Judges 21
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
1以色列 人在 米斯巴 曾起誓說：「我們都不將女兒給 便雅憫 人為妻。」
2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
2以色列 人來到 伯特利 ，坐在上帝面前直到晚上，放聲痛哭，
3“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
3說：「耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝啊，為何 以色列 中有這樣缺了一支派的事呢？」
4The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
4次日清早，百姓起來，在那裏築了一座壇，獻燔祭和平安祭。
5The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
5以色列 人彼此問說：「 以色列 各支派中，誰沒有同會眾上到耶和華面前來呢？」先是 以色列 人起過大誓說，凡不上 米斯巴 到耶和華面前來的，必將他治死。
6And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
6以色列 人為他們的弟兄 便雅憫 後悔，說：「如今 以色列 中絕了一個支派了。
7What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
7我們既在耶和華面前起誓說，必不將我們的女兒給 便雅憫 人為妻，現在我們當怎樣辦理、使他們剩下的人有妻呢？」
8So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
8又彼此問說：「 以色列 支派中誰沒有上 米斯巴 到耶和華面前來呢？」他們就查出 基列‧雅比 沒有一人進營到會眾那裏；
9For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
9因為百姓被數的時候，沒有一個 基列‧雅比 人在那裏。
10So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
10會眾就打發一萬二千大勇士，吩咐他們說：「你們去用刀將 基列‧雅比 人連婦女帶孩子都擊殺了。
11This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
11所當行的就是這樣：要將一切男子和已嫁的女子盡行殺戮。」
12So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
12他們在 基列‧雅比 人中，遇見了四百個未嫁的處女，就帶到 迦南 地的 示羅 營裏。
13Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
13全會眾打發人到 臨門磐 的 便雅憫 人那裏，向他們說和睦的話。
14And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
14當時 便雅憫 人回來了， 以色列 人就把所存活 基列‧雅比 的女子給他們為妻，還是不夠。
15The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
15百姓為 便雅憫 人後悔，因為耶和華使 以色列 人缺了一個支派。
16Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
16會中的長老說：「 便雅憫 中的女子既然除滅了，我們當怎樣辦理、使那餘剩的人有妻呢？」
17They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
17又說：「 便雅憫 逃脫的人當有地業，免得 以色列 中塗抹了一個支派。
18But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
18只是我們不能將自己的女兒給他們為妻；因為 以色列 人曾起誓說，有將女兒給 便雅憫 人為妻的，必受咒詛。」
19“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
19他們又說：「在 利波拿 以南， 伯特利 以北，在 示劍 大路以東的 示羅 ，年年有耶和華的節期」；
20So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
20就吩咐 便雅憫 人說：「你們去，在葡萄園中埋伏。
21and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
21若看見 示羅 的女子出來跳舞，就從葡萄園出來，在 示羅 的女子中各搶一個為妻，回 便雅憫 地去。
22When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
22他們的父親或是弟兄若來與我們爭競，我們就說：『求你們看我們的情面，施恩給這些人，因我們在爭戰的時候沒有給他們留下女子為妻。這也不是你們將女子給他們的；若是你們給的，就算有罪。』」
23The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
23於是 便雅憫 人照樣而行，按着他們的數目從跳舞的女子中搶去為妻，就回自己的地業去，又重修城邑居住。
24And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
24當時 以色列 人離開那裏，各歸本支派、本宗族、本地業去了。
25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
25那時， 以色列 中沒有王，各人任意而行。
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