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16 於是耶戶坐車往耶斯列去,因為約蘭病臥在那裡;猶大亞哈謝已經下去望看他。

17 有一個守望的人站在耶斯列的樓上,看見耶戶帶著一群人來,就說:「我看見一群人。」約蘭說:「打發一個騎馬的去迎接他們,問說:『平安不平安?』」 18 騎馬的就去迎接耶戶,說:「王問說:『平安不平安?』」耶戶說:「平安不平安與你何干?你轉在我後頭吧!」守望的人又說:「使者到了他們那裡,卻不回來。」

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16 Then he got into his chariot and rode to Jezreel, because Joram was resting there and Ahaziah(A) king of Judah had gone down to see him.

17 When the lookout(B) standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.”

“Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?(C)’”

18 The horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”

“What do you have to do with peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”

The lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them, but he isn’t coming back.”

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