< 2 Chronicles 34 >

1 Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem,
[約史雅登極]約史雅登極時才八歲,在耶路撒冷作王凡三十一年。
2 and he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, and walks in the ways of his father David, and has not turned aside [to] the right or left.
他行了上主視為正義的事,走了他祖先達味所走的路,不偏左,也不偏右。[宗教改革]
3 And in the eighth year of his reign (and he [is] yet a youth), he has begun to seek for the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he has begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images.
他在位第八年,雖然年幼,就已經開始尋求他祖先達味的天主;在位第十二年,就已開始清潔猶大和耶路撒冷,除去高丘、木偶、彫像和鑄像。
4 And they break down the altars of the Ba‘alim before him, and he has cut down the images that [are] on high above them, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images, he has broken and beaten small, and strews [them] on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,
他看著人把巴耳的丘壇拆毀,他親自打碎丘壇上的香爐,將木偶、彫像和鑄像打碎,磨成粉末,撒在祭祀偶像的人的墳上;
5 and he has burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleanses Judah and Jerusalem,
在祭壇上焚燒了邪神司祭的骨骸,這樣潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。
6 and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their tools, all around.
他在默納協、厄弗辣因、西默盎、以迄納斐塔里各城和期周圍四郊,也行了同樣的事:
7 And he breaks down the altars and the Asherim, and he has beaten down the carved images very small, and he has cut down all the images in all the land of Israel, and turns back to Jerusalem.
拆毀丘壇,將木偶和彫像打碎,將以色列全境內所有的太陽柱都砍倒;然後回了耶路撒冷。[重修聖殿]
8 And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house, he has sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of his God YHWH.
約史雅在位第十八年,進行清潔各地和聖殿時,派阿匝里雅的兒子沙番,城尉瑪阿色雅和約阿哈次的兒子約阿黑御史,去修理他的天主上主的聖殿。
9 And they come to Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought into the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
他們便去見大司祭希耳克雅,將獻於天主殿宇的銀錢當面交給他。這些銀錢是守門的肋未人,由默納協、厄弗辣因和以色列全體遺民,以及猶大、本雅明和耶路撒冷居民那裏收來的。
10 and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of YHWH, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of YHWH, to repair and to strengthen the house;
他們再轉交給監督上主殿內工作的人,這些人發給在上主殿內工作和修理殿宇的人,
11 and they give [it] to craftsmen and to builders to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams [for] the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.
即發給木匠和泥水匠,或購買鑿好的石頭和作木架及棟樑的木材,來修理歷代猶大王失修的建築。
12 And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, everyone understanding about instruments of song,
這些工人都勤於操作,監管他們工作的監督是默辣黎族的肋未人雅哈特與敖巴狄雅,和刻哈特族的則加黎雅與默叔藍;尚有精於樂器的肋未人,
13 and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of everyone doing work for every service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
兼管搬運的人,督促做各種工作的人。肋未人中還有些作書記,作職員,作門丁的。[法律書的發現]
14 And in their bringing out the money that is brought into the house of YHWH, Hilkiah the priest has found the Scroll of the Law of YHWH by the hand of Moses,
人們將獻於上主殿宇的銀錢拿出來的時候,大司祭希耳克雅發現了上主藉梅瑟所頒布的法律書。
15 and Hilkiah answers and says to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found [the] Scroll of the Law in the house of YHWH”; and Hilkiah gives the scroll to Shaphan,
希耳克雅告訴書記沙番說:「我在上主殿內發現了法律書。」遂將書交給了沙番。
16 and Shaphan brings in the scroll to the king, and brings the king back word again, saying, “All that has been given into the hand of your servants they are doing,
沙番帶著那卷書去見君王,向君王回報說:「凡陛下命你僕人所辦的事,都已照辦了。
17 and they pour out the money that is found in the house of YHWH, and give it into the hand of those appointed and into the hands of those doing the work.”
已將上主殿內所有的銀錢倒出來,交在監督和工人的手裏了。」
18 And Shaphan the scribe declares [it] to the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given a scroll to me”; and Shaphan reads in it before the king.
書記沙番繼而向君王報告說:「大司祭希耳克雅還交給我一卷書。」沙番就在君王面前朗誦了那書。
19 And it comes to pass, at the king’s hearing the words of the Law, that he tears his garments,
君王一聽了法律上的話,就撕裂了自己的衣服,
20 and the king commands Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,
立即吩咐希耳克雅、沙番的兒子阿希甘、米加的兒子阿貝冬、書記沙番和君王的臣僕阿撒雅說:「
21 “Go, seek YHWH for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the scroll that is found, for great [is] the fury of YHWH that is poured on us, because that our fathers did not keep the word of YHWH to do according to all that is written on this scroll.”
你們快去為我,為以色列的遺民和猶大,詢問上主關於所發現的這書上的話,因為我們的祖先沒有遵守上主的話,未照這書上所記載的去行,所以上主才向我們大發憤怒。」[胡耳達女先知的神諭]
22 And Hilkiah goes, and they of the king, to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second [Quarter], and they speak to her thus.
希耳克雅和君王所派的人,去見胡耳達女先知,她是掌管禮服的沙隆的妻子─沙隆是哈色辣的孫子,堤刻瓦的兒子。胡耳達住在耶路撒冷新區;他們對她說明來意,
23 And she says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Say to the man who has sent you to me,
她就回答他們說:「上主以色列的天主這樣說:你們回報那派你們來見我的人說:
24 Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am bringing in calamity on this place and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the scroll that they read before the king of Judah,
上主這意說:我必要使在猶大王前所讀的書中記載的災禍和一切詛咒,降在這地和這地上的居民身上,
25 because that they have forsaken Me, and make incense to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and My fury is poured out on this place, and it is not quenched.
因為他們捨棄了我,向別的神焚香;他們所做的,無不惹我動怒,所以我的怒火要向這地方發作,總不熄滅。
26 And to the king of Judah who is sending you to inquire of YHWH, thus you say to him, Thus said YHWH God of Israel, whose words you have heard:
至於那派你們來求問上主的猶大王,你們要這樣對他說:上主以色列的天主這樣說:因為你聽了這些話,
27 Because your heart [is] tender, and you are humbled before God in your hearing His words concerning this place and concerning its inhabitants, and are humbled before Me, and tear your garments, and weep before Me, indeed, I have also heard [you]—a declaration of YHWH.
因為你一聽了我指著這地和這地上的居民所說的話,你的心就已感化,在上主面前自卑自賤,撕裂了你的衣服,在我面前痛哭,我也應允了你:上主的斷語。
28 Behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you have been gathered to your graves in peace, and your eyes do not look on all the calamity that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants”; and they bring the king back word.
我要使你與你祖先團聚,你要安歸你的墳墓;你的眼睛見不到我在這地上和這些居民身上要降的災禍。」他們回去,將她說的話報告給君王。[重立盟約]
29 And the king sends and gathers all the elderly of Judah and Jerusalem,
君王於是派人召集猶大和耶路撒冷所有的長老來;
30 and the king goes up to the house of YHWH, and [to] every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even to small, and he reads in their ears all the words of the scroll of the covenant that is found in the house of YHWH.
君王同所有的猶大人,耶路撒冷的居民、司祭、肋未人、全體人民,不分貴賤,都上到上主的殿內,在上主殿內,將尋獲的約書上的一切話,讀給他們聽。
31 And the king stands on his station, and makes the covenant before YHWH to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this scroll.
君王站在高台上,在上主面前立約,要全心全意服從上主,遵守他的誡命,他的典章和他的法律,履行這書上所載的盟約的話;
32 And he presents everyone who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
他使所有的耶路撒冷的人都接受這盟約。於是耶路撒冷的居民都按照上主,他們祖先天主的盟約而行。
33 And Josiah turns aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causes everyone who is found in Israel to serve, to serve their God YHWH; all his days they did not turn aside from after YHWH, God of their fathers.
約史雅將以色列子民各地的一切可恥之物除去,使所有在以色列的人,都奉事上主他們的天主。約史雅王在世時,他們從未離棄上主,他們祖先的天主。

< 2 Chronicles 34 >