第二十三章 2 Samuel 23
1.以下是大衛末了的話。耶西的兒子大衛得居高位,是雅各神所膏的,作以色列的美歌者,說:
These are the last words of David: 「The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs:
2.耶和華的靈藉著我說:他的話在我口中。
「The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.
3.以色列的 神,以色列的磐石曉諭我說:那以公義治理人民的,敬畏 神執掌權柄,
The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 『When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,
4.他必像日出的晨光,如無雲的清晨,雨後的晴光,使地發生嫩草。
he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.』
5.我家在 神面前並非如此; 神卻與我立永遠的約。這約凡事堅穩,關乎我的一切救恩和我一切所想望的,他豈不為我成就嗎?
「If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.
6.但匪類都必像荊棘被丟棄;人不敢用手拿它;
But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand.
7.拿它的人必帶鐵器和槍桿,終久它必被火焚燒。
Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.」