第二十章 2 Samuel 20
1.在那裏恰巧有一個匪徒,名叫示巴,是便雅憫人比基利的兒子。他吹角,說:「我們與大衛無份,與耶西的兒子無涉。以色列人哪,你們各回各家去吧!」
Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted, 「We have no share in David, no part in Jesse’s son! Every man to his tent, Israel!」
2.於是以色列人都離開大衛,跟隨比基利的兒子示巴。但猶大人從約但河直到耶路撒冷,都緊緊跟隨他們的王。
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
3.大衛王來到耶路撒冷,進了宮殿,就把從前留下看守宮殿的十個妃嬪禁閉在冷宮,養活她們,不與她們親近。她們如同寡婦被禁,直到死的日子。
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.