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士师记 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙和大利拉
16 一天，参孙去迦萨，看见一个妓女，就与她亲近。 2 迦萨人得知参孙来了，便包围那地方，整夜埋伏在城门口，没有动手，心想：“等天一亮，我们就杀掉他。” 3 可是，参孙睡到半夜就起来，把城门的门扇连门框和门闩一同拆下，扛到希伯仑对面的山顶上。
4 后来，参孙在梭烈谷爱上一位名叫大利拉的女子。 5 非利士人的首领就上去见这女子，对她说：“请你哄参孙说出他为何有这么大力气，我们怎样才能制服他，把他绑起来。事后，我们每人会给你一千一百块银子。” 6 于是，大利拉问参孙：“求你告诉我，你为什么有这么大力气？用什么办法才能把你绑起来制服你？”
7 参孙说：“如果我被七根还没干的青绳子绑着，我的力气便会和普通人一样。” 8 非利士人的首领便把七根还没干的青绳子交给大利拉，她用那些绳子把参孙绑起来。 9 有人已预先埋伏在她的内室，于是她喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”但参孙挣断了绳子，就像挣断火烧过的麻线一样。因此，仍然没有人知道他为何力气过人。
10 大利拉对参孙说：“你说谎捉弄我。现在请你告诉我，用什么方法才能绑住你？” 11 参孙回答说：“如果用从未用过的新绳子绑住我，我的力气就会和普通人一样。” 12 于是，大利拉让人埋伏在内室，她用七根新绳子绑住参孙，然后喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”结果，参孙挣断了手臂上的绳子，就像挣断一根线一样。
13 大利拉对参孙说：“到现在你还是说谎捉弄我。请你告诉我，用什么方法才能绑住你？”参孙说：“你把我的七根发辨和织布机的线编在一起，用橛子钉牢就可以了。” 14 于是，大利拉把他的发辫和织布机的线编在一起，用橛子钉牢，然后喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”参孙醒来，挣脱了织布机的橛子和线。
15 大利拉对参孙说：“你既然不跟我说真心话，还说什么爱我！你捉弄了我三次，没告诉我你为何力气过人。” 16 大利拉天天在他跟前唠叨不停，以致他烦得要死， 17 就把秘密告诉了她。他说：“我从不剃发，因为我一出生就献给上帝做拿细耳人了。如果剃掉我的头发，我的力气就会和普通人一样。”
18 大利拉见他说出了心中的秘密，就派人去通知非利士人的首领，说：“你们再来一次吧，他已经把秘密告诉我了。”于是，他们带着银子去了。 19 大利拉哄参孙枕着她的腿睡觉，然后叫人来剃掉他的七根发辫，使他力气尽失，无力反抗。 20 她喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”参孙醒来，心想：“我要像前几次一样挣脱捆绑。”他却不知道耶和华已经离开他了。 21 非利士人拿住他，剜了他的眼睛，把他带到迦萨，用铜链锁住他，让他在监牢里推磨。 22 后来，他的头发又渐渐长出来了。
参孙之死
23 非利士人的首领聚在一起向他们的神明大衮献大祭，欢呼说：“我们的神把仇敌参孙交在我们手中了。” 24 众人看见参孙，就赞美他们的神明，说：“我们的神把仇敌交在我们手中了，他曾毁坏我们的田地，杀死我们许多人。” 25 他们都兴高采烈，并喊道：“把参孙带来让我们消遣消遣。”于是，有人把参孙从监牢里提出来供他们消遣，他们让他站在两根柱子中间。 26 参孙对拉着他手的童仆说：“带我到支撑这庙宇的柱子那里，我想靠一靠。” 27 那时，庙里挤满了男男女女，非利士人的首领们都在场，房顶上还有三千男女看参孙的热闹。
28 参孙向耶和华祷告说：“主耶和华啊，求你眷顾我！上帝啊，求你再次赐给我力量，使我向非利士人报剜眼之仇。” 29 参孙就抱住庙宇中央的两根柱子，一手抱一根， 30 然后喊道：“我要跟非利士人同归于尽！”于是，他一用力，庙宇倒塌，压住里面的首领和民众。参孙死时杀的人比他活着时杀的还多。 31 参孙的兄弟和家人取走他的尸体，葬在琐拉和以实陶之间他父亲玛挪亚的墓地里。参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
米迦的神像
17 以法莲山区住了一个名叫米迦的人。 2 他对母亲说：“你那一千一百块银子丢了，我还听见你咒诅小偷。看啊，银子在我这里，是我拿去的。”他母亲说：“我儿啊，愿耶和华赐福给你！” 3 米迦把一千一百块银子还给母亲。他母亲说：“我要为你把这些银子献给耶和华，用来雕刻、铸造神像。现在这银子还是你的。” 4 米迦把银子还给母亲后，他母亲拿出二百块银子交给银匠雕刻、铸造神像，放在米迦的房子里。 5 米迦有一个神庙，他制造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像，并指派他的一个儿子做祭司。 6 那时，以色列没有王，人人各行其是。
7 犹大的伯利恒住着一个年轻的利未人。 8 他离开伯利恒想到别的地方居住，一路走到以法莲山区米迦的家。 9 米迦问他：“你从哪里来？”他回答说：“我是从犹大 伯利恒来的利未人，我要找一个住的地方。” 10 米迦说：“你就住在我这里吧，做我的师父和祭司。我每年给你十块银子，还为你提供衣服和膳食。”利未人就进了米迦的家， 11 住了下来。米迦待他就像待自己的儿子一样。 12 这样，米迦派他做祭司，让他住在自己家里。 13 米迦说：“现在我有一个利未人做我的祭司，耶和华一定会赐福给我。”
米迦和但支派
18 那时以色列没有王。但支派的人正在寻找可以居住的地方，因为他们在以色列各支派中还没有得到属于自己的土地。 2 但支派的人从琐拉和以实陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那个地方。他们吩咐说：“你们去察看那个地方。”他们到了以法莲山区，在米迦家里借宿。 3 他们听出那利未青年的口音，就问他：“谁带你来这里的？你在这里做什么？你为什么在这里？” 4 那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告诉了他们。 5 他们说：“请你求问上帝，看看我们是否一路顺利。” 6 祭司说：“你们安心去吧，耶和华会一路眷顾你们。”
7 五人启程来到拉亿，发现当地人像西顿人一样无忧无虑，生活安宁，毫无防范，繁荣富足。他们离西顿很远，与外界没有来往。
8 五人回到琐拉和以实陶后，族人问他们：“你们有什么发现吗？” 9 他们回答说：“我们前去攻取那地方吧！我们已经打探清楚了，那地方非常好。你们还等什么？要赶快去占领那地方。 10 你们到了那里，会看见当地的居民毫无防范，那里地大物博，一无所缺。上帝已经把那地方赐给我们了。”
