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1 亚哈有七十个儿子在撒马利亚。耶户写信送到撒马利亚,通知耶斯列的首领,就是长老和教养亚哈众子的人,说:
And Ahab hath seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu writeth letters, and sendeth to Samaria, unto the heads of Jezreel, the elders, and unto the supporters of Ahab, saying,
2 “你们那里既有你们主人的众子和车马、器械、坚固城,
'And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you [are] sons of your lord, and with you [are] the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour,
3 接了这信,就可以在你们主人的众子中选择一个贤能合宜的,使他坐他父亲的位,你们也可以为你们主人的家争战。”
and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord, and have set [him] on the throne of his father, and fight ye for the house of your lord.'
4 他们却甚惧怕,彼此说:“二王在他面前尚且站立不住,我们怎能站得住呢?”
And they fear very greatly, and say, 'Lo, the two kings have not stood before him, and how do we stand — we?'
5 家宰、邑宰,和长老,并教养众子的人,打发人去见耶户,说:“我们是你的仆人,凡你所吩咐我们的都必遵行,我们不立谁作王,你看怎样好就怎样行。”
And he who [is] over the house, and he who [is] over the city, and the elders, and the supporters, send unto Jehu, saying, 'Thy servants we [are], and all that thou sayest unto us we do; we do not make any one king — that which [is] good in thine eyes do.'
6 耶户又给他们写信说:“你们若归顺我,听从我的话,明日这时候,要将你们主人众子的首级带到耶斯列来见我。”那时王的儿子七十人都住在教养他们那城中的尊贵人家里。
And he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, 'If ye [are] for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men — the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;' and the sons of the king [are] seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up.
7 信一到,他们就把王的七十个儿子杀了,将首级装在筐里,送到在耶斯列的耶户那里。
And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the letter unto them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send unto him to Jezreel,
8 有使者来告诉耶户说:“他们将王众子的首级送来了。”耶户说:“将首级在城门口堆作两堆,搁到明日。”
and the messenger cometh in, and declareth to him, saying, 'They have brought in the heads of the sons of the king,' and he saith, 'Make them two heaps at the opening of the gate till the morning.'
9 次日早晨,耶户出来,站着对众民说:“你们都是公义的,我背叛我主人,将他杀了;这些人却是谁杀的呢?
And it cometh to pass in the morning, that he goeth out, and standeth, and saith unto all the people, 'Righteous are ye; lo, I have conspired against my lord, and slay him — and who smote all these?
10 由此可知,耶和华指着亚哈家所说的话一句没有落空,因为耶和华借他仆人以利亚所说的话都成就了。”
Know ye now, that nothing doth fall of the word of Jehovah to the earth that Jehovah spake against the house of Ahab, and Jehovah hath done that which He spake by the hand of His servant Elijah.'
11 凡亚哈家在耶斯列所剩下的人和他的大臣、密友、祭司,耶户尽都杀了,没有留下一个。
And Jehu smiteth all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances, and his priests, till he hath not left to him a remnant.
12 耶户起身往撒马利亚去。在路上、牧人剪羊毛之处,
And he riseth, and cometh in and goeth to Samaria; he [is] at the shepherds' shearing-house in the way,
13 遇见犹大王亚哈谢的弟兄,问他们说:“你们是谁?”回答说:“我们是亚哈谢的弟兄,现在下去要问王和太后的众子安。”
and Jehu hath found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and saith, 'Who [are] ye?' and they say, 'Brethren of Ahaziah we [are], and we go down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the mistress.'
14 耶户吩咐说:“活捉他们!”跟从的人就活捉了他们,将他们杀在剪羊毛之处的坑边,共四十二人,没有留下一个。
And he saith, 'Catch them alive;' and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty and two men, and he hath not left a man of them.
15 耶户从那里前行,恰遇利甲的儿子约拿达来迎接他,耶户问他安,对他说:“你诚心待我像我诚心待你吗?”约拿达回答说:“是。”耶户说:“若是这样,你向我伸手”,他就伸手;耶户拉他上车。
And he goeth thence, and findeth Jehonadab son of Rechab — to meet him, and blesseth him, and saith unto him, 'Is thy heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart?' and Jehonadab saith, 'It is;' — 'Then it is; give thy hand;' and he giveth his hand, and he causeth him to come up into him into the chariot,
16 耶户说:“你和我同去,看我为耶和华怎样热心”;于是请他坐在车上,
and saith, 'Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;' and they cause him to ride in his chariot.
