13.哈及的兒子亞多尼雅去見所羅門的母親拔示巴,拔示巴問他說:「你來是為平安嗎?」回答說:「是為平安」;
Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, 「Do you come peacefully?」 He answered, 「Yes, peacefully.」
14.又說:「我有話對你說。」拔示巴說:「你說吧。」
Then he added, 「I have something to say to you.」 「You may say it,」 she replied.
15.亞多尼雅說:「你知道國原是歸我的,以色列眾人也都仰望我作王,不料,國反歸了我兄弟,因他得國是出乎耶和華。
「As you know,」 he said, 「the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the LORD.
16.現在我有一件事求你,望你不要推辭。」拔示巴說:「你說吧。」
Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.」 「You may make it,」 she said.
17.他說:「求你請所羅門王將書念的女子亞比煞賜我為妻,因他必不推辭你。」
So he continued, 「Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.」
18.拔示巴說:「好,我必為你對王提說。」
「Very well,」 Bathsheba replied, 「I will speak to the king for you.」