< 2 Kings 9 >
1 Then Elisha the Prophet called one of ye children of the Prophets, and sayde vnto him, Gird thy loynes and take this boxe of oyle in thine hand and get thee to Ramoth Gilead.
那時,先知厄里叟叫一個先知弟子來,對他說:「你束上腰,手裏拿著這瓶油,往辣摩特基肋阿得去,
2 And when thou commest thither, looke where is Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise vp from among his brethren, and leade him to a secret chamber.
一到了那裏,就去求見尼默史的孫子約沙法特的兒子耶胡;得見後,叫他離開同僚,領踢進入一間內室,
3 Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head, and say, Thus sayth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel. then open the doore, and flee without any tarying.
將這瓶油倒在他的頭上說:上主這樣說:我傅你為以色列王。然後,開門逃走,不要逗留。」
4 So the seruat of ye Prophet gate him to Ramoth Gilead.
那青年人,即那青年先知就往辣摩特基肋阿得去了。
5 And when he came in, behold, the captaines of the armie were sitting. And he sayde, I haue a message to thee, O captaine. And Iehu sayd, Vnto which of all vs? And he answered, To thee, O captaine.
他到了那裏,看見眾將軍都在坐,青年人遂說:「將軍,我有話對你說。」耶胡問說:「我們中,你要對那一個說話﹖」他答說:「將軍,就是你。」
6 And he arose, and went into the house, and he powred the oyle on his head and sayde vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I haue anointed thee for King ouer the people of the Lord, euen ouer Israel.
耶胡站起來,進了內室,那青年人就將油倒在他頭上,對他說:「上主以色列的天主這樣說:我傅你為上主的人民以色列的君王。
7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophets, and the blood of al the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezebel.
你要消滅你主上阿哈布的家,使我在依則貝耳身上,為我的僕人先知和上主的一切僕人報寫仇。
8 For the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroied: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel.
阿哈布的全家必要喪亡;我要消滅以色列凡屬於阿哈布的一切男人,無論是自由的,或不自由的。
9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah.
我要使阿哈布家像乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕家,又像阿希雅的兒子巴厄沙家一樣;
10 And the dogges shall eate Iezebel in the fielde of Izreel, and there shalbe none to burie her. And he opened the doore, and fled.
於依則貝耳,狗要在依次勒耳的田間吞食她,沒有人來埋怨。」那青年人說完,就開門逃走了。
11 Then Iehu came out to the seruants of his lord. And one sayd vnto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellowe to thee? And hee sayde vnto them, Ye knowe the man, and what his talke was.
耶胡出來回到他主上的臣僕那裏,他們問他說:「一切都好嗎﹖那瘋子來見你有什麼事﹖」耶胡答說:「你們應認識這個人,也知道他說些什麼。」
12 And they sayde, It is false, tell vs it nowe. Then he sayd, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saieth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel.
他們說:「定說些胡話! 請給我們說說! 」耶胡遂說:「他如此如此告訴我說:上主這樣說:我傅你為以色列王。」
13 Then they made haste, and tooke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the staires, and blewe the trumpet, saying, Iehu is King.
他們一聽,急忙將自己的衣服舖在光台階他的腳下,吹角喊說:「耶胡作王了! 」
14 So Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat the sonne of Nimshi conspired against Ioram: (Now Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael King of Aram.
尼默史的孫子約沙法特的兒子耶胡於是背叛了耶曷蘭。─那時,耶曷蘭曾率領全以色列人在辣摩特基肋阿得,對抗阿蘭君王哈匝耳。
15 And King Ioram returned to bee healed in Izreel of the woundes, which the Aramites had giuen him, when hee fought with Hazael King of Aram) and Iehu sayde, If it be your mindes, let no man depart and escape out of the citie, to goe and tell in Izreel.
但耶曷蘭已回了依次勒耳,治療他與阿蘭王哈匝耳交戰時,被阿蘭人所射的創傷。─耶胡說:「如果這件事合你們的心意,那麼就不要讓任何人逃出城去,到依次勒耳報信。」
16 So Iehu gate vp into a charet, and went to Izreel: for Ioram lay there, and Ahaziah King of Iudah was come downe to see Ioram.
耶胡於是親自駕車去了依次勒耳,因為耶曷蘭正在那裏臥病未起;猶大王阿哈齊雅也下到那裏去探望他。
17 And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, and sayd, I see a companie. And Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meete them, that hee may say, Is it peace?
站在依次勒耳堡壘上的守兵,見有耶胡的兵隊來到,就喊叫說:「我看見了一大隊人馬! 」耶曷蘭下令說:「叫一個騎兵來,派他去探問他們說:都平安嗎﹖」
18 So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu sayd, What hast thou to do with peace? Turne behinde me. And the watchman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.
騎兵就去迎接耶胡說:「王問:都平安嗎﹖」耶胡答說:「平安不平安與你何干﹖轉到我後面去! 」守兵隨號報告說:「使者到了他們那裏,卻沒有回來。」
19 Then hee sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu answered, What hast thou to doe with peace? turne behinde me.
