歷代志下 21
1 [約蘭王的惡行]約沙法特與列祖同眠，與祖先一同葬在達味城；他的兒子約蘭繼位為王。
Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David; Jehoram, his son, became king in his place.
2 他的兄弟，約沙法特的兒子：哈匝黎雅、耶希耳、則加黎雅、阿匝黎雅、米加耳和舍法提雅，這些都是猶大王約沙法特的兒子，
Jehoram had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.
3 他們的父親將許多禮品，金銀財寶，以及猶大的堅城分封了他們，卻將王位賜給了約蘭，因為他是長子。
Their father had given them large gifts of silver, gold, and other precious things, and also fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram.
4 當約蘭登上了他父親的王位鞏固了自己的勢力以後，就殺了他所有的兄弟，和幾個以色列首領。
Now when Jehoram had risen up over his father's kingdom and had firmly established himself as king, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also various other leaders of Israel.
5 約蘭即位時年三十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王八年。
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
6 他走了以色列王所走的道路，有如阿哈布家一樣，因為他娶了阿哈布的女兒為妻，行了上主視為惡的事。
He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab was doing, for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife, and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
7 但是，上主不願消滅達味家室，因為曾與達味立過約，應許時常給他和他的子孫留下一盞明燈。[天主降罰]
However, Yahweh did not wish to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David; he had promised that he would always give life to him and his descendants.
8 約蘭年間，厄東反叛，脫離了猶大的統治，自立為王。
In Jehoram's days, Edom revolted from the control of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.
9 約蘭率領自己的軍長和所有的戰車前去聲討；他夜間起來，衝出了包圍他和戰車隊長的厄東人。
Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots. It was night when he rose up and fought against the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders.
10 這樣，厄東人脫離了猶大的統治，直到現在。里貝納也同時叛變，脫離了猶大的統治，因為君王離棄了上主，他祖先的天主，
So Edom has been in rebellion from the control of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time from his control, because Jehoram had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
11 並且在猶大山上建立了高丘，使耶路撒冷的居民行淫，使猶大人背信。
In addition, Jehoram had also built high places in the mountains of Judah and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to live like prostitutes, and he led Judah astray.
12 有人給他送來厄里亞先知的一封信，信上說：「上主，你祖先達味的天主這樣說：因為你沒有走你父親約沙法特的路，又沒有走猶大王阿撒的路，
A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, “This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah,
13 反而走了以色列王的路，引誘猶大和耶路撒冷的居民行淫，如同阿哈布家行淫一樣；又因為你殺了你父親家中那些比你好的兄弟，
but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute, as the house of Ahab did—and because you have also killed your brothers in your father's family, men who were better than yourself—
14 上主必以巨大的災禍打擊你的百姓，你的妻子兒女，以及你所有的財產。
see, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions.
15 至於你，你必生一種極嚴厲的病，腸胃病，以至兩年內，你的腸子都要流出來。」[預言實現]
You yourself will have much sickness because of a disease in your intestines, until your intestines fall out because of the sickness, day after day.”
16 上主激起培肋舍特人和臨近雇士的阿剌伯人的心，與約蘭為敵。
Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and of the Arabians who were near the Cushites.
17 他們遂前來攻擊猶大，侵入境內，掠去了王宮所有的財物，擄去了他的兒子妻妾；除他最小的兒子約阿哈次，沒有給他留下一個兒子。
They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the wealth that was found in the king's house. They also carried away his sons and his wives. No son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.
18 此後，上主以一種不能醫治的腸胃病打擊了約蘭。
After all this, Yahweh struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.
19 這病纏綿了一年多；二年末，當他的終期來到時，他的腸子因病都流了出來，他在極苦痛中死了。他的百姓沒有為他舉行焚香禮，如同為他的列祖所行的一樣。
It came about in due time, at the end of two years, that his intestines fell out because of his sickness, and that he died of severe disease. His people made no fire in his honor as they had done for his ancestors.
20 他即位時年三十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王八年。他逝世後，無人表示悲哀。人將他葬於達味城，但沒有葬在王陵內。
He had begun to reign when he was thirty-two years old; he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years, and when he departed no one mourned him. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the royal tombs.
