| | 1 | 第七年，耶何耶大奋勇自强，将百夫长耶罗罕的儿子亚撒利雅，约哈难的儿子以实玛利，俄备得的儿子亚撒利雅，亚大雅的儿子玛西雅，细基利的儿子以利沙法召来，与他们立约。
In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri. | |
| | 2 | 他们走遍犹大，从犹大各城里招聚利未人和以色列的众族长到耶路撒冷来。
They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, | |
| | 3 | 会众在神殿里与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说，看哪，王的儿子必当作王，正如耶和华指着大卫子孙所应许的话。
the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, "The king's son shall reign, as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David. | |
| | 4 | 又说，你们当这样行，祭司和利未人凡安息日进班的，三分之一要把守各门，
Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors, | |
| | 5 | 三分之一要在王宫，三分之一要在基址门。众百姓要在耶和华殿的院内。
a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the other men are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the LORD. | |
| | 6 | 除了祭司和供职的利未人之外，不准别人进耶和华的殿。惟独他们可以进去，因为他们圣洁。众百姓要遵守耶和华所吩咐的。
No one is to enter the temple of the LORD except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the other men are to guard what the LORD has assigned to them. | |
| | 7 | 利未人要手中各拿兵器，四围护卫王。凡擅入殿宇的，必当治死。王出入的时候，你们当跟随他。
The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each man with his weapons in his hand. Anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes." | |
| | 8 | 利未人和犹大众人都照着祭司耶何耶大一切所吩咐的去行，各带所管安息日进班出班的人来，因为祭司耶何耶大不许他们下班。
The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men--those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty--for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. | |
| | 9 | 祭司耶何耶大便将神殿里所藏大卫王的枪，盾牌，挡牌交给百夫长，
Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God. | |
| | 10 | 又分派众民手中各拿兵器，在坛和殿那里，从殿右直到殿左，站在王子的四围。
He stationed all the men, each with his weapon in his hand, around the king--near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple. | |
| | 11 | 于是领王子出来，给他戴上冠冕，将律法书交给他，立他作王。耶何耶大和众子膏他，众人说，愿王万岁。
Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king's son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, "Long live the king!" | |
| | 12 | 亚他利雅听见民奔走赞美王的声音，就到民那里，进耶和华的殿，
When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the LORD. | |
| | 13 | 看见王站在殿门的柱旁，百夫长和吹号的人侍立在王左右，国民都欢乐吹号，又有歌唱的，用各样的乐器领人歌唱赞美。亚他利雅就撕裂衣服，喊叫说，反了。反了。
She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, "Treason! Treason!" | |
| | 14 | 祭司耶何耶大带管辖军兵的百夫长出来，吩咐他们说，将她赶到班外，凡跟随她的必用刀杀死。因为祭司说，不可在耶和华殿里杀她。
Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: "Bring her out between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not put her to death at the temple of the LORD." | |
| | 15 | 众兵就闪开，让她去。她走到王宫的马门，便在那里把她杀了。
So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death. | |
| | 16 | 耶何耶大与众民和王立约，都要作耶和华的民。
Jehoiada then made a covenant that he and the people and the king would be the LORD'S people. | |
| | 17 | 于是众民都到巴力庙，拆毁了庙，打碎坛和像，又在坛前将巴力的祭司玛坦杀了。
All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. | |
| | 18 | 耶何耶大派官看守耶和华的殿，是在祭司利未人手下。这祭司利未人是大卫分派在耶和华殿中，照摩西律法上所写的，给耶和华献燔祭，又按大卫所定的例，欢乐歌唱。
Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the LORD in the hands of the priests, who were Levites, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. | |
| | 19 | 且设立守门的把守耶和华殿的各门，无论为何事，不洁净的人都不准进去。
He also stationed doorkeepers at the gates of the LORD'S temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter. | |
| | 20 | 又率领百夫长和贵胄，与民间的官长，并国中的众民，请王从耶和华殿下来，由上门进入王宫，立王坐在国位上。
He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the LORD. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne, | |
| | 21 | 国民都欢乐，合城都安静。众人已将亚他利雅用刀杀了。
and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword. | |