耶曷蘭又打發第二個騎兵去,這騎兵到了他們那裏說:「王問:都平安嗎﹖」耶胡答說:「平安不平安與你何干?轉到我後面去!」
20 And the watchman tolde, saying, He came to them also, but commeth not againe, and the marching is like the marching of Iehu the sonne of Nimshi: for he marcheth furiously.
守兵隨後又報告說:「他到了他們你裏,也沒有回來;那駕車法很像尼默史的孫子耶胡的駕駛法,駕得很狂猛。」
21 Then Iehoram sayd, Make ready: and his charet was made ready. And Iehoram King of Israel and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu, and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite.
耶曷蘭遂即吩咐說:「套車! 」人就套好他的車。以色列王耶曷蘭和猶大王阿哈齊雅出來,各自上車,去迎接耶胡,在依次勒耳人納波特的莊田那裏,迎上了他。
22 And when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde, Is it peace, Iehu? And he answered, What peace? whiles the whoredomes of thy mother Iezebel, and her witchcraftes are yet in great nomber?
耶曷蘭一見耶胡就問說:「耶胡! 都平安嗎﹖」耶胡回答說:「你母親依則貝耳的淫行和妖術那樣多,還有什麼平安﹖」
23 Then Iehoram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason.
耶曷蘭即刻轉車逃走,對阿哈齊雅說:「阿喝齊雅,他反了! 」
24 But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fell downe in his charet.
耶胡用手拉弓,射中了耶曷蘭兩臂之間,箭從心窩穿出,耶曷蘭就倒在車上。
25 Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captaine, Take, and cast him in some place of the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite: for I remember that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord layed this burden vpon him.
耶胡吩咐自己的侍衛彼德卡說:「將他抬起,丟在依次肋耳人納波特的莊田裏! 你該記得:當我你二人一起駕車跟隨他父親阿哈布時,上主即向他宣布了這個神諭:「
26 Surely I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sonnes, saide the Lord, and I will render it thee in this fielde, saith the Lord: nowe therefore take and cast him in the fielde, according to the word of the Lord.
昨天我確實看見了納波特和他兒子們的血,上主的斷語;我必要在這塊田地裏面報復你,上主的斷語。所以現在,你要照上主的話,將他抬起,丟在這塊田地裏。」
27 But when Ahaziah the King of Iudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house: And Iehu pursued after him, and sayd, Smite him also in the charet: and they smote him in the going vp to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And hee fled to Megiddo, and there dyed.
猶大王阿哈齊雅見了這事,就向貝特干逃去,耶胡追趕他,吩咐說:「也將他射殺在車上! 」果然,在離依貝肋罕不遠的古爾山坡上,把他射傷;他逃到默基多,就死在那裏。
28 And his seruants caried him in a charet to Ierusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.
他的臣僕用車把他送到耶路撒冷,與祖先葬在達味城,他自己的墳墓裏。
29 And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah.
阿哈齊雅登極為猶大王,是在阿哈布的兒子耶曷蘭在位第十一年。
30 And when Iehu was come to Izreel, Iezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a windowe.
當耶胡來到依次勒耳時,依則貝耳就聽說了,遂畫眉梳頭,從窗戶往外眺望,
31 And as Iehu entred at the gate, shee sayde, Had Zimri peace, which slewe his master?
見耶胡進城門的時候,她便問說:「弒殺主上的齊默黎,你平安嗎﹖」
32 And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe, and sayd, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her Eunuches looked vnto him.
耶胡舉目看見那窗戶說:「誰擁護我﹖誰﹖」有兩三個太監從窗戶裏往下看他。
33 And he sayde, Cast her downe: and they cast her downe, and hee sprinkled of her blood vpon the wall, and vpon the horses, and he trode her vnder foote.
耶胡說:「把她推下來! 」他們便把她推下來,她的血濺在牆上和馬身上;馬在她身上踏過。
34 And when he was come in, he did eate and drinke, and sayde, Visite now yonder cursed woman, and burie her: for she is a Kings daughter.
耶胡進去,吃喝完了,吩咐說:「你們去料理那可詛咒的女人,將她埋怨,因為她究竟是君王的女兒。」
35 And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.
但是,當他們去埋葬她時,只找到了她的頭蓋、腳和手掌,
36 Wherefore they came agayne and tolde him. And he said, This is the worde of the Lord, which he spake by his seruant Eliiah the Tishbite, saying, In the fielde of Izreel shall ye dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel.
遂回來告訴耶胡。耶胡說:「這正應驗了上主藉自己的僕人提市貝人厄里亞所說的話:在依次勒耳的莊田裏,狗要吞食依則貝耳的肉;
37 And the carkeis of Iezebel shalbe as doung vpon the ground in the field of Izreel, so that none shall say, This is Iezebel.
依則貝耳的屍首要成為依次勒耳田地裏的糞土,以致人不能說:這是依則貝耳。」