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士師記 4-6
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
士師記 4-6
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
底波拉做士師
4 以笏死後，以色列人又行耶和華眼中看為惡的事， 2 耶和華就把他們付於在夏瑣做王的迦南王耶賓手中。他的將軍是西西拉，住在外邦人的夏羅設。 3 耶賓王有鐵車九百輛，他大大欺壓以色列人二十年，以色列人就呼求耶和華。
4 有一位女先知名叫底波拉，是拉比多的妻，當時做以色列的士師。 5 她住在以法蓮山地拉瑪和伯特利中間，在底波拉的棕樹下，以色列人都上她那裡去聽判斷。 6 她打發人從拿弗他利的基低斯將亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉召了來，對他說：「耶和華以色列的神吩咐你說：『你率領一萬拿弗他利和西布倫人上他泊山去。 7 我必使耶賓的將軍西西拉率領他的車輛和全軍往基順河，到你那裡去。我必將他交在你手中。』」 8 巴拉說：「你若同我去，我就去；你若不同我去，我就不去。」 9 底波拉說：「我必與你同去，只是你在所行的路上得不著榮耀，因為耶和華要將西西拉交在一個婦人手裡。」於是底波拉起來，與巴拉一同往基低斯去了。 10 巴拉就招聚西布倫人和拿弗他利人到基低斯，跟他上去的有一萬人。底波拉也同他上去。
11 摩西岳父[a]何巴的後裔基尼人希百曾離開基尼族，到靠近基低斯撒拿音的橡樹旁支搭帳篷。
巴拉底波拉戰敗西西拉
12 有人告訴西西拉說，亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉已經上他泊山了。 13 西西拉就聚集所有的鐵車九百輛和跟隨他的全軍，從外邦人的夏羅設出來，到了基順河。 14 底波拉對巴拉說：「你起來，今日就是耶和華將西西拉交在你手的日子。耶和華豈不在你前頭行嗎？」於是巴拉下了他泊山，跟隨他有一萬人。 15 耶和華使西西拉和他一切車輛全軍潰亂，在巴拉面前被刀殺敗。西西拉下車步行逃跑。 16 巴拉追趕車輛、軍隊，直到外邦人的夏羅設。西西拉的全軍都倒在刀下，沒有留下一人。
雅億殺西西拉
17 只有西西拉步行逃跑，到了基尼人希百之妻雅億的帳篷，因為夏瑣王耶賓與基尼人希百家和好。 18 雅億出來迎接西西拉，對他說：「請我主進來，不要懼怕。」西西拉就進了她的帳篷。雅億用被將他遮蓋。 19 西西拉對雅億說：「我渴了，求你給我一點水喝。」雅億就打開皮袋，給他奶子喝，仍舊把他遮蓋。 20 西西拉又對雅億說：「請你站在帳篷門口，若有人來問你說有人在這裡沒有，你就說沒有。」 21 西西拉疲乏沉睡。希百的妻雅億取了帳篷的橛子，手裡拿著錘子，輕悄悄地到他旁邊，將橛子從他鬢邊釘進去，釘入地裡，西西拉就死了。 22 巴拉追趕西西拉的時候，雅億出來迎接他說：「來吧，我將你所尋找的人給你看。」他就進入帳篷，看見西西拉已經死了，倒在地上，橛子還在他鬢中。
23 這樣，神使迦南王耶賓被以色列人制伏了。 24 從此以色列人的手越發有力，勝了迦南王耶賓，直到將他滅絕了。
底波拉巴拉作歌
5 那時，底波拉和亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉作歌，說： 2 「因為以色列中有軍長率領，百姓也甘心犧牲自己，你們應當頌讚耶和華。 3 君王啊，要聽！王子啊，要側耳而聽！我要向耶和華歌唱，我要歌頌耶和華以色列的神。 4 耶和華啊，你從西珥出來，由以東地行走，那時地震天漏，雲也落雨。 5 山見耶和華的面就震動，西奈山見耶和華以色列神的面也是如此。
6 「在亞拿之子珊迦的時候，又在雅億的日子，大道無人行走，都是繞道而行。 7 以色列中的官長停職，直到我底波拉興起，等我興起做以色列的母。 8 以色列人選擇新神，爭戰的事就臨到城門，那時，以色列四萬人中豈能見藤牌槍矛呢？ 9 我心傾向以色列的首領，他們在民中甘心犧牲自己。你們應當頌讚耶和華！ 10 騎白驢的、坐繡花毯子的、行路的，你們都當傳揚。 11 在遠離弓箭響聲打水之處，人必述說耶和華公義的作為，就是他治理以色列公義的作為。那時耶和華的民下到城門。
12 「底波拉啊，興起，興起！你當興起，興起，唱歌！亞比挪菴的兒子巴拉啊，你當奮興，擄掠你的敵人！ 13 那時有餘剩的貴胄和百姓一同下來；耶和華降臨，為我攻擊勇士。 14 有根本在亞瑪力人的地，從以法蓮下來的；便雅憫在民中跟隨你；有掌權的從瑪吉下來；有持杖檢點民數的從西布倫下來； 15 以薩迦的首領與底波拉同來，以薩迦怎樣，巴拉也怎樣。眾人都跟隨巴拉衝下平原。在魯本的溪水旁，有心中定大志的。 16 你為何坐在羊圈內聽群中吹笛的聲音呢？在魯本的溪水旁，有心中設大謀的。 17 基列人安居在約旦河外。但人為何等在船上？亞設人在海口靜坐，在港口安居。 18 西布倫人是拼命敢死的，拿弗他利人在田野的高處也是如此。
19 「君王都來爭戰。那時迦南諸王在米吉多水旁的他納爭戰，卻未得擄掠銀錢。 20 星宿從天上爭戰，從其軌道攻擊西西拉。 21 基順古河把敵人沖沒。我的靈啊，應當努力前行！ 22 那時壯馬馳驅，踢跳，奔騰。 23 耶和華的使者說：『應當咒詛米羅斯，大大咒詛其中的居民，因為他們不來幫助耶和華，不來幫助耶和華攻擊勇士。』
24 願基尼人希百的妻雅億比眾婦人多得福氣，比住帳篷的婦人更蒙福祉！ 25 西西拉求水，雅億給他奶子，用寶貴的盤子給他奶油。 26 雅億左手拿著帳篷的橛子，右手拿著匠人的錘子，擊打西西拉，打傷他的頭，把他的鬢角打破穿通。 27 西西拉在她腳前曲身仆倒，在她腳前曲身倒臥；在哪裡曲身，就在哪裡死亡。
28 「西西拉的母親從窗戶裡往外觀看，從窗櫺中呼叫說：『他的戰車為何耽延不來呢？他的車輪為何行得慢呢？』 29 聰明的宮女安慰她[b]，她也自言自語地說： 30 『他們莫非得財而分？每人得了一兩個女子。西西拉得了彩衣為擄物，得繡花的彩衣為掠物。這彩衣兩面繡花，乃是披在被擄之人頸項上的。』 31 耶和華啊，願你的仇敵都這樣滅亡！願愛你的人如日頭出現，光輝烈烈！」這樣，國中太平四十年。
以色列人為米甸人所虐
