Sāmǔĕrjìxià 11

1 Guō le yī nián , dào liè wáng chū zhàn de shíhou , Dàwèi yòu chāi paì Yuēyē , shuaìlǐng chénpú hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén chū zhàn . tāmen jiù dá baì Yàmén rén , wéi gōng là bā . Dàwèi réng zhù zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng .

2 Yī rì , taìyáng píng xī , Dàwèi cóng chuáng shàng qǐlai , zaì wánggōng de píng dǐng shàng yóuxíng , kànjian yī gè fùrén shù yù , róngmào shén mĕi ,

3 Dàwèi jiù chāi rén dá tīng nà fùrén shì shuí . yǒu rén shuō , tā shì yǐ lián de nǚér , Hèrén Wūlìyà de qī bá Shìbā .

4 Dàwèi chāi rén qù , jiāng fùrén jiē lái . nàshí tāde yuè jīng cái dé jiéjìng . tā lái le , Dàwèi yǔ tā tóngfáng , tā jiù huí jiā qù le .

5 Yúshì tā huái le yùn , dǎfa rén qù gàosu Dàwèi shuō , wǒ huái le yùn .

6 Dàwèi chāi rén dào Yuēyē nàli , shuō , nǐ dǎfa Hèrén Wūlìyà dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái . Yuēyē jiù dǎfa Wūlìyà qù jiàn Dàwèi .

7 Wūlìyà lái le , Dàwèi wèn Yuēyē hǎo , yĕ wèn bīng hǎo , yòu wèn zhēng zhàn de shì zĕnyàng .

8 Dàwèi duì Wūlìyà shuō , nǐ huí jiā qù , xǐ xǐ jiǎo ba . Wūlìyà chū le wánggōng , suíhòu wáng sòng tā yī fēn shíwù .

9 Wūlìyà què hé tā zhǔrén de púrén yītóng shuì zaì gōng mén waì , méiyǒu huí jiā qù .

10 Yǒu rén gàosu Dàwèi shuō , Wūlìyà méiyǒu huí jiā qù . Dàwèi jiù wèn Wūlìyà shuō , nǐ cóng yuǎn lù shàng lái , wèishénme bù huí jiā qù ne .

11 Wūlìyà duì Dàwèi shuō , yuē guì hé Yǐsèliè yǔ Yóudà bīng dōu zhù zaì péng lǐ , wǒ zhǔ Yuēyē hé wǒ zhǔ ( huò zuò wáng ) de púrén dōu zaì tiānyĕ ān yíng , wǒ qǐ kĕ huí jiā chī hē , yǔ qīzi tóng qǐn ne . wǒ gǎn zaì wáng miànqián qǐshì ( yuánwén zuò wǒ zhǐ zhe wáng hé wáng de xìngméng qǐshì ) .

12 Dàwèi fēnfu Wūlìyà shuō , nǐ jīnrì réng zhù zaì zhèlǐ , míngrì wǒ dǎfa nǐ qù . yúshì Wūlìyà nà rì hé cì rì zhù zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng .

13 Dàwèi zhào le Wūlìyà lái , jiào tā zaì zìjǐ miànqián chī hē , shǐ tā hē zuì . dào le wǎnshang , Wūlìyà chū qù yǔ tā zhǔ de púrén yītóng zhù xiù , hái méiyǒu huí dào jiā lǐ qù .

14 Cì rì zǎochen , Dàwèi xiĕ xìn yǔ Yuēyē , jiāo Wūlìyà suí shǒu daì qù .

15 Xìn neì xiĕ zhe shuō , yào paì Wūlìyà qián jìn , dào zhèn shì jí xiǎn zhī chù , nǐmen biàn tuì hòu , shǐ tā beì shā .

16 Yuē yē wéi chéng de shíhou , zhīdào dírén nàli yǒu yǒng shì , biàn jiāng Wūlìyà paì zaì nàli .

17 Chéng lǐ de rén chūlai hé Yuēyē dǎzhàng . Dàwèi de púrén zhōng yǒu jǐ gè beì shā de , Hèrén Wūlìyà yĕ sǐ le .

18 Yúshì , Yuēyē chāi rén qù jiāng zhēng zhàn de yīqiè shì gàosu Dàwèi ,

19 Yòu zhǔfu shǐzhĕ shuō , nǐ bǎ zhēng zhàn de yīqiè shì duì wáng shuō wán le ,

20 Wáng ruò fānù , wèn nǐ shuō , nǐmen dǎzhàng wèishénme āijìn chéngqiáng ne . qǐbù zhī dírén bì cóng chéng shàng shè jiàn ma .

