| 編年紀下 |
2 Chronicles |
| 1阿瑪責雅登極時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡二十九年；他的母親名叫約阿當，是耶路撒冷人。 |
1Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother, named Jehoaddan, was from Jerusalem. |
| 2他行了上主視為正義的事，只是心不專一。 |
2He did what was pleasing in the sight of the LORD, though not wholeheartedly. |
| 3及至王權已掌握在他手中之後，他將弒殺他父王的臣僕殺掉； |
3After he had strengthened his hold on the kingdom, he slew those of his servants who had killed the king, his father; |
| 4但沒有將他們的子女處死，因為按梅瑟法律書上所載的，上主曾命令說：「不可為兒子的罪處死父親，亦不可為父親的罪處死兒子；每人應為自己的罪被處死刑。」 |
4but he did not put their children to death, for he acted according to what is written in the law, in the Book of Moses, as the LORD commanded: "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; but only for his own guilt shall a man be put to death." |
| 5阿瑪責雅召集了猶大人，按他們的家族，為全猶大和本雅明安置了千夫長和百夫長，統計了人民，由二十歲及以上的，凡能操槍持盾，能出征上陣的精兵，共有三十萬； |
5Amaziah mustered Judah and placed them, out of all Judah and Benjamin according to their ancestral houses, under leaders of thousands and of hundreds. When he had counted those of twenty years and over, he found them to be three hundred thousand picked men fit for war, capable of handling lance and shield. |
| 6又用一百「塔冷通」銀子，由以色列招募了十萬勇敢的戰士。 |
6He also hired a hundred thousand valiant warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver. |
| 7有天主的人前來見他，對他說：「請大王不要帶以色列軍隊與你同往，因為上主不與以色列，即厄弗辣因所有的子孫在一起。 |
7But a man of God came to him and said: "O king, let not the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel, with any Ephraimite. |
| 8如果你以為這樣可以戰勝，天主必使你敗於敵人之前，因為天主有能力助人，亦有能力使人潰敗。」 |
8Instead, go on your own, strongly prepared for the conflict; otherwise the LORD will defeat you in the face of the enemy. It is God who has the power to reinforce or to defeat." |
| 9阿瑪責雅問天主的人說：「我已給了以色列僱傭兵一百『塔冷通』銀子，那怎麼辦呢？」天主的人回答說：「上主能將比這更多的賜給你。」 |
9Amaziah answered the man of God, "But what is to be done about the hundred talents that I paid for the troops of Israel?" The man of God replied, "The LORD can give you much more than that." |
| 10阿瑪責雅於是將從厄弗辣因來的僱傭兵分出來，遣送回家；因此他們非常懷恨猶大人，憤憤地回了家。 |
10Amaziah then disbanded the troops that had come to him from Ephraim, and sent them home. They, however, became furiously angry with Judah, and returned home blazing with resentment. |
| 11阿瑪責雅鼓起勇氣，率領自己的軍隊來到鹽谷，擊殺了一萬色依爾人。 |
11Amaziah now assumed command of his army. They proceeded to the Valley of Salt, and there they killed ten thousand men of Seir. |
| 12猶大子民又生擒了一萬，帶到石崖頂上，由石崖頂上將他們推下去，都摔得支離破碎。 |
12The Judahites also brought back another ten thousand alive, whom they led to the summit of the Rock and then cast down, so that they were all crushed. |
| 13但是，那些被阿瑪責雅遣回，不准一同出征的僱傭兵，卻侵入猶大各城，由撒瑪黎雅直到貝特曷龍，擊殺了三千人，掠去了許多財物。 |
13Meanwhile, the mercenaries whom Amaziah had dismissed from battle service with him raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon. They killed three thousand of the inhabitants and took away much booty. |
| 14阿瑪責雅打敗厄東人回來時，也將色依爾子民的神像帶回來，立為自己的神，在他們前焚香頂禮； |
14When Amaziah returned from his conquest of the Edomites he brought back with him the gods of the people of Seir, which he set up as his own gods; he bowed down before them and offered sacrifice to them. |