6 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裡七年。 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。 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， 4 對著他們安營，毀壞土產，直到加沙，沒有給以色列人留下食物，牛、羊、驢也沒有留下。 5 因為那些人帶著牲畜、帳篷來，像蝗蟲那樣多，人和駱駝無數，都進入國內，毀壞全地。 6 以色列人因米甸人的緣故，極其窮乏，就呼求耶和華。
7 以色列人因米甸人的緣故，呼求耶和華， 8 耶和華就差遣先知到以色列人那裡，對他們說：「耶和華以色列的神如此說：『我曾領你們從埃及上來，出了為奴之家， 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。 10 又對你們說：「我是耶和華你們的神。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。』」
耶和華之使者向基甸顯現
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榨那裡打麥子，為要防備米甸人。 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！」 13 基甸說：「主啊！耶和華若與我們同在，我們何至遭遇這一切事呢？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裡呢？現在他卻丟棄我們，將我們交在米甸人手裡。」 14 耶和華觀看基甸，說：「你靠著你這能力，去從米甸人手裡拯救以色列人。不是我差遣你去的嗎？」 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。」 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。」 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。 18 求你不要離開這裡，等我歸回將禮物帶來供在你面前。」主說：「我必等你回來。」
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。 20 神的使者吩咐基甸說：「將肉和無酵餅放在這磐石上，把湯倒出來。」他就這樣行了。 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。 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。」 23 耶和華對他說：「你放心，不要懼怕，你必不致死。」 24 於是基甸在那裡為耶和華築了一座壇，起名叫耶和華沙龍[c]。這壇在亞比以謝族的俄弗拉，直到如今。
基甸奉命毀巴力祭壇
25 當那夜，耶和華吩咐基甸說：「你取你父親的牛來，就是[d]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。 26 在這磐石[e]上整整齊齊地為耶和華你的神築一座壇，將第二隻牛獻為燔祭，用你所砍下的木偶做柴。」 27 基甸就從他僕人中挑了十個人，照著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。
28 城裡的人清早起來，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， 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。」 30 城裡的人對約阿施說：「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。」 31 約阿施回答站著攻擊他的眾人說：「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！」 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。」
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。 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。 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。
以羊毛乾濕為證
36 基甸對神說：「你若果照著所說的話，藉我手拯救以色列人， 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，我就知道你必照著所說的話，藉我手拯救以色列人。」 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。 39 基甸又對神說：「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。」 40 這夜神也如此行，獨羊毛上是乾的，別的地方都有露水。
士师记 4-6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 4-6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师底波拉
4 以笏死后，以色列人又做耶和华视为恶的事。 2 耶和华把他们交在统治夏琐的迦南王耶宾手中。耶宾王的将军叫西西拉，住在夏罗设。 3 耶宾王拥有九百辆铁战车，他残暴地压迫以色列人二十年。以色列人向耶和华呼求。
4 当时做士师的是一位名叫底波拉的女先知，她是拉比多的妻子， 5 经常坐在以法莲山区拉玛和伯特利之间的底波拉棕树下，审理以色列人的事情。 6 她派人去拿弗他利的基低斯召来亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉，对他说：“以色列的上帝耶和华命你率领一万拿弗他利人和西布伦人上他泊山。 7 祂必使耶宾的将军西西拉率领全军和战车到基顺河与你交战，祂必把西西拉交在你手中。” 8 巴拉回答说：“你跟我去，我就去；你不跟我去，我就不去。” 9 底波拉说：“好，我一定与你同去。不过，你这次出征一定得不到荣耀，因为耶和华要把西西拉交在一名妇人手上。”于是，他们一同前往基低斯。 10 巴拉招聚了一万名拿弗他利人和西布伦人，底波拉与他一起出征。
