今日读经

便‧哈达围攻撒马利亚

¹亚兰王便·哈达聚集他的全军，率领三十二个王，带着车马上来围攻撒马利亚；Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

²又差遣使者进城见以色列王亚哈，对他说：“便·哈达如此说：Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel,

³你的金银都要归我，你妻子儿女中最美的也要归我。”saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”

⁴以色列王回答说：“我主我王啊，可以依着你的话，我与我所有的都归你。”And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

⁵使者又来说：“便·哈达如此说：我已差遣人去见你，要你将你的金银、妻子、儿女都给我。The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.

⁶但明日约在这时候，我还要差遣臣仆到你那里，搜查你的家和你仆人的家，将你眼中一切所喜爱的都拿了去。”But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

⁷以色列王召了国中的长老来，对他们说：“请你们看看，这人是怎样地谋害我，他先差遣人到我这里来，要我的妻子、儿女，和金银，我并没有推辞他。”Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

⁸长老和百姓对王说：“不要听从他，也不要应允他。”And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

⁹故此，以色列王对便·哈达的使者说：“你们告诉我主我王说：王头一次差遣人向仆人所要的，仆人都依从；但这次所要的，我不能依从。”使者就去回复便·哈达。So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

¹⁰便·哈达又差遣人去见亚哈说：“撒马利亚的尘土若够跟从我的人每人捧一捧的，愿神明重重地降罚与我！”Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”

¹¹以色列王说：“你告诉他说，才顶盔贯甲的，休要像摘盔卸甲的夸口。”And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

¹²便·哈达和诸王正在帐幕里喝酒，听见这话，就对他臣仆说：“摆队吧！”他们就摆队攻城。Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

神藉少年人使以色列得胜

¹³有一个先知来见以色列王亚哈，说：“耶和华如此说：‘这一大群人你看见了吗？今日我必将他们交在你手里，你就知道我是耶和华。’”Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”

¹⁴亚哈说：“借着谁呢？”他回答说：“耶和华说，借着跟从省长的少年人。”亚哈说：“要谁率领呢？”他说：“要你亲自率领。”“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

¹⁵于是亚哈数点跟从省长的少年人，共有二百三十二名，后又数点以色列的众兵，共有七千名。So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

¹⁶午间，他们就出城；便·哈达和帮助他的三十二个王正在帐幕里痛饮。They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

¹⁷跟从省长的少年人先出城；便·哈达差遣人去探望，他们回报说：“有人从撒马利亚出来了。”And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”

¹⁸他说：“他们若为讲和出来，要活捉他们；若为打仗出来，也要活捉他们。”“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”

¹⁹跟从省长的少年人出城，军兵跟随他们；Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,

²⁰各人遇见敌人就杀。亚兰人逃跑，以色列人追赶他们；亚兰王便·哈达骑着马和马兵一同逃跑。and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.

²¹以色列王出城攻打车马，大大击杀亚兰人。Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.

²²那先知来见以色列王，对他说：“你当自强，留心怎样防备；因为到明年这时候，亚兰王必上来攻击你。”Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”

亚兰人说耶和华是山神

²³亚兰王的臣仆对亚兰王说：“以色列人的神是山神，所以他们胜过我们；但在平原与他们打仗，我们必定得胜。Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

²⁴王当这样行：把诸王革去，派军长代替他们，So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.

²⁵又照着王丧失军兵之数，再招募一军，马补马，车补车，我们在平原与他们打仗，必定得胜。”王便听臣仆的话去行。And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.

