2 Chronicles:Chapter 20

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2 Chronicles:Chapter 20

編年紀(下)	2 Chronicles
¹此後，摩阿布人、阿孟人，還有一些瑪紅人前來攻打約沙法特。	¹After this the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites, were gathered together to fight against Josaphat.
²有人來告訴約沙法特說：「由海那邊，由厄東有一支大軍前來攻擊你；他們現已到達哈匝宗塔瑪爾，即恩革狄。」	²And there came messengers, and told Josaphat, saying: There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea, and out of Syria, and behold they are in Asasonthamar, which is Engaddi.
³約沙法特害了怕，一面懇求上主，一面宣佈全猶大禁食。	³And Josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Juda.
⁴猶大人遂集會，求上主援助；猶大各城的人也前來祈求上主。	⁴And Juda gathered themselves together to pray to the Lord: and all came out of their cities to make supplication to him.
⁵約沙法特在猶大和耶路撒冷的會眾中，站在上主殿宇的新院前，	⁵And Josaphat stood in the midst of the assembly of Juda, and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord before the new court,
⁶說「上主，我們祖先的天主！你不是天上的天主嗎？你不是治理萬國萬民的麼？你手中有能力和權威，沒有誰能抵抗你。	⁶And said: O Lord God of our fathers, thou art God in heaven, and rulest over all the kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is strength and power, and no one can resist thee.
⁷我們的天主！不是你將這地方的居民，在你百姓以色列面前趕走，將這地方永遠賜給了你友人亞巴郎的後代嗎？	⁷Didst not thou our God kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
⁸他們現在住在這地方，並在這地方為你的名建造了聖殿說：	⁸And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:
⁹如果我們遭遇了禍患，刀兵災害，或瘟疫饑饉，我們站在這殿前和你面前，在災難中向你呼籲，你必予以垂聽，施行拯救，因為你的名在這殿內。	⁹If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence before this house, in which thy name is called upon: and we will cry to thee in our afflictions, and thou wilt hear, and save us.
¹⁰現在你看，阿孟人、摩阿布人以及色依爾山中的人，這些人是以色列出離埃及時，你曾禁止以色列侵犯，以色列便繞道遠離，未加消滅的人。	¹⁰Now therefore behold the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they came out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not,
¹¹你看他們如何報復我們，要來驅逐我們離開你賜予我們為基業的地方。	¹¹Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.
¹²我們的天主，你不懲罰他們麼？我們實在沒有力量抵抗來攻擊我們的這支龐大的軍隊，我們也不知道該作什麼，我們的眼睛惟有仰望你。」	¹²O our God, wilt thou not then judge them? as for us we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee.
¹³當時全猶大民眾，連他們全家妻子兒女，都立在上主面前。	¹³And all Juda stood before the Lord with their little ones, and their wives, and their children.
¹⁴上主的神在會眾中臨於肋未人阿撒夫的後裔，瑪塔尼雅的玄孫，耶依耳的曾孫，貝納雅的孫子，則加黎雅的兒子雅哈齊耳身上，	¹⁴And Jahaziel the son of Zacharias, the son of Banaias, the son of Jehiel, the son of Mathanias, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, was there, upon whom the spirit of the Lord came in the midst of the multitude,
¹⁵他遂說：「全猶大人，耶路撒冷的居民以及約沙法特王，都要靜聽！上主這樣對你們說：你們不要為這支龐大軍隊害怕，因為戰爭不在乎你們，而在乎天主。	¹⁵And he said: Attend ye, all Juda, and you that dwell in Jerusalem, and thou king Josaphat: Thus saith the Lord to you: Fear ye not, and be not dismayed at this multitude: for the battle is not yours, but God's.
¹⁶明天你們要下去迎敵，他們要由漆茲山坡上來，你們要在耶魯耳曠野前的谷口遇到他們。	¹⁶Tomorrow you shall go down against them: for they will come up by the ascent named Sis, and you shall find them at the head of the torrent, which is over against the wilderness of Jeruel.
¹⁷這次你們無須交戰，只須佈陣以待，觀看上主為你們所行的救援。猶大和耶路撒冷，不必畏懼，不必害怕！明天你們只管出去迎敵，因為上主與你們同在。」	¹⁷It shall not be you that shall fight, but only stand with confidence, and you shall see the help of the Lord over you, O Juda, and Jerusalem: fear ye not, nor be you dismayed: tomorrow you shall go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.
¹⁸約沙法特遂俯首至地，猶大民眾和耶路撒冷居民也都俯伏在上主面前，朝拜上主。	¹⁸Then Josaphat, and Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell hat on the ground before the Lord, and adored him.
¹⁹刻哈特子孫和科辣黑子孫中的肋未人起立，引吭高歌，讚頌上主以色列的天主。	¹⁹And the Levites of the sons of Caath, and of the sons of Core praised the Lord the God of Israel with a loud voice, on high.
