< 2 Chronicles 25 >

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
亚玛谢登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王二十九年。他母亲名叫约耶但,是耶路撒冷人。
2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
亚玛谢行耶和华眼中看为正的事,只是心不专诚。
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
国一坚定,就把杀他父王的臣仆杀了,
4 But he did not put their sons to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the sons, neither shall the sons die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
却没有治死他们的儿子,是照摩西律法书上耶和华所吩咐的说:“不可因子杀父,也不可因父杀子,各人要为本身的罪而死。”
5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and appointed them according to their fathers' houses, for heads of thousands and heads of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. And he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
亚玛谢招聚犹大人,按着犹大和便雅悯的宗族设立千夫长、百夫长,又数点人数,从二十岁以外,能拿枪拿盾牌出去打仗的精兵共有三十万;
6 He also hired a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
又用银子一百他连得,从以色列招募了十万大能的勇士。
7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee. For Jehovah is not with Israel, namely, with all the sons of Ephraim.
有一个神人来见亚玛谢,对他说:“王啊,不要使以色列的军兵与你同去,因为耶和华不与以色列人以法莲的后裔同在。
8 But if thou are going, do it. Be strong for the battle, because God will cast thee down before the enemy, for God has power to help, and to cast down.
你若一定要去,就奋勇争战吧!但 神必使你败在敌人面前;因为 神能助人得胜,也能使人倾败。”
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.
亚玛谢问神人说:“我给了以色列军的那一百他连得银子怎么样呢?”神人回答说:“耶和华能把更多的赐给你。”
10 Then Amaziah separated them, namely, the army that came to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
于是亚玛谢将那从以法莲来的军兵分别出来,叫他们回家去。故此,他们甚恼怒犹大人,气忿忿地回家去了。
11 And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote ten thousand of the sons of Seir.
亚玛谢壮起胆来,率领他的民到盐谷,杀了西珥人一万。
12 And the sons of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
犹大人又生擒了一万带到山崖上,从那里把他们扔下去,以致他们都摔碎了。
13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
但亚玛谢所打发回去、不许一同出征的那些军兵攻打犹大各城,从撒马利亚直到伯·和 ,杀了三千人,抢了许多财物。
14 Now it came to pass, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
亚玛谢杀了以东人回来,就把西珥的神像带回,立为自己的神,在它面前叩拜烧香。
15 Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah. And he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, Why have thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?
因此,耶和华的怒气向亚玛谢发作,就差一个先知去见他,说:“这些神不能救它的民脱离你的手,你为何寻求它呢?”
16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou have done this, and have not hearkened to my counsel.
先知与王说话的时候,王对他说:“谁立你作王的谋士呢?你住口吧!为何找打呢?”先知就止住了,又说:“你行这事,不听从我的劝戒,我知道 神定意要灭你。”
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look each other in the face.
犹大王亚玛谢与群臣商议,就差遣使者去见耶户的孙子、约哈斯的儿子、以色列王约阿施,说:“你来,我们二人相见于战场。”
18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled down the thistle.
以色列王约阿施差遣使者去见犹大王亚玛谢,说:“黎巴嫩的蒺藜差遣使者去见黎巴嫩的香柏树,说:‘将你的女儿给我儿子为妻。’后来黎巴嫩有一个野兽经过,把蒺藜践踏了。
19 Thou say, Lo, I have smitten Edom. And thy heart lifts thee up to boast. Remain now at home. Why should thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou should fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
你说:‘看哪,我打败了以东人’,你就心高气傲,以致矜夸。你在家里安居就罢了,为何要惹祸使自己和犹大国一同败亡呢?”
20 But Amaziah would not hear, for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
亚玛谢却不肯听从。这是出乎 神,好将他们交在敌人手里,因为他们寻求以东的神。
21 So Joash king of Israel went up. And he and Amaziah king of Judah looked each other in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
于是以色列王约阿施上来,在犹大的伯·示麦与犹大王亚玛谢相见于战场。
22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
犹大人败在以色列人面前,各自逃回家里去了。
23 And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
以色列王约阿施在伯·示麦擒住约哈斯的孙子、约阿施的儿子、犹大王亚玛谢,将他带到耶路撒冷,又拆毁耶路撒冷的城墙,从以法莲门直到角门,共四百肘;
24 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, also the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
又将俄别·以东所看守 神殿里的一切金银和器皿,与王宫里的财宝都拿了去,并带人去为质,就回撒马利亚去了。
25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
以色列王约哈斯的儿子约阿施死后,犹大王约阿施的儿子亚玛谢又活了十五年。
26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
亚玛谢其余的事,自始至终不都写在犹大和以色列诸王记上吗?
27 Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
自从亚玛谢离弃耶和华之后,在耶路撒冷有人背叛他,他就逃到拉吉;叛党却打发人到拉吉,将他杀了。
28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
人就用马将他的尸首驮回,葬在犹大京城他列祖的坟地里。

< 2 Chronicles 25 >