撒下12:1 耶和华差派拿单去见大卫。于是拿单来到大卫那里，对他说：“在一座城里有两个人，一个富有，一个贫穷。
撒下12:1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
撒下12:2 那富有的有极多牛羊，
撒下12:2 The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
撒下12:3 那贫穷的除了买来养的一只母羊羔以外，什么也没有。那小羊在他家里和他的儿女一同长大，小羊吃他的食物，喝他杯中的饮料，睡在他的怀里，就像他的女儿一样。
撒下12:3 But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
撒下12:4 有一个旅客来到富翁那里，他舍不得从自己的牛群羊群中取一头出来，款待到他那里来的旅客，却取了那穷人的母羊羔，款待到他那里来的客人。”
撒下12:4 Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
撒下12:5 大卫就非常恼怒那人，对拿单说：“我指着永活的耶和华起誓，作这事的人该死。
撒下12:5 And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
撒下12:6 他必须四倍赔偿这羊羔，因为他作了这事，又因他没有怜悯的心。”
撒下12:6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
撒下12:7 拿单对大卫说：“你就是那人！耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘我膏立了你作以色列的王，把你从扫罗的手里救了出来，
撒下12:7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
撒下12:8 把你主人的家赐给你，把你主人的妻妾交在你怀里，又把以色列和犹大家赐给你。你若是还以为太少，我还可以多多加给你。
撒下12:8 I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
撒下12:9 你为什么藐视耶和华的话，行他看为恶的事呢？你用刀击杀了赫人乌利亚，娶了他的妻子作你的妻子，你借着亚扪人的刀杀了乌利亚。
撒下12:9 Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
撒下12:10 所以，从今以后，刀剑必不离开你的家，因为你藐视了我，娶了赫人乌利亚的妻子作你的妻子。’
撒下12:10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
撒下12:11 耶和华这样说：‘看哪！我必从你家中兴起祸患攻击你；我要在你的眼前把你的妃嫔拿去赐给别人。他要在光天化日之下与她们同床。
撒下12:11 The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
撒下12:12 你在暗中行了这事，我却要在所有以色列人面前，在光天化日之下行这事报应你。’”
撒下12:12 You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
撒下12:13 大卫对拿单说：“我得罪了耶和华了。”拿单对大卫说：“耶和华已经除去了你的罪，你必不至于死。
撒下12:13 And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
撒下12:14 只是因为你作了这事，使耶和华的仇敌大得亵渎的机会，所以你所生的儿子必定死。”
撒下12:14 But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
撒下12:15 于是拿单回自己的家去了。耶和华击打乌利亚的妻子给大卫所生的孩子，他就害了重病。
撒下12:15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
撒下12:16 大卫为那孩子恳求 神，并且禁食。他进房里去，终夜躺在地上。
撒下12:16 So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
撒下12:17 他家中的老侍从站在他旁边，要把他从地上扶起来，他却不肯，也不与他们一起吃饭。
撒下12:17 And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
撒下12:18 到了第七天，孩子死了。大卫的臣仆不敢告诉他孩子死了，因为他们说：“看哪，孩子还活着的时候，我们劝他，他尚且不听我们的话。现在我们怎么能告诉他孩子已经死了呢？他会伤心欲绝的。”
撒下12:18 And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
撒下12:19 大卫看见他的臣仆彼此低声耳语，就知道孩子已经死了。他问臣仆说：“孩子死了吗？”他们回答：“死了！”
撒下12:19 But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
撒下12:20 于是大卫从地上起来，洗澡，抹膏，更换衣服，进耶和华的殿去敬拜，然后回到自己的宫里去，吩咐人给他摆上饭，他就吃了。
撒下12:20 Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
撒下12:21 臣仆问他：“你为什么这样作呢？孩子还活着的时候，你为他禁食哭泣；孩子死了，你倒起来吃饭！”
撒下12:21 Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
撒下12:22 他回答：“孩子还活着的时候，我禁食哭泣，因为我想：‘也许耶和华怜悯我，让孩子可以活着。’
撒下12:22 And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
撒下12:23 现在他死了，我为什么还要禁食呢？我还能使他回来吗？我要到他那里去，他却不能回到我这里来。”
撒下12:23 But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
撒下12:24 大卫安慰他的妻子拔示巴，进到她那里去，与她同睡。她生了一个儿子，大卫给他起名叫所罗门；耶和华也喜爱他，
撒下12:24 And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.
撒下12:25 就差派拿单先知去，照着耶和华的吩咐，给他起名叫耶底底亚。
撒下12:25 And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
撒下12:26 那时，约押正在攻打亚扪人的拉巴，攻取了王城。
撒下12:26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
撒下12:27 约押派遣使者去见大卫，说：“我攻打拉巴，已经攻取了水城。
撒下12:27 And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
撒下12:28 现在，请你聚集其余的人民，安营攻打这城，把城攻取；免得我攻取了这城，人就以我的名字来叫这城。”
撒下12:28 So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
撒下12:29 于是大卫聚集所有的人民，向拉巴进军；攻打那城，把它攻取了。
撒下12:29 Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
撒下12:30 大卫从他们的王的头上夺取了王冠。王冠的金子重三十五公斤，上面嵌有宝石，人把这冠冕戴在大卫的头上。大卫又从这城里带走了许多战利品，
撒下12:30 And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
撒下12:31 又把那城里的人民带出去，使他们用锯子、铁耙、铁斧作工，或使他们在砖窑服役。大卫对待亚扪各城的居民都是这样。后来，大卫和众人都回耶路撒冷去了。
撒下12:31 And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.