Kings IV 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.
勒瑪里雅的兒子培卡黑十七年，約堂的兒子阿哈次登極為猶大王。
2 Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father [had done].
他登極時年二十歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。他沒有像他祖先達味一樣，行了上主視正義之事，
3 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
卻走了以色列土的路，仿效上主從以色列子民面前趕走的異民的醜惡之事，令自己的兒女經火獻神，
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every shady tree.
又在高丘和綠樹下，焚香獻祭。
5 Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail [against him].
那時，阿蘭王勒斤和以色列王勒瑪里雅的兒子培卡黑前來進攻耶路撒冷，圍困阿哈次，卻不能取勝。
6 At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Aelath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Aelath, and the Idumeans came to Aelath, and dwelt there until this day.
就在這時，厄東王收回厄拉特重歸厄東，將猶大人從厄拉特趕走；厄東人進入厄拉特，住在那裏直到今日。
7 And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.
阿哈次派者去見亞述王提革拉特丕肋色爾你的僕人，你的兒子，請你上來救我脫離阿蘭王和以色列王的手，因為他們來攻打我」。
8 And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.
阿哈次拿出上主殿內和王宮府庫內貯藏的金銀來，送給亞述王作為禮品。
9 And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.
亞述王遂聽從了他的要求，立即前去進攻大馬士革，佔領了那城，將那裏的居民往克爾，殺了勒斤。
10 And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.
阿哈次曾去大馬士革，會見亞述王提革拉特丕肋色爾，他看見了大馬士革的祭壇，就給司祭烏黎雅送去了那座祭壇的圖案模型，和詳盡的製造法。
11 And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all [the directions] which king Achaz sent from Damascus.
烏黎雅完全照樣依照阿哈次王從大馬士革送來的祭壇式樣，建築了一座祭壇；烏黎雅司祭就在阿哈次王從大馬士革回來以前，完全照樣造好。
12 And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,
君王從大馬士革回來，看見那座祭壇，就近前上去，
13 and offered his whole-burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.
奉獻了他的全燔祭和素祭，行了奠祭，將和平祭的血灑在祭壇上。
14 And he brought forward [the one] before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northwards.
然後將上主面前的銅祭壇，從殿的前面，即從新祭壇和上主之殿的中間搬出來，放在祭壇的北邊。
15 And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of [any other] sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.
阿哈次王吩咐司祭烏黎雅說：「你應在這大祭壇上焚燒早晨的全燔祭，晚上的素祭，君王的全燔祭和素祭，地方上全體人民的全燔祭、素祭和奠祭；全燔祭的血和各種犧牲的血，你也應灑在這祭壇上；至於這銅祭壇，讓我再加考慮」。
16 And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.
司祭烏黎雅就照阿哈次所吩咐的一切做了。
17 And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.
後來，阿哈次王又拆毀了盆座上的鑲板，挪去了座的銅盆，將銅牛上的銅海搬下，放在石鋪的地上。
18 And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.
此外，為了亞述王的緣故，又拆除了殿內建造的寶座，和君王從外面來到上主殿內的外門。
19 And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
阿哈次其餘的事蹟，都記載在猶大列王寶錄上。
20 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
阿哈次與祖先同眼，與祖先同葬在達味城；他的兒子則克雅繼位為王。
