列王纪下 14
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
亞瑪謝作猶大王(A)
14 以色列王約哈斯的兒子約阿施在位第二年，猶大王約阿施的兒子亞瑪謝登基作王。 2 他登基的時候是二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王共二十九年。他母親名叫約耶但，是從耶路撒冷來的。 3 他行耶和華看為正的事；只是不像他的祖先大衛，卻是照著他父親約阿施所行的一切去行。 4 只是邱壇還沒有廢去，人民仍在邱壇獻祭焚香。 5 當國家在他手中穩定以後，他就把那些擊殺他父王的臣僕殺了。
6 但他們的兒子沒有處死，這是按照摩西律法書上所寫，是耶和華的吩咐：“不可因兒子的罪處死父親，也不可因父親的罪處死兒子；各人要因自己的罪而死。” 7 他在鹽谷擊殺了一萬以東人，又攻取了西拉，然後把它的名字改稱為約帖，直到今日。
亞瑪謝向約阿施挑戰(B)
8 那時，亞瑪謝派使者去見耶戶的孫子、約哈斯的兒子以色列王約阿施說：“來，我們在戰場相見吧！” 9 以色列王約阿施派人去見猶大王亞瑪謝說：“黎巴嫩的蒺藜派人去見黎巴嫩的香柏樹說：‘請你把你的女兒給我的兒子作妻子吧！’後來有黎巴嫩的野獸經過，就把蒺藜踩倒了。 10 不錯，你打敗了以東人，你的心就高傲。你儘管自己誇耀，安坐家中就是了。為甚麼要惹禍，使你覆亡，也使猶大跟你一起覆亡呢？”
11 但是亞瑪謝不聽他的話。於是以色列王約阿施上來，和猶大王亞瑪謝在屬猶大的伯．示麥相見。 12 猶大人被以色列人擊敗，各人逃回自己的家去了。 13 以色列王約阿施在伯．示麥捉住了亞哈謝的孫子、約阿施的兒子猶大王亞瑪謝。他們來到耶路撒冷，拆毀了耶路撒冷一段城牆，從以法蓮門直到角門，共兩百公尺。 14 又掠去耶和華殿裡和王宮的寶庫裡找到的所有金子、銀子和一切器皿，還有人質，就回撒瑪利亞去了。
15 約阿施其餘的事蹟和他的英勇事蹟，就是與猶大王亞瑪謝作戰的事，不是都寫在以色列諸王的年代誌上嗎？ 16 約阿施和他的祖先一同長眠，他和以色列諸王一樣，葬在撒瑪利亞。他的兒子耶羅波安接續他作王。
亞瑪謝在拉吉被弒(C)
17 以色列王約哈斯的兒子約阿施死後，猶大王約阿施的兒子亞瑪謝仍活了十五年。 18 亞瑪謝其餘的事蹟不是都寫在猶大列王的年代誌上嗎？ 19 在耶路撒冷有人陰謀反叛他，他就逃到拉吉去。他們派人跟蹤他到拉吉，就在那裡把他殺死了。 20 他們把他的屍首馱在馬背上運回來，葬在耶路撒冷，在大衛的城裡，和他的祖先在一起。 21 猶大的眾民選立了亞撒利雅；他只有十六歲，他們就立他接續他父親亞瑪謝作王。 22 亞瑪謝和他的祖先一同長眠以後，亞撒利雅重建了以拉他，並且收歸猶大。
耶羅波安二世作以色列王
23 猶大王約阿施的兒子亞瑪謝十五年，以色列王約阿施的兒子耶羅波安在撒瑪利亞登基，他作王共四十一年。 24 他行耶和華看為惡的事，不轉離尼八的兒子耶羅波安使以色列人陷於罪中的一切罪。 25 他收復以色列的邊境，從哈馬口直到亞拉巴海，正如耶和華以色列的 神的話，就是藉著他的僕人迦特希弗人亞米太的兒子約拿先知所說的； 26 因為耶和華看見以色列十分艱苦，無論是自由的或為奴的都沒有了，也沒有幫助以色列的。 27 耶和華沒有定命要將以色列的名從天下塗抹，所以藉著約阿施的兒子耶羅波安的手拯救他們。
28 耶羅波安其餘的事蹟和他所行的一切，以及他作戰時的英勇，怎樣收復大馬士革和原屬猶大的哈馬歸以色列，不是都寫在以色列諸王的年代誌上嗎？ 29 耶羅波安和他的祖先以色列諸王一同長眠。他的兒子撒迦利雅就接續他作王。
列王纪下 14
