2 Samuel 14

洗鲁雅的儿子约押，知道王心里想念押沙龙，

xǐ lǔ yǎ de ér zi yuē yā ， zhī dào wáng xīn lǐ xiǎng niàn yā shā lóng ，

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

就打发人往提哥亚去，从那里叫了一个聪明的妇人来，对她说：「请你假装居丧的，穿上孝衣，不要用膏抹身，要装作为死者许久悲哀的妇人；

jiù dǎ fā rén wǎng tí gē yà qù ， cóng nà lǐ jiào le yí gè cōng ming de fù rén lái ， duì tā shuō ：「 qǐng nǐ jiǎ zhuāng jū sāng de ， chuān shàng xiào yī ， bú yào yòng gāo mǒ shēn ， yào zhuāng zuò wéi sǐ zhě xǔ jiǔ bēi āi de fù rén ；

Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

进去见王，对王如此如此说。」于是约押将当说的话教导了妇人。

jìn qù jiàn wáng ， duì wáng rú cǐ rú cǐ shuō 。」 yú shì yuē yā jiāng dāng shuō de huà jiào dǎo le fù rén 。

Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

提哥亚妇人到王面前，伏地叩拜，说：「王啊，求你拯救！」

tí gē yà fù rén dào wáng miàn qián ， fú dì kòu bài ， shuō ：「 wáng a ， qiú nǐ zhěng jiù ！」

When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”

王问她说：「你有什么事呢？」回答说：「婢女实在是寡妇，我丈夫死了。

wáng wèn tā shuō ：「 nǐ yǒu shén me shì ne ？」 huí dá shuō ：「 bì nǚ shí zài shì guǎ fù ， wǒ zhàng fu sǐ le 。

The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

我有两个儿子，一日在田间争斗，没有人解劝，这个就打死那个。

wǒ yǒu liǎng gè ér zi ， yí rì zài tián jiān zhēng dòu ， méi yǒu rén jiě quàn ， zhè ge jiù dǎ sǐ nà ge 。

Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.

现在全家的人都起来攻击婢女，说：『你将那打死兄弟的交出来，我们好治死他，偿他打死兄弟的命，灭绝那承受家业的。』这样，他们要将我剩下的炭火灭尽，不与我丈夫留名留后在世上。」

xiàn zài quán jiā de rén dōu qǐ lái gōng jī bì nǚ ， shuō ：『 nǐ jiāng nà dǎ sǐ xiōng dì de jiāo chū lái ， wǒ men hǎo zhì sǐ tā ， cháng tā dǎ sǐ xiōng dì de mìng ， miè jué nà chéng shòu jiā yè de 。』 zhè yàng ， tā men yào jiāng wǒ shèng xià de tàn huǒ miè jìn ， bù yǔ wǒ zhàng fu liú míng liú hòu zài shì shàng 。」

Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”

王对妇人说：「你回家去吧！我必为你下令。」

wáng duì fù rén shuō ：「 nǐ huí jiā qù ba ！ wǒ bì wèi nǐ xià lìng 。」

The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”

提哥亚妇人又对王说：「我主我王，愿这罪归我和我父家，与王和王的位无干。」

tí gē yà fù rén yòu duì wáng shuō ：「 wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng ， yuàn zhè zuì guī wǒ hé wǒ fù jiā ， yǔ wáng hé wáng de wèi wú gān 。」

The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

王说：「凡难为你的，你就带他到我这里来，他必不再搅扰你。」

wáng shuō ：「 fán nán wéi nǐ de ， nǐ jiù dài tā dào wǒ zhè lǐ lái ， tā bì bú zài jiǎo rǎo nǐ 。」

The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”

妇人说：「愿王记念耶和华—你的 神，不许报血仇的人施行灭绝，恐怕他们灭绝我的儿子。」王说：「我指着永生的耶和华起誓：你的儿子连一根头发也不致落在地上。」

fù rén shuō ：「 yuàn wáng jì niàn yē hé huá — nǐ de shén ， bù xǔ bào xuè chóu de rén shī xíng miè jué ， kǒng pà tā men miè jué wǒ de ér zi 。」 wáng shuō ：「 wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒng shēng de yē hé huá qǐ shì ： nǐ de ér zi lián yì gēn tóu fa yě bú zhì luò zài dì shàng 。」

Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”

妇人说：「求我主我王容婢女再说一句话。」王说：「你说吧！」

fù rén shuō ：「 qiú wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng róng bì nǚ zài shuō yí jù huà 。」 wáng shuō ：「 nǐ shuō ba ！」

Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”

妇人说：「王为何也起意要害 神的民呢？王不使那逃亡的人回来，王的这话就是自证己错了！

fù rén shuō ：「 wáng wèi hé yě qǐ yì yào hài shén de mín ne ？ wáng bù shǐ nà táo wáng de rén huí lái ， wáng de zhè huà jiù shì zì zhèng jǐ cuò le ！

The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.

