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大衛留在耶路撒冷

¹過了一年，到列王出戰的時候，大衛又差派約押，率領臣僕和以色列眾人出戰。他們就打敗亞捫人，圍攻拉巴。大衛仍住在耶路撒冷。In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

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大衛與拔示巴同房

²一日，太陽平西，大衛從床上起來，在王宮的平頂上遊行，看見一個婦人沐浴，容貌甚美，One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

³大衛就差人打聽那婦人是誰。有人說：「她是以連的女兒，赫人烏利亞的妻拔示巴。」So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

⁴大衛差人去，將婦人接來；那時她的月經才得潔淨。她來了，大衛與她同房，她就回家去了。Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

⁵於是她懷了孕，打發人去告訴大衛說：「我懷了孕。」And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

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召烏利亞回來

⁶大衛差人到約押那裡，說：「你打發赫人烏利亞到我這裡來。」約押就打發烏利亞去見大衛。At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

⁷烏利亞來了，大衛問約押好，也問兵好，又問爭戰的事怎樣。When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

⁸大衛對烏利亞說：「你回家去，洗洗腳吧！」烏利亞出了王宮，隨後王送他一分食物。Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

⁹烏利亞卻和他主人的僕人一同睡在宮門外，沒有回家去。But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

¹⁰有人告訴大衛說：「烏利亞沒有回家去。」大衛就問烏利亞說：「你從遠路上來，為甚麼不回家去呢？」And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

¹¹烏利亞對大衛說：「約櫃和以色列與猶大兵都住在棚裡，我主約押和我主（或譯：王）的僕人都在田野安營，我豈可回家吃喝、與妻子同寢呢？我敢在王面前起誓（原文是我指著王和王的性命起誓）：我決不行這事！」Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

¹²大衛吩咐烏利亞說：「你今日仍住在這裡，明日我打發你去。」於是烏利亞那日和次日住在耶路撒冷。“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

¹³大衛召了烏利亞來，叫他在自己面前吃喝，使他喝醉。到了晚上，烏利亞出去與他主的僕人一同住宿，還沒有回到家裡去。Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

大衛寫信要烏利亞死在陣上

¹⁴次日早晨，大衛寫信與約押，交烏利亞隨手帶去。The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

¹⁵信內寫著說：「要派烏利亞前進，到陣勢極險之處，你們便退後，使他被殺。」In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

¹⁶約押圍城的時候，知道敵人那裡有勇士，便將烏利亞派在那裡。So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.

¹⁷城裡的人出來和約押打仗；大衛的僕人中有幾個被殺的，赫人烏利亞也死了。And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

約押報告烏利亞的死

¹⁸於是，約押差人去將爭戰的一切事告訴大衛，Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

¹⁹又囑咐使者說：「你把爭戰的一切事對王說完了，and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,

²⁰王若發怒，問你說：『你們打仗為甚麼挨近城牆呢？豈不知敵人必從城上射箭嗎？if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?

²¹從前打死耶路‧比設（就是耶路‧巴力，見士師記九章一節）兒子亞比米勒的是誰呢？豈不是一個婦人從城上拋下一塊上磨石來，打在他身上，他就死在提備斯麼？你們為甚麼挨近城牆呢？』你就說：『王的僕人─赫人烏利亞也死了。』」Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

²²使者起身，來見大衛，照著約押所吩咐他的話奏告大衛。So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

²³使者對大衛說：「敵人強過我們，出到郊野與我們打仗，我們追殺他們，直到城門口。The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

²⁴射箭的從城上射王的僕人，射死幾個，赫人烏利亞也死了。」Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”

²⁵王向使者說：「你告訴約押說：『不要因這事愁悶，刀劍或吞滅這人或吞滅那人，沒有一定的；你只管竭力攻城，將城傾覆。』可以用這話勉勵約押。」Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

