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,
上主保留的民族 這是上主為考驗那些不曉得客納罕一切戰事的以色列人，所留下來的民族，
2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
叫以色列子民的後代，至少那些以前不曉得這些戰事的人，知道和學習作戰。
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.
這些民族就是培勒舍特人的五個酋長，一切客納罕人、漆冬人和住在黎巴嫩山上，即從巴耳赫爾孟山直到哈瑪特關口的希威人。
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.
他們留在那裏是為考驗以色列人，看他們是否聽從上主藉梅瑟吩咐他們祖先的那些誡命。
5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
以色列子民就住在客納罕人、赫特人、阿摩黎人、培黎齊人、希威人和耶步斯人中間，
6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
竟然娶了他們的女子為妻，也把自己的女兒嫁給他們的兒子，事奉了他們的神。敖特尼耳民長
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.
以色列子民行了上主視為惡的事，忘卻了上主他們的天主，而事奉了巴耳諸神和阿舍辣諸女神；
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.
因此上主對以色列大發忿怒，將他們交在厄東王雇商黎沙塔殷手中，以色列子民遂服事了雇商黎沙塔殷八年。
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.
當以色列子民向上主呼籲時，上主給以色列子民興起了一個拯救他們的救星，即加肋布的弟弟刻納次的兒子敖特尼耳。
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.
上主的神降在他身上，他作了以色列的民長，出去作戰；上主把厄東王雇商黎沙塔殷交在他手中，他的`能力勝過了雇商黎沙塔殷。
11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
於是四境平安了四十年。厄胡得民長刻納次的兒子敖特尼耳去世後，
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.
以色列子民又行了上主視為惡的事，上主就強化摩阿布王厄革隆去打以色列，因為他們行了上主視為惡的事。
13 After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
他聯合了阿孟子民和阿瑪肋克人，前來擊敗以色列，佔據了棕樹城；
14 The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
以色列遂服事了摩阿布王厄革隆十八年。
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.
當以色列子民向上主呼籲時，上主給他們興起了一位拯救者，就是本雅明人革辣的兒子厄胡得，他是左右手能兼用的人；以色列子民便派他給摩阿布王厄革隆獻貢物。
16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
厄胡得預備了一把一肘長的雙刃刀，插在右腿衣服底下，
17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
來到摩阿布王厄革隆前獻貢物─厄革隆原是極肥胖的人。
18 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
獻完貢物以後，就把抬貢物的人打發走，
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.
自己卻由基耳加耳柱像那裏退回，說：「王呀! 我有機密事要對你說。」王說：「退下! 」於是侍立左右的人都退去。
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.
厄胡得來到他跟前，他正獨自坐在涼台上的房子裏；厄胡得說：「我有神諭告訴你! 」王就從自己的座位上起立；
21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
厄胡得遂伸左手從右腿上拔出刀來，刺入他的腹部，
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.
柄和刀都刺了進去，脂肪遂包住了刀子，他沒有從肚子裏把刀抽出來；
23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
厄胡得出來到了走廊，把涼台上的門關上，上了鎖。
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.
他出去之後，王臣前來，看見涼台的房門關著，就說：「他一定在涼台上的內室裏便溺。」
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.
待他們等煩了，看見沒有人來開涼台上的門，他們就拿鑰匙把門開了，見他們的主子躺在地上死了。
26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
在他們猶豫的時候，厄胡得已經逃走，繞過柱像，而逃往色依辣。
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.
他到了那裏，就在厄弗辣因山地吹號角，以色列子民就同他由山地下來，他在他們前面，
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 did not allow anyone to cross over.
對他們說：「你們緊跟著我，因為上主把你們的仇敵摩阿布人已交於你們手中! 」他們遂跟他下去，佔據了摩阿布對面的約但河渡口，不許一人渡過。
29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
就在那個時候，他們擊殺了摩阿布人約有一萬，都是壯丁和兵士，沒有一個人逃脫。
30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
從那天起，摩阿布驅服於以色列手下；境內平安了十八年。沙默加爾民長
31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
在他以後，有阿納特的兒子沙默加爾，他意趕牛棒擊殺了六百培肋舍人，拯救了以色列。
