Judges 6
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Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
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。
2The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
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。
3So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
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，
4They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.
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；
5For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
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。
6Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
6以色列 人因 米甸 人的緣故，極其窮乏，就呼求耶和華。
7When the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,
7以色列 人因 米甸 人的緣故，呼求耶和華，
8The LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage.
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，
9I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.
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』；
10I said to you, “I am the LORD your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not listened to my voice.’”
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。』」
11The LORD’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
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。
12The LORD’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
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！」
13Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
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。」
14The LORD looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?”
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？」
15He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
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。」
16The LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
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。」
17He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
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。
18Please don’t go away until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you.” He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
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。」
19Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
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。
20The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” He did so.
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。
21Then the LORD’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the LORD’s angel departed out of his sight.
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。
22Gideon saw that he was the LORD’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Because I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”
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。」
23The LORD said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.”
23耶和華對他說：「你放心，不要懼怕，你必不致死。」
24Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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。）
25That same night, the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.
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，
26Then build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
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。」
27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.
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。
28When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
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，
29They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”
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。」
30Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by 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。」
31Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!”
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！」
32Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken 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。」
33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
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。
34But the LORD’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
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。
35He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together to follow him. He sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
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。
36Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
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，
37behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
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。」
38It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
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。
39Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
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。」
40God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
40這夜上帝也如此行：獨羊毛上是乾的，別的地方都有露水。
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