11 但支派便从琐拉和以实陶派出六百个全副武装的人。 12 他们来到犹大 基列·耶琳的西边安营。因此，那地方至今仍叫玛哈尼·但[a]。 13 然后，他们去以法莲山区，来到米迦的家。
14 侦察过拉亿的五个人对其余的人说：“你们知道吗？这家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一个雕刻的偶像和一个金属铸像。想一想我们该怎么办。” 15 那五个人就进入米迦的家里，到年轻的利未人房间向他问安， 16 随行的六百人带着兵器留在门口。 17 当时祭司也和那六百个全副武装的人站在门口。那五个人进去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像。 18 祭司见那五人进入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像，就问他们：“你们在做什么？”
19 他们说：“安静，别作声，跟我们来做我们的师父和祭司吧。做以色列一个支派、一个宗族的祭司难道不比做一家人的祭司更好吗？” 20 祭司听了非常高兴，就带着以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟随了他们。 21 他们转身离去，儿女、牲畜和财物在队伍的前面。
22 他们离开米迦的家一段路后，米迦召集邻居赶了上来， 23 向他们大喊。但支派的人转身问米迦：“你们召集这么多人来做什么？” 24 米迦说：“你们带走了我的神像和祭司，把我洗劫一空，还问我想做什么！” 25 但支派的人说：“别再多说了，不然我们当中性情暴躁的人会攻击你们，使你全家丧命。” 26 但支派的人继续赶路。米迦见对方人多势众，就回家去了。
27 但支派的人带着米迦的神像和他的祭司来到拉亿，那里的人生活安宁，毫无防范。他们杀掉当地的居民，放火烧了城。 28 拉亿离西顿很远，当地的居民与外界没有来往，以致孤立无援。这城位于伯·利合附近的山谷中，但支派的人重建该城，住在那里。 29 这座城原来叫拉亿，他们用祖先以色列的儿子但的名字为该城重新命名。 30 但支派的人把神像竖立起来，又指派摩西的孙子、革舜的儿子约拿单及其子孙做但支派的祭司，直到该城的人被敌人掳走为止。 31 上帝的会幕设立在示罗期间，米迦的神像一直竖立在但。
Footnotes
- 18:12 “玛哈尼·但”意思是“但的军营”。
士師記 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師記 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
參孫和大利拉
16 一天，參孫去迦薩，看見一個妓女，就與她親近。 2 迦薩人得知參孫來了，便包圍那地方，整夜埋伏在城門口，沒有動手，心想：「等天一亮，我們就殺掉他。」 3 可是，參孫睡到半夜就起來，把城門的門扇連門框和門閂一同拆下，扛到希伯崙對面的山頂上。
4 後來，參孫在梭烈谷愛上一位名叫大利拉的女子。 5 非利士人的首領就上去見這女子，對她說：「請你哄參孫說出他為何有這麼大力氣，我們怎樣才能制伏他，把他綁起來。事後，我們每人會給你一千一百塊銀子。」 6 於是，大利拉問參孫：「求你告訴我，你為什麼有這麼大力氣？用什麼辦法才能把你綁起來制伏你？」
7 參孫說：「如果我被七根還沒乾的青繩子綁著，我的力氣便會和普通人一樣。」 8 非利士人的首領便把七根還沒乾的青繩子交給大利拉，她用那些繩子把參孫綁起來。 9 有人已預先埋伏在她的內室，於是她喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」但參孫掙斷了繩子，就像掙斷火燒過的麻線一樣。因此，仍然沒有人知道他為何力氣過人。
10 大利拉對參孫說：「你說謊捉弄我。現在請你告訴我，用什麼方法才能綁住你？」 11 參孫回答說：「如果用從未用過的新繩子綁住我，我的力氣就會和普通人一樣。」 12 於是，大利拉讓人埋伏在內室，她用七根新繩子綁住參孫，然後喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」結果，參孫掙斷了手臂上的繩子，就像掙斷一根線一樣。
13 大利拉對參孫說：「到現在你還是說謊捉弄我。請你告訴我，用什麼方法才能綁住你？」參孫說：「你把我的七根髮辮和織布機的線編在一起，用橛子釘牢就可以了。」 14 於是，大利拉把他的髮辮和織布機的線編在一起，用橛子釘牢，然後喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」參孫醒來，掙脫了織布機的橛子和線。
15 大利拉對參孫說：「你既然不跟我說真心話，還說什麼愛我！你捉弄了我三次，沒告訴我你為何力氣過人。」 16 大利拉天天在他跟前嘮叨不停，以致他煩得要死， 17 就把秘密告訴了她。他說：「我從不剃髮，因為我一出生就獻給上帝做拿細耳人了。如果剃掉我的頭髮，我的力氣就會和普通人一樣。」
18 大利拉見他說出了心中的秘密，就派人去通知非利士人的首領，說：「你們再來一次吧，他已經把秘密告訴我了。」於是，他們帶著銀子去了。 19 大利拉哄參孫枕著她的腿睡覺，然後叫人來剃掉他的七根髮辮，使他力氣盡失，無力反抗。 20 她喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」參孫醒來，心想：「我要像前幾次一樣掙脫捆綁。」他卻不知道耶和華已經離開他了。 21 非利士人拿住他，剜了他的眼睛，把他帶到迦薩，用銅鏈鎖住他，讓他在監牢裡推磨。 22 後來，他的頭髮又漸漸長出來了。
參孫之死
23 非利士人的首領聚在一起向他們的神明大袞獻大祭，歡呼說：「我們的神把仇敵參孫交在我們手中了。」 24 眾人看見參孫，就讚美他們的神明，說：「我們的神把仇敵交在我們手中了，他曾毀壞我們的田地，殺死我們許多人。」 25 他們都興高采烈，並喊道：「把參孫帶來讓我們消遣消遣。」於是，有人把參孫從監牢裡提出來供他們消遣，他們讓他站在兩根柱子中間。 26 參孫對拉著他手的童僕說：「帶我到支撐這廟宇的柱子那裡，我想靠一靠。」 27 那時，廟裡擠滿了男男女女，非利士人的首領們都在場，房頂上還有三千男女看參孫的熱鬧。
28 參孫向耶和華禱告說：「主耶和華啊，求你眷顧我！上帝啊，求你再次賜給我力量，使我向非利士人報剜眼之仇。」 29 參孫就抱住廟宇中央的兩根柱子，一手抱一根， 30 然後喊道：「我要跟非利士人同歸於盡！」於是，他一用力，廟宇倒塌，壓住裡面的首領和民眾。參孫死時殺的人比他活著時殺的還多。 31 參孫的兄弟和家人取走他的屍體，葬在瑣拉和以實陶之間他父親瑪挪亞的墓地裡。參孫做以色列的士師二十年。