大衛娶拔示巴，耶和華不喜悅

²⁶烏利亞的妻聽見丈夫烏利亞死了，就為他哀哭。When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

²⁷哀哭的日子過了，大衛差人將她接到宮裡，她就作了大衛的妻，給大衛生了一個兒子。但大衛所行的這事，耶和華甚不喜悅。And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

拿單講窮人羊羔的比喻

¹耶和華差遣拿單去見大衛。拿單到了大衛那裡，對他說：「在一座城裡有兩個人：一個是富戶，一個是窮人。Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

²富戶有許多牛群羊群；The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,

³窮人除了所買來養活的一隻小母羊羔之外，別無所有。羊羔在他家裡和他兒女一同長大，吃他所吃的，喝他所喝的，睡在他懷中，在他看來如同女兒一樣。but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

⁴有一客人來到這富戶家裡；富戶捨不得從自己的牛群羊群中取一隻預備給客人吃，卻取了那窮人的羊羔，預備給客人吃。」Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

⁵大衛就甚惱怒那人，對拿單說：「我指著永生的耶和華起誓，行這事的人該死！David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

⁶他必償還羊羔四倍；因為他行這事，沒有憐恤的心。」Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”

你就是那人

⁷拿單對大衛說：「你就是那人！耶和華─以色列的　神如此說：『我膏你作以色列的王，救你脫離掃羅的手。Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

⁸我將你主人的家業賜給你，將你主人的妻交在你懷裡，又將以色列和猶大家賜給你；你若還以為不足，我早就加倍地賜給你。I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

⁹你為甚麼藐視耶和華的命令，行他眼中看為惡的事呢？你借亞捫人的刀殺害赫人烏利亞，又娶了他的妻為妻。Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

¹⁰你既藐視我，娶了赫人烏利亞的妻為妻，所以刀劍必永不離開你的家。』Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

¹¹耶和華如此說：『我必從你家中興起禍患攻擊你；我必在你眼前把你的妃嬪賜給別人，他在日光之下就與她們同寢。This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

¹²你在暗中行這事，我卻要在以色列眾人面前，日光之下，報應你。』」You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

大衛認罪

¹³大衛對拿單說：「我得罪耶和華了！」拿單說：「耶和華已經除掉你的罪，你必不至於死。Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

¹⁴只是你行這事，叫耶和華的仇敵大得褻瀆的機會，故此，你所得的孩子必定要死。」Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

孩子病死

¹⁵拿單就回家去了。耶和華擊打烏利亞妻給大衛所生的孩子，使他得重病。After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

¹⁶所以大衛為這孩子懇求　神，而且禁食，進入內室，終夜躺在地上。David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

¹⁷他家中的老臣來到他旁邊，要把他從地上扶起來，他卻不肯起來，也不同他們吃飯。The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

¹⁸到第七日，孩子死了。大衛的臣僕不敢告訴他孩子死了，因他們說：「孩子還活著的時候，我們勸他，他尚且不肯聽我們的話，若告訴他孩子死了，豈不更加憂傷嗎？」On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”

¹⁹大衛見臣僕彼此低聲說話，就知道孩子死了，問臣僕說：「孩子死了嗎？」他們說：「死了。」When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.

²⁰大衛就從地上起來，沐浴，抹膏，換了衣裳，進耶和華的殿敬拜；然後回宮，吩咐人擺飯，他便吃了。Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

²¹臣僕問他說：「你所行的是甚麼意思？孩子活著的時候，你禁食哭泣；孩子死了，你倒起來吃飯。」“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”

²²大衛說：「孩子還活著，我禁食哭泣；因為我想，或者耶和華憐恤我，使孩子不死也未可知。David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

²³孩子死了，我何必禁食，我豈能使他返回呢？我必往他那裡去，他卻不能回我這裡來。」But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

所羅門出生

²⁴大衛安慰他的妻拔示巴，與她同寢，她就生了兒子，給他起名叫所羅門。耶和華也喜愛他，Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

²⁵就藉先知拿單賜他一個名字，叫耶底底亞，因為耶和華愛他。and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

攻取拉巴

²⁶約押攻取亞捫人的京城拉巴。Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

²⁷約押打發使者去見大衛，說：「我攻打拉巴，取其水城。Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

²⁸現在你要聚集其餘的軍兵來，安營圍攻這城，恐怕我取了這城，人就以我的名叫這城。」Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”

²⁹於是大衛聚集眾軍，往拉巴去攻城，就取了這城，So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.

