David Dying Charge To Solomon
全新四年樂活讀經
W1 2012-07-16 (王上2)
經文: 列王記上 2:8-9 在你這裡有巴戶琳的便雅憫人，基拉的兒子示每；我往瑪哈念去的那日，他用狠毒的言語咒罵我，後來卻下約但河迎接我，我就指著耶和華向他起誓說：『我必不用刀殺你。』現在你不要以他為無罪。你是聰明人，必知道怎樣待他，使他白頭見殺，流血下到陰間。
默想: 這位合神心意的大衛王，他所留在世上的最後一句話，竟然是交待他的兒子所羅門王，要利用耶和華所賞賜他的智慧，來報復當天大衛被自己兒子押沙龍追殺時，沿路追逐咒罵大衛，還拿石頭丟大衛的便雅憫人示每。當時，大衛的侍衛想將示每殺死，大衛卻不許可。當大衛王終於能渡過約但河，回到耶路撒冷重登王位時，示每趕在前面來迎接大衛王，並向大衛王認罪求饒恕。大衛也當眾發誓不殺示每。想不到經過這麼多年之後，當大衛王臨終時，他交待所羅門王的最後一句話，卻是要所羅門王設法殺死示每。這讓我們看到饒恕是很不容意的一件事。求主幫助我，讓我能夠靠主的恩典，學會饒恕的功課。
題目: 大衛離世之前，先是吩咐所羅門遵守上主的命令，其次才交待所羅門處理自己生前未了的恩怨。試問，將來在你將離世的時候，你的遺言、遺訓會是什麼？
2:1 大衛的死期臨近了，就囑咐他兒子所羅門說：
When David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2:2 「我現在要走世人必走的路。所以，你當剛強，作大丈夫，
"I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,
2:3 遵守耶和華─你 神所吩咐的，照著摩西律法上所寫的行主的道，謹守他的律例、誡命、典章、法度。這樣，你無論做甚麼事，不拘往何處去，盡都亨通。
and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;
2:4 耶和華必成就向我所應許的話說：『你的子孫若謹慎自己的行為，盡心盡意誠誠實實地行在我面前，就不斷人坐以色列的國位。』
that the LORD may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, `If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.'
2:5 你知道洗魯雅的兒子約押向我所行的，就是殺了以色列的兩個元帥：尼珥的兒子押尼珥和益帖兒子亞瑪撒。他在太平之時流這二人的血，如在爭戰之時一樣，將這血染了腰間束的帶和腳上穿的鞋。
"Moreover you know also what Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Ama'sa the son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood which had been shed in war, and putting innocent blood upon the girdle about my loins, and upon the sandals on my feet.
2:6 所以你要照你的智慧行，不容他白頭安然下陰間。
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
2:7 你當恩待基列人巴西萊的眾子，使他們常與你同席吃飯；因為我躲避你哥哥押沙龍的時候，他們拿食物來迎接我。
But deal loyally with the sons of Barzil'lai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Ab'salom your brother.
2:8 在你這裡有巴戶琳的便雅憫人，基拉的兒子示每；我往瑪哈念去的那日，他用狠毒的言語咒罵我，後來卻下約旦河迎接我，我就指著耶和華向他起誓說：『我必不用刀殺你。』
And there is also with you Shim'e-i the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahu'rim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahana'im; but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, `I will not put you to death with the sword.'
2:9 現在你不要以他為無罪。你是聰明人，必知道怎樣待他，使他白頭見殺，流血下到陰間。」
Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol."
2:10 大衛與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛城。
Then David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
2:11 大衛作以色列王四十年：在希伯崙作王七年，在耶路撒冷作王三十三年。
And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
2:12 所羅門坐他父親大衛的位，他的國甚是堅固。
So Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.
2:13 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」；
Then Adoni'jah the son of Haggith came to Bathshe'ba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably."
2:14 又說：「我有話對你說。」拔示巴說：「你說吧。」
Then he said, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Say on."
2:15 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。
He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign; however the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD.
2:16 現在我有一件事求你，望你不要推辭。」拔示巴說：「你說吧。」
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Say on."
