< 历代志下 20 >
1 此后,摩押人和亚扪人,又有米乌尼人,一同来攻击约沙法。
And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 有人来报告约沙法说:“从海外亚兰那边有大军来攻击你,如今他们在哈洗逊·他玛,就是隐·基底。”
And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, 'Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they [are] in Hazezon-Tamar — it [is] En-Gedi.'
3 约沙法便惧怕,定意寻求耶和华,在犹大全地宣告禁食。
And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;
4 于是犹大人聚会,求耶和华帮助。犹大各城都有人出来寻求耶和华。
and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah.
5 约沙法就在犹大和耶路撒冷的会中,站在耶和华殿的新院前,
And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, at the front of the new court,
6 说:“耶和华—我们列祖的 神啊,你不是天上的 神吗?你不是万邦万国的主宰吗?在你手中有大能大力,无人能抵挡你。
and saith, 'O Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not Thou — God in the heavens? yea, Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and there is none with Thee to station himself.
7 我们的 神啊,你不是曾在你民以色列人面前驱逐这地的居民,将这地赐给你朋友亚伯拉罕的后裔永远为业吗?
'Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,
and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,
9 ‘倘有祸患临到我们,或刀兵灾殃,或瘟疫饥荒,我们在急难的时候,站在这殿前向你呼求,你必垂听而拯救,因为你的名在这殿里。’
If evil doth come upon us — sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine — we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name [is] in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.
10 从前以色列人出埃及地的时候,你不容以色列人侵犯亚扪人、摩押人,和西珥山人,以色列人就离开他们,不灭绝他们。
'And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,
11 看哪,他们怎样报复我们,要来驱逐我们出离你的地,就是你赐给我们为业之地。
and lo, they are recompensing to us — to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.
12 我们的 神啊,你不惩罚他们吗?因为我们无力抵挡这来攻击我们的大军,我们也不知道怎样行,我们的眼目单仰望你。”
'O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.'
13 犹大众人和他们的婴孩、妻子、儿女都站在耶和华面前。
And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.
14 那时,耶和华的灵在会中临到利未人亚萨的后裔—玛探雅的玄孙,耶利的曾孙,比拿雅的孙子,撒迦利雅的儿子雅哈悉。
And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly,
15 他说:“犹大众人、耶路撒冷的居民,和约沙法王,你们请听。耶和华对你们如此说:‘不要因这大军恐惧惊惶;因为胜败不在乎你们,乃在乎 神。
and he saith, 'Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you [is] the battle, but for God.
16 明日你们要下去迎敌,他们是从洗斯坡上来,你们必在耶鲁伊勒旷野前的谷口遇见他们。
To-morrow, go ye down against them, lo, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 犹大和耶路撒冷人哪,这次你们不要争战,要摆阵站着,看耶和华为你们施行拯救。不要恐惧,也不要惊惶。明日当出去迎敌,因为耶和华与你们同在。’”
Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem — be not afraid nor fear ye — to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah [is] with you.'
18 约沙法就面伏于地,犹大众人和耶路撒冷的居民也俯伏在耶和华面前,叩拜耶和华。
And Jehoshaphat boweth — face to the earth — and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah, to bow themselves to Jehovah.
19 哥辖族和可拉族的利未人都起来,用极大的声音赞美耶和华以色列的 神。
And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korhites, rise to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high.
20 次日清早,众人起来往提哥亚的旷野去。出去的时候,约沙法站着说:“犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪,要听我说:信耶和华—你们的 神就必立稳;信他的先知就必亨通。”
And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, 'Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.'
21 约沙法既与民商议了,就设立歌唱的人,颂赞耶和华,使他们穿上圣洁的礼服,走在军前赞美耶和华说:“当称谢耶和华,因他的慈爱永远长存!”
And he taketh counsel with the people, and appointeth singers to Jehovah, and those giving praise to the honour of holiness, in the going out before the armed [men], and saying, 'Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness.'
22 众人方唱歌赞美的时候,耶和华就派伏兵击杀那来攻击犹大人的亚扪人、摩押人,和西珥山人,他们就被打败了。
And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,
23 因为亚扪人和摩押人起来,击杀住西珥山的人,将他们灭尽;灭尽住西珥山的人之后,他们又彼此自相击杀。
and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy.
24 犹大人来到旷野的望楼,向那大军观看,见尸横遍地,没有一个逃脱的。
And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower, to the wilderness, and they look unto the multitude, and lo, they [are] carcases fallen to the earth, and there is none escaped,
25 约沙法和他的百姓就来收取敌人的财物,在尸首中见了许多财物、珍宝,他们剥脱下来的多得不可携带;因为甚多,直收取了三日。
and Jehoshaphat cometh in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundance, both goods and carcases, and desirable vessels, and they take spoil to themselves without prohibition, and they are three days seizing the spoil, for it [is] abundant.
26 第四日众人聚集在比拉迦谷,在那里称颂耶和华。因此那地方名叫比拉迦谷,直到今日。
And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, 'Valley of Blessing,' unto this day.
27 犹大人和耶路撒冷人都欢欢喜喜地回耶路撒冷,约沙法率领他们;因为耶和华使他们战胜仇敌,就欢喜快乐。
And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies.
28 他们弹琴、鼓瑟、吹号来到耶路撒冷,进了耶和华的殿。
And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.
29 列邦诸国听见耶和华战败以色列的仇敌,就甚惧怕。
And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that Jehovah hath fought with the enemies of Israel,
30 这样,约沙法的国得享太平,因为 神赐他四境平安。
and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about.
31 约沙法作犹大王,登基的时候年三十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王二十五年。他母亲名叫阿苏巴,乃示利希的女儿。
And Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah, a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
32 约沙法效法他父亚撒所行的,不偏左右,行耶和华眼中看为正的事。
And he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
33 只是邱坛还没有废去,百姓也没有立定心意归向他们列祖的 神。
Only, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
34 约沙法其余的事,自始至终都写在哈拿尼的儿子耶户的书上,也载入以色列诸王记上。
And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, lo, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel.
35 此后,犹大王约沙法与以色列王亚哈谢交好;亚哈谢行恶太甚。
And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in [so] doing),
36 二王合伙造船要往他施去,遂在以旬·迦别造船。
and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,
37 那时玛利沙人、多大瓦的儿子以利以谢向约沙法预言说:“因你与亚哈谢交好,耶和华必破坏你所造的。”后来那船果然破坏,不能往他施去了。
and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go unto Tarshish.