1以利沙差派门徒膏耶户
1And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets, and saith to him, `Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead,
2你到了那里，要在那里寻找宁示的孙子、约沙法的儿子耶户。你要去，请他从他的兄弟中起来，然后把他带进一个密室。
2and thou hast gone in there, and see thou there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, and thou hast gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brethren, and brought him in to the inner part of an inner-chamber,
3你要拿着这瓶膏油，把油倒在他的头上，说：“耶和华这样说：‘我膏立你作王统治以色列。’然后，你要开门逃跑，不可停留。”
3and taken the vial of oil, and poured on his head, and said, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel; and thou hast opened the door, and fled, and dost not wait.`
4于是那年轻的先知往基列的拉末去了。
4And the young man goeth — the young man the prophet — to Ramoth-Gilead,
5耶户为王他到了那里，看见军队的将领都坐在那里。他就说：“将军，我有话要对你说。”耶户说：“我们这里所有的人，你要对哪一个说话呢？”他说：“将军，我要对你说。”
5and cometh in, and lo, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he saith, `I have a word unto thee, O chief!` and Jehu saith, `Unto which of all of us?` and he saith, `Unto thee, O chief.`
6耶户就起来，进了屋子；先知门徒就把油倒在耶户的头上，对他说：“以色列的 神耶和华这样说：‘我膏立你作王，统治耶和华的人民以色列。
6And he riseth and cometh in to the house, and he poureth the oil on his head, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have anointed thee for king unto the people of Jehovah, unto Israel,
7你要击杀你的主人亚哈的家。我要为我仆人众先知的血和所有耶和华的仆人的血，在耶洗别身上报仇。
7and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel;
8亚哈的全家都要灭亡；我要剪除在以色列属亚哈的男人，无论是自由的，或是为奴的。
8and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
9我要使亚哈的家好像尼八的儿子耶罗波安的家，又好像亚希雅的儿子巴沙的家。
9and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,
10至于耶洗别，她的尸体要在耶斯列的田间被狗吃掉，没有人来埋葬。’”他一说完，就开门逃走了。
10and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;` and he openeth the door and fleeth.
11耶户出来，到他主人的臣仆那里去；他们问他说：“一切都平安吗？那疯子来见你有什么事呢？”他对他们说：“你们认识这个人，也知道他说些什么。”
11And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord, and [one] saith to him, `Is there peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee?` and he saith unto them, `Ye have known the man and his talk.`
12他们说：“谎话！请你告诉我们吧。”他说：“他这样对我说：‘耶和华这样说：我已经膏立你作王统治以色列。’”
12And they say, `False, declare, we pray thee, to us;` and he saith, `Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel.`
13他们就急忙把自己的衣服放在他脚下的台阶上，然后吹响号角宣告：“耶户作王了。”
13And they haste and take each his garment, and put [it] under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a trumpet, and say, `Reigned hath Jehu!`
14这样，宁示的孙子、约沙法的儿子耶户背叛约兰了。约兰和以色列众人曾因亚兰王哈薛的缘故，守卫着基列的拉末。
14And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspireth against Joram — (and Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence of Hazael king of Aram,
15但后来约兰王回到耶斯列去治伤，就是他与亚兰王哈薛作战时，弓箭手击伤他的。耶户说：“你们若是同意，就不要让人逃出这城到耶斯列去报信。”
15and king Joram turneth back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Aramaeans smite him, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram) — and Jehu saith, `If it is your mind, let not an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.`
16于是耶户登上战车，往耶斯列去了；因约兰正在那里卧病，犹大王亚哈谢下来探望他。
16And Jehu rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram.
