撒下13:1 大卫的儿子押沙龙有一个美丽的妹妹，名叫他玛；大卫的儿子暗嫩爱上了她。
撒下13:1 Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.
撒下13:2 暗嫩为了他妹妹他玛的缘故，因爱成病。因为他玛还是处女，所以暗嫩看来很难对她采取什么行动。
撒下13:2 And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
撒下13:3 暗嫩有一个朋友，名叫约拿达，是大卫的哥哥示米亚的儿子。约拿达是一个非常狡猾的人。
撒下13:3 But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.
撒下13:4 他问暗嫩说：“王子啊！你为什么一天比一天瘦弱呢？你可以告诉我吗？”暗嫩说：“我爱上了我兄弟押沙龙的妹妹他玛。”
撒下13:4 And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
撒下13:5 约拿达对他说：“你可以躺在床上装病。你父亲来看你的时候，你就对他说：‘求你叫我的妹妹他玛来，把食物递给我吃；叫她在我眼前预备食物，好使我可以看见，也可以从她的手中取食。’”
撒下13:5 Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.
撒下13:6 于是暗嫩躺着装病。王来看他，暗嫩对王说：“求你叫我的妹妹他玛来，叫她在我眼前给我做两个饼，我可以从她的手里拿过来吃。”
撒下13:6 So Amnon went to bed and made himself seem ill: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me one or two cakes before my eyes, so that I may take food from her hand.
撒下13:7 大卫就派人到宫里去对他玛说：“你到你哥哥暗嫩的屋里去，为他预备食物。”
撒下13:7 Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.
撒下13:8 他玛就到她哥哥暗嫩的屋里去；暗嫩正躺着。他玛取了点面，把面和好，就在暗嫩面前做饼，并且把饼烤熟了。
撒下13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was in bed. And she took paste and made cakes before his eyes, cooking them over the fire.
撒下13:9 她拿过锅来，在他面前把饼倒出来，暗嫩却不肯吃，他说：“叫众人离开我出去！”众人就都离开他出去了。
撒下13:9 And she took the cooking-pot, and put the cakes before him, but he would not take them. And Amnon said, Let everyone go away from me. So they all went out.
撒下13:10 暗嫩对他玛说：“把食物带到卧房来，我好从你的手里拿过来吃。”他玛拿着她做好的饼，进了卧房，到她哥哥暗嫩那里去。
撒下13:10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, Take the food and come into my bedroom, so that I may take it from your hand. So Tamar took the cakes she had made and went with them into her brother Amnon's bedroom.
撒下13:11 他玛上到他面前，给他吃的时候，暗嫩却拉住她，对她说：“妹妹，来与我同寝吧！”
撒下13:11 And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister.
撒下13:12 他玛对他说：“不要！哥哥！不要污辱我！在以色列中不可作这样的事。你不要作这丑事。
撒下13:12 And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.
撒下13:13 至于我，我到哪里除去我的耻辱呢？至于你，你在以色列中也会成了一个愚妄的人。现在请你去对王说，他必不会禁止我归你的。”
撒下13:13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.
撒下13:14 但暗嫩不肯听她的话，他又比他玛有力，就污辱了她，与她同寝。
撒下13:14 But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.
撒下13:15 事后，暗嫩非常恨她；他对他玛的恨比以前对她的爱更大，所以暗嫩对她说：“你起来！走吧！”
撒下13:15 Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.
撒下13:16 他玛却对他说：“我的哥哥啊，不！你赶我出去的这罪比你刚才与我所行的罪更大了。”但是暗嫩不肯听她的话，
撒下13:16 And she said to him, Not so, my brother, for this great wrong in sending me away is worse than what you did to me before. But he gave no attention to her.
撒下13:17 就叫了侍候他的仆人来，说：“把这女人从我面前赶到外面去，然后把门锁上。”
撒下13:17 Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.
撒下13:18 那时他玛身上穿着长袖彩衣，因为未嫁的公主都是这样穿的。那侍候暗嫩的仆人把她赶到外面去，随后把门锁上。
撒下13:18 Now she had on a long robe, such as in past times the king's virgin daughters were dressed in. Then the servant put her out, locking the door after her.
撒下13:19 他玛把尘土撒在自己的头上，撕裂身上的长袖彩衣，又把一只手放在头上，一边行走一边哭叫。
撒下13:19 And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly.
撒下13:20 她哥哥押沙龙问她：“是不是你哥哥暗嫩与你亲近了？我妹妹啊，你现在不要作声，他是你的哥哥，你不要把这事放在心上。”于是他玛孤单凄凉地住在她哥哥押沙龙的家里。
撒下13:20 And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.
撒下13:21 大卫王听见了这一切事，就非常生气。
撒下13:21 But when King David had news of all these things he was very angry; but he did not make trouble for Amnon his son, for he was dear to David, being his oldest son.
撒下13:22 押沙龙什么话都没有对暗嫩说。押沙龙恨暗嫩，因为暗嫩污辱了他的妹妹他玛。
撒下13:22 But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.
撒下13:23 两年以后，在以法莲边界的巴力．夏琐，押沙龙雇了人为他剪羊毛，押沙龙邀请王所有的儿子到那里去。
撒下13:23 Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.
撒下13:24 押沙龙去见王说：“看哪！现在你的仆人雇了人剪羊毛；请王和王的臣仆与我一同去。”
撒下13:24 And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?
撒下13:25 王对押沙龙说：“不！我儿，我们不必都去，免得我们成为你的重担。”押沙龙再三勉强王去，王还是不肯去，只是为他祝福。
撒下13:25 And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.
撒下13:26 押沙龙说：“王若是不去，求王让我的哥哥暗嫩与我一同去。”王问他：“为什么要他与你一同去呢？”
撒下13:26 Then Absalom said, If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Is there any reason for him to go with you?
撒下13:27 押沙龙再三求王，王就派暗嫩和王所有的儿子与他一同去。
撒下13:27 But Absalom went on requesting him till he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a great feast like a feast for a king.
撒下13:28 押沙龙吩咐他的仆人说：“你们注意！暗嫩酒酣耳热的时候，我对你们说：‘击杀暗嫩！’你们就把他杀死。不要惧怕，这不是我吩咐你们的吗？你们要坚强，作勇敢的人。”
撒下13:28 Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
撒下13:29 押沙龙的仆人就照押沙龙所吩咐的，向暗嫩行了。王所有的儿子就起来，各人骑上自己的骡子逃跑了。
撒下13:29 So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight.
撒下13:30 他们还在路上的时候，有消息传到大卫那里，说：“押沙龙杀了王所有的儿子，没有剩下一个。”
撒下13:30 Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.
撒下13:31 王就起来，撕裂衣服，躺在地上。侍立在他身旁的所有臣仆，也都撕裂衣服。
撒下13:31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
撒下13:32 大卫的哥哥示米亚的儿子约拿达说：“我主不要以为所有的年轻人、王的儿子都被杀死了。其实死的只有暗嫩一人；自从暗嫩污辱了押沙龙的妹妹他玛那一天起，押沙龙就定意要杀死他了。
撒下13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.
撒下13:33 现在我主我王不要把这事放在心上，以为王所有的儿子都死了。其实死的只有暗嫩一人。”
撒下13:33 So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.
撒下13:34 押沙龙逃走了。守望的年轻人举目观看，看见许多人从后面山坡旁边的路而来。
撒下13:34 But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.
撒下13:35 约拿达对王说：“看哪！王的儿子都回来了。正如你仆人所说的，事情果然是这样。”
撒下13:35 And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.
撒下13:36 他刚说完了，王的众子就都来到了，他们都放声大哭；王和他所有的臣仆也都号咷痛哭。
撒下13:36 And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.
撒下13:37 押沙龙逃亡，走到基述王亚米忽的儿子达买那里去了。大卫天天为他的儿子哀伤。
撒下13:37 So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.
撒下13:38 押沙龙逃亡，逃到基述那里去，在那里住了三年。
撒下13:38 And the king was sorrowing for his son all the time.
撒下13:39 大卫的心不再怀恨押沙龙，对暗嫩的死也不再那么难过了。
撒下13:39 And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.