米迦的神像
17 以法蓮山區住了一個名叫米迦的人。 2 他對母親說：「你那一千一百塊銀子丟了，我還聽見你咒詛小偷。看啊，銀子在我這裡，是我拿去的。」他母親說：「我兒啊，願耶和華賜福給你！」 3 米迦把一千一百塊銀子還給母親。他母親說：「我要為你把這些銀子獻給耶和華，用來雕刻、鑄造神像。現在這銀子還是你的。」 4 米迦把銀子還給母親後，他母親拿出二百塊銀子交給銀匠雕刻、鑄造神像，放在米迦的房子裡。 5 米迦有一個神廟，他製造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像，並指派他的一個兒子做祭司。 6 那時，以色列沒有王，人人各行其是。
7 猶大的伯利恆住著一個年輕的利未人。 8 他離開伯利恆想到別的地方居住，一路走到以法蓮山區米迦的家。 9 米迦問他：「你從哪裡來？」他回答說：「我是從猶大 伯利恆來的利未人，我要找一個住的地方。」 10 米迦說：「你就住在我這裡吧，做我的師父和祭司。我每年給你十塊銀子，還為你提供衣服和膳食。」利未人就進了米迦的家， 11 住了下來。米迦待他就像待自己的兒子一樣。 12 這樣，米迦派他做祭司，讓他住在自己家裡。 13 米迦說：「現在我有一個利未人做我的祭司，耶和華一定會賜福給我。」
米迦和但支派
18 那時以色列沒有王。但支派的人正在尋找可以居住的地方，因為他們在以色列各支派中還沒有得到屬於自己的土地。 2 但支派的人從瑣拉和以實陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那個地方。他們吩咐說：「你們去察看那個地方。」他們到了以法蓮山區，在米迦家裡借宿。 3 他們聽出那利未青年的口音，就問他：「誰帶你來這裡的？你在這裡做什麽？你為什麼在這裡？」 4 那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告訴了他們。 5 他們說：「請你求問上帝，看看我們是否一路順利。」 6 祭司說：「你們安心去吧，耶和華會一路眷顧你們。」
7 五人啟程來到拉億，發現當地人像西頓人一樣無憂無慮，生活安寧，毫無防範，繁榮富足。他們離西頓很遠，與外界沒有來往。
8 五人回到瑣拉和以實陶後，族人問他們：「你們有什麼發現嗎？」 9 他們回答說：「我們前去攻取那地方吧！我們已經打探清楚了，那地方非常好。你們還等什麼？要趕快去佔領那地方。 10 你們到了那裡，會看見當地的居民毫無防範，那裡地大物博，一無所缺。上帝已經把那地方賜給我們了。」
11 但支派便從瑣拉和以實陶派出六百個全副武裝的人。 12 他們來到猶大 基列·耶琳的西邊安營。因此，那地方至今仍叫瑪哈尼·但[a]。 13 然後，他們去以法蓮山區，來到米迦的家。
14 偵察過拉億的五個人對其餘的人說：「你們知道嗎？這家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一個雕刻的偶像和一個金屬鑄像。想一想我們該怎麼辦。」 15 那五個人就進入米迦的家裡，到年輕的利未人房間向他問安， 16 隨行的六百人帶著兵器留在門口。 17 當時祭司也和那六百個全副武裝的人站在門口。那五個人進去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金屬鑄像。 18 祭司見那五人進入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金屬鑄像，就問他們：「你們在做什麽？」
19 他們說：「安靜，別作聲，跟我們來做我們的師父和祭司吧。做以色列一個支派、一個宗族的祭司難道不比做一家人的祭司更好嗎？」 20 祭司聽了非常高興，就帶著以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟隨了他們。 21 他們轉身離去，兒女、牲畜和財物在隊伍的前面。
22 他們離開米迦的家一段路後，米迦召集鄰居趕了上來， 23 向他們大喊。但支派的人轉身問米迦：「你們召集這麼多人來做什麽？」 24 米迦說：「你們帶走了我的神像和祭司，把我洗劫一空，還問我想做什麽！」 25 但支派的人說：「別再多說了，不然我們當中性情暴躁的人會攻擊你們，使你全家喪命。」 26 但支派的人繼續趕路。米迦見對方人多勢眾，就回家去了。
27 但支派的人帶著米迦的神像和他的祭司來到拉億，那裡的人生活安寧，毫無防範。他們殺掉當地的居民，放火燒了城。 28 拉億離西頓很遠，當地的居民與外界沒有來往，以致孤立無援。這城位於伯·利合附近的山谷中，但支派的人重建該城，住在那裡。 29 這座城原來叫拉億，他們用祖先以色列的兒子但的名字為該城重新命名。 30 但支派的人把神像豎立起來，又指派摩西的孫子、革舜的兒子約拿單及其子孫做但支派的祭司，直到該城的人被敵人擄走為止。 31 上帝的會幕設立在示羅期間，米迦的神像一直豎立在但。
Footnotes
- 18·12 「瑪哈尼·但」意思是「但的軍營」。
Judges 16-18
New International Version
Judges 16-18
New International Version
Samson and Delilah
16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(F)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(L)
6 So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. 9 With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13 Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(AC)
21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)
Micah’s Idols
17 Now a man named Micah(AR) from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[e] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”
Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(AS) my son!”
3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver.(AT) I will give it back to you.”
