1這事以後，又發生了一件事。耶斯列人拿伯有個葡萄園，在撒瑪利亞的亞哈王宮附近。2一天，亞哈對拿伯說：「你的葡萄園靠近我的王宮，你把它讓給我作菜園吧。我可以用更好的葡萄園來跟你交換，如果你願意，我也可以按地價付你錢。」3拿伯說：「耶和華不准我把祖先的產業給你。」4亞哈不能如願，就悶悶不樂地回到宮中，躺在床上生氣，飯也不吃。5他妻子耶洗別過來問他：「王為什麼煩悶，不思飲食呢？」6亞哈回答說：「我要耶斯列人拿伯將他的葡萄園賣給我，如果他願意，我也可以用別的葡萄園跟他交換，可是他不肯。」7耶洗別說：「你忘了自己是以色列王嗎？起來吃飯吧，高興點，我必讓你得到耶斯列人拿伯的葡萄園。」8於是，耶洗別以亞哈王的名義寫信，並蓋上王印，送給跟拿伯同居一城的長老和貴族。9信上說：「你們要宣告禁食，讓拿伯在百姓中坐首位，10叫兩個無賴坐在他對面控告他咒詛上帝和君王，然後把他拉出去用石頭打死。」11與拿伯同居一城的長老和貴族接到來信，便依照信裡的指示行事。12他們宣告禁食，讓拿伯在百姓中坐首位，13又叫兩名無賴當眾作證指控拿伯咒詛上帝和君王。然後眾人把拿伯拖出城外，用石頭打死了他。14事情辦好了以後，他們就派人去把拿伯被石頭打死的消息告訴耶洗別。15耶洗別接到消息後，就告訴亞哈說：「耶斯列人拿伯已經死了，你去佔他不肯賣給你的葡萄園吧。」16亞哈聽說拿伯死了，就起來，下去霸佔拿伯的葡萄園。17耶和華對提斯比人以利亞說：18「你去撒瑪利亞見以色列王亞哈，他正在拿伯的葡萄園，他到那裡要霸佔那葡萄園。19你要對他說，『耶和華說，你殺了人，還要奪他的產業嗎？』然後告訴他，耶和華說，『狗在哪裡舔拿伯的血，也必在哪裡舔你的血。』」20亞哈見了以利亞，說：「我的對頭啊，你又來了！」以利亞說：「我又來了，因為你一心做耶和華視為惡的事。21耶和華說，『我必降禍給你，徹底毀滅你，剷除你家中所有的男子，不管是奴隸還是自由人。22我必使你一家的下場像尼八的兒子耶羅波安家和亞希雅的兒子巴沙家一樣，因為你惹我發怒，並且使以色列人陷入罪中。』23至於耶洗別，耶和華說，『狗必在耶斯列的城牆邊吃耶洗別的肉。24凡屬亞哈的人，死在城中的必被狗吃，死在郊野的必被飛鳥吃。』」25從來沒有人像亞哈那樣受妻子耶洗別唆使，一心做耶和華視為惡的事。26他像被耶和華驅逐的亞摩利人一樣祭拜神像，行為可憎。27亞哈聽了以利亞的話，就撕裂衣服，披麻禁食，睡覺也不脫下麻衣，垂頭喪氣地走來走去。28耶和華對提斯比人以利亞說：29「你看見亞哈在我面前如何痛悔了嗎？因為他在我面前痛悔，我不會在他有生之日降災，我要等他兒子執政的時候，才降災給他家。」
English Standard Version
Naboth’s Vineyard
1Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.2And after this Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.”3But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”4And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.5But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?”6And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ And he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”7And Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city.9And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.10And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed* God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”11And the men of his city, the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,12they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”15As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”16And as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
The Lord Condemns Ahab
17Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,18“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession.19And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”20Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.21Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.22And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you have made Israel to sin.23And of Jezebel the Lord also said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.’24Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat.”
Ahab’s Repentance
25(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.26He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)27And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.28And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”
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