Numbers 25
1 And Israel dwells in Shittim, and the people begin to go whoring to daughters of Moab,
當以色列人住在史廷的時候，民眾開始與摩阿布女子行淫。
2 and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat and bow themselves to their gods,
這些女子請民眾參與她們神祗的祭祀；民眾吃了供物，且朝拜了她們的神祗。
3 and Israel is joined to Ba‘al-Peor, and the anger of YHWH burns against Israel.
這樣以色列人就歸依了巴耳培敖爾，上主因此對以色列大發憤怒。
4 And YHWH says to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people and hang them before YHWH in sight of the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of YHWH turns back from Israel.”
上主對梅瑟說：「你捉住民眾中所有的罪魁，在光天化日之下，為上主對他們懸掛起來，好挽回上主對以色列的怒火」。
5 And Moses says to [the] judges of Israel, “Each slays his men who are joined to Ba‘al-Peor.”
梅瑟就吩咐以色列的各首長說：「你們每人應將自已家中歸依巴耳培敖爾的人殺死」。
6 And behold, a man of the sons of Israel has come, and brings a Midianitess to his brothers before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, who are weeping at the opening of the Tent of Meeting;
看，當梅瑟和以色列子民全會眾都在會幕門口流淚痛哭時，以色列子民中正有一人，當他們的面，帶了一個米德揚女人到他兄弟那裏去。
7 and Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, sees, and rises from the midst of the congregation, and takes a javelin in his hand,
大司祭亞郎的兒子厄肋阿匝爾的兒子丕乃哈斯一見，就由會眾中起來，順手拿了一把長槍，
8 and goes in after the man of Israel to the hollow place, and pierces them both, the man of Israel and the woman—to her belly, and the plague is restrained from the sons of Israel;
跟那以色列人進入臥室內，刺穿了他們兩人，即那以色列和那女人的肚腹；以色列子民間的災禍遂止息了。
9 and the dead by the plague are twenty-four thousand.
在這次災禍內，死去了二萬四千人。
10 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
上主於是訓示梅瑟說：
11 “Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My fury from the sons of Israel by his being zealous with My zeal in their midst, and I have not consumed the sons of Israel in My zeal.
「大司祭亞郎的孫子，厄肋阿匝爾床的丕乃哈斯，由以色列子民身上挽回了我的憤怒，因為他在他們中，懷著與我同樣的嫉邪的心，因此我沒有因我嫉邪之心消滅了以色列子民。
12 Therefore say, Behold, I am giving My covenant of peace to him,
為此你應聲明：看，我與他結平安的盟約。
13 and it has been to him and to his seed after him [for] a covenant of a continuous priesthood, because that he has been zealous for his God, and makes atonement for the sons of Israel.”
這為他和他的後裔，是永享司祭品位的盟約，因為他為了自己天主的緣故，嫉惡如仇，賠補了以色列子民的罪」。
14 And the name of the man of Israel who is struck, who has been struck with the Midianitess, [is] Zimri son of Salu, prince of the house of a father of the Simeonite;
那與米德揚女人一同被殺的人，名叫齊默黎，是撒路的兒子，西滿盎家族的族長。
15 and the name of the woman who is struck, the Midianitess, [is] Cozbi daughter of Zur; he [is] head of peoples of a father’s house in Midian.
那被殺的米德揚女人，名叫苛次彼，是族爾的女兒；族爾是米德揚一部落的酋長。
16 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
事後，上主訓示梅瑟說：
17 “Distress the Midianites, and you have struck them,
「你應2圍攻米德揚人，打擊他們，因為他們用詭計打擊了你們，就是在培敖爾的事上，
18 for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, [with] which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is struck in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.”
並且他們的姊妹．米德揚酋長的女兒苛次彼的事上，欺騙了你們。──這女子已在培敖爾的事上，在災禍之日被殺」。
