列王纪上 20
1 亚兰王便·哈达聚集他的全军，率领三十二个王，带着车马上来围攻撒马利亚；
Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together. There were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria and fought against it.
2 又差遣使者进城见以色列王亚哈，对他说：“便·哈达如此说：
He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Ben Hadad says this:
3 你的金银都要归我，你妻子儿女中最美的也要归我。”
'Your silver and your gold are mine. Also your wives and children, the best ones, are now mine.'”
4 以色列王回答说：“我主我王啊，可以依着你的话，我与我所有的都归你。”
The king of Israel answered and said, “It is as you say, my master, king. I and all that I have are yours.”
5 使者又来说：“便·哈达如此说：我已差遣人去见你，要你将你的金银、妻子、儿女都给我。
The messengers came again and said, “Ben Hadad says this, 'I sent word to you saying that you must give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
6 但明日约在这时候，我还要差遣臣仆到你那里，搜查你的家和你仆人的家，将你眼中一切所喜爱的都拿了去。”
But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and your servants' houses. They will seize with their own hands and take away whatever pleases their eyes.'”
7 以色列王召了国中的长老来，对他们说：“请你们看看，这人是怎样地谋害我，他先差遣人到我这里来，要我的妻子、儿女，和金银，我并没有推辞他。”
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land together and said, “Please take note and see how this man seeks trouble. He has sent word to me in order to take my wives, children, and silver and gold, and I have not refused him.”
8 长老和百姓对王说：“不要听从他，也不要应允他。”
All the elders and all the people said to Ahab, “Do not listen to him or consent to his demands.”
9 故此，以色列王对便·哈达的使者说：“你们告诉我主我王说：王头一次差遣人向仆人所要的，仆人都依从；但这次所要的，我不能依从。”使者就去回复便·哈达。
So Ahab said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my master the king, 'I agree to everything that you sent your servant to do the first time, but I cannot accept this second demand.'” So the messengers left and took this response to Ben Hadad.
10 便·哈达又差遣人去见亚哈说：“撒马利亚的尘土若够跟从我的人每人捧一捧的，愿神明重重地降罚与我！”
Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each.”
11 以色列王说：“你告诉他说，才顶盔贯甲的，休要像摘盔卸甲的夸口。”
The king of Israel answered and said, “Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor, should boast as if he were taking it off.'”
12 便·哈达和诸王正在帐幕里喝酒，听见这话，就对他臣仆说：“摆队吧！”他们就摆队攻城。
Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings under him who were in their tents. Ben Hadad commanded his men, “Line yourselves up in position for battle.” So they prepared themselves in position of battle to attack the city.
13 有一个先知来见以色列王亚哈，说：“耶和华如此说：‘这一大群人你看见了吗？今日我必将他们交在你手里，你就知道我是耶和华。’”
Then behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Yahweh says, 'Have you seen this great army? Look, I will place it into your hand today, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
14 亚哈说：“借着谁呢？”他回答说：“耶和华说，借着跟从省长的少年人。”亚哈说：“要谁率领呢？”他说：“要你亲自率领。”
Ahab replied, “By whom?” Yahweh replied and said, “By the young officers who serve the governors of the districts.” Then Ahab said, “Who will begin the battle?” Yahweh answered, “You.”
15 于是亚哈数点跟从省长的少年人，共有二百三十二名，后又数点以色列的众兵，共有七千名。
Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel; seven thousand in number.
16 午间，他们就出城；便·哈达和帮助他的三十二个王正在帐幕里痛饮。
They went out at noon. Ben Hadad had been drinking himself drunk in his tent, he and the thirty-two lesser kings who were supporting him.
17 跟从省长的少年人先出城；便·哈达差遣人去探望，他们回报说：“有人从撒马利亚出来了。”
The young officers who served the governors of the districts went forward first. Then Ben Hadad was informed by scouts that he had sent out, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
18 他说：“他们若为讲和出来，要活捉他们；若为打仗出来，也要活捉他们。”
Ben Hadad said, “Whether they have come out for peace or war, take them alive.”
19 跟从省长的少年人出城，军兵跟随他们；
So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city and the army followed them.
20 各人遇见敌人就杀。亚兰人逃跑，以色列人追赶他们；亚兰王便·哈达骑着马和马兵一同逃跑。
Each man killed his opponent. The Arameans fled and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse along with some horsemen.
21 以色列王出城攻打车马，大大击杀亚兰人。
Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.
22 那先知来见以色列王，对他说：“你当自强，留心怎样防备；因为到明年这时候，亚兰王必上来攻击你。”
So the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and understand and plan what you are doing, because at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against you again.”
23 亚兰王的臣仆对亚兰王说：“以色列人的神是山神，所以他们胜过我们；但在平原与他们打仗，我们必定得胜。
The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.
