王上2:1 大卫的死期近了，就嘱咐他的儿子所罗门说：
王上2:1 Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,
王上2:2 “我现在要走世人必走的路了，你当坚强作大丈夫，
王上2:2 I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man;
王上2:3 谨守耶和华你 神所吩咐的，遵行他的道，按摩西律法所写的，谨守他的律例、诫命、典章和法度；这样，无论你作什么，无论你往哪里去，都可以亨通。
王上2:3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,
王上2:4 这样，耶和华必坚立他所说有关我的话，说：‘如果你的子孙谨慎自己所行的，一心一意、诚诚实实行在我面前，就不断有人坐以色列的王位了。’
王上2:4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.
王上2:5 你也要知道洗鲁雅的儿子约押对我所行的，就是对以色列的两个元帅：尼珥的儿子押尼珥和益帖的儿子亚玛撒所行的。他杀了他们，在和平的时候流他们的血，像作战时一样，把战争的血染在他腰间所束的带子上和脚上所穿的鞋子上。
王上2:5 Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
王上2:6 所以你要凭你的智慧而行，不要让他白发到老，平平安安下到阴间。
王上2:6 So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
王上2:7 但是你要恩待基列人巴西莱的众子，使他们与你同席吃饭，因为我逃避你哥哥押沙龙的时候，他们拿食物来迎接我。
王上2:7 But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.
王上2:8 与你在一起的有巴户琳的便雅悯人基拉的儿子示每；我往玛哈念去的那天，他用狠毒的咒语咒骂我。后来他下到约旦河来迎接我的时候，我就指着耶和华向他起誓，说：‘我必不用刀杀死你。’
王上2:8 Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.
王上2:9 现在，你不要以他为无罪，你是个聪明人，你必知道该怎样待他，使他白发苍苍流血下到阴间。”
王上2:9 But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.
王上2:10 大卫与他的列祖同睡，葬在大卫城里。
王上2:10 Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.
王上2:11 大卫作以色列王四十年：在希伯仑作王七年；在耶路撒冷作王三十三年。
王上2:11 David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
王上2:12 于是所罗门坐在他父亲的王位上，他的国非常稳固。
王上2:12 And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.
王上2:13 哈及的儿子亚多尼雅去见所罗门的母亲拔示巴，拔示巴问他：“你来是为和平吗？”他回答：“是为和平来的。”
王上2:13 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.
王上2:14 他又说：“我有话对你说。”拔示巴说：“你说吧！”
王上2:14 Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.
王上2:15 亚多尼雅说：“你知道这国位原是我的，以色列众人都希望我作王；不料国位反归了我的弟弟，因为他得着国位是出于耶和华。
王上2:15 And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.
王上2:16 现在我有一事请求你，请你不要拒绝。”拔示巴对他说：“你说吧！”
王上2:16 Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.
王上2:17 他说：“求你向所罗门王说，请他把书念的女子亚比煞赐给我作妻子，因为他必不会拒绝你。”
王上2:17 Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?
王上2:18 拔示巴说：“好吧，我必为你向王请求。”
王上2:18 And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.
王上2:19 于是拔示巴去见所罗门王，为亚多尼雅的事向他请求。王起来迎接她，向她下拜，然后坐在自己的王座上，又吩咐人为王的母亲摆设一个座位；她就坐在王的右边。
王上2:19 So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.
王上2:20 拔示巴说：“我有一件小事求你，请不要拒绝我。”王对她说：“母亲，你说吧，我必不会拒绝你。”
王上2:20 Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.
王上2:21 拔示巴说：“请把书念的女子亚比煞赐给你哥哥亚多尼雅作妻子。”
王上2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.
王上2:22 所罗门王回答他母亲，说：“你为什么要为亚多尼雅求书念的女子亚比煞呢？你也可以为他求这个国位，因为他是我的哥哥，又有亚比亚他祭司和洗鲁雅的儿子约押拥护他。”
王上2:22 Then King Solomon made answer and said to his mother, Why are you requesting me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Take the kingdom for him in addition, for he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, are on his side.
王上2:23 于是所罗门王指着耶和华起誓，说：“如果亚多尼雅不因说了这话而送命，愿 神惩罚我，并且加倍惩罚我。
王上2:23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.
