¹便．哈达进攻亚哈

¹And Ben-Hadad king of Aram hath gathered all his force, and thirty and two kings [are] with him, and horse and chariot, and he goeth up and layeth siege against Samaria, and fighteth with it,

²他派遣一些使者进城去见以色列王亚哈，对他说：“便．哈达这样说：

²and sendeth messengers unto Ahab king of Israel, to the city,

³‘你的银子，你的金子都是我的；你的妻子和你最健壮的儿女也是我的。’”

³and saith to him, `Thus said Ben-Hadad, `Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy sons — the best — are mine.`

⁴以色列王回答说：“我主我王啊，就照着你所说的，我和我所有的一切都可以归你。”

⁴And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `According to thy word, my lord, O king: I [am] thine, and all that I have.`

⁵那些使者再来说：“便．哈达这样说：‘我曾经差派人对你说：你要把你的银子，你的金子，你的妻子和你的儿女都给我。

⁵And the messengers turn back and say, `Thus spake Ben-Hadad, saying, Surely I sent unto thee, saying, Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons, to me thou dost give;

⁶明天大约这个时间，我要差派我的臣仆到你那里去；他们要搜查你的王宫和你臣仆的家；凡是他们看为宝贵的，他们都要下手拿走。’”

⁶for if, at this time to-morrow, I send my servants unto thee then they have searched thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it hath been, every desirable thing of thine eyes they place in their hand, and have taken away.`

⁷以色列王把国中所有的长老都召了来，对他们说：“请你们想想，看这人怎样的麻烦，他曾经差派人来我这里要我的妻子、我的儿女、我的银子和我的金子，我都没有拒绝他。”

⁷And the king of Israel calleth to all the elders of the land, and saith, `Know, I pray you, and see that evil this [one] is seeking, for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my sons, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I withheld not from him.`

⁸众长老和人民对王说：“不要听从他，也不要答应他。”

⁸And all the elders and all the people say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.`

⁹于是亚哈对便．哈达的使者说：“请你们告诉我主我王说：‘王第一次差派人来向你仆人所要的一切，我都必照办；可是这次所要的，我却不能照办。’”于是使者去了，把这些话回复便．哈达。

⁹And he saith to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, `Say to my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto thy servant at the first I do, and this thing I am not able to do;` and the messengers go and take him back word.

¹⁰便．哈达又差派人去见亚哈说：“撒玛利亚的尘土若是足够跟从我的人每人捧一捧的话，愿神明惩罚我，并且加倍惩罚我。”

¹⁰And Ben-Hadad sendeth unto him, and saith, `Thus do the gods to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who [are] at my feet.`

¹¹以色列王回答说：“你们去告诉他，佩戴武器的人，不可像解除武器的那样自夸。”

¹¹And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armour].`

¹²便．哈达与众王正在帐棚里喝酒，一听见了这话，就对他的臣仆说：“你们列队进攻。”他们就列队进攻那城。

¹²And it cometh to pass at the hearing of this word — and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the booths — that he saith unto his servants, `Set yourselves;` and they set themselves against the city.

¹³先知预言便．哈达必败这时，忽然有一个先知前来见以色列王亚哈，说：“耶和华这样说：‘你看见这些强大的军兵吗？看啊，今天我必把他们交在你手里，你就知道我是耶和华。’”

¹³And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.`

¹⁴亚哈问：“借着谁呢？”先知回答：“耶和华这样说：‘借着跟从各省省长的年轻人。’”亚哈又问：“谁先开战呢？”先知说：“是你。”

¹⁴And Ahab saith, `By whom?` and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, By the young men of the heads of the provinces;` and he saith, `Who doth direct the battle?` and he saith, `Thou.`

¹⁵于是亚哈数点了跟从各省省长的年轻人，共有二百三十二人。以后，他又数点所有的人民，以色列众民共有七千人。

¹⁵And he inspecteth the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred, two and thirty, and after them he hath inspecteth the whole of the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand,

¹⁶亚兰人败逃在正午，便．哈达与帮助他的三十二个王正在帐棚里痛饮的时候，他们出发了。

¹⁶and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking — drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

¹⁷跟从各省省长的年轻人首先出发。便．哈达派人去察看，他们回报他说：“有人从撒玛利亚出来了。”

¹⁷And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, `Men have come out of Samaria.`

¹⁸便．哈达说：“如果他们是为了求和出来，你们要活捉他们；如果他们是为了争战出来，你们也要活捉他们。”

¹⁸And he saith, `If for peace they have come out — catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out — alive catch them.`

¹⁹从城里出来的这些人，就是跟从各省省长的年轻人，军兵跟在他们后面。

¹⁹And these have gone out of the city — the young men of the heads of the provinces — and the force that [is] after them,

²⁰他们各人遇见对手就杀。亚兰人逃跑，以色列人追赶他们。亚兰王便．哈达骑着马，与一些骑兵一起逃走。

²⁰and smite each his man, and Aram fleeth, and Israel pursueth them, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram escapeth on a horse, and the horsemen;

²¹以色列王出来，攻打战马和战车，大大地击败了亚兰人。

²¹and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.

²²先知警告亚哈那先知前来见以色列王，对他说：“你要自强，留意看看你所要预备的，因为明年春天亚兰王必再上来攻击你。”

²²And the prophet cometh nigh unto the king of Israel, and saith to him, `Go, strengthen thyself, and know and see that which thou dost, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram is coming up against thee.`

²³亚兰王的臣仆对亚兰王说：“以色列人的神是山神，所以他们比我们强；但我们若是在平原上与他们争战，我们必比他们强大。

²³And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, `Gods of hills [are] their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain — are we not stronger than they?

