Judges 11
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
1基列 人 耶弗他 是個大能的勇士，是妓女的兒子。 耶弗他 是 基列 所生的。
2And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
2基列 的妻也生了幾個兒子：他妻所生的兒子長大了，就趕逐 耶弗他 ，說：「你不可在我們父家承受產業，因為你是妓女的兒子。」
3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
3耶弗他 就逃避他的弟兄，去住在 陀伯 地，有些匪徒到他那裏聚集，與他一同出入。
4Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
4過了些日子， 亞捫 人攻打 以色列 。
5and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
5亞捫 人攻打 以色列 的時候， 基列 的長老到 陀伯 地去，要叫 耶弗他 回來；
6“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
6對 耶弗他 說：「請你來作我們的元帥，我們好與 亞捫 人爭戰。」
7Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
7耶弗他 回答 基列 的長老說：「從前你們不是恨我、趕逐我出離父家嗎？現在你們遭遇急難為何到我這裏來呢？」
8They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
8基列 的長老回答 耶弗他 說：「現在我們到你這裏來，是要你同我們去，與 亞捫 人爭戰；你可以作 基列 一切居民的領袖。」
9But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
9耶弗他 對 基列 的長老說：「你們叫我回去，與 亞捫 人爭戰，耶和華把他交給我，我可以作你們的領袖嗎？」
10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
10基列 的長老回答 耶弗他 說：「有耶和華在你我中間作見證，我們必定照你的話行。」
11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
11於是 耶弗他 同 基列 的長老回去，百姓就立 耶弗他 作領袖、作元帥。 耶弗他 在 米斯巴 將自己的一切話陳明在耶和華面前。
12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
12耶弗他 打發使者去見 亞捫 人的王，說：「你與我有甚麼相干，竟來到我國中攻打我呢？」
13The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
13亞捫 人的王回答 耶弗他 的使者說：「因為 以色列 人從 埃及 上來的時候佔據我的地，從 亞嫩河 到 雅博河 ，直到 約旦河 。現在你要好好地將這 地 歸還吧！」
14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
14耶弗他 又打發使者去見 亞捫 人的王，
15to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
15對他說：「 耶弗他 如此說， 以色列 人並沒有佔據 摩押 地和 亞捫 人的地。
16But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
16以色列 人從 埃及 上來乃是經過曠野到 紅海 ，來到 加低斯 ，
17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
17就打發使者去見 以東 王，說：『求你容我從你的地經過。』 以東 王卻不應允。又照樣打發使者去見 摩押 王，他也不允准。 以色列 人就住在 加低斯 。
18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
18他們又經過曠野，繞着 以東 和 摩押 地，從 摩押 地的東邊過來，在 亞嫩河 邊安營，並沒有入 摩押 的境內，因為 亞嫩河 是 摩押 的邊界。
19And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
19以色列 人打發使者去見 亞摩利 王 西宏 ，就是 希實本 的王，對他說：『求你容我們從你的地經過，往我們自己的地方去。』
20But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
20西宏 卻不信服 以色列 人，不容他們經過他的境界，乃招聚他的眾民在 雅雜 安營，與 以色列 人爭戰。
21Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
21耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝將 西宏 和他的眾民都交在 以色列 人手中， 以色列 人就擊殺他們，得了 亞摩利 人的全地：
22seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
22從 亞嫩河 到 雅博河 ，從曠野直到 約旦河 。
23Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
23耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝在他百姓 以色列 面前趕出 亞摩利 人，你竟要得他們的地嗎？
24Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
24你的神 基抹 所賜你的地你不是得為業嗎？耶和華－我們的上帝在我們面前所趕出的人，我們就得他的地。
25Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
25難道你比 摩押 王 西撥 的兒子 巴勒 還強嗎？他曾與 以色列 人爭競，或是與他們爭戰嗎？
26For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
26以色列 人住 希實本 和屬 希實本 的鄉村， 亞羅珥 和屬 亞羅珥 的鄉村，並沿 亞嫩河 的一切城邑，已經有三百年了；在這三百年之內，你們為甚麼沒有取回這些地方呢？
27I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
27原來我沒有得罪你，你卻攻打我，惡待我。願審判人的耶和華今日在 以色列 人和 亞捫 人中間判斷是非。」
28But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
28但 亞捫 人的王不肯聽 耶弗他 打發人說的話。
29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
29耶和華的靈降在 耶弗他 身上，他就經過 基列 和 瑪拿西 ，來到 基列 的 米斯巴 ，又從 米斯巴 來到 亞捫 人那裏。
30Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
30耶弗他 就向耶和華許願，說：「你若將 亞捫 人交在我手中，
31then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
31我從 亞捫 人那裏平平安安回來的時候，無論甚麼人，先從我家門出來迎接我，就必歸你，我也必將他獻上為燔祭。」
32So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
32於是 耶弗他 往 亞捫 人那裏去，與他們爭戰；耶和華將他們交在他手中，
33With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
33他就大大殺敗他們，從 亞羅珥 到 米匿 ，直到 亞備勒‧基拉明 ，攻取了二十座城。這樣 亞捫 人就被 以色列 人制伏了。
34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
34耶弗他 回 米斯巴 到了自己的家，不料，他女兒拿着鼓跳舞出來迎接他，是他獨生的，此外無兒無女。
35As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
35耶弗他 看見她，就撕裂衣服，說：「哀哉！我的女兒啊，你使我甚是愁苦，叫我作難了；因為我已經向耶和華開口 許願 ，不能挽回。」
36“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
36他女兒回答說：「父啊，你既向耶和華開口，就當照你口中所說的向我行，因耶和華已經在仇敵 亞捫 人身上為你報仇」；
37She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
37又對父親說：「有一件事求你允准：容我去兩個月，與同伴在山上，好哀哭我終為處女。」
38“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
38耶弗他 說：「你去吧！」就容她去兩個月。她便和同伴去了，在山上為她終為處女哀哭。
39After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
39兩月已滿，她回到父親那裏，父親就照所許的願向她行了。女兒終身沒有親近男子。
40that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
40此後 以色列 中有個規矩，每年 以色列 的女子去為 基列 人 耶弗他 的女兒哀哭四天。
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