< 2 Kings 9 >

1 Then Elisha the Prophet called one of ye children of the Prophets, and sayde vnto him, Gird thy loynes and take this boxe of oyle in thine hand and get thee to Ramoth Gilead.
先知以利沙叫了一個先知門徒來,吩咐他說:「你束上腰,手拿這瓶膏油往基列的拉末去。
2 And when thou commest thither, looke where is Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise vp from among his brethren, and leade him to a secret chamber.
到了那裏,要尋找寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶,使他從同僚中起來,帶他進嚴密的屋子,
3 Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head, and say, Thus sayth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel. then open the doore, and flee without any tarying.
將瓶裏的膏油倒在他頭上,說:『耶和華如此說:我膏你作以色列王。』說完了,就開門逃跑,不要遲延。」
4 So the seruat of ye Prophet gate him to Ramoth Gilead.
於是那少年先知往基列的拉末去了。
5 And when he came in, behold, the captaines of the armie were sitting. And he sayde, I haue a message to thee, O captaine. And Iehu sayd, Vnto which of all vs? And he answered, To thee, O captaine.
到了那裏,看見眾軍長都坐着,就說:「將軍哪,我有話對你說。」耶戶說:「我們眾人裏,你要對哪一個說呢?」回答說:「將軍哪,我要對你說。」
6 And he arose, and went into the house, and he powred the oyle on his head and sayde vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I haue anointed thee for King ouer the people of the Lord, euen ouer Israel.
耶戶就起來,進了屋子,少年人將膏油倒在他頭上,對他說:「耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:『我膏你作耶和華民以色列的王。
7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophets, and the blood of al the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezebel.
你要擊殺你主人亞哈的全家,我好在耶洗別身上伸我僕人眾先知和耶和華一切僕人流血的冤。
8 For the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroied: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel.
亞哈全家必都滅亡,凡屬亞哈的男丁,無論是困住的、自由的,我必從以色列中剪除,
9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah.
使亞哈的家像尼八兒子耶羅波安的家,又像亞希雅兒子巴沙的家。
10 And the dogges shall eate Iezebel in the fielde of Izreel, and there shalbe none to burie her. And he opened the doore, and fled.
耶洗別必在耶斯列田裏被狗所吃,無人葬埋。』」說完了,少年人就開門逃跑了。
11 Then Iehu came out to the seruants of his lord. And one sayd vnto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellowe to thee? And hee sayde vnto them, Ye knowe the man, and what his talke was.
耶戶出來,回到他主人的臣僕那裏,有一人問他說:「平安嗎?這狂妄的人來見你有甚麼事呢?」回答說:「你們認得那人,也知道他說甚麼。」
12 And they sayde, It is false, tell vs it nowe. Then he sayd, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saieth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel.
他們說:「這是假話,你據實地告訴我們。」回答說:「他如此如此對我說。他說:『耶和華如此說:我膏你作以色列王。』」
13 Then they made haste, and tooke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the staires, and blewe the trumpet, saying, Iehu is King.
他們就急忙各將自己的衣服鋪在上層臺階,使耶戶坐在其上;他們吹角,說:「耶戶作王了!」
14 So Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat the sonne of Nimshi conspired against Ioram: (Now Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael King of Aram.
這樣,寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶背叛約蘭。先是約蘭和以色列眾人因為亞蘭王哈薛的緣故,把守基列的拉末;
15 And King Ioram returned to bee healed in Izreel of the woundes, which the Aramites had giuen him, when hee fought with Hazael King of Aram) and Iehu sayde, If it be your mindes, let no man depart and escape out of the citie, to goe and tell in Izreel.
但約蘭王回到耶斯列,醫治與亞蘭王哈薛打仗所受的傷。耶戶說:「若合你們的意思,就不容人逃出城往耶斯列報信去。」
16 So Iehu gate vp into a charet, and went to Izreel: for Ioram lay there, and Ahaziah King of Iudah was come downe to see Ioram.
於是耶戶坐車往耶斯列去,因為約蘭病臥在那裏。猶大王亞哈謝已經下去看望他。
17 And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, and sayd, I see a companie. And Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meete them, that hee may say, Is it peace?
有一個守望的人站在耶斯列的樓上,看見耶戶帶着一群人來,就說:「我看見一群人。」約蘭說:「打發一個騎馬的去迎接他們,問說:平安不平安?」
18 So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu sayd, What hast thou to do with peace? Turne behinde me. And the watchman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.
騎馬的就去迎接耶戶,說:「王問說,平安不平安?」耶戶說:「平安不平安與你何干?你轉在我後頭吧!」守望的人又說:「使者到了他們那裏,卻不回來。」
19 Then hee sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu answered, What hast thou to doe with peace? turne behinde me.
