列王紀下 9
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
以利沙遣徒詣耶戶
9 先知以利沙叫了一個先知門徒來,吩咐他說:「你束上腰,手拿這瓶膏油往基列的拉末去。 2 到了那裡,要尋找寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶,使他從同僚中起來,帶他進嚴密的屋子, 3 將瓶裡的膏油倒在他頭上,說:『耶和華如此說:我膏你做以色列王。』說完了,就開門逃跑,不要遲延。」 4 於是那少年先知往基列的拉末去了。
耶戶為以色列王
5 到了那裡,看見眾軍長都坐著,就說:「將軍哪,我有話對你說。」耶戶說:「我們眾人裡,你要對哪一個說呢?」回答說:「將軍哪,我要對你說。」 6 耶戶就起來,進了屋子。少年人將膏油倒在他頭上,對他說:「耶和華以色列的神如此說:我膏你做耶和華民以色列的王。 7 你要擊殺你主人亞哈的全家,我好在耶洗別身上申我僕人眾先知和耶和華一切僕人流血的冤。 8 亞哈全家必都滅亡,凡屬亞哈的男丁,無論是困住的、自由的,我必從以色列中剪除, 9 使亞哈的家像尼八兒子耶羅波安的家,又像亞希雅兒子巴沙的家。 10 耶洗別必在耶斯列田裡被狗所吃,無人葬埋。」說完了,少年人就開門逃跑了。
11 耶戶出來,回到他主人的臣僕那裡。有一人問他說:「平安嗎?這狂妄的人來見你有什麼事呢?」回答說:「你們認得那人,也知道他說什麼。」 12 他們說:「這是假話,你據實地告訴我們。」回答說:「他如此如此對我說,他說:『耶和華如此說:我膏你做以色列王。』」 13 他們就急忙各將自己的衣服鋪在上層臺階,使耶戶坐在其上。他們吹角,說:「耶戶做王了!」
14 這樣,寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶背叛約蘭。先是約蘭和以色列眾人因為亞蘭王哈薛的緣故,把守基列的拉末, 15 但約蘭王回到耶斯列,醫治與亞蘭王哈薛打仗所受的傷。耶戶說:「若合你們的意思,就不容人逃出城往耶斯列報信去。」 16 於是耶戶坐車往耶斯列去,因為約蘭病臥在那裡;猶大王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。」 19 王又打發一個騎馬的去。這人到了他們那裡,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!」 20 守望的人又說:「他到了他們那裡,也不回來。車趕得甚猛,像寧示的孫子耶戶的趕法。」
射殺約蘭
21 約蘭吩咐說:「套車!」人就給他套車。以色列王約蘭和猶大王亞哈謝各坐自己的車出去迎接耶戶,在耶斯列人拿伯的田那裡遇見他。 22 約蘭見耶戶就說:「耶戶啊,平安嗎?」耶戶說:「你母親耶洗別的淫行邪術這樣多,焉能平安呢?」 23 約蘭就轉車逃跑,對亞哈謝說:「亞哈謝啊,反了!」 24 耶戶開滿了弓,射中約蘭的脊背,箭從心窩穿出,約蘭就仆倒在車上。 25 耶戶對他的軍長畢甲說:「你把他拋在耶斯列人拿伯的田間!你當追想,你我一同坐車跟隨他父亞哈的時候,耶和華對亞哈所說的預言, 26 說:『我昨日看見拿伯的血和他眾子的血,我必在這塊田上報應你。』這是耶和華說的。現在你要照著耶和華的話,把他拋在這田間。」
擊殺亞哈謝
27 猶大王亞哈謝見這光景,就從園亭之路逃跑。耶戶追趕他,說:「把這人也殺在車上!」到了靠近以伯蓮姑珥的坡上,擊傷了他。他逃到米吉多,就死在那裡。 28 他的臣僕用車將他的屍首送到耶路撒冷,葬在大衛城他自己的墳墓裡,與他列祖同葬。
29 亞哈謝登基做猶大王的時候,是在亞哈的兒子約蘭第十一年。
擲殺耶洗別
30 耶戶到了耶斯列,耶洗別聽見就擦粉,梳頭,從窗戶裡往外觀看。 31 耶戶進門的時候,耶洗別說:「殺主人的心利啊,平安嗎?」 32 耶戶抬頭向窗戶觀看,說:「誰順從我?」有兩三個太監從窗戶往外看他。 33 耶戶說:「把她扔下來!」他們就把她扔下來。她的血濺在牆上和馬上,於是把她踐踏了。 34 耶戶進去,吃了喝了,吩咐說:「你們把這被咒詛的婦人葬埋了,因為她是王的女兒。」 35 他們就去葬埋她,只尋得她的頭骨和腳並手掌。 36 他們回去告訴耶戶,耶戶說:「這正應驗耶和華藉他僕人提斯比人以利亞所說的話,說:『在耶斯列田間,狗必吃耶洗別的肉。 37 耶洗別的屍首必在耶斯列田間如同糞土,甚至人不能說這是耶洗別。』」
2 Kings 9
English Standard Version
Jehu Anointed King of Israel
9 Then Elisha the prophet called one of (A)the sons of the prophets and said to him, (B)“Tie up your garments, and take this (C)flask of oil in your hand, and go to (D)Ramoth-gilead. 2 And when you arrive, look there for Jehu (E)the son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. And go in and have him rise from among (F)his fellows, and lead him to an inner chamber. 3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, (G)I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not linger.”
4 So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the commanders of the army were in council. And he said, “I have a word for you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “To which of us all?” And he said, “To you, O commander.” 6 So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, (H)I anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel. 7 And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge (I)on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, (J)and I will cut off from Ahab (K)every male, (L)bond or free, in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like (M)the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like (N)the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 (O)And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.
11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, (P)“Is all well? Why did (Q)this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.” 12 And they said, “That is not true; tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, I anoint you king over Israel.’” 13 Then in haste (R)every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare[a] steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, (S)“Jehu is king.”
Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah
14 Thus Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. ((T)Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against (U)Hazael king of Syria, 15 (V)but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.” 16 Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram.
17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’” 18 So a man on horseback went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” And the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.” 19 Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus the king has said, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” 20 Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving (W)is like the driving of Jehu (X)the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
21 Joram said, (Y)“Make ready.” And they made ready his chariot. (Z)Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu, and met him (AA)at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as (AB)the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?” 23 Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!” 24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar (AC)his aide, “Take him up and throw him (AD)on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how (AE)the Lord made this (AF)pronouncement against him: 26 ‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—declares the Lord—I will repay you on this plot of ground.’ Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”
27 (AG)When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him also.” And they shot him[b] in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by (AH)Ibleam. And he fled to (AI)Megiddo and died there. 28 (AJ)His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
29 In the (AK)eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
Jehu Executes Jezebel
30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And (AL)she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window. 31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, (AM)“Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?” 32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him. 33 He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled on her. 34 Then he went in and ate and drank. And he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, (AN)for she is a king's daughter.” 35 But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. 36 When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: (AO)‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, 37 and the corpse of Jezebel shall be (AP)as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 9:13 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- 2 Kings 9:27 Syriac, Vulgate (compare Septuagint); Hebrew lacks and they shot him
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