2 Kings 9
1 And Elisha the prophet has called to one of the sons of the prophets and says to him, “Gird up your loins, and take this vial of oil in your hand, and go 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 you have gone in there, and see Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, there, and you have gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brothers, and brought him into the inner part of an inner-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 and taken the vial of oil, and poured [it] on his head, and said, Thus said YHWH: I have anointed you for king to Israel; and you have opened the door, and fled, and do not wait.”
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 And the young man goes—the young man the prophet—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 comes in, and behold, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he says, “I have a word for you, O chief!” And Jehu says, “To which of all of us?” And he says, “To you, O chief.”
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 rises and comes into the house, and he pours the oil on his head, and says to him, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I have anointed you for king to the people of YHWH, to 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 you have struck the house of your lord Ahab, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of YHWH, from the hand of Jezebel;
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 and all the house of Ahab has perished, and I have cut off from Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and 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 have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,
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 dogs eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying”; and he opens the door and flees.
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 And Jehu has gone out to the servants of his lord, and [one] says to him, “Is there peace? Why did this madman come to you?” And he says to them, “You have known the man and his talk.”
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 say, “False! Declare to us now”; and he says, “He spoke thus and thus to me, saying, Thus said YHWH: I have anointed you for king to 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 And they hurry—each [one]—and take his garment, and put [it] under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a horn, and say, “Jehu has reigned!”
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 And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspires against Joram. And Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence 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 Joram turns back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Arameans strike him in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram. And Jehu says, “If it is your mind, do not let an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.”
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 And Jehu rides, and goes to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah has gone down to see Joram.
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 is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and sees the company of Jehu in his coming, and says, “I see a company”; and Joram says, “Take a rider and send [him] to meet them, and let him say, Is there 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 And the rider on the horse goes to meet him and says, “Thus said the king: Is there peace?” And Jehu says, “And what is peace to you? Turn around behind me.” And the watchman declares, saying, “The messenger came to them, and he has not returned.”
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 And he sends a second rider on a horse, and he comes to them and says, “Thus said the king: Is there peace?” And Jehu says, “And what is peace to you? Turn around behind 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 declares, saying, “He came to them, and he has not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives with madness.”
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 And Jehoram says, “Harness”; and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goes out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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 it comes to pass, at Jehoram’s seeing Jehu, that he says, “Is there peace, Jehu?” And he says, “What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of your mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts, are many?”
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 And Jehoram turns his hands and flees, and says to Ahaziah, “Deceit, O Ahaziah!”
耶曷蘭即刻轉車逃走，對阿哈齊雅說：「阿喝齊雅，他反了! 」
24 And Jehu has filled his hand with a bow, and strikes Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goes out from his heart, and he bows down in his chariot.
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 And [Jehu] says to his captain Bidkar, “Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite—for remember, you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, and YHWH lifted this burden on 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 Have I not seen the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons last night—a declaration of YHWH—indeed, I have repaid to you in this portion—a declaration of YHWH—and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of YHWH.”
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 And Ahaziah king of Judah has seen, and flees the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursues after him, and says, “Strike him—also him—in the chariot,” in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he flees to Megiddo, and dies there,
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 servants carry him to Jerusalem in a chariot, and bury him in his burying-place with his fathers in the City of David.
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 eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
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 Jehu comes to Jezreel, and Jezebel has heard, and puts her eyes in paint and beautifies her head, and looks out through the window.
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 Jehu has come into the gate, and she says, “Was there peace [for] Zimri—slayer of his lord?”
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 lifts up his face to the window and says, “Who [is] with me? Who?” And two [or] three eunuchs look out to 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 says, “Let her go”; and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treads her down.
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 he comes in, and eats, and drinks, and says, “Now look after this cursed one and bury her, for she [is] a king’s 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 go to bury her, and have not found [anything] of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
但是，當他們去埋葬她時，只找到了她的頭蓋、腳和手掌，
36 And they turn back, and declare [it] to him, and he says, “It [is] the word of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of this servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,
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 carcass of Jezebel has been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they do not say, This [is] Jezebel.”
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。」