4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[f] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol.(AU) And it was put in Micah’s house.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine,(AV) and he made an ephod(AW) and some household gods(AX) and installed(AY) one of his sons as his priest.(AZ) 6 In those days Israel had no king;(BA) everyone did as they saw fit.(BB)
7 A young Levite(BC) from Bethlehem in Judah,(BD) who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[g] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,(BE)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father(BF) and priest,(BG) and I’ll give you ten shekels[h] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed(BH) the Levite, and the young man became his priest(BI) and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”(BJ)
The Danites Settle in Laish
18 In those days Israel had no king.(BK)
And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(BL) 2 So the Danites(BM) sent five of their leading men(BN) from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out(BO) the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”(BP)
So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah,(BQ) where they spent the night. 3 When they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite;(BR) so they turned in there and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, “He has hired me and I am his priest.(BS)”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God(BT) to learn whether our journey will be successful.”
6 The priest answered them, “Go in peace(BU). Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
7 So the five men(BV) left and came to Laish,(BW) where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure.(BX) And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[i] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians(BY) and had no relationship with anyone else.[j]
8 When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”
9 They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.(BZ) 10 When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing(CA) whatever.(CB)”
11 Then six hundred men(CC) of the Danites,(CD) armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. 12 On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim(CE) in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan[k](CF) to this day. 13 From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.(CG)
14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish(CH) said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod,(CI) some household gods and an image overlaid with silver?(CJ) Now you know what to do.” 15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him. 16 The six hundred Danites,(CK) armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(CL) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(CM) stood at the entrance of the gate.
18 When the five men went into Micah’s house and took(CN) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,(CO) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 They answered him, “Be quiet!(CP) Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest.(CQ) Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan(CR) in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” 20 The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. 21 Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.
22 When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites. 23 As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”
24 He replied, “You took(CS) the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”
25 The Danites answered, “Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.” 26 So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him,(CT) turned around and went back home.
27 Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure.(CU) They attacked them with the sword and burned(CV) down their city.(CW) 28 There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon(CX) and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.(CY)
The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. 29 They named it Dan(CZ) after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.(DA) 30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,(DB) the son of Moses,[l] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land. 31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made,(DC) all the time the house of God(DD) was in Shiloh.(DE)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
- Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
- Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged
- Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
- Judges 17:10 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
