代下25:1 亚玛谢登基的时候是二十五岁，他在耶路撒冷作王二十九年。他的母亲名叫约耶但，是耶路撒冷人。
代下25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
代下25:2 亚玛谢行耶和华看为正的事，只是心不专一。
代下25:2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
代下25:3 他巩固了王位以后，就把击杀他父王的臣仆杀了。
代下25:3 Now when he became strong in the kingdom, he put to death those men who had taken the life of the king his father.
代下25:4 他却没有处死他们的儿子，因为照着摩西律法书上所记，耶和华曾吩咐：“不可因儿子的罪处死父亲，也不可因父亲的罪处死儿子；各人要因自己的罪被处死。”
代下25:4 But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses, saying, The fathers are not to be put to death for their children or the children for their fathers, but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
代下25:5 亚玛谢召集了犹大人，按着他们的家族为全犹大和便雅悯人，设立千夫长和百夫长，又数点他们的数目，从二十岁以上，能出去打仗，能拿枪持盾的精兵，共有三十万。
代下25:5 Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benjamin, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: and he had those of twenty years old and over numbered, and they came to three hundred thousand of the best fighting-men, trained for war and in the use of the spear and the body-cover.
代下25:6 又用了三千四百公斤银子，从以色列中雇了十万英勇的战士。
代下25:6 And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.
代下25:7 有一位神人来见亚玛谢，说：“王啊，请不要领以色列的军队和你同去，因为耶和华不和以色列人，不和任何以法莲的子孙同在。
代下25:7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.
代下25:8 即使你一定要去，奋勇争战， 神也会使你在敌人面前覆灭，因为 神有能力帮助人，也有能力使人覆灭。”
代下25:8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.
代下25:9 亚玛谢问神人：“我给以色列雇佣兵的那三千四百公斤银子怎么办呢？”神人回答：“耶和华能把比这更多赐给你。”
代下25:9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.
代下25:10 于是亚玛谢把那从以法莲来的雇佣兵解散了，遣送他们回家；因此他们非常恼怒犹大人，就气冲冲地回家去了。
代下25:10 So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; which made them very angry with Judah, and they went back burning with wrath.
代下25:11 亚玛谢鼓起勇气，率领他的人民到盐谷去，击杀了一万西珥人。
代下25:11 Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;
代下25:12 犹大人又生擒了一万人，带到一处崖顶，从崖顶把他们抛下去，使他们都摔得肢离破碎。
代下25:12 And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.
代下25:13 但亚玛谢打发回去、不许和他一同作战的雇佣兵，竟侵入犹大各城，从撒玛利亚直到伯．和仑，击杀了三千人，又掠去了很多财物。
代下25:13 But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.
代下25:14 亚玛谢击败了以东人回来的时候，把西珥人的神像也带回来，立为自己的神，在它们面前叩拜，又向它们烧香。
代下25:14 Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.
代下25:15 因此，耶和华向亚玛谢发怒，于是差派一位先知去见他，对他说：“这民族的神不能拯救自己的人民脱离你的手，你为什么还寻求它们呢？”
代下25:15 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?
代下25:16 先知向王讲话的时候，王对他说：“我们立了你作王的谋士吗？住口吧！你要挨打吗？”先知就住口，可是又说：“我知道 神已定意消灭你，因为你作了这事，又不听从我的劝戒。”
代下25:16 But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.
代下25:17 犹大王亚玛谢和群臣商议以后，就派人去见耶户的孙子、约哈斯的儿子、以色列王约阿施，说：“来吧，我们在战场上相见吧！”
代下25:17 Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.
代下25:18 以色列王约阿施派人去见犹大王亚玛谢，说：“黎巴嫩的蒺藜派人去见黎巴嫩的香柏树，说：‘把你的女儿给我的儿子作妻子吧！’后来有一只黎巴嫩的野兽从那里经过，把蒺藜践踏了。
代下25:18 And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.
代下25:19 你心里说你击败了以东人，你就心里骄傲，以这事夸口。现在你留在家里吧，为什么要惹祸，使犹大和你一同覆亡呢？”
代下25:19 You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?
代下25:20 亚玛谢却不听从；这原是出于 神，好把他们交在约阿施手里，因为他们寻求以东的神。
代下25:20 But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.
代下25:21 于是以色列王约阿施上来，在犹大的伯．示麦，和犹大王亚玛谢相会于战场上。
代下25:21 And so Joash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
代下25:22 犹大人在以色列人面前被击败，各自逃回家去了。
代下25:22 And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.
代下25:23 以色列王约阿施在伯．示麦捉住了约哈斯的孙子、约阿施的儿子、犹大王亚玛谢，把他带到耶路撒冷，又拆毁耶路撒冷的城墙，从以法莲门直到角门，共两百公尺。
代下25:23 And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four hundred cubits.
代下25:24 又把俄别．以东负责看守 神殿里的一切金银和一切器皿，以及王宫里的宝物都掠去，又掳走人质，然后回撒玛利亚去了。
代下25:24 And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord, under the care of Obed-edom, and all the wealth from the king's house, as well as those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.
代下25:25 以色列王约哈斯的儿子约阿施死后，犹大王约阿施的儿子亚玛谢还活了十五年。
代下25:25 Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
代下25:26 亚玛谢其余的事迹，一生的始末，不是都记在犹大和以色列诸王记上吗？
代下25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, are they not recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
代下25:27 自从亚玛谢离弃耶和华以后，在耶路撒冷有人要谋害他；他就逃到拉吉去。谋害他的人派人追到拉吉，在那里把他杀死。
代下25:27 Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him and put him to death there.
代下25:28 然后用马把他的尸体运回来，埋葬在大卫城里，和他的列祖一起。
代下25:28 And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.