³⁰奪了亞捫人之王所戴的金冠冕（王：或譯瑪勒堪；瑪勒堪就是米勒公，又名摩洛，亞捫族之神名），其上的金子重一他連得，又嵌著寶石。人將這冠冕戴在大衛頭上。大衛從城裡奪了許多財物，Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

³¹將城裡的人拉出來，放在鋸下，或鐵耙下，或鐵斧下，或叫他經過磚窯（或譯：強他們用鋸，或用打糧食的鐵器，或用鐵斧做工，或使在磚窯裡服役）；大衛待亞捫各城的居民都是如此。其後，大衛和眾軍都回耶路撒冷去了。David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

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往以馬忤斯的路上

¹³正當那日，門徒中有兩個人往一個村子去；這村子名叫以馬忤斯，離耶路撒冷約有二十五里。That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

¹⁴他們彼此談論所遇見的這一切事。They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.

¹⁵正談論相問的時候，耶穌親自就近他們，和他們同行；And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.

¹⁶只是他們的眼睛迷糊了，不認識他。But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

臉上帶著愁容

¹⁷耶穌對他們說：「你們走路彼此談論的是甚麼事呢？」他們就站住，臉上帶著愁容。He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

¹⁸二人中有一個名叫革流巴的回答說：「你在耶路撒冷作客，還不知道這幾天在那裡所出的事嗎？」One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”

¹⁹耶穌說：「甚麼事呢？」他們說：「就是拿撒勒人耶穌的事。他是個先知，在　神和眾百姓面前，說話行事都有大能。“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

²⁰祭司長和我們的官府竟把他解去，定了死罪，釘在十字架上。Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

²¹但我們素來所盼望、要贖以色列民的就是他！不但如此，而且這事成就，現在已經三天了。But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

²²再者，我們中間有幾個婦女使我們驚奇；她們清早到了墳墓那裡，Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

²³不見他的身體，就回來告訴我們，說看見了天使顯現，說他活了。but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

²⁴又有我們的幾個人往墳墓那裡去，所遇見的正如婦女們所說的，只是沒有看見他。」Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”

耶穌講解經上的話

²⁵耶穌對他們說：「無知的人哪，先知所說的一切話，你們的心信得太遲鈍了。Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

²⁶基督這樣受害，又進入他的榮耀，豈不是應當的嗎？」Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

²⁷於是從摩西和眾先知起，凡經上所指著自己的話都給他們講解明白了。And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

擘餅時認出主

²⁸將近他們所去的村子，耶穌好像還要往前行，As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.

²⁹他們卻強留他，說：「時候晚了，日頭已經平西了，請你同我們住下吧！」耶穌就進去，要同他們住下。But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

³⁰到了坐席的時候，耶穌拿起餅來，祝謝了，擘開，遞給他們。While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

³¹他們的眼睛明亮了，這才認出他來。忽然耶穌不見了。Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

³²他們彼此說：「在路上，他和我們說話，給我們講解聖經的時候，我們的心豈不是火熱的嗎？」They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

趕回耶路撒冷報信

³³他們就立時起身，回耶路撒冷去，正遇見十一個使徒和他們的同人聚集在一處，And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together

³⁴說：「主果然復活，已經現給西門看了。」and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”

³⁵兩個人就把路上所遇見，和擘餅的時候怎麼被他們認出來的事，都述說了一遍。Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.