< 2 Kings 10 >
1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
阿哈布在撒瑪黎雅尚有七十個孫子,為此,耶胡寫信給撒瑪黎雅城中的首領、長老和阿哈布子孫的師保,說:「
2 “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
你們主上的子孫,既然都同你們在一起,又有車馬、堅城和武器;那麼,這信一到你們手中,
3 select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
你們就在你們主上的子孫中,選出一位最好最能幹的,坐上他父親的寶座,來為你們主上的家作戰。」
4 But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
但是,他們都很害怕說:「哎! 兩位君王尚且不能抵抗他,我們又怎能抵抗﹖」
5 So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
因此,家臣、市長、長老和師保,便派人去見耶胡說:「我們是你的僕人,凡你吩咐的,我們都必照辦。我們不選立任何人作王;你看著怎樣好,就怎樣辦罷! 」
6 Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
耶胡又給他們寫了第二封信:「如果你們擁護我,願聽從我的號令;那麼,明天這個時候,你們就帶著你們主上的子孫的頭,到依次勒耳來見我。」君王的七十個子孫,其時都教養在城中的官紳家中。
7 And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
這封信一到,他們便將君王的七十個子孫全都殺了,把他們的頭放在籃子裏,送到依次勒耳耶胡那裏。
8 When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
有使者來報告耶胡說:「他們將君王子孫的頭送來了。」耶胡即下令說:「將頭分成兩堆,放在城門口,直到明天早晨。」
9 The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
第二天早晨,耶胡出來,站著對全民眾說:「你們都沒有罪。看,我背叛了我的主上,且殺了他,但是,這些人是誰殺的呢﹖
10 Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
你們也知道上主的話,即上主論及阿哈布家所說的話,一句也沒有落空;上主藉他僕人厄里亞所說的話,都實現了。」
11 So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
然後,耶胡把阿哈布家在依次勒耳所剩下的人,所有的親屬、友人和司祭,全都殺了,一個也沒有留下。
12 Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
以後,耶胡起程往撒瑪黎雅去了。途中經過牧人聚集地貝特厄刻得時,
13 Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
遇見猶大王阿哈齊雅的兄弟,就問他們說:「你們是誰﹖」他們回答說:「我們是阿哈齊雅的兄弟,現在下去向君王和太后的兒子請安。」
14 Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
耶胡遂下令說:「將他們活活捉住! 」隨從就將他們活活捉住,在貝特厄刻得井旁把他們殺了,共計四十二人,一個也沒有留下。
15 When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
耶胡從那裏起身前行,又遇見勒加布的兒子約納達布前來迎接他;耶胡向他請安,問他說:「你對我的心是否同我對你的心,請你伸出手來。」他就向耶胡伸過手去;耶胡就拉他上車,坐在自己身旁,
16 saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
對他說:「你跟我來,看看我對天主是怎樣的熱誠。」於是叫他坐上他自己的車。
17 When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
到了撒瑪黎雅,就照上主對厄里亞所說的話,將阿哈布家在撒瑪黎雅剩下的人,全都殺了。
18 Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
耶胡召集了全國人民,對他們說:「阿哈布事奉巴耳不夠熱心,我耶胡要更熱心事奉他。
19 Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
所以現在,你們去召集所有巴耳的先知,所有敬拜巴耳的人,和所有的司祭,都到我這裏來,一個也不要缺席,因為我要向巴耳奉獻大祭;誰缺席,誰就不能生存。」這原是耶胡運用的詭計,想消滅所有敬拜巴耳的人。
20 And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
耶胡下令說:「你們要為巴耳召開一個聖會! 」他們就宣布召開。
21 Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
耶胡派人走遍全以色列;凡敬百拜巴耳的人都來了,沒有一個缺席不來的;他們都進了巴耳廟,巴耳廟內全擠滿了人。
22 And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
耶胡對管祭衣的人說:「為所有敬拜巴耳的人,拿出衣服來! 」那人就給他們拿出衣服來。
23 Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
耶胡和勒加布的兒子約納達布進了巴耳廟,對敬拜巴耳的人說:「你們要搜查看看,這裏不要有事奉雅威的人同你們在一起,只准敬拜巴耳的人。」
24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
他們於是進去奉獻犧牲和全燔祭。耶胡預先在外已派定八十人,對他們說:「誰若讓我交於你們手中的一個人逃走,就要他以命抵命。」
25 When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
全燔祭奉獻完畢,耶胡吩咐衛兵和軍官說:「你們進去擊殺,一個耶不可叫他逃走! 」衛兵和軍官便用刀擊殺了他們,把他們的屍體拋出,然後進入巴耳廟的內堂,
26 They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
把巴耳廟內的神柱搬出來燒了,
27 They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
推倒了巴耳偶像,拆毀了巴耳廟,使之成為一個廁所,直到今日。
28 Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
這樣,耶胡將巴耳從以色列中剷除了;
29 but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
但他仍沒有離棄乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕使以色列陷於罪惡的罪:即那兩頭設在貝特耳和丹的金牛。
30 Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
上主對耶胡說:「由於你好好執行了我視為義的事,照我心中所想的一切對待了阿哈布家,你的子孫要坐以色列的王位,直到第四代。」
31 Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
但耶胡並沒有全心謹守遵行上主以色列天主的法律,沒有放棄雅洛貝罕使以色列陷於罪惡的罪。
32 In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
那時,上主開始削弱以色列,哈匝耳也在四面邊境上攻擊以色列,
33 from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
侵佔了約旦河東基肋阿得全地,即加得人,勒烏本和默納協人的地方,從阿爾農河附近的阿洛厄爾城,直到基肋阿得和巴商。
34 As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
耶胡其餘的事蹟,他的一切作為和武功,都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
35 And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
耶胡與列祖同眠,人將他葬在撒瑪黎雅;他的兒子約阿哈次繼位為王。
36 So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
耶胡在撒瑪黎雅作以色列王,凡二十八年。