押沙龍計復妹仇殺暗嫩
Absalom Kills Amnon
23.過了二年，在靠近以法蓮的巴力．夏瑣有人為押沙龍剪羊毛；押沙龍請王的眾子與他同去。
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there.
24.押沙龍來見王，說：「現在有人為僕人剪羊毛，請王和王的臣僕與僕人同去。」
Absalom went to the king and said, 「Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?」
25.王對押沙龍說：「我兒，我們不必都去，恐怕使你耗費太多。」押沙龍再三請王，王仍是不肯去，只為他祝福。
「No, my son,」 the king replied. 「All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.」 Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.
26.押沙龍說：「王若不去，求王許我哥哥暗嫩同去。」王說：「何必要他去呢？」
Then Absalom said, 「If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.」 The king asked him, 「Why should he go with you?」
27.押沙龍再三求王，王就許暗嫩和王的眾子與他同去。
But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.
28.押沙龍吩咐僕人說：「你們注意，看暗嫩飲酒暢快的時候，我對你們說殺暗嫩，你們便殺他，不要懼怕。這不是我吩咐你們的嗎？你們只管壯膽奮勇！」
Absalom ordered his men, 「Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, 『Strike Amnon down,』 then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.」
29.押沙龍的僕人就照押沙龍所吩咐的，向暗嫩行了。王的眾子都起來，各人騎上騾子，逃跑了。
So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
30.他們還在路上，有風聲傳到大衛那裏，說：「押沙龍將王的眾子都殺了，沒有留下一個。」
While they were on their way, the report came to David: 「Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.」
31.王就起來，撕裂衣服，躺在地上。王的臣僕也都撕裂衣服，站在旁邊。
The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.
32.大衛的長兄示米亞的兒子約拿達說：「我主，不要以為王的眾子，少年人都殺了，只有暗嫩一個人死了。自從暗嫩玷辱押沙龍妹子他瑪的那日，押沙龍就定意殺暗嫩了。
But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, 「My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
33.現在，我主我王，不要把這事放在心上，以為王的眾子都死了，只有暗嫩一個人死了。」
My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.」 |
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