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At that time Abiiah the sonne of Ieroboam fell sicke.
2 耶羅波安對他的妻說:「你可以起來改裝,使人不知道你是耶羅波安的妻,往示羅去,在那裏有先知亞希雅。他曾告訴我說,你必作這民的王。
And Ieroboam saide vnto his wife, Vp, I pray thee, and disguise thy selfe, that they know not that thou art the wife of Ieroboam, and goe to Shiloh: for there is Ahiiah the Prophet, which tolde mee that I shoulde bee King ouer this people,
3 現在你要帶十個餅,與幾個薄餅,和一瓶蜜去見他,他必告訴你兒子將要怎樣。」
And take with thee tenne loaues and craknels, and a bottell of honie, and go to him: hee shall tell thee what shall become of the yong man.
4 耶羅波安的妻就這樣行,起身往示羅去,到了亞希雅的家。亞希雅因年紀老邁,眼目發直,不能看見。
And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahiiah: but Ahiiah could not see, for his sight was decayed for his age.
5 耶和華先曉諭亞希雅說:「耶羅波安的妻要來問你,因她兒子病了,你當如此如此告訴她。她進來的時候必裝作別的婦人。」
Then the Lord saide vnto Ahiiah, Beholde, the wife of Ieroboam commeth to aske a thing of thee for her sonne, for he is sicke: thus and thus shalt thou say vnto her: for when shee commeth in, shee shall feine her selfe to be another.
6 她剛進門,亞希雅聽見她腳步的響聲,就說:「耶羅波安的妻,進來吧!你為何裝作別的婦人呢?我奉差遣將凶事告訴你。
Therefore when Ahiiah heard the sounde of her feete as shee came in at the doore, hee saide, Come in, thou wife of Ieroboam: why feinest thou thus thy selfe to bee an other? I am sent to thee with heauie tidings.
7 你回去告訴耶羅波安說:『耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我從民中將你高舉,立你作我民以色列的君,
Goe, tel Ieroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I haue exalted thee from among the people, and haue made thee prince ouer my people Israel,
8 將國從大衛家奪回賜給你;你卻不效法我僕人大衛,遵守我的誡命,一心順從我,行我眼中看為正的事。
And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giuen it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commandements, and followed mee with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mine eyes,
9 你竟行惡,比那在你以先的更甚,為自己立了別神,鑄了偶像,惹我發怒,將我丟在背後。
But hast done euil aboue al that were before thee (for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to prouoke me, and hast cast me behinde thy backe)
10 因此,我必使災禍臨到耶羅波安的家,將屬耶羅波安的男丁,無論困住的、自由的都從以色列中剪除,必除盡耶羅波安的家,如人除盡糞土一般。
Therefore beholde, I will bring euill vpon the house of Ieroboam, and will cut off from Ieroboam him that pisseth against the wall, aswell him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel, and will sweepe away the remnant of the house of Ieroboam, as a man sweepeth away doung, till it be all gone.
11 凡屬耶羅波安的人,死在城中的必被狗吃,死在田野的必被空中的鳥吃。這是耶和華說的。』
The dogges shall eate him of Ieroboams stocke that dyeth in the citie, and the foules of the aire shall eate him that dyeth in the fielde: for the Lord hath said it.
12 所以你起身回家去吧!你的腳一進城,你兒子就必死了。
Vp therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feete enter into the citie, the childe shall die.
13 以色列眾人必為他哀哭,將他葬埋。凡屬耶羅波安的人,惟有他得入墳墓;因為在耶羅波安的家中,只有他向耶和華-以色列的上帝顯出善行。
And al Israel shall mourne for him, and burie him: for he onely of Ieroboam shall come to the graue, because in him there is found some goodnes towarde the Lord God of Israel in the house of Ieroboam.
14 耶和華必另立一王治理以色列。到了日期,他必剪除耶羅波安的家;那日期已經到了。
Moreouer, the Lord shall stirre him vp a King ouer Israel, which shall destroy the house of Ieroboam in that day: what? yea, euen nowe.
15 耶和華必擊打以色列人,使他們搖動,像水中的蘆葦一般;又將他們從耶和華賜給他們列祖的美地上拔出來,分散在大河那邊;因為他們做木偶,惹耶和華發怒。
For the Lord shall smite Israel, as when a reede is shaken in the water, and hee shall weede Israel out of his good lad, which he gaue to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the Riuer, because they haue made them groues, prouoking the Lord to anger.
16 因耶羅波安所犯的罪,又使以色列人陷在罪裏,耶和華必將以色列人交給仇敵。」
And he shall giue Israel vp, because of the sinnes of Ieroboam, who did sinne, and made Israel to sinne.
17 耶羅波安的妻起身回去,到了得撒,剛到門檻,兒子就死了。
And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when shee came to the threshold of the house, the yong man dyed,
18 以色列眾人將他葬埋,為他哀哭,正如耶和華藉他僕人先知亞希雅所說的話。
And they buried him, and all Israel lamented him; according to the word of the Lord, which hee spake by the hand of his seruant Ahiiah the Prophet.
19 耶羅波安其餘的事,他怎樣爭戰,怎樣作王,都寫在以色列諸王記上。
And the rest of Ieroboams actes, how hee warred, and howe hee reigned, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
20 耶羅波安作王二十二年,就與他列祖同睡。他兒子拿答接續他作王。
And the dayes which Ieroboam reigned, were two and twentie yeere: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his sonne reigned in his steade.
21 所羅門的兒子羅波安作猶大王。他登基的時候年四十一歲,在耶路撒冷,就是耶和華從以色列眾支派中所選擇立他名的城,作王十七年。羅波安的母親名叫拿瑪,是亞捫人。
Also Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon reigned in Iudah. Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned seuenteene yere in Ierusalem, the citie which the Lord did chuse out of al the tribes of Israel, to put his Name there: and his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonite.
22 猶大人行耶和華眼中看為惡的事,犯罪觸動他的憤恨,比他們列祖更甚。
And Iudah wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lord: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.
23 因為他們在各高岡上,各青翠樹下築壇,立柱像和木偶。
For they also made them hie places, and images, and groues on euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree.
24 國中也有孌童。猶大人效法耶和華在以色列人面前所趕出的外邦人,行一切可憎惡的事。
There were also Sodomites in the lande, they did according to all the abominations of the nations, which the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
25 羅波安王第五年,埃及王示撒上來攻取耶路撒冷,
And in the fift yere of King Rehoboam, Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusale,
26 奪了耶和華殿和王宮裏的寶物,盡都帶走,又奪去所羅門製造的金盾牌。
And tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house, and tooke away all: also he caried away all the shields of golde which Salomon had made.
27 羅波安王製造銅盾牌代替那金盾牌,交給守王宮門的護衛長看守。
And King Rehoboam made for them brasen shieldes, and committed them vnto ye hands of the chiefe of the garde, which wayted at the doore of the Kings house.
28 王每逢進耶和華的殿,護衛兵就拿這盾牌,隨後仍將盾牌送回,放在護衛房。
And when the King went into the house of the Lord, the garde bare them, and brought them againe into the gard chamber.
29 羅波安其餘的事,凡他所行的,都寫在猶大列王記上。
And the rest of the actes of Rehoboam, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?
And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam continually.
31 羅波安與他列祖同睡,葬在大衛城他列祖的墳地裏。他母親名叫拿瑪,是亞捫人。他兒子亞比央接續他作王。
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid: his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonite. And Abiiam his sonne reigned in his stead.