2 Chronicles 18
1 Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab [of Israel].
[南北聯婚齊戰阿蘭]約沙法特的財產豐富，尊榮很大，且與阿哈布聯婚。
2 Several years later, he went down [from Jerusalem] to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle [for a feast].
幾年內以後，他到撒瑪黎雅去見阿哈布。阿哈布為他和跟從他的隨員，宰殺了許多牛羊，慫恿他去攻打辣摩特基肋阿得。
3 Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you [and your army] go with my army to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “My soldiers and I will go to the battle when you tell us to go.”
以色列王阿哈布對猶大王約沙法特說：「你願意同我一起去攻打辣摩特基肋阿得嗎﹖」約沙法特回答說：「你我原不分彼此，我的人民就是你的人民；我必與你同去作戰。」[假先知預言勝利]
4 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
約沙法特對以色列王說：「請你先求問上主的答話! 」
5 So the king of Israel gathered all his 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go to attack the people of Ramoth [city], or should we not do that?” They replied, “Yes, go [and attack them] because God will enable your army to defeat them.”
以色列王於是召集了先知，共四百人，問他們說：「我們應該上去進攻辣摩特基肋阿得﹖還是不去呢﹖」他們回答說：「上主，天主必將那地交於大王手中。」
6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
但是約沙法特說：「這裏就沒有一位上只的先知，我們可以託他求問嗎﹖」
7 The king of Israel replied, “There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, his name is Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts [that] bad [things will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
以色列王回答約沙法特說：「還有一個人，可以託他求問天主，不過我憎恨他，因為他對我說預言，總不說吉祥話，常說兇言；這人就是依默拉的兒子米加雅。」約沙法特對他說：「請大王別這樣說! 」
8 So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
於是以色列王召來一個宦官，吩咐他說：「快去將依默拉的兒子米加雅召來! 」
9 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on their thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of [Ahab’s] prophets were standing in front of them, predicting what was going to happen.
當時以色列王和猶大王約沙法特在撒瑪黎雅城門前的廣場上，各穿朝服，坐在寶座上；所有的先知在他們面前說預言。
10 [One of them whose name was] Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns [like these], your [army] will keep attacking the army of Syria [like a bull attacks another animal], until you completely destroy them.’”
革納阿納的兒子漆德克雅帶了一些鐵角說：「上主這樣說：你要用這些鐵角刺殺阿蘭人，直到將他們消滅。」
11 All the other prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them.”
所有的先知也這樣預言說：「你上辣摩特基肋阿得去必會勝利，上主必將那地交於大王手中! 」[米加雅預言戰敗]
12 The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful [in the battle]. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!”
那去召米加雅的使者對米加雅說：「看，先知們都異口同聲對君王說吉祥的話，希望你說的話也與他們每人說的話一樣，也是吉祥的話! 」
13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
米加雅回答說：「我指著永生的上主起誓：我的天主吩咐什麼，我就說什麼! 」
14 When Micaiah arrived, the king [of Israel] asked him, “Should we go to attack Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
米加雅來到王那裏，王就問他說：「米加雅，我們應該上去進攻辣摩特基肋阿得，還是不去呢﹖」他回答說：「上去，必然勝利，他們必落在你們手中。」
15 But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was lying, so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
君王對他說：「我應當多少次叫你宣誓，你纔奉上主的名，對我說實話呢﹖」
16 Then Micaiah replied, “[The truth is that in a vision] I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
米加雅答說：「我看見全以色列散在山上，好像沒有牧人的羊群。上主說：這些人既然沒有主人，更好各自平安回家去罷! 」
17 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He [always] predicts that bad things will happen to me.”
以色列王對約沙法特說：「我不是告訴過你，他對我說預言，總不說吉祥話，只說兇言麼﹖」
18 But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven [standing around him], on his right side and on his left side.
米加雅答說：「請你們靜聽上主的話：我見上主坐在寶座上，天上的萬軍侍立在他左右。
19 And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ “Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
上主問說：誰去唆使以色列王阿哈布上去，叫他陣王在辣摩特基肋阿得呢﹖那時有的說這樣，有的說那樣。
20 “Finally one spirit, [having received a message from Satan], came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ “Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
以後有一個神出來，立在上主面前說：我能唆使他。上主的問他說：用什麼方法﹖
21 “The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
那神答說：我去，在他所有先知們口中做虛言的神。上主回答說：你能唆使，也必會成功的，就去照樣辦罷!
22 “So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
現在上主將虛言的神放入你這些先知口中，上主已注定你必遭殃。」
23 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?”
那時，革納阿納的兒子漆德克雅前來，打米加雅的臉說：「上主的神由那條路離開了我，而同你說話呢﹖」
24 Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian soldiers]!”
米加雅答說：「在你進入最嚴密的室內隱藏的那一天，你就會知道了! 」
25 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
以色列王吩咐說：「將米加雅帶去，交給阿孟市長和約阿布王子，
26 Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely [from the battle]!”
說君王這樣吩咐：將這人下在監裏，少給他吃的喝的，等我平安回來。」
27 Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
米加雅說：「你如果能平安回來，那麼，上主就沒藉我說過話。」又說：「眾百姓! 你們要聽清楚啊! 」[阿哈布陣亡]
28 So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
以色列王遂與猶大王約沙法特上去進攻辣摩特基肋阿得。
29 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king.] But you should wear your royal robe.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
以色列王對約沙法特說：「我要改裝上陣，你可仍穿朝服。」於是以色列王改裝上了陣。
30 The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
阿蘭王曾吩咐自己的戰車隊長說：「你們不必與大小將士交戰，只攻打以色列王。」
31 So when the soldiers who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing the royal robes], they thought “He must be the king of Israel!”
戰車隊長一看見約沙法特，便說：「這必是以色列王! 」遂將他包圍，向他進攻；約沙法特連聲叫苦，上主援助了他，天主使敵人遠離了他。
32 So they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, Yahweh helped him, and they realized that he was not the king of Israel. And God caused them to stop pursuing him.
戰車隊長見他不是以色列王，就不再追擊他。
33 But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been [severely] wounded!”
有人偶然一箭，正射入以色列王的鎧甲與腰帶中，君王對駕車的人說：「轉回，載我離開陣地，我已受傷。」
34 The battle continued all that day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
但那天戰事越來越激烈，以色列王仍立在車上，抵抗阿蘭人，直到晚上；日落的時後，王就死了。