17站在耶斯列城楼的哨兵看见耶户的队伍来临，就说：“我看见有一队人马。”约兰说：“叫一个骑兵来，派他去见他们，说：‘平安吗？’”
17And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming, and saith, `A company I see;` and Joram saith, `Take a rider and send to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?`
18于是有一个骑兵去迎见耶户，说：“王这样问：‘平安吗？’”耶户说：“平安不平安和你有什么关系呢？转到我后面去吧！”那哨兵又报告：“使者到了他们那里，却没有回来。”
18and the rider on the horse goeth to meet him, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What — to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.` And the watchman declareth, saying, `The messenger came unto them, and he hath not returned.`
19王又派第二个骑兵去。他来到他们那里，说：“王这样问：‘平安吗？’”耶户说：“平安不平安和你有什么关系呢？转到我后面去吧！”
19And he sendeth a second rider on a horse, and he cometh in unto them, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What — to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.`
20那哨兵又报告：“他已经去到他那里，却没有回来。那驾车的手法很像宁示的孙子耶户，因为他驾车很凶猛。”
20And the watchman declareth, saying, `He came unto them, and he hath not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for with madness he driveth.`
21耶户射杀约兰约兰就说：“备车。”他们就为他备了车。以色列王约兰和犹大王亚哈谢出城，他们各自乘坐战车出去见耶户，就在耶斯列人拿伯的田间遇上了他。
21And Jehoram saith, `Harness;` and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22约兰看见耶户的时候，就说：“耶户，平安吗？”耶户说：“你的母亲耶洗别的淫行和邪术这么多，还有平安吗？”
22And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram`s seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?` and he saith, `What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?`
23约兰立刻把车调转过来逃跑，对亚哈谢说：“亚哈谢啊，反了！”
23And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, `Deceit, O Ahaziah!`
24耶户拉满弓，射中约兰的背；箭从他的心窝穿出，他就倒在自己的车上。
24And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot.
25耶户对副官毕甲说：“把他抬起来，丢在耶斯列人拿伯的田地里，因为我还记得你我一起驾车跟随他父亲亚哈的时候，耶和华曾宣告了这些有关亚哈的话：
25And [Jehu] saith unto Bidkar his captain, `Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite — for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden:
26‘昨天我实在看见了拿伯的血和他儿子们的血（这是耶和华的宣告）；我要在这块田地上报应你（这是耶和华的宣告）。’现在你要按着耶和华的话，把他抬起来丢在田里。”
26Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight — the affirmation of Jehovah — yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion — the affirmation of Jehovah; — and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.`
27犹大王亚哈谢看见这一切，就沿着通往伯哈干的路逃走。耶户紧追着他，说：“还有他！”他们就在靠近以伯莲的姑珥坡把他击伤在战车上。他逃到米吉多，就死在那里。
27And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, `Smite him — also him — in the chariot,` in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there,
28他的臣仆用车把他的尸体送到耶路撒冷，葬在大卫城他自己的坟墓，和他的祖先一同长眠。
28and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bury him in his burying-place, with his fathers, in the city of David.
29亚哈的儿子约兰第十一年，亚哈谢登基统治犹大。
29And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.
30耶洗别被掷堕楼惨死耶户到了耶斯列。耶洗别已经听闻，就涂眼梳头，从窗户里往外观望。
30And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.
31耶户进入城门的时候，她说：“平安吗，杀主的心利？”
31And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace [to] Zimri — slayer of his lord?`
32耶户抬头对着窗户，说：“有谁拥护我？谁？”立时有两三个太监往外望着他。
32And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, `Who [is] with me? — who?` and look out unto him do two [or] three eunuchs;
33他说：“把她拋下来！”他们就把她拋下去。她的血溅在墙上和马匹身上，它们也践踏了她。
33And he saith, `Let her go;` and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treadeth her down.
34耶户进入屋内，又吃又喝，然后说：“你们去料理那被咒诅的妇人，把她埋了，因为她是王的女儿。”
34And he cometh in, and eateth, and drinketh, and saith, `Look after, I pray you, this cursed one, and bury her, for she [is] a king`s daughter.`
35于是他们去收殓她，却找不到她的尸体，只找到头骨、双脚和双掌。
35And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
36他们就回去，告诉他，他说：“这正是耶和华借着他仆人提斯比人以利亚所说的话：‘野狗必在耶斯列的地方吃耶洗别的肉。’
36And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, `The word of Jehovah it [is], that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,
37耶洗别的尸体要像耶斯列田间的粪肥，以致人不能说：‘这是耶洗别。’”
37and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This [is] Jezebel.`