< 2 Chronicles 23 >

1 Forsothe in the seuenthe yeer Joiada was coumfortid, and took centuriouns, that is, Azarie, sone of Jeroboam, and Ismael, the sone of Johannam, and Azarie, the sone of Obeth, and Maasie, the sone of Adaie, and Elisaphat, the sone of Zechri; and he made with hem a counsel and a boond of pees.
[約阿士登極]第七年,約雅達自告奮勇,將眾百夫長:耶洛罕的兒子阿匝黎雅,約哈南的兒子依市瑪耳,敖貝得的兒子阿匝黎雅,阿達雅的兒子瑪阿色雅和齊革黎的兒子厄里沙法特召來,與他們立約。
2 Which cumpassiden Juda, and gaderiden togidere dekenes of alle the citees of Juda, and the princes of the meynees of Israel, and camen in to Jerusalem.
他們走遍了猶大,召集猶大各城的肋未人,和以色列各族長一起來到耶路撒冷。
3 Therfor al the multitude made couenaunt in the hows of the Lord with the kyng. And Joiada seide to hem, Lo! the sone of the kyng schal regne, as the Lord spak on the sones of Dauid.
全會眾在天主殿內與君王立了約。約雅達對他們說:「這就是太子。按照上主論及達味的子孫所說的話,他必須作王!
4 Therfor this is the word, which ye schulen do.
你們要這樣行:你們中間逢安息日來值班的司祭和肋未人,三分之一應把守各門,
5 The thridde part of you that ben comun to the sabat, of preestis, and of dekenes, and of porterys, schal be in the yatis; sotheli the thridde part schal be at the hows of the kyng; and the thridde part schal be at the yate, which is clepid of the foundement. Forsothe al the tother comyn puple be in the large places of the hows of the Lord;
三分之一應把守王宮,三分之一應把守馬門;所有的百姓都應在上主殿宇的庭院裏,
6 and noon other man entre in to the hows of the Lord, no but preestis, and thei that mynystren of the dekenes; oneli entre thei, that ben halewid, and al the tother comyn puple kepe the kepyngis of the Lord.
除司祭和供職的肋未人外,任何人不得進入上主的殿,唯有他們可以進,因為他們是聖潔的;所有的百姓必須遵守上主的命令。
7 Forsothe the dekenes cumpasse the kyng, and ech man haue hise armuris; and if ony othere man entrith in to the temple, be he slayn; and be thei with the kyng entrynge and goynge out.
肋未人手裏各拿著武器,環繞君王;凡擅自進殿的,該將他殺死。君王出入時,你們要緊隨不離。」
8 Therfor the dekenes and al Juda diden bi alle thingis, which Joiada, the bischop, hadde comaundid; and alle token the men, that weren with hem, and camen bi the ordre of sabat with hem, that hadden `fillid now the sabat, and schulen go out.
肋未人和猶大民眾,都按照大司祭約雅達所吩咐的一切遵行了,各自帶領在安息日值班的,和安息日下班的人,因為大司祭約雅達不准下班。
9 For Joiada, the bischop, suffride not the cumpenyes to go awei, that weren wont to come oon after `the tother bi ech wouke. And Joiada, the preest, yaf to the centuriouns speris, and scheeldis, and bokeleris of kyng Dauid, whiche he hadde halewid in to the hows of the Lord.
大司祭約雅達便將天主殿內,屬達味王的刀槍和大小盾牌,交給了眾百夫長,
10 And he ordeynede al the puple, of hem `that helden swerdis, at the riyt side of the temple `til to the left side of the temple, bifor the auter and the temple, bi cumpas of the king.
指令民眾各持武器,由殿南邊直到殿北邊,面對祭壇和聖殿,環立在君王四周。
11 And thei ledden out the sone of the kyng, and settiden a diademe on hym; and thei yauen to hym in his hond the lawe to be holdun, and thei maden hym kyng. And Joiada, the bischop, and his sones anoyntiden hym; and thei preiden hertli, and seiden, The kyng lyue!