- Judges 18:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Judges 18:7 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts with the Arameans
- Judges 18:12 Mahaneh Dan means Dan’s camp.
- Judges 18:30 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts Manasseh
Judges 16-18
King James Version
Judges 16-18
King James Version
16 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
17 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.
3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
18 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
士师记 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙和大利拉
16 一天，参孙去迦萨，看见一个妓女，就与她亲近。 2 迦萨人得知参孙来了，便包围那地方，整夜埋伏在城门口，没有动手，心想：“等天一亮，我们就杀掉他。” 3 可是，参孙睡到半夜就起来，把城门的门扇连门框和门闩一同拆下，扛到希伯仑对面的山顶上。
4 后来，参孙在梭烈谷爱上一位名叫大利拉的女子。 5 非利士人的首领就上去见这女子，对她说：“请你哄参孙说出他为何有这么大力气，我们怎样才能制服他，把他绑起来。事后，我们每人会给你一千一百块银子。” 6 于是，大利拉问参孙：“求你告诉我，你为什么有这么大力气？用什么办法才能把你绑起来制服你？”
7 参孙说：“如果我被七根还没干的青绳子绑着，我的力气便会和普通人一样。” 8 非利士人的首领便把七根还没干的青绳子交给大利拉，她用那些绳子把参孙绑起来。 9 有人已预先埋伏在她的内室，于是她喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”但参孙挣断了绳子，就像挣断火烧过的麻线一样。因此，仍然没有人知道他为何力气过人。
10 大利拉对参孙说：“你说谎捉弄我。现在请你告诉我，用什么方法才能绑住你？” 11 参孙回答说：“如果用从未用过的新绳子绑住我，我的力气就会和普通人一样。” 12 于是，大利拉让人埋伏在内室，她用七根新绳子绑住参孙，然后喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”结果，参孙挣断了手臂上的绳子，就像挣断一根线一样。
13 大利拉对参孙说：“到现在你还是说谎捉弄我。请你告诉我，用什么方法才能绑住你？”参孙说：“你把我的七根发辨和织布机的线编在一起，用橛子钉牢就可以了。” 14 于是，大利拉把他的发辫和织布机的线编在一起，用橛子钉牢，然后喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”参孙醒来，挣脱了织布机的橛子和线。
15 大利拉对参孙说：“你既然不跟我说真心话，还说什么爱我！你捉弄了我三次，没告诉我你为何力气过人。” 16 大利拉天天在他跟前唠叨不停，以致他烦得要死， 17 就把秘密告诉了她。他说：“我从不剃发，因为我一出生就献给上帝做拿细耳人了。如果剃掉我的头发，我的力气就会和普通人一样。”
18 大利拉见他说出了心中的秘密，就派人去通知非利士人的首领，说：“你们再来一次吧，他已经把秘密告诉我了。”于是，他们带着银子去了。 19 大利拉哄参孙枕着她的腿睡觉，然后叫人来剃掉他的七根发辫，使他力气尽失，无力反抗。 20 她喊道：“参孙，非利士人来捉你了！”参孙醒来，心想：“我要像前几次一样挣脱捆绑。”他却不知道耶和华已经离开他了。 21 非利士人拿住他，剜了他的眼睛，把他带到迦萨，用铜链锁住他，让他在监牢里推磨。 22 后来，他的头发又渐渐长出来了。
参孙之死
23 非利士人的首领聚在一起向他们的神明大衮献大祭，欢呼说：“我们的神把仇敌参孙交在我们手中了。” 24 众人看见参孙，就赞美他们的神明，说：“我们的神把仇敌交在我们手中了，他曾毁坏我们的田地，杀死我们许多人。” 25 他们都兴高采烈，并喊道：“把参孙带来让我们消遣消遣。”于是，有人把参孙从监牢里提出来供他们消遣，他们让他站在两根柱子中间。 26 参孙对拉着他手的童仆说：“带我到支撑这庙宇的柱子那里，我想靠一靠。” 27 那时，庙里挤满了男男女女，非利士人的首领们都在场，房顶上还有三千男女看参孙的热闹。
28 参孙向耶和华祷告说：“主耶和华啊，求你眷顾我！上帝啊，求你再次赐给我力量，使我向非利士人报剜眼之仇。” 29 参孙就抱住庙宇中央的两根柱子，一手抱一根， 30 然后喊道：“我要跟非利士人同归于尽！”于是，他一用力，庙宇倒塌，压住里面的首领和民众。参孙死时杀的人比他活着时杀的还多。 31 参孙的兄弟和家人取走他的尸体，葬在琐拉和以实陶之间他父亲玛挪亚的墓地里。参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
米迦的神像
17 以法莲山区住了一个名叫米迦的人。 2 他对母亲说：“你那一千一百块银子丢了，我还听见你咒诅小偷。看啊，银子在我这里，是我拿去的。”他母亲说：“我儿啊，愿耶和华赐福给你！” 3 米迦把一千一百块银子还给母亲。他母亲说：“我要为你把这些银子献给耶和华，用来雕刻、铸造神像。现在这银子还是你的。” 4 米迦把银子还给母亲后，他母亲拿出二百块银子交给银匠雕刻、铸造神像，放在米迦的房子里。 5 米迦有一个神庙，他制造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像，并指派他的一个儿子做祭司。 6 那时，以色列没有王，人人各行其是。
7 犹大的伯利恒住着一个年轻的利未人。 8 他离开伯利恒想到别的地方居住，一路走到以法莲山区米迦的家。 9 米迦问他：“你从哪里来？”他回答说：“我是从犹大 伯利恒来的利未人，我要找一个住的地方。” 10 米迦说：“你就住在我这里吧，做我的师父和祭司。我每年给你十块银子，还为你提供衣服和膳食。”利未人就进了米迦的家， 11 住了下来。米迦待他就像待自己的儿子一样。 12 这样，米迦派他做祭司，让他住在自己家里。 13 米迦说：“现在我有一个利未人做我的祭司，耶和华一定会赐福给我。”
米迦和但支派
18 那时以色列没有王。但支派的人正在寻找可以居住的地方，因为他们在以色列各支派中还没有得到属于自己的土地。 2 但支派的人从琐拉和以实陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那个地方。他们吩咐说：“你们去察看那个地方。”他们到了以法莲山区，在米迦家里借宿。 3 他们听出那利未青年的口音，就问他：“谁带你来这里的？你在这里做什么？你为什么在这里？” 4 那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告诉了他们。 5 他们说：“请你求问上帝，看看我们是否一路顺利。” 6 祭司说：“你们安心去吧，耶和华会一路眷顾你们。”
7 五人启程来到拉亿，发现当地人像西顿人一样无忧无虑，生活安宁，毫无防范，繁荣富足。他们离西顿很远，与外界没有来往。
8 五人回到琐拉和以实陶后，族人问他们：“你们有什么发现吗？” 9 他们回答说：“我们前去攻取那地方吧！我们已经打探清楚了，那地方非常好。你们还等什么？要赶快去占领那地方。 10 你们到了那里，会看见当地的居民毫无防范，那里地大物博，一无所缺。上帝已经把那地方赐给我们了。”
11 但支派便从琐拉和以实陶派出六百个全副武装的人。 12 他们来到犹大 基列·耶琳的西边安营。因此，那地方至今仍叫玛哈尼·但[a]。 13 然后，他们去以法莲山区，来到米迦的家。
14 侦察过拉亿的五个人对其余的人说：“你们知道吗？这家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一个雕刻的偶像和一个金属铸像。想一想我们该怎么办。” 15 那五个人就进入米迦的家里，到年轻的利未人房间向他问安， 16 随行的六百人带着兵器留在门口。 17 当时祭司也和那六百个全副武装的人站在门口。那五个人进去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像。 18 祭司见那五人进入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像，就问他们：“你们在做什么？”
19 他们说：“安静，别作声，跟我们来做我们的师父和祭司吧。做以色列一个支派、一个宗族的祭司难道不比做一家人的祭司更好吗？” 20 祭司听了非常高兴，就带着以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟随了他们。 21 他们转身离去，儿女、牲畜和财物在队伍的前面。
22 他们离开米迦的家一段路后，米迦召集邻居赶了上来， 23 向他们大喊。但支派的人转身问米迦：“你们召集这么多人来做什么？” 24 米迦说：“你们带走了我的神像和祭司，把我洗劫一空，还问我想做什么！” 25 但支派的人说：“别再多说了，不然我们当中性情暴躁的人会攻击你们，使你全家丧命。” 26 但支派的人继续赶路。米迦见对方人多势众，就回家去了。
27 但支派的人带着米迦的神像和他的祭司来到拉亿，那里的人生活安宁，毫无防范。他们杀掉当地的居民，放火烧了城。 28 拉亿离西顿很远，当地的居民与外界没有来往，以致孤立无援。这城位于伯·利合附近的山谷中，但支派的人重建该城，住在那里。 29 这座城原来叫拉亿，他们用祖先以色列的儿子但的名字为该城重新命名。 30 但支派的人把神像竖立起来，又指派摩西的孙子、革舜的儿子约拿单及其子孙做但支派的祭司，直到该城的人被敌人掳走为止。 31 上帝的会幕设立在示罗期间，米迦的神像一直竖立在但。
Footnotes
- 18:12 “玛哈尼·但”意思是“但的军营”。
士師記 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師記 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
參孫和大利拉
16 一天，參孫去迦薩，看見一個妓女，就與她親近。 2 迦薩人得知參孫來了，便包圍那地方，整夜埋伏在城門口，沒有動手，心想：「等天一亮，我們就殺掉他。」 3 可是，參孫睡到半夜就起來，把城門的門扇連門框和門閂一同拆下，扛到希伯崙對面的山頂上。
4 後來，參孫在梭烈谷愛上一位名叫大利拉的女子。 5 非利士人的首領就上去見這女子，對她說：「請你哄參孫說出他為何有這麼大力氣，我們怎樣才能制伏他，把他綁起來。事後，我們每人會給你一千一百塊銀子。」 6 於是，大利拉問參孫：「求你告訴我，你為什麼有這麼大力氣？用什麼辦法才能把你綁起來制伏你？」