²⁴王应该这样作：把众王各人的职务解除，另立军官代替他们；

²⁴`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

²⁵又照着王损失的军兵的数目，招募一支新的军队，照数补充战马和战车。然后我们可以与他们在平原上作战，我们必定比他们强。”王听从他们的话，并且这样行了。

²⁵and thou, number to thee a force as the force that is fallen from thee, and horse for horse, and chariot for chariot, and we fight with them in the plain; are we not stronger than they?` and he hearkeneth to their voice, and doth so.

²⁶便．哈达再战再败过了年，便．哈达数点了亚兰人，就上到亚弗去，要与以色列人争战。

²⁶And it cometh to pass at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad inspecteth the Aramaeans, and goeth up to Aphek, to battle with Israel,

²⁷以色列人数点人数，预备了粮食，就去迎战亚兰人。以色列人对着他们安营，好像两小群山羊羔；亚兰人却满布了那地。

²⁷and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Aramaeans have filled the land.

²⁸有一位神人前来对以色列王说：“耶和华这样说：‘因为亚兰人说耶和华是山神，不是平原的神，所以我要把这些强大的军兵交在你手里，你们就知道我是耶和华。’”

²⁸And there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills [is] Jehovah, and He [is] not God of valleys — I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.`

²⁹以色列人和亚兰人相对安营，共七天。到了第七日，两军终于接战了。那一天，以色列人杀了亚兰人步兵十万。

²⁹And they encamp one over-against another seven days, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the battle draweth near, and the sons of Israel smite Aram — a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

³⁰余下来的都逃入亚弗城里，城墙倒塌，压死了余下来的二万七千人。便．哈达也逃到城里来，躲进一间密室里。

³⁰And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part.

³¹他的臣仆对他说：“我们听说以色列家的王都是仁慈的王；我们不如腰束麻布，头套绳索，出去投降以色列王，或许他会使你的性命存活。”

³¹And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel — that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.`

³²于是他们腰束麻布，头套绳索，来见以色列王，对他说：“你的仆人便．哈达说：‘求你使我的性命存活！’”亚哈说：“他还活着吗？他是我的兄弟！”

³²And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes [are] on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, `Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;` and he saith, `Is he yet alive? he [is] my brother.`

³³那些人认为这些话是个吉兆，急忙抓住他的话，说：“便．哈达是王的兄弟！”亚哈说：“你们去请他来。”便．哈达出来见王，亚哈就去请他上车。

³³And the men observe diligently, and hasten, and catch it from him, and say, `Thy brother Ben-Hadad;` and he saith, `Go ye in, bring him;` and Ben-Hadad cometh out unto him, and he causeth him to come up on the chariot.

³⁴便．哈达对王说：“我父亲从你父亲夺得的众城，我都必还给你；你可以为自己在大马士革设立市场，像我父亲在撒玛利亚设立市场一样。”亚哈说：“我与你立了这样的约，就放你去。”于是他和便．哈达立了约，就放他走了。

³⁴And he saith unto him, `The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;` — `and I, with a covenant, send thee away;` and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

³⁵先知责备亚哈放走敌人先知门徒中有一个人奉耶和华的命令对他的一个同伴说：“你打我吧！”可是，那人却不肯打他。

³⁵And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour by the word of Jehovah, `Smite me, I pray thee;` and the man refuseth to smite him,

³⁶他就对那人说：“因为你不听从耶和华的话，你一离开我，就必有狮子咬死你。”那人一离开他，果然遇见了狮子，把他咬死。

³⁶and he saith to him, `Because that thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, lo, thou art going from me, and the lion hath smitten thee;` and he goeth from him, and the lion findeth him, and smiteth him.

³⁷先知的门徒又遇见另一个人，对他说：“你打我吧！”那人就打他，把他打伤。

³⁷And he findeth another man, and saith, `Smite me, I pray thee;` and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding,

³⁸于是那先知去了，在路旁等候王。他用头巾蒙住自己的眼睛，把自己改了装。

³⁸and the prophet goeth and standeth for the king on the way, and disguiseth himself with ashes on his eyes.

³⁹王从那里经过的时候，他向王呼叫说：“你仆人出征，在战阵之中，忽然有一个人转过来，带了另一个人来见我，说：‘你看守这个人，他若是走失了，就要你替他偿命，否则你要支付三十公斤银子。’

³⁹And it cometh to pass — the king is passing by — that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, `Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out;

⁴⁰你仆人正在忙这忙那的时候，那人就不见了。”以色列王对他说：“你的判案就是这样，你已经自己判决了。”

⁴⁰and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!` and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right [is] thy judgment; thou hast determined [it].`

⁴¹他急忙把蒙在眼上的头巾除下，以色列王就认出他是一个先知。

⁴¹And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he [is] of the prophets,

⁴²先知对王说：“耶和华这样说：因为你把我要灭绝的人从你手中放走，所以要你替他偿命。要你的人民抵偿他的人民。”

⁴²and he saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of [thy] hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;`

⁴³于是以色列王闷闷不乐回到撒玛利亚，自己的王宫里去了。

⁴³and the king of Israel goeth unto his house, sulky and wroth, and cometh in to Samaria.