< Kings IV 9 >
1 And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this cruse of oil in your hand, and go to Remmoth 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 you shall enter there, and shall see there Ju the son of Josaphat son of Namessi, and shall go in and make him rise up from among his brethren, and shall bring him into a secret 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 And you shall take the cruse of oil, and pour [it] on his head, and say you, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you king over Israel: and you shall open the door, and flee, and not wait.
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 And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad.
於是那少年先知往基列的拉末去了。
5 And he went in, and, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have a message to you, O captain. And Ju said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain.
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 house: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed you to be king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.
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 you shall utterly destroy the house of Achaab your master from before me, and shall avenge 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 at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and you shall utterly cut off from the house of Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left 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 Achaab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa the son of Achia.
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 portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none 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 And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, [Is] all well? Why came this mad fellow in to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his communication.
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 And they said, [It is] wrong: tell us now. And Ju said to them, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, —and he said, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you to be 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 And when they heard it, they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Ju 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 Ju the son of Josaphat the son of Namessi conspired against Joram, and Joram was defending Remmoth Galaad, he and all Israel, because of Azael 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 king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Azael king of Syria. And Ju said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezrael.
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 Ju rode and advanced, and came down to Jezrael; for Joram king of Israel was getting healed in Jezrael of the arrow-wounds wherewith the Syrians [had] wounded him in Rammath in the war with Azael king of Syria; for he [was] strong and a mighty man: and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to see 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 And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dust [made by] Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.
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 And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned.
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 another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind 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 reported, saying, He came up to them, and has not returned: and the driver drives Ju the son of Namessi, for it is with furious [haste].
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. And one made ready the chariot: and Joram the king of Israel went forth, and Ochozias king of Juda, each in his chariot, and they went to meet Ju, and found him in the portion of Nabuthai the Jezraelite.
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 it came to pass when Joram saw Ju, that he said, [Is it] peace, Ju? And Ju said, How [can it be] peace? as yet [there are] the whoredoms of your mother Jezabel, and her abundant witchcrafts.
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 hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias.
約蘭就轉車逃跑,對亞哈謝說:「亞哈謝啊,反了!」
24 And Ju bent his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.
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 [Ju] said to Badecar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, for I and you remember, riding [as we were] on chariots after Achaab his father, that the Lord took up this burden against 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 Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Nabuthai, and the blood of his sons, says the Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, says the Lord. Now then, I pray you, take him up and cast him into the portion, 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 And Ochozias king of Juda saw [it], and fled by the way of Baethgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said, [Slay] him also. And one struck him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam: and he fled to 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 put him on a chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his sepulchre 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 And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign 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 Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard [of it], and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the 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 And Ju entered into the city; and she said, Had Zambri, the murderer of his master, peace?
耶戶進門的時候,耶洗別說:「殺主人的心利啊,平安嗎?」
32 And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who are you? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards 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, Throw her [down]. And they threw her [down]; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and they trampled on 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 [Ju] went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for 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 they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
他們就去葬埋她,只尋得她的頭骨和腳,並手掌。
36 And they returned and told him. And he said, [It is] the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In the portion of Jezrael shall the dogs 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 carcass of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezrael, so that they shall not say, [This is] 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。』」