Judges 3
1 These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:
耶和华留下这几族，为要试验那不曾知道与迦南争战之事的以色列人，
2 That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
好叫以色列的后代又知道又学习未曾晓得的战事。
3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.
所留下的就是非利士的五个首领和一切迦南人、西顿人，并住黎巴嫩山的希未人，从巴力·黑们山直到哈马口。
4 And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not.
留下这几族，为要试验以色列人，知道他们肯听从耶和华借摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命不肯。
5 So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
以色列人竟住在迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人中间，
6 And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
娶他们的女儿为妻，将自己的女儿嫁给他们的儿子，并事奉他们的神。
7 And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
以色列人行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，忘记耶和华—他们的 神，去事奉诸巴力和亚舍拉，
8 And the Lord being angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and they served him eight years.
所以耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作，就把他们交在美索不达米亚王古珊·利萨田的手中。以色列人服事古珊·利萨田八年。
9 And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:
以色列人呼求耶和华的时候，耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者救他们，就是迦勒兄弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂。
10 And the spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria, and he overthrew him.
耶和华的灵降在他身上，他就作了以色列的士师，出去争战。耶和华将美索不达米亚王古珊·利萨田交在他手中，他便胜了古珊·利萨田。
11 And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
于是国中太平四十年。基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂死了。
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.
以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛，攻击以色列人。
13 And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
伊矶伦招聚亚扪人和亚玛力人，去攻打以色列人，占据棕树城。
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
于是以色列人服事摩押王伊矶伦十八年。
15 And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
以色列人呼求耶和华的时候，耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者，就是便雅悯人基拉的儿子以笏；他是左手便利的。以色列人托他送礼物给摩押王伊矶伦。
16 And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.
以笏打了一把两刃的剑，长一肘，带在右腿上衣服里面。
17 And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
他将礼物献给摩押王伊矶伦（原来伊矶伦极其肥胖）；
18 And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
以笏献完礼物，便将抬礼物的人打发走了，
19 Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, be said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,
自己却从靠近吉甲凿石之地回来，说：“王啊，我有一件机密事奏告你。”王说：“回避吧！”于是左右侍立的人都退去了。
20 Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne,
以笏来到王面前；王独自一人坐在凉楼上。以笏说：“我奉 神的命报告你一件事。”王就从座位上站起来。
21 And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
以笏便伸左手，从右腿上拔出剑来，刺入王的肚腹，
22 With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
连剑把都刺进去了。剑被肥肉夹住，他没有从王的肚腹拔出来，且穿通了后身。
23 But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,
以笏就出到游廊，将楼门尽都关锁。
24 Went out by a postern door. And the king’s servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.
以笏出来之后，王的仆人到了，看见楼门关锁，就说：“他必是在楼上大解。”
25 And waiting a long time till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
他们等烦了，见仍不开楼门，就拿钥匙开了，不料，他们的主人已死，倒在地上。
26 But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:
他们耽延的时候，以笏就逃跑了，经过凿石之地，逃到西伊拉；
27 And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in the front.
到了，就在以法莲山地吹角。以色列人随着他下了山地，他在前头引路，
28 And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.
对他们说：“你们随我来，因为耶和华已经把你们的仇敌摩押人交在你们手中。”于是他们跟着他下去，把守约旦河的渡口，不容摩押一人过去。
29 But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
那时击杀了摩押人约有一万，都是强壮的勇士，没有一人逃脱。
30 And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested eighty years.
这样，摩押就被以色列人制伏了。国中太平八十年。
31 After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel.
以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦，他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也救了以色列人。
