简体中文
1 耶和华留下这几族,为要试验那不曾知道与迦南争战之事的以色列人,
2 好叫以色列的后代又知道又学习未曾晓得的战事。
3 所留下的就是非利士的五个首领和一切迦南人,西顿人,并住利巴嫩山的希未人,从巴力黑们山直到哈马口。
4 留下这几族,为要试验以色列人,知道他们肯听从耶和华借摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命不肯。
5 以色列人竟住在迦南人,赫人,亚摩利人,比利洗人,希未人,耶布斯人中间,
6 娶他们的女儿为妻,将自己的女儿嫁给他们的儿子,并事奉他们的神。
7 以色列人行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,忘记耶和华他们的神,去事奉诸巴力和亚舍拉,
8 所以耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作,就把他们交在米所波大米王古珊利萨田的手中。以色列人服事古珊利萨田八年。
9 以色列人呼求耶和华的时候,耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者救他们,就是迦勒兄弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂。
10 耶和华的灵降在他身上,他就作了以色列的士师,出去争战。耶和华将米所波大米王古珊利萨田交在他手中,他便胜了古珊利萨田。
11 于是国中太平四十年。基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂死了。
12 以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛,攻击以色列人。
13 伊矶伦招聚亚扪人和亚玛力人,去攻打以色列人,占据棕树城。
14 于是以色列人服事摩押王伊矶伦十八年。
15 以色列人呼求耶和华的时候,耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者,就是便雅悯人基拉的儿子以笏。他是左手便利的。以色列人托他送礼物给摩押王伊矶伦。
16 以笏打了一把两刃的剑,长一肘,带在右腿上衣服里面。
17 他将礼物献给摩押王伊矶伦,原来伊矶伦极其肥胖。
18 以笏献完礼物,便将抬礼物的人打发走了,
19 自己却从靠近吉甲凿石之地回来,说,王啊,我有一件机密事奏告你。王说,回避吧。于是左右侍立的人都退去了。
20 以笏来到王面前。王独自一人坐在凉楼上。以笏说,我奉神的命报告你一件事。王就从座位上站起来。
21 以笏便伸左手,从右腿上拔出剑来,刺入王的肚腹,
22 连剑把都刺进去了。剑被肥肉夹住,他没有从王的肚腹拔出来,且穿通了后身。
23 以笏就出到游廊,将楼门尽都关锁。
24 以笏出来之后,王的仆人到了,看见楼门关锁,就说,他必是在楼上大解。
25 他们等烦了,见仍不开楼门,就拿钥匙开了,不料,他们的主人已死,倒在地上。
26 他们耽延的时候,以笏就逃跑了,经过凿石之地,逃到西伊拉。
27 到了,就在以法莲山地吹角。以色列人随着他下了山地,他在前头引路,
28 对他们说,你们随我来,因为耶和华已经把你们的仇敌摩押人交在你们手中。于是他们跟着他下去,把守约旦河的渡口,不容摩押一人过去。
29 那时击杀了摩押人约有一万,都是强壮的勇士,没有一人逃脱。
30 这样,摩押就被以色列人制伏了。国中太平八十年。
31 以笏之后,有亚拿的儿子珊迦,他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也救了以色列人。
King James Version
Chapter 3
3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3:3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
3:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
3:22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
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