Judges 3

1 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

1–2 耶和华为了考验那些没有经历过迦南战事的以色列人，让他们学习作战，就留下了以下各族：

2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

3 五个非利士王、所有的迦南人、西顿人和住在巴力·黑门山到哈马口一带的黎巴嫩山区的希未人。

4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

4 耶和华留下这几个外族是要考验以色列人，看他们是否愿意遵从祂借摩西向他们祖先颁布的诫命。

5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

5 以色列人住在这些迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人当中，

6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

6 跟他们通婚，祭拜他们的神明。

7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

7 以色列人做耶和华视为恶的事，忘记他们的上帝耶和华，祭拜假神巴力和亚舍拉。

8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

8 耶和华向他们发怒，把他们交在美索不达米亚王古珊·利萨田的手中，受古珊·利萨田统治八年。

9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

9 他们向耶和华呼求，耶和华就使一位名叫俄陀聂的拯救者兴起，他是迦勒弟弟基纳斯的儿子。

10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

10 耶和华的灵降在俄陀聂身上，他就做了以色列的士师，领兵出战。耶和华将美索不达米亚王古珊·利萨田交在他手中，他便战胜了古珊·利萨田。

11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

11 此后，国内安享太平四十年，直到俄陀聂去世。

12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

12 之后，以色列人又做耶和华视为恶的事，耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛起来，攻打以色列人。

13 After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

13 伊矶伦联合亚扪人和亚玛力人进攻以色列人，占据了棕树城，

14 The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

14 以色列人受摩押王伊矶伦统治十八年。

15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

15 他们呼求耶和华，耶和华就使一位名叫以笏的拯救者兴起。他是便雅悯人基拉的儿子，善用左手。以色列人派他去向摩押王伊矶伦进贡。

16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

16 他造了一把约半米长的两刃利剑，绑在右腿的衣服里。

17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

17 他带着贡物去见极其肥胖的摩押王伊矶伦。

18 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.

18 以笏献上了贡物之后，便让抬贡物的人先回去。

19 But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

19 他自己从吉甲附近的石雕神像处折回王宫，对王说：“王啊，我有机密禀告。”王就命左右侍从回避，众人便都退去。

20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

20 当时王独自坐在楼上的房间乘凉，以笏近前说：“我有从上帝而来的讯息要禀告。”王从座位上站起来的时候，

21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

21 以笏左手拔出藏在右腿上的剑刺进王的肚腹，

22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

22 连剑柄也刺了进去，深深嵌入肥肉。以笏没有拔剑，

23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

23 便走出房间，把门都关上，锁好。

24 After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

24 以笏走后，王的仆人过来，见房门紧锁，以为王在大解。

25 So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

25 等了很久，门还没开，他们很焦急，就拿钥匙开门，发现他们的主人已经倒毙在地上。

26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

26 他们等待的时候，以笏已经逃走了。他经过石雕神像处，逃往西伊拉。

27 On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.

27 到了那里，他就在以法莲的山区吹响号角，召集以色列人。众人跟随以笏下山，

28 “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

28 以笏对他们说：“跟我来！耶和华已经把仇敌摩押人交在你们手中了。”于是，众人跟着他下去占领了通往摩押的约旦河各渡口，不许任何人渡河。

29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

29 当时他们杀了约一万名强悍善战的摩押勇士，没有一人逃脱。

30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

30 这样，以色列人征服了摩押人，国中安享太平八十年。

31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

31 以笏之后，亚拿的儿子珊迦拯救了以色列人。他曾用一根赶牛棍杀了六百名非利士人。