士師記 7
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1耶路‧巴力 就是 基甸 ，他和一切跟隨的人早晨起來，在 哈律泉 旁安營。 米甸 營在他們北邊的平原，靠近 摩利岡 。
1Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
2耶和華對 基甸 說：「跟隨你的人過多，我不能將 米甸 人交在他們手中，免得 以色列 人向我誇大，說：『是我們自己的手救了我們。』
2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
3現在你要向這些人宣告說：『凡懼怕膽怯的，可以離開 基列山 回去。』」於是有二萬二千人回去，只剩下一萬。
3Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
4耶和華對 基甸 說：「人還是過多；你要帶他們下到水旁，我好在那裏為你試試他們。我指點誰說：『這人可以同你去』，他就可以同你去；我指點誰說：『這人不可同你去』，他就不可同你去。」
4Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
5基甸 就帶他們下到水旁。耶和華對 基甸 說：「凡用舌頭舔水，像狗舔的，要使他單站在一處；凡跪下喝水的，也要使他單站在一處。」
5So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
6於是用手捧着舔水的有三百人，其餘的都跪下喝水。
6And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
7耶和華對 基甸 說：「我要用這舔水的三百人拯救你們，將 米甸 人交在你手中；其餘的人都可以各歸各處去。」
7Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
8這三百人就帶着食物和角；其餘的 以色列 人， 基甸 都打發他們各歸各的帳棚，只留下這三百人。 米甸 營在他下邊的平原裏。
8So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
9當那夜，耶和華吩咐 基甸 說：「起來，下到 米甸 營裏去，因我已將他們交在你手中。
9That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
10倘若你怕下去，就帶你的僕人 普拉 下到那營裏去。
10But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
11你必聽見他們所說的，然後你就有膽量下去攻營。」於是 基甸 帶着僕人 普拉 下到營旁。
11and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
12米甸 人、 亞瑪力 人，和一切東方人都布散在平原，如同蝗蟲那樣多。他們的駱駝無數，多如海邊的沙。
12Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13基甸 到了，就聽見一人將夢告訴同伴說：「我做了一夢，夢見一個大麥餅滾入 米甸 營中，到了帳幕，將帳幕撞倒，帳幕就翻轉傾覆了。」
13And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
14那同伴說：「這不是別的，乃是 以色列 人 約阿施 的兒子 基甸 的刀；上帝已將 米甸 和全軍都交在他的手中。」
14His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
15基甸 聽見這夢和夢的講解，就敬拜 上帝 ，回到 以色列 營中，說：「起來吧！耶和華已將 米甸 的軍隊交在你們手中了。」
15When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
16於是 基甸 將三百人分作三隊，把角和空瓶交在各人手裏（瓶內都藏着火把），
16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
17吩咐他們說：「你們要看我行事：我到了營的旁邊怎樣行，你們也要怎樣行。
17“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
18我和一切跟隨我的人吹角的時候，你們也要在營的四圍吹角， 喊叫 說：『耶和華和 基甸 的刀 ！』」
18When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
19基甸 和跟隨他的一百人，在三更之初才換更的時候，來到營旁，就吹角，打破手中的瓶。
19Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
20三隊的人就都吹角，打破瓶子，左手拿着火把，右手拿着角，喊叫說：「耶和華和 基甸 的刀！」
20The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
21他們在營的四圍各站各的地方；全營的人都亂竄。三百人吶喊，使他們逃跑。
21Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
22三百人就吹角，耶和華使全營的人用刀互相擊殺，逃到 西利拉 的 伯‧哈示他 ，直逃到靠近 他巴 的 亞伯‧米何拉 。
22And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
23以色列 人就從 拿弗他利 、 亞設 ，和 瑪拿西 全地聚集來追趕 米甸 人。
23Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
24基甸 打發人走遍 以法蓮 山地，說：「你們下來攻擊 米甸 人，爭先把守 約旦河 的渡口，直到 伯‧巴拉 。」於是 以法蓮 的眾人聚集，把守 約旦河 的渡口，直到 伯‧巴拉 ，
24Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
25捉住了 米甸 人的兩個首領：一名 俄立 ，一名 西伊伯 ；將 俄立 殺在 俄立 磐石上，將 西伊伯 殺在 西伊伯 酒醡那裏；又追趕 米甸 人，將 俄立 和 西伊伯 的首級帶過 約旦河 ，到 基甸 那裏。
25They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
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