Numbers 32
1 And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle:
勒烏本的子孫和加得的子孫，擁有很多的家畜；他們一見雅則爾地方和基肋阿得地方，是適於畜牧的區域，
2 and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
便前來對梅瑟和厄肋阿匝爾大司祭及會眾的首領說：「
3 Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean,
阿塔洛特、狄朋、雅則爾、尼默辣、赫市朋、厄肋阿肋、色班、乃波和貝紅，
4 the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle.
這些地方是上主為以色列會眾所征服的，是適於畜牧的地方，而你的僕人們正有牛羊。」
5 And they said, If we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.
他們又說：「若是我們在你眼中獲得寵幸，希望你將這地方賜給你的僕人們作產業，不必叫我們過約但河。」
6 And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here?
梅瑟回答加得的子孫和勒烏本的子孫說：「怎麼! 你們的兄弟去打仗，你們卻要住在這裡﹖
7 And why do you pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?
為什麼你們要叫以色列的子民喪氣，使他們不敢進入上主賜給他們的土地﹖
8 Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land?
當我由卡德士巴爾乃亞派遣你們的祖先去窺探這地時，他們也這樣做過。
9 And they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them.
他們上到厄市苛耳山谷，窺探了那地方，回來就使以色列子民喪了氣，致使他們再不願進入上主賜給他們的土地。
10 And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,
為此上主在那天發怒起誓說：『
11 Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware [to give] to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:
凡由埃及出來過了二十歲的人，不得看見我誓許給亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯的土地，因為他們沒有一心一意地隨從我；
12 save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.
只有刻納次人耶孚乃的兒子加肋布和農的兒子若蘇厄除外，因為他們一心一意地隨從了上主。』
13 And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct.
因為上主對以色列發了怒，遂使他們在曠野中漂泊了四十年，直到在上主眼前作惡的那一世代完全死盡。
14 Behold, you are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.
現在，看，你們這些罪人的苗裔，竟起來替代你們先人，再增加上主對以色列的忿怒!
15 For you will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and you will sin against this whole congregation.
如果你們背離了他，他再把民眾拋在曠野裡；這樣，你們就要使這整個民族毀滅了。」
16 And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;
他們遂上前來，對他說：「我們願在這裡為我們的牛羊築圈，為我們的家眷建城。
17 and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
但我們必武裝起來，在以色列子民前頭上陣，直到我們領他們進入了自己的地方；至於我們的家眷，為預防本地的居民，應叫他們安居在堅固的城內。
18 We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.
不到以色列子民各個都佔有了產業，我們決不回家。
19 And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.
我們既然在約但河東得到了產業，在約但河西，就不再同他們分產業了。」
20 And Moses said to them, If you will do according to these words, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,
梅瑟答覆他們說：「若是你們這樣做，若是你們武裝起來，在上主面前作戰；
21 and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,
若是你們個個都武裝著在上主面前過約但河，直到他將自己的敵人驅散，
22 and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.
直到上主把那地征服以後，你們纔回家，你們對上主，對以色列就算無罪。那麼，這地照上主的允許，歸你們作為產業。
23 But if you will not do so, you will sin against the Lord; and you shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.
但是，如果你們不這樣去做，你們必獲罪於上主，要知道你們必自招罪罰。
24 And you shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and you shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth.
你們可為家眷建城，為牛羊築圈；但是你們口頭所許的，卻必要實踐。」
25 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as our lord commands.
加得的子孫和勒烏本的子孫回答梅瑟說：「你僕人們必照我主所吩咐的去做。
26 Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad.
我們的孩童、婦女、牛羊和一切牲畜，都留在這裡，留在基肋阿得的城裡；
27 But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says.
至於你的僕人們，凡武裝起來的，都要過河，在上主面前上陣作戰，如我主所吩咐的。」
28 And Moses appointed to them [for judges] Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of Israel.
梅瑟遂為他們向大司祭厄肋阿匝爾、農的兒子若蘇厄，以及以色列子民各支派的家長下了指示，
29 And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and you shall subdue the land before you, then you shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.
向他們說：「若是加得子孫和勒烏本子孫，都武裝起來與你們同過約但河，在上主面前作戰，在你們征服那地以後，就把基肋阿得地方給他們作為產業。
30 But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall you cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan.
但是，如果他們不武裝起來同你們一起過河，就應在客納罕地與你們同分產業。」
31 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do.
加得子孫和勒烏本子孫回答說：「凡上主關於你僕人所說的，我們必照做。
32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and you shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.
我們必武裝起來在上主面前過河，往客納罕地去；但約但河東的地方應給我們作產業。」
33 And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about.
梅瑟遂將阿摩黎人王息紅的國土和巴商王敖格的國土，那地域及其境內的城池，以及那地域四周的城池，都給了他們；給了加得的子孫、勒烏本的子孫和若瑟的兒子默納協半支派。
34 And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
加得的子孫重建了狄朋、阿塔洛特、阿洛厄爾、
35 and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up,
阿特洛特芍番、雅則爾、約革波哈、
36 and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.
貝特尼默辣和貝特哈蘭：這些都是堅固的城邑，並築有羊圈。
37 And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham,
勒烏本的子孫重建了赫市朋、厄肋阿肋、克黎雅塔因、
38 and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.
乃波、巴爾默紅──有些名字已改──和息貝瑪；他們給重建的城邑另取了別名。
39 And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who lived in it.
默納協的兒子瑪基爾的子孫去了基肋阿得，佔據了那地方，驅逐了那裡的阿摩黎人。
40 And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he lived there.
梅瑟遂將基肋阿得給了默納協的兒子瑪基爾；他就在那裡住下了。
41 And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.
默納協的兒子雅依爾去佔據了阿摩黎人的村落遂稱這些村落為哈沃特雅依爾。
42 And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.
諾巴黑去佔據了刻納特及其屬鎮，給那地方起了自己的名字，叫諾巴黑。
