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1 亞撒三十六年,以色列王巴沙上來攻擊猶大,修築拉瑪,不許人從猶大王亞撒那裏出入。
Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
2 於是亞撒從耶和華殿和王宮的府庫裏拿出金銀來,送與住大馬士革的亞蘭王便‧哈達,說:
Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
3 「你父曾與我父立約,我與你也要立約。現在我將金銀送給你,求你廢掉你與以色列王巴沙所立的約,使他離開我。」
“There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
4 便‧哈達聽從亞撒王的話,派軍長去攻擊以色列的城邑。他們就攻破以雲、但、亞伯‧瑪音,和拿弗他利一切的積貨城。
And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
5 巴沙聽見就停工,不修築拉瑪了。
And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
6 於是亞撒王率領猶大眾人,將巴沙修築拉瑪所用的石頭、木頭都運去,用以修築迦巴和米斯巴。
Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
7 那時,先見哈拿尼來見猶大王亞撒,對他說:「因你仰賴亞蘭王,沒有仰賴耶和華-你的上帝,所以亞蘭王的軍兵脫離了你的手。
In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
8 古實人、路比人的軍隊不是甚大嗎?戰車馬兵不是極多嗎?只因你仰賴耶和華,他便將他們交在你手裏。
Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
9 耶和華的眼目遍察全地,要顯大能幫助向他心存誠實的人。你這事行得愚昧;此後,你必有爭戰的事。」
For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
10 亞撒因此惱恨先見,將他囚在監裏。那時亞撒也虐待一些人民。
And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
11 亞撒所行的事,自始至終都寫在猶大和以色列諸王記上。
But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 亞撒作王三十九年,他腳上有病,而且甚重。病的時候沒有求耶和華,只求醫生。
And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
13 他作王四十一年而死,與他列祖同睡,
And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 葬在大衛城自己所鑿的墳墓裏,放在床上,其床堆滿各樣馨香的香料,就是按做香的作法調和的香料,又為他燒了許多的物件。
And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.

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