第十二章 2 Samuel 12
1.耶和華差遣拿單去見大衛。拿單到了大衛那裏,對他說:「在一座城裏有兩個人:一個是富戶,一個是窮人。
The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, 「There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.
2.富戶有許多牛群羊群;
The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,
3.窮人除了所買來養活的一隻小母羊羔之外,別無所有。羊羔在他家裏和他兒女一同長大,吃他所吃的,喝他所喝的,睡在他懷中,在他看來如同女兒一樣。
but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
4.有一客人來到這富戶家裏;富戶捨不得從自己的牛群羊群中取一隻預備給客人吃,卻取了那窮人的羊羔,預備給客人吃。」
「Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.」
5.大衛就甚惱怒那人,對拿單說:「我指著永生的耶和華起誓,行這事的人該死!
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, 「As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die!
6.他必償還羊羔四倍;因為他行這事,沒有憐恤的心。」
He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.」