11 摩西的岳父何巴的后人基尼人希百离开自己的族人，在基低斯附近撒拿音的橡树旁搭帐篷居住。
12 西西拉得知亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉已经上了他泊山， 13 便召集全军和九百辆铁战车离开夏罗设，向基顺河进军。 14 底波拉对巴拉说：“出击吧！今天耶和华要把西西拉交在你手中。看啊，耶和华已经率先出战了！”于是，巴拉率领一万人下了他泊山， 15 进攻西西拉。耶和华使西西拉的战车和军队惊慌失措，败在巴拉刀下。西西拉弃车徒步逃跑， 16 巴拉追击他的战车和军队，直到夏罗设。西西拉全军都死于刀下，无一幸免。
17 只有西西拉一人徒步逃到基尼人希百的妻子雅亿的帐篷，因为耶宾王和希百家向来友好。 18 雅亿出来迎接西西拉，对他说：“我主，请进，不用怕！”西西拉便走进帐篷，雅亿为他盖上毯子。 19 西西拉说：“我口渴，请给我一点水吧。”雅亿打开皮袋给他奶喝，然后又给他盖上毯子。 20 西西拉又说：“请你守着门口，倘若有人查问，你就说没人来过这里。” 21 西西拉因疲劳过度，沉沉入睡。雅亿乘机拿起锤子和一根帐篷的橛子，悄悄地走到他身旁，把橛子钉进他的太阳穴，直插到地里。西西拉就这样死了。 22 巴拉追来了，雅亿出来迎接他，对他说：“你找的人在这里，进来看看吧。”巴拉和她进了帐篷，见西西拉死在那里，太阳穴上还插着橛子。
23 那天，上帝使以色列人战胜了迦南王耶宾。 24 以色列人越战越勇，最终消灭了耶宾王。
底波拉和巴拉之歌
5 那一天，底波拉和巴拉高唱凯歌：
2 “以色列的首领身先士卒，
民众前仆后继，
你们要赞美耶和华！
3 君王和首领啊，请留心细听！
我要向耶和华歌唱，
我要歌颂以色列的上帝耶和华。
4 耶和华啊，当你从西珥出来，
走过以东时，
大地震动，
天上降雨。
5 在西奈山的耶和华面前，
在以色列的上帝耶和华面前，
群山震动。
6 在亚拿的儿子珊迦与雅亿的时代，
大路行人绝迹，
旅客绕道而行。
7 我底波拉做以色列之母以前，
以色列的乡村人烟稀少。
8 以色列人选择新的神明，
便战祸临门，
四万以色列人中找不到一矛一盾。
9 我的心追随以色列的首领，
追随民中踊跃出征的人。
你们要赞美耶和华！
10 “你们骑白驴的、坐绣花毯子的、步行的，
都要倾听。
11 歌乐手聚集在井旁，
传扬耶和华和祂以色列子民的胜利。
耶和华的子民都来到城门口。
12 “底波拉啊，来吧，来吧，
歌唱吧！
亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉啊，来吧，
带走你的战俘吧！
13 幸存的以色列人响应他们的首领，
耶和华的子民为我攻击勇士。
14 他们有些来自原属亚玛力人的以法莲，
有些来自便雅悯，
统领出自玛吉，
将官出自西布伦。
15 以萨迦的首领与底波拉同往，
以萨迦人随巴拉同去，
众人一起冲进山谷，
吕便人却犹豫不决。
16 吕便人为什么坐在羊圈中听悠悠笛声？
他们举棋不定。
17 基列人留在约旦河对岸。
但人为什么停留在船上？
亚设人在海岸静坐，
在港口逗留。
18 但西布伦人和拿弗他利人却拼死鏖战沙场。
19 “迦南诸王来战，
来到米吉多河边的他纳交战，
却没有掠走金银。
20 星辰从天上、从它们的轨道攻击西西拉。
21 古老的基顺河冲走了敌人。
我的心啊，要奋勇向前！
22 蹄声隆隆，
骏马疾驰！
23 “耶和华的天使说，
‘要咒诅米罗斯，
要重重地咒诅米罗斯的居民，
因为他们没有帮助耶和华，
没有帮助耶和华攻击强敌。’
24 “基尼人希百的妻子雅亿是妇人中最有福的，
是住帐篷的妇人中最有福的。
25 西西拉求水，
雅亿给他奶喝，
用珍贵的碗盛上奶酪。
26 雅亿左手拿起橛子，
右手拿起工匠的锤子，
猛击西西拉，
打碎了他的头，
刺透了他的太阳穴。
27 西西拉屈身倒下，
死在她脚前，
一动不动地躺在那里。
28 “他母亲凭窗远眺，
隔着窗棂喊道，
‘为什么他的战车迟迟不回？
为什么还听不到车轮声？’
29 聪明的宫女安慰她，
她却依然自言自语，
30 ‘莫非他们在搜索、瓜分战利品？
也许每人得到一两个少女，
西西拉也会分得从俘虏身上夺来的绣花彩巾。’
31 耶和华啊，
愿你的敌人都像西西拉一样灭亡！
愿爱你的人如升起的太阳，
光辉熠熠！”
此后，以色列安享太平四十年。
士师基甸
6 后来，以色列人又做耶和华视为恶的事，耶和华就把他们交在米甸人手中，受他们统治七年。 2 米甸人势力强盛，以色列人只好躲进山里，藏在洞穴和营寨中。 3 每当他们撒种的时候，米甸人、亚玛力人及东方人就前来进犯， 4 在他们境内安营，摧毁他们远至迦萨一带的庄稼，不给他们留下任何粮食，也不留下一只羊、一头牛或驴。 5 入侵者带着牲畜和帐篷像蝗虫一样涌来，人和骆驼不计其数，摧毁了整个地区。 6 以色列人因米甸人的入侵而极其贫乏，就呼求耶和华。
7 当以色列人因米甸人的入侵而呼求耶和华的时候， 8 耶和华就差遣先知对他们说：“以色列的上帝耶和华说，‘我曾把你们从受奴役之地——埃及领出来， 9 将你们从埃及人及一切欺压者的手中拯救出来，为你们赶走敌人，把他们的土地赐给你们。’ 10 我曾对你们说，‘我是你们的上帝耶和华。你们虽然住在亚摩利人的地方，但不可祭拜他们的神明。’你们却充耳不闻。”
11 一天，耶和华的天使来到俄弗拉，坐在亚比以谢族人约阿施的橡树下。约阿施的儿子基甸因为要躲避米甸人，正躲在榨酒池里打麦子。 12 耶和华的天使向基甸显现，说：“英勇的战士啊，耶和华与你同在。” 13 基甸说：“我主啊，如果耶和华与我们同在，我们怎会有这些遭遇？我们的祖先曾告诉我们有关耶和华带领他们离开埃及的事，如今祂那些奇妙的作为在哪里呢？现在祂已经丢弃我们，把我们交在米甸人手里。” 14 耶和华转向他，说：“你尽自己的力量去从米甸人手中拯救以色列人吧，我现在派你去。” 15 基甸说：“主啊，我出身于玛拿西支派最贫穷的家族，在家里最微不足道，我怎能拯救以色列人呢？” 16 耶和华说：“我必与你同在，你必如击打一人一样击打米甸人。” 17 基甸说：“如果我在你面前蒙恩，求你给我一个凭据，使我知道与我说话的真是你耶和华。 18 请你在这里等一等，让我回去拿礼物献给你。”耶和华说：“我必等你回来。”
