2 Kings 23
1 Then the king sent, —and there were gathered unto him, all the elders 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到他跟前。
2 and the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great, —and he read in their ears, all the words of the book of the covenant, which had been found in the house of Yahweh.
君王同所有的猶大人、耶路撒冷的居民、眾司祭、眾先知、全體人民，不分貴賤大小，上了上主聖殿，將在上主殿內尋獲的約書上的一切話，讀給他們聽。
3 And the king took his stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh—to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.
君王站在高台上，在上主面前立約，要全心全意跟隨上主，遵守祂的誡命、典章和法律，履行這卷書上所記載的盟約的話；全體人民也一致接受了這盟約。
4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens, —and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel;
君王於是吩咐大司祭希耳克雅和副大司祭以及守門的，將那些為巴耳，為阿舍辣和為天上萬象所製造的祭器，都從上主殿內搬出，在耶路撒冷外克德龍谷的田野中焚燒了，把灰燼帶到貝特耳去。
5 and he put down the idol-priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed, so that incense might be burned in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and round about Jerusalem, —them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens;
君王廢除了以前猶大王派定在猶大各城，和耶路撒冷周圍高丘上的焚香的僧侶，以及向巴耳、太陽、月亮和黃道帶，並天上萬象焚香的人；
6 and he brought forth the Sacred Stem out of the house of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem, into the Kidron ravine, and burned it in the Kidron ravine, and crushed it to powder, —and cast the powder upon the graves of the sons of the people;
又將木偶從上主的殿內搬到耶路撒冷城外克德龍谷，在克德龍谷焚燒了，磨碎成灰，將灰撒在平民的墳墓上；
7 and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh, —where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;
拆毀了上主殿內廟倡的房舍，婦女們為木偶編織衣服的地方。
8 and be brought in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where, the priests, had burned incense, from Geba unto Beer-sheba, —and brake down the high places of the gates, that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which were on one’s left hand, in the gate of the city;
又從猶大各城將所有的司祭召來，破壞了司祭們焚香的高丘，從革巴直到貝爾舍巴；拆毀了城門左邊，市長約叔亞門前的羊神祭壇。
9 howbeit, the priests of the high places came not up unto the altar of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, save only that they did eat unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren;
無論如何，高丘的司祭，不能上耶路撒冷上主的祭壇，只能在自己的兄弟中間分食無酵餅。
10 and he defiled Topheth, which was in the valley of the son of Hinnom, —so that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire unto Molech;
約史雅又破壞了本希農山谷中的托斐特，免得再有人火祭子女，獻給摩肋客。
11 and he did away with the horses, which the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the courtier, which was in the suburbs, also, the chariots of the sun, burned he with fire;
又將以前猶大王在上主聖殿門前，靠近太監乃堂默肋客住宅的廊房裏，獻於太陽的駿馬除去；也用火燒掉了奉獻給太陽的車輛。
12 and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, —and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine;
猶大王在阿哈次的樓房頂上所建築的祭壇，和默納舍在上主聖殿兩庭院內建築的祭壇，君王也都拆掉搗毀，把碎塊倒在克德龍谷裏。
13 and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth—the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh—the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom—the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile;
從前以色列王撒羅滿在耶路撒冷東，橄欖山南，為漆東人的可惡之物阿市托勒特，為摩阿布的可惡之物革摩士，為阿孟子民的可惡之物米耳公所建立的高丘，君王一概破壞了；
14 and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems, —and filled their place with human bones:
又打碎了石柱，砍斷了木偶，用人骨填滿了那些地方。
15 moreover also, the altar that was in Bethel, the high place which Jeroboam son of Nebat made, wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin, —even that altar, and the high place, brake he down, —and burned the high place, crushing it to powder, and burned a Sacred Stem.
此外，那使以色列陷於罪惡的乃巴特的兒子雅洛貝罕，在貝特耳所立的祭壇和高丘，約史雅也將這祭壇拆毀，將丘壇的石塊打碎成灰，燒了木偶。
16 And, when Josiah turned, and saw the graves which were there, in the mount, he sent and took the bones out of the graves, and burned upon the altar, and defiled it, —according to the word of Yahweh, which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
約史雅轉身，看見山上墳墓，就派人掘出墳裏的骨骸，放在祭壇上焚燒，污辱了這祭壇，應驗了天主的人，當雅洛貝罕在慶節日站在這祭壇上時，所說的的話。約史雅再戔身遙望，看見曾預言這些事的天主的人的墳墓，
17 Then said he—What is yonder erection, which I do see? And the men of the city said unto him—The grave of the man of God, who came in out of Judah, and proclaimed these things, which thou hast done, concerning the altar of Bethel.