21 Cóng qián dá sǐ yé Lùbǐ shè ( jiù shì yé lù bā lì , jiàn shìshījì jiǔ zhāng yī jié ) érzi Yàbǐmǐlè de shì shuí ne . qǐbù shì yī gè fùrén cóng chéng shàng pāo xià yī kuaì shàng mòshí lái , dá zaì tā shēnshang , tā jiù sǐ zaì tí beì sī ma . nǐmen wèishénme āijìn chéngqiáng ne? nǐ jiù shuō , wáng de púrén , Hèrén Wūlìyà yĕ sǐ le .

22 Shǐzhĕ qǐshēn , lái jiàn Dàwèi , zhào zhe Yuēyē suǒ fēnfu tāde huà zòu gào Dàwèi .

23 Shǐzhĕ duì Dàwèi shuō , dírén qiáng guō wǒmen , chū dào jiāo yĕ yǔ wǒmen dǎzhàng , wǒmen zhuī shā tāmen , zhídào chéng ménkǒu .

24 Shè jiàn de cóng chéng shàng shè wáng de púrén , shè sǐ jǐ gè , Hèrén Wūlìyà yĕ sǐ le .

25 Wáng xiàng shǐzhĕ shuō , nǐ gàosu Yuēyē shuō , búyào yīn zhè shì chóumèn , dāo jiàn huò tūn miè zhè rén huò tūn miè nà rén , méiyǒu yídéng de . nǐ zhǐguǎn jiélì gōng chéng , jiāng chéng qīngfù . kĕyǐ yòng zhè huà miǎnlì Yuēyē .

26 Wūlìyà de qī tīngjian zhàngfu Wūlìyà sǐ le , jiù wèi tā āikū .

27 Āikū de rìzi guō le , Dàwèi chāi rén jiāng tā jiē dào gōng lǐ , tā jiù zuò le Dàwèi de qī , gĕi Dàwèi shēng le yī gè érzi . dàn Dàwèi suǒ xíng de zhè shì , Yēhéhuá shén bù xǐyuè .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 11 Commentary

Chapter 11

David's adultery. (1-5) He tries to conceal his crime. (6-13) Uriah murdered. (14-27)

Verses 1-5 Observe the occasions of David's sin; what led to it. 1. Neglect of his business. He tarried at Jerusalem. When we are out of the way of our duty, we are in temptation. 2. Love of ease: idleness gives great advantage to the tempter. 3. A wandering eye. He had not, like Job, made a covenant with his eyes, or, at this time, he had forgotten it. And observe the steps of the sin. See how the way of sin is down-hill; when men begin to do evil, they cannot soon stop. Observe the aggravations of the sin. How could David rebuke or punish that in others, of which he was conscious that he himself was guilty?

Verses 6-13 Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.

Verses 14-27 Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No man in such a case can have evidence to be satisfied that he is a believer. The higher a man's confidence is, who has sunk in wickedness, the greater his presumption and hypocrisy. Let not any one who resembles David in nothing but his transgressions, bolster up his confidence with this example. Let him follow David in his humiliation, repentance, and his other eminent graces, before he thinks himself only a backslider, and not a hypocrite. Let no opposer of the truth say, These are the fruits of faith! No; they are the effects of corrupt nature. Let us all watch against the beginnings of self-indulgence, and keep at the utmost distance from all evil. But with the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption. He will cast out no humble, penitent believer; nor will he suffer Satan to pluck his sheep out of his hand. Yet the Lord will recover his people, in such a way as will mark his abhorrence of their crimes, to hinder all who regard his word from abusing the encouragements of his mercy.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 11

This chapter begins with the destruction of the Ammonites, and the siege of Rabbah their chief city, 2Sa 11:1; and enlarges on the sins of David in committing adultery with Bathsheba, 2Sa 11:2-5; in contriving to conceal his sin by sending for her husband home from the army, 2Sa 11:6-13; in laying a scheme for the death of him by the hand of the Ammonites, 2Sa 11:14-25; and in marrying Bathsheba when he was dead, 2Sa 11:26,27.