民数记 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
击败迦南人
21 住在南地的迦南人亚拉得王听说以色列人取道亚他林而来，就攻打他们，俘虏了一些人。 2 以色列人向耶和华许愿说：“要是你将这些人交在我们手中，我们必彻底摧毁[a]他们的城邑。” 3 耶和华答应了他们的祈求，把迦南人交在他们手中，使他们彻底毁灭了迦南人及其城邑。从此，那地方叫何珥玛[b]。
铜蛇
4 以色列人为了绕过以东，便从何珥山出发，沿通往红海的路行进。途中，民众心里烦躁， 5 埋怨上帝和摩西说：“你们为什么把我们从埃及带出来，叫我们死在旷野呢？这里无粮无水，我们厌恶这难吃的东西！”
6 于是，耶和华派毒蛇进入以色列人中，咬死了许多人。 7 他们来找摩西，说：“我们埋怨耶和华和你，犯了罪，求你向耶和华祷告，好叫这些蛇离开我们。”摩西就为他们祷告。 8 耶和华对摩西说：“你去造一条蛇挂在杆子上，凡被咬的一望这蛇，就可活命。” 9 摩西就造了一条铜蛇，挂在杆子上。被蛇咬的人一望铜蛇，就保住了性命。
前往摩押
10 以色列人继续前行，在阿伯安营； 11 又从阿伯动身，走到摩押东边的旷野，在以耶·亚巴琳安营； 12 又从那里前行，走到撒烈谷安营； 13 又从那里出发，走到亚嫩河北岸的旷野安营。那里毗邻亚摩利人的边境，亚嫩河是摩押和亚摩利之间的疆界。 14 因此，耶和华的战记上说：“苏法的哇哈伯，亚嫩河谷， 15 以及河谷的斜坡——靠近摩押边界并延伸到亚珥城。”
16 以色列人又往前走，来到比珥[c]。耶和华曾在那里对摩西说：“把民众招聚起来，我要给他们水喝。” 17 当时，以色列人唱了这首歌：
“井啊，涌出水来！
你们要歌颂这口井，
18 它是首领挖的，
是民中的贵族掘的，
用令牌和权杖挖掘的。”
他们从旷野前往玛他拿， 19 从玛他拿前往拿哈列，从拿哈列前往巴末， 20 从巴末前往摩押的谷地，从那里的毗斯迦山顶可以俯视旷野。
击败亚摩利王和巴珊王
21 以色列人派使者去见亚摩利王西宏，说： 22 “请允许我们从贵国经过，我们只走大路，不会踏入田地和葡萄园，也不会喝井里的水，直到走出贵国的土地。” 23 但西宏拒绝了他们的请求，并招聚军队到旷野攻击他们。两军在雅杂交锋。 24 以色列人杀了西宏，占领了他的土地——从亚嫩河到雅博河，远至防守严密的亚扪人边界。 25 以色列人攻占了亚摩利人的所有城邑，包括希实本及其周围的村庄，住在其中。 26 希实本是亚摩利王西宏的都城。西宏曾与摩押的先王交战，占领了他所有的领土，远至亚嫩河。 27 因此有人作诗说：
“来希实本吧！
重建西宏的城。
28 希实本烈焰熊熊，
西宏的城火光冲天，
烧毁摩押的亚珥，
吞噬亚嫩河的高岗。
29 摩押啊，你大祸临头了！
拜基抹神明的人啊，
你们要灭亡了！
基抹任由自己的儿子逃亡、
女儿被亚摩利王西宏掳走。
30 但我们击溃了亚摩利人，
从希实本一直到底本都被摧毁，
从挪法到米底巴都沦为废墟。”
31 于是，以色列人住在亚摩利境内。 32 摩西派人去雅谢打探，然后出兵攻占了雅谢及其周围的村庄，赶走那里的亚摩利人。 33 以色列人回师前往巴珊，巴珊王噩率全军出动，在以得来迎战以色列人。 34 耶和华对摩西说：“不要怕他，因为我已把他及其众民和土地交在你手中。你要像从前对付希实本的亚摩利王西宏一样对付他。” 35 于是，以色列人杀了噩及其儿子和人民，一个不留，并夺取了他的国土。
Numbers 21
Contemporary English Version
Israel Defeats the Canaanites at Hormah
21 (A) The Canaanite king of Arad lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, and when he heard that the Israelites were on their way to the village of Atharim, he attacked and took some of them hostage.
