約書亞記 8
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1耶和華對 約書亞 說：「不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。你起來，率領一切兵丁上 艾 城去，我已經把 艾 城的王和他的民、他的城，並他的地，都交在你手裏。
1Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
2你怎樣待 耶利哥 和 耶利哥 的王，也當照樣待 艾 城和 艾 城的王。只是城內所奪的財物和牲畜，你們可以取為自己的掠物。你要在城後設下伏兵。」
2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
3於是， 約書亞 和一切兵丁都起來，要上 艾 城去。 約書亞 選了三萬大能的勇士，夜間打發他們前往，
3So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
4吩咐他們說：「你們要在城後埋伏，不可離城太遠，都要各自準備。
4with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
5我與我所帶領的眾民要向城前往。城裏的人像初次出來攻擊我們的時候，我們就在他們面前逃跑，
5Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
6他們必出來追趕我們，直到我們引誘他們離開城；因為他們必說：『這些人像初次在我們面前逃跑。』所以我們要在他們面前逃跑，
6They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
7你們就從埋伏的地方起來，奪取那城，因為耶和華－你們的上帝必把城交在你們手裏。
7you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
8你們奪了城以後，就放火燒城，要照耶和華的話行。這是我吩咐你們的。」
8And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
9約書亞 打發他們前往，他們就上埋伏的地方去，住在 伯特利 和 艾 城的中間，就是在 艾 城的西邊。這夜 約書亞 卻在民中住宿。
9So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
10約書亞 清早起來，點齊百姓，他和 以色列 的長老在百姓前面上 艾 城去。
10Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
11眾民，就是他所帶領的兵丁，都上去，向前直往，來到城前，在 艾 城北邊安營。在 約書亞 和 艾 城中間有一山谷。
11Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
12他挑了約有五千人，使他們埋伏在 伯特利 和 艾 城的中間，就是在 艾 城的西邊，
12Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
13於是安置了百姓，就是城北的全軍和城西的伏兵。這夜 約書亞 進入山谷之中。
13So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
14艾 城的王看見 這景況 ，就和全城的人，清早急忙起來，按所定的時候，出到 亞拉巴 前，要與 以色列 人交戰；王卻不知道在城後有伏兵。
14When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
15約書亞 和 以色列 眾人在他們面前裝敗，往那通曠野的路逃跑。
15Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
16城內的眾民都被招聚，追趕他們； 艾 城人追趕的時候，就被引誘離開城。
16Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
17艾 城和 伯特利 城沒有一人不出來追趕 以色列 人的，撇了敞開的城門，去追趕 以色列 人。
17Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
18耶和華吩咐 約書亞 說：「你向 艾 城伸出手裏的短槍，因為我要將城交在你手裏。」 約書亞 就向城伸出手裏的短槍。
18Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
19他一伸手，伏兵就從埋伏的地方急忙起來，奪了城，跑進城去，放火焚燒。
19and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
20艾 城的人回頭一看，不料，城中煙氣沖天，他們就無力向左向右逃跑。那往曠野逃跑的百姓便轉身攻擊追趕他們的人。
20When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
21約書亞 和 以色列 眾人見伏兵已經奪了城，城中煙氣飛騰，就轉身回去，擊殺 艾 城的人。
21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
22伏兵也出城迎擊 艾 城人， 艾 城人就困在 以色列 人中間，前後都是 以色列 人。於是 以色列 人擊殺他們，沒有留下一個，也沒有一個逃脫的，
22Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
23生擒了 艾 城的王，將他解到 約書亞 那裏。
23But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
24以色列 人在田間和曠野殺盡所追趕一切 艾 城的居民。 艾 城人倒在刀下，直到滅盡； 以色列 眾人就回到 艾 城，用刀殺了城中的人。
24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
25當日殺斃的人，連男帶女共有一萬二千，就是 艾 城所有的人。
25A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
26約書亞 沒有收回手裏所伸出來的短槍，直到把 艾 城的一切居民盡行殺滅。
26Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
27惟獨城中的牲畜和財物， 以色列 人都取為自己的掠物，是照耶和華所吩咐 約書亞 的話。
27Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
28約書亞 將 艾 城焚燒，使城永為高堆、荒場，直到今日；
28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
29又將 艾 城王掛在樹上，直到晚上。日落的時候， 約書亞 吩咐人把屍首從樹上取下來，丟在城門口，在屍首上堆成一大堆石頭，直存到今日。
29He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
30那時， 約書亞 在 以巴路山 上為耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝築一座壇，
30At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
31是用沒有動過鐵器的整石頭築的，照着耶和華僕人 摩西 所吩咐 以色列 人的話，正如 摩西 律法書上所寫的。眾人在這壇上給耶和華奉獻燔祭和平安祭。
31just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
32約書亞 在那裏，當着 以色列 人面前，將 摩西 所寫的律法抄寫在石頭上。
32And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
33以色列 眾人，無論是本地人、是寄居的，和長老、官長，並審判官，都站在 約 櫃兩旁，在抬耶和華約櫃的祭司 利未 人面前，一半對着 基利心山 ，一半對着 以巴路山 ，為 以色列 民祝福，正如耶和華僕人 摩西 先前所吩咐的。
33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
34隨後， 約書亞 將律法上祝福、咒詛的話，照着律法書上一切所寫的，都宣讀了一遍。
34Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
35摩西 所吩咐的一切話， 約書亞 在 以色列 全會眾和婦女、孩子，並他們中間寄居的外人面前，沒有一句不宣讀的。
35There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
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