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士師記 8
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
士師記 8
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
基甸追趕米甸王
8 以法蓮人對基甸說：「你去與米甸爭戰，沒有召我們同去，你為甚麼這樣待我們呢？」他們就和基甸激烈地爭吵。 2 基甸對他們說：「我現在所做的怎麼與你們所做的相比呢？以法蓮拾取剩下的葡萄不強過亞比以謝族所摘的葡萄嗎？ 3 神已把米甸的兩個領袖俄立和西伊伯交在你們手中；我所做的怎能與你們所做的相比呢？」基甸說了這話，他們對他的怒氣就消了。
4 基甸和跟隨他的三百人來到約旦河，渡了過去；他們雖然疲乏，還是追趕。 5 基甸對疏割人說：「請你們拿幾塊餅來給跟隨我的百姓，因為他們疲乏了。我正在追擊米甸王西巴和撒慕拿。」 6 疏割人的領袖回答說：「西巴和撒慕拿的手掌現在已經在你手裏，因此我們該將餅送給你的軍隊嗎？」 7 基甸說：「好吧！耶和華將西巴和撒慕拿交在我手之後，我必用曠野的荊棘和枳條鞭打你們。」 8 基甸從那裏上到毗努伊勒，對那裏的人也提出同樣的請求；毗努伊勒人給他的答覆跟疏割人的答覆一樣。 9 他也對毗努伊勒人說：「我平平安安回來的時候，必拆毀這城樓。」
10 那時西巴和撒慕拿，以及跟隨他們的軍隊都在加各，約有一萬五千人，是東邊的人全軍所剩下的，因為拿刀戰死的約有十二萬人。 11 基甸從挪巴和約比哈的東邊，從住帳棚人[a]的路上去，趁米甸的軍兵以為安全的時候攻擊他們。 12 西巴和撒慕拿逃跑；基甸追趕他們，捉住米甸的兩個王西巴和撒慕拿，使他們全軍潰散。
13 約阿施的兒子基甸從戰場，沿着希列斯斜坡回來， 14 捉住疏割人的一個少年，查問他。他就為基甸寫下疏割的領袖和長老的名字，共七十七人。 15 基甸到了疏割人那裏，說：「你們從前譏笑我說：『西巴和撒慕拿的手掌現在已經在你手裏，因此我們該將餅送給跟隨你的疲乏的人嗎？』看哪，西巴和撒慕拿在這裏。」 16 於是他拿住城內的長老，用曠野的荊棘和枳條責打[b]疏割人。 17 他又拆了毗努伊勒的城樓，殺了城裏的人。
18 基甸對西巴和撒慕拿說：「你們在他泊山所殺的人是甚麼樣子的？」他們說：「他們很像你，個個都有王子的樣子。」 19 基甸說：「他們都是我的兄弟，我母親的兒子。我指着永生的耶和華起誓，你們若存留他們的性命，我就不殺你們了。」 20 他對他的長子益帖說：「你起來殺他們！」但是這少年害怕，不敢拔刀，因為他還是個少年。 21 西巴和撒慕拿說：「你自己起來殺我們吧！因為人如何，力量也如何。」基甸就起來，殺了西巴和撒慕拿，取了他們駱駝頸項上的月牙圈。
基甸在俄弗拉設立以弗得
22 以色列人對基甸說：「你既然救我們脫離米甸的手，願你治理我們，你的兒子孫子也治理我們。」 23 基甸對他們說：「我不治理你們，我的兒子也不治理你們，耶和華會治理你們。」 24 基甸又對他們說：「我有一件事求你們，請你們各人把所奪的耳環給我。」因敵人都戴金耳環，他們是以實瑪利人。 25 以色列人說：「我們情願送給你！」他們就鋪開一件外衣，各人將所奪的耳環丟在上面。 26 基甸所要求的金耳環，重一千七百舍客勒金子。此外還有米甸王所戴的月牙圈、耳環，和所穿的紫色衣服，以及駱駝頸項上的鏈子。 27 基甸以此造了一個以弗得，設立在他的本城俄弗拉。全以色列就在那裏拜這以弗得行淫，這就成了基甸和他全家的圈套。 28 這樣，米甸就被以色列人制伏了，再也不能抬頭。基甸還在的日子，這地太平四十年。
基甸去世
29 約阿施的兒子耶路巴力回去，住在自己家裏。 30 基甸有七十個親生的兒子，因為他有許多妻子。 31 他在示劍的妾也為他生了一個兒子，基甸給他起名叫亞比米勒。 32 約阿施的兒子基甸年紀老邁而死，葬在亞比以謝族的俄弗拉，他父親約阿施的墳墓裏。
33 基甸死後，以色列人又去隨從諸巴力而行淫，以巴力‧比利土為他們的神明。 34 以色列人不記得耶和華—他們的 神，就是那位拯救他們脫離四圍仇敵之手的， 35 也不照着耶路巴力，就是基甸向以色列所施的恩惠善待他的家。
士師記 8
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師記 8
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
基甸擒殺米甸二王
8 後來，以法蓮人對基甸說：「你攻打米甸人時為什麼不召我們去？你為什麼這樣對待我們？」他們與他激烈地爭論起來。
2 基甸說：「我怎能比得上你們呢？以法蓮人摘剩的葡萄豈不比我們亞比以謝族收穫的葡萄更好嗎？ 3 上帝把兩名米甸人的首領俄立和西伊伯交在了你們手中，我所做的有哪一件能與這事相比呢？我怎能比得上你們呢？」基甸這麼一說，他們的怒氣就平息了。
4 基甸率領他的三百人渡過約旦河，雖然疲憊不堪，仍緊追敵人。 5 基甸對疏割的人說：「我們在追趕西巴和撒慕拿兩個米甸王，十分疲憊，請給我的軍隊一些餅吃。」
6 疏割的首領卻說：「你還沒有抓到西巴和撒慕拿，我們憑什麼給你的軍隊餅吃？」
7 基甸說：「好吧，耶和華把西巴和撒慕拿交在我們手中後，我必回來用荒野的荊棘抽打你們。」
8 基甸又去毗努伊勒提出同樣的請求，也遭到拒絕。 9 基甸對那裡的人說：「我凱旋歸來時，必拆毀你們的這座城樓。」
10 那時，西巴和撒慕拿率領東方各族的殘餘軍隊一萬五千人駐紮在加各，因為已經有十二萬刀兵被殺。 11 基甸取道挪巴和約比哈東邊遊牧者走的路，出其不意地突襲米甸人。 12 米甸二王西巴和撒慕拿逃跑，基甸追上去擒住他們，擊潰他們全軍。
13 約阿施的兒子基甸從戰場返回，經過希列斯山坡時， 14 抓住一個疏割的青年，問他疏割的首領和長老是誰，他就寫下疏割七十七位首領和長老的名字。 15 基甸到了疏割，對那裡的人說：「你們曾經譏笑我說，『你還沒有抓到西巴和撒慕拿，我們憑什麼給你疲憊的軍隊餅吃？』看！西巴和撒慕拿在這裡！」 16 說完，就捉住城中的長老，用荒野的荊棘抽打他們。 17 他又去拆毀毗努伊勒的城樓，殺了城裡的人。
