| 1 | 猶大王約沙法åå…«å¹´ã€äºžå“ˆçš„å…’åç´„è˜åœ¨æ’’瑪利亞登基ã€ä½œäº†ä»¥è‰²åˆ—王å二年。
Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.
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| 2 | 他行耶和è¯çœ¼ä¸çœ‹ç‚ºæƒ¡çš„事ã€ä½†ä¸è‡³åƒä»–çˆ¶æ¯æ‰€è¡Œçš„ã€å› ç‚ºé™¤æŽ‰ä»–çˆ¶æ‰€é€ å·´åŠ›çš„æŸ±åƒã€‚
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He got rid of the sacred stone of Baal that his father had made.
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| 3 | 然而他貼近尼八的兒å耶羅波安使以色列人陷在罪裡的那罪ã€ç¸½ä¸é›¢é–‹ã€‚
Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
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| 4 | 摩押王米沙牧養許多羊.æ¯å¹´å°‡åè¬ç¾Šç¾”的毛ã€å’Œåè¬å…¬ç¶¿ç¾Šçš„æ¯›ã€çµ¦ä»¥è‰²åˆ—王進貢。
Now Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to supply the king of Israel with a hundred thousand lambs and with the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
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| 5 | 亞哈æ»å¾Œã€æ‘©æŠ¼çŽ‹èƒŒå›ä»¥è‰²åˆ—王。
But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
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| 6 | 那時約è˜çŽ‹å‡ºæ’’ç‘ªåˆ©äºžã€æ•¸é»žä»¥è‰²åˆ—眾人。
So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
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| 7 | å‰è¡Œçš„æ™‚候ã€å·®äººåŽ»è¦‹çŒ¶å¤§çŽ‹ç´„æ²™æ³•ã€èªªã€æ‘©æŠ¼çŽ‹èƒŒå›æˆ‘ï¼Žä½ è‚¯åŒæˆ‘åŽ»æ”»æ‰“æ‘©æŠ¼éº¼ã€‚ä»–èªªã€æˆ‘è‚¯ä¸ŠåŽ»ï¼Žä½ æˆ‘ä¸åˆ†å½¼æ¤ã€æˆ‘çš„æ°‘èˆ‡ä½ çš„æ°‘ä¸€æ¨£ã€æˆ‘çš„é¦¬èˆ‡ä½ çš„é¦¬ä¸€æ¨£ã€‚
He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" "I will go with you," he replied. "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
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| 8 | ç´„è˜èªªã€æˆ‘們從那æ¢è·¯ä¸ŠåŽ»å‘¢ã€‚å›žç”說ã€å¾žä»¥æ±æ› 野的路上去。
"By what route shall we attack?" he asked. "Through the Desert of Edom," he answered.
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| 9 | 於是以色列王ã€å’ŒçŒ¶å¤§çŽ‹ã€ä¸¦ä»¥æ±çŽ‹ã€éƒ½ä¸€åŒåŽ»ç¹žè¡Œä¸ƒæ—¥çš„è·¯ç¨‹ï¼Žè»éšŠå’Œæ‰€å¸¶çš„牲畜沒有水å–。
So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.
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| 10 | 以色列王說ã€å“€å“‰ã€è€¶å’Œè¯æ‹›èšæˆ‘å€‘é€™ä¸‰çŽ‹ã€ä¹ƒè¦äº¤åœ¨æ‘©æŠ¼äººçš„æ‰‹è£¡ã€‚
"What!" exclaimed the king of Israel. "Has the LORD called us three kings together only to hand us over to Moab?"
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| 11 | 約沙法說ã€é€™è£¡ä¸æ˜¯æœ‰è€¶å’Œè¯çš„先知麼.我們å¯ä»¥è¨—他求å•耶和è¯ã€‚以色列王的一個臣å回ç”說ã€é€™è£¡æœ‰æ²™æ³•的兒å以利沙ã€å°±æ˜¯å¾žå‰æœäº‹ä»¥åˆ©äºžçš„。〔原文作倒水在以利亞手上的〕   
But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD through him?" An officer of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah."
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| 12 | 約沙法說ã€ä»–必有耶和è¯çš„話。於是以色列王ã€å’Œç´„沙法ã€ä¸¦ä»¥æ±çŽ‹ã€éƒ½ä¸‹åŽ»è¦‹ä»–ã€‚
Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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| 13 | 以利沙å°ä»¥è‰²åˆ—çŽ‹èªªã€æˆ‘èˆ‡ä½ ä½•å¹²ï¼ŽåŽ»å•ä½ çˆ¶è¦ªçš„å…ˆçŸ¥ã€å’Œä½ æ¯è¦ªçš„先知罷。以色列王å°ä»–說ã€ä¸è¦é€™æ¨£èªªã€è€¶å’Œè¯æ‹›èšæˆ‘å€‘é€™ä¸‰çŽ‹ã€ä¹ƒè¦äº¤åœ¨æ‘©æŠ¼äººçš„æ‰‹è£¡ã€‚
Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." "No," the king of Israel answered, "because it was the LORD who called us three kings together to hand us over to Moab."
