士師記 8
1 那時厄弗辣因人對基德紅說：「你去攻打米德楊時，沒有召叫我們，你為什麼這樣對待我們﹖」他們激烈的與他爭吵。
And the men of Ephraim say unto him, 'What [is] this thing thou hast done to us — not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?' and they strive with him severely;
2 他回答他們說：「我所行的怎能比得上你們呢﹖厄弗辣因所拾的不比阿彼厄則爾所收的葡萄更好嗎﹖
and he saith unto them, 'What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?
3 天主將米德楊的首領敖勒布和則厄布交在你們手中，我所能行的怎能與你們相比﹖」為了他這番話，他們對他的怒氣，就平息了。基德紅乘勝追趕米德楊王
Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.
4 基德紅來到約但河，就渡過河；他與跟隨他的三百人，雖然都疲倦，仍繼續追趕。
And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him — wearied, and pursuing,
5 他向穌苛特人說：「請你們給跟隨我的人幾個餅吃，因為他們疲倦了，我還願意追趕米德楊的兩個王子則巴黑和匝耳慕納。」
and he saith to the men of Succoth, 'Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.'
6 穌苛特人的頭目回答說：「難道則巴黑和匝耳慕納的手已在你的掌握中，我們就該把餅送給你的軍隊嗎﹖」
And the heads of Succoth say, 'Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?'
7 基德紅說：「好罷! 幾時上主把則巴黑和匝耳慕納交在我手中，我必要用茨條和荊棘鞭撻你們的身體。」
And Gideon saith, 'Therefore — in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand — I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.'
8 以後由那裏上去，到了培奴耳，也向他們說了同樣的話；培奴耳人回答他也像穌苛特人一樣。
And he goeth up thence [to] Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.
9 他也對培奴耳人說：「當我平安回來時，我必拆毀這座碉堡。」
And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, 'In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.'
10 那時則巴黑和匝耳慕納正在卡爾科爾，他們的軍隊約有一萬五千人，這是全部東方子民所剩的軍隊，因為已有十二萬持刀的被擊弊斃了。
And Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] a hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.
11 基德紅從諾巴黑和約革治哈東面，順著住帳棚人的路上去，當敵人自以為安全的時候，襲擊了軍營，
And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;
12 則巴黑和匝耳慕納落荒而逃，基德紅在後面追趕，捉住了那兩個米德楊王子則巴黑和匝耳慕納，並使全軍覆沒。
and Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursueth after them, and captureth the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp he hath caused to tremble.
13 約阿士的兒子基德紅，從戰場沿赫勒斯斜坡回來，
And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,
14 捉住了穌苛特的少年人，查問他。這少年人就給他寫下穌苛特的首領和長老的名字，共七十七人。
and captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders — seventy and seven men.
15 基德紅遂往穌苛特人那裏去說：「看! 這是則巴黑和匝耳慕納，你們為了他們曾譏笑我說：難道則巴黑和匝耳慕納的手已在你掌握中，我們就該把餅送給你疲倦的人嗎﹖」
And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, 'Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who [are] wearied bread?'
16 他於是捉住那城的長老，用曠野裏的茨條和荊棘懲罰了蘇苛特居民。
And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,
17 以後又把培奴耳的碉堡拆毀，殺戮了城內的居民。
and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.
18 然後詢問則巴黑和匝耳慕納說：「你們在大博爾山上殺戮的那些人是怎樣的人呢﹖」他們答說：「他們像你們一樣，個個都像君王的兒子。」
And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, 'How — the men whom ye slew in Tabor?' and they say, 'As thou — so they, one — as the form of the king's sons.'
19 基德紅說：「他們是我的兄弟，是我母親的兒子：上主永在：如果你保留了他們不死，我也就不殺你們。」
And he saith, 'My brethren — sons of my mother — they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive — I had not slain you.'
20 他遂對自己的長子耶特爾說：「起來，殺死他們! 」但是這孩童害怕，拔不出刀來，因為年紀還小。
And he saith to Jether his first-born, 'Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.
21 因此，則巴黑和匝耳慕納說：「你親自起來殺死我們罷! 因為人怎樣，他的力量也怎樣。」基德紅就起來殺了則巴黑和匝耳慕納，拿去他們駱駝頸上的月牙環。基德紅辭王位及其末年
And Zebah saith — also Zalmunna — 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man — his might;' and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which [are] on the necks of their camels.
22 事後，以色列人便對基德紅說：「你既然從米德楊手中拯救了我們，請你和你的子孫作我們的君王! 」
And the men of Israel say unto Gideon, 'Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.'
23 基德紅回答他們說：「我不作你的君王，我的子孫也不作你們的君王，唯有上主是你們的君王。」
And Gideon saith unto them, 'I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.'
24 基德紅又向他們說：「我只向你們要求一件事：請將每人掠奪的金環給我。」原來依市瑪耳人都有金環。
And Gideon saith unto them, 'Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.'
25 他們答說：「我們情願給你。」於是舖開一件外衣，每人把所掠奪的金環擲在上面。
And they say, 'We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;
26 他所要的金環共有一千七百「協刻耳」重；此外尚有月牙環、耳環和米德楊王所穿的紫紅衣，及他們駱駝頸上的項鏈。
and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] on the necks of their camels,
27 基德紅用這些金子造了一個「厄弗得」便成了基德紅及其家族的羅網。
and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.
28 米德楊在以色列子民前面屈服，再沒有抬起頭來。基德紅在世時，境內平安了四十年。
And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 約阿士的兒子耶魯巴耳回去，安居在自己家中。
And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,
30 基德紅有七十個兒子，都是他親生的，因為他有很多妻子。
and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;
31 他在舍根的妾也給他生了一個兒子，給他起名叫阿彼默肋客。
and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, hath born to him — even she — a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.
32 約阿士的兒子基德紅壽終正寢，埋在阿彼厄則爾的敖弗辣，他父親約阿士的墳墓裏。
And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.
33 基德紅死後，以色列子民又去跟從巴耳諸神行邪淫，立巴耳貝黎特當做他們的天主。
And it cometh to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;
34 以色列子民忘記了上主他們的天主，曾從四周所有的敵人手中救了他們，
and the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about,
35 也沒有恩待耶魯巴耳即基德紅的家，以報答他施於以色列的恩惠。
neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal — Gideon — according to all the good which he did with Israel.
