Numbers 14
1 And so, crying out, the entire crowd wept throughout that night.
全會眾都大聲喧嚷，人民哭了一夜。
2 And all the sons of Israel were murmuring against Moses and Aaron, saying:
以色列子民都抱怨梅瑟和亞郎；全會眾對他們說：「巴不得我們都死在埃及地，都死在曠野裏!
3 “If only we had died in Egypt,” and, “If only we would perish in this vast wilderness,” and, “May the Lord not lead us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives, as well as our children, be led away as captives. Is it not better to return to Egypt?”
為什麼上主引我們到那地方死在刀下，叫我們的妻子兒女當作戰利品﹖再回埃及去，為我們豈不更好﹖」
4 And they said to one another, “Let us appoint our leader, and so return to Egypt.”
於是彼此說：「我們另立頭目，回埃及去。」
5 And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell prone on the ground in the sight of the multitude of the sons of Israel.
梅瑟和亞郎遂俯伏在以色列子民全會眾前。
6 Yet truly, Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who themselves had also viewed the land, tore their garments,
偵探那地方的人中，有農的兒子若蘇厄和耶孚乃的兒子加肋布，他們撕裂了自己的衣服，
7 and they said to the entire multitude of the sons of Israel: “The land that we circled through is very good.
告訴以色列子民全會眾說：「我們偵探所經過的地方，確是一片極好的地方。
8 If the Lord will be gracious to us, he will lead us into it, and he will give us the land flowing with milk and honey.
若上主恩待我們，必引我們到那裏去，將那地方賜給我們。那實在是一塊流奶流蜜的地方。
9 Do not choose to be rebellious against the Lord. And do not fear the people of this land, for, like bread, so are we able to devour them. All protection has withdrawn from them. The Lord is with us. Do not be afraid.”
只要你們不反抗上主，就不必怕那地方的人民，因為他們要作我們的掠物；護佑他們的，離開了他們，上主卻與我們同在；所以不要怕他們。」
10 And when the entire multitude cried out, and they wanted to crush them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared, over the roof of the covenant, to all the sons of Israel.
全會眾正說要用石頭砸死他們時，上主的榮耀在會幕上顯示給全以色列子民。
11 And the Lord said to Moses: “How long will this people disparage me? How long will they refuse to believe me, despite all the signs that I have wrought before them?
上主對梅瑟說：「這人民輕慢我要到幾時呢﹖我雖在他們中行了那些神蹟，他們仍不相信我，要到幾時呢﹖
12 Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one.”
我要用瘟疫打擊他們，剷除他們，使你成為一個比他們更強大，更昌盛的民族。」
13 And Moses said to the Lord: “But then the Egyptians, from whose midst you led out this people,
但是梅瑟對上主說：「埃及人如果聽說這事，因為你曾用威力由他們中領出這民族來，
14 and the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, O Lord, are among this people, and that you are seen face to face, and that your cloud protects them, and that you go before them with a column of cloud by day, and a column of fire by night,
他們將說什麼﹖這地方的居民也曾聽說：你上主是在這民族中；你上主曾面對面地發顯出來，你的雲彩常停在他們上面；白日你乘雲柱，黑夜你乘火柱，走在他們前面。
15 may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:
現在，如果你消滅這民族如消滅一個人一樣，這些曾聽到你聲名的外邦民族必要議論說：『
16 ‘He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.’
由於上主不能引這民族進入他對他們所誓許的地方，就在曠野將他們殺了。』
17 Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:
吾主，如今求你，大發寬容，如你曾聲明說：
18 ‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’
上主緩於發怒，富於仁慈，寬赦過犯和罪過，但決不豁免懲罰，父親的過犯，要向子孫追討，直到三代四代。
19 Forgive, I beg you, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of your mercy, just as you have been gracious to them in their journey from Egypt to this place.”
求你大發仁慈，寬恕這人民的罪過，就如從埃及一直到現在，你寬赦了他們一樣。」
20 And the Lord said: “I have forgiven them according to your word.
上主回答說：「我就照你祈求的寬赦他們；
21 Also, as I live, the entire world shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
但是我以我的生命，以充滿全地的上主的榮耀起誓：
22 And yet, all the men who have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tested me ten times already, and yet have not obeyed my voice,
這些見了我的榮耀，見了我在埃及和曠野裏所行的神蹟的人，已十次試探了我，不聽我的話，
23 these shall not see the land, about which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who detracted me gaze upon it.
