2 Chronicles 14
1 And Abijah lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Asa reigns in his stead. In his days the land was quiet [for] ten years.
阿彼雅與列祖同眠，葬仔達味城；他的兒子阿撒繼位為王。他在位時，國內平安了十年。
2 And Asa does that which is good and that which is right in the eyes of his God YHWH,
[阿撒的熱誠和努力]阿撒行了上主他的天主視為善，視為正直得事，
3 and turns aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaks the standing-pillars, and cuts down the Asherim,
除掉了外邦的祭壇和高丘，毀壞了柱像，拆除了木偶，
4 and commands to Judah to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the command;
並命令猶大應尋求上主他們祖先的天主，遵行他的法律和誡命，
5 and he turns aside the high places and the images out of all cities of Judah, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
也鏟除了猶大各城內的高丘和太陽柱。那時，國家在他統治下安享太平。
6 And he builds cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land has quiet; and there is no war with him in these years, because YHWH has given rest to him.
他又在猶大修築了幾座堅城，因為境內平靖，數年沒有戰爭，上主賜予他平安。
7 And he says to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and surround [them] with wall, and towers, double gates, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought our God YHWH, we have sought, and He gives rest to us all around”; and they build and prosper.
阿撒對猶大人說：「我們必須建築這些城邑，四周建築城垣堡壘，安置大門和門閂；地域仍屬我們，是因為我們尋求了上主，我們的天主。我們既尋求了他，他便使我們四境平靖。」於是他們興工建築，事事順利。
8 And Asa has a force of three hundred thousand from Judah carrying buckler and spear, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin carrying shield and treading bow; all these [are] mighty men of valor.
阿撒的軍隊，持盾持戈的猶大人三十萬，持牌挽弓的本雅明人二十八萬：這些人都是勇士。[則辣黑進攻失敗]
9 And Zerah the Cushite comes out to them with a force of one million [men] and three hundred chariots, and he comes to Mareshah,
那時，雇士人則辣黑率領百萬大軍，戰車三百輛，前來進攻，到了瑪勒沙。
10 and Asa goes out before him, and they set in array [for] battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
阿撒出來迎戰，陳兵在離瑪勒沙不遠的責法達山谷。
11 And Asa calls to his God YHWH and says, “YHWH, it is nothing for You to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O YHWH, our God, for we have leaned on You, and in Your Name we have come against this multitude; O YHWH, You [are] our God; do not let mortal man prevail against You!”
阿撒呼籲上主他的天主說：「上主! 在強弱懸殊之下，無人能似你能協助。上主，我們的天主! 求你協助我們，因為我們只有依賴你，奉你的名來迎擊這支大軍。上主，你是我們的天主，不要讓人勝過你! 」
12 And YHWH strikes the Cushim before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,
於是上主在阿撒和猶大人前打擊了雇士人，雇士人遂逃走。
13 and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there falls [many] from the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before YHWH and before His camp; and [those of Judah] carry away very much spoil,
阿撒帶著跟隨他的軍民，追擊他們直到革辣爾。雇士人甚至沒有一個活的，都喪亡了，因為他們為上主和他的軍隊擊潰。猶大人奪取了很多財物。
14 and strike all the cities around Gerar, for a fear of YHWH has been on them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil has been in them;
他們又攻破了革辣爾四周所有的城池，因為上主的恐怖籠罩了這些城池；猶大人又將所有的城擄掠一空，因為城中有許多財物。
15 and they have also struck tents of livestock, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and return to Jerusalem.
隨後又毀壞了群畜的圍欄，掠取了許多羊群和駱駝，便回耶路撒冷去了。