19 基甸回家预备了一只山羊羔，用十公斤面粉做了无酵饼，把肉放进篮子，把汤盛在壶中，然后拿到橡树下献给耶和华的天使。 20 上帝的天使对基甸说：“把肉和无酵饼放在这磐石上，把汤倒在上面。”他一一照做。 21 耶和华的天使伸出手中的杖碰了一下饼和肉，火就从磐石中喷出来烧尽了它们。耶和华的天使也不见了。 22 基甸发现他果然是耶和华的天使，便说：“唉！主耶和华啊，不好了，我面对面见了你的天使。” 23 耶和华对他说：“放心吧，不用害怕，你不会死。” 24 基甸在那里为耶和华筑了一座坛，称之为“耶和华赐平安”。这坛如今仍在亚比以谢族的俄弗拉。
25 那天晚上，耶和华吩咐基甸：“牵来你父亲的第二头牛，就是那头七岁的牛，拆毁你父亲为巴力筑的祭坛，砍倒坛旁的亚舍拉神像。 26 然后，在这座山顶上把石头堆放整齐，为你的上帝耶和华筑一座祭坛，用砍倒的亚舍拉神像作柴，把那头牛献作燔祭。” 27 于是，基甸带了十个仆人遵命而行。不过，他因为害怕家人和城中的人，不敢在白天行动，便在夜间行动。
28 第二天清早，城里的人发现巴力的祭坛已经被人拆毁，坛旁的亚舍拉神像被砍倒，第二头公牛被献在新建的祭坛上。 29 他们彼此议论说：“这是谁干的？”他们仔细调查后得知是约阿施的儿子基甸所为， 30 便对约阿施说：“把你儿子交出来！他拆毁了巴力的祭坛，砍倒了坛旁的亚舍拉神像，我们要处死他！” 31 约阿施对气势汹汹的人群说：“你们这样做是要为巴力辩护吗？是要救它吗？谁为巴力辩护，今天早晨就处死谁。有人拆毁巴力的祭坛，如果它是神明，就让它为自己辩护吧！” 32 因此，那天他们称基甸为耶路·巴力，意思是“让巴力为自己辩护”，因为他拆毁了巴力的祭坛。
33 那时，米甸人、亚玛力人及东方人一起过了约旦河，在耶斯列的平原安营。 34 耶和华的灵降在基甸身上，他就吹起号角，号召亚比以谢族的人跟从他。 35 他派人走遍玛拿西、亚设、西布伦和拿弗他利各支派召集军队，得到了人们的响应。 36 基甸对上帝说：“若如你所言，你要用我去拯救以色列人， 37 求你给个凭据。我把一团羊毛放在麦场上，若明天早晨只是羊毛上有露水，地面却是干的，我就知道，如你所言，你要用我去拯救以色列人。” 38 果然如此，基甸一早醒来，从羊毛中挤出满满一碗露水。 39 基甸又对上帝说：“求你不要发怒，容许我再试一次，这次让羊毛是干的，地面有露水。” 40 那天晚上，耶和华就照他所求使地面布满露水，唯独羊毛是干的。
士師記 4-6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師記 4-6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師底波拉
4 以笏死後，以色列人又做耶和華視為惡的事。 2 耶和華把他們交在統治夏瑣的迦南王耶賓手中。耶賓王的將軍叫西西拉，住在夏羅設。 3 耶賓王擁有九百輛鐵戰車，他殘暴地壓迫以色列人二十年。以色列人向耶和華呼求。
4 當時做士師的是一位名叫底波拉的女先知，她是拉比多的妻子， 5 經常坐在以法蓮山區拉瑪和伯特利之間的底波拉棕樹下，審理以色列人的事情。 6 她派人去拿弗他利的基低斯召來亞比挪庵的兒子巴拉，對他說：「以色列的上帝耶和華命你率領一萬拿弗他利人和西布倫人上他泊山。 7 祂必使耶賓的將軍西西拉率領全軍和戰車到基順河與你交戰，祂必把西西拉交在你手中。」 8 巴拉回答說：「你跟我去，我就去；你不跟我去，我就不去。」 9 底波拉說：「好，我一定與你同去。不過，你這次出征一定得不到榮耀，因為耶和華要把西西拉交在一名婦人手上。」於是，他們一同前往基低斯。 10 巴拉招聚了一萬名拿弗他利人和西布倫人，底波拉與他一起出征。
11 摩西的岳父何巴的後人基尼人希百離開自己的族人，在基低斯附近撒拿音的橡樹旁搭帳篷居住。
12 西西拉得知亞比挪庵的兒子巴拉已經上了他泊山， 13 便召集全軍和九百輛鐵戰車離開夏羅設，向基順河進軍。 14 底波拉對巴拉說：「出擊吧！今天耶和華要把西西拉交在你手中。看啊，耶和華已經率先出戰了！」於是，巴拉率領一萬人下了他泊山， 15 進攻西西拉。耶和華使西西拉的戰車和軍隊驚慌失措，敗在巴拉刀下。西西拉棄車徒步逃跑， 16 巴拉追擊他的戰車和軍隊，直到夏羅設。西西拉全軍都死於刀下，無一倖免。
17 只有西西拉一人徒步逃到基尼人希百的妻子雅億的帳篷，因為耶賓王和希百家向來友好。 18 雅億出來迎接西西拉，對他說：「我主，請進，不用怕！」西西拉便走進帳篷，雅億為他蓋上毯子。 19 西西拉說：「我口渴，請給我一點水吧。」雅億打開皮袋給他奶喝，然後又給他蓋上毯子。 20 西西拉又說：「請你守著門口，倘若有人查問，你就說沒人來過這裡。」 21 西西拉因疲勞過度，沉沉入睡。雅億乘機拿起錘子和一根帳篷的橛子，悄悄地走到他身旁，把橛子釘進他的太陽穴，直插到地裡。西西拉就這樣死了。 22 巴拉追來了，雅億出來迎接他，對他說：「你找的人在這裡，進來看看吧。」巴拉和她進了帳篷，見西西拉死在那裡，太陽穴上還插著橛子。
23 那天，上帝使以色列人戰勝了迦南王耶賓。 24 以色列人越戰越勇，最終消滅了耶賓王。
底波拉和巴拉之歌
5 那一天，底波拉和巴拉高唱凱歌：
2 「以色列的首領身先士卒，
民眾前仆後繼，
你們要讚美耶和華！
3 君王和首領啊，請留心細聽！
我要向耶和華歌唱，
我要歌頌以色列的上帝耶和華。
4 耶和華啊，當你從西珥出來，
走過以東時，
大地震動，
天上降雨。
5 在西奈山的耶和華面前，
在以色列的上帝耶和華面前，
群山震動。
6 在亞拿的兒子珊迦與雅億的時代，
大路行人絕跡，
旅客繞道而行。
7 我底波拉做以色列之母以前，
以色列的鄉村人煙稀少。
8 以色列人選擇新的神明，
便戰禍臨門，
四萬以色列人中找不到一矛一盾。
9 我的心追隨以色列的首領，
追隨民中踴躍出征的人。
你們要讚美耶和華！
10 「你們騎白驢的、坐繡花毯子的、步行的，
都要傾聽。
11 歌樂手聚集在井旁，
傳揚耶和華和祂以色列子民的勝利。
耶和華的子民都來到城門口。
12 「底波拉啊，來吧，來吧，
歌唱吧！
亞比挪庵的兒子巴拉啊，來吧，
帶走你的戰俘吧！
13 倖存的以色列人回應他們的首領，
耶和華的子民為我攻擊勇士。
14 他們有些來自原屬亞瑪力人的以法蓮，
有些來自便雅憫，
統領出自瑪吉，
將官出自西布倫。
15 以薩迦的首領與底波拉同往，
以薩迦人隨巴拉同去，
眾人一起衝進山谷，
呂便人卻猶豫不決。
16 呂便人為什麼坐在羊圈中聽悠悠笛聲？
他們舉棋不定。
17 基列人留在約旦河對岸。
但人為什麼停留在船上？
亞設人在海岸靜坐，
在港口逗留。
18 但西布倫人和拿弗他利人卻拼死鏖戰沙場。
19 「迦南諸王來戰，
來到米吉多河邊的他納交戰，
卻沒有掠走金銀。
20 星辰從天上、從它們的軌道攻擊西西拉。
