列王紀下 23
1 君王於是派人召集猶大和耶路撒冷所有的長老來到他跟前。
And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 君王同所有的猶大人、耶路撒冷的居民、眾司祭、眾先知、全體人民，不分貴賤大小，上了上主聖殿，將在上主殿內尋獲的約書上的一切話，讀給他們聽。
and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.
3 君王站在高台上，在上主面前立約，要全心全意跟隨上主，遵守祂的誡命、典章和法律，履行這卷書上所記載的盟約的話；全體人民也一致接受了這盟約。
And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.
4 君王於是吩咐大司祭希耳克雅和副大司祭以及守門的，將那些為巴耳，為阿舍辣和為天上萬象所製造的祭器，都從上主殿內搬出，在耶路撒冷外克德龍谷的田野中焚燒了，把灰燼帶到貝特耳去。
And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.
5 君王廢除了以前猶大王派定在猶大各城，和耶路撒冷周圍高丘上的焚香的僧侶，以及向巴耳、太陽、月亮和黃道帶，並天上萬象焚香的人；
And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem, ) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.
6 又將木偶從上主的殿內搬到耶路撒冷城外克德龍谷，在克德龍谷焚燒了，磨碎成灰，將灰撒在平民的墳墓上；
And he bringeth out the shrine from the house of Jehovah to the outside of Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burneth it at the brook Kidron, and beateth it small to dust, and casteth its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.
7 拆毀了上主殿內廟倡的房舍，婦女們為木偶編織衣服的地方。
And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.
8 又從猶大各城將所有的司祭召來，破壞了司祭們焚香的高丘，從革巴直到貝爾舍巴；拆毀了城門左邊，市長約叔亞門前的羊神祭壇。
And he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that [are] at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that [is] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city;
9 無論如何，高丘的司祭，不能上耶路撒冷上主的祭壇，只能在自己的兄弟中間分食無酵餅。
only, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brethren.
10 約史雅又破壞了本希農山谷中的托斐特，免得再有人火祭子女，獻給摩肋客。
And he hath defiled Topheth, that [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.
11 又將以前猶大王在上主聖殿門前，靠近太監乃堂默肋客住宅的廊房裏，獻於太陽的駿馬除去；也用火燒掉了奉獻給太陽的車輛。
And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that [is] in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.
12 猶大王在阿哈次的樓房頂上所建築的祭壇，和默納舍在上主聖殿兩庭院內建築的祭壇，君王也都拆掉搗毀，把碎塊倒在克德龍谷裏。
And the altars that [are] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.
13 從前以色列王撒羅滿在耶路撒冷東，橄欖山南，為漆東人的可惡之物阿市托勒特，為摩阿布的可惡之物革摩士，為阿孟子民的可惡之物米耳公所建立的高丘，君王一概破壞了；
And the high places that [are] on the front of Jerusalem, that [are] on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.
14 又打碎了石柱，砍斷了木偶，用人骨填滿了那些地方。
And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
15 此外，那使以色列陷於罪惡的乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，在貝特耳所立的祭壇和高丘，約史雅也將這祭壇拆毀，將丘壇的石塊打碎成灰，燒了木偶。
and also the altar that [is] in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place — he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.
16 約史雅轉身，看見山上墳墓，就派人掘出墳裏的骨骸，放在祭壇上焚燒，污辱了這祭壇，應驗了天主的人，當雅洛貝罕在慶節日站在這祭壇上時，所說的的話。約史雅再戔身遙望，看見曾預言這些事的天主的人的墳墓，
And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that [are] there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth [them] on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
17 就問說：「看見的是誰的墓碑﹖」城中的人回答說：「是天主的人的墳墓，他從猶大來，預言了你剛才對貝特耳祭壇所行的事」。
And he saith, 'What [is] this sign that I see?' and the men of the city say unto him, 'The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.'
18 君王遂說：「讓他安息吧! 誰也不要移動他的骨骸! 」因此人沒有移動他的骨骸，也沒有移動那撒瑪黎雅先知的骨骸。
And he saith, 'Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
19 從前以色列王在e口城內所建築，而激怒上主的高丘廟宇，約史雅也一律除去，對這些廟宇所行的，完全像在貝特耳所行一樣。
And also all the houses of the high places that [are] in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.
20 凡在那裏所有的高丘司祭，他都在祭壇上殺了，並且在祭壇焚燒了人骨，然後回了耶路撒冷。
And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who [are] there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
21 君王吩咐全體人民說：「你們要按照這約書所記載的，向上主你們的天主舉行逾越節」。
And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, 'Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.'
22 實在，自從民長統治以色列時日以來，和在以色列各君王及猶大王當政期間，從來沒有舉行過像這樣的一個逾越節，
Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;
23 只有在約史雅王十八年，在耶路撒冷向上主舉行了這樣的逾越節。
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
24 此外，凡在猶大地和耶路撒冷所見到的那些招魂的，行邪術的，忒辣芬和偶像，以及可憎之物，約史雅一概掃除，履行了司祭希耳克雅在上主殿內，所發見的書上所記載的法律。
And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.
25 在他以前沒有人一個君王像他這樣按照梅瑟的法律，全心全意全力歸向上主；在他以後也沒有一個像他一樣的。
And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.
26 雖然如此，上主仍未息向猶大所發的盛怒烈火，因為默納舍種種行事，太激怒了上主，
Only, Jehovah hath not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked him,
27 因此上主說：「我仍要由我面前除去猶大，如同我除去了以色列一樣；我要拋棄我所選擇的這座耶路撒冷城，和我所說我名必留其間的殿」。
and Jehovah saith, 'Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen — Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'
28 約史雅其餘的事蹟，他的一切作為，都記載在猶大王實錄上。
And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29 約史雅年間，埃及王法郎乃苛上到幼發拉的河，亞述王那裏，約史雅出兵與他對抗，初次會戰，就在默基多陣亡。
In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.
30 他的臣僕將他的屍體，用車從默基多運到耶路撒冷，葬在他自己的墳墓裏；當地的人民推舉約史雅的兒子約哈次，給他傅油，繼承父位為王。
And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.
31 約哈次登極時年二十三歲，在耶路撒冷為王三個月，他的母親名叫哈慕塔耳，是里貝納人耶勒米雅的女兒。
A son of twenty and three years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,
32 他行上主視為惡的事，完全像他祖先所行的一樣。
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did,
33 法郎乃苛將他幽禁在哈瑪特的黎貝拉，不要他在耶路撒冷作王，並要那地方繳約一百「塔冷通」銀子和十「塔冷通」金子作賠款。
and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land — a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34 以後，法郎乃苛立了約史雅的兒子厄里雅金繼他父親約史雅為王，給他改名叫約雅金；後將約哈次帶到埃及去了，約哈次就死在那裏。
And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.
35 約雅金將金銀付給法郎，但為交付的求要賠款，只得國家徵稅，要本國人民每人依照自己的家業，繳納金銀，送給法欴乃苛。
And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh.
36 約雅金登極時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷為王十一年；他的母親名叫則步達，是魯瑪人培達雅的女兒。
A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,
37 他行了上主視為惡的事，全像他祖先所行的一樣。
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.
