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，

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，

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,

耶和華與約沙法同在，因為他效法他祖先大衛起初所行的，沒有尋求巴力，只尋求他父親的上帝，遵行祂的誡命，沒有效法以色列人的行為。

亞撒做他的上帝耶和華看為好、視為正的事，拆除外族神明的邱壇和神廟，打碎神柱，砍倒亞舍拉神像，命令猶大人尋求他們祖先的上帝耶和華，遵行祂的律法和誡命。他除掉猶大各城邑的邱壇和香壇，那時國中太平。

耶和華用旋風接以利亞升天之前，以利亞和以利沙正在離開吉甲的路上。

亞撒效法他祖先大衛，做耶和華視為正的事。

他們邊走邊談，忽然有火馬拉的火車把他們二人隔開，以利亞乘著旋風升上了天。

就是『彌尼，彌尼，提客勒，烏法珥新』。這些字的意思是這樣，彌尼——指上帝已經數算你國度的年日，使之到此為止；提客勒——指你已經被放在秤上稱了，發現分量不夠；烏法珥新——指你的國要分裂，歸給瑪代人和波斯人。」於是，伯沙撒下令給但以理穿上紫袍，戴上金項鏈，又宣告他在國中位居第三。

王和臣僕聽了這些話，既不懼怕，也沒有撕裂衣服。猶底每讀三四段，王就用書記的小刀把那幾段割下來扔進火盆裡，直到全卷被燒毀。

約沙法事事效法他父親亞撒，不偏不離，做耶和華視為正的事。但他沒有拆毀邱壇，百姓仍然在那裡獻祭燒香。

突然，有人手的指頭出現，在燈臺對面王宮的粉牆上寫字。王看見那隻手在寫字，

「你拿一個卷軸來，把從約西亞登基直到現在我告訴你有關以色列、猶大和各國的事都寫在上面。

「你再拿一卷軸，把猶大王約雅敬先前燒毀的卷軸上的話寫下來。論到猶大王約雅敬，你要這樣寫，『耶和華說，你把卷軸燒掉，還說為什麼上面寫著巴比倫王必來毀滅這地方和其中的人畜。所以耶和華說，猶大王約雅敬啊，你的子孫沒有一人能登大衛的寶座，你的屍體必被棄之荒野，遭受烈日的暴曬和夜霜的侵襲。我要因你、你後裔和你臣僕的罪惡而懲罰你們。因為你們不聽我的警告，我要給你們以及耶路撒冷和猶大的居民降下我說過的災禍。』」於是，耶利米又拿了一個卷軸，交給尼利亞的兒子書記巴錄，他按耶利米的口述，把猶大王約雅敬燒毀的那卷軸上的話都記下來，還增添了許多類似的話。

這時我看見一隻手向我伸來，手中拿著書卷。那隻手把那書卷打開，書卷的兩面都寫滿了哀傷、歎息、悲痛的話。