17：1 亚希多弗又对押沙龙说，求你准我挑选一万二千人，今夜我就起身追赶大卫，Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom， Let me now choose out twelve thousand men， and I will arise and pursue after David this night：
17：2 趁他疲乏手软，我忽然追上他，使他惊惶。跟随他的民必都逃跑，我就单杀王一人，And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed， and will make him afraid： and all the people that are with him shall flee； and I will smite the king only：
17：3 使众民都归顺你。你所寻梢的人既然死了，众民就如已经归顺你。这样，也都平安无事了。
And I will bring back all the people unto thee： the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned： so all the people shall be in peace.
17：4 押沙龙和以色列的长老都以这话为美。
And the saying pleased Absalom well， and all the elders of Israel.
17：5 押沙龙说，要召亚基人户筛来，我们也要听他怎样说。
Then said Absalom， Call now Hushai the Archite also， and let us hear likewise what he saith.
17：6 户筛到了押沙龙面前，押沙龙向他说，亚希多弗是如此如此说的，我们照着他的话行可以不可以。若不可，你就说吧。
And when Hushai was come to Absalom， Absalom spake unto him， saying， Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner： shall we do after his saying？ if not； speak thou.
17：7 户筛对押沙龙说，亚希多弗这次所定的谋不善。
And Hushai said unto Absalom， The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
17：8 户筛又说，你知道，你父亲和跟随他的人都是勇士，现在他们心里恼怒，如同田野丢崽子的母熊一般，而且你父亲是个战士，必不和民一同住宿。
For， said Hushai， thou knowest thy father and his men， that they be mighty men， and they be chafed in their minds， as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field： and thy father is a man of war， and will not lodge with the people.
17：9 他现今或藏在坑中或在别处，若有人首先被杀，凡听见的必说，跟随押沙龙的民被杀了。
Behold， he is hid now in some pit， or in some other place： and it will come to pass， when some of them be overthrown at the first， that whosoever heareth it will say， There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
17：10 虽有人胆大如狮子，他的心也必消化。因为以色列人都知道你父亲是英雄，跟随他的人也都是勇士。
And he also that is valiant， whose heart is as the heart of a lion， shall utterly melt： for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man， and they which be with him are valiant men.
17：11 依我之计，不如将以色列众人从但直到别是巴，如同海边的沙那样多聚集到你这里来，你也亲自率领他们出战。
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee， from Dan even to Beersheba， as the sand that is by the sea for multitude； and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
17：12 这样，我们在何处遇见他，就下到他那里，如同露水下在地上一般，连他带跟随他的人，一个也不留下。
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found， and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground： and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
17：13 他若进了哪一座城，以色列众人必带绳子去，将那城拉到河里，甚至连一块小石头都不剩下。
Moreover， if he be gotten into a city， then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city， and we will draw it into the river， until there be not one small stone found there.
17：14 押沙龙和以色列众人说，亚基人户筛的计谋比亚希多弗的计谋更好。这是因耶和华定意破坏亚希多弗的良谋，为要降祸与押沙龙。
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said， The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel， to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
17：15 户筛对祭司撒督和亚比亚他说，亚希多弗为押沙龙和以色列的长老所定的计谋是如此如此，我所定的计谋是如此如此。
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests， Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel； and thus and thus have I counselled.
17：16 现在你们要急速打发人去，告诉大卫说，今夜不可住在旷野的渡口，务要过河，免得王和跟随他的人都被吞灭。
Now therefore send quickly， and tell David， saying， Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness， but speedily pass over； lest the king be swallowed up， and all the people that are with him.