王上2:24 现在，我指着永活的耶和华──那位坚立了我，使我坐在我父亲大卫的王位上，又照他所应许，为我建立家室的──起誓，今天亚多尼雅必被处死！”
王上2:24 Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.
王上2:25 于是，所罗门王差派耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅去击杀亚多尼雅，他就死了。
王上2:25 And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
王上2:26 王对亚比亚他祭司说：“你回亚拿突自己的田地去吧！你本来是该死的，但我今天不杀死你，因为你在我父亲大卫面前抬过主耶和华的约柜，又与我父亲同受一切苦难。”
王上2:26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.
王上2:27 所罗门就罢免了亚比亚他，不准他作耶和华的祭司，这样就应验了耶和华在示罗所说有关以利家的话。
王上2:27 So Solomon let Abiathar be priest no longer, so that he might make the word of the Lord come true which he said about the sons of Eli in Shiloh.
王上2:28 约押虽然没有拥护过押沙龙，但曾拥护亚多尼雅；这消息传到约押那里，他就逃到耶和华的帐幕里去，抓紧祭坛的角。
王上2:28 And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.
王上2:29 有人告诉所罗门王约押逃到耶和华的帐幕里去了，现在就在祭坛的旁边。于是所罗门差派耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅去说：“你去把他杀死。”
王上2:29 And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.
王上2:30 比拿雅来到耶和华的帐幕那里，对约押说：“王这样吩咐说：‘你出来！’”约押说：“我不出去！我要死在这里。”于是比拿雅回复王说：“约押这样说，他这样回答我。”
王上2:30 And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.
王上2:31 王对比拿雅说：“你照着约押的话行吧！杀死他，把他埋葬，好叫约押所流无辜人的血，从我和我父的家除去。
王上2:31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.
王上2:32 耶和华必使约押流无辜人的血的罪归到他自己头上，因为他击杀了两个比他又公义又良善的人，就是用刀杀了以色列的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥，和犹大的元帅益帖的儿子亚玛撒，这事我的父亲大卫一点都不知道。
王上2:32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
王上2:33 愿流这二人的血的罪归到约押和他后裔的头上，直到永远；但大卫和他的后裔，他的家和他的国却要从耶和华那里得享平安，直到永远。”
王上2:33 So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord.
王上2:34 于是耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅上去击杀他，把他杀死，葬在旷野约押自己的家中。
王上2:34 So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.
王上2:35 王任命耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅取代约押统领军队；又任命撒督祭司取代亚比亚他的职位。
王上2:35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.
王上2:36 王派人去把示每召来，对他说：“你要为自己在耶路撒冷建造一座房屋，住在那里，不可从那里出来到任何别的地方去。
王上2:36 Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.
王上2:37 你必须知道，你哪一天出来，越过汲沦溪，你哪一天就要死。你流人血的罪必归到你自己的头上。”
王上2:37 For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head.
王上2:38 示每对王说：“这话很好，我主我王怎么说，你仆人就照着行。”于是示每在耶路撒冷住了很久。
王上2:38 And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.
王上2:39 三年以后，示每的两个仆人逃到迦特王玛迦的儿子亚吉那里。有人告诉示每说：“你的仆人在迦特。”
王上2:39 But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.
王上2:40 于是示每起来，预备好自己的骡子，就往迦特亚吉王那里去寻找他的仆人。示每去了，又把他的仆人从迦特带回来。
王上2:40 Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.
王上2:41 有人告诉所罗门示每离开耶路撒冷往迦特去，又回来了。
王上2:41 And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again.
王上2:42 王就派人把示每召来，对他说：“我不是叫你指着耶和华起誓，并且警告你：‘你必须知道，你哪一天出去到任何别的地方，你哪一天就要死’吗？你也对我说过：‘这话很好，我必听从。’
王上2:42 Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!
王上2:43 现在你为什么不遵守你向耶和华所起的誓，和我吩咐你的命令呢？”
王上2:43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?
王上2:44 王又对示每说：“你自己知道你心里的一切恶事，就是你向我父亲大卫所行的；现在耶和华要把你的罪归到你的头上。
王上2:44 And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.
王上2:45 所罗门王却要蒙福，大卫的王位必在耶和华眼前得坚立，直到永远。”
王上2:45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.
王上2:46 于是王命令耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅，比拿雅就出去击杀示每，示每就死了。这样，所罗门就巩固了他的国。
王上2:46 So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.