7 參孫說：「如果我被七根還沒乾的青繩子綁著，我的力氣便會和普通人一樣。」 8 非利士人的首領便把七根還沒乾的青繩子交給大利拉，她用那些繩子把參孫綁起來。 9 有人已預先埋伏在她的內室，於是她喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」但參孫掙斷了繩子，就像掙斷火燒過的麻線一樣。因此，仍然沒有人知道他為何力氣過人。
10 大利拉對參孫說：「你說謊捉弄我。現在請你告訴我，用什麼方法才能綁住你？」 11 參孫回答說：「如果用從未用過的新繩子綁住我，我的力氣就會和普通人一樣。」 12 於是，大利拉讓人埋伏在內室，她用七根新繩子綁住參孫，然後喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」結果，參孫掙斷了手臂上的繩子，就像掙斷一根線一樣。
13 大利拉對參孫說：「到現在你還是說謊捉弄我。請你告訴我，用什麼方法才能綁住你？」參孫說：「你把我的七根髮辮和織布機的線編在一起，用橛子釘牢就可以了。」 14 於是，大利拉把他的髮辮和織布機的線編在一起，用橛子釘牢，然後喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」參孫醒來，掙脫了織布機的橛子和線。
15 大利拉對參孫說：「你既然不跟我說真心話，還說什麼愛我！你捉弄了我三次，沒告訴我你為何力氣過人。」 16 大利拉天天在他跟前嘮叨不停，以致他煩得要死， 17 就把秘密告訴了她。他說：「我從不剃髮，因為我一出生就獻給上帝做拿細耳人了。如果剃掉我的頭髮，我的力氣就會和普通人一樣。」
18 大利拉見他說出了心中的秘密，就派人去通知非利士人的首領，說：「你們再來一次吧，他已經把秘密告訴我了。」於是，他們帶著銀子去了。 19 大利拉哄參孫枕著她的腿睡覺，然後叫人來剃掉他的七根髮辮，使他力氣盡失，無力反抗。 20 她喊道：「參孫，非利士人來捉你了！」參孫醒來，心想：「我要像前幾次一樣掙脫捆綁。」他卻不知道耶和華已經離開他了。 21 非利士人拿住他，剜了他的眼睛，把他帶到迦薩，用銅鏈鎖住他，讓他在監牢裡推磨。 22 後來，他的頭髮又漸漸長出來了。
參孫之死
23 非利士人的首領聚在一起向他們的神明大袞獻大祭，歡呼說：「我們的神把仇敵參孫交在我們手中了。」 24 眾人看見參孫，就讚美他們的神明，說：「我們的神把仇敵交在我們手中了，他曾毀壞我們的田地，殺死我們許多人。」 25 他們都興高采烈，並喊道：「把參孫帶來讓我們消遣消遣。」於是，有人把參孫從監牢裡提出來供他們消遣，他們讓他站在兩根柱子中間。 26 參孫對拉著他手的童僕說：「帶我到支撐這廟宇的柱子那裡，我想靠一靠。」 27 那時，廟裡擠滿了男男女女，非利士人的首領們都在場，房頂上還有三千男女看參孫的熱鬧。
28 參孫向耶和華禱告說：「主耶和華啊，求你眷顧我！上帝啊，求你再次賜給我力量，使我向非利士人報剜眼之仇。」 29 參孫就抱住廟宇中央的兩根柱子，一手抱一根， 30 然後喊道：「我要跟非利士人同歸於盡！」於是，他一用力，廟宇倒塌，壓住裡面的首領和民眾。參孫死時殺的人比他活著時殺的還多。 31 參孫的兄弟和家人取走他的屍體，葬在瑣拉和以實陶之間他父親瑪挪亞的墓地裡。參孫做以色列的士師二十年。
米迦的神像
17 以法蓮山區住了一個名叫米迦的人。 2 他對母親說：「你那一千一百塊銀子丟了，我還聽見你咒詛小偷。看啊，銀子在我這裡，是我拿去的。」他母親說：「我兒啊，願耶和華賜福給你！」 3 米迦把一千一百塊銀子還給母親。他母親說：「我要為你把這些銀子獻給耶和華，用來雕刻、鑄造神像。現在這銀子還是你的。」 4 米迦把銀子還給母親後，他母親拿出二百塊銀子交給銀匠雕刻、鑄造神像，放在米迦的房子裡。 5 米迦有一個神廟，他製造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像，並指派他的一個兒子做祭司。 6 那時，以色列沒有王，人人各行其是。
7 猶大的伯利恆住著一個年輕的利未人。 8 他離開伯利恆想到別的地方居住，一路走到以法蓮山區米迦的家。 9 米迦問他：「你從哪裡來？」他回答說：「我是從猶大 伯利恆來的利未人，我要找一個住的地方。」 10 米迦說：「你就住在我這裡吧，做我的師父和祭司。我每年給你十塊銀子，還為你提供衣服和膳食。」利未人就進了米迦的家， 11 住了下來。米迦待他就像待自己的兒子一樣。 12 這樣，米迦派他做祭司，讓他住在自己家裡。 13 米迦說：「現在我有一個利未人做我的祭司，耶和華一定會賜福給我。」
米迦和但支派
18 那時以色列沒有王。但支派的人正在尋找可以居住的地方，因為他們在以色列各支派中還沒有得到屬於自己的土地。 2 但支派的人從瑣拉和以實陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那個地方。他們吩咐說：「你們去察看那個地方。」他們到了以法蓮山區，在米迦家裡借宿。 3 他們聽出那利未青年的口音，就問他：「誰帶你來這裡的？你在這裡做什麽？你為什麼在這裡？」 4 那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告訴了他們。 5 他們說：「請你求問上帝，看看我們是否一路順利。」 6 祭司說：「你們安心去吧，耶和華會一路眷顧你們。」
7 五人啟程來到拉億，發現當地人像西頓人一樣無憂無慮，生活安寧，毫無防範，繁榮富足。他們離西頓很遠，與外界沒有來往。
8 五人回到瑣拉和以實陶後，族人問他們：「你們有什麼發現嗎？」 9 他們回答說：「我們前去攻取那地方吧！我們已經打探清楚了，那地方非常好。你們還等什麼？要趕快去佔領那地方。 10 你們到了那裡，會看見當地的居民毫無防範，那裡地大物博，一無所缺。上帝已經把那地方賜給我們了。」
11 但支派便從瑣拉和以實陶派出六百個全副武裝的人。 12 他們來到猶大 基列·耶琳的西邊安營。因此，那地方至今仍叫瑪哈尼·但[a]。 13 然後，他們去以法蓮山區，來到米迦的家。
14 偵察過拉億的五個人對其餘的人說：「你們知道嗎？這家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一個雕刻的偶像和一個金屬鑄像。想一想我們該怎麼辦。」 15 那五個人就進入米迦的家裡，到年輕的利未人房間向他問安， 16 隨行的六百人帶著兵器留在門口。 17 當時祭司也和那六百個全副武裝的人站在門口。那五個人進去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金屬鑄像。 18 祭司見那五人進入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金屬鑄像，就問他們：「你們在做什麽？」
19 他們說：「安靜，別作聲，跟我們來做我們的師父和祭司吧。做以色列一個支派、一個宗族的祭司難道不比做一家人的祭司更好嗎？」 20 祭司聽了非常高興，就帶著以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟隨了他們。 21 他們轉身離去，兒女、牲畜和財物在隊伍的前面。
22 他們離開米迦的家一段路後，米迦召集鄰居趕了上來， 23 向他們大喊。但支派的人轉身問米迦：「你們召集這麼多人來做什麽？」 24 米迦說：「你們帶走了我的神像和祭司，把我洗劫一空，還問我想做什麽！」 25 但支派的人說：「別再多說了，不然我們當中性情暴躁的人會攻擊你們，使你全家喪命。」 26 但支派的人繼續趕路。米迦見對方人多勢眾，就回家去了。
27 但支派的人帶著米迦的神像和他的祭司來到拉億，那裡的人生活安寧，毫無防範。他們殺掉當地的居民，放火燒了城。 28 拉億離西頓很遠，當地的居民與外界沒有來往，以致孤立無援。這城位於伯·利合附近的山谷中，但支派的人重建該城，住在那裡。 29 這座城原來叫拉億，他們用祖先以色列的兒子但的名字為該城重新命名。 30 但支派的人把神像豎立起來，又指派摩西的孫子、革舜的兒子約拿單及其子孫做但支派的祭司，直到該城的人被敵人擄走為止。 31 上帝的會幕設立在示羅期間，米迦的神像一直豎立在但。
Footnotes
- 18·12 「瑪哈尼·但」意思是「但的軍營」。
Judges 16-18
New International Version
Judges 16-18
New International Version
Samson and Delilah
16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(F)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(L)
6 So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. 9 With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13 Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(AC)
21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)
Micah’s Idols
17 Now a man named Micah(AR) from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[e] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”
Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(AS) my son!”
3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver.(AT) I will give it back to you.”
4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[f] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol.(AU) And it was put in Micah’s house.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine,(AV) and he made an ephod(AW) and some household gods(AX) and installed(AY) one of his sons as his priest.(AZ) 6 In those days Israel had no king;(BA) everyone did as they saw fit.(BB)
