2 Kings 23

1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

1 于是，王派人召集犹大和耶路撒冷的所有长老，

2 And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

2 与祭司、先知、犹大人、耶路撒冷的居民等全体民众，不论贵贱，一同上到耶和华的殿。王把在殿中发现的约书读给他们听。

3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

3 王站在柱旁，在耶和华面前立约，要全心全意地跟随耶和华，遵从祂的一切诫命、法度和律例，履行约书上的规定。民众都答应守约。

4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

4 王吩咐大祭司希勒迦及其副手和殿门守卫清除耶和华殿里用来祭拜巴力、亚舍拉及天上万象的一切器具，在耶路撒冷城外汲沦溪旁的田野烧掉它们，又把灰烬带到伯特利。

5 Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

5 从前，犹大各王任命祭司在犹大各城和耶路撒冷周围的丘坛烧香。现在，约西亚除掉那些祭司，又除掉向巴力、日、月、星辰及天上万象烧香的祭司。

6 He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

6 他将亚舍拉神像从耶和华的殿里搬到耶路撒冷城外汲沦溪旁烧掉，磨成灰撒在平民的坟墓上。

7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

7 他又拆毁耶和华的殿内男庙妓的房屋，就是妇女为亚舍拉编织帐幔的地方。

8 Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

8 他召集犹大各城中的祭司，污渎从迦巴到别示巴的各丘坛，那些祭司曾在那里烧香。他拆毁耶路撒冷城门左边、约书亚总督门前的丘坛。

9 Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

9 然而，在丘坛烧香的祭司不能在耶路撒冷耶和华的祭坛那里事奉，只可以和其他祭司一起吃无酵饼。

10 He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

10 他污渎欣嫩子谷中的陀斐特，使人们不能焚烧自己的儿女献给摩洛。

11 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

11 他从耶和华的殿门口除掉犹大各王献给太阳神的马匹，这些马匹在太监拿单·米勒房子旁边的院子里。他烧掉了那些献给太阳神的战车。

12 He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

12 他推倒犹大各王在亚哈斯楼顶上建造的祭坛，摧毁玛拿西在耶和华殿的两个院子里所筑的祭坛，把它们打碎，把灰倒进汲沦溪。

13 The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

13 他污渎耶路撒冷东面、腐烂山南面的丘坛。这些丘坛都是以色列王所罗门为西顿人可憎的神明亚斯她录、摩押人可憎的神明基抹和亚扪人可憎的神明米勒公建造的。

14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

14 他砸碎神柱，砍倒亚舍拉神像，用死人骨头填满那些地方。

15 He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

15 他拆掉伯特利高岗上的祭坛，即尼八的儿子耶罗波安诱使以色列人犯罪时建造的祭坛，把祭坛烧毁，捣碎成灰，又焚烧亚舍拉神像。

16 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.

16 约西亚转身看见山上的坟墓，就派人取出墓中的尸骨，放在那祭坛上焚烧，污渎了那祭坛，应验了耶和华借祂的仆人所说的预言。

17 Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

17 约西亚问：“我看到的那墓碑是谁的？”那城里的人告诉他：“是上帝仆人的，他曾从犹大来预言你对伯特利祭坛所做的这些事。”

18 “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

18 他说：“不要动他，不要动他的尸骨。”于是，他们没有动那位先知和撒玛利亚来的先知的尸骨。

19 Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.

19 他拆毁以色列各王从前建在撒玛利亚各城高岗上、惹耶和华发怒的神庙，就像他在伯特利所做的一样。

20 On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

20 他在祭坛上杀死那些丘坛的祭司，又在坛上焚烧死人骨头。之后，他返回耶路撒冷。

21 The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

21 约西亚王吩咐民众：“你们应当依照约书的记载庆祝逾越节，以尊崇你们的上帝耶和华。”

22 No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.

22–23 约西亚执政第十八年，他们在耶路撒冷庆祝逾越节，以尊崇耶和华。自士师治理以色列起，至以色列和犹大列王统治期间，都没有这样庆祝过逾越节。

23 But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.

24 Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.

24 为了遵守祭司希勒迦在耶和华殿里找到的律法书上的话，约西亚彻底清除了耶路撒冷和犹大境内的灵媒、巫师、家庭神像及其他一切可憎之物。

25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

25 约西亚全心、全意、全力归向耶和华，遵行摩西的一切律法，在犹大列王中空前绝后。

26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.

26 然而，玛拿西所行的一切惹怒耶和华，耶和华对犹大仍盛怒未息。

27 For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”

27 耶和华说：“我要像驱逐以色列人一样将犹大人从我面前赶走。我要撇弃我所拣选的耶路撒冷城和我宣告我名常在的殿。”

28 As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

28 约西亚其他的事及一切所为都记在《犹大列王史》上。

29 During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

29 约西亚执政期间，埃及王尼哥前往幼发拉底河援助亚述王，约西亚出兵迎战尼哥，结果在米吉多被杀。

30 From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

30 他的臣仆用车把他的尸体从米吉多运回耶路撒冷，葬在他的墓穴里。民众膏立他儿子约哈斯接替他做王。

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

31 约哈斯二十三岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政三个月。他母亲叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女儿。

32 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.

32 约哈斯像他祖先一样做耶和华视为恶的事。

33 And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

33 埃及王尼哥把约哈斯囚禁在哈马的利比拉，不准他在耶路撒冷做王，又罚犹大国六万八千两银子和六百八十两金子。

34 Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

34 埃及王尼哥立约西亚的另一个儿子以利雅敬为王，给他改名为约雅敬。约哈斯被尼哥带到埃及，并死在那里。

35 So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.

35 为了缴纳法老索要的金银，约雅敬向全国征税，按照民众家产的多少征收金银。

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

36 约雅敬二十五岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政十一年。他母亲叫西布妲，是鲁玛人毗大雅的女儿。

37 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.

37 他像他祖先一样做耶和华视为恶的事。