18 基甸問西巴和撒慕拿：「你們在他泊山殺的人是什麼樣子？」他們回答說：「他們長得像你，都像王子一樣。」
19 基甸說：「他們是我同母所生的兄弟，我憑永活的耶和華起誓，如果你們當初不殺他們，今天我就不殺你們了。」 20 於是，基甸對長子益帖說：「你殺死他們。」但益帖年紀小，心中害怕，不敢動手。
21 西巴和撒慕拿對基甸說：「你親自動手吧！這是男子漢做的事。」基甸便親手殺了他們，拿走了他們駱駝頸上的月牙飾物。
基甸造以弗得
22 以色列人對基甸說：「你從米甸人手中救了我們，請你和你的子孫統治我們。」
23 基甸回答說：「我和我子孫都不統治你們，統治你們的是耶和華。 24 但我有一個要求，請你們把搶來的耳環都給我。」原來米甸人屬於以實瑪利族，都戴金耳環。
25 他們欣然同意，便鋪開一件外衣，各自把搶來的金耳環都放在上面， 26 重約二十公斤。此外，還有米甸王的月牙飾物、耳墜、紫袍以及駱駝頸上的金鏈。 27 基甸用這些金子造了一件以弗得聖衣，放在自己的家鄉俄弗拉。後來，以色列人拜那件以弗得，玷污自己，使基甸及其全家陷入網羅。
28 這樣，米甸人被以色列人征服了，從此一蹶不振。基甸在世之日，以色列境內安享太平四十年。
基甸去世
29 約阿施的兒子耶路·巴力返回家鄉居住。 30 他有許多妻子，生了七十個兒子。 31 他的妾住在示劍，也給他生了一個兒子，他給孩子取名叫亞比米勒。 32 約阿施的兒子基甸年高壽終，葬在亞比以謝族的俄弗拉，在他父親約阿施的墳墓裡。
33 基甸剛去世，以色列人便又與眾巴力苟合，奉巴力·比利土為他們的神明， 34 忘記了他們的上帝耶和華曾經從四圍的仇敵手中拯救他們， 35 也沒有因耶路·巴力——基甸的功績而厚待他的家人。
Judges 8
New International Version
Judges 8
New International Version
Zebah and Zalmunna
8 Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon,(A) “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?(B)”(C) And they challenged him vigorously.(D)
2 But he answered them, “What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?(E) 3 God gave Oreb and Zeeb,(F) the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.
4 Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan(G) and crossed it. 5 He said to the men of Sukkoth,(H) “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out,(I) and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna,(J) the kings of Midian.”
6 But the officials of Sukkoth(K) said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread(L) to your troops?”(M)
7 Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna(N) into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.”
8 From there he went up to Peniel[a](O) and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had. 9 So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”(P)
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.(Q) 11 Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah(R) and Jogbehah(S) and attacked the unsuspecting army. 12 Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.
13 Gideon son of Joash(T) then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres.(U) 14 He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth,(V) the elders(W) of the town. 15 Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?(X)’” 16 He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson(Y) by punishing them with desert thorns and briers. 17 He also pulled down the tower of Peniel(Z) and killed the men of the town.(AA)
