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2 Samuel 1 Ahithophel went on to say to Absalom: ＂Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and be off in pursuit of David tonight. 阿希托费耳向说：＂让我选拔一万二千人，今夜起程去追赶达味。 2 If I come upon him when he is weary and discouraged, I shall cause him panic. When all the people with him flee, I shall strike down the king alone. 正当他困乏疲倦时，我忽然赶到，使他惊惶失措，随从他的人，必会逃散，我只把君王一人杀了， 3 Then I can bring back the rest of the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband. It is the death of only one man you are seeking; then all the people will be at peace.＂ 4 This plan was agreeable to Absalom and to all the elders of 阿贝沙隆和以色列的众长老，对这提议都很赞成。 5 Then Absalom said, ＂Now call Hushai the Archite also; let us hear what he too has to say.＂ 6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him: ＂This is what Ahithophel proposed. Shall we follow his proposal? If not, speak up.＂ 胡瑟来到阿贝沙隆前，阿贝沙隆向他说：＂阿希托费耳说出这样的话，我们应按他的建议去行吗？若不，请你提议吧！＂ 7 Hushai replied to Absalom, ＂This time Ahithophel has not given good counsel.＂ 胡瑟回答阿贝沙隆说：＂阿希托费耳这次所出的计谋却不妙＂。 8 And he went on to say: ＂You know that your father and his men are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear in the wild robbed of her cubs. Moreover, since your father is skilled in warfare, he will not spend the night with the people. 9 Even now he lies hidden in one of the caves or in some other place. And if some of our soldiers should fall at the first attack, whoever hears of it will say, 'Absalom's followers have been slaughtered.' 10 Then even the brave man with the heart of a lion will lose courage. For all 那么，连性情凶猛如狮子的壮士，也要灰心丧胆，因为全以色列人都知道你父亲是个勇将，跟随他的人，也都是些骁勇的人。 11 ＂This is what I counsel: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba, who are as numerous as the sands by the sea, be called up for combat; and go with them yourself. 我的计划，是先把所有的以色列人集合在你身边，从丹直到贝尔舍巴，像海边沙粒那样多，然后由你亲自率领，前去征讨； 12 We can then attack him wherever we find him, settling down upon him as dew alights on the ground. None shall survive--neither he nor any of his followers. 13 And if he retires into a city, all 若他退入一座城内，全以色列就带着绳索去攻击那城，将那城拉到山谷里，连一块小石也不剩下＂。 14 Then Absalom and all the Israelites pronounced the counsel of Hushai the Archite better than that of Ahithophel. For the LORD had decided to undo Ahithophel's good counsel, in order thus to bring Absalom to ruin. 阿贝沙隆和全以色列人都说：＂阿尔基人胡瑟的计谋比阿希托费耳的更为可取＂。原是上主决定了要破坏阿希托费耳的好计谋，为给阿贝沙隆降下灾祸。 15 Then Hushai said to the priests Zadok and Abiathar: ＂This is the counsel Ahithophel gave Absalom and the elders of 随后，胡瑟报告匝多克和厄贝雅塔尔说：＂阿希托费耳给阿贝沙隆和以色列长老出了那样的计谋，我却出了这样的计谋。 16 So send a warning to David immediately, not to spend the night at the fords near the desert, but to cross over without fail. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be destroyed.＂ 现在，快派人去报告达味说：今夜不可在旷野的渡口露宿，要赶快过河，免得君王和随从他的人民都遭歼灭＂。 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, since they could not risk being seen entering the city. A maidservant was to come with information for them, and they in turn were to go and report to King David. 那时，约纳堂和阿希玛兹已在洛革耳泉傍等候，因怕被人看见，不敢进城；有个使女出来给他们传信，他们就去报告达味君王。 18 But an attendant saw them and informed Absalom. They sped on their way and reached the house of a man in Bahurim who had a cistern in his courtyard. They let themselves down into this, 但有一个少年人看见了他们，便向阿贝沙隆报告了；他们二人就急速逃匿，来到巴胡陵的一个人家里，他院子里有一口井，他们便下到井里。 19 and the housewife took the cover and spread it over the cistern, strewing ground grain on the cover so that nothing could be noticed. 那家的妇人取了一个盖子盖在井口上，盖子上又撒上了些麦粒，免得有人注意。 20 When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, ＂Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?＂ The woman replied, ＂They went by a short while ago toward the water.＂ They searched, but found no one, and so returned to 阿贝沙隆的差役来到那家的妇人前问说：＂阿希玛兹和约纳堂在哪里？那妇人答说：＂他们早过了蓄水池＂。差役就去搜索他们，却没有找着，便回了耶路撒冷。 21 As soon as they left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan came up out of the cistern and went on to inform King David. They said to him: ＂Leave! Cross the water at once, for Ahithophel has given the following counsel in regard to you.＂ 22 So David and all his people moved on and crossed the 达味和随从他的人就起身过了约旦河。到天亮时，没有一个没有过约旦河的。 23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not acted upon, he saddled his ass and departed, going to his home in his own city. Then, having left orders concerning his family, he hanged himself. And so he died and was buried in his father's tomb. 阿希托费耳见人不依从他的计谋，就备上驴，动身回家，回了本城，安排了自己的家务以后，就上吊死了。人将他埋在他父亲的坟墓里。 24 Now David had gone to Mahanaim when Absalom crossed the 阿贝沙隆率领众以色列人过约旦河时，达味已到了玛哈纳殷。 25 Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in Joab's place. Amasa was the son of an Ishmaelite named Ithra, who had married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah. 阿贝沙隆派阿玛撒代约阿布为统帅。阿玛撒是依市玛耳人依特辣的儿子。依特辣曾走近过叶瑟的女儿，约阿布的母亲，责鲁雅的姐妹阿彼盖耳。 26 以色列人同阿贝沙隆在基肋阿得一带扎了营。 27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi, son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir, son of Ammiel from Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite from Rogelim, 当达味来到玛哈纳殷时，纳哈士的儿子芍彼，由阿孟子民的辣巴城，阿米尔的儿子玛基尔由罗德巴尔城，基肋阿得人巴尔齐来由洛革林城， 28 brought couches, coverlets, basins and earthenware, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, 带来了床、铺盖、杯盘、炊具、小麦、大麦、面粉、炒麦、豆子、扁豆、 29 honey, butter and cheese from the flocks and herds, for David and those who were with him to eat; for they said, ＂The people have been hungry and tired and thirsty in the desert.＂ 蜂蜜、奶油、奶饼、牛肉和羊肉，供给达味和随从他的人吃用，因为他们想：这些人经过了旷野，必定感到饥渴和疲劳。 |
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