< 列王纪下 9 >
1 先知以利沙叫了一个先知门徒来,吩咐他说:“你束上腰,手拿这瓶膏油往基列的拉末去。
Now the prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets, and he said to him: “Gird your waist, and take this little bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
2 到了那里,要寻找宁示的孙子、约沙法的儿子耶户,使他从同僚中起来,带他进严密的屋子,
And when you arrive in that place, you will see Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And upon entering, you shall raise him up from the midst of his brothers, and you shall lead him into an inner room.
3 将瓶里的膏油倒在他头上,说:‘耶和华如此说:我膏你作以色列王。’说完了,就开门逃跑,不要迟延。”
And taking the little bottle of oil, you shall pour it upon his head, and you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’ And you shall open the door and flee. And you shall not remain in that place.”
Therefore, the young man, a servant of the prophet, went away to Ramoth Gilead.
5 到了那里,看见众军长都坐着,就说:“将军哪,我有话对你说。”耶户说:“我们众人里,你要对哪一个说呢?”回答说:“将军哪,我要对你说。”
And he entered that place, and behold, the leaders of the army were sitting there, and he said, “I have a word for you, O prince.” And Jehu said, “For which one among us all?” And he said, “For you, O prince.”
6 耶户就起来,进了屋子,少年人将膏油倒在他头上,对他说:“耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:‘我膏你作耶和华民以色列的王。
And he rose up and entered into the room. And he poured the oil on his head, and he said: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you as king over Israel, the people of the Lord.
7 你要击杀你主人亚哈的全家,我好在耶洗别身上伸我仆人众先知和耶和华一切仆人流血的冤。
And you shall strike down the house of Ahab, your lord. And I will avenge the blood of my servants, the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, from the hand of Jezebel.
8 亚哈全家必都灭亡,凡属亚哈的男丁,无论是困住的、自由的,我必从以色列中剪除,
And I will destroy the entire house of Ahab. And I will cause to pass away from Ahab, whatever urinates against a wall, and whatever is lame, and whatever is least in Israel.
9 使亚哈的家像尼八儿子耶罗波安的家,又像亚希雅儿子巴沙的家。
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah.
10 耶洗别必在耶斯列田里被狗所吃,无人葬埋。’”说完了,少年人就开门逃跑了。
Also, the dogs will consume Jezebel, in the field of Jezreel. Neither will there be anyone who may bury her.’” And then he opened the door, and he fled.
11 耶户出来,回到他主人的臣仆那里,有一人问他说:“平安吗?这狂妄的人来见你有什么事呢?”回答说:“你们认得那人,也知道他说什么。”
Then Jehu went out to the servants of his lord. And they said to him: “Is everything well? Why has this insane man come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man, and what he said.”
12 他们说:“这是假话,你据实地告诉我们。”回答说:“他如此如此对我说。他说:‘耶和华如此说:我膏你作以色列王。’”
But they responded, “That is false; instead, you should tell us.” And he said to them, “He said to me these certain things, and he said, ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’”
13 他们就急忙各将自己的衣服铺在上层台阶,使耶户坐在其上;他们吹角,说:“耶户作王了!”
And so they hurried away. And each one, taking his cloak, placed it under his feet, in the manner of a seat for judgment. And they sounded the trumpet, and they said: “Jehu reigns!”
14 这样,宁示的孙子、约沙法的儿子耶户背叛约兰。先是约兰和以色列众人因为亚兰王哈薛的缘故,把守基列的拉末;
Then Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had besieged Ramoth Gilead, he and all of Israel, against Hazael, the king of Syria.
15 但约兰王回到耶斯列,医治与亚兰王哈薛打仗所受的伤。耶户说:“若合你们的意思,就不容人逃出城往耶斯列报信去。”
And he had returned, so that he might be cured at Jezreel, because of his wounds. For the Syrians had struck him, while he was fighting against Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu said, “If it pleases you, let no one depart, fleeing from the city; otherwise he may go and give a report in Jezreel.”
16 于是耶户坐车往耶斯列去,因为约兰病卧在那里。犹大王亚哈谢已经下去看望他。
And he climbed up and set out for Jezreel, because Joram was sick there, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, had gone down to visit Joram.
17 有一个守望的人站在耶斯列的楼上,看见耶户带着一群人来,就说:“我看见一群人。”约兰说:“打发一个骑马的去迎接他们,问说:平安不平安?”
And so the watchman, who was standing upon the tower of Jezreel, saw the crowd of Jehu arriving, and he said, “I see a crowd.” And Joram said: “Take a chariot, and send to meet them. And those who go should say, ‘Is everything well?’”
18 骑马的就去迎接耶户,说:“王问说,平安不平安?”耶户说:“平安不平安与你何干?你转在我后头吧!”守望的人又说:“使者到了他们那里,却不回来。”
Therefore, he who had climbed into the chariot went away to meet him, and he said, “The king says this: ‘Is everything peaceful?’” And Jehu said: “What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.” Also the watchman gave a report, saying, “The messenger went to them, but he did not return.”
