歷代志下

第14章

1 亞比雅與他列祖同睡,葬在大衛城裏。他兒子亞撒接續他作王。亞撒年間,國中太平十年。

2 亞撒行耶和華─他神眼中看為善為正的事,

3 除掉外邦眾神[gods]的壇和眾高邱[high places],打碎眾像[images],砍下樹叢[groves]

4 吩咐猶大[Judah]尋求耶和華─他們列祖的神,遵行他的律法、誡命。

5 [he]又在猶大各城邑除掉眾高邱[high places]眾像[images];那時在他面前[before him],國享太平。

6 又在猶大建造了幾座堅固城。國中太平數年,沒有戰爭,因為耶和華賜他安息[rest]

7[Therefore]猶大[Judah]說:「我們要建造這些城邑,四圍築牆,蓋樓,安門,作閂;地還屬我們,是因尋求耶和華─我們的神;我們既尋求他,他就賜我們四境平安。」他們[they]於是建造城邑,諸事亨通。

8 亞撒的軍兵,出自猶大拿盾牌拿槍的三十萬人;出自便雅憫拿盾牌拉弓的二十八萬人。這都是大能的勇士。

9 有埃塞俄比亞王謝拉率領軍兵一百萬,戰車三百輛,出來攻擊猶大人,到了瑪利沙。

10 於是亞撒出去與他迎敵,就在瑪利沙的洗法谷彼此擺陣。

11 亞撒呼求耶和華─他的神說:「耶和華啊,要是蒙你幫助,不管他們是人多的,是無力的,也算不得甚麼[it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power]。耶和華─我們的神啊,求你幫助我們;因為我們仰賴你,奉你的名來攻擊這大軍。耶和華啊,你是我們的神,不要容人勝過你。」

12 於是耶和華使埃塞俄比亞人敗在亞撒和猶大[Judah]面前;埃塞俄比亞人就逃跑了。

13 亞撒和跟隨他的軍兵追趕他們,直到基拉耳。埃塞俄比亞人被殺的甚多,不能再強盛,因為敗在耶和華與他軍兵面前。猶大人就奪了許多財物,

14 又打破基拉耳四圍的城邑;耶和華使其中的人都甚恐懼。猶大人又將所有的城擄掠一空,因其中的財物甚多,

15 又毀壞了群畜的圈,奪取羊和許多的駱駝[sheep and camels in abundance],就回耶路撒冷去了。

2 Chronicles

Chapter 14

1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.

2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the presence of the LORD his God;

3 For he demolished the altars of the strange gods and the shrines, and broke down the images and cut down the groves;

4 And he said to Judah, Come, let us pray before the LORD God of our fathers.

5 Also he uprooted out of all the cities of Judah the shrines on the high places and the idols; and his kingdom was quiet in his days, and he had no enemies on all his borders.

6 And he built fenced cities in Judah; for the land had rest, and there was no one who made war against him in those years, because the LORD had given him rest.

7 Therefore he said to Judah, Come, let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is still quiet of wars; because we have sought the LORD our God, and he also has sought us and he has given us rest from all those who are round about us, and has comforted us and delivered us.

8 And Asa had an army of mighty men of valour that bore swords and spears out of the tribe of Judah, three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bore breastplate and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with a large army of a million men and thirty thousand chariots, and came to Mareshah.

10 Then Asa went out against him, and he fought against him in the valley of Mareshah.

11 And Asa prayed before the LORD his God and said, Thou art our LORD, thou art the help of thy people; and when thou dost deliver a great army in the hands of a small force, then all the inhabitants of the earth shall know that it is good to rely on thee; help us, O LORD our God, because in thy name we have come against this great army. O LORD our God, delay not thy might from us.

12 And when Asa had finished praying, the angel of the LORD routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gedar; and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not be numbered: for they were defeated before the LORD and before his armies; and they took and carried away very much spoil.

14 And they smote all the cities round about Gedar, for the fear of the LORD came upon them; and they plundered all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

15 They also carried away the tents of the Arabians and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and brought them to Jerusalem.

