< 2 Kings 9 >

1 And Eliseus the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, slid said to him: Gird up thy loins, and take this little bottle of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth Galaad.
先知以利沙叫了一個先知門徒來,吩咐他說:「你束上腰,手拿這瓶膏油往基列的拉末去。
2 And when thou art come thither, thou shalt see Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi: and going in thou shalt make him rise up from amongst his brethren, and carry him into an inner chamber.
到了那裏,要尋找寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶,使他從同僚中起來,帶他進嚴密的屋子,
3 Then taking the little bottle of oil, thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel. And thou shalt open the door and flee, and shalt not stay there.
將瓶裏的膏油倒在他頭上,說:『耶和華如此說:我膏你作以色列王。』說完了,就開門逃跑,不要遲延。」
4 So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went awry to Ramoth Galaad,
於是那少年先知往基列的拉末去了。
5 And went in thither: and behold the captains of the army were sitting: and he said: I have a word to thee, O prince. And Jehu said: Unto whom of us all? And he said: To thee, O prince.
到了那裏,看見眾軍長都坐着,就說:「將軍哪,我有話對你說。」耶戶說:「我們眾人裏,你要對哪一個說呢?」回答說:「將軍哪,我要對你說。」
6 And he arose, and went into the chamber: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over Israel, the people of the Lord.
耶戶就起來,進了屋子,少年人將膏油倒在他頭上,對他說:「耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:『我膏你作耶和華民以色列的王。
7 And thou shalt cut off the house of Achab thy master, and I will revenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezabel.
你要擊殺你主人亞哈的全家,我好在耶洗別身上伸我僕人眾先知和耶和華一切僕人流血的冤。
8 And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and I will cut off from Achab him that pisseth against the well, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel.
亞哈全家必都滅亡,凡屬亞哈的男丁,無論是困住的、自由的,我必從以色列中剪除,
9 And I will make the house of Achab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahias.
使亞哈的家像尼八兒子耶羅波安的家,又像亞希雅兒子巴沙的家。
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.
耶洗別必在耶斯列田裏被狗所吃,無人葬埋。』」說完了,少年人就開門逃跑了。
11 Then Jehu went forth to the servants of his lord: and they said to him: Are all things well? why came this mad man to thee? And he said to them: You know the man, and what he said.
耶戶出來,回到他主人的臣僕那裏,有一人問他說:「平安嗎?這狂妄的人來見你有甚麼事呢?」回答說:「你們認得那人,也知道他說甚麼。」
12 But they answered: It is false, but rather do thou tell us. And he said to them: Thus and thus did he speak to me: and he said: Thus saith the Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel.
他們說:「這是假話,你據實地告訴我們。」回答說:「他如此如此對我說。他說:『耶和華如此說:我膏你作以色列王。』」
13 Then they made haste and taking every man his garment laid it under his feet, after the manner of a judgment seat, and they sounded the trumpet, and said: Jehu is king.
他們就急忙各將自己的衣服鋪在上層臺階,使耶戶坐在其上;他們吹角,說:「耶戶作王了!」
14 So Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi conspired against Joram. Now Joram had besieged Ramoth Galaad, he and all Israel fighting with Hazael king of Syria:
這樣,寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶背叛約蘭。先是約蘭和以色列眾人因為亞蘭王哈薛的緣故,把守基列的拉末;
15 And was returned to be healed in Jezrahel of his wounds, for the Syrians had wounded him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said: If it please you, let no mall go forth or flee out of the city, lest he go, and tell in Jezrahel.
但約蘭王回到耶斯列,醫治與亞蘭王哈薛打仗所受的傷。耶戶說:「若合你們的意思,就不容人逃出城往耶斯列報信去。」
16 And he got up, and went into Jezrahel: for Joram was sick there, and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to visit Joram.
於是耶戶坐車往耶斯列去,因為約蘭病臥在那裏。猶大王亞哈謝已經下去看望他。
17 The watchmen therefore, that stood upon the tower of Jezrahel, saw the troop of Jehu coming, and said: I see a troop. And Joram said: Take a chariot, and send to meet them, and let him that goeth say: Is all well?
有一個守望的人站在耶斯列的樓上,看見耶戶帶着一群人來,就說:「我看見一群人。」約蘭說:「打發一個騎馬的去迎接他們,問說:平安不平安?」
18 So there went one in a chariot to meet him, and said: Thus saith the king: Are all things peaceable? And Jehu said: What hast thou to do with peace? go behind and follow me. And the watchman told, saying: The messenger came to them, but he returneth not.
騎馬的就去迎接耶戶,說:「王問說,平安不平安?」耶戶說:「平安不平安與你何干?你轉在我後頭吧!」守望的人又說:「使者到了他們那裏,卻不回來。」
19 And he sent a second chariot of horses: and he came to them, and said: Thus saith the king: Is there peace? And Jehu said: What hast thou to do with peace? pass, and follow me.
