历代志下 14 – CCB & NIRV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

历代志下 14:1-15

亚撒王击败古实人

1亚比雅与祖先同眠后,葬在大卫城中,他儿子亚撒继位。亚撒执政期间,国中太平十年。 2亚撒做他的上帝耶和华看为好、视为正的事, 3拆除外族神明的丘坛和神庙,打碎神柱,砍倒亚舍拉神像, 4命令犹大人寻求他们祖先的上帝耶和华,遵行祂的律法和诫命。 5他除掉犹大各城邑的丘坛和香坛,那时国中太平。 6他还在犹大修筑坚城,那些年国中太平,没有战事,因为耶和华赐他平安。 7他对犹大人说:“我们要修筑城邑,在四周建造城墙和望楼,装置大门和门闩。我们仍拥有这片土地,是因为我们寻求我们的上帝耶和华;我们寻求祂,祂就赐我们四境平安。”于是,他们修筑城邑,凡事顺利。 8亚撒的军队中有三十万持大盾牌和矛枪的犹大人,二十八万持小盾牌和弓箭的便雅悯人。他们都是英勇的战士。

9古实谢拉率领一百万大军和三百辆战车攻打犹大,到了玛利沙10亚撒出兵迎敌,双方在玛利沙洗法谷摆开阵势。 11亚撒呼求他的上帝耶和华说:“耶和华啊,唯有你才能帮助弱小的胜过强大的。我们的上帝耶和华啊,求你帮助我们,因为我们依靠你,奉你的名迎战这大军。耶和华啊,你是我们的上帝,不要让人胜过你。”

12于是,耶和华使古实人败在亚撒犹大人面前,古实人溃逃。 13亚撒率领军队乘胜追击,直追到基拉耳古实人在耶和华和祂的军兵面前大败,伤亡惨重,一蹶不振。犹大人掳走了许多财物, 14攻陷了基拉耳四周的城邑,因为这些城里的人都惧怕耶和华。他们洗劫各城,因为城中有大量财物。 15他们毁坏牲畜的围栏,抢走许多羊和骆驼,然后返回耶路撒冷

New International Reader’s Version

2 Chronicles 14:1-15

1Abijah joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Abijah’s son Asa became the next king after him. While Asa was king, the country had peace and rest for ten years.

Asa Becomes King of Judah

2Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 3Asa removed the altars where false gods were worshiped. He took away the high places. He smashed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. 4He commanded Judah to worship the Lord, the God of their people. He commanded them to obey the Lord’s laws and commands. 5Asa removed the high places and incense altars from every town in Judah. The kingdom had peace and rest under his rule. 6He built up the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. The land was at peace. No one was at war with Asa during those years. That’s because the Lord gave him peace and rest.

7“Let’s build up our towns,” Asa said to the people of Judah. “Let’s put walls around them. Let’s provide them with towers. Let’s make them secure with gates that have heavy metal bars. The land still belongs to us. That’s because we’ve trusted in the Lord our God. We trusted in him, and he has given us peace and rest on every side.” So they built. And things went well for them.

8Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They carried spears and large shields. There were 280,000 men from Benjamin. They were armed with bows and small shields. All these men were brave soldiers.

9Zerah marched out against them. He was from Cush. He had a huge army of thousands. He also had 300 chariots. They came all the way to Mareshah. 10Asa went out to meet Zerah in battle. They took up their positions in the Valley of Zephathah. It’s near Mareshah.

11Then Asa called out to the Lord his God. He said, “Lord, there isn’t anyone like you. You help the weak against the strong. Lord our God, help us. We trust in you. In your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. Lord, you are our God. Don’t let mere human beings win the battle over you.”

12The Lord struck down the men of Cush for Asa and Judah. The Cushites ran away. 13Asa and his army chased them all the way to Gerar. A large number of Cushites fell down wounded or dead. So they couldn’t fight back. The Lord and his army crushed them. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of goods. 14They destroyed all the villages around Gerar. The Lord had made the people in those villages afraid of him. The men of Judah took everything from all the villages. 15They also attacked the camps of those who took care of the herds. They carried off large numbers of sheep, goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.