2:17 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。」
And he said, "Pray ask King Solomon -- he will not refuse you -- to give me Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite as my wife."
2:18 拔示巴說：「好，我必為你對王提說。」
Bathshe'ba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."
2:19 於是，拔示巴去見所羅門王，要為亞多尼雅提說；王起來迎接，向她下拜，就坐在位上，吩咐人為王母設一座位，她便坐在王的右邊。
So Bathshe'ba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adoni'jah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king's mother; and she sat on his right.
2:20 拔示巴說：「我有一件小事求你，望你不要推辭。」王說：「請母親說，我必不推辭。」
Then she said, "I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me." And the king said to her, "Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you."
2:21 拔示巴說：「求你將書念的女子亞比煞賜給你哥哥亞多尼雅為妻。」
She said, "Let Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite be given to Adoni'jah your brother as his wife."
2:22 所羅門王對他母親說：「為何單替他求書念的女子亞比煞呢？也可以為他求國吧！他是我的哥哥，他有祭司亞比亞他和洗魯雅的兒子約押為輔佐。」
King Solomon answered his mother, "And why do you ask Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite for Adoni'jah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and on his side are Abi'athar the priest and Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah."
2:23 所羅門王就指著耶和華起誓說：「亞多尼雅這話是自己送命，不然，願 神重重地降罰與我。
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adoni'jah his life!
2:24 耶和華堅立我，使我坐在父親大衛的位上，照著所應許的話為我建立家室；現在我指著永生的耶和華起誓，亞多尼雅今日必被治死。」
Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me, and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adoni'jah shall be put to death this day."
2:25 於是所羅門王差遣耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅，將亞多尼雅殺死。
So King Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he struck him down, and he died.
2:26 王對祭司亞比亞他說：「你回亞拿突歸自己的田地去吧！你本是該死的，但因你在我父親大衛面前抬過主耶和華的約櫃，又與我父親同受一切苦難，所以我今日不將你殺死。」
And to Abi'athar the priest the king said, "Go to An'athoth, to your estate; for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all the affliction of my father."
2:27 所羅門就革除亞比亞他，不許他作耶和華的祭司。這樣，便應驗耶和華在示羅論以利家所說的話。
So Solomon expelled Abi'athar from being priest to the LORD, thus fulfilling the word of the LORD which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
2:28 約押雖然沒有歸從押沙龍，卻歸從了亞多尼雅。他聽見這風聲，就逃到耶和華的帳幕，抓住祭壇的角。
When the news came to Jo'ab -- for Jo'ab had supported Adoni'jah although he had not supported Ab'salom -- Jo'ab fled to the tent of the LORD and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
2:29 有人告訴所羅門王說：「約押逃到耶和華的帳幕，現今在祭壇的旁邊。」所羅門就差遣耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅，說：「你去將他殺死。」
And when it was told King Solomon, "Jo'ab has fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar," Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, saying, "Go, strike him down."
2:30 比拿雅來到耶和華的帳幕，對約押說：「王吩咐說，你出來吧！」他說：「我不出去，我要死在這裡。」比拿雅就去回覆王，說約押如此如此回答我。
So Benai'ah came to the tent of the LORD, and said to him, "The king commands, `Come forth.'" But he said, "No, I will die here." Then Benai'ah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus said Jo'ab, and thus he answered me."
2:31 王說：「你可以照著他的話行，殺死他，將他葬埋，好叫約押流無辜人血的罪不歸我和我的父家了。
The king replied to him, "Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him; and thus take away from me and from my father's house the guilt for the blood which Jo'ab shed without cause.
2:32 耶和華必使約押流人血的罪歸到他自己的頭上；因為他用刀殺了兩個比他又義又好的人，就是以色列元帥尼珥的兒子押尼珥和猶大元帥益帖的兒子亞瑪撒，我父親大衛卻不知道。
The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds upon his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and slew with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Ama'sa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
2:33 故此，流這二人血的罪必歸到約押和他後裔的頭上，直到永遠；惟有大衛和他的後裔，並他的家與國，必從耶和華那裡得平安，直到永遠。」
So shall their blood come back upon the head of Jo'ab and upon the head of his descendants for ever; but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD for evermore."