亚弗之战

²⁶次年，便·哈达果然点齐亚兰人上亚弗去，要与以色列人打仗。In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

²⁷以色列人也点齐军兵，预备食物，迎着亚兰人出去，对着他们安营，好像两小群山羊羔；亚兰人却满了地面。The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

²⁸有神人来见以色列王，说：“耶和华如此说：‘亚兰人既说我—耶和华是山神，不是平原的神，所以我必将这一大群人都交在你手中，你们就知道我是耶和华。’”Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

²⁹以色列人与亚兰人相对安营七日，到第七日两军交战；那一日以色列人杀了亚兰人步兵十万，For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

³⁰其余的逃入亚弗城；城墙塌倒，压死剩下的二万七千人。便·哈达也逃入城，藏在严密的屋子里。The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

亚哈放走便‧哈达

³¹他的臣仆对他说：“我们听说以色列王都是仁慈的王，现在我们不如腰束麻布，头套绳索，出去投降以色列王，或者他存留王的性命。”Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

³²于是他们腰束麻布，头套绳索，去见以色列王，说：“王的仆人便·哈达说，求王存留我的性命。”亚哈说：“他还活着吗？他是我的兄弟。”So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

³³这些人留心探出他的口气来，便急忙就着他的话说：“便·哈达是王的兄弟！”王说：“你们去请他来。”便·哈达出来见王，王就请他上车。Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.

³⁴便·哈达对王说：“我父从你父那里所夺的城邑，我必归还。你可以在大马士革立街市，像我父在撒马利亚所立的一样。”亚哈说：“我照此立约，放你回去”，就与他立约，放他去了。Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

先知用比喻责备亚哈

³⁵有先知的一个门徒奉耶和华的命对他的同伴说：“你打我吧！”那人不肯打他。Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.

³⁶他就对那人说：“你既不听从耶和华的话，你一离开我，必有狮子咬死你。”那人一离开他，果然遇见狮子，把他咬死了。Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.

³⁷先知的门徒又遇见一个人，对他说：“你打我吧！”那人就打他，将他打伤。Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,

³⁸他就去了，用头巾蒙眼，改换面目，在路旁等候王。and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

³⁹王从那里经过，他向王呼叫说：“仆人在阵上的时候，有人带了一个人来，对我说：‘你看守这人，若把他失了，你的性命必代替他的性命；不然，你必交出一他连得银子来。’As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

⁴⁰仆人正在忙乱之间，那人就不见了。”以色列王对他说：“你自己定妥了，必照样判断你。”But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”

⁴¹他急忙除掉蒙眼的头巾，以色列王就认出他是一个先知。Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

⁴²他对王说：“耶和华如此说：‘因你将我定要灭绝的人放去，你的命就必代替他的命，你的民也必代替他的民。’”And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

⁴³于是以色列王闷闷不乐地回到撒马利亚，进了他的宫。Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.

拿伯的葡萄园

¹这事以后，又有一事。耶斯列人拿伯在耶斯列有一个葡萄园，靠近撒马利亚王亚哈的宫。Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

²亚哈对拿伯说：“你将你的葡萄园给我作菜园，因为是靠近我的宫；我就把更好的葡萄园换给你，或是你要银子，我就按着价值给你。”So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

³拿伯对亚哈说：“我敬畏耶和华，万不敢将我先人留下的产业给你。”But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

⁴亚哈因耶斯列人拿伯说“我不敢将我先人留下的产业给你”，就闷闷不乐地回宫，躺在床上，转脸向内，也不吃饭。So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.

耶洗别的毒计

⁵王后耶洗别来问他说：“你为什么心里这样忧闷，不吃饭呢？”Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”

⁶他回答说：“因我向耶斯列人拿伯说：‘你将你的葡萄园给我，我给你价银，或是你愿意，我就把别的葡萄园换给你’；他却说：‘我不将我的葡萄园给你。’”Ahab answered, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ And he replied, ‘I will not give you my vineyard!’”