7 A young Levite(BC) from Bethlehem in Judah,(BD) who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[g] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,(BE)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father(BF) and priest,(BG) and I’ll give you ten shekels[h] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed(BH) the Levite, and the young man became his priest(BI) and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”(BJ)
The Danites Settle in Laish
18 In those days Israel had no king.(BK)
And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(BL) 2 So the Danites(BM) sent five of their leading men(BN) from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out(BO) the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”(BP)
So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah,(BQ) where they spent the night. 3 When they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite;(BR) so they turned in there and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, “He has hired me and I am his priest.(BS)”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God(BT) to learn whether our journey will be successful.”
6 The priest answered them, “Go in peace(BU). Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
7 So the five men(BV) left and came to Laish,(BW) where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure.(BX) And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[i] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians(BY) and had no relationship with anyone else.[j]
8 When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”
9 They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.(BZ) 10 When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing(CA) whatever.(CB)”
11 Then six hundred men(CC) of the Danites,(CD) armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. 12 On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim(CE) in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan[k](CF) to this day. 13 From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.(CG)
14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish(CH) said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod,(CI) some household gods and an image overlaid with silver?(CJ) Now you know what to do.” 15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him. 16 The six hundred Danites,(CK) armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(CL) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(CM) stood at the entrance of the gate.
18 When the five men went into Micah’s house and took(CN) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,(CO) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 They answered him, “Be quiet!(CP) Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest.(CQ) Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan(CR) in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” 20 The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. 21 Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.
22 When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites. 23 As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”
24 He replied, “You took(CS) the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”
25 The Danites answered, “Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.” 26 So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him,(CT) turned around and went back home.
27 Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure.(CU) They attacked them with the sword and burned(CV) down their city.(CW) 28 There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon(CX) and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.(CY)
The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. 29 They named it Dan(CZ) after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.(DA) 30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,(DB) the son of Moses,[l] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land. 31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made,(DC) all the time the house of God(DD) was in Shiloh.(DE)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
- Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
- Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged
- Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
- Judges 17:10 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
- Judges 18:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Judges 18:7 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts with the Arameans
- Judges 18:12 Mahaneh Dan means Dan’s camp.
- Judges 18:30 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts Manasseh
Judges 16-18
King James Version
Judges 16-18
King James Version
16 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
17 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.