19 王又打发一个骑马的去。这人到了他们那里,说:“王问说,平安不平安?”耶户说:“平安不平安与你何干?你转在我后头吧!”
And then he sent a second chariot of horses. And he went to them, and he said, “The king says this: ‘Is there peace?’” And Jehu said: “What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.”
20 守望的人又说:“他到了他们那里,也不回来;车赶得甚猛,像宁示的孙子耶户的赶法。”
Then the watchman gave a report, saying: “He went all the way to them, but he did not return. But their advance is like the advance of Jehu, the son of Nimshi. For he advances precipitously.”
21 约兰吩咐说:“套车!”人就给他套车。以色列王约兰和犹大王亚哈谢各坐自己的车出去迎接耶户,在耶斯列人拿伯的田那里遇见他。
And Joram said, “Yoke the chariot.” And they yoked his chariot. And Joram, the king of Israel, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, departed, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu. And they met him in the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite.
22 约兰见耶户就说:“耶户啊,平安吗?”耶户说:“你母亲耶洗别的淫行邪术这样多,焉能平安呢?”
And when Joram had seen Jehu, he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” And he responded: “What is peace? For still the fornications of your mother, Jezebel, and her many poisons, are thriving.”
23 约兰就转车逃跑,对亚哈谢说:“亚哈谢啊,反了!”
Then Joram turned his hand, and, fleeing, he said to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
24 耶户开满了弓,射中约兰的脊背,箭从心窝穿出,约兰就仆倒在车上。
But Jehu bent his bow with his hand, and he struck Joram between the shoulders. And the arrow went through his heart, and immediately he fell in his chariot.
25 耶户对他的军长毕甲说:“你把他抛在耶斯列人拿伯的田间。你当追想,你我一同坐车跟随他父亚哈的时候,耶和华对亚哈所说的预言,
And Jehu said to Bidkar, his commander: “Take and cast him into the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite. For I remember, when you and I, sitting in a chariot, were following Ahab, this man’s father, that the Lord lifted this burden upon him, saying:
26 说:‘我昨日看见拿伯的血和他众子的血,我必在这块田上报应你。’这是耶和华说的,现在你要照着耶和华的话,把他抛在这田间。”
‘Certainly, I will repay you in this field, says the Lord, for the blood of Naboth, and for the blood of his sons, which I saw yesterday, says the Lord.’ Therefore, take him now, and cast him into the field, in accord with the word of the Lord.”
27 犹大王亚哈谢见这光景,就从园亭之路逃跑。耶户追赶他,说:“把这人也杀在车上。”到了靠近以伯莲姑珥的坡上击伤了他。他逃到米吉多,就死在那里。
But Ahaziah, the king of Judah, seeing this, fled along the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and he said, “Strike this one also in his chariot.” And they struck him on the ascent to Gur, which is beside Ibleam. But he fled into Megiddo, and he died there.
28 他的臣仆用车将他的尸首送到耶路撒冷,葬在大卫城他自己的坟墓里,与他列祖同葬。
And his servants placed him upon his chariot, and they took him to Jerusalem. And they buried him in the sepulcher with his fathers, in the city of David.
29 亚哈谢登基作犹大王的时候,是在亚哈的儿子约兰第十一年。
In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
30 耶户到了耶斯列;耶洗别听见就擦粉、梳头,从窗户里往外观看。
And Jehu went into Jezreel. But Jezebel, hearing of his arrival, painted her eyes with cosmetics, and adorned her head. And she watched through a window,
31 耶户进门的时候,耶洗别说:“杀主人的心利啊,平安吗?”
as Jehu was entering through the gate. And she said, “Is it possible for there to be peace for Zimri, who killed his lord?”
32 耶户抬头向窗户观看,说:“谁顺从我?”有两三个太监从窗户往外看他。
And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and he said, “Who is this woman?” And two or three eunuchs bowed down before him.
33 耶户说:“把她扔下来!”他们就把她扔下来。她的血溅在墙上和马上;于是把她践踏了。
And he said to them, “Throw her down with force.” And they threw her forcefully, and the wall was splattered with her blood, and the hoofs of the horses trampled her.
34 耶户进去,吃了喝了,吩咐说:“你们把这被咒诅的妇人葬埋了,因为她是王的女儿。”
And when he had entered, so that he might eat and drink, he said: “Go, and see to that cursed woman, and bury her. For she is the daughter of a king.”
35 他们就去葬埋她,只寻得她的头骨和脚,并手掌。
But when they had gone, so that they might bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the ends of her hands.
36 他们回去告诉耶户,耶户说:“这正应验耶和华借他仆人提斯比人以利亚所说的话,说:‘在耶斯列田间,狗必吃耶洗别的肉;
And returning, they reported to him. And Jehu said: “It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying: ‘In the field of Jezreel, the dogs will consume the flesh of Jezebel.
37 耶洗别的尸首必在耶斯列田间如同粪土,甚至人不能说这是耶洗别。’”
And the flesh of Jezebel will be like dung upon the face of the earth, in the field of Jezreel, so that those who pass by may say: Is this that same Jezebel?’”