| 編年紀下 |
2 Chronicles |
| 1事後，約史雅在耶路撒冷向上主舉行逾越節；正月十四日宰殺了逾越節羔羊， |
1Josiah celebrated in Jerusalem a Passover to honor the LORD; the Passover sacrifice was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. |
| 2分派了司祭的職務，勉勵他們在上主殿內服務； |
2He reappointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the LORD'S house. |
| 3然後對那些教誨以色列民眾並祝聖於上主的肋未人說：「你們應將約櫃放在以色列王達味的兒子撒羅滿所建的殿裏，不必再用肩抬；從今以後，只應為上主你們的天主，和他的人民以色列服務。 |
3He said to the Levites who were to instruct all Israel, and who were consecrated to the LORD: "Put the holy ark in the house built by Solomon, son of David, king of Israel. It shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Serve now the LORD, your God, and his people Israel. |
| 4你們應依家族和班次，照以色列王達味和他兒子撒羅滿所規定的，自做準備； |
4Prepare yourselves in your ancestral houses and your classes according to the prescriptions of King David of Israel and his son Solomon. |
| 5要按照家族的班次，照平民兄弟們的需要，在聖殿內值班，每班內應有幾個肋未家族的人。 |
5Stand in the sanctuary according to the divisions of the ancestral houses of your brethren, the common people, so that the distribution of the Levites and the families may be the same. |
| 6應宰殺逾越節羔羊，聖潔自己，為你們弟兄預備一切，全照上主藉梅瑟吩咐的進行。」 |
6Slay the Passover sacrifice, sanctify yourselves, and be at the disposition of your brethren, that all may be carried out according to the word of the LORD given through Moses." |
| 7約史雅於是送給了百姓綿羊羔和山羊羔，凡三萬隻，為在場的人作逾越節的祭品；此外，還有公牛三千頭，全是出於君王所有。 |
7Josiah contributed to the common people a flock of lambs and kids, thirty thousand in number, each to serve as a Passover victim for any who were present, and also three thousand oxen; these were from the king's property. |
| 8他的朝臣也自願給百姓、司祭和肋未人贈送祭品。天主聖殿的主管希耳克雅、則加黎雅和耶希耳，送給了司祭們二千六百隻羔羊，三百頭公牛，作為逾越節的祭品。 |
8His princes also gave a free-will gift to the people, the priests and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, prefects of the house of God, gave to the priests two thousand six hundred Passover victims together with three hundred oxen. |
| 9肋未人的領袖苛納尼雅和他的兩個兄弟舍瑪雅和乃塔乃耳，以及哈沙彼雅、耶依耳和約匝巴得，送給了肋未人五千隻羔羊，五百頭公牛，作為逾越節的祭品。 |
9Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah, Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jehiel and Jozabad, the rulers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites five thousand Passover victims, together with five hundred oxen. |
| 10職務安排好了以後，司祭各站在自己的地方，肋未人亦各按班次，照君王所吩咐的，站在自己的地方， |
10When the service had been arranged, the priests took their places, as did the Levites in their classes according to the king's command. |
| 11宰殺逾越節羔羊，司祭由他們手中接過血來灑，肋未人繼續剝去牲皮， |
11The Passover sacrifice was slaughtered, whereupon the priests sprinkled some of the blood and the Levites proceeded to the skinning. |
| 12將應燒的一份取出來，交給平民按家族分成的小組，叫他們依照梅瑟法律所載，奉獻給上主；他們也照樣奉獻了公牛。 |
12They separated what was destined for the holocaust and gave it to various groups of the ancestral houses of the common people to offer to the LORD, as is prescribed in the book of Moses. They did the same with the oxen. |
| 13然後按照常例，用火烤熟逾越節羔羊，用鍋或鼎，或罐煮熟其餘奉獻的聖物，迅速分給百姓。 |
13They cooked the Passover on the fire as prescribed, and also cooked the sacred meals in pots, caldrons and pans, then brought them quickly to all the common people. |
| 14這以後纔為自己和司祭預備，因為亞郎的子孫司祭們，直到晚上，忙於奉獻全燔祭和脂油，故此肋未人應為自己，也為亞郎的子孫司祭準備一切。 |