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
亚玛谢做犹大王
14 以色列王约哈斯的儿子约阿施执政第二年，犹大王约阿施的儿子亚玛谢登基。 2 他二十五岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政二十九年。他母亲叫约耶但，是耶路撒冷人。 3 亚玛谢做耶和华视为正的事，虽不如他祖先大卫，但事事效法他父亲约阿施。 4 然而，他没有拆毁丘坛，人们仍在那里献祭烧香。 5 他巩固了王位后，立即处死了杀他父王的臣仆， 6 但没有处死他们的孩子，遵照了耶和华在摩西律法书中的吩咐：“不可因孩子犯罪而处死父亲，也不可因父亲犯罪而处死孩子。各人要自负罪责。” 7 亚玛谢曾在盐谷杀了一万以东人，攻占了西拉，把西拉改名为约帖，沿用至今。
8 后来，亚玛谢差遣使者对耶户的孙子、约哈斯的儿子、以色列王约阿施说：“来，我们战场上见。” 9 以色列王约阿施派人对犹大王亚玛谢说：“黎巴嫩的蒺藜派使者去对黎巴嫩的香柏树说，‘将你女儿嫁给我儿子吧。’后来黎巴嫩的一只野兽经过，把那蒺藜践踏在脚下。 10 你打败了以东人就趾高气扬，还是待在家里庆祝胜利吧，何必惹祸上身，使你和犹大一同灭亡呢？”
11 但亚玛谢不理会他的劝告。于是，以色列王约阿施起兵攻打犹大王亚玛谢，两王会战于犹大的伯·示麦。 12 犹大人被以色列人打败，兵将都各自逃回家去了。 13 约阿施在伯·示麦擒获亚玛谢，然后前往耶路撒冷，拆毁从以法莲门到角门约一百八十米长的耶路撒冷城墙， 14 抢走耶和华殿里和王宫库房里的所有金银和器皿，并带着人质返回撒玛利亚。 15 约阿施其他的事，包括他怎样英勇对抗犹大王亚玛谢，都记在以色列的列王史上。 16 约阿施与祖先同眠后，葬在撒玛利亚的以色列王陵。他儿子耶罗波安继位。
17 以色列王约哈斯的儿子约阿施死后，犹大王约阿施的儿子亚玛谢又活了十五年。 18 亚玛谢其他的事都记在犹大的列王史上。 19 耶路撒冷有人谋反，亚玛谢就逃到拉吉，叛党派人追到那里杀了他。 20 有人用马将他的尸体驮回耶路撒冷，葬在大卫城他的祖坟里。 21 犹大民众拥立亚玛谢十六岁的儿子亚撒利雅[a]为王。 22 亚玛谢与祖先同眠后，亚撒利雅为犹大收回了以拉他，并重新修建。
耶罗波安二世
23 犹大王亚玛谢执政第十五年，以色列王约阿施的儿子耶罗波安在撒玛利亚登基，执政四十一年。 24 他做耶和华视为恶的事，没有离开尼八的儿子耶罗波安使以色列人犯的那些罪。 25 他收复了从哈马口到死海[b]一带的以色列边境，正如以色列的上帝耶和华借祂仆人迦特希弗人亚米太的儿子约拿先知所言。 26 因为耶和华看见以色列人，无论自由人还是奴隶都十分痛苦，没有人帮助他们。 27 耶和华没有说要从世上抹去以色列的名，因此他借着约阿施的儿子耶罗波安拯救他们。 28 耶罗波安其他的事及其一切所作所为，包括他怎样英勇收复大马士革和一度属犹大国的哈马，都记在以色列的列王史上。 29 耶罗波安与祖先——以色列的先王们同眠后，他儿子撒迦利雅继位。
2 Kings 14
Names of God Bible
King Amaziah of Judah(A)
14 Jehoahaz’s son King Jehoash was in his second year as king of Israel when King Amaziah, son of Joash of Judah, began to rule. 2 Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.
