2 Chronicles 23

1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

[約阿士登極]第七年，約雅達自告奮勇，將眾百夫長：耶洛罕的兒子阿匝黎雅，約哈南的兒子依市瑪耳，敖貝得的兒子阿匝黎雅，阿達雅的兒子瑪阿色雅和齊革黎的兒子厄里沙法特召來，與他們立約。

2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

他們走遍了猶大，召集猶大各城的肋未人，和以色列各族長一起來到耶路撒冷。

3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

全會眾在天主殿內與君王立了約。約雅達對他們說：「這就是太子。按照上主論及達味的子孫所說的話，他必須作王!

4 This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, [shall be] porters of the doors;

你們要這樣行：你們中間逢安息日來值班的司祭和肋未人，三分之一應把守各門，

5 And a third part [shall be] at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD.

三分之一應把守王宮，三分之一應把守馬門；所有的百姓都應在上主殿宇的庭院裏，

6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they [are] holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

除司祭和供職的肋未人外，任何人不得進入上主的殿，唯有他們可以進，因為他們是聖潔的；所有的百姓必須遵守上主的命令。

7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever [else] cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

肋未人手裏各拿著武器，環繞君王；凡擅自進殿的，該將他殺死。君王出入時，你們要緊隨不離。」

8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go [out] on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

肋未人和猶大民眾，都按照大司祭約雅達所吩咐的一切遵行了，各自帶領在安息日值班的，和安息日下班的人，因為大司祭約雅達不准下班。

9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that [had been] king David’s, which [were] in the house of God.

大司祭約雅達便將天主殿內，屬達味王的刀槍和大小盾牌，交給了眾百夫長，

10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

指令民眾各持武器，由殿南邊直到殿北邊，面對祭壇和聖殿，環立在君王四周。

11 Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

然後引出太子來，給他加冕，再將約書交給他，立他為王；約雅達和他的兒子們給他傅了油，眾人遂喊說：「君王萬歲! 」[阿塔里雅被殺]

12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

阿塔里雅聽見百姓奔走歌頌君王的歡呼聲，就進上主的殿，到了百姓前，

13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

看見君王立在殿門旁的高台上，百夫長和吹號的侍立在君王左右，所有當地人民歡躍吹號，歌詠團用各種樂器領導人歌唱頌揚；阿塔里雅就撕裂了自己的衣服說：「反了! 反了! 」

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

大司祭約雅達吩咐領軍隊的眾百夫長，說：「將她由行列中趕出去，凡隨從她的人，都用刀殺死。」原來大司祭曾吩咐說：不可在上主的殿內殺她。

15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.

於是人捉住她，在她走到王宮馬門口時，在那裏將她殺了。[宗教改革]

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.

此後，約雅達使人民和君王與上主立約，當作上主的人民。

17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

然後全體人民到了巴耳廟，將廟拆毀，將祭壇和偶像打碎，又在祭壇前斬了巴耳的司祭瑪堂。

18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David.

約雅達將看守市主殿宇的職責，交在司祭和肋未人手內，因為他們原是達味早已分派在上主殿內，照梅瑟法律所載，向上主獻全燔祭，按照達味的定例，歡躍歌唱的。

19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none [which was] unclean in any thing should enter in.

又指派門丁看守上主殿宇的各門，無論在任何事上，凡是不潔淨的，都不准進。

20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

最後率領百夫長、貴族、民間領袖和當地人民，接君王從上主的殿下來，經上門進入王宮，請君王坐在王位上。

21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

於是全國人民喜慶，京城也平靜了；至於阿塔里雅，已為刀所殺。