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以利亞預言亞哈謝必死

亞哈死後,摩押背叛以色列。 有一天,亞哈謝在撒瑪利亞,從樓上的窗戶掉下來,他就病了;於是他差派使者,對他們說:“你們去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,我這個病到底能否復原?” 但耶和華的使者對提斯比人以利亞說:“你動身上去迎著撒瑪利亞王的使者,對他們說:‘你們去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,是因為以色列中沒有 神嗎? 因此,耶和華這樣說:你必不能從你躺上去的那張床上下來,因為你必定死。’”於是以利亞去了。

眾使者回到亞哈謝那裡;他對他們說:“你們為甚麼回來呢?” 他們對王說:“有一個人上來迎著我們,又對我們說:‘去吧,回到那差派你們的王那裡,對他說:耶和華這樣說:你派人去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,是因為以色列中沒有 神嗎?因此,你必不能從你躺上去的那張床上下來,因為你必定死。’” 王對他們說:“那上來迎著你們,又對你們說這番話的是個怎樣的人?” 他們對王說:“那人穿著毛皮衣,腰間束上皮帶。”王說:“這人必是提斯比人以利亞。”

於是王差派一個五十夫長和他的五十名手下到以利亞那裡;那位五十夫長就上到以利亞那裡去。他看見以利亞正坐在山頂上,就對以利亞說:“神人哪!王吩咐你下來。” 10 以利亞回答五十夫長說:“如果我是神人,願火從天降下,把你和你的五十名手下吞滅。”於是有火從天降下,吞滅了五十夫長和他的五十名手下。 11 王再次派一個五十夫長和他的五十名手下到以利亞那裡去。那五十夫長對以利亞說:“神人哪!王這樣吩咐:‘你趕快下來。’” 12 以利亞回答他們說:“如果我是神人,願火從天降下,把你和你的五十名手下吞滅。”於是 神的火從天降下,吞滅了五十夫長和他的五十名手下。 13 王又派出第三名五十夫長和他的五十名手下;那五十夫長來到,就雙膝跪在以利亞面前,懇求他,對他說:“神人哪!願我的性命和這五十個僕人的性命在你眼中看為寶貴。 14 看哪!曾經有火從天降下,吞滅了先前兩個五十夫長和他們各五十名手下;現在,願我的性命在你眼中看為寶貴。” 15 耶和華的使者對以利亞說:“你和他下去吧,不要怕他。”於是以利亞起來,和他下山到王那裡去了。 16 以利亞對亞哈謝說:“耶和華這樣說:‘你差派使者去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,是因為以色列中沒有 神可以求問嗎?因此,你必不能從你躺上去的那張床上下來,因為你必定死。’”

亞哈謝逝世

17 亞哈謝果然死了,正如耶和華藉以利亞所宣告的話。因為他沒有兒子,他的弟弟約蘭就接續他作王,那時是猶大王約沙法的兒子約蘭第二年。 18 亞哈謝其餘所行的事蹟,不是都寫在以色列諸王的年代誌上嗎?

The Lord’s Judgment on Ahaziah

After Ahab’s death, Moab(A) rebelled against Israel. Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers,(B) saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub,(C) the god of Ekron,(D) to see if I will recover(E) from this injury.”

But the angel(F) of the Lord said to Elijah(G) the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel(H) that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’ Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not leave(I) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!’” So Elijah went.

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”

“A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave(J) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”’”

The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”

They replied, “He had a garment of hair[a](K) and had a leather belt around his waist.”

The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

Then he sent(L) to Elijah a captain(M) with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’”

10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire(N) fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

11 At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”

12 “If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

13 So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life(O) and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! 14 See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”

15 The angel(P) of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid(Q) of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

16 He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers(R) to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave(S) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” 17 So he died,(T) according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.

Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram[b](U) succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. 18 As for all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:8 Or He was a hairy man
  2. 2 Kings 1:17 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram

以利亞預言亞哈謝必死

亞哈死後,摩押背叛以色列。 有一天,亞哈謝在撒瑪利亞,從樓上的窗戶掉下來,他就病了;於是他差派使者,對他們說:“你們去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,我這個病到底能否復原?” 但耶和華的使者對提斯比人以利亞說:“你動身上去迎著撒瑪利亞王的使者,對他們說:‘你們去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,是因為以色列中沒有 神嗎? 因此,耶和華這樣說:你必不能從你躺上去的那張床上下來,因為你必定死。’”於是以利亞去了。

眾使者回到亞哈謝那裡;他對他們說:“你們為甚麼回來呢?” 他們對王說:“有一個人上來迎著我們,又對我們說:‘去吧,回到那差派你們的王那裡,對他說:耶和華這樣說:你派人去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,是因為以色列中沒有 神嗎?因此,你必不能從你躺上去的那張床上下來,因為你必定死。’” 王對他們說:“那上來迎著你們,又對你們說這番話的是個怎樣的人?” 他們對王說:“那人穿著毛皮衣,腰間束上皮帶。”王說:“這人必是提斯比人以利亞。”

於是王差派一個五十夫長和他的五十名手下到以利亞那裡;那位五十夫長就上到以利亞那裡去。他看見以利亞正坐在山頂上,就對以利亞說:“神人哪!王吩咐你下來。” 10 以利亞回答五十夫長說:“如果我是神人,願火從天降下,把你和你的五十名手下吞滅。”於是有火從天降下,吞滅了五十夫長和他的五十名手下。 11 王再次派一個五十夫長和他的五十名手下到以利亞那裡去。那五十夫長對以利亞說:“神人哪!王這樣吩咐:‘你趕快下來。’” 12 以利亞回答他們說:“如果我是神人,願火從天降下,把你和你的五十名手下吞滅。”於是 神的火從天降下,吞滅了五十夫長和他的五十名手下。 13 王又派出第三名五十夫長和他的五十名手下;那五十夫長來到,就雙膝跪在以利亞面前,懇求他,對他說:“神人哪!願我的性命和這五十個僕人的性命在你眼中看為寶貴。 14 看哪!曾經有火從天降下,吞滅了先前兩個五十夫長和他們各五十名手下;現在,願我的性命在你眼中看為寶貴。” 15 耶和華的使者對以利亞說:“你和他下去吧,不要怕他。”於是以利亞起來,和他下山到王那裡去了。 16 以利亞對亞哈謝說:“耶和華這樣說:‘你差派使者去求問以革倫的神巴力.西卜,是因為以色列中沒有 神可以求問嗎?因此,你必不能從你躺上去的那張床上下來,因為你必定死。’”

亞哈謝逝世

17 亞哈謝果然死了,正如耶和華藉以利亞所宣告的話。因為他沒有兒子,他的弟弟約蘭就接續他作王,那時是猶大王約沙法的兒子約蘭第二年。 18 亞哈謝其餘所行的事蹟,不是都寫在以色列諸王的年代誌上嗎?

The Lord’s Judgment on Ahaziah

After Ahab’s death, Moab(A) rebelled against Israel. Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers,(B) saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub,(C) the god of Ekron,(D) to see if I will recover(E) from this injury.”

But the angel(F) of the Lord said to Elijah(G) the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel(H) that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’ Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not leave(I) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!’” So Elijah went.

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”

“A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave(J) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”’”

The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”

They replied, “He had a garment of hair[a](K) and had a leather belt around his waist.”

The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

Then he sent(L) to Elijah a captain(M) with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’”

10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire(N) fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

11 At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”

12 “If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

13 So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life(O) and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! 14 See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”

15 The angel(P) of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid(Q) of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

16 He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers(R) to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave(S) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” 17 So he died,(T) according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.

Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram[b](U) succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. 18 As for all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:8 Or He was a hairy man
  2. 2 Kings 1:17 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram