士師記

第3章

1 迦南之戰、以色列族中有未見其事者、耶和華欲其練習武備、亦欲試以色列族、故遺數族於此、其名臚列如左。

2 併於上節

3 非利士人之五伯、迦南人、西頓人、居利巴嫩山之希未人、自巴力黑門至哈末道。

4 此數族者留之以試以色列族、果聽從耶和華遣摩西諭厥祖之命否。

5 以色列族偕迦南人、赫人、亞摩哩人、比哩洗人、希未人、耶布士人同居。

6 取其女爲妻、以女適其子、亦服事其上帝。

7 以色列族行惡於耶和華前、忘其上帝耶和華、事諸巴力亞大綠。

8 故耶和華怒以色列族、付之於米所波大米王、古山哩薩田、爲其役事、凡歷八年。

9 以色列族籲耶和華、耶和華挺生迦勒弟、基納之子阿得業援以色列族。

10 耶和華之神感之、爲以色列族士師、導之以戰、耶和華以古山哩薩田付於其手、使之獲勝。

11 自是以後、其地悉平、歷四十年、基納子阿得業死。

12 以色列族又行惡於耶和華前、故耶和華使摩押王厄倫強盛、聚亞捫、亞馬力二族、攻以色列族、據有棗城。

13 併於上節

14 以色列族服事厄倫歷十有八年。

15 厥後呼籲耶和華、耶和華挺生救主、卽便雅憫族、其喇子以忽、彼用左手較爲便捷、以色列族托以禮物、使餽於摩押王厄倫。

16 以忽乃作劍、其長徑尺、繫於右股衣內、

17 以禮物賚摩押王厄倫。厄倫體甚肥胖。

18 以忽進禮已畢、則遣負禮物者去。

19 自往吉甲、至有雕刻形之處而反、奏於王曰、我有密事、欲以上告。王欲靜謐、屏其侍從。

20 以忽乃前、王獨坐於涼室、以忽曰、我奉上帝命、有事告爾、王起。

21 以忽以左手取劍於右股際、剸王之腹、

22 幷陷其柯、刃爲脂所蒙、不得出、乃由後而出。

23 以忽閉室上楗、繞廊以去。

24 旣去、王臣至、見門閉上楗、意謂王寢於涼室。

25 俟久懷疑、室門不啟、故取鑰而啟之、見王已死、揠仆於地。

26 濡滯間、以忽已遁、過雕刻之形、避於西臘。

27 在以法蓮山吹角、以色列族下山、以忽導之、

28 曰、爾從我後、耶和華以爾敵摩押人付於爾手、民從之、在摩押相對之所、據約但津、不容一人得濟、

29 殺摩押壯士以萬計、靡有孑遺。

30 當時摩押人服於以色列族、其地悉平、歷八十年。

31 厥後亞拿子山甲、以牛杖殺非利士人六百、援以色列族。

Judges

Chapter 3

1 NOW these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even the Israelites who had not experienced all the wars of Canaan.

2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might learn warfare, at least such as had not experienced it before;

3 Namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on mount Lebanon, from the mount of the people of mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.

4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5 So the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hivites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hittites, and Jebusites;

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

8 Therefore the anger of the LORD kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Cushan the Wicked, king of Aram-nahrin (Mesopotamia); and the children of Israel served Cushan the Wicked eight years.

9 And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, and they were delivered by Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

10 And the hand of the LORD was with him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war; and the LORD delivered Cushan the Wicked, king of Aram-nahrin, into his hands; and his hand prevailed against Cushan the Wicked.

11 And the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

13 And he mobilized the children of Ammon and Amalek against them, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

15 But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehur the son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, a man whose right hand was crippled, and the children of Israel sent a present by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

16 So Ehur made for himself a two edged dagger, and he made it short; and he girded it under his garment on his right thigh.

17 And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab; and King Eglon was a simple-minded man.

18 And when Ehur had finished offering the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.

19 But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret message to impart to you, O king; and the king said to those who were present, Get away from here. And all that stood by him went out.

20 And Ehur came to him; and he was sitting alone in the upper room which was made for him. And Ehur said to him, I have a message from God to impart to you. So Eglon arose from his seat.

21 And Ehur put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;

22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, because he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and he went out hastily.

23 Then Ehur went out into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, locked them, and left.

24 When he had gone out, the king's servants came in; and when they saw that the doors of the upper chamber were locked, they said, Perhaps he has gone to the toilet in the closet of the upper chamber.

25 And they waited for a long time; and seeing that he did not open the doors of the upper chamber, they took keys and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the floor.

26 And while they were in confusion, Ehur passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirath.

27 And it came to pass, when he had returned, he sounded the trumpet on the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he went before them.

28 And he said to them, Follow after me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hands. And they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan on the side of Moab, and allowed not a man to pass over.

29 And they slew of the Moabites at that time about ten thousand men, all great and valiant men; and there escaped not a man.

30 So the Moabites were subdued at that time under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.

31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who slew six hundred of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.

士師記

第3章

Judges

Chapter 3

1 迦南之戰、以色列族中有未見其事者、耶和華欲其練習武備、亦欲試以色列族、故遺數族於此、其名臚列如左。

1 NOW these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even the Israelites who had not experienced all the wars of Canaan.

2 併於上節

2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might learn warfare, at least such as had not experienced it before;

3 非利士人之五伯、迦南人、西頓人、居利巴嫩山之希未人、自巴力黑門至哈末道。

3 Namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on mount Lebanon, from the mount of the people of mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.

4 此數族者留之以試以色列族、果聽從耶和華遣摩西諭厥祖之命否。

4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5 以色列族偕迦南人、赫人、亞摩哩人、比哩洗人、希未人、耶布士人同居。

5 So the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hivites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hittites, and Jebusites;

6 取其女爲妻、以女適其子、亦服事其上帝。

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7 以色列族行惡於耶和華前、忘其上帝耶和華、事諸巴力亞大綠。

7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

8 故耶和華怒以色列族、付之於米所波大米王、古山哩薩田、爲其役事、凡歷八年。

8 Therefore the anger of the LORD kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Cushan the Wicked, king of Aram-nahrin (Mesopotamia); and the children of Israel served Cushan the Wicked eight years.

9 以色列族籲耶和華、耶和華挺生迦勒弟、基納之子阿得業援以色列族。

9 And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, and they were delivered by Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

10 耶和華之神感之、爲以色列族士師、導之以戰、耶和華以古山哩薩田付於其手、使之獲勝。

10 And the hand of the LORD was with him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war; and the LORD delivered Cushan the Wicked, king of Aram-nahrin, into his hands; and his hand prevailed against Cushan the Wicked.

11 自是以後、其地悉平、歷四十年、基納子阿得業死。

11 And the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

12 以色列族又行惡於耶和華前、故耶和華使摩押王厄倫強盛、聚亞捫、亞馬力二族、攻以色列族、據有棗城。

12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

13 併於上節

13 And he mobilized the children of Ammon and Amalek against them, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

14 以色列族服事厄倫歷十有八年。

14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

15 厥後呼籲耶和華、耶和華挺生救主、卽便雅憫族、其喇子以忽、彼用左手較爲便捷、以色列族托以禮物、使餽於摩押王厄倫。

15 But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehur the son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, a man whose right hand was crippled, and the children of Israel sent a present by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

16 以忽乃作劍、其長徑尺、繫於右股衣內、

16 So Ehur made for himself a two edged dagger, and he made it short; and he girded it under his garment on his right thigh.

17 以禮物賚摩押王厄倫。厄倫體甚肥胖。

17 And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab; and King Eglon was a simple-minded man.

18 以忽進禮已畢、則遣負禮物者去。

18 And when Ehur had finished offering the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.

19 自往吉甲、至有雕刻形之處而反、奏於王曰、我有密事、欲以上告。王欲靜謐、屏其侍從。

19 But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret message to impart to you, O king; and the king said to those who were present, Get away from here. And all that stood by him went out.

20 以忽乃前、王獨坐於涼室、以忽曰、我奉上帝命、有事告爾、王起。

20 And Ehur came to him; and he was sitting alone in the upper room which was made for him. And Ehur said to him, I have a message from God to impart to you. So Eglon arose from his seat.

21 以忽以左手取劍於右股際、剸王之腹、

21 And Ehur put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;

22 幷陷其柯、刃爲脂所蒙、不得出、乃由後而出。

22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, because he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and he went out hastily.

23 以忽閉室上楗、繞廊以去。

23 Then Ehur went out into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, locked them, and left.

24 旣去、王臣至、見門閉上楗、意謂王寢於涼室。

24 When he had gone out, the king's servants came in; and when they saw that the doors of the upper chamber were locked, they said, Perhaps he has gone to the toilet in the closet of the upper chamber.

25 俟久懷疑、室門不啟、故取鑰而啟之、見王已死、揠仆於地。

25 And they waited for a long time; and seeing that he did not open the doors of the upper chamber, they took keys and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the floor.

26 濡滯間、以忽已遁、過雕刻之形、避於西臘。

26 And while they were in confusion, Ehur passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirath.

27 在以法蓮山吹角、以色列族下山、以忽導之、

27 And it came to pass, when he had returned, he sounded the trumpet on the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he went before them.

28 曰、爾從我後、耶和華以爾敵摩押人付於爾手、民從之、在摩押相對之所、據約但津、不容一人得濟、

28 And he said to them, Follow after me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hands. And they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan on the side of Moab, and allowed not a man to pass over.

29 殺摩押壯士以萬計、靡有孑遺。

29 And they slew of the Moabites at that time about ten thousand men, all great and valiant men; and there escaped not a man.

30 當時摩押人服於以色列族、其地悉平、歷八十年。

30 So the Moabites were subdued at that time under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.

31 厥後亞拿子山甲、以牛杖殺非利士人六百、援以色列族。

31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who slew six hundred of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.