2 Kings 16
1 The seuenteenth yeere of Pekah the sonne of Remaliah, Ahaz the sonne of Iotham King of Iudah began to reigne.
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 Twentie yeere olde was Ahaz, when hee began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:
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 But walked in the way of ye kings of Israel, yea, and made his sonne to go through the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out 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 Also he offred and burnt incense in the hie places and on the hilles, and vnder euery greene tree.
又在高丘和綠樹下，焚香獻祭。
5 Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah sonne of Remaliah King of Israel came vp to Ierusalem to fight: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not ouercome 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 the same time Rezin king of Aram restored Elath to Aram, and droue the Iewes from Elath: so the Aramites came to Elath, and dwelt there vnto 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 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Asshur, saying, I am thy seruant and thy sonne: come vp, and deliuer me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the King of Israel which rise vp 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 Ahaz tooke the siluer and the golde that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and sent a present vnto the King of Asshur.
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 Asshur consented vnto him: and the King of Asshur went vp against Damascus. and when he had taken it, he caryed the people away to Kir, and slew Rezin.
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 Ahaz went vnto Damascus to meete Tiglath Pileser King of Asshur: and when King Ahaz sawe the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Vriiah the Priest the paterne of the altar, and the facion of it, and all the workemanship thereof.
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 Vriiah the Priest made an altar in al poyntes like to that which King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Vriiah the Priest against King Ahaz came 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 So when the King was come from Damascus, the King sawe the altar: and the King drewe neere to the altar and offered thereon.
君王從大馬士革回來，看見那座祭壇，就近前上去，
13 And hee burnt his burnt offering, and his meate offring, and powred his drinke offring, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offrings besides the altar,
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 set it by the brasen altar which was before the Lord, and brought it in farther before the house betweene the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the North side of the altar.
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 Ahaz commanded Vriiah the Priest, and sayde, Vpon the great altar set on fire in the morning the burnt offring, and in the euen the meate offring, and the Kings burnt offring and his meate offering, with the burnt offring of all the people of the lande, and their meate offring, and their drinke offrings: and powre thereby all the blood of the burnt offring, and all the blood of the sacrifice, and the brasen altar shalbe for me to inquire of God.
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 Vriiah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.
司祭烏黎雅就照阿哈次所吩咐的一切做了。
17 And King Ahaz brake the borders of the bases, and tooke the caldrons from off them, and tooke downe the sea from the brasen oxen that were vnder it, and put it vpon a pauement of stones.
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 the vaile for the Sabbath (that they had made in the house) and the Kings entrie without turned he to the house of the Lord, because of the King of Asshur.
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 Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahaz, which he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?
阿哈次其餘的事蹟，都記載在猶大列王寶錄上。
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Hezekiah his sonne reigned in his steade.
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。