| 15因此上主向阿瑪責雅發怒，派一位先知去見他，對他說：「這個民族的神未能拯救自己的百姓脫離你的手，你為什麼還求他們呢？」 |
15Then the anger of the LORD blazed out against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him who said: "Why have you had recourse to this people's gods that could not save their own people from your hand?" |
| 16先知正與君王說話時，君王對他說：「莫非我們立了你作君王的謀士？不必再說！你為什麼來尋死呢？」先知便止住了，只聲明說：「我知道天主已決意要消滅你，因為你作了這事，還不聽從我的勸戒。」 |
16While he was still speaking, however, the king said to him: "Have you been made the king's counselor? Be silent! Why should it be necessary to kill you?" Therefore the prophet desisted. "I know, however," he said, "that God has let you take counsel to your own destruction, because you have done this thing and have refused to hear my counsel." |
| 17猶大王阿瑪責雅聚議以後，便派人到以色列王耶胡的孫子，約阿哈次的兒子耶曷阿士那裏去說：「來，讓我們見個高低！」 |
17Having taken counsel, King Amaziah of Judah sent messengers to Joash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us meet each other face to face." |
| 18以色列王耶曷阿士派人回答猶大王阿瑪責雅說：「黎巴嫩的荊棘派使者去見黎巴嫩的香柏說：將你的女兒嫁給我的兒子為妻！後來有一隻黎巴嫩的野獸經過，將這棵荊棘踏壞了。 |
18King Joash of Israel sent this reply to King Amaziah of Judah: "The thistle of the Lebanon sent a message to the cedar of the Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for his wife.' But the wild beasts of the Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle down. |
| 19你想你打敗了厄東，你就心高氣傲，自鳴得意。現在，你還是留在家裏罷！又何必惹禍，使你和猶大一同喪亡呢？」 |
19You are thinking, 'See, I have beaten Edom!', and thus ambition makes you proud. Remain at home. Why involve yourself, and Judah with you, in misfortune and failure?" |
| 20但是，阿瑪責雅不肯聽從；這原是出於天主，要將他們交於敵人手中，因為他們求問了厄東的神。 |
20But Amaziah would not listen, for God had determined to hand them over because they had had recourse to the gods of Edom. |
| 21於是以色列王耶曷阿士上來，在猶大的貝特舍默士，與猶大王阿瑪責雅相見了。 |
21Therefore King Joash of Israel advanced and he and King Amaziah met in battle at Beth-shemesh of Judah. |
| 22猶大人被以色列擊敗，各自逃回帳幕去了。 |
22There Judah was defeated by Israel, and all the Judean soldiers fled homeward. |
| 23以色列王耶曷阿士在貝特舍默士生擒了阿哈齊雅的孫子，約阿士的兒子猶大王阿瑪責雅，帶到耶路撒冷，將耶路撒冷的城墻拆了一個缺口，從厄弗辣因門直到角門，共四百肘； |
23King Joash of Israel captured Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a distance of four hundred cubits. |
| 24又將敖貝得厄東所看守的天主殿內的一切金銀和器皿，並王宮的財寶都拿了去；又帶着人質，回了撒瑪黎雅。 |
24 He took away all the gold and silver and all the vessels he found in the house of God with Obed-edom, together with the treasures of the palace, and hostages as well. Then he returned to Samaria. |
| 25以色列王約阿哈次的兒子耶曷阿士死後，猶大王約阿士的兒子阿瑪責雅還活了十五年。 |
25Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, survived Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, by fifteen years. |
| 26阿瑪責雅前後其餘的事蹟，都記載在《猶大和以色列列王實錄》上。 |
26The rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, can be found written, as is well known, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. |
| 27自從阿瑪責雅離棄了上主以後，在耶路撒冷就有人結黨反抗他，他即逃往拉基士，但是叛黨派人追到拉基士，在那裏將他殺死。 |
27Now from the time that Amaziah ceased to follow the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem; hence he fled to Lachish. But they pursued him to Lachish and put him to death there. |
| 28然後將他的屍體用馬駄回，葬在達味城，和他的祖先埋在一起。 |
28 They brought him back on horses and buried him with his ancestors in the City of Judah. |
