Numbers 16

1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

1 可拉是利未的曾孙、哥辖的孙子、以斯哈的儿子。他跟吕便支派以利押的两个儿子大坍和亚比兰，以及比勒的儿子安，

2 a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.

2 联合二百五十名在以色列会众中有声望的首领反叛摩西，

3 They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

3 一起攻击摩西和亚伦，说：“你们太过分了！全体会众都是圣洁的，有耶和华住在他们当中，你们凭什么将自己置于耶和华的会众之上？”

4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.

4 摩西听了这话，就俯伏在地，

5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.

5 对可拉一伙人说：“到了明天早上，耶和华必显明谁是属于祂的，谁是圣洁的。祂必让祂所拣选的人到祂面前。

6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,

6 可拉啊，你们要这样做，你和你的同伙明天带香炉来，

7 and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”

7 在耶和华面前点火添香。耶和华拣选谁，谁就是圣洁的。你们利未人太过分了！”

8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!

8 摩西又对可拉说：“利未人啊，你们听我说！

9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

9 以色列的上帝把你们从以色列会众中分别出来，使你们可以到祂面前，在祂的圣幕里司职，替会众办事，你们还不满足吗？

10 He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.

10 可拉啊，耶和华使你和其他利未人事奉祂，你们还要贪求祭司的职分吗？

11 Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”

11 其实你和你的同伙合谋反叛的是耶和华。亚伦是何人，你们竟埋怨他？”

12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!

12 摩西派人去召以利押的儿子大坍和亚比兰，他们却说：“我们不去！

13 Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?

13 你带我们离开奶蜜之乡，要让我们死在旷野，这还不够吗？你还想自立为王管辖我们吗？

14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”

14 你并没有领我们到奶蜜之乡，也没有给我们田地和葡萄园作产业，你还想继续蒙骗我们吗？我们不去！”

15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

15 摩西非常愤怒，就对耶和华说：“求你不要接纳他们的祭物。我没有取过他们一头驴，也没有害过他们任何人。”

16 And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.

16 摩西对可拉说：“明天你和你的同伙要跟亚伦一起站在耶和华面前。

17 Each man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—250 censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”

17 每人要拿自己的香炉，放上香，带到耶和华面前，共二百五十个。你和亚伦也要各拿自己的香炉。”

18 So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

18 于是，他们都拿着香炉，盛着火和香，跟摩西和亚伦一起站在会幕门口。

19 When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.

19 可拉把全体会众招聚到会幕门口，要对付摩西和亚伦。这时，耶和华的荣光向全体会众显现。

20 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

20 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：

21 “Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

21 “你们离开这些会众，我好在顷刻之间消灭他们。”

22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

22 摩西和亚伦就伏在地上说：“上帝啊，赐人生命气息的上帝啊！一人犯罪，你就要向全体会众发怒吗？”

23 Then the LORD said to Moses,

23 耶和华对摩西说：

24 “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

24 “你叫会众离可拉、大坍和亚比兰的帐篷远一点。”

25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

25 于是，摩西起来去大坍和亚比兰那里，以色列的长老也跟着他。

26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

26 他对会众说：“你们离这些恶人的帐篷远一点，不要碰他们的任何东西，免得你们因他们的罪而受牵连，同遭毁灭。”

27 So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

27 会众便离开可拉、大坍和亚比兰的帐篷。大坍和亚比兰带着妻小出来，站在自己的帐篷门口。

28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:

28 摩西对会众说：“你们很快就知道，我所做的事都是奉耶和华之命而行，并非出于私意。

29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.

29 如果这些人像常人一样死去，遭遇跟世人无异，我就不是耶和华派来的。

30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

30 但如果耶和华做一件前所未有的事，使地裂开，吞下他们和属于他们的一切，使他们活生生地坠入阴间，你们就知道这些人藐视耶和华了。”

31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

31 摩西的话刚说完，这些人脚下的地就裂开，

32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

32 吞下了他们和他们的家眷，以及所有可拉一伙的人和财物。

33 They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

33 他们和属于他们的一切就这样活活地坠入阴间，地在他们上面合拢起来，他们就从会众中灭亡了。

34 At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

34 他们四围的以色列人听到他们的喊叫声，纷纷逃跑，生怕自己也被地吞下去。

35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

35 耶和华又降下烈火，烧死了那二百五十个献香的人。

36 Then the LORD said to Moses,

36 耶和华对摩西说：

37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.

37 “你叫亚伦祭司的儿子以利亚撒去从火中把香炉捡起来，把炭火撒在远处，因为那些香炉是圣洁的。

38 As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

38 要把那些因犯罪而丧命之人的香炉打成薄片，用来包祭坛，因为那些香炉曾被献在耶和华面前，是圣洁的，并且可让以色列人引以为戒。”

39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,

39 于是，以利亚撒祭司取来被烧死之人所献的铜香炉，叫人打成薄片用来包祭坛，

40 just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.

40 让以色列人引以为戒，使亚伦子孙以外的人不致到耶和华面前烧香，以免像可拉及其同伙一样灭亡。这是按照耶和华借摩西的吩咐做的。

41 The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”

41 第二天，以色列全体会众都埋怨摩西和亚伦说：“你们害死了耶和华的子民。”

42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

42 会众聚集起来反对摩西和亚伦，他们向会幕观看，忽然有云彩遮盖了会幕，耶和华的荣光显现。

43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the Tent of Meeting,

43 摩西和亚伦来到会幕前，

44 and the LORD said to Moses,

44 耶和华对摩西说：

45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

45 “你们离开这些会众，我好在顷刻之间消灭他们。”他们二人就俯伏在地。

46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

46 摩西对亚伦说：“取香炉来，里面放些祭坛上的火，添上香，赶快带到会众那里为他们赎罪，因为耶和华发怒了，瘟疫已经开始。”

47 So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.

47 亚伦就照着摩西的吩咐取来香炉，跑到会众当中。那时瘟疫已经在人群中蔓延起来。他就在炉中放上香为民众赎罪。

48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

48 他站在活人和死人之间，瘟疫就止住了。

49 But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.

49 除了在可拉事件中死亡的人以外，有一万四千七百人死于瘟疫。

50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.

50 瘟疫止住后，亚伦便回到在会幕门口的摩西那里。