24 王当这样行：把诸王革去，派军长代替他们，
So you must do this: Remove all the kings from their positions of authority and replace them with military commanders.
25 又照着王丧失军兵之数，再招募一军，马补马，车补车，我们在平原与他们打仗，必定得胜。”王便听臣仆的话去行。
Raise up an army like the army you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are.” So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did what they advised.
26 次年，便·哈达果然点齐亚兰人上亚弗去，要与以色列人打仗。
After the beginning of the new year, Ben Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
27 以色列人也点齐军兵，预备食物，迎着亚兰人出去，对着他们安营，好像两小群山羊羔；亚兰人却满了地面。
The people of Israel were mustered and supplied to fight against them. The people of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the countryside.
28 有神人来见以色列王，说：“耶和华如此说：‘亚兰人既说我—耶和华是山神，不是平原的神，所以我必将这一大群人都交在你手中，你们就知道我是耶和华。’”
Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, “Yahweh says: 'Because the Arameans have said that Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys, I will place this great army into your hand, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
29 以色列人与亚兰人相对安营七日，到第七日两军交战；那一日以色列人杀了亚兰人步兵十万，
So the armies camped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle started. The people of Israel killed 100,000 Aramean footmen in one day.
30 其余的逃入亚弗城；城墙塌倒，压死剩下的二万七千人。 便·哈达也逃入城，藏在严密的屋子里。
The rest fled to Aphek, into the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner room.
31 他的臣仆对他说：“我们听说以色列王都是仁慈的王，现在我们不如腰束麻布，头套绳索，出去投降以色列王，或者他存留王的性命。”
Ben Hadad's servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
32 于是他们腰束麻布，头套绳索，去见以色列王，说：“王的仆人便·哈达说，求王存留我的性命。”亚哈说：“他还活着吗？他是我的兄弟。”
So they put sackcloth on their waists and ropes around their heads and then went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad said, 'Please let me live.'” Ahab said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
33 这些人留心探出他的口气来，便急忙就着他的话说：“便·哈达是王的兄弟！”王说：“你们去请他来。”便·哈达出来见王，王就请他上车。
Now the men were listening for any sign from Ahab, so they quickly answered him, “Yes, your brother Ben Hadad is alive.” Then Ahab said, “Go and bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came to him, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
34 便·哈达对王说：“我父从你父那里所夺的城邑，我必归还。你可以在大马士革立街市，像我父在撒马利亚所立的一样。”亚哈说：“我照此立约，放你回去”，就与他立约，放他去了。
Ben Hadad said to Ahab, “I will restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may make markets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab replied, “I will let you go with this covenant.” So Ahab made a covenant with him and then let him go.
35 有先知的一个门徒奉耶和华的命对他的同伴说：“你打我吧！”那人不肯打他。
A certain man, one of the sons of the prophets, said to one of his fellow prophets by the word of Yahweh, “Please hit me.” But the man refused to hit him.
36 他就对那人说：“你既不听从耶和华的话，你一离开我，必有狮子咬死你。”那人一离开他，果然遇见狮子，把他咬死了。
Then the prophet said to his fellow prophet, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as that man had left him, a lion came upon him and killed him.
37 先知的门徒又遇见一个人，对他说：“你打我吧！”那人就打他，将他打伤。
Then the prophet found another man and said, “Please hit me.” So the man hit him and wounded him.
38 他就去了，用头巾蒙眼，改换面目，在路旁等候王。
Then the prophet left and waited for the king by the road; he had disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
39 王从那里经过，他向王呼叫说：“仆人在阵上的时候，有人带了一个人来，对我说：‘你看守这人，若把他失了，你的性命必代替他的性命；不然，你必交出一他连得银子来。’
As the king passed by, the prophet cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the heat of the battle, and a soldier stopped and brought a man to me and said, 'Watch this man. If by any means he goes missing, your life will be given for his life, or you must pay a talent of silver.'
40 仆人正在忙乱之间，那人就不见了。”以色列王对他说：“你自己定妥了，必照样判断你。”
But because your servant was busy going here and there, the man escaped.” Then the king of Israel said to him, “This is what your punishment will be—you yourself have decided it.”
41 他急忙除掉蒙眼的头巾，以色列王就认出他是一个先知。
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
42 他对王说：“耶和华如此说：‘因你将我定要灭绝的人放去，你的命就必代替他的命，你的民也必代替他的民。’”
The prophet said to the king, “Yahweh says, 'Because you have let go from your hand the man whom I had sentenced to death, your life will take the place of his life, and your people for his people.'”
43 于是以色列王闷闷不乐地回到撒马利亚，进了他的宫。
So the king of Israel went to his house resentful and angry, and arrived in Samaria.
