Judges 11
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
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.
1基列 人 耶弗他 是个大能的勇士，是妓女的儿子。 耶弗他 是 基列 所生的。
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.
2基列 的妻也生了几个儿子：他妻所生的儿子长大了，就赶逐 耶弗他 ，说：「你不可在我们父家承受产业，因为你是妓女的儿子。」
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.
3耶弗他 就逃避他的弟兄，去住在 陀伯 地，有些匪徒到他那里聚集，与他一同出入。
4In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
4过了些日子， 亚扪 人攻打 以色列 。
5And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
5亚扪 人攻打 以色列 的时候， 基列 的长老到 陀伯 地去，要叫 耶弗他 回来；
6And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.
6对 耶弗他 说：「请你来作我们的元帅，我们好与 亚扪 人争战。」
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?
7耶弗他 回答 基列 的长老说：「从前你们不是恨我、赶逐我出离父家吗？现在你们遭遇急难为何到我这里来呢？」
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.
8基列 的长老回答 耶弗他 说：「现在我们到你这里来，是要你同我们去，与 亚扪 人争战；你可以作 基列 一切居民的领袖。」
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?
9耶弗他 对 基列 的长老说：「你们叫我回去，与 亚扪 人争战，耶和华把他交给我，我可以作你们的领袖吗？」
10They answered him: The Lord who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised.
10基列 的长老回答 耶弗他 说：「有耶和华在你我中间作见证，我们必定照你的话行。」
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.
11于是 耶弗他 同 基列 的长老回去，百姓就立 耶弗他 作领袖、作元帅。 耶弗他 在 米斯巴 将自己的一切话陈明在耶和华面前。
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?
12耶弗他 打发使者去见 亚扪 人的王，说：「你与我有什么相干，竟来到我国中攻打我呢？」
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.
13亚扪 人的王回答 耶弗他 的使者说：「因为 以色列 人从 埃及 上来的时候占据我的地，从 亚嫩河 到 雅博河 ，直到 约旦河 。现在你要好好地将这 地 归还吧！」
14And Jephte again sent word by them, and commanded them to say to the king of Ammon:
14耶弗他 又打发使者去见 亚扪 人的王，
15Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
15对他说：「 耶弗他 如此说， 以色列 人并没有占据 摩押 地和 亚扪 人的地。
16But when they came up out of Egypt, he walked through the desert to the Red Sea and came into Cades.
16以色列 人从 埃及 上来乃是经过旷野到 红海 ，来到 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,
17就打发使者去见 以东 王，说：『求你容我从你的地经过。』 以东 王却不应允。又照样打发使者去见 摩押 王，他也不允准。 以色列 人就住在 加低斯 。
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.
18他们又经过旷野，绕着 以东 和 摩押 地，从 摩押 地的东边过来，在 亚嫩河 边安营，并没有入 摩押 的境内，因为 亚嫩河 是 摩押 的边界。
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.
19以色列 人打发使者去见 亚摩利 王 西宏 ，就是 希实本 的王，对他说：『求你容我们从你的地经过，往我们自己的地方去。』
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.
20西宏 却不信服 以色列 人，不容他们经过他的境界，乃招聚他的众民在 雅杂 安营，与 以色列 人争战。
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,
21耶和华— 以色列 的 神将 西宏 和他的众民都交在 以色列 人手中， 以色列 人就击杀他们，得了 亚摩利 人的全地：
22And all the coasts thereof from the Arnon to the Jaboc, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
22从 亚嫩河 到 雅博河 ，从旷野直到 约旦河 。
23So the Lord the God of Israel destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him, and wilt thou now possess this land?
23耶和华— 以色列 的 神在他百姓 以色列 面前赶出 亚摩利 人，你竟要得他们的地吗？
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:
24你的神 基抹 所赐你的地你不是得为业吗？耶和华—我们的 神在我们面前所赶出的人，我们就得他的地。
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,
25难道你比 摩押 王 西拨 的儿子 巴勒 还强吗？他曾与 以色列 人争竞，或是与他们争战吗？
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?
26以色列 人住 希实本 和属 希实本 的乡村， 亚罗珥 和属 亚罗珥 的乡村，并沿 亚嫩河 的一切城邑，已经有三百年了；在这三百年之内，你们为什么没有取回这些地方呢？
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.
27原来我没有得罪你，你却攻打我，恶待我。愿审判人的耶和华今日在 以色列 人和 亚扪 人中间判断是非。」
28And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
28但 亚扪 人的王不肯听 耶弗他 打发人说的话。
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,
29耶和华的灵降在 耶弗他 身上，他就经过 基列 和 玛拿西 ，来到 基列 的 米斯巴 ，又从 米斯巴 来到 亚扪 人那里。
30He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,
30耶弗他 就向耶和华许愿，说：「你若将 亚扪 人交在我手中，
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.
31我从 亚扪 人那里平平安安回来的时候，无论什么人，先从我家门出来迎接我，就必归你，我也必将他献上为燔祭。」
32And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
32于是 耶弗他 往 亚扪 人那里去，与他们争战；耶和华将他们交在他手中，
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.
33他就大大杀败他们，从 亚罗珥 到 米匿 ，直到 亚备勒·基拉明 ，攻取了二十座城。这样 亚扪 人就被 以色列 人制伏了。
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.
34耶弗他 回 米斯巴 到了自己的家，不料，他女儿拿着鼓跳舞出来迎接他，是他独生的，此外无儿无女。
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.
35耶弗他 看见她，就撕裂衣服，说：「哀哉！我的女儿啊，你使我甚是愁苦，叫我作难了；因为我已经向耶和华开口 许愿 ，不能挽回。」
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.
36他女儿回答说：「父啊，你既向耶和华开口，就当照你口中所说的向我行，因耶和华已经在仇敌 亚扪 人身上为你报仇」；
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.
37又对父亲说：「有一件事求你允准：容我去两个月，与同伴在山上，好哀哭我终为处女。」
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.
38耶弗他 说：「你去吧！」就容她去两个月。她便和同伴去了，在山上为她终为处女哀哭。
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:
39两月已满，她回到父亲那里，父亲就照所许的愿向她行了。女儿终身没有亲近男子。
40That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for four days.
40此后 以色列 中有个规矩，每年 以色列 的女子去为 基列 人 耶弗他 的女儿哀哭四天。
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