17 到了撒马利亚,就把撒马利亚的亚哈家剩下的人都杀了,直到灭尽,正如耶和华对以利亚所说的。
And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha.
18 耶户招聚众民,对他们说:“亚哈事奉巴力还冷淡,耶户却更热心。
And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little — Jehu doth serve him much:
19 现在我要给巴力献大祭。应当叫巴力的众先知和一切拜巴力的人,并巴力的众祭司,都到我这里来,不可缺少一个;凡不来的必不得活。”耶户这样行,是用诡计要杀尽拜巴力的人。
and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking — he doth not live;' and Jehu hath done [it] in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
20 耶户说:“要为巴力宣告严肃会!”于是宣告了。
And Jehu saith, 'Sanctify a restraint for Baal;' and they proclaim [it].
21 耶户差人走遍以色列地;凡拜巴力的人都来齐了,没有一个不来的。他们进了巴力庙,巴力庙中从前边直到后边都满了人。
And Jehu sendeth into all Israel, and all the servants of Baal come in, and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in; and they come in to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal is full — mouth to mouth.
22 耶户吩咐掌管礼服的人说:“拿出礼服来,给一切拜巴力的人穿。”他就拿出礼服来给了他们。
And he saith to him who [is] over the wardrobe, 'Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal;' and he bringeth out to them the clothing.
23 耶户和利甲的儿子约拿达进了巴力庙,对拜巴力的人说:“你们察看察看,在你们这里不可有耶和华的仆人,只可容留拜巴力的人。”
And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, 'Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah — but, the servants of Baal by themselves.'
24 耶户和约拿达进去,献平安祭和燔祭。 耶户先安派八十人在庙外,吩咐说:“我将这些人交在你们手中,若有一人脱逃,谁放的必叫他偿命!”
And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, 'The man who letteth escape [any] of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand — his soul for his soul.'
25 耶户献完了燔祭,就出来吩咐护卫兵和众军长说:“你们进去杀他们,不容一人出来!”护卫兵和军长就用刀杀他们,将尸首抛出去,便到巴力庙的城去了,
And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu saith to the runners, and to the captains, 'Go in, smite them, let none come out;' and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast [them] out; and they go unto the city, to the house of Baal,
26 将巴力庙中的柱像都拿出来烧了;
and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,
27 毁坏了巴力柱像,拆毁了巴力庙作为厕所,直到今日。
and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.
28 这样,耶户在以色列中灭了巴力。
And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel,
29 只是耶户不离开尼八的儿子耶罗波安使以色列人陷在罪里的那罪,就是拜伯特利和但的金牛犊。
only — the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu hath not turned aside from after them — the calves of gold that [are] at Beth-El, and in Dan.
30 耶和华对耶户说:“因你办好我眼中看为正的事,照我的心意待亚哈家,你的子孙必接续你坐以色列的国位,直到四代。”
And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, 'Because that thou hast done well, to do that which [is] right in Mine eyes — according to all that [is] in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab — the sons of the fourth [generation] do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.'
31 只是耶户不尽心遵守耶和华—以色列 神的律法,不离开耶罗波安使以色列人陷在罪里的那罪。
And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin.
32 在那些日子,耶和华才割裂以色列国,使哈薛攻击以色列的境界,
In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off [some] in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel,
33 乃是约旦河东、基列全地,从靠近亚嫩谷边的亚罗珥起,就是基列和巴珊的迦得人、吕便人、玛拿西人之地。
from the Jordan, at the sun-rising, the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadite, and the Reubenite, and the Manassahite (from Aroer, that [is] by the brook Arnon), even Gilead and Bashan.
34 耶户其余的事,凡他所行的和他的勇力都写在以色列诸王记上。
And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
35 耶户与他列祖同睡,葬在撒马利亚;他儿子约哈斯接续他作王。
And Jehu lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in Samaria, and reign doth Jehoahaz his son in his stead.
36 耶户在撒马利亚作以色列王二十八年。
And the days that Jehu hath reigned over Israel [are] twenty and eight years, in Samaria.

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