3 He did what Yahweh considered right, but not exactly what his ancestor David had done. He did everything his father Joash had done. 4 But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.
5 As soon as he had a firm control over the kingdom, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the former king. 6 But he didn’t execute their children. He obeyed Yahweh’s command written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings: “Parents must never be put to death for the crimes of their children, and children must never be put to death for the crimes of their parents. Each person must be put to death for his own crime.”
7 Amaziah killed 10,000 Edomites in the Dead Sea region and took the city of Sela in battle. He gave it the name Joktheel, which is still its name today.
King Amaziah’s Defeat and Death(B)
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu of Israel, to declare war on Israel.
9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message to King Amaziah of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon. It said, ‘Let your daughter marry my son,’ but a wild animal from Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. 10 You certainly defeated Edom, and now you have become arrogant. Enjoy your fame, but stay home. Why must you invite disaster and your own defeat and take Judah with you?”
11 But Amaziah wouldn’t listen. So King Jehoash of Israel attacked, and King Amaziah of Judah met him in battle at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 12 Israel defeated the army of Judah, and the Judeans fled to their homes. 13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah, son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah of Judah, at Beth Shemesh and went to Jerusalem. He tore down a 600-foot section of the wall around Jerusalem from Ephraim Gate to Corner Gate. 14 He took all the gold, silver, and all the utensils he found in Yahweh’s temple and in the royal palace treasury. He also took hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
15 Isn’t everything else about Jehoash—what he did, his heroic acts when he fought against King Amaziah of Judah—written in the official records of the kings of Israel? 16 Jehoash lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with the kings of Israel in Samaria. His son Jeroboam succeeded him as king.
17 Joash’s son King Amaziah of Judah lived 15 years after the death of Jehoahaz’s son King Jehoash of Israel. 18 Isn’t everything else about Amaziah written in the official records of the kings of Judah? 19 Conspirators in Jerusalem plotted against him, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent men to Lachish after him and killed him there. 20 They brought him back by horse, and he was buried in Jerusalem, in the City of David, with his ancestors.
21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 22 Azariah rebuilt Elath and returned it to Judah after King Amaziah lay down in death with his ancestors.
King Jeroboam II of Israel
23 Joash’s son Amaziah was in his fifteenth year as king of Judah when Jehoash’s son King Jeroboam of Israel began to rule in Samaria. Jeroboam ruled for 41 years. 24 He did what Yahweh considered evil. He didn’t turn away from any of the sins that Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) led Israel to commit.
25 He restored Israel’s boundaries from the border of Hamath to the Dead Sea as Yahweh Elohim of Israel predicted through his servant Jonah, the prophet from Gath Hepher and the son of Amittai. 26 Yahweh did this because he saw how bitterly everyone in Israel was suffering. No slave or free person could help Israel. 27 Since Yahweh had said he was not going to wipe out Israel’s name completely, he saved them through Jeroboam, son of Jehoash.
28 Isn’t everything else about Jeroboam—everything he did, his heroic acts when he fought, how he recovered Damascus and Hamath for Israel[a]—written in the official records of the kings of Israel? 29 Jeroboam lay down in death with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 14:28 Syriac; Masoretic Text “for Judah in Israel.”
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