撒下20:1 在那里恰巧有一个流氓名叫示巴，是便雅悯人比基利的儿子。他吹号角，说：“我们在大卫的身上无分，在耶西的儿子身上无干，以色列人哪！各回自己的帐棚去吧！”
撒下20:1 Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.
撒下20:2 于是以色列众人都上山去，不跟随大卫，却跟随了比基利的儿子示巴；犹大人却紧紧跟随他们的王，从约旦河直到耶路撒冷。
撒下20:2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.
撒下20:3 大卫王回到耶路撒冷自己的宫里，就把以前留下来看守王宫的那十个妃嫔捉起来，关在禁宫里。王供养她们，却不再亲近她们。她们被禁闭，过着寡妇一般的生活，直到死的日子。
撒下20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.
撒下20:4 王对亚玛撒说：“你要在三天之内把犹大人召集到我这里来。你自己也要在这里。”
撒下20:4 Then the king said to Amasa, Get all the men of Judah together, and in three days be here yourself.
撒下20:5 亚玛撒就去召集犹大人。他却耽延，超过了王限定的日期。
撒下20:5 So Amasa went to get all the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the time David had given him.
撒下20:6 大卫对亚比筛说：“现在比基利的儿子示巴要加害我们，比押沙龙更甚。你要带着你主人的仆人去追赶他，免得他找到了设防的城镇，就避过我们的眼目，从我们的手中逃脱了。”
撒下20:6 And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.
撒下20:7 于是约押的人，基利提人、比利提人和所有的勇士，都跟随亚比筛出去。他们从耶路撒冷出去，追赶比基利的儿子示巴。
撒下20:7 So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.
撒下20:8 他们到了基遍的大盘石那里，亚玛撒来与他们会合。那时约押穿着战衣，腰间束着佩刀的带子，刀在鞘里。他往前走的时候，刀掉了下来。
撒下20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab had on his war-dress, and round him a band from which his sword was hanging in its cover; and while he was walking, it came out, falling to the earth.
撒下20:9 约押对亚玛撒说：“我的兄弟，你好吗？”约押用右手握住亚玛撒的胡子，要与他亲嘴。
撒下20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.
撒下20:10 亚玛撒没有防备约押手中的刀，约押用这刀刺进他的肚子，他的内脏就流在地上。不用再刺第二刀，亚玛撒就死了。约押和他的兄弟亚比筛继续追赶比基利的儿子示巴。
撒下20:10 But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.
撒下20:11 约押的仆从之中，有一个人站在亚玛撒的尸体旁边，说：“谁喜欢约押，谁归顺大卫，就当跟随约押去！”
撒下20:11 And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!
撒下20:12 亚玛撒在大道当中，辊在自己的血里。那人看见经过的众人都站住，就把亚玛撒的尸体从大道上拖到田里，又扔一件衣服把他盖住，因为他看见众人来到亚玛撒的尸体旁边都站住。
撒下20:12 And Amasa was stretched out in a pool of blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people were stopping, he took Amasa out of the highway and put him in a field, with a cloth over him, when he saw that everyone who went by came to a stop.
撒下20:13 尸体从大道上挪去以后，众人就都过去，跟随约押去追赶比基利的儿子示巴。
撒下20:13 When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.
撒下20:14 巴走遍以色列各支派，直到伯．玛迦的亚比拉和比利人的全境，他们聚集起来跟随他。
撒下20:14 And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came together and went in after him.
撒下20:15 所有跟随约押的人都来了，把示巴围困在伯．玛迦的亚比拉。他们对着城筑起攻城的土垒，高度与城的外墙一样。他们撞击城墙，要把城墙撞倒。
撒下20:15 And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.
撒下20:16 有一个聪明的妇人在城墙上呼叫：“请听！请听！请你们对约押说：‘请你走近这里，我有话对你说。’”
撒下20:16 Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.
撒下20:17 约押走近妇人那里，妇人问：“你是约押吗？”他回答：“我是。”妇人对他说：“请听婢女的话！”他说：“我正在听！”
撒下20:17 And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.
撒下20:18 妇人说：“古时人常说：‘只要在亚比拉求问，事就必成全。’
撒下20:18 Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?
撒下20:19 我在以色列中是和平信实的人，你却设法毁灭这座以色列的母城。你为什么要吞灭耶和华的产业呢？”
撒下20:19 Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
撒下20:20 约押回答：“绝对不会！我绝对不会吞灭，也不会毁坏。
撒下20:20 And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
撒下20:21 事情不是这样的；只因以法莲山地有一个人名叫示巴，是比基利的儿子，他举手攻击大卫王。你们只要把他一人交出来，我就离开这城。”妇人对约押说：“看哪！那人的头必从这城墙上丢给你。”
撒下20:21 Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms against the king, against David: give up this man only, and I will go away from the town. And the woman said to Joab, His head will be dropped over the wall to you.
撒下20:22 妇人就凭她的智慧去见众人，他们就把比基利的儿子示巴的头砍下来，丢给约押；约押吹号角，众人就离城散开，各回自己的家去了。约押也回耶路撒冷去见大卫王。
撒下20:22 Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent out to Joab. And he had the horn sounded, and sent them all away from the town, every man to his tent. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king.
撒下20:23 约押作以色列所有军队的统帅。耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅统辖基利提人和比利提人；
撒下20:23 Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
撒下20:24 亚多兰管理作苦工的人。亚希律的儿子约沙法作史官；
撒下20:24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
撒下20:25 示法作书记。撒督和亚比亚他作祭司长；
撒下20:25 And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
撒下20:26 睚珥人以拉也作大卫的祭司。
撒下20:26 And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.