21 古老的基順河沖走了敵人。
我的心啊，要奮勇向前！
22 蹄聲隆隆，
駿馬疾馳！
23 「耶和華的天使說，
『要咒詛米羅斯，
要重重地咒詛米羅斯的居民，
因為他們沒有幫助耶和華，
沒有幫助耶和華攻擊強敵。』
24 「基尼人希百的妻子雅億是婦人中最有福的，
是住帳篷的婦人中最有福的。
25 西西拉求水，
雅億給他奶喝，
用珍貴的碗盛上乳酪。
26 雅億左手拿起橛子，
右手拿起工匠的錘子，
猛擊西西拉，
打碎了他的頭，
刺透了他的太陽穴。
27 西西拉屈身倒下，
死在她腳前，
一動不動地躺在那裡。
28 「他母親憑窗遠眺，
隔著窗櫺喊道，
『為什麼他的戰車遲遲不回？
為什麼還聽不到車輪聲？』
29 聰明的宮女安慰她，
她卻依然自言自語，
30 『莫非他們在搜索、瓜分戰利品？
也許每人得到一兩個少女，
西西拉也會分得從俘虜身上奪來的繡花彩巾。』
31 耶和華啊，
願你的敵人都像西西拉一樣滅亡！
願愛你的人如升起的太陽，
光輝熠熠！」
此後，以色列安享太平四十年。
士師基甸
6 後來，以色列人又做耶和華視為惡的事，耶和華就把他們交在米甸人手中，受他們統治七年。 2 米甸人勢力強盛，以色列人只好躲進山裡，藏在洞穴和營寨中。 3 每當他們撒種的時候，米甸人、亞瑪力人及東方人就前來進犯， 4 在他們境內安營，摧毀他們遠至迦薩一帶的莊稼，不給他們留下任何糧食，也不留下一隻羊、一頭牛或驢。 5 入侵者帶著牲畜和帳篷像蝗蟲一樣湧來，人和駱駝不計其數，摧毀了整個地區。 6 以色列人因米甸人的入侵而極其貧乏，就呼求耶和華。
7 當以色列人因米甸人的入侵而呼求耶和華的時候， 8 耶和華就差遣先知對他們說：「以色列的上帝耶和華說，『我曾把你們從受奴役之地——埃及領出來， 9 將你們從埃及人及一切欺壓者的手中拯救出來，為你們趕走敵人，把他們的土地賜給你們。』 10 我曾對你們說，『我是你們的上帝耶和華。你們雖然住在亞摩利人的地方，但不可祭拜他們的神明。』你們卻充耳不聞。」
11 一天，耶和華的天使來到俄弗拉，坐在亞比以謝族人約阿施的橡樹下。約阿施的兒子基甸因為要躲避米甸人，正躲在榨酒池裡打麥子。 12 耶和華的天使向基甸顯現，說：「英勇的戰士啊，耶和華與你同在。」 13 基甸說：「我主啊，如果耶和華與我們同在，我們怎會有這些遭遇？我們的祖先曾告訴我們有關耶和華帶領他們離開埃及的事，如今祂那些奇妙的作為在哪裡呢？現在祂已經丟棄我們，把我們交在米甸人手裡。」 14 耶和華轉向他，說：「你盡自己的力量去從米甸人手中拯救以色列人吧，我現在派你去。」 15 基甸說：「主啊，我出身於瑪拿西支派最貧窮的家族，在家裡最微不足道，我怎能拯救以色列人呢？」 16 耶和華說：「我必與你同在，你必如擊打一人一樣擊打米甸人。」 17 基甸說：「如果我在你面前蒙恩，求你給我一個憑據，使我知道與我說話的真是你耶和華。 18 請你在這裡等一等，讓我回去拿禮物獻給你。」耶和華說：「我必等你回來。」
19 基甸回家預備了一隻山羊羔，用十公斤麵粉做了無酵餅，把肉放進籃子，把湯盛在壺中，然後拿到橡樹下獻給耶和華的天使。 20 上帝的天使對基甸說：「把肉和無酵餅放在這磐石上，把湯倒在上面。」他一一照做。 21 耶和華的天使伸出手中的杖碰了一下餅和肉，火就從磐石中噴出來燒盡了它們。耶和華的天使也不見了。 22 基甸發現他果然是耶和華的天使，便說：「唉！主耶和華啊，不好了，我面對面見了你的天使。」 23 耶和華對他說：「放心吧，不用害怕，你不會死。」 24 基甸在那裡為耶和華築了一座壇，稱之為「耶和華賜平安」。這壇如今仍在亞比以謝族的俄弗拉。
25 那天晚上，耶和華吩咐基甸：「牽來你父親的第二頭牛，就是那頭七歲的牛，拆毀你父親為巴力築的祭壇，砍倒壇旁的亞舍拉神像。 26 然後，在這座山頂上把石頭堆放整齊，為你的上帝耶和華築一座祭壇，用砍倒的亞舍拉神像作柴，把那頭牛獻作燔祭。」 27 於是，基甸帶了十個僕人遵命而行。不過，他因為害怕家人和城中的人，不敢在白天行動，便在夜間行動。
28 第二天清早，城裡的人發現巴力的祭壇已經被人拆毀，壇旁的亞舍拉神像被砍倒，第二頭公牛被獻在新建的祭壇上。 29 他們彼此議論說：「這是誰幹的？」他們仔細調查後得知是約阿施的兒子基甸所為， 30 便對約阿施說：「把你兒子交出來！他拆毀了巴力的祭壇，砍倒了壇旁的亞舍拉神像，我們要處死他！」 31 約阿施對氣勢洶洶的人群說：「你們這樣做是要為巴力辯護嗎？是要救它嗎？誰為巴力辯護，今天早晨就處死誰。有人拆毀巴力的祭壇，如果它是神明，就讓它為自己辯護吧！」 32 因此，那天他們稱基甸為耶路·巴力，意思是「讓巴力為自己辯護」，因為他拆毀了巴力的祭壇。
33 那時，米甸人、亞瑪力人及東方人一起過了約旦河，在耶斯列的平原安營。 34 耶和華的靈降在基甸身上，他就吹起號角，號召亞比以謝族的人跟從他。 35 他派人走遍瑪拿西、亞設、西布倫和拿弗他利各支派召集軍隊，得到了人們的回應。 36 基甸對上帝說：「若如你所言，你要用我去拯救以色列人， 37 求你給個憑據。我把一團羊毛放在麥場上，若明天早晨只是羊毛上有露水，地面卻是乾的，我就知道，如你所言，你要用我去拯救以色列人。」 38 果然如此，基甸一早醒來，從羊毛中擠出滿滿一碗露水。 39 基甸又對上帝說：「求你不要發怒，容許我再試一次，這次讓羊毛是乾的，地面有露水。」 40 那天晚上，耶和華就照他所求使地面佈滿露水，唯獨羊毛是乾的。
Judges 4-6
New International Version
Judges 4-6
New International Version
Deborah