18 Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?(AB)”
“Men like you,” they answered, “each one with the bearing of a prince.”
19 Gideon replied, “Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives,(AC) if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.” 20 Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, “Kill them!” But Jether did not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.
21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, do it yourself. ‘As is the man, so is his strength.’” So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments(AD) off their camels’ necks.
Gideon’s Ephod
22 The Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
23 But Gideon told them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule(AE) over you.” 24 And he said, “I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring(AF) from your share of the plunder.(AG)” (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites(AH) to wear gold earrings.)
25 They answered, “We’ll be glad to give them.” So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it. 26 The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[b] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains(AI) that were on their camels’ necks. 27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod,(AJ) which he placed in Ophrah,(AK) his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare(AL) to Gideon and his family.(AM)
Gideon’s Death
28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head(AN) again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace(AO) forty years.
29 Jerub-Baal(AP) son of Joash(AQ) went back home to live. 30 He had seventy sons(AR) of his own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine,(AS) who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek.(AT) 32 Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age(AU) and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.(AV) They set up Baal-Berith(AW) as their god(AX) 34 and did not remember(AY) the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. 35 They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal(AZ) (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them.(BA)
Footnotes
- Judges 8:8 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel; also in verses 9 and 17
- Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms
Judges 8
King James Version
Judges 8
King James Version
8 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
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