约沙法既与民商议了，就设立歌唱的人，颂赞耶和华，使他们穿上圣洁的礼服，走在军前赞美耶和华说，当称谢耶和华，因他的慈爱永远长存。
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
众人方唱歌赞美的时候，耶和华就派伏兵击杀那来攻击犹大人的亚扪人，摩押人，和西珥山人，他们就被打败了。
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
犹大人和耶路撒冷人都欢欢喜喜地回耶路撒冷，约沙法率领他们。因为耶和华使他们战胜仇敌，就欢喜快乐。
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
他们弹琴，鼓瑟，吹号来到耶路撒冷，进了耶和华的殿。
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
约沙法作犹大王，登基的时候年三十五岁，在耶路撒冷作王二十五年。他母亲名叫阿苏巴，乃示利希的女儿。
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
约沙法其馀的事，自始至终都写在哈拿尼的儿子耶户的书上，也载入以色列诸王记上。
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
二王合夥造船要往他施去，遂在以旬迦别造船。
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
我已听见那羞辱我，责备我的话。我的悟性叫我回答。
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
恶人夸胜是暂时的，不敬虔人的喜乐，不过转眼之间吗。
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
他的尊荣虽达到天上，头虽顶到云中，
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;