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約哈斯作王三個月

³⁰他的臣僕用車將他的屍首從米吉多送到耶路撒冷，葬在他自己的墳墓裡。國民膏約西亞的兒子約哈斯接續他父親作王。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.

³¹約哈斯登基的時候年二十三歲，在耶路撒冷作王三個月。他母親名叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女兒。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.

³²約哈斯行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，效法他列祖一切所行的。And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.

³³法老尼哥將約哈斯鎖禁在哈馬地的利比拉，不許他在耶路撒冷作王，又罰猶大國銀子一百他連得，金子一他連得。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.

法老立約雅敬作王

³⁴法老尼哥立約西亞的兒子以利亞敬接續他父親約西亞作王，給他改名叫約雅敬，卻將約哈斯帶到埃及，他就死在那裡。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.

³⁵約雅敬將金銀給法老，遵著法老的命向國民征取金銀，按著各人的力量派定，索要金銀，好給法老尼哥。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.

³⁶約雅敬登基的時候年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母親名叫西布大，是魯瑪人毘大雅的女兒。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.

³⁷約雅敬行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，效法他列祖一切所行的。And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.

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尼布甲尼撒來攻，約雅敬背叛

¹約雅敬年間，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒上到猶大；約雅敬服事他三年，然後背叛他。During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

²耶和華使迦勒底軍、亞蘭軍、摩押軍，和亞捫人的軍來攻擊約雅敬，毀滅猶大，正如耶和華藉他僕人眾先知所說的。And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

³這禍臨到猶大人，誠然是耶和華所命的，要將他們從自己面前趕出，是因瑪拿西所犯的一切罪；Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

⁴又因他流無辜人的血，充滿了耶路撒冷；耶和華決不肯赦免。and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

⁵約雅敬其餘的事，凡他所行的都寫在猶大列王記上。As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

⁶約雅敬與他列祖同睡。他兒子約雅斤接續他作王。And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

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⁷埃及王不再從他國中出來；因為巴比倫王將埃及王所管之地，從埃及小河直到幼發拉底河都奪去了。Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

約雅斤投降，被擄到巴比倫

⁸約雅斤登基的時候年十八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三個月。他母親名叫尼護施她，是耶路撒冷人以利拿單的女兒。Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

⁹約雅斤行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，效法他父親一切所行的。And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.

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¹⁰那時，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的軍兵上到耶路撒冷，圍困城。At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

¹¹當他軍兵圍困城的時候，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒就親自來了。And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

¹²猶大王約雅斤和他母親、臣僕、首領、太監一同出城，投降巴比倫王；巴比倫王便拿住他。那時是巴比倫王第八年。Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

¹³巴比倫王將耶和華殿和王宮裡的寶物都拿去了，將以色列王所羅門所造耶和華殿裡的金器都毀壞了，正如耶和華所說的；As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.

¹⁴又將耶路撒冷的眾民和眾首領，並所有大能的勇士，共一萬人，連一切木匠、鐵匠都擄了去；除了國中極貧窮的人以外，沒有剩下的；He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

¹⁵並將約雅斤和王母、后妃、太監，與國中的大官，都從耶路撒冷擄到巴比倫去了；Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

¹⁶又將一切勇士七千人和木匠、鐵匠一千人，都是能上陣的勇士，全擄到巴比倫去了。The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

西底家作王

¹⁷巴比倫王立約雅斤的叔叔瑪探雅代替他作王，給瑪探雅改名叫西底家。Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

¹⁸西底家登基的時候年二十一歲，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母親名叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女兒。Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

¹⁹西底家行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，是照約雅敬一切所行的。And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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²⁰因此耶和華的怒氣在耶路撒冷和猶大發作，以致將人民從自己面前趕出。For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

耶路撒冷被圍

¹西底家背叛巴比倫王。他作王第九年十月初十日，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領全軍來攻擊耶路撒冷，對城安營，四圍築壘攻城。So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

²於是城被圍困，直到西底家王十一年。And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

³四月初九日，城裡有大饑荒，甚至百姓都沒有糧食。By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

城破，西底家被擒

⁴城被攻破，一切兵丁就在夜間從靠近王園兩城中間的門逃跑。迦勒底人正在四圍攻城，王就向亞拉巴逃走。Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

⁵迦勒底的軍隊追趕王，在耶利哥的平原追上他；他的全軍都離開他四散了。but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

⁶迦勒底人就拿住王，帶他到在利比拉的巴比倫王那裡審判他。The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

⁷在西底家眼前殺了他的眾子，並且剜了西底家的眼睛，用銅鍊鎖著他，帶到巴比倫去。And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

聖殿和城被焚燒

⁸巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒十九年五月初七日，巴比倫王的臣僕、護衛長尼布撒拉旦來到耶路撒冷，On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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⁹用火焚燒耶和華的殿和王宮，又焚燒耶路撒冷的房屋，就是各大戶家的房屋。He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

¹⁰跟從護衛長迦勒底的全軍就拆毀耶路撒冷四圍的城牆。And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

¹¹那時護衛長尼布撒拉旦將城裡所剩下的百姓，並已經投降巴比倫王的人，以及大眾所剩下的人，都擄去了。Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

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¹²但護衛長留下些民中最窮的，使他們修理葡萄園，耕種田地。But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

