Kings IV 17
1 In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda began Osee the son of Ela to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
猷大王阿哈次十二年，厄拉的兒子曷舍亞在撒瑪黎雅登極為以色列王，在位凡九年。
2 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
他行了上主視為惡的事，但不像他以前的以色列列王。
3 Against him came up Salamanassar king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and rendered him tribute.
亞述王沙耳瑪乃色上來攻打曷舍亞，他便向亞述王稱臣納貢。
4 And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Osee, in that he sent messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison-house.
後來亞述王發覺曷舍亞企圖造反。原來曷舍亞曾派使者去見埃及王索阿，就不再向亞述王每年納貢，所以亞述王將他拘捕，囚在監裡。
5 And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it [for] three years.
隨後，亞述王進軍侵入全國，直逼撒瑪黎雅，圍攻了三年。
6 In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor, [near] the rivers of Gozan, and [in] the mountains of the Medes.
曷舍亞九年，亞述王攻陷了撒瑪黎雅，把以色列人擄往亞述，把他們安置在哈拉黑和靠近哥倉河的哈波爾，以及瑪待各城。
7 For it came to pass that the children of Israel [had] transgressed against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they feared other gods,
這是因為以色列子民犯罪，得罪了領他們離開埃及地，擺脫埃及王法郎之手的上主，他們的天主，而去敬拜了別的神，
8 and walked in the statutes of the nations which the Lord cast out before the face of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel as many as did [such things],
隨從了上主由以色列子民面前，所驅逐的異民的習俗，和以色列列王所規定的律例。
9 and [in those] of the children of Israel as many as secretly practised customs, not as [they should have done], against the Lord their God:
以色列子民作了不義的事，得罪了上主他們的天主：在他們所有的城中，從守望台直到設防的城，到處建有高丘；
10 and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.
在各高崗上，在所有的綠樹下，豎有石柱和木偶；
11 And burned incense there on all high places, as the nations [did] whom the Lord removed from before them, and dealt with familiar spirits, and they carved [images] to provoke the Lord to anger.
在高丘上，依照上主從他們面前所驅逐的異民的習俗，焚香獻祭，作惡激怒上主；
12 And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, Ye shall not do this thing [against] the Lord.
又敬拜偶像，雖然天主曾明明吩咐他們說：你們不可行這樣的事!
13 And the Lord testified against Israel and against Juda, even by the hand of all his prophets, [and] of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, and all the law which I commanded your fathers, [and] all that I sent to them by the hand of my servants the prophets.
上主曾藉眾先知和先見者警告以色列和猶大說：「你們應離棄你們的邪道，按照我給你們祖先所規定的，藉我的僕人，眾先知給你們傳授的一切法律，遵守我的誡命和我的法令。」
14 But they hearkened not, and made their neck harder than the neck of their fathers.
他們卻不聽從，如同他們的祖先一樣執拗，不肯相信上主他們的天主，
15 And they kept not any of his testimonies which he charged them; and they walked after vanities, and became vain, and after the nations round about them, concerning which the Lord had charged them not to do accordingly.
拒絕了上主的法律和他與他們祖先所訂立的盟約，以及對他們所發出的警告；隨從他們四周上主曾命令他們不可效法的異民，追求虛無，自己成為虛無；
16 They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves graven images, [even] two heifers, and they made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
拋棄了上主他們天主的一切命令，為自己鑄造神像，即兩個牛犢，製造木偶，敬拜天上萬象，事奉巴耳，
17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.
使兒女經火獻神，行占卜和法術，出賣自己，行上主視為惡的事，激怒上主；
18 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Juda quite alone.
因此，上主對以色列大發憤怒，將他們從自己面前趕走，只留下了猶大支派。
19 Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and rejected the Lord.
但是，猶大也沒有遵守上主，他們天主的命令，反而也隨從了以色列所行的習俗。
20 And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence.
為此，上主拋棄了以色列所有的後裔，使他們受壓迫，任人宰割，終於將他們從自己面前趕走。
21 Forasmuch as Israel revolted from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nabat king: and Jeroboam drew off Israel from following the Lord, and led them to sin a great sin.
的確，自從上主使以色列與達味家分裂以後，以色列便立了乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕為王；雅洛貝罕即引以色列遠離了上主，使他們陷於重罪。
22 And the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he committed; they departed not from it,
以色列子民遂追隨雅洛貝罕所犯的一切罪惡，始終沒有離開，
23 until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day.