2:34 於是耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅上去，將約押殺死，葬在曠野約押自己的墳墓【原文作房屋】裡。
Then Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada went up, and struck him down and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
2:35 王就立耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅作元帥，代替約押，又使祭司撒督代替亞比亞他。
The king put Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada over the army in place of Jo'ab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abi'athar.
2:36 王差遣人將示每召來，對他說：「你要在耶路撒冷建造房屋居住，不可出來往別處去。
Then the king sent and summoned Shim'e-i, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go forth from there to any place whatever.
2:37 你當確實地知道，你何日出來過汲淪溪，何日必死！你的罪【原文作血】必歸到自己的頭上。」
For on the day you go forth, and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head."
2:38 示每對王說：「這話甚好！我主我王怎樣說，僕人必怎樣行。」於是示每多日住在耶路撒冷。
And Shim'e-i said to the king, "What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." So Shim'e-i dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
2:39 過了三年，示每的兩個僕人逃到迦特王瑪迦的兒子亞吉那裡去。有人告訴示每說：「你的僕人在迦特。」
But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shim'e-i's slaves ran away to Achish, son of Ma'acah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shim'e-i, "Behold, your slaves are in Gath,"
2:40 示每起來，備上驢，往迦特到亞吉那裡去找他的僕人，就從迦特帶他僕人回來。
Shim'e-i arose and saddled an ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his slaves; Shim'e-i went and brought his slaves from Gath.
2:41 有人告訴所羅門說：「示每出耶路撒冷往迦特去，回來了。」
And when Solomon was told that Shim'e-i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,
2:42 王就差遣人將示每召了來，對他說：「我豈不是叫你指著耶和華起誓，並且警戒你說『你當確實地知道，你哪日出來往別處去，那日必死』嗎？你也對我說：『這話甚好，我必聽從。』
the king sent and summoned Shim'e-i, and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD, and solemnly admonish you, saying, `Know for certain that on the day you go forth and go to any place whatever, you shall die'? And you said to me, `What you say is good; I obey.'
2:43 現在你為何不遵守你指著耶和華起的誓和我所吩咐你的命令呢？」
Why then have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the commandment with which I charged you?"
2:44 王又對示每說：「你向我父親大衛所行的一切惡事，你自己心裡也知道，所以耶和華必使你的罪惡歸到自己的頭上；
The king also said to Shim'e-i, "You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father; so the LORD will bring back your evil upon your own head.
2:45 惟有所羅門王必得福，並且大衛的國位必在耶和華面前堅定，直到永遠。」
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever."
2:46 於是王吩咐耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅，他就去殺死示每。這樣，便堅定了所羅門的國位。
Then the king commanded Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
When David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2:2 「我現在要走世人必走的路。所以，你當剛強，作大丈夫，
"I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,
2:3 遵守耶和華─你 神所吩咐的，照著摩西律法上所寫的行主的道，謹守他的律例、誡命、典章、法度。這樣，你無論做甚麼事，不拘往何處去，盡都亨通。
and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;
2:4 耶和華必成就向我所應許的話說：『你的子孫若謹慎自己的行為，盡心盡意誠誠實實地行在我面前，就不斷人坐以色列的國位。』
that the LORD may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, `If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.'
2:5 你知道洗魯雅的兒子約押向我所行的，就是殺了以色列的兩個元帥：尼珥的兒子押尼珥和益帖兒子亞瑪撒。他在太平之時流這二人的血，如在爭戰之時一樣，將這血染了腰間束的帶和腳上穿的鞋。
"Moreover you know also what Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Ama'sa the son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood which had been shed in war, and putting innocent blood upon the girdle about my loins, and upon the sandals on my feet.
2:6 所以你要照你的智慧行，不容他白頭安然下陰間。
Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
2:7 你當恩待基列人巴西萊的眾子，使他們常與你同席吃飯；因為我躲避你哥哥押沙龍的時候，他們拿食物來迎接我。
But deal loyally with the sons of Barzil'lai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Ab'salom your brother.