²⁰次日，他們一早就起來，開往特科亞曠野；在出發時，約沙法特立起來說：「猶大和耶路撒冷的居民，請聽我的話；你們信賴上主你們的天主，必保生命；相信他的先知，必定勝利。」	²⁰And they rose early in the morning, and went out through the desert of Thecua: and as they were marching, Josaphat standing in the midst of them, said: Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be secure: believe his prophets, and all things shall succeed well.
²¹他與百姓商定之後，便派歌詠人員讚頌上主，身穿聖潔服裝，走在軍隊前面，歌頌說：「你們應讚頌上主，因為他的慈愛永遠常存！」	²¹And he gave counsel to the people, and appointed the singing men of the Lord, to praise him by their companies, and to go before the army, and with one voice to say: Give glory to the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever.
²²他們正歌頌讚美時，上主派出伏兵，襲擊了那些來攻擊猶大的阿孟人、摩阿布人和色依爾山地的居民；他們便被擊敗了。	²²And when they began to sing praises, the Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves, that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to fight against Juda, and they were slain.
²³阿孟人和摩阿布人起來攻擊色依爾山地的居民，決心將他們殺盡滅絕；殲滅了色依爾山地居民以後，他們又自相殘殺。	²³For the children of Ammon, and of Moab, rose up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of them, they turned also against one another, and destroyed one another.
²⁴猶大人到了俯瞰曠野的高崗上，觀望大軍，見伏屍遍野，沒有一個逃脫的。	²⁴And when Juda came to the watch tower, that looketh toward the desert, they saw afar off all the country, for a great space, full of dead bodies, and that no one was left that could escape death.
²⁵約沙法特遂帶他的軍民去掠奪敵人的財物，見有大批的牲畜、財物、衣服和寶物；足足掠取了三天，奪得的財物多得不能攜帶，因為實在太多。	²⁵Then Josaphat came, and all the people with him to take away the spoils of the dead, and they found among the dead bodies, stuff of various kinds, and garments, and most precious vessels: and they took them for themselves, insomuch that they could not carry all, nor in three days take away the spoils, the booty was so great.
²⁶第四天，他們聚集在巴辣加谷，在那裏讚頌了上主，為此給那地起名叫巴辣加谷，直到今天。	²⁶And on the fourth day they were assembled in the valley of Blessing: for there they blessed the Lord, and therefore they called that place the valley of Blessing until this day.
²⁷此後，猶大和耶路撒冷所有的軍民，由約沙法特率領，凱旋回了耶路撒冷，因為上主使他們戰勝仇敵，因而異常歡樂，	²⁷And every man of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem returned, and Josaphat at their head, into Jerusalem with great joy, because the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.
²⁸都彈着琴，鼓着瑟，吹着號，來到耶路撒冷，進了上主的殿。	²⁸And they came into Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets into the house of the Lord.
²⁹列國的民族一聽說上主擊敗了以色列的敵人，都對天主起了恐怖的心。	²⁹And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
³⁰約沙法特的王國於是獲享太平，因為天主賜他四境平安。	³⁰And the kingdom of Josaphat was quiet, and God gave him peace round about.
³¹約沙法特為猶大王，即位時年三十五歲，在耶路撒冷為王凡二十五年；他的母親名叫阿組巴，是史肋希的女兒。	³¹And Josaphat reigned over Juda, and he was five and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Selahi.
³²約沙法特走了他父親阿撒的道路，未偏左右，行了上主視為正義的事；	³²And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and departed not from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.
³³只是丘壇沒有剷除，人民仍沒有全心全意歸向他們祖先的天主。	³³But yet he took not away the high places, and the people had not yet turned their heart to the Lord the God of their fathers.
³⁴約沙法特前後其餘的事蹟，都記載在哈納尼之子耶胡的《言行錄》上；這《言行錄》收集在《以色列列王實錄》內。	³⁴But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, first and last, are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he digested into the books of the kings of Israel.
³⁵此後，猶大王約沙法特與作惡多端的以色列王阿哈齊雅聯盟，	³⁵After these things Josaphat king of Juda made friendship with Ochozias king of Israel, whose works were very wicked.
³⁶合夥製造船隻，開往塔爾史士去；他們合力在厄茲雍革貝爾製造了一些船。	³⁶And he was partner with him in making ships, to go to Tharsis: and they made the ships in Asiongaber.
³⁷瑪勒沙人多達瓦的兒子厄里厄則爾講預言攻擊約沙法特說：「因為你與阿哈齊雅聯盟，上主必要破壞你所造的船隻。」後來那些船隻果然遭受破壞，未能開往塔爾史士。	³⁷And Eliezer the son of Dodau of Maresa prophesied to Josaphat, saying: Because thou hast made a league with Ochozias, the Lord hath destroyed thy works, and the ships are broken, and they could not go to Tharsis.

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