Judges 8
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
1以法蓮 人對 基甸 說：「你去與 米甸 人爭戰，沒有招我們同去，為甚麼這樣待我們呢？」他們就與 基甸 大大地爭吵。
2But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
2基甸 對他們說：「我所行的豈能比你們所行的呢？ 以法蓮 拾取剩下的葡萄不強過 亞比以謝 所摘的葡萄嗎？
3God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
3上帝已將 米甸 人的兩個首領 俄立 和 西伊伯 交在你們手中；我所行的豈能比你們所行的呢？」 基甸 說了這話， 以法蓮 人的怒氣就消了。
4Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
4基甸 和跟隨他的三百人到 約旦河 過渡，雖然疲乏，還是追趕。
5So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
5基甸 對 疏割 人說：「求你們拿餅來給跟隨我的人吃，因為他們疲乏了；我們追趕 米甸 人的兩個王 西巴 和 撒慕拿 。」
6But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
6疏割 人的首領回答說：「 西巴 和 撒慕拿 已經在你手裏，你使我們將餅給你的軍兵嗎？」
7“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
7基甸 說：「耶和華將 西巴 和 撒慕拿 交在我手之後，我就用野地的荊條和枳棘打傷你們。」
8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
8基甸 從那裏上到 毗努伊勒 ，對那裏的人也是這樣說； 毗努伊勒 人也與 疏割 人回答他的話一樣。
9So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
9他向 毗努伊勒 人說：「我平平安安回來的時候，我必拆毀這樓。」
10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
10那時 西巴 和 撒慕拿 ，並跟隨他們的軍隊都在 加各 ，約有一萬五千人，就是東方人全軍所剩下的；已經被殺約有十二萬拿刀的。
11And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
11基甸 就由 挪巴 和 約比哈 東邊，從住帳棚人的路上去，殺敗了 米甸 人的軍兵，因為他們坦然無懼。
12When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
12西巴 和 撒慕拿 逃跑； 基甸 追趕他們，捉住 米甸 的二王 西巴 和 撒慕拿 ，驚散全軍。
13After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
13約阿施 的兒子 基甸 由 希列斯 坡從陣上回來，
14There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
14捉住 疏割 的一個少年人，問他：「 疏割 的首領長老是誰？」他就將首領長老七十七個人的名字寫出來。
15And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
15基甸 到了 疏割 ，對那裏的人說：「你們從前譏誚我說：『 西巴 和 撒慕拿 已經在你手裏，你使我們將餅給 跟隨 你的疲乏人嗎？』現在 西巴 和 撒慕拿 在這裏。」
16Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
16於是捉住那城內的長老，用野地的荊條和枳棘責打 疏割 人；
17He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
17又拆了 毗努伊勒 的樓，殺了那城裏的人。
18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
18基甸 問 西巴 和 撒慕拿 說：「你們在 他泊山 所殺的人是甚麼樣式？」回答說：「他們好像你，各人都有王子的樣式。」
19“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
19基甸 說：「他們是我同母的弟兄，我指着永生的耶和華起誓，你們從前若存留他們的性命，我如今就不殺你們了。」
20So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
20於是對他的長子 益帖 說：「你起來殺他們。」但 益帖 因為是童子，害怕，不敢拔刀。
21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
21西巴 和 撒慕拿 說：「你自己起來殺我們吧！因為人如何，力量也是如何。」 基甸 就起來，殺了 西巴 和 撒慕拿 ，奪獲他們駱駝項上戴的月牙圈。
22Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
22以色列 人對 基甸 說：「你既救我們脫離 米甸 人的手，願你和你的兒孫管理我們。」
23But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
23基甸 說：「我不管理你們，我的兒子也不管理你們，惟有耶和華管理你們。」
24Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
24基甸 又對他們說：「我有一件事求你們：請你們各人將所奪的耳環給我。」（原來仇敵是 以實瑪利 人，都是戴金耳環的。）
25“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
25他們說：「我們情願給你」，就鋪開一件外衣，各人將所奪的耳環丟在其上。
26The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
26基甸 所要出來的金耳環重一千七百 舍客勒 金子。此外還有 米甸 王所戴的月環、耳墜，和所穿的紫色衣服，並駱駝項上的 金 鍊子。
27From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
27基甸 以此製造了一個以弗得，設立在本城 俄弗拉 。後來 以色列 人拜那以弗得行了邪淫；這就作了 基甸 和他全家的網羅。
28In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
28這樣， 米甸 人被 以色列 人制伏了，不敢再抬頭。 基甸 還在的日子，國中太平四十年。
29and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
29約阿施 的兒子 耶路‧巴力 回去，住在自己家裏。
30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
30基甸 有七十個親生的兒子，因為他有許多的妻。
31His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
31他的妾住在 示劍 ，也給他生了一個兒子。 基甸 與他起名叫 亞比米勒 。
32Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
32約阿施 的兒子 基甸 ，年紀老邁而死，葬在 亞比以謝 族的 俄弗拉 ，在他父親 約阿施 的墳墓裏。
33And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
33基甸 死後， 以色列 人又去隨從諸 巴力 行邪淫，以 巴力‧比利土 為他們的神。
34The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
34以色列 人不記念耶和華－他們的上帝，就是拯救他們脫離四圍仇敵之手的，
35They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
35也不照着 耶路‧巴力 ，就是 基甸 向他們所施的恩惠厚待他的家。
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