< Kings IV 8 >

1 And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he [had] restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land [for] seven years.
厄里叟對自己曾復活其子的婦人說:「你和你的家人,應動身往你能居住的地方去僑居,因為上主已決定,這地快要遭受七年饑荒」
2 And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisaie, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
那婦人就立即照天主的人所說的話作了;她和她的家人動身走了,在培肋舍特人的地方,僑居了七年。
3 And it came to pass after the expiration of the seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines to the city; and came to cry to the king for her house and for her lands.
過了七年,這婦人從培肋舍特地方回來,便去求君王,要收回自己的房屋和田地。
4 And the king spoke to Giezi the servant of Elisaie the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things which Elisaie has done.
那時,君王正與天主的人僕人革哈齊談話,說:「請你將厄里叟作的一切大事,講給我聽! 」
5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life the dead son, behold, the woman whose son Elisaie restored to life [came] crying to the king for her house and for her lands. And Giezi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisaie restored to life.
當革哈齊正向君王講述先知如何復活死人的時候,恰好厄里叟曾復活其子的那婦人,前來求君王,要收回自己的房屋和田地,革哈齊就說:「我主,大王! 這就是那婦人,這就是厄里叟所復活的那兒子。」
6 And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now.
君王問那婦人,婦人便將那件事告訴了君王;君王於是將她的事,委託給一個宦官,吩咐他說:「凡這婦人的一切,和自從她離開此地直到今日,田地裏的一切出產,都應歸還給她。」
7 And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither.
厄里叟來到大馬士革時,阿蘭王本哈達得正在患病,有人告訴君王說:「天主的人到這裏來了。」
8 And the king said to Azael, Take in thine hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?
君王對哈匝耳說:「你隨身帶些禮物,去拜見天主的人,託他求問上主,我這病還能好嗎﹖」
9 And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Thy son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to thee to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?
哈匝耳就帶了四十匹駱駝,滿載著大馬士革出產的上等禮品,前去拜見先知;到了以後,就站在先知面前說:「你的弟子阿蘭王本哈達得打發我來問你:我這病還能好嗎﹖」
10 And Elisaie said, Go, say, Thou shalt certainly live; yet the Lord has shewed me that thou shalt surely die.
厄里叟對他說:「你去告訴他:一定會好;但上主指示我:他一定要死。」
11 And he stood before him, and fixed [his countenance] till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
厄里叟定睛凝視哈匝耳,直使哈匝耳感到慚愧。這時天主的人就哭了。
12 And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants [against the ground], and their women with child thou wilt rip up.
哈匝耳問說:「我主,你為什麼哭﹖」先知回答說:「因為我已知道你將要加於以色列子民的惡行:你要放火焚毀他們的堡壘,用刀殺死他們的青年,摔死他們的兒童,剖開他們的孕婦。」
13 And Azael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisaie said, The Lord has shewn me thee ruling over Syria.
哈匝耳說:「你的僕人算什麼﹖只不過是一條狗,他如何能作出這樣的大事﹖」厄里叟回答說:「上主已指示給我,你要作阿蘭王。」
14 And he departed from Elisaie, and went in to his lord; and he said to him, What said Elisaie to thee? and he said, He said to me, Thou shalt surely live.
哈匝耳就離開厄里叟,回去見他的主上;君王問他說:「厄里叟對你說了些什麼﹖」他回答說:「他告訴我:你一定會好。」
15 And it came to pass on the next day that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and put it on his face, and he died: and Azael reigned in his stead.
到了第二天,哈匝耳拿了被衾浸在水中蒙在君王的臉上,君王就這樣死了;哈匝耳就篡位為王。
16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, and while Josaphat was king of Juda, Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda began to reign.
以色列王阿哈布的兒子耶曷蘭五年,猶大王約沙法特的兒子約蘭登極為猶大王。
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
他即位時年三十二歲,在耶路撒冷為王八年。
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for the daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
他走了以色列王所走的道路,像阿哈布家所行的一樣,因為他娶了阿哈布的女兒為妻,行了上主視為惡的事。
19 But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant's sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.
但是,上主為了他僕人達味的緣故,不願消滅猶大,因為他曾向達味應許過,他的子孫中,要永遠給他留下一盞明燈。
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over themselves.
約蘭年間,厄東人脫離了猶大的統治,自立為王;
21 And Joram went up to Sior, and all the chariots that were with him: and it came to pass after he had arisen, that he smote Edom who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
那時,約蘭率領自己所有的戰車,到了匝依爾,乘夜間起來,衝出了包圍他和那些戰車長的厄東人,軍民纔得逃回自己的帳幕。
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda till this day. Then Lobna revolted at that time.
這樣,厄東人脫離了猶大的統治,直到今日。同時,里貝納也背叛了猶大。
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
約蘭其餘的事蹟,他的一切作為,都記載在猶大列王實錄上。
24 So Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David: and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
約蘭與列祖同眠後,與他的列祖葬在達味城;他的兒子阿哈齊雅繼位為王。
25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, Ochozias son of Joram began to reign.
以色列王阿哈布的兒子耶曷蘭十二年,猶大王約蘭的兒子阿哈齊雅登極為王。
26 Twenty and two years old [was] Ochozias when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother [was] Gotholia, daughter of Ambri king of Israel.
他即位時,年二十二歲,在耶路撒冷作王一年。他的母親名叫阿塔里雅,是以色列王敖默黎的孫女。
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Achaab.
阿哈齊雅走了阿哈布的道路,行了上主視為惡的事,同阿哈布家一樣,因為他是阿哈布家的女婿。
28 And he went with Joram the son of Achaab to war against Azael king of the Syrians in Remmoth Galaad; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
他同阿哈布的兒子耶曷蘭往辣摩特基肋阿得去,與阿蘭王哈匝耳交戰。阿蘭人擊傷了耶曷蘭,
29 And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds with which they wounded him in Remmoth, when he fought with Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram went down to see Joram the son of Achaab in Jezrael, because he was sick.
耶曷蘭就回到依次勒耳,治療他在辣摩特與阿蘭人交戰時所受的傷。猶大王約蘭的兒子阿哈齊雅,由於阿哈布的兒子耶曷蘭患病,就下到依次勒耳去探望他。

< Kings IV 8 >