2 Chronicles 21

1 Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the City of David. And his son, Jehoram, reigned in his place.

[約蘭王的惡行]約沙法特與列祖同眠，與祖先一同葬在達味城；他的兒子約蘭繼位為王。

2 And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah.

他的兄弟，約沙法特的兒子：哈匝黎雅、耶希耳、則加黎雅、阿匝黎雅、米加耳和舍法提雅，這些都是猶大王約沙法特的兒子，

3 And their father gave to them many gifts of silver, and gold, and valuables, with very fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom he handed on to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

他們的父親將許多禮品，金銀財寶，以及猶大的堅城分封了他們，卻將王位賜給了約蘭，因為他是長子。

4 Therefore, Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father. And when he had established himself, he killed with the sword all his brothers, and certain ones from the leaders of Israel.

當約蘭登上了他父親的王位鞏固了自己的勢力以後，就殺了他所有的兄弟，和幾個以色列首領。

5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

約蘭即位時年三十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王八年。

6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For his wife was a daughter of Ahab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

他走了以色列王所走的道路，有如阿哈布家一樣，因為他娶了阿哈布的女兒為妻，行了上主視為惡的事。

7 But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had formed with him, and because he had promised that he would provide a lamp to him, and to his sons, for all time.

但是，上主不願消滅達味家室，因為曾與達味立過約，應許時常給他和他的子孫留下一盞明燈。[天主降罰]

8 In those days, Edom rebelled, so as not to be subject to Judah, and they appointed for themselves a king.

約蘭年間，厄東反叛，脫離了猶大的統治，自立為王。

9 And when Jehoram had gone across with his leaders, and all the horsemen who were with him, he arose in the night, and struck the Edomites (who had surrounded him), and all the commanders of his horsemen.

約蘭率領自己的軍長和所有的戰車前去聲討；他夜間起來，衝出了包圍他和戰車隊長的厄東人。

10 Even so, Edom rebelled, so as not to be under the authority of Judah, even to this day. Also at that time, Libnah withdrew, so as not to be under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.

這樣，厄東人脫離了猶大的統治，直到現在。里貝納也同時叛變，脫離了猶大的統治，因為君王離棄了上主，他祖先的天主，

11 Moreover, he also constructed high places in the cities of Judah. And he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, and Judah to prevaricate.

並且在猶大山上建立了高丘，使耶路撒冷的居民行淫，使猶大人背信。

12 Then letters were conveyed to him from the prophet Elijah, in which it was written: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, the king of Judah,

有人給他送來厄里亞先知的一封信，信上說：「上主，你祖先達味的天主這樣說：因為你沒有走你父親約沙法特的路，又沒有走猶大王阿撒的路，

13 but instead you have advanced along the paths of the kings of Israel, and you have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, imitating the fornication of the house of Ahab, and moreover, you have killed your brothers, the house of your father, who are better than you:

反而走了以色列王的路，引誘猶大和耶路撒冷的居民行淫，如同阿哈布家行淫一樣；又因為你殺了你父親家中那些比你好的兄弟，

14 behold, the Lord will strike you with a great plague, with all your people, and your sons and wives, and all your substance.

上主必以巨大的災禍打擊你的百姓，你的妻子兒女，以及你所有的財產。

15 And you shall be sickened by a very grievous disease of your bowels, until your inner organs depart, little by little, each day.”

至於你，你必生一種極嚴厲的病，腸胃病，以至兩年內，你的腸子都要流出來。」[預言實現]

16 Therefore, the Lord stirred up, against Jehoram, the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who are along the borders of the Ethiopians.

上主激起培肋舍特人和臨近雇士的阿剌伯人的心，與約蘭為敵。

17 And they ascended into the land of Judah. And they laid waste to it. And they despoiled all the substance that was found in the house of the king, including even his sons and wives. Neither did there remain for him any son, except Jehoahaz, who was the youngest born.

他們遂前來攻擊猶大，侵入境內，掠去了王宮所有的財物，擄去了他的兒子妻妾；除他最小的兒子約阿哈次，沒有給他留下一個兒子。

18 And in addition to all these things, the Lord struck him with an incurable disease of the bowels.

此後，上主以一種不能醫治的腸胃病打擊了約蘭。

19 And as day followed after day, and the space of time turned, the course of two years was completed. And after having been wasted by a long consumption, so much so that even his inner organs were discharged, the disease ended along with his life. And so he died of a very grievous illness. And the people did not make a funeral for him, according to the custom of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.

這病纏綿了一年多；二年末，當他的終期來到時，他的腸子因病都流了出來，他在極苦痛中死了。他的百姓沒有為他舉行焚香禮，如同為他的列祖所行的一樣。

20 He was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. And he did not walk uprightly. And they buried him in the City of David, yet truly, not in the sepulcher of the kings.

他即位時年三十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王八年。他逝世後，無人表示悲哀。人將他葬於達味城，但沒有葬在王陵內。