他們決不能見我對他們祖先誓許的地方；凡輕慢我的人，決不會見到那地方。
24 My servant Caleb, who, being full of another spirit, has followed me, I will lead into this land, through which he has wandered, and his offspring shall possess it.
惟有我的僕人加肋布，因懷有另一種精神，全心服從我，我必引他進入他去過的地方，他的後裔必佔有那地方為產業。
25 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys. Tomorrow, move the camp and return into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea.”
現今阿瑪肋克人和客納罕人盤據在山谷中，明天你們應轉身向紅海出發，往曠野去。」
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
上主吩咐梅瑟和亞郎說：「
27 “How long will this very wicked multitude murmur against me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel.
這個邪惡的會眾抱怨我要到幾時﹖以色列子民抱怨我的話我都聽見了。
28 Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.
你對他們說：我以我的生命起誓：──上主的斷語──我必照你們在我耳中所說的話，對待你們：
29 In the wilderness, here shall your carcasses lie. All you who were numbered from twenty years and above, and who have murmured against me,
你們中凡二十歲以上登過記的，凡抱怨過我的，都要倒斃在這曠野中。
30 you shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to cause you to live there, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
你們決不得進入我誓許給你們居住的地方，只有耶孚乃的加肋布和農的兒子若蘇厄除外。
31 But your little ones, about whom you said that they would be a prey to the enemies, I will lead them in, so that they may see the land that has displeased you.
至於你們的幼童，你們曾說他們要當戰利品的，我要領他們進去，使他們享受你們所輕視的地方。
32 Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness.
至於你們，你們必倒斃在這曠野中；
33 Your sons shall wander in the desert for forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers are consumed in the desert.
你們的子女要在曠野漂流四十年，受你們背信之罰，直到你們的屍首在曠野中爛盡。
34 According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.
你們偵探那地方的日子，共計四十天，一天算一年，你們應受四十年的罪罰，叫你們知道我放棄你們是什麼一回事。
35 For just as I have spoken, so shall I do, to this entire most wicked multitude, which has risen up together against me. In the wilderness, here shall it fade away and die.”
我上主既說了，也必對這聚集反抗我的邪惡會眾這樣做：在這曠野他們都要滅絕，在這裏都要死盡。」
36 Therefore, all the men, whom Moses had sent to contemplate the land, and who, having returned, had caused the entire multitude to murmur against him, disparaging the land as if it were evil,
梅瑟派遣去偵探那地方的人，回來以後，對那地方散佈謠言，致使全會眾抱怨梅瑟。
37 suffered death and were struck down in the sight of the Lord.
這些對那地方講說壞話的人，都遭了災罰，死在上主面前；
38 But only Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, out of all those who had journeyed to examine the land.
前去偵探那地方的人，只有農的兒子若蘇厄和耶孚乃的兒子加肋布，保全了性命。
39 And Moses spoke all these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.
梅瑟將這些話告訴了全以色列子民；人民都非常憂悶。
40 And behold, rising up at first light, they climbed to the top of the mountain, and they said, “We are prepared to ascend to the place, about which the Lord has spoken, for we have sinned.”
次日清晨他們起來，要上山頂去，說：「我們犯了罪，現在我們已準備好，要往上主所說的地方去。」
41 And Moses said to them: “Why do you transgress the word of the Lord, merely because it will not result in prosperity for you?
但是梅瑟說：「你們為什麼要違背上主的命令﹖這事必不會成功。
42 Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies.
不要上去，因為上主不在你們中間，難免不被敵人擊敗。
43 The Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, by whose sword you shall be ruined, for you were not willing to consent to the Lord, and so the Lord is not with you.”
因為阿瑪肋克人和客納罕人在那裏要抵擋你們，你們必喪身刀下；你們既背離了上主，上主自然不再與你們同在。」
44 But they, having been darkened, ascended to the top of the mountain. But the ark of the testament of the Lord, and Moses, did not withdraw from the camp.
他們仍擅自上了山頂；但上主的約櫃和梅瑟沒有由營幕中移動。
45 And the Amalekites descended, along with those Canaanites who were living in the mountains. And so, striking and cutting them down, they pursued them all the way to Hormah.
住在山中的阿瑪肋克人和客納罕人就下來，擊殺了他們，將他們追擊到曷爾瑪。
