廣場上，基列．雅比人卻把他們偷了去。
13and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
13大衛把掃羅和他兒子約拿單的骸骨從那裡搬上來；又有人收殮了那些被處決者的骸骨。
14They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.
14他們把掃羅和他兒子約拿單的骸骨埋葬在便雅憫地的洗拉，在掃羅父親基士的墳墓裡。王所吩咐的一切，眾人都行了。這事以後， 神垂聽了人們為那地的禱告。
15The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
15四敗非利士人（代上20:4~8）非利士人與以色列人又有了戰事。大衛和跟隨他的臣僕一同下去，要與非利士人爭戰；大衛疲倦了。
16and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
16他們住在歌伯。有一個人，是巨人的兒子，他的銅矛有三公斤半重，又佩帶著新刀；他想要擊殺大衛。
17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”
17洗魯雅的兒子亞比篩幫助了大衛；亞比篩擊打那非利士人，把他殺死了。那時，跟隨大衛的人向他起誓說：“以後你不可再與我們一同出去打仗，免得以色列的燈熄滅了。”
18It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
18後來，以色列人又在歌伯與非利士人爭戰。那時，戶沙人西比該擊殺了巨人的一個兒子撒弗。
19There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
19在歌伯又再與非利士人爭戰。伯利恆人雅雷俄珥金的兒子伊勒哈難擊殺了迦特人歌利亞。這人的矛桿好像織布的機軸那麼粗大。
20There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
20在迦特又有一場戰事，那裡有一個身量高大的人，手腳都各有六個指頭，總數是二十四個；這人也是巨人所生的。
21When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
21這人向以色列人罵陣，大衛的哥哥示米亞的兒子約拿單把他擊殺了。
22These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
22以上這四個人都是迦特城裡那個巨人所生的，都死在大衛和大衛臣僕的手下。