3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
18 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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百夫长的信心
7 耶稣向众人讲完道后，进了迦百农。 2 当时，有一个百夫长很赏识的奴仆病了，生命垂危。 3 百夫长听说耶稣的事，就托几位犹太人的长老去请耶稣来医治他的奴仆。 4 他们便来恳求耶稣，说：“这位百夫长值得你帮助， 5 因为他爱我们的同胞，为我们建造会堂。” 6 耶稣就跟他们去了。
快抵达时，那百夫长又请几位朋友去见耶稣，对祂说：“主啊，不用劳驾，我不配让你亲自来我家。 7 我自认不配见你的面，只要你一句话，我的奴仆必定康复。 8 因为我有上司，也有部下。我命令我的部下去，他就去；要他来，他就来。我吩咐奴仆做什么事，他一定照办。”
9 耶稣听了这番话，感到惊奇，转身对跟从祂的百姓说：“我告诉你们，就是在以色列，我也从未见过有这么大信心的人。”
10 派去的几位朋友回到百夫长家里，发现那奴仆已经痊愈了。
寡妇的独子起死回生
11 过了不久[a]，耶稣去拿因城，随行的有门徒和一大群人。 12 耶稣快到城门口时，从城里走出一队送殡的人，死者是一个寡妇的独子，有许多城中的人陪着她。 13 耶稣看见那寡妇，怜悯之心油然而生，就对她说：“不要哭！” 14 随即上前按住抬尸架，抬的人停了下来。耶稣说：“年轻人，我吩咐你起来！” 15 那死者就坐了起来，并开口说话。耶稣把他交给他母亲。
16 在场的人惊惧万分，把荣耀归给上帝，说：“我们中间出了一位大先知！”又说：“上帝眷顾了祂的百姓！” 17 有关祂的这消息传遍了犹太和附近地区。
施洗者约翰的疑问
18 约翰从自己的门徒那里获悉这些事后， 19 就叫了两个门徒来，派他们去问主：“将要来的那位就是你吗？还是我们要等别人呢？”
20 他们找到耶稣，便问：“施洗者约翰派我们来请教你，‘将要来的那位就是你吗？还是我们要等别人呢？’”
21 那时，耶稣刚治好了许多患各种疾病和被鬼附身的人，又使许多瞎子得见光明。 22 耶稣便回答说：“你们回去把所见所闻告诉约翰，就是瞎子看见，瘸子走路，麻风病人得洁净，聋子听见，死人复活，穷人听到福音。 23 凡对我没有失去信心的人有福了！”
耶稣称赞施洗者约翰
24 约翰的门徒离去后，耶稣对众人谈论约翰，说：“你们从前去旷野要看什么呢？看随风摇动的芦苇吗？ 25 如果不是，你们到底想看什么？是看穿绫罗绸缎的人吗？那些衣着华丽、生活奢侈的人住在王宫里。 26 你们究竟想看什么？看先知吗？是的，我告诉你们，他不只是先知。 27 圣经上说，‘看啊，我要差遣我的使者在你前面为你预备道路。’这里所指的就是约翰。 28 我告诉你们，凡妇人所生的，没有一个比约翰大，但上帝国中最微不足道的也比他大。”
29 众百姓和税吏听了这番话，都承认上帝是公义的，因为他们接受了约翰的洗礼。 30 但那些法利赛人和律法教师没有接受约翰的洗礼，拒绝了上帝为他们所定的旨意。
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百夫長的信心
7 耶穌向眾人講完道後，進了迦百農。 2 當時，有一個百夫長很賞識的奴僕病了，生命垂危。 3 百夫長聽說耶穌的事，就託幾位猶太人的長老去請耶穌來醫治他的奴僕。 4 他們便來懇求耶穌，說：「這位百夫長值得你幫助， 5 因為他愛我們的同胞，為我們建造會堂。」 6 耶穌就跟他們去了。
快抵達時，那百夫長又請幾位朋友去見耶穌，對祂說：「主啊，不用勞駕，我不配讓你親自來我家。 7 我自認不配見你的面，只要你一句話，我的奴僕必定康復。 8 因為我有上司，也有部下。我命令我的部下去，他就去；要他來，他就來。我吩咐奴僕做什麼事，他一定照辦。」
9 耶穌聽了這番話，感到驚奇，轉身對跟從祂的百姓說：「我告訴你們，就是在以色列，我也從未見過有這麼大信心的人。」
10 派去的幾位朋友回到百夫長家裡，發現那奴僕已經痊癒了。
寡婦獨子的起死回生
11 過了不久[a]，耶穌去拿因城，隨行的有門徒和一大群人。 12 耶穌快到城門口時，從城裡走出一隊送殯的人，死者是一個寡婦的獨子，有許多城中的人陪著她。 13 耶穌看見那寡婦，憐憫之心油然而生，就對她說：「不要哭！」 14 隨即上前按住抬屍架，抬的人停了下來。耶穌說：「年輕人，我吩咐你起來！」 15 那死者就坐了起來，並開口說話。耶穌把他交給他母親。
16 在場的人驚懼萬分，把榮耀歸給上帝，說：「我們中間出了一位大先知！」又說：「上帝眷顧了祂的百姓！」 17 有關祂的這消息傳遍了猶太和附近地區。
施洗者約翰的疑問
18 約翰從自己的門徒那裡獲悉這些事後， 19 就叫了兩個門徒來，派他們去問主：「將要來的那位就是你嗎？還是我們要等別人呢？」
20 他們找到耶穌，便問：「施洗者約翰派我們來請教你，『將要來的那位就是你嗎？還是我們要等別人呢？』」
21 那時，耶穌剛治好了許多患各種疾病和被鬼附身的人，又使許多瞎子得見光明。 22 耶穌便回答說：「你們回去把所見所聞告訴約翰，就是瞎子看見，瘸子走路，痲瘋病人得潔淨，聾子聽見，死人復活，窮人聽到福音。 23 凡對我沒有失去信心的人有福了！」
耶穌稱讚施洗者約翰
24 約翰的門徒離去後，耶穌對眾人談論約翰，說：「你們從前去曠野要看什麼呢？看隨風搖動的蘆葦嗎？ 25 如果不是，你們到底想看什麼？是看穿綾羅綢緞的人嗎？那些衣著華麗、生活奢侈的人住在王宮裡。 26 你們究竟想看什麼？看先知嗎？是的，我告訴你們，他不只是先知。 27 聖經上說，『看啊，我要差遣我的使者在你前面為你預備道路。』這裡所指的就是約翰。 28 我告訴你們，凡婦人所生的，沒有一個比約翰大，但上帝國中最微不足道的也比他大。」
29 眾百姓和稅吏聽了這番話，都承認上帝是公義的，因為他們接受了約翰的洗禮。 30 但那些法利賽人和律法教師沒有接受約翰的洗禮，拒絕了上帝為他們所定的旨意。
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The Faith of the Centurion(A)
7 When Jesus had finished saying all this(B) to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them.
He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.(C) 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son(D)
11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord(E) saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”(F) 15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 They were all filled with awe(G) and praised God.(H) “A great prophet(I) has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.”(J) 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.(K)
Jesus and John the Baptist(L)
18 John’s(M) disciples(N) told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”
21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses(O) and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(P) 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
24 After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet?(Q) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written:
28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God(S) is greater than he.”
29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.(T) 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law(U) rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
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7 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
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