王又打發一個騎馬的去。這人到了他們那裏,說:「王問說,平安不平安?」耶戶說:「平安不平安與你何干?你轉在我後頭吧!」
20 And the watchman tolde, saying, He came to them also, but commeth not againe, and the marching is like the marching of Iehu the sonne of Nimshi: for he marcheth furiously.
守望的人又說:「他到了他們那裏,也不回來;車趕得甚猛,像寧示的孫子耶戶的趕法。」
21 Then Iehoram sayd, Make ready: and his charet was made ready. And Iehoram King of Israel and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu, and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite.
約蘭吩咐說:「套車!」人就給他套車。以色列王約蘭和猶大王亞哈謝各坐自己的車出去迎接耶戶,在耶斯列人拿伯的田那裏遇見他。
22 And when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde, Is it peace, Iehu? And he answered, What peace? whiles the whoredomes of thy mother Iezebel, and her witchcraftes are yet in great nomber?
約蘭見耶戶就說:「耶戶啊,平安嗎?」耶戶說:「你母親耶洗別的淫行邪術這樣多,焉能平安呢?」
23 Then Iehoram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason.
約蘭就轉車逃跑,對亞哈謝說:「亞哈謝啊,反了!」
24 But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fell downe in his charet.
耶戶開滿了弓,射中約蘭的脊背,箭從心窩穿出,約蘭就仆倒在車上。
25 Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captaine, Take, and cast him in some place of the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite: for I remember that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord layed this burden vpon him.
耶戶對他的軍長畢甲說:「你把他拋在耶斯列人拿伯的田間。你當追想,你我一同坐車跟隨他父亞哈的時候,耶和華對亞哈所說的預言,
26 Surely I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sonnes, saide the Lord, and I will render it thee in this fielde, saith the Lord: nowe therefore take and cast him in the fielde, according to the word of the Lord.
說:『我昨日看見拿伯的血和他眾子的血,我必在這塊田上報應你。』這是耶和華說的,現在你要照着耶和華的話,把他拋在這田間。」
27 But when Ahaziah the King of Iudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house: And Iehu pursued after him, and sayd, Smite him also in the charet: and they smote him in the going vp to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And hee fled to Megiddo, and there dyed.
猶大王亞哈謝見這光景,就從園亭之路逃跑。耶戶追趕他,說:「把這人也殺在車上。」到了靠近以伯蓮的姑珥坡上擊傷了他。他逃到米吉多,就死在那裏。
28 And his seruants caried him in a charet to Ierusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.
他的臣僕用車將他的屍首送到耶路撒冷,葬在大衛城他自己的墳墓裏,與他列祖同葬。
29 And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah.
亞哈謝登基作猶大王的時候,是在亞哈的兒子約蘭第十一年。
30 And when Iehu was come to Izreel, Iezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a windowe.
耶戶到了耶斯列;耶洗別聽見就擦粉、梳頭,從窗戶裏往外觀看。
31 And as Iehu entred at the gate, shee sayde, Had Zimri peace, which slewe his master?
耶戶進門的時候,耶洗別說:「殺主人的心利啊,平安嗎?」
32 And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe, and sayd, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her Eunuches looked vnto him.
耶戶抬頭向窗戶觀看,說:「誰順從我?」有兩三個太監從窗戶往外看他。
33 And he sayde, Cast her downe: and they cast her downe, and hee sprinkled of her blood vpon the wall, and vpon the horses, and he trode her vnder foote.
耶戶說:「把她扔下來!」他們就把她扔下來。她的血濺在牆上和馬上;於是把她踐踏了。
34 And when he was come in, he did eate and drinke, and sayde, Visite now yonder cursed woman, and burie her: for she is a Kings daughter.
耶戶進去,吃了喝了,吩咐說:「你們把這被咒詛的婦人葬埋了,因為她是王的女兒。」
35 And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.
他們就去葬埋她,只尋得她的頭骨和腳,並手掌。
36 Wherefore they came agayne and tolde him. And he said, This is the worde of the Lord, which he spake by his seruant Eliiah the Tishbite, saying, In the fielde of Izreel shall ye dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel.
他們回去告訴耶戶,耶戶說:「這正應驗耶和華藉他僕人提斯比人以利亞所說的話,說:『在耶斯列田間,狗必吃耶洗別的肉;
37 And the carkeis of Iezebel shalbe as doung vpon the ground in the field of Izreel, so that none shall say, This is Iezebel.
耶洗別的屍首必在耶斯列田間如同糞土,甚至人不能說這是耶洗別。』」

< 2 Kings 9 >