以利亚先知写信给约兰说：“你祖先大卫的上帝耶和华这样说，‘因为你没有效法你父亲约沙法，也没有效法犹大王亚撒，

先知以利亚达信与约兰说：“耶和华你祖大卫的神如此说：‘因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道，

以利亚先知写信给约兰说：“耶和华—你祖先大卫的上帝如此说：‘因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道，

以利亚先知写信给约兰说：“耶和华—你祖先大卫的神如此说：‘因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道，

以利亚先知有信送给约兰，说：“耶和华你的先祖大卫的神这样说：‘因为你没有遵行你父亲约沙法的道路，也没有遵行犹大王亚撒的道路，

先知以利亞達信與約蘭說：「耶和華－你祖大衛的神如此說：『因為你不行你父約沙法和猶大王亞撒的道，

以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說：「耶和華－你祖先大衛的上帝如此說：『因為你不行你父約沙法和猶大王亞撒的道，

以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說：「耶和華－你祖先大衛的神如此說：『因為你不行你父約沙法和猶大王亞撒的道，

以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說：「你祖先大衛的上帝耶和華這樣說，『因為你沒有效法你父親約沙法，也沒有效法猶大王亞撒，

以利亞先知有信送給約蘭，說：“耶和華你的先祖大衛的神這樣說：‘因為你沒有遵行你父親約沙法的道路，也沒有遵行猶大王亞撒的道路，

從神言人以利亞那裏有信來給約蘭、說：『永恆主你祖大衛的上帝這麼說：「因為你沒有走你父親約沙法的路，也沒有走猶大王亞撒的路，

有先知以利亞之書至曰、爾祖大衛之上帝耶和華云、因爾不循爾父約沙法、與猶大王亞撒之道、

或以先知以利亞書、陳於王、書畧曰、爾祖大闢之上帝耶和華云、因爾不從猶大王亞撒、及父約沙法之道、

先知以利亞遺書約蘭曰、主爾祖大衛之天主如是云、爾不行爾父約沙法之道、與猶大王亞撒之道、

Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said:“ This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says:‘ You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet. In it, Elijah said,“ The Lord is the God of your father David. The Lord says,‘ You have not followed the ways of your own father Jehoshaphat or of Asa, the king of Judah.

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,“ Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father,‘ Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Then Elijah the prophet wrote Jehoram this letter:“ This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: You have not followed the good example of your father, Jehoshaphat, or your grandfather King Asa of Judah.

Then a letter came to Jehoram from the prophet Elijah, saying: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David says:“ Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or in the ways of King Asa of Judah

Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,“ This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says:‘ Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat and the ways of Asa king of Judah,

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord God of your father David: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying: This is what Yahweh, the God of your ancestor David says:“ Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or in the ways of Asa king of Judah

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“ This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘ You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,“ Yahweh, the God of David your father, says,‘ Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

耶和华与约沙法同在，因为他效法他祖先大卫起初所行的，没有寻求巴力，只寻求他父亲的上帝，遵行祂的诫命，没有效法以色列人的行为。

亚撒做他的上帝耶和华看为好、视为正的事，拆除外族神明的丘坛和神庙，打碎神柱，砍倒亚舍拉神像，命令犹大人寻求他们祖先的上帝耶和华，遵行祂的律法和诫命。他除掉犹大各城邑的丘坛和香坛，那时国中太平。

耶和华用旋风接以利亚升天之前，以利亚和以利沙正在离开吉甲的路上。

亚撒效法他祖先大卫，做耶和华视为正的事。

他们边走边谈，忽然有火马拉的火车把他们二人隔开，以利亚乘着旋风升上了天。

就是‘弥尼，弥尼，提客勒，乌法珥新’。这些字的意思是这样，弥尼——指上帝已经数算你国度的年日，使之到此为止；提客勒——指你已经被放在秤上称了，发现分量不够；乌法珥新——指你的国要分裂，归给玛代人和波斯人。”于是，伯沙撒下令给但以理穿上紫袍，戴上金项链，又宣告他在国中位居第三。

王和臣仆听了这些话，既不惧怕，也没有撕裂衣服。犹底每读三四段，王就用书记的小刀把那几段割下来扔进火盆里，直到全卷被烧毁。

约沙法事事效法他父亲亚撒，不偏不离，做耶和华视为正的事。但他没有拆毁丘坛，百姓仍然在那里献祭烧香。

突然，有人手的指头出现，在灯台对面王宫的粉墙上写字。王看见那只手在写字，

“你拿一个卷轴来，把从约西亚登基直到现在我告诉你有关以色列、犹大和各国的事都写在上面。

“你再拿一卷轴，把犹大王约雅敬先前烧毁的卷轴上的话写下来。论到犹大王约雅敬，你要这样写，‘耶和华说，你把卷轴烧掉，还说为什么上面写着巴比伦王必来毁灭这地方和其中的人畜。所以耶和华说，犹大王约雅敬啊，你的子孙没有一人能登大卫的宝座，你的尸体必被弃之荒野，遭受烈日的暴晒和夜霜的侵袭。我要因你、你后裔和你臣仆的罪恶而惩罚你们。因为你们不听我的警告，我要给你们以及耶路撒冷和犹大的居民降下我说过的灾祸。’”于是，耶利米又拿了一个卷轴，交给尼利亚的儿子书记巴录，他按耶利米的口述，把犹大王约雅敬烧毁的那卷轴上的话都记下来，还增添了许多类似的话。

这时我看见一只手向我伸来，手中拿着书卷。那只手把那书卷打开，书卷的两面都写满了哀伤、叹息、悲痛的话。