< Joshua 11 >

1 And it came to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heard [this], that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
哈祚爾王雅一聽見這事,便派人去見瑪冬王,史默龍王,阿革沙夫王,
2 and to the kings that were northward in the mountains, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and on the upland of Dor on the west,
和住在北方山區,基乃勒特南方平原低地,和西方的多爾高原諸王;
3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
又去見東西各地的客納罕人、阿摩黎人、希威人、培黎齊人,以及住在山區的耶步斯人,和赫爾孟山麓米茲帕地方的赫特人。
4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a people numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
他們都帶領自己所有的軍隊和車輛。
5 And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
這些王子都合一起來,來到默龍水邊紮營,要同以色列人交戰。
6 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow about this time will I give them all up slain before Israel: their horses shalt thou hough, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire.
上主對若蘇厄說:「在這些人面前,你不要害怕,因為明天這時,我必要使他們全在以色列人面前被殺;你要砍斷他們的馬蹄筋,火燒他們的車輛。」
7 And Joshua, and all the people of war with him, came upon them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
若蘇厄遂率領自己的軍民突至默龍水旁,向他們進攻。
8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward, and smote them until none were left remaining to them.
上主將他們交在以色列人手中,以色列人擊殺他們,往西直追到大漆冬和米斯勒佛特瑪殷,往東直追到米茲帕山谷,將他們殺得沒有剩下一個。
9 And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
若蘇厄便照上主指示他的,對待了他們,砍斷了他們的馬碲筋,火燒了他們的車輛。
10 And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword; for Hazor was in times past the head of all those kingdoms.
若蘇厄班師回來時,奪取了哈祚爾,用刀斬了哈祚爾王。──原來哈祚爾以前是這些王國的都城。
11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, destroying them utterly: there was not any left to breathe; and he burned Hazor with fire.
又將城內的一切生靈,用刀殺死,完全予以毀滅,沒有留下一個生靈,以後放火燒了哈祚爾城。
12 And all the cities of those kings and all their kings did Joshua take; and he smote them with the edge of the sword, destroying them utterly, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.
若蘇厄奪取了那些王子的一切城邑,生摛那些王子,用刀將他們殺死,將城池完全予以毀滅,全照上主的僕人梅瑟所吩咐的。
13 Only, all the cities that stood still upon their hills Israel did not burn, save Hazor alone, [which] Joshua burned.
至於那些處於土丘上的城市,除哈祚爾外,以色列人都沒有焚毀:若蘇厄只燒了哈祚爾。
14 And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle the children of Israel took as prey to themselves; only, they smote all the men with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them: they left none that breathed.
那些城中所有的財物和牲畜,以色列人都搶了來,歸為己有:所有的人都用刀殺死,完全予以毀滅,沒有留下一個生靈。
15 As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he let nothing fail of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.
上主怎樣吩咐衪的僕人梅瑟,梅瑟也怎樣吩咐了若蘇厄,若蘇厄也就怎樣辦了。凡上主吩咐梅瑟的事,若蘇厄沒有不照辦的。
16 And Joshua took all that land, the mountain and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and its lowland;
這樣,若蘇厄佔領了那整個地區:包括山地,整個南方,哥笙全境,平原,阿辣巴原野,以色列山地和附近平原,
17 from the smooth mountain, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-Gad in the valley of Lebanon, at the foot of mount Hermon; and he took all their kings, and smote them, and put them to death.
由上色依爾去的哈拉克山起,一直到赫爾孟山麓,黎巴嫩山谷間的巴爾加得:各城的王子都被生摛,都被殺死。
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
若蘇厄同這些王子交戰,時日頗為長久,
19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites who dwelt at Gibeon; they took all in battle.
因為除住在基貝紅的希威人外,沒有一座城願與以色列子民媾和,都是以色列人用武力攻取的。
20 For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
原來這是上主的意思,叫他們心硬,來與以色列人交戰,好使他們遭受無情的毀滅,澈底的破壞,正如上主對梅瑟所吩咐的
21 And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountain of Judah, and from all the mountain of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly, with their cities.
以後若蘇厄出兵,消滅了赫貝龍、德彼爾、阿納布山地、猶大山地和以色列山地所有的阿納克人,毀滅了他們和他們所有的城市。
22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.
這樣以色列子民境內,沒有剩下一個阿納克人,只在迦薩、加特和阿布多得還有。
23 And Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
若蘇厄佔領了那整個地區,全如上主對梅瑟所說的;若蘇厄遂將這地區按照以色列支派分給他們作產業。以後國內昇平,再無戰事。

< Joshua 11 >