< 2 Kings 23 >
1 And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
王差遣人招聚犹大和耶路撒冷的众长老来。
2 and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.
王和犹大众人与耶路撒冷的居民,并祭司、先知,和所有的百姓,无论大小,都一同上到耶和华的殿;王就把耶和华殿里所得的约书念给他们听。
3 And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.
王站在柱旁,在耶和华面前立约,要尽心尽性地顺从耶和华,遵守他的诫命、法度、律例,成就这书上所记的约言。众民都服从这约。
4 And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.
王吩咐大祭司希勒家和副祭司,并把门的,将那为巴力和亚舍拉,并天上万象所造的器皿,都从耶和华殿里搬出来,在耶路撒冷外汲沦溪旁的田间烧了,把灰拿到伯特利去。
5 And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem, ) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.
从前犹大列王所立拜偶像的祭司,在犹大城邑的邱坛和耶路撒冷的周围烧香,现在王都废去,又废去向巴力和日、月、行星,并天上万象烧香的人;
6 And he bringeth out the shrine from the house of Jehovah to the outside of Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burneth it at the brook Kidron, and beateth it small to dust, and casteth its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.
又从耶和华殿里将亚舍拉搬到耶路撒冷外汲沦溪边焚烧,打碎成灰,将灰撒在平民的坟上;
7 And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.
又拆毁耶和华殿里娈童的屋子,就是妇女为亚舍拉织帐子的屋子,
8 And he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that [are] at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that [is] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city;
并且从犹大的城邑带众祭司来,污秽祭司烧香的邱坛,从迦巴直到别是巴,又拆毁城门旁的邱坛,这邱坛在邑宰约书亚门前,进城门的左边。
9 only, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brethren.
但是邱坛的祭司不登耶路撒冷耶和华的坛,只在他们弟兄中间吃无酵饼。
10 And he hath defiled Topheth, that [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.
又污秽欣嫩子谷的陀斐特,不许人在那里使儿女经火献给摩洛;
11 And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that [is] in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.
又将犹大列王在耶和华殿门旁、太监拿单·米勒靠近游廊的屋子、向日头所献的马废去,且用火焚烧日车。
12 And the altars that [are] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.
犹大列王在亚哈斯楼顶上所筑的坛和玛拿西在耶和华殿两院中所筑的坛,王都拆毁打碎了,就把灰倒在汲沦溪中。
13 And the high places that [are] on the front of Jerusalem, that [are] on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.
从前以色列王所罗门在耶路撒冷前、邪僻山右边为西顿人可憎的神亚斯她录、摩押人可憎的神基抹、亚扪人可憎的神米勒公所筑的邱坛,王都污秽了,
14 And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
又打碎柱像,砍下木偶,将人的骨头充满了那地方。
15 and also the altar that [is] in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place — he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.
他将伯特利的坛,就是叫以色列人陷在罪里、尼八的儿子耶罗波安所筑的那坛,都拆毁焚烧,打碎成灰,并焚烧了亚舍拉。
16 And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that [are] there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth [them] on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
约西亚回头,看见山上的坟墓,就打发人将坟墓里的骸骨取出来,烧在坛上,污秽了坛,正如从前神人宣传耶和华的话。
17 And he saith, 'What [is] this sign that I see?' and the men of the city say unto him, 'The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.'
约西亚问说:“我所看见的是什么碑?”那城里的人回答说:“先前有神人从犹大来,预先说王现在向伯特利坛所行的事,这就是他的墓碑。”
18 And he saith, 'Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
约西亚说:“由他吧!不要挪移他的骸骨。”他们就不动他的骸骨,也不动从撒马利亚来那先知的骸骨。
19 And also all the houses of the high places that [are] in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.
从前以色列诸王在撒马利亚的城邑建筑邱坛的殿,惹动耶和华的怒气,现在约西亚都废去了,就如他在伯特利所行的一般;
20 And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who [are] there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
又将邱坛的祭司都杀在坛上,并在坛上烧人的骨头,就回耶路撒冷去了。
21 And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, 'Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.'
王吩咐众民说:“你们当照这约书上所写的,向耶和华—你们的 神守逾越节。”
22 Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;
自从士师治理以色列人和以色列王、犹大王的时候,直到如今,实在没有守过这样的逾越节;
23 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
只有约西亚王十八年在耶路撒冷向耶和华守这逾越节。
24 And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.
凡犹大国和耶路撒冷所有交鬼的、行巫术的,与家中的神像和偶像,并一切可憎之物,约西亚尽都除掉,成就了祭司希勒家在耶和华殿里所得律法书上所写的话。
25 And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.
在约西亚以前没有王像他尽心、尽性、尽力地归向耶和华,遵行摩西的一切律法;在他以后也没有兴起一个王像他。
26 Only, Jehovah hath not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked him,
然而,耶和华向犹大所发猛烈的怒气仍不止息,是因玛拿西诸事惹动他。
27 and Jehovah saith, 'Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen — Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'
耶和华说:“我必将犹大人从我面前赶出,如同赶出以色列人一般;我必弃掉我从前所选择的这城—耶路撒冷和我所说立我名的殿。”
28 And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
约西亚其余的事,凡他所行的都写在犹大列王记上。
29 In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.
约西亚年间,埃及王法老尼哥上到幼发拉底河攻击亚述王;约西亚王去抵挡他。埃及王遇见约西亚在米吉多,就杀了他。
30 And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.
他的臣仆用车将他的尸首从米吉多送到耶路撒冷,葬在他自己的坟墓里。国民膏约西亚的儿子约哈斯接续他父亲作王。
31 A son of twenty and three years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,
约哈斯登基的时候年二十三岁,在耶路撒冷作王三个月。他母亲名叫哈慕她,是立拿人耶利米的女儿。
32 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did,
约哈斯行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,效法他列祖一切所行的。
33 and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land — a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
法老尼哥将约哈斯锁禁在哈马地的利比拉,不许他在耶路撒冷作王,又罚犹大国银子一百他连得,金子一他连得。
34 And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.
法老尼哥立约西亚的儿子以利亚敬接续他父亲约西亚作王,给他改名叫约雅敬,却将约哈斯带到埃及,他就死在那里。
35 And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh.
约雅敬将金银给法老,遵着法老的命向国民征取金银,按着各人的力量派定,索要金银,好给法老尼哥。
36 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,
约雅敬登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母亲名叫西布大,是鲁玛人毗大雅的女儿。
37 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.
约雅敬行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,效法他列祖一切所行的。