士師記 6
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1以色列 人又行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，耶和華就把他們交在 米甸 人手裏七年。
1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
2米甸 人壓制 以色列 人； 以色列 人因為 米甸 人，就在山中挖穴、挖洞、建造營寨。
2and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
3以色列 人每逢撒種之後， 米甸 人、 亞瑪力 人，和東方人都上來攻打他們，
3Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
4對着他們安營，毀壞土產，直到 迦薩 ，沒有給 以色列 人留下食物，牛、羊、驢也沒有留下；
4encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
5因為那些人帶着牲畜帳棚來，像蝗蟲那樣多，人和駱駝無數，都進入國內，毀壞全地。
5For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
6以色列 人因 米甸 人的緣故，極其窮乏，就呼求耶和華。
6Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
7以色列 人因 米甸 人的緣故，呼求耶和華，
7Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
8耶和華就差遣先知到 以色列 人那裏，對他們說：「耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝如此說：『我曾領你們從 埃及 上來，出了為奴之家，
8He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
9救你們脫離 埃及 人的手，並脫離一切欺壓你們之人的手，把他們從你們面前趕出，將他們的地賜給你們』；
9I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.
10又對你們說：『我是耶和華－你們的上帝。你們住在 亞摩利 人的地，不可敬畏他們的神。你們竟不聽從我的話。』」
10And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
11耶和華的使者到了 俄弗拉 ，坐在 亞比以謝 族人 約阿施 的橡樹下。 約阿施 的兒子 基甸 正在酒醡那裏打麥子，為要防備 米甸 人。
11Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
12耶和華的使者向 基甸 顯現，對他說：「大能的勇士啊，耶和華與你同在！」
12And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
13基甸 說：「主啊，耶和華若與我們同在，我們何致遭遇這一切事呢？我們的列祖不是向我們說『耶和華領我們從 埃及 上來』嗎？他那樣奇妙的作為在哪裏呢？現在他卻丟棄我們，將我們交在 米甸 人手裏。」
13“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
14耶和華觀看 基甸 ，說：「你靠着你這能力去從 米甸 人手裏拯救 以色列 人，不是我差遣你去的嗎？」
14The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
15基甸 說：「主啊，我有何能拯救 以色列 人呢？我家在 瑪拿西 支派中是至貧窮的。我在我父家是至微小的。」
15“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
16耶和華對他說：「我與你同在，你就必擊打 米甸 人，如擊打一人一樣。」
16“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
17基甸 說：「我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你給我一個證據，使我知道與我說話的就是主。
17Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
18求你不要離開這裏，等我歸回將禮物帶來供在你面前。」主說：「我必等你回來。」
18Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
19基甸 去預備了一隻山羊羔，用一伊法細麵做了無酵餅，將肉放在筐內，把湯盛在壺中，帶到橡樹下，獻在使者面前。
19So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
20上帝的使者吩咐 基甸 說：「將肉和無酵餅放在這磐石上，把湯倒出來。」他就這樣行了。
20And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
21耶和華的使者伸出手內的杖，杖頭挨了肉和無酵餅，就有火從磐石中出來，燒盡了肉和無酵餅。耶和華的使者也就不見了。
21Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
22基甸 見他是耶和華的使者，就說：「哀哉！主耶和華啊，我不好了，因為我覿面看見耶和華的使者。」
22When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
23耶和華對他說：「你放心，不要懼怕，你必不致死。」
23But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
24於是 基甸 在那裏為耶和華築了一座壇，起名叫「耶和華沙龍」。（這壇在 亞比以謝 族的 俄弗拉 直到如今。）
24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25當那夜，耶和華吩咐 基甸 說：「你取你父親的牛來，就是那七歲的第二隻牛，並拆毀你父親為 巴力 所築的壇，砍下壇旁的木偶，
25On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
26在這磐石上整整齊齊地為耶和華－你的上帝築一座壇，將第二隻牛獻為燔祭，用你所砍下的木偶作柴。」
26Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
27基甸 就從他僕人中挑了十個人，照着耶和華吩咐他的行了。他因怕父家和本城的人，不敢在白晝行這事，就在夜間行了。
27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
28城裏的人清早起來，見 巴力 的壇拆毀，壇旁的木偶砍下，第二隻牛獻在新築的壇上，
28When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
29就彼此說：「這事是誰做的呢？」他們訪查之後，就說：「這是 約阿施 的兒子 基甸 做的。」
29“Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
30城裏的人對 約阿施 說：「將你兒子交出來，好治死他；因為他拆毀了 巴力 的壇，砍下壇旁的木偶。」
30Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
31約阿施 回答站着攻擊他的眾人說：「你們是為 巴力 爭論嗎？你們要救他嗎？誰為他爭論，趁早將誰治死！ 巴力 若果是神，有人拆毀他的壇，讓他為自己爭論吧！」
31But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
32所以當日人稱 基甸 為 耶路‧巴力 ，意思說：「他拆毀 巴力 的壇，讓 巴力 與他爭論。」
32So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
33那時， 米甸 人、 亞瑪力 人，和東方人都聚集過河，在 耶斯列 平原安營。
33Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
34耶和華的靈降在 基甸 身上，他就吹角； 亞比以謝 族都聚集跟隨他。
34So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
35他打發人走遍 瑪拿西 地， 瑪拿西 人也聚集跟隨他；又打發人去見 亞設 人、 西布倫 人、 拿弗他利 人，他們也都出來與他們會合。
35Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
36基甸 對上帝說：「你若果照着所說的話，藉我手拯救 以色列 人，
36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
37我就把一團羊毛放在禾場上：若單是羊毛上有露水，別的地方都是乾的，我就知道你必照着所說的話，藉我手拯救 以色列 人。」
37then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
38次日早晨 基甸 起來，見果然是這樣；將羊毛擠一擠，從羊毛中擰出滿盆的露水來。
38And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
39基甸 又對上帝說：「求你不要向我發怒，我再說這一次：讓我將羊毛再試一次。但願羊毛是乾的，別的地方都有露水。」
39Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
40這夜上帝也如此行：獨羊毛上是乾的，別的地方都有露水。
40And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
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