2 Kings 15
1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
以色列王雅洛貝罕二十七年，阿瑪責雅的兒子阿匝黎雅登極為猶大王。
2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
他登極時十六歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡五十二年；他母親名叫耶苛里雅，是耶路撒冷人。
3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
阿匝黎雅行了上主視為正義的事，完全像他父親阿瑪責雅所行的一樣，
4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
只是高丘仍沒有廢除，人民仍在高丘上焚香獻祭。
5 And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
上主打擊了君王，君王即患了癩病，直到他死的那一天，獨自住在一所王宮裡。那時，君王的兒子約堂代理朝事，統治國家的百姓。
6 As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
阿匝黎雅其餘的事蹟，他行的一切，都記載在猶大列王實錄上。
7 And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
阿匝黎雅與祖先同眠，與祖先同葬在達味城；他的兒子約堂繼位為王。
8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
猶大王阿匝黎雅三十八年，雅洛貝罕的兒子則加黎雅在撒瑪黎雅登極為以色列王，在位六個月；
9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
他行了上主視為惡的事，像他的祖先所行的一樣，沒有離開乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，使以色列陷於罪惡的罪。
10 Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
雅貝士的兒子沙隆結黨反叛他，在依貝肋罕殺了他，篡位為王。
11 As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
則加黎雅其餘的事蹟都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
12 So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
這正應驗了上主對耶胡所說的話：「你的子孫要坐以色列王位，直到第四代。」
13 In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
猶大王烏齊雅三十九年，雅貝士的兒子沙隆登極為王，在撒瑪黎雅作王一個月。
14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
那時加狄的兒子默納恆從提爾匝來到撒瑪黎雅，在撒瑪黎雅殺了雅貝士的兒子沙隆，篡位為王。
15 As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
沙隆其餘的事蹟和他如何結黨謀反，都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
16 At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
以後，默納恒從提爾匝出發攻打塔普亞，又攻打其四境，因為人沒有給他開城門，所以攻破以後，屠殺了城中所有的人，剖開了所有的孕婦。
17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
猶大王阿匝黎雅三十九年，加狄的兒子默納恒登極為以色列王，在撒瑪黎雅作王十年，
18 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
行了上主視為惡的事，在他有生之日，始終沒有離開乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，使以色列陷於罪惡的罪。
19 Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
那時，亞述王普耳前來犯境，默納恒就送給了普耳一千「塔冷通」銀子，要求他扶持自己，鞏固自己的王權。
20 Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
默納恒向以色列所有富豪征收銀子，每人應繳納五十「協刻耳，」為進獻給亞述王。亞述王於是回去了，沒有在境內停留。
21 As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
默納恒其餘的事蹟，他行的一切，都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
22 And Menahem rested with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigned in his place.
默納恒與祖先同眠後，他的兒子培卡希雅繼位為王。
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
猶大王阿匝黎雅五十年，默納恒的兒子培卡希雅登極為以色列王，在撒瑪黎雅作王兩年。
24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
他行了上主視為惡的事，沒有離開乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，使以色列陷於罪惡的種種罪惡。
25 Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
他的軍官，勒瑪里雅的兒子培卡黑結黨反叛他，同阿爾哥布和阿黎厄，以及與他同謀的五十個基肋阿得人，在撒瑪黎雅王宮的堡壘內，將他殺死，篡位為王。
26 As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
培卡希雅其餘的事蹟，他行的一切，都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
猶大王阿匝黎雅五十二年，勒瑪里雅的兒子培卡黑登極為以色列王，在撒瑪黎雅作王凡二十年。
28 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
他行了上主視為惡的事，沒有離開乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，使以色列陷於罪惡的種種罪惡。
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
以色列王培卡黑在位時，亞述王提革拉特丕肋色爾前來，侵佔了依雍、阿貝耳貝特瑪阿加、雅諾亞、刻德士、哈祚爾、基肋阿得、加里肋亞和納斐塔里全地；並將這些地方的居民都擄往亞述。
30 Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
烏齊雅的兒子約堂二十年，厄拉的兒子曷舍亞結黨反叛勒瑪里雅的兒子卡培黑，殺了他，篡位為王。
31 As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
培卡黑其餘的事蹟，他行的一切，都記載在以色列列王實錄上。
32 In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
以色列王勒瑪里雅的兒子培卡黑二年，烏齊雅的兒子約堂登極為猶大王。
33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
他登極時二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡十六年；他的母親名叫耶魯沙，是匝多克的女兒。
34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.
約堂行了上主視為正義的事完全像他父親烏齊雅所行的一樣，
35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
只是高丘仍沒有廢除，人民仍在高丘上焚香獻祭；他建築了上主聖殿的北門。
36 As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
約堂其餘的事蹟，他行的一切，都記載在猶大列王實錄上。
37 (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
那時，上主已開始派阿蘭王勒斤和勒瑪里雅的兒子培卡黑來攻打猶大。
38 And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
約堂與祖先同眠，與祖先同葬在他祖先達味城內；他的兒子阿哈次繼位為王。