我们都是必死的，如同水泼在地上，不能收回。 神并不夺取人的性命，乃设法使逃亡的人不致成为赶出、回不来的。

wǒ men dōu shì bì sǐ de ， rú tóng shuǐ pō zài dì shàng ， bù néng shōu huí 。 shén bìng bù duó qǔ rén de xìng mìng ， nǎi shè fǎ shǐ táo wáng de rén bú zhì chéng wéi gǎn chū 、 huí bù lái de 。

For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

我来将这话告诉我主我王，是因百姓使我惧怕。婢女想，不如将这话告诉王，或者王成就婢女所求的。

wǒ lái jiāng zhè huà gào sù wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng ， shì yīn bǎi xìng shǐ wǒ jù pà 。 bì nǚ xiǎng ， bù rú jiāng zhè huà gào sù wáng ， huò zhě wáng chéng jiù bì nǚ suǒ qiú de 。

Now therefore, seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. Your servant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’

人要将我和我儿子从 神的地业上一同除灭，王必应允救我脱离他的手。

rén yào jiāng wǒ hé wǒ ér zǐ cóng shén de dì yè shàng yì tóng chú miè ， wáng bì yīng yǔn jiù wǒ tuō lí tā de shǒu 。

For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

婢女又想，我主我王的话必安慰我；因为我主我王能辨别是非，如同 神的使者一样。惟愿耶和华—你的 神与你同在！」

bì nǚ yòu xiǎng ， wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng de huà bì ān wèi wǒ ； yīn wèi wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng néng biàn bié shì fēi ， rú tóng shén de shǐ zhě yí yàng 。 wéi yuàn yē hé huá — nǐ de shén yǔ nǐ tóng zài ！」

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May the LORD, your God, be with you.’”

王对妇人说：「我要问你一句话，你一点不要瞒我。」妇人说：「愿我主我王说。」

wáng duì fù rén shuō ：「 wǒ yào wèn nǐ yí jù huà ， nǐ yì diǎn bú yào mán wǒ 。」 fù rén shuō ：「 yuàn wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng shuō 。」

Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now speak.”

王说：「你这些话莫非是约押的主意吗？」妇人说：「我敢在我主我王面前起誓：王的话正对，不偏左右，是王的仆人约押吩咐我的，这些话是他教导我的。

wáng shuō ：「 nǐ zhè xiē huà mò fēi shì yuē yā de zhǔ yì ma ？」 fù rén shuō ：「 wǒ gǎn zài wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng miàn qián qǐ shì ： wáng de huà zhèng duì ， bù piān zuǒ yòu ， shì wáng de pú rén yuē yā fēn fù wǒ de ， zhè xiē huà shì tā jiào dǎo wǒ de 。

The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.

王的仆人约押如此行，为要挽回这事。我主的智慧却如 神使者的智慧，能知世上一切事。」

wáng de pú rén yuē yā rú cǐ xíng ， wèi yào wǎn huí zhè shì 。 wǒ zhǔ de zhì huì què rú shén shǐ zhě de zhì huì ， néng zhī shì shàng yí qiè shì 。」

Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”

王对约押说：「我应允你这事。你可以去，把那少年人押沙龙带回来。」

wáng duì yuē yā shuō ：「 wǒ yīng yǔn nǐ zhè shì 。 nǐ kě yǐ qù ， bǎ nà shào nián rén yā shā lóng dài huí lái 。」

The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”

约押就面伏于地叩拜，祝谢于王，又说：「王既应允仆人所求的，仆人今日知道在我主我王眼前蒙恩了。」

yuē yā jiù miàn fú yú dì kòu bài ， zhù xiè yú wáng ， yòu shuō ：「 wáng jì yìng yǔn pú rén suǒ qiú de ， pú rén jīn rì zhī dào zài wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng yǎn qián méng ēn le 。」

Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

于是约押起身往基述去，将押沙龙带回耶路撒冷。

yú shì yuē yā qǐ shēn wǎng jī shù qù ， jiāng yā shā lóng dài huí yē lù sā lěng 。

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

王说：「使他回自己家里去，不要见我的面。」押沙龙就回自己家里去，没有见王的面。

wáng shuō ：「 shǐ tā huí zì jǐ jiā lǐ qù ， bú yào jiàn wǒ de miàn 。」 yā shā lóng jiù huí zì jǐ jiā lǐ qù ， méi yǒu jiàn wáng de miàn 。

The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t see the king’s face.

