列王紀上 22
1 [南北兩國戰阿蘭]阿蘭與以色列之間連續三年沒有戰爭。
For three years Aram and Israel were not at war.
2 第三年上，猶大王約沙法特下去見以色列王。
But in the third year Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went to visit the king of Israel.
3 以色列王對自己的臣僕說：「你們知道辣摩特基肋阿得原屬於我們，而我們一直沒有設法從阿蘭王的手中奪回來。」
The king of Israel had said to his officers, “Aren't you aware that Ramoth-gilead really belongs to us and yet we haven't done anything to take it back from the king of Aram?”
4 然後對約沙法特說：「你願意同我一起去攻取辣摩特基肋阿得嗎﹖」約沙法特回答以色列王說：「你怎樣，我也怎樣；我的人民就如同是你的人民，我的馬就如同是你的馬。」假先知預言戰勝
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you join me in an attack to recapture Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “You and I are as one, my men and your men are as one, and my horses and your horses are as one.”
5 以後，約沙法特對以色列王說：「請你先求問上主說什麼﹖」
Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “But first though, please find out what the Lord says.”
6 以色列王於是召集了眾先知，人數約有四百，問他們說：「我上去進攻辣摩特基肋阿得，還是不去呢﹖」他們回答說：「上去，上主必將那地交於大王手中。」
So the king of Israel brought out the prophets—four hundred of them—and he asked them, “Should I go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” “Yes, go ahead,” they replied, “for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
7 但是，約沙法特說：「這裏就沒有一位上主的先知，我們可託他求問嗎﹖」
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn't there another prophet of the Lord here that we can ask?”
8 以色列王回答約沙法特說：「還有一個我們可以託他求問上主；不過我憎恨他，因為他對我說預言，總不說吉祥話，只說兇言；這人即是依默拉的兒子米加雅。」約沙法特對他說：「請大王別這樣說! 」
“Yes, there's another man who could consult the Lord,” the king of Israel replied, “but I don't like him because he never prophesies anything good for me—it's always bad! His name is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” “You shouldn't talk like that,” said Jehoshaphat.
9 以色列王於是召一個宦官來，吩咐他說：「快去將依默拉的兒子米加雅召來! 」
The king of Israel called over one of his officials and told him, “Bring me Micaiah, son of Imlah, right away.”
10 當時以色列王和猶大王在撒瑪黎雅城門前的廣場上，各穿朝服，坐在寶座上；所有的先知在他們面前說預言。
Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor beside the gate of Samaria, with all of the prophets prophesying in front of them.
11 革納阿納的兒子漆德克雅帶來了些自製的鐵角說：「上主這樣說：你要用這些鐵角殺盡阿蘭人。」
One of them, Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, had made himself iron horns. He announced, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these horns you will gore the Arameans until they're dead!”
12 所有的先知也同樣預言說：「你上辣摩特基肋阿得去，必然順利，上主必將那地交於大王手中! 」米加雅預言戰敗
All the prophets were prophesying the same thing, saying, “Go ahead, attack Ramoth-gilead; you will be successful, for the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
13 那去召米加雅的使者對米加雅說：「看，先知們都一口同聲對君王說吉祥話，希望你說話，也如同他們中的一個一樣，也說吉祥話。」
The messenger who went to call Micaiah told him, “Look, all the prophets are unanimous in prophesying positively to the king. So please make sure to speak positively like them.”
14 米加雅回答說：「我指著永生的上主起誓：上主吩咐我什麼，我就說什麼! 」
But Micaiah replied, “As the Lord lives, I can only say what my God tells me.”
15 米加雅來到君王那裏，君王問他說：「米加雅，我們應該上去進攻辣摩特基肋阿得，還是不去呢﹖」他回答說：「上去，必然順利! 上主必將那地交在大王手中! 」
When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Should we go up and attack Ramoth-gilead, or should we not?” “Yes, go ahead and be victorious,” Micaiah replied, “for the Lord will give it into the king's hand.”