4 Again the Israelites did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord,(B) now that Ehud(C) was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them(D) into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.(E) Sisera,(F) the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(G) and had cruelly oppressed(H) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4 Now Deborah,(I) a prophet,(J) the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court(K) under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah(L) and Bethel(M) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. 6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(N) from Kedesh(O) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(P) and Zebulun(Q) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(R) 7 I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(S) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(T) and give him into your hands.(U)’”
8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”
9 “Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.(V) 10 There Barak summoned(W) Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites,(X) the descendants of Hobab,(Y) Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree(Z) in Zaanannim(AA) near Kedesh.
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,(AB) 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River(AC) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.(AD)
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.(AE) Has not the Lord gone ahead(AF) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed(AG) Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.
16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.(AH) 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(AI) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(AJ) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(AK) and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael(AL) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,(AM) gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”
21 But Jael,(AN) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(AO) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(AP)
22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(AQ) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.(AR)
23 On that day God subdued(AS) Jabin(AT) king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24 And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.(AU)
The Song of Deborah
5 On that day Deborah(AV) and Barak son of Abinoam(AW) sang this song:(AX)
2 “When the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people willingly offer(AY) themselves—
praise the Lord!(AZ)
3 “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I, even I, will sing to[c] the Lord;(BA)
I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.(BB)
4 “When you, Lord, went out(BC) from Seir,(BD)
when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook,(BE) the heavens poured,
the clouds poured down water.(BF)
5 The mountains quaked(BG) before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
before the Lord, the God of Israel.
