歷代志下 24
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1約阿施 登基的時候年七歲，在 耶路撒冷 作王四十年。他母親名叫 西比亞 ，是 別是巴 人。
1Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
2祭司 耶何耶大 在世的時候， 約阿施 行耶和華眼中看為正的事。
2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3耶何耶大 為他娶了兩個妻，並且生兒養女。
3Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
4此後， 約阿施 有意重修耶和華的殿，
4Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
5便召聚眾祭司和 利未 人，吩咐他們說：「你們要往 猶大 各城去，使 以色列 眾人捐納銀子，每年可以修理你們上帝的殿；你們要急速辦理這事。」只是 利未 人不急速辦理。
5So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
6王召了大祭司 耶何耶大 來，對他說：「從前耶和華的僕人 摩西 ，為法 櫃 的帳幕與 以色列 會眾所定的捐項，你為何不叫 利未 人 照這例 從 猶大 和 耶路撒冷 帶來 作殿的費用呢 ？」（
6So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
7因為那惡婦 亞她利雅 的眾子曾拆毀上帝的殿，又用耶和華殿中分別為聖的物供奉 巴力 。）
7For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
8於是王下令，眾人做了一櫃，放在耶和華殿的門外，
8At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
9又通告 猶大 和 耶路撒冷 的百姓，要將上帝僕人 摩西 在曠野所吩咐 以色列 人的捐項給耶和華送來。
9And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
10眾首領和百姓都歡歡喜喜地將銀子送來，投入櫃中，直到捐完。
10All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
11利未 人見銀子多了，就把櫃抬到王所派的司事面前；王的書記和大祭司的屬員來將櫃倒空，仍放在原處。日日都是這樣，積蓄的銀子甚多。
11Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
12王與 耶何耶大 將銀子交給耶和華殿裏辦事的人，他們就雇了石匠、木匠重修耶和華的殿，又雇了鐵匠、銅匠修理耶和華的殿。
12Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
13工人操作，漸漸修成，將上帝殿修造得與從前一樣，而且甚是堅固。
13So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
14工程完了，他們就把其餘的銀子拿到王與 耶何耶大 面前，用以製造耶和華殿供奉所用的器皿和調羹，並金銀的器皿。 耶何耶大 在世的時候，眾人常在耶和華殿裏獻燔祭。
14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
15耶何耶大 年紀老邁，日子滿足而死。死的時候年一百三十歲，
15When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
16葬在 大衛城 列王的墳墓裏；因為他在 以色列 人中行善，又事奉上帝，修理上帝的殿。
16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
17耶何耶大 死後， 猶大 的眾首領來朝拜王；王就聽從他們。
17After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
18他們離棄耶和華－他們列祖上帝的殿，去事奉 亞舍拉 和偶像；因他們這罪，就有忿怒臨到 猶大 和 耶路撒冷 。
18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
19但上帝仍遣先知到他們那裏，引導他們歸向耶和華。這先知警戒他們，他們卻不肯聽。
19Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.
20那時，上帝的靈感動祭司 耶何耶大 的兒子 撒迦利亞 ，他就站在上面對民說：「上帝如此說：你們為何干犯耶和華的誡命，以致不得亨通呢？因為你們離棄耶和華，所以他也離棄你們。」
20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
21眾民同心謀害 撒迦利亞 ，就照王的吩咐，在耶和華殿的院內用石頭打死他。
21But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
22這樣， 約阿施 王不想念 撒迦利亞 的父親 耶何耶大 向自己所施的恩，殺了他的兒子。 撒迦利亞 臨死的時候說：「願耶和華鑒察伸冤！」
22Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
23滿了一年， 亞蘭 的軍兵上來攻擊 約阿施 ，來到 猶大 和 耶路撒冷 ，殺了民中的眾首領，將所掠的財貨送到 大馬士革 王那裏。
23In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
24亞蘭 的軍兵雖來了一小隊，耶和華卻將大隊的軍兵交在他們手裏，是因 猶大 人離棄耶和華－他們列祖的上帝，所以藉 亞蘭 人懲罰 約阿施 。
24Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
25亞蘭 人離開 約阿施 的時候，他患重病；臣僕背叛他，要報祭司 耶何耶大 兒子流血之仇，殺他在床上，葬他在 大衛城 ，只是不葬在列王的墳墓裏。
25And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
26背叛他的是 亞捫 婦人 示米押 的兒子 撒拔 和 摩押 婦人 示米利 的兒子 約薩拔 。
26Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27至於他的眾子和他所受的警戒，並他重修上帝殿的事，都寫在列王的傳上。他兒子 亞瑪謝 接續他作王。
27The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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