14Afterward they prepared the Passover for themselves and for the priests. Indeed the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy offering holocausts and the fatty portions until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron. |
| 15阿撒夫的後裔歌詠者，遵照達味、阿撒夫、赫曼和王的先見者耶杜通的規定，立在自己的地方；門丁看守各門，無須離開自己的職守，因為有他們的弟兄肋未人為他們準備。 |
15The singers, the sons of Asaph, were at their posts as prescribed by David: Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer. The gatekeepers were at every gate; there was no need for them to leave their stations, for their brethren, the Levites, prepared for them. |
| 16這樣，一切為供奉上主，守逾越節，在上主的祭壇上奉獻全燔祭的事務，當日都依照約史雅王的吩咐準備好了。 |
16Thus the entire service of the LORD was arranged that day so that the Passover could be celebrated and the holocausts offered on the altar of the LORD, as King Josiah had commanded. |
| 17在場的以色列子民當時便舉行逾越節，並舉行無酵節七天。 |
17The Israelites who were present on that occasion kept the Passover and the feast of the Unleavened Bread for seven days. |
| 18自先知撒慕爾時日以來，在以色列就從未曾舉行過這樣的逾越節；以色列各君王也沒有舉行過像約史雅同司祭、肋未人，在場的猶大和以色列民眾，並耶路撒冷居民所舉行的這逾越節。 |
18No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel, nor had any king of Israel kept a Passover like that of Josiah, the priests and Levites, all of Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
| 19這次逾越節是在約史雅王第十八年上舉行的。 |
19It was in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign that this Passover was observed. |
| 20這些事以後，約史雅修理完了聖殿，埃及王乃苛上來攻打幼發拉的河畔的加革米士。約史雅便出兵抵抗他。 |
20After Josiah had done all this to restore the temple, Neco, king of Egypt, came up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to intercept him. |
| 21乃苛派使者對約史雅說：「猶大王，我與你有什麼發關係？我今天來不是攻擊你，而是要進攻幼發拉的河，並且天主吩咐我急速前進；你不要干預天主的事，因為天主與我同在，免得他毀滅你。」 |
21Neco sent messengers to him, saying: "What quarrel is between us, king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, for my war is with another kingdom, and God has told me to hasten. Do not interfere with God who is with me, as otherwise he will destroy you." |
| 22約史雅不但不轉身離去，反而堅持要攻打他，不聽從天主藉乃苛所說的話，遂到默基多平原去作戰。 |
22But Josiah would not withdraw from him, for he had sought a pretext for fighting with him. Therefore he would not listen to the words of Neco that came from the mouth of God, but went out to fight in the plain of Megiddo. |
| 23弓手射傷了約史雅王，王對自己的僕人說：「我受了重傷，將我帶走！」 |
23Then the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am seriously wounded." |
| 24他的僕人將他由所乘的車中抱出來，放在另一輛車上，帶到耶路撒冷，王去了世，葬在他的祖先的墳墓裏。全猶大和耶路撒冷都舉喪哀悼約史雅， |
24His servants removed him from his own chariot, placed him in another he had in reserve, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned him. |
| 25耶肋米亞為約史雅作了一首輓歌，所有歌唱的男女都唱這首歌詞來哀悼約史雅，直到今日，甚至在以色列中成了常例。這些歌詞都載在《輓歌集》內。 |
25 Jeremiah also composed a lamentation over Josiah, which is recited to this day by all the male and female singers in their lamentations over Josiah. These have been made obligatory for Israel, and can be found written in the Lamentations. |
| 26約史雅其餘的事蹟，以及他遵循上主法律所載而行的大業， |
26The rest of the chronicle of Josiah, his pious deeds in regard to what is written in the law of the LORD, and his acts, first and last, can be found written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
| 27和他前後所行的事，都記載在《以色列和猶大列王實錄》上。 |
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