Judges 8
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1And the men of Ephraim said to him: What is this that thou meanest to do, that thou wouldst not call us when thou wentest to fight against Madian? and they chid him sharply and almost offered violence.
1以法蓮 人對 基甸 說：「你去與 米甸 人爭戰，沒有招我們同去，為甚麼這樣待我們呢？」他們就與 基甸 大大地爭吵。
2And he answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages of Abiezer?
2基甸 對他們說：「我所行的豈能比你們所行的呢？ 以法蓮 拾取剩下的葡萄不強過 亞比以謝 所摘的葡萄嗎？
3The Lord hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.
3上帝已將 米甸 人的兩個首領 俄立 和 西伊伯 交在你們手中；我所行的豈能比你們所行的呢？」 基甸 說了這話， 以法蓮 人的怒氣就消了。
4And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men, that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled.
4基甸 和跟隨他的三百人到 約旦河 過渡，雖然疲乏，還是追趕。
5And he said to the men of Soccoth: Give, I beseech you, bread to the people that is with me, for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana the kings of Madian.
5基甸 對 疏割 人說：「求你們拿餅來給跟隨我的人吃，因為他們疲乏了；我們追趕 米甸 人的兩個王 西巴 和 撒慕拿 。」
6The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.
6疏割 人的首領回答說：「 西巴 和 撒慕拿 已經在你手裏，你使我們將餅給你的軍兵嗎？」
7And he said to them: When the Lord therefore shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.
7基甸 說：「耶和華將 西巴 和 撒慕拿 交在我手之後，我就用野地的荊條和枳棘打傷你們。」
8And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.
8基甸 從那裏上到 毗努伊勒 ，對那裏的人也是這樣說； 毗努伊勒 人也與 疏割 人回答他的話一樣。
9He said therefore to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this tower.
9他向 毗努伊勒 人說：「我平平安安回來的時候，我必拆毀這樓。」
10But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword, were slain.
10那時 西巴 和 撒慕拿 ，並跟隨他們的軍隊都在 加各 ，約有一萬五千人，就是東方人全軍所剩下的；已經被殺約有十二萬拿刀的。
11And Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobe and Jegbaa, and smote the camp of the enemies, who were secure, and suspected no hurt.
11基甸 就由 挪巴 和 約比哈 東邊，從住帳棚人的路上去，殺敗了 米甸 人的軍兵，因為他們坦然無懼。
12And Zebee and Salmana fled, and Gedeon pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion.
12西巴 和 撒慕拿 逃跑； 基甸 追趕他們，捉住 米甸 的二王 西巴 和 撒慕拿 ，驚散全軍。
13And returning from the battle before the sun rising,
13約阿施 的兒子 基甸 由 希列斯 坡從陣上回來，
14He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy-seven men.
14捉住 疏割 的一個少年人，問他：「 疏割 的首領長老是誰？」他就將首領長老七十七個人的名字寫出來。
15And he came to Soccoth and said to them: Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana, are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.
15基甸 到了 疏割 ，對那裏的人說：「你們從前譏誚我說：『 西巴 和 撒慕拿 已經在你手裏，你使我們將餅給 跟隨 你的疲乏人嗎？』現在 西巴 和 撒慕拿 在這裏。」
16So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.
16於是捉住那城內的長老，用野地的荊條和枳棘責打 疏割 人；
17And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.
17又拆了 毗努伊勒 的樓，殺了那城裏的人。
18And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king.
18基甸 問 西巴 和 撒慕拿 說：「你們在 他泊山 所殺的人是甚麼樣式？」回答說：「他們好像你，各人都有王子的樣式。」
19He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill you.
19基甸 說：「他們是我同母的弟兄，我指着永生的耶和華起誓，你們從前若存留他們的性命，我如今就不殺你們了。」
20And he said to Jether his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.
20於是對他的長子 益帖 說：「你起來殺他們。」但 益帖 因為是童子，害怕，不敢拔刀。
21And Zebee and Salmana said: Do thou rise, and run upon us: because the strength of a man is according to his age: Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned.
21西巴 和 撒慕拿 說：「你自己起來殺我們吧！因為人如何，力量也是如何。」 基甸 就起來，殺了 西巴 和 撒慕拿 ，奪獲他們駱駝項上戴的月牙圈。
22And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son’s son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.
22以色列 人對 基甸 說：「你既救我們脫離 米甸 人的手，願你和你的兒孫管理我們。」
23And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but the Lord shall rule over you.
23基甸 說：「我不管理你們，我的兒子也不管理你們，惟有耶和華管理你們。」
24And he said to them: I desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.
24基甸 又對他們說：「我有一件事求你們：請你們各人將所奪的耳環給我。」（原來仇敵是 以實瑪利 人，都是戴金耳環的。）
25They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils.
25他們說：「我們情願給你」，就鋪開一件外衣，各人將所奪的耳環丟在其上。
26And the weight of the earlets that he requested, was a thousand seven hundred sicles of gold, besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple raiment which the kings of Madian were went to use, and besides the golden chains that were about the camels’ necks.
26基甸 所要出來的金耳環重一千七百 舍客勒 金子。此外還有 米甸 王所戴的月環、耳墜，和所穿的紫色衣服，並駱駝項上的 金 鍊子。
27And Gedeon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gedeon and to all his house.
27基甸 以此製造了一個以弗得，設立在本城 俄弗拉 。後來 以色列 人拜那以弗得行了邪淫；這就作了 基甸 和他全家的網羅。
28But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their beads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided.
28這樣， 米甸 人被 以色列 人制伏了，不敢再抬頭。 基甸 還在的日子，國中太平四十年。
29So Jerobaal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house.
29約阿施 的兒子 耶路‧巴力 回去，住在自己家裏。
30And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.
30基甸 有七十個親生的兒子，因為他有許多的妻。
31And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.
31他的妾住在 示劍 ，也給他生了一個兒子。 基甸 與他起名叫 亞比米勒 。
32And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the family of Ezri.
32約阿施 的兒子 基甸 ，年紀老邁而死，葬在 亞比以謝 族的 俄弗拉 ，在他父親 約阿施 的墳墓裏。
33But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be their god:
33基甸 死後， 以色列 人又去隨從諸 巴力 行邪淫，以 巴力‧比利土 為他們的神。
34And they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about:
34以色列 人不記念耶和華－他們的上帝，就是拯救他們脫離四圍仇敵之手的，
35Neither did they shew mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done to Israel.
35也不照着 耶路‧巴力 ，就是 基甸 向他們所施的恩惠厚待他的家。
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