2:8 在你這裡有巴戶琳的便雅憫人，基拉的兒子示每；我往瑪哈念去的那日，他用狠毒的言語咒罵我，後來卻下約旦河迎接我，我就指著耶和華向他起誓說：『我必不用刀殺你。』
And there is also with you Shim'e-i the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahu'rim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahana'im; but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, `I will not put you to death with the sword.'
2:9 現在你不要以他為無罪。你是聰明人，必知道怎樣待他，使他白頭見殺，流血下到陰間。」
Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol."
2:10 大衛與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛城。
Then David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
2:11 大衛作以色列王四十年：在希伯崙作王七年，在耶路撒冷作王三十三年。
And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
2:12 所羅門坐他父親大衛的位，他的國甚是堅固。
So Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.
2:13 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」；
Then Adoni'jah the son of Haggith came to Bathshe'ba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably."
2:14 又說：「我有話對你說。」拔示巴說：「你說吧。」
Then he said, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Say on."
2:15 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。
He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign; however the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD.
2:16 現在我有一件事求你，望你不要推辭。」拔示巴說：「你說吧。」
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Say on."
2:17 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。」
And he said, "Pray ask King Solomon -- he will not refuse you -- to give me Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite as my wife."
2:18 拔示巴說：「好，我必為你對王提說。」
Bathshe'ba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."
2:19 於是，拔示巴去見所羅門王，要為亞多尼雅提說；王起來迎接，向她下拜，就坐在位上，吩咐人為王母設一座位，她便坐在王的右邊。
So Bathshe'ba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adoni'jah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king's mother; and she sat on his right.
2:20 拔示巴說：「我有一件小事求你，望你不要推辭。」王說：「請母親說，我必不推辭。」
Then she said, "I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me." And the king said to her, "Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you."
2:21 拔示巴說：「求你將書念的女子亞比煞賜給你哥哥亞多尼雅為妻。」
She said, "Let Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite be given to Adoni'jah your brother as his wife."
2:22 所羅門王對他母親說：「為何單替他求書念的女子亞比煞呢？也可以為他求國吧！他是我的哥哥，他有祭司亞比亞他和洗魯雅的兒子約押為輔佐。」
King Solomon answered his mother, "And why do you ask Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite for Adoni'jah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and on his side are Abi'athar the priest and Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah."
2:23 所羅門王就指著耶和華起誓說：「亞多尼雅這話是自己送命，不然，願 神重重地降罰與我。
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adoni'jah his life!
2:24 耶和華堅立我，使我坐在父親大衛的位上，照著所應許的話為我建立家室；現在我指著永生的耶和華起誓，亞多尼雅今日必被治死。」
Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me, and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adoni'jah shall be put to death this day."
2:25 於是所羅門王差遣耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅，將亞多尼雅殺死。
So King Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he struck him down, and he died.
2:26 王對祭司亞比亞他說：「你回亞拿突歸自己的田地去吧！你本是該死的，但因你在我父親大衛面前抬過主耶和華的約櫃，又與我父親同受一切苦難，所以我今日不將你殺死。」
And to Abi'athar the priest the king said, "Go to An'athoth, to your estate; for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all the affliction of my father."
2:27 所羅門就革除亞比亞他，不許他作耶和華的祭司。這樣，便應驗耶和華在示羅論以利家所說的話。
So Solomon expelled Abi'athar from being priest to the LORD, thus fulfilling the word of the LORD which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
2:28 約押雖然沒有歸從押沙龍，卻歸從了亞多尼雅。他聽見這風聲，就逃到耶和華的帳幕，抓住祭壇的角。
When the news came to Jo'ab -- for Jo'ab had supported Adoni'jah although he had not supported Ab'salom -- Jo'ab fled to the tent of the LORD and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
2:29 有人告訴所羅門王說：「約押逃到耶和華的帳幕，現今在祭壇的旁邊。」所羅門就差遣耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅，說：「你去將他殺死。」
And when it was told King Solomon, "Jo'ab has fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar," Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, saying, "Go, strike him down."
