王下10:1 亚哈有七十个儿子在撒玛利亚。耶户写了一批信，送到撒玛利亚，对耶斯列的首领、长老和亚哈众子的导师说：
王下10:1 Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,
王下10:2 “你们主人的儿子都在你们那里，你们也有战车、马匹、设防城和武器，那么这封信到达你们那里的时候，
王下10:2 Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;
王下10:3 你们就要看看在你们主人的儿子中，哪一个是最好最合适的，把他立在父亲的宝座上；你们又要为你们主人的家作战。”
王下10:3 Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.
王下10:4 他们就十分害怕，说：“看哪，两个王尚且不能在他面前站立得住，我们又怎能站得住呢？”
王下10:4 But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?
王下10:5 于是内务长、市长、长老和亚哈众子的导师送信给耶户说：“我们是你的仆人，你吩咐我们的，我们都必照办；我们也不会立什么人作王；你看怎样好，我们就怎样作。”
王下10:5 So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.
王下10:6 于是耶户写第二封信给他们说：“如果你们是归从我，听我的话的，就要把你们主人的儿子们的头颅取下，明天大约这个时候，带来耶斯列给我。”那时，王的七十个儿子是住在抚养他们的城中的大臣那里。
王下10:6 Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.
王下10:7 这信到达他们那里的时候，他们就拿住王的众子，把这七十人杀了，然后把他们的头放在盘子里，送到耶斯列耶户那里。
王下10:7 And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.
王下10:8 有使者来告诉耶户说：“王的众子的头送到了。”他说：“把它们分作两堆放在城门口，直到早上。”
王下10:8 And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.
王下10:9 第二天早上的时候，耶户出来，站着对众民说：“你们都是无罪的，看哪，是我自己背叛了我的主人，把他杀了，但这所有的人又是谁击杀的呢？
王下10:9 And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?
王下10:10 你们要知道耶和华的话，就是耶和华所说攻击亚哈家的话，一句也没有落空；耶和华借着他的仆人以利亚所说的话，他都作成了。”
王下10:10 You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.
王下10:11 于是耶户击杀了亚哈家在耶斯列剩下的人，还有他所有的大臣、有关的人、祭司，没有一个给他存留。
王下10:11 So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.
王下10:12 耶户动身，往撒玛利亚去。在路上，他经过牧羊人的伯艾吉那里。
王下10:12 Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,
王下10:13 他遇见了犹大王亚哈谢的兄弟们。他说：“你们是谁？”他们说：“我们是亚哈谢的兄弟。我们下来要向王的众子和太后的众子请安。”
王下10:13 When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.
王下10:14 他说：“活捉他们！”他的手下就活捉了他们，在伯艾吉的坑边杀了他们；一共是四十二个人，没有留下一人。
王下10:14 And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;
王下10:15 他又从那里往前行，看见利甲的儿子约拿达来迎接他。耶户向他请安，然后说：“你的心对我忠诚，就像我的心对你的心一样吗？”约拿达说：“是的。”耶户说：“如果是的话，伸出你的手来。”他伸出他的手，耶户就把他拉上他的战车。
王下10:15 And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.
王下10:16 耶户说：“你和我一起去，看看我对耶和华的热诚。”于是用自己的战车载他同去。
王下10:16 And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
王下10:17 他来到撒玛利亚，就击杀亚哈家所有在撒玛利亚剩下的人，把他们完全消灭，正如耶和华对以利亚所说的话。
王下10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.
王下10:18 耶户集合众民，对他们说：“从前亚哈信奉巴力还算是少，耶户要信奉更多。
王下10:18 Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.
王下10:19 现在，所有的巴力先知、所有信奉他的和他所有的祭司都要给我召来，不要走漏一人；因为我要向巴力献一个极大的祭，缺席的必不得活。”耶户用诡计这样行，是要除灭所有信奉巴力的人。
王下10:19 Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.
王下10:20 耶户又说：“要为巴力召开一个严肃会。”于是众人宣告召开大会。
王下10:20 And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.
王下10:21 耶户派人走遍以色列各地，所有信奉巴力的人都来了，没有一个不来的。他们都进了巴力庙，以致巴力庙从这边到那边都塞满了人。
王下10:21 And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.
王下10:22 耶户对掌管衣橱的说：“把礼服拿出来，给所有拜巴力的人穿。”他就把礼服拿出来给他们穿上。
王下10:22 And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.
王下10:23 耶户和利甲的儿子约拿达来到巴力的庙中。他对信奉巴力的人说：“搜查看看，这里不要有信奉耶和华的人和你们同在一起，只可以有信奉巴力的人。”
王下10:23 And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.
王下10:24 他们进去献祭和献燔祭。耶户布置了八十个人在外面，说：“如果我带来交在你们手中的人，有一个从他们中间逃脱了，你们就要以命抵命。”
王下10:24 Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.
王下10:25 耶户献完了燔祭，就对卫兵和军长说：“你们进去，杀死他们，一个也不让他们出来。”卫兵和军长于是用刀击杀他们，又把他们的尸体抛出去，然后往巴力的城去了。
王下10:25 Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.
王下10:26 他们又把巴力庙内的神柱搬出去烧了。
王下10:26 And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.
王下10:27 他们毁坏了巴力的神柱，又拆毁了巴力庙，作为厕所，直到今日。
王下10:27 The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.
王下10:28 这样，耶户从以色列中消灭了巴力。
王下10:28 So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.
王下10:29 只是耶户没有离弃尼八的儿子耶罗波安的罪，就是他使以色列人陷于罪中的那些罪，敬拜在伯特利和但的金牛犊。
王下10:29 But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.
王下10:30 耶和华对耶户说：“因为你办好了我看为正的事，照我的一切心意对付亚哈家，你的子孙要坐在以色列的王位上，直到第四代。”
王下10:30 And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.
王下10:31 可是耶户没有尽心遵行耶和华以色列 神的律法，离弃耶罗波安使以色列人陷于罪中的那些罪。
王下10:31 But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.
王下10:32 在那些日子，耶和华开始削弱以色列，哈薛在以色列各处的边境攻击他们：
王下10:32 In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,
王下10:33 从约旦河以东，基列的全地，迦得人、流本人和玛拿西人之地，从靠近亚嫩河的亚罗珥起，至基列和巴珊。
王下10:33 East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.
王下10:34 耶户其余的事迹和他所行的一切，以及他的一切英雄事迹，不是都写在以色列诸王的年代志上吗？
王下10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
王下10:35 耶户和他的祖先同享安息，葬在撒玛利亚，他儿子约哈斯接续他作王。
王下10:35 And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.
王下10:36 耶户在撒玛利亚作王统治以色列共二十八年。
王下10:36 And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.