< 2 Chronicles 23 >

1 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada having been strengthened, he took the centurions, namely, Azariah, the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan, and also Azariah, the son of Obed, and Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri, and he formed a pact with them.
第七年,耶何耶大奋勇自强,将百夫长耶罗罕的儿子亚撒利雅,约哈难的儿子以实玛利,俄备得的儿子亚撒利雅,亚大雅的儿子玛西雅,细基利的儿子以利沙法召来,与他们立约。
2 And traveling through Judah, they gathered together the Levites from all of the cities of Judah, and the leaders of the families of Israel, and they went to Jerusalem.
他们走遍犹大,从犹大各城里招聚利未人和以色列的众族长到耶路撒冷来。
3 Then the entire multitude formed a pact with the king, in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them: “Behold, the son of the king shall reign, just as the Lord has said concerning the sons of David.
会众在 神殿里与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说:“看哪,王的儿子必当作王,正如耶和华指着大卫子孙所应许的话”;
4 Therefore, this is the word that you shall do:
又说:“你们当这样行:祭司和利未人凡安息日进班的,三分之一要把守各门,
5 One third part of you who arrive on the Sabbath, priests, and Levites, and porters, shall be at the gates. Truly, one third part shall be at the house of the king. And one third shall be at the gate which is called the Foundation. Yet truly, let all the remainder of the common people be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
三分之一要在王宫,三分之一要在基址门;众百姓要在耶和华殿的院内。
6 Let no one else enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests, and those from the Levites who are ministering. These alone may enter, for they have been sanctified. And let all the remainder of the common people observe the watches of the Lord.
除了祭司和供职的利未人之外,不准别人进耶和华的殿;惟独他们可以进去,因为他们圣洁。众百姓要遵守耶和华所吩咐的。
7 Then let the Levites encircle the king, each one having his weapons. And if anyone else will have entered into the temple, let him be slain. And may they be with the king, both entering and departing.”
利未人要手中各拿兵器,四围护卫王;凡擅入殿宇的,必当治死。王出入的时候,你们当跟随他。”
8 Then the Levites, and all of Judah, acted in accord with all that the high priest Jehoiada had instructed. And each of them took the men who were under him, and who were arriving by the course of the Sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the Sabbath and who were about to depart. For indeed the high priest Jehoiada had not permitted the companies to depart, which were accustomed to replace one another each week.
利未人和犹大众人都照着祭司耶何耶大一切所吩咐的去行,各带所管安息日进班出班的人来,因为祭司耶何耶大不许他们下班。
9 And Jehoiada, the priest, gave to the centurions the lances and round shields and crescent shields of king David, which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord.
祭司耶何耶大便将 神殿里所藏大卫王的枪、盾牌、挡牌交给百夫长,
10 And he positioned all the people, holding short swords, from the right part of the temple to the left part of the temple, before the altar and the temple, all around the king.
又分派众民手中各拿兵器,在坛和殿那里,从殿右直到殿左,站在王子的四围;
11 And they led out the son of the king. And they imposed the diadem on him, and the testimony. And they gave him the law to hold in his hand. And they appointed him as king. Also, the high priest Jehoiada and his sons anointed him. And they prayed for him, and said, “May the king live!”
于是领王子出来,给他戴上冠冕,将律法书交给他,立他作王。耶何耶大和众子膏他,众人说:“愿王万岁!”
12 And when Athaliah had heard it, specifically the sound of running and the praising of the king, she entered to the people in the temple of the Lord.
亚她利雅听见民奔走赞美王的声音,就到民那里,进耶和华的殿,
13 And when she had seen the king standing upon the step at the entrance, and the leaders and companies around him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets, and playing on instruments of various kinds, and the voice of those who were praising, she tore her garments, and she said: “Treason! Treason!”
看见王站在殿门的柱旁,百夫长和吹号的人侍立在王左右,国民都欢乐吹号,又有歌唱的,用各样的乐器领人歌唱赞美;亚她利雅就撕裂衣服,喊叫说:“反了!反了!”
14 Then the high priest Jehoiada, going out to the centurions and to the leaders of the army, said to them: “Lead her away, beyond the borders of the temple. And let her be put to death outside, with the sword.” And the priest instructed that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord.
祭司耶何耶大带管辖军兵的百夫长出来,吩咐他们说:“将她赶到班外,凡跟随她的必用刀杀死!”因为祭司说:“不可在耶和华殿里杀她。”
15 And they laid hands on her neck. And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king’s house, they put her to death there.
众兵就闪开,让她去;她走到王宫的马门,便在那里把她杀了。
16 Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between himself and the entire people, and the king, so that they would be the people of the Lord.
耶何耶大与众民和王立约,都要作耶和华的民。
17 And so, all the people entered into the house of Baal, and they destroyed it. And they broke apart his altars and idols. Also, they put to death Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.
于是众民都到巴力庙,拆毁了庙,打碎坛和像,又在坛前将巴力的祭司玛坦杀了。
18 Then Jehoiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests and Levites, whom David had distributed to the house of the Lord so that they might offer holocausts to the Lord, just as it was written in the law of Moses, with gladness and singing, in accord with the disposition of David.
耶何耶大派官看守耶和华的殿,是在祭司利未人手下。这祭司利未人是大卫分派在耶和华殿中、照摩西律法上所写的,给耶和华献燔祭,又按大卫所定的例,欢乐歌唱;
19 Also, he appointed porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that whoever was unclean for any reason would not enter.
且设立守门的把守耶和华殿的各门,无论为何事,不洁净的人都不准进去。
20 And he took the centurions, and the most valiant men, and the leaders of the people, and all the common people of the land, and they set out to descend to the king, from the house of the Lord, and to enter through the middle of the upper gate, to the house of the king. And they placed him on the royal throne.
又率领百夫长和贵胄,与民间的官长,并国中的众民,请王从耶和华殿下来,由上门进入王宫,立王坐在国位上。
21 And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and the city was quieted. But Athaliah was slain with the sword.
国民都欢乐,合城都安静。众人已将亚她利雅用刀杀了。

< 2 Chronicles 23 >