士師記 11
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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。
1There was at that time Jephte the Galaadite, a most valiant man and a warrior, the son of a woman that was a harlot, and his father was Galaad.
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。」
2Now Galaad had a wife of whom he had sons: who after they were grown up, thrust out Jephte, saying: Thou canst not inherit in the house of our father, because thou art born of another mother.
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。
3Then he fled and avoided them and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered to him needy men, and robbers, and they followed him as their prince.
4過了些日子， 亞捫 人攻打 以色列 。
4In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
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；
5And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
6對 耶弗他 說：「請你來作我們的元帥，我們好與 亞捫 人爭戰。」
6And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.
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？」
7And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father’s house, and now you are come to me constrained by necessity?
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。」
8And the princes of Galaad said to Jephte: For this cause we are now come to thee, that thou mayst go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
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？」
9Jephte also said to them: If you be come to me sincerely, that I should fight for you against the children of Ammon, and the Lord shall deliver them into my band, shall I be your prince?
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。」
10They answered him: The Lord who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised.
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。
11Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad, and all the people made him their prince. And Jephte spoke all his words before the Lord in Maspha.
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？」
12And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?
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！」
13And he answered them: I Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the confines of the Arnon unto the Jaboc and the Jordan: now therefore restore the same peaceably to me.
14耶弗他 又打發使者去見 亞捫 人的王，
14And Jephte again sent word by them, and commanded them to say to the king of Ammon:
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。
15Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16以色列 人從 埃及 上來乃是經過曠野到 紅海 ，來到 加低斯 ，
16But when they came up out of Egypt, he walked through the desert to the Red Sea and came into Cades.
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 。
17And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would not condescend to his request. He sent also to the king of Moab, who likewise refused to give him passage. He abode therefore in Cades,
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。
18And went round the land of Edom at the side, and the land of Moab: and came over against the east coast of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon: and he would not enter the bounds of Moab.
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。』
19So Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and they said to him: Suffer me to pass through thy land to the river.
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。
20But he also despising the words of Israel, suffered him not to pass through his borders: but gathering an infinite multitude, went out against him to Jasa, and made strong opposition.
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：
21And the Lord delivered him with all his army into the hands of Israel, and he slew him, and possessed all the land of the Amorrhite the inhabitant of that country,
22從 亞嫩河 到 雅博河 ，從曠野直到 約旦河 。
22And all the coasts thereof from the Arnon to the Jaboc, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
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？
23So the Lord the God of Israel destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him, and wilt thou now possess this land?
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。
24Are not those things which thy god Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the Lord our God hath obtained by conquest, shall be our possession:
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？
25Unless perhaps thou art better than Balac the son of Sephor king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel and fought against him,
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？
26Whereas he hath dwelt in Hesebon, and the villages thereof, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in all the cities near the Jordan, for three hundred years. Why have you for so long a time attempted nothing about this claim?
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。」
27Therefore I do not trespass against thee, but thou wrongest me by declaring an unjust war against me. The Lord be judge and decide this day between Israel and the children of Ammon.
28但 亞捫 人的王不肯聽 耶弗他 打發人說的話。
28And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
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。
29Therefore the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephte, and going round Galaad, and Manasses, and Maspha of Galaad, and passing over from thence to the children of Ammon,
30耶弗他 就向耶和華許願，說：「你若將 亞捫 人交在我手中，
30He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,
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。」
31Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.
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，
32And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
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。
33And he smote them from Aroer till you come to Mennith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is set with vineyards, with a very great slaughter: and the children of Ammon were humbled by the children of Israel.
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。
34And when Jephte returned into Maspha to his house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and with dances: for he had no other children.
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。」
35And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.
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」；
36And she answered him: My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the Lord, do unto me whatsoever thou hast promised, since the victory hath been granted to thee, and revenge of thy enemies.
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。」
37And she said to her father: Grant me only this which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions.
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。
38And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.
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。
39And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:
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。
40That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for four days.
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