2Kings
Chapter16
1IntheseventeenthyearofPekah,sonofRemaliah,Ahaz,sonofJotham,kingofJudah,begantoreign.
勒玛里雅的儿子培卡黑十七年，约堂的儿子阿哈次登极为犹大王。
2Ahazwastwentyyearsoldwhenhebecameking,andhereignedsixteenyearsinJerusalem.HedidnotpleasetheLORD,hisGod,likehisforefatherDavid,
他登极时年二十岁，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。他没有像他祖先达味一样，行了上主视他的天主视为正义的事，
3butconductedhimselflikethekingsofIsrael,andevenimmolatedhissonbyfire,inaccordancewiththeabominablepracticeofthenationswhomtheLORDhadclearedoutofthewayoftheIsraelites.
却走了以色列王的路，仿效上主从以色列子民面前赶走的异民的丑恶之事，令自己的儿女经火献神，
4Further,hesacrificedandburnedincenseonthehighplaces,onhills,andundereveryleafytree.
又在高处丘岭和绿树下，焚香献祭。
5ThenRezin,kingofAram,andPekah,sonofRemaliah,kingofIsrael,cameuptoJerusalemtoattackit.AlthoughtheybesiegedAhaz,theywereunabletoconquerhim.
那时，阿兰王勒斤和以色列王勒玛里雅的儿子培卡黑前来进攻耶路撒冷，围困阿哈次，却不能取胜。
6AtthesametimethekingofEdomrecoveredElathforEdom,drivingtheJudeansoutofit.TheEdomitesthenenteredElath,whichtheyhaveoccupieduntilthepresent.
就在这时，厄东王收回厄拉特重归厄东，将犹大人从厄拉特赶走；厄东人进入厄拉特，住在那里直到今日。
7Meanwhile,AhazsentmessengerstoTiglath-pileser,kingofAssyria,withtheplea:"Iamyourservantandyourson.ComeupandrescuemefromtheclutchesofthekingofAramandthekingofIsrael,whoareattackingme."
阿哈次派使者去见亚述王提革拉特丕肋色尔说：“我是你的仆人，你的儿子，请你上来救我脱离阿兰王和以色列王的手，因为他们来攻打我”
8AhaztookthesilverandgoldthatwereinthetempleoftheLORDandinthepalacetreasuriesandsentthemasapresenttothekingofAssyria,
阿哈次拿出上主殿内和王宫府库内贮藏的金银来，送给亚述王作为礼品。
91wholistenedtohimandmovedagainstDamascus,whichhecaptured.HedeporteditsinhabitantstoKirandputRezintodeath.
亚述王遂听从了他的要求，立即前去进攻大马士革，占领了那城，将那里的居民掳往克尔，杀了勒斤。
10KingAhazwenttoDamascustomeetTiglath-pileser,kingofAssyria.WhenhesawthealtarinDamascus,KingAhazsenttoUriahthepriestamodelofthealtarandadetaileddesignofitsconstruction.
阿哈次曾去大马士革，会见亚述王提革拉特丕肋色尔，他看见了大马士革的祭坛，就给司祭乌黎雅送去了那座祭坛的图案模型，和详尽的制造法。
11UriahthepriestbuiltanaltaraccordingtotheplanswhichKingAhazsenthimfromDamascus,andhaditcompletedbythetimethekingreturnedhome.
乌黎雅司祭完全照样依照阿哈次王从大马士革送来的祭坛式样，建筑了一座祭坛；乌黎雅司祭就在阿哈次王从大马士革回来以前，完全照样造好。
12OnhisarrivalfromDamascus,thekinginspectedthisaltar,thenwentuptoitandofferedsacrificeonit,
君王从大马士革回来，看见那座祭坛，就近前上去，
13burninghisholocaustandcereal-offering,pouringouthislibation,andsprinklingthebloodofhispeace-offeringsonthealtar.
奉献了他的全燔祭和素祭，行了奠祭，将和平祭的血洒在祭坛上。
14ThebronzealtarthatstoodbeforetheLORDhebroughtfromthefrontofthetemple——thatis,fromthespacebetweenthenewaltarandthetempleoftheLORD——andsetitonthenorthsideofhisaltar.
然后将上主面前的铜祭坛，从殿的前面，即从新祭坛和上主之殿的中间搬出来，放在祭坛的北边。
152"Uponthelargealtar,"KingAhazcommandedUriahthepriest,"burnthemorningholocaustandtheeveningcerealoffering,theroyalholocaustandcerealoffering,aswellastheholocausts,cerealofferings,andlibationsofthepeople.Youmustalsosprinkleonitallthebloodofholocaustsandsacrifices.Buttheoldbronzealtarshallbemineforconsultation."
阿哈次王吩咐司祭乌黎雅说：“你应在这大祭坛上焚烧早晨的全燔祭，晚上的素祭，君王的全燔祭和素祭，地方上全体人民的全燔祭、素祭和奠祭；全燔祭的血和各种牺牲的血，你也应洒在这祭坛上；至于这铜祭坛，让我再加考虑”。
16UriahthepriestdidjustasKingAhazhadcommanded.
司祭乌黎雅就照阿哈次所吩咐的一切做了。
17KingAhazdetachedtheframesfromthebasesandremovedthelaversfromthem;healsotookdownthebronzeseafromthebronzeoxenthatsupportedit,andsetitonastonepavement.
后来，阿哈次王又拆毁了盆座上的镶板，挪去了座上的铜盆，将铜牛上的铜海搬下，放在石铺的地上。
183IndeferencetothekingofAssyriaheremovedfromthetempleoftheLORDtheemplacementwhichhadbeenbuiltinthetempleforathrone,andtheouterentrancefortheking.
此外，为了亚述王的缘故，又拆除了在殿内建造的宝座，和君王从外面来到上主殿内的外门。
19TherestoftheactsofAhazarerecordedinthebookofthechroniclesofthekingsofJudah.
阿哈次其余的事迹，他行的一切都记载在犹大列王实录上。
20AhazrestedwithhisancestorsandwasburiedwiththemintheCityofDavid.HissonHezekiahsucceededhimasking.
阿哈次与祖先同眠，与祖先同葬在达味城；他的儿子希则克雅继位为王。
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Footnotes（注解）
1[9]Firmlydatedeventsbearingonchapters16through20are:thefallofDamascus(2Kings16:9)in732B.C.,thefallofSamaria(2Kings18:9-11)in721B.C.,andSennacherib'sinvasionofJudah(2Kings18:13)in701B.C.,whichisequatedbothinKgsandinIsaiah36:1withthe14thyearofHezekiah.ThesedatamakeitnecessarytocreditAhazwithatleastatwenty-yearreign,between735andc.715B.C.,andtoexcludethecorrelationsbetweenHosheaofIsraelandHezekiahin2Kings18.Ifthe14th-yearcorrespondencefor701B.C.isgivenup,otherarrangementsarepossible.TheallegedagesofJotham(2Kings15:33),Ahaz(2Kings16:2),andHezekiah(2Kings18:2)attheirsuccessiveaccessionstothethronedonotargueforanearlydateforHezekiah;butoneormoreofthesemaybeartificial.Azariah(2Kings15:1-7;Isaiah6:1)wasstillonthethroneofJudahin743B.C.
2[15]Forconsultation:perhapstheintroductionintoJudahoftheBabylonianpracticeofomensacrifices;cfEzekiel21:16.
3[18]Emplacementforathrone,andtheouterentrancefortheking:signsofsovereigntyfortheHebrewkings.