16 君王對他說：「我應該多少次叫你宣誓，你纔奉上主的名對我說實話呢﹖」
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me only the truth in the name of the Lord?”
17 米加雅答說：「我看見全以色列人散在山上，好像沒有牧人的羊群。上主說：這些人既然沒有主人，就讓他們各自平安回家罷! 」
So Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These people have no master; let each of them go home in peace.’”
18 以色列王對約沙法特說：「我不是告訴過你：他對我說預言總不說吉祥話，只說凶話﹖」
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn't I tell you he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad?”
19 米加亞答說：「為此，你且靜聽上主的話：我見上主坐在寶座上，天上的萬軍侍立在他左右。
Micaiah went on to say, “So listen to what the Lord says. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, surrounded by the whole army of heaven standing to his right and to his left.
20 上主問說：有誰能去唆使阿哈布，叫他上去進攻辣摩特基肋阿得，而死在那裏呢﹖那時有的說這樣，有的說那樣。
The Lord asked, ‘Who will trick Ahab, king of Israel, into attacking Ramoth-gilead so he will be killed there?’ One said this, another said that, and another said something else.
21 以後，有一個神出來，立在上主面前說：我能唆使他。上主問他說：用什麼方法﹖
Finally a spirit came and approached the Lord and said, ‘I will trick him.’
22 那神回答說：我去，在他所有的先知口中做虛言的神。上主答說：你必能唆使他，也必會成功，你去照辦罷!
‘How are you going to do that?’ the Lord asked. ‘I will go and be a lying spirit and make all his prophets tell lies,’ the spirit replied. ‘That will work,’ the Lord responded. ‘Go and do it.’
23 現在上主將虛言的神，放入你這些先知口中，上主已注定你必遭殃。」
As you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced your death sentence.”
24 那時，革納阿納的兒子漆德克雅前來，打米加雅的臉說：「上主的神有何曾離開了我，而同你談話呢﹖」
Then Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, went and slapped Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go when he left me to speak to you?”
25 米加雅答說：「在你進入最嚴密的室內隱藏的那一天，你就會知道了。」
“You'll soon find out when you try and find some secret place to hide!” Micaiah replied.
26 以色列王吩咐說：「將米加雅帶回去，交給阿孟市長及約阿士王子，
The king of Israel ordered, “Place Micaiah under arrest and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to my son Joash.
27 說君王這樣吩咐：將這人下在監裏，少給他吃的喝的，等我平安回來。」
Tell them these are the king's instructions: ‘Put this man in jail. Give him only bread and water until my safe return.’”
28 米加雅說：「你如果能平安回來，那麼，上主就沒有藉我說過話。」後又說：「眾百姓! 你們要聽清楚啊! 」阿哈布陣亡
“If you do in fact return safely then the Lord has not spoken through me,” Micaiah declared. “Pay attention everyone to all I've said!”
29 以色列王遂與猶大王約沙法特上去，進攻辣摩特基肋阿得。
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went to attack Ramoth-gilead.
30 以色列王對約沙法特說：「我要改裝上陣，你可以仍穿朝服。」於是以色列王改裝上了陣。
The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, “When I go into battle I will be in disguise, but you should wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
31 阿蘭王曾吩咐自己的三十二個戰車隊長說：「你們不必與大小將士交戰，只攻打以色列王! 」
The king of Aram had already given these orders to his chariot commanders: “Head straight for the king of Israel alone. Don't fight with anyone else, whoever they are.”
32 戰車隊長一看見約沙法特，便說：「這必是以色列王! 」遂轉身向他進攻，約沙法特連聲叫苦；
So when the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, “This must be the king of Israel!” So they turned to attack him, but when Jehoshaphat called out for help,
33 戰車隊長見他不是以色列王，就不再追擊他。
the chariot commanders saw it wasn't the king of Israel and stopped chasing him.
