See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.

我必激动玛代人来攻击他们。玛代人不注重银子，也不喜爱金子。

Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.

使列国和玛代君王，与省长和副省长，并他们所管全地之人，都预备攻击他。

The king of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.

亚述王将以色列人掳到亚述，把他们安置在哈腊与歌散的哈博河边，并玛代人的城邑。

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

何细亚第九年，亚述王攻取了撒玛利亚，将以色列人掳到亚述，把他们安置在哈腊与歌散的哈博河边，并玛代人的城邑。

Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, " Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed" .

那些人就纷纷聚集来见王说：" 王啊，当知道玛代人和波斯人有例，凡王所立的禁令和律例都不可更改。"