1 Kings 20
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1And Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his host, and there were two and thirty kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and going up, he fought against Samaria, and besieged it.
1亞蘭 王 便‧哈達 聚集他的全軍，率領三十二個王，帶着車馬上來圍攻 撒馬利亞 ；
2And, sending messengers to Achab king of Israel into the city,
2又差遣使者進城見 以色列 王 亞哈 ，對他說：「 便‧哈達 如此說：
3He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver, and thy gold is mine: and thy wives, and thy goodliest children are mine.
3你的金銀都要歸我，你妻子兒女中最美的也要歸我。」
4And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord O king, I am thine, and all that I have.
4以色列 王回答說：「我主我王啊，可以依着你的話，我與我所有的都歸你。」
5And the messengers came again, and said: Thus saith Benadad, who sent us unto thee: Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children thou shalt deliver up to me.
5使者又來說：「 便‧哈達 如此說：我已差遣人去見你，要你將你的金銀、妻子、兒女都給我。
6Tomorrow therefore at this same hour I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants: and all that pleaseth them, they shall put in their hands, and take away.
6但明日約在這時候，我還要差遣臣僕到你那裏，搜查你的家和你僕人的家，將你眼中一切所喜愛的都拿了去。」
7And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold: and I said not nay.
7以色列 王召了國中的長老來，對他們說：「請你們看看，這人是怎樣地謀害 我 ，他先差遣人到我這裏來，要我的妻子、兒女，和金銀，我並沒有推辭他。」
8And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.
8長老和百姓對王說：「不要聽從他，也不要應允他。」
9Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to me thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do.
9故此， 以色列 王對 便‧哈達 的使者說：「你們告訴我主我王說：王頭一次差遣人向僕人所要的，僕人都依從；但這次所要的，我不能依從。」使者就去回覆 便‧哈達 。
10And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
10便‧哈達 又差遣人去見 亞哈 說：「 撒馬利亞 的塵土若夠跟從我的人每人捧一捧的，願神明重重地降罰與我！」
11And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.
11以色列 王說：「你告訴他說，才頂 盔 貫 甲 的，休要像摘 盔 卸 甲 的誇口。」
12And it came to pass, when Benadad heard this word, that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions, and he said to his servants: Beset the city. And they beset it.
12便‧哈達 和諸王正在帳幕裏喝酒，聽見這話，就對他臣僕說：「擺隊吧！」他們就擺隊攻城。
13And behold a prophet coming to Achab king of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude, behold I will deliver them into thy hand this day: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord.
13有一個先知來見 以色列 王 亞哈 ，說：「耶和華如此說：『這一大群人你看見了嗎？今日我必將他們交在你手裏，你就知道我是耶和華。』」
14And Achab said: By whom? And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. And he said: Who shall begin to fight? And he said: Thou.
14亞哈 說：「藉着誰呢？」他回答說：「耶和華說，藉着跟從省長的少年人。」 亞哈 說：「要誰率領呢？」他說：「要你親自率領。」
15So he mustered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and he found the number of two hundred and thirty-two: and he mustered after them the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand:
15於是 亞哈 數點跟從省長的少年人，共有二百三十二名，後又數點 以色列 的眾兵，共有七千名。
16And they went out at noon. But Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings with him, who were come to help him.
16午間，他們就出城； 便‧哈達 和幫助他的三十二個王正在帳幕裏痛飲。
17And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria.
17跟從省長的少年人先出城； 便‧哈達 差遣人去 探望 ，他們回報說：「有人從 撒馬利亞 出來了。」
18And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.
18他說：「他們若為講和出來，要活捉他們；若為打仗出來，也要活捉他們。」
19So the servants of the princes of the provinces went out, and the rest of the army followed:
19跟從省長的少年人出城，軍兵跟隨他們；
20And every one slew the man that came against him: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled away on horseback with his horsemen.
20各人遇見敵人就殺。 亞蘭 人逃跑， 以色列 人追趕他們； 亞蘭 王 便‧哈達 騎着馬和馬兵一同逃跑。
21But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
21以色列 王出城攻打車馬，大大擊殺 亞蘭 人。
22(And a prophet coming to the king of Israel, said to him: Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and see what thou dost: for the next year the king of Syria will come up against thee.)
22那先知來見 以色列 王，對他說：「你當自強，留心怎樣防備；因為到明年這時候， 亞蘭 王必上來攻擊你。」
23But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.
23亞蘭 王的臣僕對 亞蘭 王說：「 以色列 人的神是山神，所以他們勝過我們；但在平原與他們打仗，我們必定得勝。
24Do thou therefore this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead:
24王當這樣行：把諸王革去，派軍長代替他們，
25And make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine, and horses according to the former horses, and chariots according to the chariots which thou hadst before: and we will fight against them in the plains, and thou shalt see that we shall overcome them. He believed their counsel and did so.