就問說：「看見的是誰的墓碑﹖」城中的人回答說：「是天主的人的墳墓，他從猶大來，預言了你剛才對貝特耳祭壇所行的事」。
18 And he said—Let him rest, let, no man, disturb his bones. So they let his bones rest, with the bones of the prophet who came in out of Samaria.
君王遂說：「讓他安息吧! 誰也不要移動他的骨骸! 」因此人沒有移動他的骨骸，也沒有移動那撒瑪黎雅先知的骨骸。
19 Moreover also, all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger, did Josiah remove, —and he did to them according to all the doings which he had done in Bethel;
從前以色列王在e口城內所建築，而激怒上主的高丘廟宇，約史雅也一律除去，對這些廟宇所行的，完全像在貝特耳所行一樣。
20 and he sacrificed all the priests of the high places, who were there, by the altars, and burned human bones thereupon, —and returned to Jerusalem.
凡在那裏所有的高丘司祭，他都在祭壇上殺了，並且在祭壇焚燒了人骨，然後回了耶路撒冷。
21 Then did the king command all the people, saying, Keep ye a passover unto Yahweh, your God, —such as is written in this book of the covenant.
君王吩咐全體人民說：「你們要按照這約書所記載的，向上主你們的天主舉行逾越節」。
22 Surely there had not been held such a passover as this, from the days of the Judges who judged Israel, —nor all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah;
實在，自從民長統治以色列時日以來，和在以色列各君王及猶大王當政期間，從來沒有舉行過像這樣的一個逾越節，
23 save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.
只有在約史雅王十八年，在耶路撒冷向上主舉行了這樣的逾越節。
24 Moreover also, them who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the household gods, and the manufactured gods, and the abominations which were to be seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, did Josiah consume, —that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of Yahweh.
此外，凡在猶大地和耶路撒冷所見到的那些招魂的，行邪術的，忒辣芬和偶像，以及可憎之物，約史雅一概掃除，履行了司祭希耳克雅在上主殿內，所發見的書上所記載的法律。
25 And, like him, was no king, before him, who turned unto Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, —neither, after him, arose one, like him.
在他以前沒有人一個君王像他這樣按照梅瑟的法律，全心全意全力歸向上主；在他以後也沒有一個像他一樣的。
26 Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah—because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him.
雖然如此，上主仍未息向猶大所發的盛怒烈火，因為默納舍種種行事，太激怒了上主，
27 So Yahweh said: Even Judah, will I remove from my presence, as I have removed Israel, —and will reject this city, which I had chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house as to which I had said, My Name, shall be, there.
因此上主說：「我仍要由我面前除去猶大，如同我除去了以色列一樣；我要拋棄我所選擇的這座耶路撒冷城，和我所說我名必留其間的殿」。
28 Now, the rest of the story of Josiah, and all that he did, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
約史雅其餘的事蹟，他的一切作為，都記載在猶大王實錄上。
29 In his days, came up Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, against the king of Assyria, unto the river Euphrates, —and, when King Josiah went against him, he slew him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
約史雅年間，埃及王法郎乃苛上到幼發拉的河，亞述王那裏，約史雅出兵與他對抗，初次會戰，就在默基多陣亡。
30 And his servants conveyed him in a chariot, dead, from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre, —and the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made, him, king, in his father’s stead.
他的臣僕將他的屍體，用車從默基多運到耶路撒冷，葬在他自己的墳墓裏；當地的人民推舉約史雅的兒子約哈次，給他傅油，繼承父位為王。
31 Twenty-three years old, was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah.
約哈次登極時年二十三歲，在耶路撒冷為王三個月，他的母親名叫哈慕塔耳，是里貝納人耶勒米雅的女兒。
32 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his, fathers, had done.
他行上主視為惡的事，完全像他祖先所行的一樣。
33 And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, —and he laid a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
法郎乃苛將他幽禁在哈瑪特的黎貝拉，不要他在耶路撒冷作王，並要那地方繳約一百「塔冷通」銀子和十「塔冷通」金子作賠款。
34 And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, —and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there.
以後，法郎乃苛立了約史雅的兒子厄里雅金繼他父親約史雅為王，給他改名叫約雅金；後將約哈次帶到埃及去了，約哈次就死在那裏。
35 And, the silver and the gold, did Jehoiakim give unto Pharaoh, howbeit he assessed the land, that he might give the silver at the bidding of Pharaoh, —every man, according to his assessment, exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, that he might give it to Pharaoh-necoh.
約雅金將金銀付給法郎，但為交付的求要賠款，只得國家徵稅，要本國人民每人依照自己的家業，繳納金銀，送給法欴乃苛。
36 Twenty-five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah, of Rumah.
約雅金登極時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷為王十一年；他的母親名叫則步達，是魯瑪人培達雅的女兒。
37 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, his fathers, had done.
他行了上主視為惡的事，全像他祖先所行的一樣。
