1 利玛利的儿子比加在位第十七年， 犹大王约坦的儿子亚哈斯登基作王。 2 亚哈斯登基的时候是二十岁， 他在耶路撒冷作王十六年。但是他不像他祖宗大卫行耶和华他的 神看为正的事， 3 反倒跟随以色列诸王的道路， 甚至焚烧他的儿子为祭， 好像耶和华在以色列人面前驱逐的外族人所行可憎恶的事， 4 并且在邱坛上， 在山冈上和所有青翠的树下献祭和焚香。 5 那时， 亚兰王利汛与以色列王利玛利的儿子比加上来攻打耶路撒冷。他们把亚哈斯围困起来， 却不能战胜他。 6 当时， 亚兰王利汛收复以拉他归与亚兰。他把犹大人逐出以拉他， 亚兰人来到以拉他住在那里， 直到今日。 7 于是亚哈斯差派使者去见亚述王提革拉．毗列色， 说： "我是你的臣仆， 你的儿子， 求你上来， 救我脱离那起来攻击我的亚兰王和以色列王的手。" 8 亚哈斯拿耶和华殿里和王宫宝库内的金子和银子， 送给亚述王作礼物。 9 于是亚述王答应了他。亚述王上去攻打大马士革， 把城攻取， 把居民掳到吉珥， 又把利汛杀死了。 10 亚哈斯王到大马士革会见亚述王提革拉．毗列色， 看见在大马士革的祭坛。亚哈斯王就派人把祭坛的图样、结构和详尽的做法送到乌利亚祭司那里。 11 于是乌利亚祭司按着亚哈斯王从大马士革送回来的一切指示建造祭坛。在亚哈斯王从大马士革回来以前， 乌利亚祭司就照样做了。 12 王从大马士革回来， 看见了那祭坛， 于是王走到祭坛旁边， 登上台阶， 13 烧他的燔祭和素祭， 又浇上他的奠祭， 并且把他的平安祭牲的血洒在祭坛上。 14 至于耶和华面前的铜祭坛， 他把它从殿前， 从新坛与耶和华殿中间移至新坛的北边。 15 亚哈斯王吩咐乌利亚祭司说： "要在这大祭坛上焚烧早晨的燔祭、黄昏的素祭、王的燔祭牲和素祭、所有国民的燔祭和素祭； 也要在坛上浇上他们的奠祭， 以及所有燔祭牲和平安祭牲的血。至于铜祭坛， 我要用来求问 神。" 16 乌利亚祭司就照着亚哈斯王一切所吩咐的去行。 17 亚哈斯又砍掉盆座的边缘， 把洗濯盆拿下来， 又把铜海从驮着铜海的铜牛上取下来， 放在铺了石的地上。 18 又因亚述王的缘故， 他把耶和华殿里为安息日而建造的廊子， 和王从外边进殿的廊子， 从耶和华的殿内拆除。 19 亚哈斯所行其余的事迹， 不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？ 20 亚哈斯和他的祖先一同长眠， 葬在大卫城和他的祖先在一起。他的儿子希西家接续他作王。

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.2 A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,3 and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,4 and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.5 Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.6 At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day.7 And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, `Thy servant and thy son [am] I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.`8 And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur -- a bribe.9 And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth [the people of] it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.10 And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at] Damascus, and seeth the altar that [is] in Damascus, and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work,11 and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus.12 And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,13 and perfumeth his burnt-offering, and his present, and poureth out his libation, and sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings that he hath, on the altar.14 As to the altar of brass that [is] before Jehovah -- he bringeth [it] near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and putteth it on the side of the altar, northward.15 And king Ahaz commandeth him -- Urijah the priest -- saying, `On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire [by].`16 And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.17 And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that [are] under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.18 And the covered place for the sabbath that they built in the house, and the entrance of the king without, he turned [from] the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Asshur.19 And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?20 And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.