25又照着王喪失軍兵之數，再招募一軍，馬補馬，車補車，我們在平原與他們打仗，必定得勝。」王便聽臣僕的話去行。
26Wherefore at the return of the year, Benadad mustered the Syrians, ancient up to Aphec, to fight against Israel.
26次年， 便‧哈達 果然點齊 亞蘭 人上 亞弗 去，要與 以色列 人打仗。
27And the children of Israel were mustered, and taking victuals went out on the other side, and camped over against them, like two little hocks of goats: but the Syrians filled the land.
27以色列 人也點齊軍兵，預備食物，迎着 亞蘭 人出去，對着他們安營，好像兩小群山羊羔； 亞蘭 人卻滿了地面。
28(And a man of God coming, said to the king of Israel: Thus saith the Lord: Because the Syrians have said: The Lord is God of the hills, but is not God of the valleys: I will deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.)
28有神人來見 以色列 王，說：「耶和華如此說：『 亞蘭 人既說我－耶和華是山神，不是平原的神，所以我必將這一大群人都交在你手中，你們就知道我是耶和華。』」
29And both sides set their armies in array one against the other seven days, and on the seventh day the battle was fought: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
29以色列 人與 亞蘭 人相對安營七日，到第七日兩軍交戰；那一日 以色列 人殺了 亞蘭 人步兵十萬，
30And they that remained fled to Aphec, into the city: and the wall fell upon seven and twenty thousand men, that were left. And Benadad fleeing went into the city, into a chamber that was within a chamber.
30其餘的逃入 亞弗 城；城牆塌倒，壓死剩下的二萬七千人。 便‧哈達 也逃入城，藏在嚴密的屋子裏。
31And his servants said to him: Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful: so let us put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save our lives.
31他的臣僕對他說：「我們聽說 以色列 王都是仁慈的王，現在我們不如腰束麻布，頭套繩索，出去投降 以色列 王，或者他存留王的性命。」
32So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said to him: Thy servant Benadad saith: I beseech thee let me have my life. And he said: If he be yet alive he is my brother.
32於是他們腰束麻布，頭套繩索，去見 以色列 王，說：「王的僕人 便‧哈達 說，求王存留我的性命。」 亞哈 說：「他還活着嗎？他是我的兄弟。」
33The men took this for a sign: and in haste caught the word out of his mouth, and said: Thy brother Benadad. And he said to them: Go, and bring him to me. Then Benadad came out to him, and he lifted him up into his chariot.
33這些人留心探出他的口氣來，便急忙就着他的話說：「 便‧哈達 是王的兄弟！」王說：「你們去請他來。」 便‧哈達 出來見王，王就請他上車。
34And he said to him: The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore: and do thou make thee streets in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria, and having made a league I will depart from thee. So he made a league with him, and let him go.
34便‧哈達 對王說：「我父從你父那裏所奪的城邑，我必歸還。你可以在 大馬士革 立街市，像我父在 撒馬利亞 所立的一樣。」 亞哈 說：「我照此立約，放你回去」，就與他立約，放他去了。
35Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his companion in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.
35有先知的一個門徒奉耶和華的命對他的同伴說：「你打我吧！」那人不肯打他。
36Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of the Lord, behold then shalt depart from me, and a lion shall slay thee. And when he was gone a little from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
36他就對那人說：「你既不聽從耶和華的話，你一離開我，必有獅子咬死你。」那人一離開他，果然遇見獅子，把他咬死了。
37Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him.
37先知的門徒又遇見一個人，對他說：「你打我吧！」那人就打他，將他打傷。
38So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.
38他就去了，用頭巾蒙眼，改換面目，在路旁等候王。
39And as the king passed by, he cried to the king, and said: Thy servant went out to fight hand to hand: and when a certain man was run away, one brought him to me, and said: Keep this man: and if he shall slip away, thy life shall be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
39王從那裏經過，他向王呼叫說：「僕人在陣上的時候，有人帶了一個人來，對我說：『你看守這人，若把他失了，你的性命必代替他的性命；不然，你必交出一他連得銀子來。』
40And whilst I in a hurry turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.
40僕人正在忙亂之間，那人就不見了。」 以色列 王對他說：「你自己定妥了，必照樣判斷你。」
41But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.
41他急忙除掉蒙眼的頭巾， 以色列 王就認出他是一個先知。
42And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a mall worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.
42他對王說：「耶和華如此說：『因你將我定要滅絕的人放去，你的命就必代替他的命，你的民也必代替他的民。』」
43And the king of Israel returned to his house, slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria.
43於是 以色列 王悶悶不樂地回到 撒馬利亞 ，進了他的宮。
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