直到上主將以色列從自己面前趕走，正如上主藉自己的僕人眾先知所說的話。因此，以色列由本國被擄往亞述，直到今日。
24 And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Chutha, [and men] from Aia, and from Aemath, and Seppharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.
亞術王從巴比倫、雇特、阿瓦、哈瑪特和色法瓦因徙置一些人民，住在撒瑪黎雅各城，以代替以色列人；這些人佔據了撒瑪黎雅，就住在各城內。
25 And it was so at the beginning of their establishment there [that] they feared not the Lord, and the Lord sent lions among them, and they slew some of them.
他們起初住在那裡的時候，因為不敬畏上主，所以上主打發獅子來，咬死了他們一些人。
26 And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria [for the Israelites], know not the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
有人報告亞述王說：「你在撒瑪黎雅各城徙置的人民，不知敬拜土神的禮儀，因此那神打發獅子來咬死了他們一些人，因為他們不知敬拜土神的禮儀。」
27 And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying, Bring some [Israelites] thence, and let them go and dwell there, and they shall teach them the manner of the God of the land.
亞述王於是下令說：「你們叫一個從撒瑪黎雅擄來的司祭回去，住在那裡，教給他們敬拜土神的禮儀。」
28 And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria, and he settled in Baethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
於是，有一個從撒瑪黎雅擄去的司祭回來，住在貝特耳，教給他們該怎麼敬拜雅威。
29 But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of the high places which the Samaritans [had] made, each nation in the cities in which they dwelt.
雖然如此，各個民族仍然製造自己的神，供在撒瑪黎雅人所建築的高丘上的廟宇中；各個民族在自己所住的城內，供著自己的神。
30 And the men of Babylon made Socchoth Benith, and the men of Chuth made Ergel, and the men of Haemath made Asimath.
巴比倫人製造了穌苛特貝諾特，雇特人製造了乃爾加耳，哈瑪特人製造了阿史瑪，
31 And the Evites made Eblazer and Tharthac, and the [inhabitant] of Seppharvaim [did evil] when they burnt their sons in the fire to Adramelech and Anemelech, the gods of Seppharvaim.
阿瓦人製造了尼貝哈次和塔爾塔克，色法瓦因人使兒女經火，獻於色法瓦因的神阿德辣默肋客和阿納默肋客；
32 And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt: and they feared the Lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the house of the high places.
同時他們也敬拜上主，從自己中間選派一些人作高丘上的司祭，在高丘上的廟宇內自己獻祭。
33 And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the manner of the nations, whence [their lords] brought them.
這樣，他們也敬拜上主，也奉事自己的神，從那一國徙置而來的，就照那一國的禮儀。
34 Until this day they did according to their manner: they fear [the Lord], and they do according to their customs, and according to their manner, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel.
直到今日，他們仍然依照先前的禮儀而行。雅各伯──上主給他改名為以色列──的子孫，也不全心敬畏上主，也不按照上主給他們所立的條例、禮儀、法律和誡命而行。
35 And the Lord made a covenant with them, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, neither shall ye worship them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
上主曾與他們立約，吩咐他們說：「你們不可敬拜別的神，也不可跪拜，也不可事奉，也不可向他們獻祭；
36 but only to the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great strength and with a high arm: him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship; to him shall ye sacrifice.
只應敬拜那以強力和伸展的手臂，領你們離開埃地的上主，只應向他跪拜，向他獻祭。
37 Ye shall observe continually the ordinances, and the judgments, and the law, and the commandments which he wrote for you to do; and ye shall not fear other gods.
我為你們寫定的條例、禮儀、法律和誡命，要時常謹守遵行，不可敬拜別的神。
38 Neither shall ye forget the covenant which he made with you: and ye shall not fear other gods.
我與你們立的盟約，不要忘記，也不要敬拜別的神，
39 But ye shall fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you from all your enemies.
只應敬拜上主你們的天主，他必拯救你們脫離你們一切仇敵的權勢。」
40 Neither shall ye comply with their practice, which they follow.
然而，他們不聽，仍然依照他們先前的禮儀而行。
41 So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images: yea, their sons and their son's sons do until this day even as their fathers did.
這樣，這些人民敬拜上主，又事奉他們的雕像；他們的子子孫孫也是如此：祖先怎樣行，子孫也怎樣行，直到今日。