聖殿的銅器被運走

¹³耶和華殿的銅柱，並耶和華殿的盆座和銅海，迦勒底人都打碎了，將那銅運到巴比倫去了，Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

¹⁴又帶去鍋、鏟子、蠟剪、調羹，並所用的一切銅器，They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

¹⁵火鼎、碗，無論金的銀的，護衛長也都帶去了。The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

¹⁶所羅門為耶和華殿所造的兩根銅柱、一個銅海，和幾個盆座，這一切的銅，多得無法可稱。As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

¹⁷這一根柱子高十八肘，柱上有銅頂，高三肘；銅頂的周圍有網子和石榴，都是銅的。那一根柱子，照此一樣，也有網子。Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

祭司和首領被殺

¹⁸護衛長拿住大祭司西萊雅、副祭司西番亞，和三個把門的，The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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¹⁹又從城中拿住一個管理兵丁的官（或譯：太監），並在城裡所遇常見王面的五個人和檢點國民軍長的書記，以及城裡遇見的國民六十個人。Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

²⁰護衛長尼布撒拉旦將這些人帶到在利比拉的巴比倫王那裡。Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²¹巴比倫王就把他們擊殺在哈馬地的利比拉。這樣，猶大人被擄去離開本地。There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

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基大利作省長

²²至於猶大國剩下的民，就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒所剩下的，巴比倫王立了沙番的孫子、亞希甘的兒子基大利作他們的省長。Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

²³眾軍長和屬他們的人聽見巴比倫王立了基大利作省長，於是軍長尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利、加利亞的兒子約哈難、尼陀法人單戶蔑的兒子西萊雅、瑪迦人的兒子雅撒尼亞，和屬他們的人都到米斯巴見基大利。When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

²⁴基大利向他們和屬他們的人起誓說：「你們不必懼怕迦勒底臣僕，只管住在這地服事巴比倫王，就可以得福。」And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”

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基大利被刺，眾人逃往埃及

²⁵七月間，宗室以利沙瑪的孫子、尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利帶著十個人來，殺了基大利和同他在米斯巴的猶大人與迦勒底人。In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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²⁶於是眾民，無論大小，連眾軍長；因為懼怕迦勒底人，都起身往埃及去了。Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

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父啊，榮耀你的兒子

¹耶穌說了這話，就舉目望天，說：「父啊，時候到了，願你榮耀你的兒子，使兒子也榮耀你；When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

²正如你曾賜給他權柄管理凡有血氣的，叫他將永生賜給你所賜給他的人。For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

³認識你─獨一的真　神，並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督，這就是永生。Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

⁴我在地上已經榮耀你，你所託付我的事，我已成全了。I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

⁵父啊，現在求你使我同你享榮耀，就是未有世界以先，我同你所有的榮耀。And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

為門徒祈求

⁶「你從世上賜給我的人，我已將你的名顯明與他們。他們本是你的，你將他們賜給我，他們也遵守了你的道。I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

⁷如今他們知道，凡你所賜給我的，都是從你那裡來的；Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

⁸因為你所賜給我的道，我已經賜給他們，他們也領受了，又確實知道，我是從你出來的，並且信你差了我來。For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

⁹我為他們祈求，不為世人祈求，卻為你所賜給我的人祈求，因他們本是你的。I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

¹⁰凡是我的，都是你的；你的也是我的，並且我因他們得了榮耀。All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

求你保守他們

¹¹從今以後，我不在世上，他們卻在世上；我往你那裡去。聖父啊，求你因你所賜給我的名保守他們，叫他們合而為一像我們一樣。I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

¹²我與他們同在的時候，因你所賜給我的名保守了他們，我也護衛了他們；其中除了那滅亡之子，沒有一個滅亡的，好叫經上的話得應驗。While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

¹³現在我往你那裡去，我還在世上說這話，是叫他們心裡充滿我的喜樂。But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

他們不屬世界

¹⁴我已將你的道賜給他們。世界又恨他們；因為他們不屬世界，正如我不屬世界一樣。I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

¹⁵我不求你叫他們離開世界，只求你保守他們脫離那惡者（或譯：脫離罪惡）。I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

¹⁶他們不屬世界，正如我不屬世界一樣。They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

用真理使他們成聖

¹⁷求你用真理使他們成聖；你的道就是真理。Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

¹⁸你怎樣差我到世上，我也照樣差他們到世上。As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

¹⁹我為他們的緣故，自己分別為聖，叫他們也因真理成聖。For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

為將來信的人祈求

²⁰「我不但為這些人祈求，也為那些因他們的話信我的人祈求，I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

²¹使他們都合而為一。正如你父在我裡面，我在你裡面，使他們也在我們裡面，叫世人可以信你差了我來。that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

²²你所賜給我的榮耀，我已賜給他們，使他們合而為一，像我們合而為一。I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

²³我在他們裡面，你在我裡面，使他們完完全全地合而為一，叫世人知道你差了我來，也知道你愛他們如同愛我一樣。I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

願他們看見我的榮耀

²⁴父啊，我在哪裡，願你所賜給我的人也同我在那裡，叫他們看見你所賜給我的榮耀；因為創立世界以前，你已經愛我了。Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

²⁵公義的父啊，世人未曾認識你，我卻認識你；這些人也知道你差了我來。Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

²⁶我已將你的名指示他們，還要指示他們，使你所愛我的愛在他們裡面，我也在他們裡面。」And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”