6 “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,(BH)
in the days of Jael,(BI) the highways(BJ) were abandoned;
travelers took to winding paths.(BK)
7 Villagers in Israel would not fight;
they held back until I, Deborah,(BL) arose,
until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 God chose new leaders(BM)
when war came to the city gates,(BN)
but not a shield or spear(BO) was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with Israel’s princes,
with the willing volunteers(BP) among the people.
Praise the Lord!
10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(BQ)
sitting on your saddle blankets,
and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers[d] at the watering places.
They recite the victories(BR) of the Lord,
the victories of his villagers in Israel.
“Then the people of the Lord
went down to the city gates.(BS)
12 ‘Wake up,(BT) wake up, Deborah!(BU)
Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(BV)
Take captive your captives,(BW) son of Abinoam.’
13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim,(BX) whose roots were in Amalek;(BY)
Benjamin(BZ) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir(CA) captains came down,
from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[e] staff.
15 The princes of Issachar(CB) were with Deborah;(CC)
yes, Issachar was with Barak,(CD)
sent under his command into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[f](CE)
to hear the whistling for the flocks?(CF)
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead(CG) stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(CH) remained on the coast(CI)
and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun(CJ) risked their very lives;
so did Naphtali(CK) on the terraced fields.(CL)
19 “Kings came(CM), they fought,
the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,(CN)
they took no plunder of silver.(CO)
20 From the heavens(CP) the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon(CQ) swept them away,
the age-old river, the river Kishon.
March on, my soul; be strong!(CR)
22 Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.(CS)
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
to help the Lord against the mighty.’
24 “Most blessed of women(CT) be Jael,(CU)
the wife of Heber the Kenite,(CV)
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;(CW)
in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.(CX)
27 At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell—dead(CY).
28 “Through the window(CZ) peered Sisera’s mother;
behind the lattice she cried out,(DA)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(DB)
a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(DC) for my neck—
all this as plunder?(DD)’
31 “So may all your enemies perish,(DE) Lord!
But may all who love you be like the sun(DF)
when it rises in its strength.”(DG)
Then the land had peace(DH) forty years.
Gideon
6 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(DI) and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.(DJ) 2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive,(DK) the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves(DL) and strongholds.(DM) 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites(DN) and other eastern peoples(DO) invaded the country. 4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops(DP) all the way to Gaza(DQ) and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. 5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(DR) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(DS) they invaded the land to ravage it. 6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out(DT) to the Lord for help.
7 When the Israelites cried out(DU) to the Lord because of Midian, 8 he sent them a prophet,(DV) who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt,(DW) out of the land of slavery.(DX) 9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors;(DY) I drove them out before you and gave you their land.(DZ) 10 I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship(EA) the gods of the Amorites,(EB) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”
11 The angel of the Lord(EC) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah(ED) that belonged to Joash(EE) the Abiezrite,(EF) where his son Gideon(EG) was threshing(EH) wheat in a winepress(EI) to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,(EJ) mighty warrior.(EK)”
13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders(EL) that our ancestors told(EM) us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned(EN) us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have(EO) and save(EP) Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
15 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan(EQ) is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.(ER)”
16 The Lord answered, “I will be with you(ES), and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”
17 Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign(ET) that it is really you talking to me. 18 Please do not go away until I come back and bring my offering and set it before you.”
And the Lord said, “I will wait until you return.”
19 Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat,(EU) and from an ephah[g](EV) of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.(EW)
20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, place them on this rock,(EX) and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so. 21 Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread(EY) with the tip of the staff(EZ) that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the Lord disappeared. 22 When Gideon realized(FA) that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”(FB)
23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid.(FC) You are not going to die.”(FD)
24 So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called(FE) it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah(FF) of the Abiezrites.
25 That same night the Lord said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old.[h] Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole[i](FG) beside it. 26 Then build a proper kind of[j] altar to the Lord your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cut down, offer the second[k] bull as a burnt offering.(FH)”
27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the townspeople, he did it at night rather than in the daytime.
28 In the morning when the people of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar,(FI) demolished, with the Asherah pole beside it cut down and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar!
29 They asked each other, “Who did this?”
When they carefully investigated, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash(FJ) did it.”
30 The people of the town demanded of Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down Baal’s altar(FK) and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
31 But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around him, “Are you going to plead Baal’s cause?(FL) Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he can defend himself when someone breaks down his altar.” 32 So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave him the name Jerub-Baal[l](FM) that day, saying, “Let Baal contend with him.”
33 Now all the Midianites, Amalekites(FN) and other eastern peoples(FO) joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.(FP) 34 Then the Spirit of the Lord came on(FQ) Gideon, and he blew a trumpet,(FR) summoning the Abiezrites(FS) to follow him. 35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms, and also into Asher,(FT) Zebulun and Naphtali,(FU) so that they too went up to meet them.(FV)
36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save(FW) Israel by my hand as you have promised— 37 look, I will place a wool fleece(FX) on the threshing floor.(FY) If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know(FZ) that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.” 38 And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request.(GA) Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew.” 40 That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.(GB)
Footnotes
- Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging
- Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
- Judges 5:3 Or of
- Judges 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
- Judges 6:19 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
- Judges 6:25 Or Take a full-grown, mature bull from your father’s herd
- Judges 6:25 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; also in verses 26, 28 and 30
- Judges 6:26 Or build with layers of stone an
- Judges 6:26 Or full-grown; also in verse 28
- Judges 6:32 Jerub-Baal probably means let Baal contend.