2:30 比拿雅來到耶和華的帳幕，對約押說：「王吩咐說，你出來吧！」他說：「我不出去，我要死在這裡。」比拿雅就去回覆王，說約押如此如此回答我。
So Benai'ah came to the tent of the LORD, and said to him, "The king commands, `Come forth.'" But he said, "No, I will die here." Then Benai'ah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus said Jo'ab, and thus he answered me."
2:31 王說：「你可以照著他的話行，殺死他，將他葬埋，好叫約押流無辜人血的罪不歸我和我的父家了。
The king replied to him, "Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him; and thus take away from me and from my father's house the guilt for the blood which Jo'ab shed without cause.
2:32 耶和華必使約押流人血的罪歸到他自己的頭上；因為他用刀殺了兩個比他又義又好的人，就是以色列元帥尼珥的兒子押尼珥和猶大元帥益帖的兒子亞瑪撒，我父親大衛卻不知道。
The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds upon his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and slew with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Ama'sa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
2:33 故此，流這二人血的罪必歸到約押和他後裔的頭上，直到永遠；惟有大衛和他的後裔，並他的家與國，必從耶和華那裡得平安，直到永遠。」
So shall their blood come back upon the head of Jo'ab and upon the head of his descendants for ever; but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD for evermore."
2:34 於是耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅上去，將約押殺死，葬在曠野約押自己的墳墓【原文作房屋】裡。
Then Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada went up, and struck him down and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
2:35 王就立耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅作元帥，代替約押，又使祭司撒督代替亞比亞他。
The king put Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada over the army in place of Jo'ab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abi'athar.
2:36 王差遣人將示每召來，對他說：「你要在耶路撒冷建造房屋居住，不可出來往別處去。
Then the king sent and summoned Shim'e-i, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go forth from there to any place whatever.
2:37 你當確實地知道，你何日出來過汲淪溪，何日必死！你的罪【原文作血】必歸到自己的頭上。」
For on the day you go forth, and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head."
2:38 示每對王說：「這話甚好！我主我王怎樣說，僕人必怎樣行。」於是示每多日住在耶路撒冷。
And Shim'e-i said to the king, "What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." So Shim'e-i dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
2:39 過了三年，示每的兩個僕人逃到迦特王瑪迦的兒子亞吉那裡去。有人告訴示每說：「你的僕人在迦特。」
But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shim'e-i's slaves ran away to Achish, son of Ma'acah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shim'e-i, "Behold, your slaves are in Gath,"
2:40 示每起來，備上驢，往迦特到亞吉那裡去找他的僕人，就從迦特帶他僕人回來。
Shim'e-i arose and saddled an ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his slaves; Shim'e-i went and brought his slaves from Gath.
2:41 有人告訴所羅門說：「示每出耶路撒冷往迦特去，回來了。」
And when Solomon was told that Shim'e-i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,
2:42 王就差遣人將示每召了來，對他說：「我豈不是叫你指著耶和華起誓，並且警戒你說『你當確實地知道，你哪日出來往別處去，那日必死』嗎？你也對我說：『這話甚好，我必聽從。』
the king sent and summoned Shim'e-i, and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD, and solemnly admonish you, saying, `Know for certain that on the day you go forth and go to any place whatever, you shall die'? And you said to me, `What you say is good; I obey.'
2:43 現在你為何不遵守你指著耶和華起的誓和我所吩咐你的命令呢？」
Why then have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the commandment with which I charged you?"
2:44 王又對示每說：「你向我父親大衛所行的一切惡事，你自己心裡也知道，所以耶和華必使你的罪惡歸到自己的頭上；
The king also said to Shim'e-i, "You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father; so the LORD will bring back your evil upon your own head.
2:45 惟有所羅門王必得福，並且大衛的國位必在耶和華面前堅定，直到永遠。」
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever."
2:46 於是王吩咐耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅，他就去殺死示每。這樣，便堅定了所羅門的國位。
Then the king commanded Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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