歷代志下

第14章

2 Chronicles

Chapter 14

1 亞比雅與他列祖同睡,葬在大衛城裏。他兒子亞撒接續他作王。亞撒年間,國中太平十年。

1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.

2 亞撒行耶和華─他神眼中看為善為正的事,

2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the presence of the LORD his God;

3 除掉外邦眾神[gods]的壇和眾高邱[high places],打碎眾像[images],砍下樹叢[groves]

3 For he demolished the altars of the strange gods and the shrines, and broke down the images and cut down the groves;

4 吩咐猶大[Judah]尋求耶和華─他們列祖的神,遵行他的律法、誡命。

4 And he said to Judah, Come, let us pray before the LORD God of our fathers.

5 [he]又在猶大各城邑除掉眾高邱[high places]眾像[images];那時在他面前[before him],國享太平。

5 Also he uprooted out of all the cities of Judah the shrines on the high places and the idols; and his kingdom was quiet in his days, and he had no enemies on all his borders.

6 又在猶大建造了幾座堅固城。國中太平數年,沒有戰爭,因為耶和華賜他安息[rest]

6 And he built fenced cities in Judah; for the land had rest, and there was no one who made war against him in those years, because the LORD had given him rest.

7[Therefore]猶大[Judah]說:「我們要建造這些城邑,四圍築牆,蓋樓,安門,作閂;地還屬我們,是因尋求耶和華─我們的神;我們既尋求他,他就賜我們四境平安。」他們[they]於是建造城邑,諸事亨通。

7 Therefore he said to Judah, Come, let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is still quiet of wars; because we have sought the LORD our God, and he also has sought us and he has given us rest from all those who are round about us, and has comforted us and delivered us.

8 亞撒的軍兵,出自猶大拿盾牌拿槍的三十萬人;出自便雅憫拿盾牌拉弓的二十八萬人。這都是大能的勇士。

8 And Asa had an army of mighty men of valour that bore swords and spears out of the tribe of Judah, three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bore breastplate and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

9 有埃塞俄比亞王謝拉率領軍兵一百萬,戰車三百輛,出來攻擊猶大人,到了瑪利沙。

9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with a large army of a million men and thirty thousand chariots, and came to Mareshah.

10 於是亞撒出去與他迎敵,就在瑪利沙的洗法谷彼此擺陣。

10 Then Asa went out against him, and he fought against him in the valley of Mareshah.

11 亞撒呼求耶和華─他的神說:「耶和華啊,要是蒙你幫助,不管他們是人多的,是無力的,也算不得甚麼[it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power]。耶和華─我們的神啊,求你幫助我們;因為我們仰賴你,奉你的名來攻擊這大軍。耶和華啊,你是我們的神,不要容人勝過你。」

11 And Asa prayed before the LORD his God and said, Thou art our LORD, thou art the help of thy people; and when thou dost deliver a great army in the hands of a small force, then all the inhabitants of the earth shall know that it is good to rely on thee; help us, O LORD our God, because in thy name we have come against this great army. O LORD our God, delay not thy might from us.

12 於是耶和華使埃塞俄比亞人敗在亞撒和猶大[Judah]面前;埃塞俄比亞人就逃跑了。

12 And when Asa had finished praying, the angel of the LORD routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

13 亞撒和跟隨他的軍兵追趕他們,直到基拉耳。埃塞俄比亞人被殺的甚多,不能再強盛,因為敗在耶和華與他軍兵面前。猶大人就奪了許多財物,

13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gedar; and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not be numbered: for they were defeated before the LORD and before his armies; and they took and carried away very much spoil.

14 又打破基拉耳四圍的城邑;耶和華使其中的人都甚恐懼。猶大人又將所有的城擄掠一空,因其中的財物甚多,

14 And they smote all the cities round about Gedar, for the fear of the LORD came upon them; and they plundered all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

15 又毀壞了群畜的圈,奪取羊和許多的駱駝[sheep and camels in abundance],就回耶路撒冷去了。

15 They also carried away the tents of the Arabians and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and brought them to Jerusalem.