王又打發一個騎馬的去。這人到了他們那裏,說:「王問說,平安不平安?」耶戶說:「平安不平安與你何干?你轉在我後頭吧!」
20 And the watchman told, saying: He came even to them, but returneth not: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Namsi, for he drives furiously.
守望的人又說:「他到了他們那裏,也不回來;車趕得甚猛,像寧示的孫子耶戶的趕法。」
21 And Joram said: Make ready the chariot. And they made ready his chariot, and Joram king of Israel, and Ochozias king of Juda went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and met him in the field of Naboth the Jezrahelite.
約蘭吩咐說:「套車!」人就給他套車。以色列王約蘭和猶大王亞哈謝各坐自己的車出去迎接耶戶,在耶斯列人拿伯的田那裏遇見他。
22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said: Is there peace, Jehu? And he answered: What peace? so long as the fornications of Jezabel thy mother, and her many sorceries are in their vigour.
約蘭見耶戶就說:「耶戶啊,平安嗎?」耶戶說:「你母親耶洗別的淫行邪術這樣多,焉能平安呢?」
23 And Joram turned his hand, and fleeing, said to Ochozias: There is treachery, Ochozias.
約蘭就轉車逃跑,對亞哈謝說:「亞哈謝啊,反了!」
24 But Jehu bent Iris bow with his hand, and shot Joram between the shoulders: and the arrow went out through his heart, and immediately he fell in his chariot.
耶戶開滿了弓,射中約蘭的脊背,箭從心窩穿出,約蘭就仆倒在車上。
25 And Jehu said to Badacer his captain: Take him, and cast him into the field of Naboth the Jezrahelite: for I remember when I and thou sitting in a chariot followed Achab this man’s father, that the Lord laid this burden upon him, saying:
耶戶對他的軍長畢甲說:「你把他拋在耶斯列人拿伯的田間。你當追想,你我一同坐車跟隨他父亞哈的時候,耶和華對亞哈所說的預言,
26 If I do not requite thee in this field, saith the Lord, for the blood of Naboth, and for the blood of his children, which I saw yesterday, saith the Lord. So now take him, and cast him into the field, according to the word of the Lord.
說:『我昨日看見拿伯的血和他眾子的血,我必在這塊田上報應你。』這是耶和華說的,現在你要照着耶和華的話,把他拋在這田間。」
27 But Ochozias king of Juda seeing this, fled by the way of the garden house: and Jehu pursued him, and said: Strike him also in his chariot. And they struck him in the going up to Gaver, which is by Jeblaam: and he fled into Mageddo, and died there.
猶大王亞哈謝見這光景,就從園亭之路逃跑。耶戶追趕他,說:「把這人也殺在車上。」到了靠近以伯蓮的姑珥坡上擊傷了他。他逃到米吉多,就死在那裏。
28 And his servants laid him upon his chariot, and carried him to Jerusalem: and they buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
他的臣僕用車將他的屍首送到耶路撒冷,葬在大衛城他自己的墳墓裏,與他列祖同葬。
29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Achab, Ochozias reigned over Juda,
亞哈謝登基作猶大王的時候,是在亞哈的兒子約蘭第十一年。
30 And Jehu came into Jezrahel. But Jezabel hearing of his coming in, painted her face with stibic stone, and adorned her head, and looked out of a window
耶戶到了耶斯列;耶洗別聽見就擦粉、梳頭,從窗戶裏往外觀看。
31 At Jehu coming in at the gate, and said: Can there be peace for Zambri, that hath killed his master?
耶戶進門的時候,耶洗別說:「殺主人的心利啊,平安嗎?」
32 And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said: Who is this? And two or three eunuchs bowed down to him.
耶戶抬頭向窗戶觀看,說:「誰順從我?」有兩三個太監從窗戶往外看他。
33 And he said to them: Throw her down headlong: and they threw her down, and the wall was sprinkled with her blood, and the hoofs of the horses trod upon her.
耶戶說:「把她扔下來!」他們就把她扔下來。她的血濺在牆上和馬上;於是把她踐踏了。
34 And when he was come in, to eat, and to drink, he said: Go, and see after that cursed woman, and bury her: because she is a king’s daughter.
耶戶進去,吃了喝了,吩咐說:「你們把這被咒詛的婦人葬埋了,因為她是王的女兒。」
35 And when they went to bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremities of her hands.
他們就去葬埋她,只尋得她的頭骨和腳,並手掌。
36 And coming back they told him. And Jehu said: It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elias the Thesbite, saying: In the field of Jezrahel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezabel,
他們回去告訴耶戶,耶戶說:「這正應驗耶和華藉他僕人提斯比人以利亞所說的話,說:『在耶斯列田間,狗必吃耶洗別的肉;
37 And the flesh of Jezabel shall be as dung upon the face of the earth in the field of Jezrahel, so that they who pass by shall say: Is this that same Jezabel?
耶洗別的屍首必在耶斯列田間如同糞土,甚至人不能說這是耶洗別。』」

< 2 Kings 9 >