⁷王后耶洗别对亚哈说：“你现在是治理以色列国不是？只管起来，心里畅畅快快地吃饭，我必将耶斯列人拿伯的葡萄园给你。”But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

⁸于是托亚哈的名写信，用王的印印上，送给那些与拿伯同城居住的长老贵胄。Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

⁹信上写着说：“你们当宣告禁食，叫拿伯坐在民间的高位上，In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

¹⁰又叫两个匪徒坐在拿伯对面，作见证告他说：‘你谤渎　神和王了’；随后就把他拉出去用石头打死。”But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

¹¹那些与拿伯同城居住的长老贵胄得了耶洗别的信，就照信而行，So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

¹²宣告禁食，叫拿伯坐在民间的高位上。They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

¹³有两个匪徒来，坐在拿伯的对面，当着众民作见证告他说：“拿伯谤渎　神和王了！”众人就把他拉到城外，用石头打死。And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

¹⁴于是打发人去见耶洗别，说：“拿伯被石头打死了。”Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

¹⁵耶洗别听见拿伯被石头打死，就对亚哈说：“你起来得耶斯列人拿伯不肯为价银给你的葡萄园吧！现在他已经死了。”When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

¹⁶亚哈听见拿伯死了，就起来，下去要得耶斯列人拿伯的葡萄园。And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

以利亚宣告审判

¹⁷耶和华的话临到提斯比人以利亚说：Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

¹⁸“你起来，去见住撒马利亚的以色列王亚哈，他下去要得拿伯的葡萄园，现今正在那园里。“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.

¹⁹你要对他说：‘耶和华如此说：你杀了人，又得他的产业吗？’又要对他说：‘耶和华如此说：狗在何处舔拿伯的血，也必在何处舔你的血。’”Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

²⁰亚哈对以利亚说：“我仇敌啊，你找到我吗？”他回答说：“我找到你了；因为你卖了自己，行耶和华眼中看为恶的事。When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

²¹耶和华说：‘我必使灾祸临到你，将你除尽。凡属你的男丁，无论困住的、自由的，都从以色列中剪除。This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.

²²我必使你的家像尼八的儿子耶罗波安的家，又像亚希雅的儿子巴沙的家；因为你惹我发怒，又使以色列人陷在罪里。’I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’

²³论到耶洗别，耶和华也说：‘狗在耶斯列的外郭必吃耶洗别的肉。And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

²⁴凡属亚哈的人，死在城中的必被狗吃，死在田野的必被空中的鸟吃。’”Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

²⁵（从来没有像亚哈的，因他自卖，行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，受了王后耶洗别的耸动；(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

²⁶就照耶和华在以色列人面前所赶出的亚摩利人，行了最可憎恶的事，信从偶像。）He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

亚哈自卑

²⁷亚哈听见这话，就撕裂衣服，禁食，身穿麻布，睡卧也穿着麻布，并且缓缓而行。When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

²⁸耶和华的话临到提斯比人以利亚说：Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:

²⁹“亚哈在我面前这样自卑，你看见了吗？因他在我面前自卑，他还在世的时候，我不降这祸；到他儿子的时候，我必降这祸与他的家。”“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”

生来瞎眼的人

¹耶稣过去的时候，看见一个人生来是瞎眼的。Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

²门徒问耶稣说：“拉比，这人生来是瞎眼的，是谁犯了罪？是这人呢？是他父母呢？”and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

³耶稣回答说：“也不是这人犯了罪，也不是他父母犯了罪，是要在他身上显出　神的作为来。Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

⁴趁着白日，我们必须做那差我来者的工；黑夜将到，就没有人能做工了。While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

⁵我在世上的时候，是世上的光。”While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

往西罗亚池子去洗

⁶耶稣说了这话，就吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和泥抹在瞎子的眼睛上，When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

⁷对他说：“你往西罗亚池子里去洗。”（西罗亚翻出来就是“奉差遣”。）他去一洗，回头就看见了。Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

邻舍的议论

⁸他的邻舍和那素常见他是讨饭的，就说：“这不是那从前坐着讨饭的人吗？”At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

⁹有人说：“是他”；又有人说：“不是，却是像他。”他自己说：“是我。”Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

¹⁰他们对他说：“你的眼睛是怎么开的呢？”“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

¹¹他回答说：“有一个人，名叫耶稣，他和泥抹我的眼睛，对我说：‘你往西罗亚池子去洗。’我去一洗，就看见了。”He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

¹²他们说：“那个人在哪里？”他说：“我不知道。”“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.

被带到法利赛人那里

¹³他们把从前瞎眼的人带到法利赛人那里。They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.