2 Samuel 2
1 After this, David enquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” The LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”
此后，大卫问耶和华说：“我上犹大的一个城去可以吗？”耶和华说：“可以。”大卫说：“我上哪一个城去呢？”耶和华说：“上希伯 去。”
2 So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
于是大卫和他的两个妻—一个是耶斯列人亚希暖，一个是作过迦密人拿八妻的亚比该—都上那里去了。
3 David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
大卫也将跟随他的人和他们各人的眷属一同带上去，住在希伯 的城邑中。
4 The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”
犹大人来到希伯 ，在那里膏大卫作犹大家的王。 有人告诉大卫说：“葬埋扫罗的是基列·雅比人。”
5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you by the LORD, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
大卫就差人去见基列·雅比人，对他们说：“你们厚待你们的主—扫罗，将他葬埋。愿耶和华赐福与你们！
6 Now may the LORD show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.
你们既行了这事，愿耶和华以慈爱诚实待你们，我也要为此厚待你们。
7 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”
现在你们的主—扫罗死了，犹大家已经膏我作他们的王，所以你们要刚强奋勇。”
8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
扫罗的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥，曾将扫罗的儿子伊施波设带过河，到玛哈念，
9 He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
立他作王，治理基列、亚书利、耶斯列、以法莲、便雅悯，和以色列众人。
10 Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
扫罗的儿子伊施波设登基的时候年四十岁，作以色列王二年；惟独犹大家归从大卫。
11 The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
大卫在希伯 作犹大家的王，共七年零六个月。
12 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
尼珥的儿子押尼珥和扫罗的儿子伊施波设的仆人从玛哈念出来，往基遍去。
13 Joab the son of Zeruiah and David’s servants went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
洗鲁雅的儿子约押和大卫的仆人也出来，在基遍池旁与他们相遇；一班坐在池这边，一班坐在池那边。
14 Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”
押尼珥对约押说：“让少年人起来，在我们面前戏耍吧！”约押说：“可以。”
15 Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants.
就按着定数起来：属扫罗儿子伊施波设的便雅悯人过去十二名，大卫的仆人也过去十二名，
16 They each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.
彼此揪头，用刀刺肋，一同仆倒。所以，那地叫做希利甲·哈素林，就在基遍。
17 The battle was very severe that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before David’s servants.
那日的战事凶猛，押尼珥和以色列人败在大卫的仆人面前。
18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
在那里有洗鲁雅的三个儿子：约押、亚比筛、亚撒黑。亚撒黑脚快如野鹿一般；
19 Asahel pursued Abner. He didn’t turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
亚撒黑追赶押尼珥，直追赶他不偏左右。
20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is.”
押尼珥回头说：“你是亚撒黑吗？”回答说：“是。”
21 Abner said to him, “Turn away to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armour.” But Asahel would not turn away from following him.
押尼珥对他说：“你或转向左转向右，拿住一个少年人，剥去他的战衣。”亚撒黑却不肯转开不追赶他。
22 Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I look Joab your brother in the face?”
押尼珥又对亚撒黑说：“你转开不追赶我吧！我何必杀你呢？若杀你，有什么脸见你哥哥约押呢？”
23 However, he refused to turn away. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there and died in the same place. As many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
亚撒黑仍不肯转开。故此，押尼珥就用枪 刺入他的肚腹，甚至枪从背后透出，亚撒黑就在那里仆倒而死。众人赶到亚撒黑仆倒而死的地方，就都站住。
24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. The sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
约押和亚比筛追赶押尼珥，日落的时候，到了通基遍旷野的路旁，基亚对面的亚玛山。
25 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
便雅悯人聚集，跟随押尼珥站在一个山顶上。
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”
押尼珥呼叫约押说：“刀剑岂可永远杀人吗？你岂不知终久必有苦楚吗？你要等何时才叫百姓回去、不追赶弟兄呢？”
27 Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”
约押说：“我指着永生的 神起誓：你若不说戏耍的那句话，今日早晨百姓就回去，不追赶弟兄了。”
28 So Joab blew the shofar; and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no more, and they fought no more.
于是约押吹角，众民就站住，不再追赶以色列人，也不再打仗了。
29 Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
押尼珥和跟随他的人整夜经过亚拉巴，过约旦河，走过毕伦，到了玛哈念。
30 Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and Asahel were missing.
约押追赶押尼珥回来，聚集众民，见大卫的仆人中缺少了十九个人和亚撒黑。
31 But David’s servants had struck Benjamin Abner’s men so that three hundred and sixty men died.
但大卫的仆人杀了便雅悯人和跟随押尼珥的人，共三百六十名。
32 They took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
众人将亚撒黑送到伯利恒，葬在他父亲的坟墓里。约押和跟随他的人走了一夜，天亮的时候到了希伯 。