Judges 4-6
King James Version
Judges 4-6
King James Version
4 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
5 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
6 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.
23 And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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路加福音 4:31-44
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在迦百農趕逐汙鬼
31 耶穌下到迦百農，就是加利利的一座城，在安息日教訓眾人。 32 他們很稀奇他的教訓，因為他的話裡有權柄。 33 在會堂裡有一個人被汙鬼的精氣附著，大聲喊叫說： 34 「唉！拿撒勒的耶穌，我們與你有什麼相干？你來滅我們嗎？我知道你是誰，乃是神的聖者！」 35 耶穌責備他說：「不要作聲！從這人身上出來吧！」鬼把那人摔倒在眾人中間，就出來了，卻也沒有害他。 36 眾人都驚訝，彼此對問說：「這是什麼道理呢？因為他用權柄能力吩咐汙鬼，汙鬼就出來。」 37 於是耶穌的名聲傳遍了周圍地方。
醫西門岳母
38 耶穌出了會堂，進了西門的家。西門的岳母害熱病甚重，有人為她求耶穌。 39 耶穌站在她旁邊，斥責那熱病，熱就退了。她立刻起來服侍他們。
40 日落的時候，凡有病人的，不論害什麼病，都帶到耶穌那裡。耶穌按手在他們各人身上，醫好他們。 41 又有鬼從好些人身上出來，喊著說：「你是神的兒子！」耶穌斥責他們，不許他們說話，因為他們知道他是基督。
42 天亮的時候，耶穌出來，走到曠野地方。眾人去找他，到了他那裡，要留住他，不要他離開他們。 43 但耶穌對他們說：「我也必須在別城傳神國的福音，因我奉差原是為此。」
44 於是耶穌在加利利的各會堂傳道。
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加利利赶鬼医病
31 耶稣下到加利利的迦百农镇，在安息日教导众人。 32 听众对祂的教导感到惊奇，因为祂的话里充满权柄。
33 在会堂里有一个被污鬼附身的人高声喊叫： 34 “唉！拿撒勒的耶稣啊，我们和你有什么关系？你是来毁灭我们吗？我知道你是谁，你是上帝的圣者！”
35 耶稣责备它说：“住口！从他身上出来！”污鬼当场把那人摔倒，然后从他身上离开了，丝毫没有伤害他。
36 大家都很惊讶，彼此议论说：“这是怎么回事？祂的话竟然带着权柄和能力，一吩咐污鬼，它们就出来了！”
37 耶稣的名声传遍了周围地区。
耶稣医治许多人
38 祂离开会堂，到了西门的家。那时，西门的岳母正在发高烧，众人就求耶稣医治她。
39 耶稣站在她旁边，斥责热病，热病就退了，她便立刻起来服侍他们。
40 到了黄昏，人们把患各种疾病的人带到耶稣面前。耶稣把手按在病人身上，一一治好他们， 41 并赶出许多附在人身上的鬼。那些鬼喊叫着：“你是上帝的儿子！”耶稣却斥责它们，不许它们说话，因为它们知道祂是基督。
42 黎明时，耶稣退到一处僻静的地方。众人四处找祂，找到后想留住祂，不让祂离开。 43 但耶稣对他们说：“我必须把上帝国的福音传到其他的城镇去，因为我是为此而被差来的。” 44 于是耶稣继续在加利利[a]各会堂里传道。
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加利利趕鬼醫病
31 耶穌下到加利利的迦百農鎮，在安息日教導眾人。 32 聽眾對祂的教導感到驚奇，因為祂的話裡充滿權柄。
33 在會堂裡有一個被污鬼附身的人高聲喊叫： 34 「唉！拿撒勒的耶穌啊，我們和你有什麼關係？你是來毀滅我們嗎？我知道你是誰，你是上帝的聖者！」
35 耶穌責備牠說：「住口！從他身上出來！」污鬼當場把那人摔倒，然後從他身上離開了，絲毫沒有傷害他。
36 大家都很驚訝，彼此議論說：「這是怎麼回事？祂的話竟然帶著權柄和能力，一吩咐污鬼，牠們就出來了！」
37 耶穌的名聲傳遍了周圍地區。
耶穌醫治許多人
38 祂離開會堂，到了西門的家。那時，西門的岳母正在發高燒，眾人就求耶穌醫治她。
39 耶穌站在她旁邊，斥責熱病，熱病就退了，她便立刻起來服侍他們。
40 到了黃昏，人們把患各種疾病的人帶到耶穌面前。耶穌把手按在病人身上，一一治好他們， 41 並趕出許多附在人身上的鬼。那些鬼喊叫著：「你是上帝的兒子！」耶穌卻斥責牠們，不許牠們說話，因為牠們知道祂是基督。
42 黎明時，耶穌退到一處僻靜的地方。眾人四處找祂，找到後想留住祂，不讓祂離開。 43 但耶穌對他們說：「我必須把上帝國的福音傳到其他的城鎮去，因為我是為此而被差來的。」 44 於是耶穌繼續在加利利[a]各會堂裡傳道。
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Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit(A)
31 Then he went down to Capernaum,(B) a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. 32 They were amazed at his teaching,(C) because his words had authority.(D)
33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, 34 “Go away! What do you want with us,(E) Jesus of Nazareth?(F) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are(G)—the Holy One of God!”(H)
35 “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly.(I) “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
36 All the people were amazed(J) and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority(K) and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” 37 And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.(L)
Jesus Heals Many(M)(N)
38 Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. 39 So he bent over her and rebuked(O) the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.
40 At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one,(P) he healed them.(Q) 41 Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!”(R) But he rebuked(S) them and would not allow them to speak,(T) because they knew he was the Messiah.
42 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God(U) to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” 44 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.(V)
Luke 4:31-44
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Luke 4:31-44
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31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
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