Numbers 16
1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,
肋未的兒子刻哈特的後裔依茲哈爾的兒子客辣黑，和勒烏本的後裔厄里雅布的兩個兒子阿堂和阿彼蘭，並培肋特的兒子翁，
2 And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.
起來反抗梅瑟。此外，還有二百五十個以色列人，他們都是會眾的領袖，會議的要員，有名望的人。
3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
他們團結起來反抗梅瑟和亞郎，對他們說：「你們太過份了! 全體會眾都是聖潔的人，上主也在他們中；為什麼你們卻抬舉自己在上主的集會以上﹖」
4 And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;
梅瑟一聽這話，就俯伏在地。
5 And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.
然後對科辣黑和他同黨的人說：「明天早上，上主會使人知道，誰是他的人，誰是聖者；他使誰親近自己：他許誰親近自己，誰就是他所選的人。
6 So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;
你們應這樣做：科辣黑和他同黨的人啊! 你們要拿著火盤，
7 And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.
明天在盤裏放上火，在上主面前，添上乳香；上主揀選誰，誰就是聖者。肋未的子孫，你們太過份了! 」
8 And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:
梅瑟又對科辣黑說：「肋未的子孫，請聽我說：
9 Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;
以色列的天主將你們與以色列會眾分開，使你們親近他，在上主帳幕內服務，站在會眾前頭代他們行禮，這為你們還不夠麼﹖
10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
他已使你和你所有的兄弟──肋未的子孫，親近他，你們還要貪求司祭之職麼﹖
11 So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?
其實你和你的同黨所共謀反抗的是上主；至於亞郎，他算什麼，你們竟抱怨他﹖
12 Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:
梅瑟派人去叫厄里雅布的兒子達堂和阿彼蘭來；他們卻答說：「我們不去!
13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
你領我們由流奶流蜜的地方上來，叫我們死在曠野，這為你還不夠，你還想作王統治我們麼﹖
14 And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
你並沒有領我們到了流奶流蜜的地方，也沒有給我們田地和葡萄園當產業啊! 你想剜出這些人的眼睛麼﹖我們不去! 」
15 Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
梅瑟遂大怒，對上主說：「你不要垂顧他們的祭獻；我沒有奪過他們一匹驢，也沒有損害過他們任何人。」
16 And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:
梅瑟對科辣黑說：「你和你一切同黨，明日要來到上主面前，就是你和他們，還有亞郎。
17 And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.
你們各人要拿著自己的火盤，上面放上乳香；各人拿著自己的火盤到上主面前去，共二百五十個火盤；你和亞郎也各自拿著火盤。」
18 So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
他們每人於是都拿了火盤，上面放上火，添上乳香，同梅瑟和亞郎來到會幕門口。
19 And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.
科辣黑召集了全會眾到會幕門口，來反抗梅瑟和亞郎。此時，上主的榮耀就顯現給全會眾。
20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：「
21 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.
你們快離開這會眾，我立刻要消滅他們。」
22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
梅瑟和亞郎就俯伏在地說：「天主，賜給一切血肉生氣的天主! 一人犯罪，你就向全體的會眾發怒麼﹖」
23 And the Lord said to Moses,
上主回答梅瑟說：「
24 Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram.
你訓示會眾說：你們離開科辣黑、達堂、和阿彼蘭帳幕的四周。」
25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.
梅瑟就起來往達堂和阿彼蘭那裏去，以色列的長老也都隨著他去了。
26 And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.
他遂向會眾說：「你們要遠離這些惡人的帳幕! 凡是他們的東西你們不要動，免得你們為了他們的一切罪惡而遭滅絕。」
27 So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
他們遂離開了科辣黑、達堂和阿彼蘭帳幕的四周；達堂和阿彼蘭同他們的妻子兒女和嬰孩出來，站在自己的帳幕門口。
28 And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.
梅瑟遂說：「因這件事，你們會知道，是上主派遣了我來做這一切，並不是出於我的本意：
29 If these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then the Lord has not sent me.
如果這些人如其他的人一樣死去，或者他們的遭遇如其他的人所遭遇的一樣，上主就沒有派遣了我；
30 But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men. (Sheol h7585)
但是，如果上主作了從未聽見過的事，令地裂開口，將他們和他們的一切都吞下去，使他們活活的下到陰府，你們就知道這些人拋棄了上主。」 (Sheol h7585)
31 And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;
他一說完這些話，他們腳踏的地就裂開了；
32 And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.
地開了口，將他們和他們的家屬，以及凡屬科辣黑的人和所有的財物，都吞了下去。
33 So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people. (Sheol h7585)
他們和他們的一切，都活活的下了陰府；地在他們上面閉上口，他們遂由會眾中消滅了。 (Sheol h7585)
34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
他們四周所有的以色列人，一聽見他們尖叫聲，就都逃跑說：「怕地也吞沒了我們! 」
35 Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
那時由上主那裏發出了烈火，吞噬了那二百五十個奉香的人。
36 And the Lord said to Moses,
上主訓示梅瑟說：
37 Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;
「你吩咐司祭阿蘭的兒子厄肋阿匝爾，叫他將一切火盤從火堆中取去，把炭火散開，因為這一切都是聖的。
38 And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.
以這些犯罪喪生者的火盤，打成薄片，用來包蓋祭壇，──因為奉獻在上主面前的火盤已成了聖的，──給以色列子民當作鑑戒」。
39 So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar:
厄肋阿匝爾司祭便取出那些被火燒死的人獻過的銅火盤，叫人打成薄片，為包蓋祭壇用，
40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.
為給以色列子民當作鑑戒，為叫凡不是出於亞郎子孫的俗人，不應前來在上主面前獻香，以免和科辣黑及他的同黨遭遇一樣的不幸。他全照上主藉梅瑟對他所吩咐的做了。
41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.
次日，以色列子民全會眾抱怨梅瑟和亞郎說：「正是你們害死了上主的人民」。
42 Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.
當會眾集合反對梅瑟和亞郎時，你們二人人轉向會幕；看，雲彩遮蓋了會幕，上主的榮耀發顯了出來。
43 Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of meeting.
梅瑟和亞郎遂走到會幕面前，
44 And the Lord said to Moses,
上主吩咐梅瑟說：
45 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.
「你們快離開這會眾，我要立即消滅他們」。他們遂俯伏在地，
46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.
然後梅瑟向亞郎說：「你快拿火盤，由祭壇取火放在盤裏，添上乳香，快拿到會眾那裏去，為他們行贖罪禮，因為憤怒已由上主面前發出，災禍一個已經開始」。
47 And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.
亞郎遂照梅瑟所吩咐的拿了火盤，急忙跑到會眾中；看，災禍已在人民中開始；他遂添上乳香，為人民行贖罪禮，
48 And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped.
站在死者和生者之中，直到災禍止息。
49 Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who came to their end because of what Korah had done.
在這次災禍中死了一萬四千七百，為科辣黑的緣故而死的人，還不在內。
50 Then Aaron went back to Moses to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the disease came to a stop.
亞郎於是回到會幕門口梅瑟那裏，因為災禍已止息了。