然後引出太子來,給他加冕,再將約書交給他,立他為王;約雅達和他的兒子們給他傅了油,眾人遂喊說:「君王萬歲! 」[阿塔里雅被殺]
12 And whanne Athalia hadde herd this thing, that is, the vois of men rennynge and preisynge the kyng, sche entride to the puple, in to the temple of the Lord.
阿塔里雅聽見百姓奔走歌頌君王的歡呼聲,就進上主的殿,到了百姓前,
13 And whanne sche hadde seyn the kyng stondynge on the grees in the entryng, and the princes and cumpenyes of knyytis aboute hym, and al the puple of the lond ioiynge, and sownynge with trumpis, and syngynge togidere with orguns of dyuerse kynde, and the vois of men preisynge, sche to-rente hir clothis, and seide, Tresouns! tresouns!
看見君王立在殿門旁的高台上,百夫長和吹號的侍立在君王左右,所有當地人民歡躍吹號,歌詠團用各種樂器領導人歌唱頌揚;阿塔里雅就撕裂了自己的衣服說:「反了! 反了! 」
14 Sotheli Joiada, the bischop, yede out to the centuriouns, and princes of the oost, and seide to hem, Lede ye hir with out the `purseyntis, ethir closyngis, of the temple, and be sche slayn with outforth bi swerd; and the preest comaundide, that sche schulde not be slayn in the hows of the Lord.
大司祭約雅達吩咐領軍隊的眾百夫長,說:「將她由行列中趕出去,凡隨從她的人,都用刀殺死。」原來大司祭曾吩咐說:不可在上主的殿內殺她。
15 And thei settiden hondis on hir nol; and whanne she hadde entrid in to the yate of the horsis, of the kyngis hows, thei killiden hir there.
於是人捉住她,在她走到王宮馬門口時,在那裏將她殺了。[宗教改革]
16 Forsothe Joiada couenauntide a boond of pees bitwixe him silf and al the puple and the kyng, that it schulde be the puple of the Lord.
此後,約雅達使人民和君王與上主立約,當作上主的人民。
17 Therfor al the puple entride in to the hows of Baal, and distrieden it, and braken the auteris and symylacris therof; but thei killiden bifor the auteris Mathan, the preest of Baal.
然後全體人民到了巴耳廟,將廟拆毀,將祭壇和偶像打碎,又在祭壇前斬了巴耳的司祭瑪堂。
18 Forsothe Joiada ordeynede souereyns in the hows of the Lord, that vndur the hondis of preestis, and of dekenes, whiche Dauid departide in the hows of the Lord, thei schulden offre brent sacrifices to the Lord, as it is writun in the book of Moises, in ioie and songis, by the ordynaunce of Dauid.
約雅達將看守市主殿宇的職責,交在司祭和肋未人手內,因為他們原是達味早已分派在上主殿內,照梅瑟法律所載,向上主獻全燔祭,按照達味的定例,歡躍歌唱的。
19 Also he ordeynede porteris in the yatis of the hows of the Lord, that an vnclene man in ony thing schulde not entre in to it.
又指派門丁看守上主殿宇的各門,無論在任何事上,凡是不潔淨的,都不准進。
20 And he took the centuriouns, and strongeste men, and princes of the puple, and al the comyn puple of the lond. And thei maden the kyng to go doun fro the hows of the Lord, and to entre bi the myddis of the hiyere yate in to the hows of the kyng; and thei settiden hym in the kyngis trone.
最後率領百夫長、貴族、民間領袖和當地人民,接君王從上主的殿下來,經上門進入王宮,請君王坐在王位上。
21 And al the puple of the lond was glad, and the citee restide; forsothe Athalia was slayn bi swerd.
於是全國人民喜慶,京城也平靜了;至於阿塔里雅,已為刀所殺。

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