2 Chronicles 35
1 Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
[慶祝逾越節]事後，約史雅王在耶路撒冷向上主舉行逾越節；正月十四日宰殺了逾越節羔羊，
2 He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the LORD’s house.
分派了司祭的職務，勉勵他們在上主殿內服務；
3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.
然後對那些教誨以色列民眾並祝聖於上主的肋未人說：「你們應將約櫃放在以色列王達味的兒子撒羅滿所建的殿裏，不必再用肩扛；從今以後，只應為上主你們的天主，和他的人民以色列服務。
4 Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
你們應依家族和班次，照以色列王達味和他的兒子撒羅滿所規定的，自做準備；
5 Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites.
要按照家族的班次，照平民兄弟們的需要，在聖殿內值班，每班內應有幾個肋未家族的人。
6 Kill the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the LORD’s word by Moses.”
應宰殺逾越節羔羊，聖潔自己，為你們弟兄預備一切，全照上主藉著梅瑟吩咐的進行。」
7 Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.
約史雅於是送給了百姓綿羊羔和山羔羊，凡三萬隻，為在場的人作逾越節的祭品；此外，還有公牛羊三千頭，全是出於君王所有的。
8 His princes gave a free will offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the rulers of God’s house, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred small livestock, and three hundred head of cattle.
他的朝臣也自願給百姓、司祭和肋未人贈送祭品。天主聖殿的主管希耳克雅、則加黎雅和耶希耳，送給了司祭們二千六百之羔羊，三百頭公牛，作為逾越節的祭品。
9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock and five hundred head of cattle.
肋未人的領袖苛納尼雅和他的兩個兄弟舍瑪雅和乃塔乃耳，以及哈沙彼雅、耶依耳和約匝巴得，送給了肋未人五千隻羔羊，五百頭公牛，作為逾越節的祭品。
10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king’s commandment.
職務安排好了以後，司祭各站在自己的地方，肋未人亦各按班次，照君王所吩咐的，站在自己的地方，
11 They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from their hands, and the Levites skinned them.
宰殺逾越節羔羊，司祭由他們手中接過血來灑，肋未人繼續剝去牲皮，
12 They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of the children of the people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
將應燒的一份取出來，交給平民按家族分成的小組，叫他們依照梅瑟法律所載，奉獻給上主；他們也照樣奉獻了公牛。
13 They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance. They boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.
然後按照常例，用火烤熟逾越節羔羊，用鍋或鼎，或罐煮熟其於奉獻的聖物，迅速分給百姓。
14 Afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busy with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night. Therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
這以後纔為自己和司祭預備，因為亞郎的子孫司祭們，直到晚上，忙於奉獻全燔祭和脂油，故此肋未人應為自己，也為亞郎的子孫司祭準備一切。
15 The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
阿撒夫的後裔歌詠者，遵照達味、阿撒夫、赫曼和王的先見者耶杜通的規定，立在自己的地方；門丁看守各門，無須離開自己的職守，因為有他們的弟兄肋未人為他們準備。
16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the LORD’s altar, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
這樣，一切為供奉上主，守逾越節，在上主的祭壇上奉獻全燔祭的事務，當日都依照約史雅王的吩咐準備好了。
17 The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
在場的以色列子民當時便舉行逾越節，並舉行無酵節七天。
18 There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
自先知撒慕爾時日以來，在以色列就從未曾舉行過這樣的逾越節；以色列各君王也沒有舉行過像約史雅同司祭、肋未人，在場的猶大和以色列民眾，並耶路撒冷居民所舉行的這逾越節。
19 This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
這次逾越節是在約史雅第十八年上舉行的。]約史雅逝世]
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.
這些事以後，約史雅修理完了聖殿，埃及王乃苛上來攻打幼發拉的河畔的加革米士。約史雅便出兵抵抗他。
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”
乃苛派使者對約史雅說：「猶大王，我與你有什麼關係﹖我今天來不是攻擊你，而是要進攻幼發拉的河，並且天主吩咐我急速前進；你不要干預天主的事，因為天主與我同在，免得他毀滅你。」
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
約史雅不但不轉身離去，反而堅持要攻打他，不聽從天主藉乃苛所說的話，遂到默基多平原去作戰。
23 The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
弓手射傷了約史雅王，王對自己的僕人說：「我受了重傷，將我帶走! 」
24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
他的僕人將他由所乘的車中抱出來，放在另一輛車上，帶到耶路撒冷，王去了世，葬在他祖先的墳墓裏。全猶大和耶路撒冷都舉喪哀悼約史雅，
25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
耶肋米亞為約史雅作了一首輓歌，所有歌唱的男女都唱這首歌詞來哀悼約史雅，直到今日，甚至在以色列中成了常例。這些歌詞都載在輓歌集內。
26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the LORD’s law,
約史雅其餘的事蹟，以及他遵循上主法律所載而行的大業，
27 and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
和他前後所行的事蹟，都記載在以色列和猶大列王時錄上。
