< 2 Chronicles 23 >
1 And in the year seventh he strengthened himself Jehoiada and he took [the] commanders of the hundreds to Azariah [the] son of Jeroham and to Ishmael [the] son of Jehohanan and to Azariah [the] son of Obed and with Maaseiah [the] son of Adaiah and with Elishaphat [the] son of Zikri with himself in covenant.
第七年,耶何耶大奮勇自強,將百夫長耶羅罕的兒子亞撒利雅,約哈難的兒子以實瑪利,俄備得的兒子亞撒利雅,亞大雅的兒子瑪西雅,細基利的兒子以利沙法召來,與他們立約。
2 And they went around in Judah and they gathered the Levites from all [the] cities of Judah and [the] heads of the fathers of Israel and they came to Jerusalem.
他們走遍猶大,從猶大各城裏招聚利未人和以色列的眾族長到耶路撒冷來。
3 And it made all the assembly a covenant in [the] house of God with the king and he said to them here! [the] son of the king he will reign just as he spoke Yahweh on [the] sons of David.
會眾在上帝殿裏與王立約。耶何耶大對他們說:「看哪,王的兒子必當作王,正如耶和華指着大衛子孫所應許的話」;
4 This [is] the thing which you will do the third [part] of you [who] come of the sabbath to the priests and to the Levites [will become] [the] gatekeepers of the thresholds.
又說:「你們當這樣行:祭司和利未人凡安息日進班的,三分之一要把守各門,
5 And the third [part] [will be] at [the] house of the king and the third [part] [will be] at [the] gate of the foundation and all the people [will be] in [the] courts of [the] house of Yahweh.
三分之一要在王宮,三分之一要在基址門;眾百姓要在耶和華殿的院內。
6 And may not anyone go [the] house of Yahweh that except the priests and those [who] are serving of the Levites they they will go for [are] holiness they and all the people they will keep [the] duty of Yahweh.
除了祭司和供職的利未人之外,不准別人進耶和華的殿;惟獨他們可以進去,因為他們聖潔。眾百姓要遵守耶和華所吩咐的。
7 And they will surround the Levites the king all around each man and weapons his in hand his and the [one who] comes into the house he will be put to death and be with the king when comes he and when goes out he.
利未人要手中各拿兵器,四圍護衛王;凡擅入殿宇的,必當治死。王出入的時候,你們當跟隨他。」
8 And they did the Levites and all Judah according to all that he had commanded Jehoiada the priest and they took each men his [who] were coming of the sabbath with [who] were going out of the sabbath for not he dismissed Jehoiada the priest the divisions.
利未人和猶大眾人都照着祭司耶何耶大一切所吩咐的去行,各帶所管安息日進班出班的人來,因為祭司耶何耶大不許他們下班。
9 And he gave Jehoiada the priest to [the] commanders of the hundreds the spears and the shields and the shields which [had belonged] to the king David which [were] [the] house of God.
祭司耶何耶大便將上帝殿裏所藏大衛王的槍、盾牌、擋牌交給百夫長,
10 And he stationed all the people and each - weapon his [was] in hand his from [the] side of the house south to [the] side of the house north to the altar and to the house at the king all around.
又分派眾民手中各拿兵器,在壇和殿那裏,從殿右直到殿左,站在王子的四圍;
11 And they brought out [the] son of the king and they put on him the crown and the testimony and they made king him and they anointed him Jehoiada and sons his and they said may he live the king.
於是領王子出來,給他戴上冠冕,將律法書交給他,立他作王。耶何耶大和眾子膏他,眾人說:「願王萬歲!」
12 And she heard Athaliah [the] sound of the people who were running and who were praising the king and she came to the people [the] house of Yahweh.
亞她利雅聽見民奔走讚美王的聲音,就到民那裏,進耶和華的殿,
13 And she saw and there! the king [was] standing at pillar his at the entrance and the officials and the trumpets [were] with the king and all [the] people of the land [was] joyful and [was] giving a blast on trumpets and the singers with [the] instruments of song [were] leading to praise and she tore Athaliah clothes her and she said treason treason.
看見王站在殿門的柱旁,百夫長和吹號的人侍立在王左右,國民都歡樂吹號,又有歌唱的,用各樣的樂器領人歌唱讚美;亞她利雅就撕裂衣服,喊叫說:「反了!反了!」
14 And he sent out Jehoiada the priest [the] commanders of the hundreds - [the] officers of the army and he said to them bring out her to from between the ranks and the [one who] goes after her he will be put to death with the sword for he had said the priest not you must put to death her [the] house of Yahweh.
祭司耶何耶大帶管轄軍兵的百夫長出來,吩咐他們說:「將她趕到班外,凡跟隨她的必用刀殺死!」因為祭司說:「不可在耶和華殿裏殺她。」
15 And they put to her hands and she went to [the] entrance of [the] gate of the horses [the] house of the king and they put to death her there.
眾兵就閃開,讓她去;她走到王宮的馬門,便在那裏把她殺了。
16 And he made Jehoiada a covenant between himself and between all the people and between the king to become a people of Yahweh.
耶何耶大與眾民和王立約,都要作耶和華的民。
17 And they went all the people [the] house of Baal and they pulled down it and altars its and images its they broke and Mattan [the] priest of Baal they killed before the altars.
於是眾民都到巴力廟,拆毀了廟,打碎壇和像,又在壇前將巴力的祭司瑪坦殺了。
18 And he put Jehoiada [the] oversight of [the] house of Yahweh in [the] hand of the priests the Levites whom he had assigned David over [the] house of Yahweh to offer up [the] burnt offerings of Yahweh according to [what] is written in [the] law of Moses with joy and with song on [the] hands of David.
耶何耶大派官看守耶和華的殿,是在祭司利未人手下。這祭司利未人是大衛分派在耶和華殿中、照摩西律法上所寫的,給耶和華獻燔祭,又按大衛所定的例,歡樂歌唱;
19 And he stationed the gatekeepers at [the] gates of [the] house of Yahweh and not he came a [person] unclean to any matter.
且設立守門的把守耶和華殿的各門,無論為何事,不潔淨的人都不准進去。
20 And he took [the] commanders of the hundreds and the nobles and the rulers over the people and - all [the] people of the land and he brought down the king from [the] house of Yahweh and they came in [the] middle of [the] gate upper [the] house of the king and they made sit the king on [the] throne of royalty.
又率領百夫長和貴冑,與民間的官長,並國中的眾民,請王從耶和華殿下來,由上門進入王宮,立王坐在國位上。
21 And they rejoiced all [the] people of the land and the city it was at peace and Athaliah they had put to death with the sword.
國民都歡樂,合城都安靜。眾人已將亞她利雅用刀殺了。