以色列全地之中，无人像押沙龙那样俊美，得人的称赞，从脚底到头顶毫无瑕疵。

yǐ sè liè quán dì zhī zhōng ， wú rén xiàng yā shā lóng nà yàng jùn měi ， dé rén de chēng zàn ， cóng jiǎo dǐ dào tóu dǐng háo wú xiá cī 。

Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

他的头发甚重，每到年底剪发一次；所剪下来的，按王的平称一称，重二百舍客勒。

tā de tóu fa shèn zhòng ， měi dào nián dǐ jiǎn fā yí cì ； suǒ jiǎn xià lái de ， àn wáng de píng chēng yi chēng ， zhòng èr bǎi shè kè lè 。

When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

押沙龙生了三个儿子，一个女儿。女儿名叫她玛，是个容貌俊美的女子。

yā shā lóng shēng le sān gè ér zǐ ， yí gè nǚ ér 。 nǚ ér míng jiào tā mǎ ， shì gè róng mào jùn měi de nǚ zǐ 。

Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.

押沙龙住在耶路撒冷足有二年，没有见王的面。

yā shā lóng zhù zài yē lù sā lěng zú yǒu èr nián ， méi yǒu jiàn wáng de miàn 。

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.

押沙龙打发人去叫约押来，要托他去见王，约押却不肯来。第二次打发人去叫他，他仍不肯来。

yā shā lóng dǎ fā rén qù jiào yuē yā lái ， yào tuō tā qù jiàn wáng ， yuē yā què bù kěn lái 。 dì èr cì dǎ fā rén qù jiào tā ， tā réng bù kěn lái 。

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

所以押沙龙对仆人说：「你们看，约押有一块田，与我的田相近，其中有大麦，你们去放火烧了。」押沙龙的仆人就去放火烧了那田。

suǒ yǐ yā shā lóng duì pú rén shuō ：「 nǐ men kàn ， yuē yā yǒu yí kuài tián ， yǔ wǒ de tián xiāng jìn ， qí zhōng yǒu dà mài ， nǐ men qù fàng huǒ shāo le 。」 yā shā lóng de pú rén jiù qù fàng huǒ shāo le nà tián 。

Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

于是约押起来，到了押沙龙家里，问他说：「你的仆人为何放火烧了我的田呢？」

yú shì yuē yā qǐ lái ， dào le yā shā lóng jiā lǐ ， wèn tā shuō ：「 nǐ de pú rén wéi hé fàng huǒ shāo le wǒ de tián ne ？」

Then Joab arose and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

押沙龙回答约押说：「我打发人去请你来，好托你去见王，替我说：『我为何从基述回来呢？不如仍在那里。』现在要许我见王的面；我若有罪，任凭王杀我就是了。」

yā shā lóng huí dá yuē yā shuō ：「 wǒ dǎ fā rén qù qǐng nǐ lái ， hǎo tuō nǐ qù jiàn wáng ， tì wǒ shuō ：『 wǒ wèi hé cóng jī shù huí lái ne ？ bù rú réng zài nà lǐ 。』 xiàn zài yào xǔ wǒ jiàn wáng de miàn ； wǒ ruò yǒu zuì ， rèn píng wáng shā wǒ jiù shì le 。」

Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”

于是约押去见王，将这话奏告王，王便叫押沙龙来。押沙龙来见王，在王面前俯伏于地，王就与押沙龙亲嘴。

yú shì yuē yā qù jiàn wáng ， jiāng zhè huà zòu gào wáng ， wáng biàn jiào yā shā lóng lái 。 yā shā lóng lái jiàn wáng ， zài wáng miàn qián fǔ fú yú dì ， wáng jiù yǔ yā shā lóng qīn zuǐ 。

So Joab came to the king and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.