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| 14 | ä»¥åˆ©æ²™èªªã€æˆ‘指著所事奉永生的è¬è»è€¶å’Œè¯èµ·èª“ã€æˆ‘è‹¥ä¸çœ‹çŒ¶å¤§çŽ‹ç´„æ²™æ³•çš„æƒ…é¢ã€å¿…ä¸ç†ä½ ã€ä¸é¡§ä½ 。
Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or even notice you.
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| 15 | ç¾åœ¨ä½ 們給我找一個彈ç´çš„來。彈ç´çš„æ™‚候ã€è€¶å’Œè¯çš„éˆã€”原文作手〕就é™åœ¨ä»¥åˆ©æ²™èº«ä¸Šã€‚
But now bring me a harpist." While the harpist was playing, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
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| 16 | 他便說ã€è€¶å’Œè¯å¦‚æ¤èªªã€ä½ 們è¦åœ¨é€™è°·ä¸æ»¿è™•挖æºã€‚
and he said, "This is what the LORD says: Make this valley full of ditches.
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| 17 | å› ç‚ºè€¶å’Œè¯å¦‚æ¤èªªã€ä½ 們雖ä¸è¦‹é¢¨ã€ä¸è¦‹é›¨ã€é€™è°·å¿…滿了水ã€ä½¿ä½ 們ã€å’Œç‰²ç•œæœ‰æ°´å–。
For this is what the LORD says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.
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| 18 | 在耶和è¯çœ¼ä¸é€™é‚„算為å°äº‹ï¼Žä»–ä¹Ÿå¿…å°‡æ‘©æŠ¼äººäº¤åœ¨ä½ å€‘æ‰‹ä¸ã€‚
This is an easy thing in the eyes of the LORD; he will also hand Moab over to you.
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| 19 | ä½ å€‘å¿…æ”»ç ´ä¸€åˆ‡å …åŸŽç¾Žé‚‘ã€ç ä¼å„種佳樹ã€å¡žä½ä¸€åˆ‡æ°´æ³‰ã€ç”¨çŸ³é 糟è¸ä¸€åˆ‡ç¾Žç”°ã€‚
You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones."
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| 20 | 次日早晨ã€ç´„在ç»ç¥çš„æ™‚å€™ã€æœ‰æ°´å¾žä»¥æ±è€Œä¾†ã€é地就滿了水。
The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was--water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.
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| 21 | 摩押眾人è½è¦‹é€™ä¸‰çŽ‹ä¸Šä¾†ã€è¦èˆ‡ä»–å€‘çˆæˆ°ã€å‡¡èƒ½é ‚盔貫甲的ã€ç„¡è«–è€å°‘ã€ç›¡éƒ½èšé›†ã€ç«™åœ¨é‚Šç•Œä¸Šã€‚
Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.
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| 22 | æ¬¡æ—¥æ—©æ™¨ã€æ—¥å…‰ç…§åœ¨æ°´ä¸Šã€æ‘©æŠ¼äººèµ·ä¾†ã€çœ‹è¦‹å°é¢æ°´ç´…如血.
When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red--like blood.
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| 23 | 就說ã€é€™æ˜¯è¡€é˜¿ï¼Žå¿…是三王互相擊殺ã€ä¿±éƒ½æ»…äº¡ï¼Žæ‘©æŠ¼äººå“ªã€æˆ‘們ç¾åœ¨åŽ»æ¶å¥ªè²¡ç‰©ç½·ã€‚
"That's blood!" they said. "Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!"
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| 24 | 摩押人到了以色列營ã€ä»¥è‰²åˆ—人就起來攻打他們ã€ä»¥è‡´ä»–們在以色列人é¢å‰é€ƒè·‘.以色列人往å‰è¿½æ®ºæ‘©æŠ¼äººã€ç›´æ®ºå…¥æ‘©æŠ¼çš„境內.
But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites.
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| 25 | 拆毀摩押的城邑.å„人拋石填滿一切美田ã€å¡žä½ä¸€åˆ‡æ°´æ³‰ã€ç ä¼å„種佳樹ã€åªå‰©ä¸‹å‰ç¥å“ˆåˆ—è¨çš„çŸ³ç‰†ï¼Žç”©çŸ³çš„å…µåœ¨å››åœæ”»æ‰“那城。
They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
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| 26 | 摩押王見陣勢甚大ã€é›£ä»¥å°æ•µã€å°±çŽ‡é ˜ä¸ƒç™¾æ‹¿åˆ€çš„å…µã€è¦è¡éŽé™£åŽ»åˆ°ä»¥æ±çŽ‹é‚£è£¡ã€å»æ˜¯ä¸èƒ½ï¼Ž
When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed.
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| 27 | 便將那應當接續他作王的長åã€åœ¨åŸŽä¸Šç»ç‚ºç‡”ç¥ã€‚以色列人éé‡è€¶å’Œè¯çš„大怒。〔或作招人痛æ¨ã€•於是三王離開摩押王ã€å„回本國去了。
Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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