民數記 25
1 當以色列人住在史廷的時候，民眾開始與摩阿布女子行淫。
When the Israelites were staying at Shittim the men started to have sex with Moabite women
2 這些女子請民眾參與她們神祗的祭祀；民眾吃了供物，且朝拜了她們的神祗。
who invited them to the sacrifices made to their gods. The Israelites ate the pagan meals and bowed down before these gods.
3 這樣以色列人就歸依了巴耳培敖爾，上主因此對以色列大發憤怒。
In this way the Israelites devoted themselves in worship to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry with them.
4 上主對梅瑟說：「你捉住民眾中所有的罪魁，在光天化日之下，為上主對他們懸掛起來，好挽回上主對以色列的怒火」。
The Lord told Moses, “Arrest all the Israelite leaders and kill them before the Lord where everyone can see in order to turn the Lord's furious anger away from the people.”
5 梅瑟就吩咐以色列的各首長說：「你們每人應將自已家中歸依巴耳培敖爾的人殺死」。
So Moses instructed Israel's judges, “Each of you has to kill all of your men who have devoted themselves to worshiping Baal of Peor.”
6 看，當梅瑟和以色列子民全會眾都在會幕門口流淚痛哭時，以色列子民中正有一人，當他們的面，帶了一個米德揚女人到他兄弟那裏去。
Right then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman to his family tent in full view of Moses and all the Israelites as they were crying at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
7 大司祭亞郎的兒子厄肋阿匝爾的兒子丕乃哈斯一見，就由會眾中起來，順手拿了一把長槍，
When he saw this, Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, left the assembly, grabbed a spear
8 跟那以色列人進入臥室內，刺穿了他們兩人，即那以色列和那女人的肚腹；以色列子民間的災禍遂止息了。
and followed the man into his tent. There Phinehas drove the spear through both of them, through the Israelite and on into the woman's stomach. This action stopped the plague that had started to kill the Israelites,
9 在這次災禍內，死去了二萬四千人。
but 24,000 had already died.
10 上主於是訓示梅瑟說：
The Lord told Moses,
11 「大司祭亞郎的孫子，厄肋阿匝爾床的丕乃哈斯，由以色列子民身上挽回了我的憤怒，因為他在他們中，懷著與我同樣的嫉邪的心，因此我沒有因我嫉邪之心消滅了以色列子民。
“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, because out of all of them he was passionately dedicated to me, so I did not destroy the Israelites in my passionate anger.
12 為此你應聲明：看，我與他結平安的盟約。
So make an announcement that I am granting him my peace agreement.
13 這為他和他的後裔，是永享司祭品位的盟約，因為他為了自己天主的緣故，嫉惡如仇，賠補了以色列子民的罪」。
It will be an agreement that ensures a permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was passionately dedicated to his God and set the Israelites right.”
14 那與米德揚女人一同被殺的人，名叫齊默黎，是撒路的兒子，西滿盎家族的族長。
The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu, a family leader of the tribe of Simeon.
15 那被殺的米德揚女人，名叫苛次彼，是族爾的女兒；族爾是米德揚一部落的酋長。
The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a family leader of a Midianite tribe.
16 事後，上主訓示梅瑟說：
The Lord told Moses,
17 「你應2圍攻米德揚人，打擊他們，因為他們用詭計打擊了你們，就是在培敖爾的事上，
“Attack the Midianites and kill them,
18 並且他們的姊妹．米德揚酋長的女兒苛次彼的事上，欺騙了你們。──這女子已在培敖爾的事上，在災禍之日被殺」。
because they attacked you deceptively, leading you astray by using Peor and their woman Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader—the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of their devotion to Peor.”
