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洗魯雅的兒子約押，知道王心裏想念押沙龍，

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.

就打發人往提哥亞去，從那裏叫了一個聰明的婦人來，對她說：「請你假裝居喪的，穿上孝衣，不要用膏抹身，要裝作為死者許久悲哀的婦人；

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.

進去見王，對王如此如此說。」於是約押將當說的話教導了婦人。

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.

提哥亞婦人到王面前，伏地叩拜，說：「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!”

王問她說：「你有甚麼事呢？」回答說：「婢女實在是寡婦，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.

我有兩個兒子，一日在田間爭鬥，沒有人解勸，這個就打死那個。

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.

現在全家的人都起來攻擊婢女，說：『你將那打死兄弟的交出來，我們好治死他，償他打死兄弟的命，滅絕那承受家業的。』這樣，他們要將我剩下的炭火滅盡，不與我丈夫留名留後在世上。」

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.”

王對婦人說：「你回家去吧！我必為你下令。」

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.”

提哥亞婦人又對王說：「我主我王，願這罪歸我和我父家，與王和王的位無干。」

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.”

王說：「凡難為你的，你就帶他到我這裏來，他必不再攪擾你。」

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.”

婦人說：「願王記念耶和華－你的上帝，不許報血仇的人施行滅絕，恐怕他們滅絕我的兒子。」王說：「我指着永生的耶和華起誓：你的兒子連一根頭髮也不致落在地上。」

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.”

婦人說：「求我主我王容婢女再說一句話。」王說：「你說吧！」

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.”

婦人說：「王為何也起意要害上帝的民呢？王不使那逃亡的人回來，王的這話就是自證己錯了！

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.

我們都是必死的，如同水潑在地上，不能收回。上帝並不奪取人的性命，乃設法使逃亡的人不致成為趕出、回不來的。

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.

我來將這話告訴我主我王，是因百姓使我懼怕。婢女想，不如將這話告訴王，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.’

人要將我和我兒子從上帝的地業上一同除滅，王必應允救我脫離他的手。

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，我主我王的話必安慰我；因為我主我王能辨別是非，如同上帝的使者一樣。惟願耶和華－你的上帝與你同在！」

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.’”

王對婦人說：「我要問你一句話，你一點不要瞞我。」婦人說：「願我主我王說。」

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.”

王說：「你這些話莫非是約押的主意嗎？」婦人說：「我敢在我主我王面前起誓：王的話正對，不偏左右，是王的僕人約押吩咐我的，這些話是他教導我的。

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.

王的僕人約押如此行，為要挽回這事。我主的智慧卻如上帝使者的智慧，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.”

王對約押說：「我應允你這事。你可以去，把那少年人押沙龍帶回來。」

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.”

約押就面伏於地叩拜，祝謝於王，又說：「王既應允僕人所求的，僕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.”

於是約押起身往基述去，將押沙龍帶回耶路撒冷。

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.

王說：「使他回自己家裏去，不要見我的面。」押沙龍就回自己家裏去，沒有見王的面。

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，無人像押沙龍那樣俊美，得人的稱讚，從腳底到頭頂毫無瑕疵。

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.

他的頭髮甚重，每到年底剪髮一次；所剪下來的，按王的平稱一稱，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.

押沙龍生了三個兒子，一個女兒。女兒名叫她瑪，是個容貌俊美的女子。

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.

押沙龍住在耶路撒冷足有二年，沒有見王的面。

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.

押沙龍打發人去叫約押來，要託他去見王，約押卻不肯來。第二次打發人去叫他，他仍不肯來。

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.

所以押沙龍對僕人說：「你們看，約押有一塊田，與我的田相近，其中有大麥，你們去放火燒了。」押沙龍的僕人就去放火燒了那田。

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.

於是約押起來，到了押沙龍家裏，問他說：「你的僕人為何放火燒了我的田呢？」

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?”

押沙龍回答約押說：「我打發人去請你來，好託你去見王，替我說：『我為何從基述回來呢？不如仍在那裏。』現在要許我見王的面；我若有罪，任憑王殺我就是了。」

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.”’”

於是約押去見王，將這話奏告王，王便叫押沙龍來。押沙龍來見王，在王面前俯伏於地，王就與押沙龍親嘴。

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.