34 有人偶然一箭，射入以色列王的鎧甲與腰帶中間，君王對駕車的人說：「轉回! 載我離開陣地，我已受傷。」
However, an enemy archer shot an arrow at random, hitting the king of Israel between the joints of his armor by his breastplate. The king told his charioteer, “Turn around and get me out of the fight, because I've been wounded!”
35 但那天戰事越來越激烈，君王仍然立在車上，抵抗阿蘭人；晚上君王就死了；傷處的血直流到車底。
The battle lasted all day. The king of Israel was propped up in his chariot to face the Arameans, but in the evening he died. The blood had poured out of his wound onto the floor of the chariot.
36 約在日落的時候，營中傳出號令說：「各自回城，各自歸家，
At sunset, a shout went out from the lines: “Retreat! Every man back to his town, every man back to his own country!”
37 君王已死! 」人們將君王送回撒瑪黎雅，在那裏埋葬了。
So the king died. He was taken back to Samaria where they buried him.
38 在撒瑪黎雅的池塘中，洗滌君王的車時，有狗來舔他的血，有妓女在那裏沐浴，正應驗上主所說的話。
They washed his chariot at a pool in Samaria where the prostitutes came to bathe, and dogs licked up his blood, just as the Lord had said.
39 阿哈布其餘得事蹟，他的一切作為，所建造的象牙宮，以及修築的一切城市，都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
The rest of what happened in Ahab's reign, all that he did, the ivory palace he constructed and all the cities he built are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
40 阿哈布與祖先同眠，他的兒子阿哈齊雅繼位為王。約沙法特為猶大王
Ahab died and his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
41 以色列王阿哈布四年，阿撒的兒子約沙法特登極作猶大王。
Jehoshaphat, son of Asa, became king of Judah in the fourth year of the reign of Ahab, king of Israel.
42 約沙法特登極時，年三十五歲；在耶路撒冷作王二十五年；他的母親名叫阿組巴，是史肋希的女兒。
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
43 約沙法特完全走了他父親阿撒的道路，不偏左右，行了上主視為正義的事； 只有丘壇，還沒有鏟除，人民仍在丘壇上焚香獻祭。
He followed all the ways of his father; he did not depart from them, and he did what was right in the Lord's sight. However, the high places were not removed and the people still sacrificed and presented offerings there.
44 約沙法特與以色列王相安無事。
Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
45 約沙法特其餘的事蹟，他所做的英雄事蹟，以及如何作戰，都記載在猶大列王實錄上。
The rest of what happened in Jehoshaphat's reign, his great achievements and the wars he fought are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
46 約沙法特將他父親活著時，所留下的為神賣淫的男女，全從國內鏟除。
He expelled from the land any cult prostitutes who were left from the time of his father Asa.
47 當時在厄東沒有君王，只有總督代理。
(At that time there was no king in Edom; only a deputy who served as king.)
48 約沙法特建造了塔爾史士船隻，為到敖非爾去運輸黃金，然而沒有到達，船隻就在厄茲雍革貝爾破壞了。
Jehoshaphat built sea-going ships to go to Ophir for gold, but they went because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
49 那時阿哈布的兒子阿哈齊雅對約沙法特說：「讓我的僕人同你的僕人一起坐船去好了! 」但是，約沙法特沒有同意。
During that time Ahaziah, son of Ahab, asked Jehoshaphat, “Let my men sail with your men,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
50 約沙法特與祖先同眠，與祖先一同葬在達味城；他的兒子約蘭繼位為王。阿哈齊雅為以色列王
Jehoshaphat died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king.
51 猶大王約沙法特十七年，阿哈布的兒子阿哈齊雅，在撒瑪黎雅登極作以色列王；他作王統治以色列只有兩年，
Ahaziah, son of Ahab, became king of Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.
52 行了上主視為惡的事，隨從了他父親和他母親以及乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，使以色列陷於罪惡的道路，
He did what was evil in the Lord's sight and followed the ways of his father and mother, and of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
53 服事敬拜了巴耳，激怒了上主，以色列的天主，全像他父親所作的一樣。
He served Baal and worshiped him, and angered the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had.
