士师记 3
1 耶和华留下这几族，为要试验那不曾知道与迦南争战之事的以色列人，
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
2 好叫以色列的后代又知道又学习未曾晓得的战事。
if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
3 所留下的就是非利士的五个首领和一切迦南人、西顿人，并住黎巴嫩山的希未人，从巴力·黑们山直到哈马口。
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.
4 留下这几族，为要试验以色列人，知道他们肯听从耶和华借摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命不肯。
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.
5 以色列人竟住在迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人中间，
Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
6 娶他们的女儿为妻，将自己的女儿嫁给他们的儿子，并事奉他们的神。
And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7 以色列人行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，忘记耶和华—他们的 神，去事奉诸巴力和亚舍拉，
So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
8 所以耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作，就把他们交在美索不达米亚王古珊·利萨田的手中。以色列人服事古珊·利萨田八年。
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.
9 以色列人呼求耶和华的时候，耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者救他们，就是迦勒兄弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂。
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.
10 耶和华的灵降在他身上，他就作了以色列的士师，出去争战。耶和华将美索不达米亚王古珊·利萨田交在他手中，他便胜了古珊·利萨田。
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.
11 于是国中太平四十年。基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂死了。
So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
12 以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛，攻击以色列人。
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.
13 伊矶伦招聚亚扪人和亚玛力人，去攻打以色列人，占据棕树城。
After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
14 于是以色列人服事摩押王伊矶伦十八年。
The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
15 以色列人呼求耶和华的时候，耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者，就是便雅悯人基拉的儿子以笏；他是左手便利的。以色列人托他送礼物给摩押王伊矶伦。
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.
16 以笏打了一把两刃的剑，长一肘，带在右腿上衣服里面。
Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
17 他将礼物献给摩押王伊矶伦（原来伊矶伦极其肥胖）；
and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
18 以笏献完礼物，便将抬礼物的人打发走了，
After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
19 自己却从靠近吉甲凿石之地回来，说：“王啊，我有一件机密事奏告你。”王说：“回避吧！”于是左右侍立的人都退去了。
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.
20 以笏来到王面前；王独自一人坐在凉楼上。以笏说：“我奉 神的命报告你一件事。”王就从座位上站起来。
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.
21 以笏便伸左手，从右腿上拔出剑来，刺入王的肚腹，
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
22 连剑把都刺进去了。剑被肥肉夹住，他没有从王的肚腹拔出来，且穿通了后身。
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.
23 以笏就出到游廊，将楼门尽都关锁。
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
24 以笏出来之后，王的仆人到了，看见楼门关锁，就说：“他必是在楼上大解。”
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.
25 他们等烦了，见仍不开楼门，就拿钥匙开了，不料，他们的主人已死，倒在地上。
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.
26 他们耽延的时候，以笏就逃跑了，经过凿石之地，逃到西伊拉；
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
27 到了，就在以法莲山地吹角。以色列人随着他下了山地，他在前头引路，
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.
28 对他们说：“你们随我来，因为耶和华已经把你们的仇敌摩押人交在你们手中。”于是他们跟着他下去，把守约旦河的渡口，不容摩押一人过去。
“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 did not allow anyone to cross over.
29 那时击杀了摩押人约有一万，都是强壮的勇士，没有一人逃脱。
At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
30 这样，摩押就被以色列人制伏了。国中太平八十年。
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
31 以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦，他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也救了以色列人。
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