2 The Israelites prayed, “Our Lord, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”[a]
3 The Lord answered their prayer and helped them wipe out the Canaanite army and completely destroy their towns. That's why one of the towns is named Hormah, which means “Destroyed Place.”
Moses Makes a Bronze Snake
4 (B) The Israelites had to go around the territory of Edom, so when they left Mount Hor, they headed south toward the Red Sea.[b] But along the way, the people became so impatient 5 (C) that they complained against God and said to Moses, “Did you bring us out of Egypt, just to let us die in the desert? There's no water out here, and we can't stand this awful food!”
6 Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them.
7 Some of the people went to Moses and admitted, “It was wrong of us to insult you and the Lord. Now please ask him to make these snakes go away.”
Moses prayed, 8 and the Lord answered, “Make a snake out of bronze and place it on top of a pole. Anyone who gets bitten can look at the snake and be saved from death.”
9 (D) Moses obeyed the Lord. And all of those who looked at the bronze snake lived, even though they had been bitten by the poisonous snakes.
Israel's Journey to Moab
10 As the Israelites continued their journey to Canaan, they camped at Oboth, 11 then at Iye-Abarim in the desert east of Moab, 12 and then in the Zered Gorge. 13 After that, they crossed the Arnon River gorge and camped in the Moabite desert bordering Amorite territory. The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. 14 A song in
16 From the Arnon, the Israelites went to the well near the town of Beer, where the Lord had said to Moses, “Call the people together, and I will give them water to drink.”
17 That's also the same well the Israelites sang about in this song:
Let's celebrate!
The well has given us water.
18 With their royal scepters,
our leaders pointed out
where to dig the well.
The Israelites left the desert and camped near the town of Mattanah, 19 then at Nahaliel, and then at Bamoth. 20 Finally, they reached Moabite territory, where they camped near Mount Pisgah[d] in a valley overlooking the desert north of the Dead Sea.
Israel Defeats King Sihon the Amorite
(Deuteronomy 2.26-37)
21 The Israelites sent this message to King Sihon of the Amorites:
22 Please let us pass through your territory. We promise to stay away from your fields and vineyards, and we won't drink any water from your wells. As long as we're in your land, we'll stay on the main road.[e]
23 But Sihon refused to let Israel travel through his land. Instead, he called together his entire army and marched into the desert to attack Israel near the town of Jahaz. 24 Israel defeated them and took over the Amorite territory from the Arnon River gorge in the south to the Jabbok River gorge in the north. Beyond the Jabbok was the territory of the Ammonites, who were much stronger than Israel.
25 The Israelites settled in the Amorite towns, including the capital city of Heshbon with its surrounding villages. 26 King Sihon had ruled from Heshbon, after defeating the Moabites and taking over their land north of the Arnon River gorge. 27 That's why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon:
Come and rebuild Heshbon,
King Sihon's capital city!
28 (E) His armies marched out
like fiery flames,
burning down the town of Ar
and destroying[f] the hills
along the Arnon River.
29 You Moabites are done for!
Your god Chemosh
deserted your people;
they were captured, taken away
by King Sihon the Amorite.
30 We completely defeated Moab.
The towns of Heshbon and Dibon,
of Nophah and Medeba
are ruined and gone.[g]
31 After the Israelites had settled in the Amorite territory, 32 Moses sent some men to explore the town of Jazer. Later, the Israelites captured the villages surrounding it and forced out the Amorites who lived there.
Israel Defeats King Og of Bashan
(Deuteronomy 3.1-11)
33 The Israelites headed toward the region of Bashan, where King Og ruled, and he led his entire army to Edrei to meet Israel in battle.
34 The Lord said to Moses, “Don't be afraid of Og. I will help you defeat him and his army, just as you did King Sihon who ruled in Heshbon. Og's territory will be yours.”
35 So the Israelites wiped out Og, his family, and his entire army—there were no survivors. Then Israel took over the land of Bashan.
Footnotes
- 21.2 completely destroy … belong to you: The complete destruction of a town and everything in it, including its people and animals, showed that the town belonged to the Lord and could no longer be used by humans.
- 21.4 Red Sea: See the note at 14.25.
- 21.14 The Book of the Lord's Battles: This may have been a collection of ancient war songs.
- 21.20 Mount Pisgah: This probably refers to the highest peak in the Abarim Mountains in Moab.
- 21.22 the main road: See the note at 20.17.
- 21.28 destroying: One ancient translation; Hebrew “the rulers of.”
- 21.30 gone: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 30.
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