< Genesis 34 >

1 One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area.
肋阿給雅各伯生的女兒狄納,要去看看當地的女人。
2 Shechem, one of the sons of Hamor, the ruler of that area who was descended from the Hiv people-group, saw her. He wanted her. So he grabbed her and forced her to have sex [EUP] with him.
當地酋長希威人哈摩爾的兒子舍根看見她,就抓住她,強姦了她,玷辱了她。
3 He [SYN] was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him.
他的心迷戀雅各伯的女兒狄納,深愛這少女,說寬慰她心的話。
4 So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Please get this girl for me. I want her to become my wife!”
事後,舍根向自己的父親哈摩爾說:「請給我娶這少女為妻。」
5 Jacob very soon found out that his daughter Dinah had been disgraced/defiled. But his sons were in the fields with his livestock, so he did nothing about it until they returned home.
雅各伯聽見舍根污辱了女兒狄納,但因他的兒子們那時正在鄉間看守他的牲畜,所以沒有作聲,等他們回來。
6 In the meantime, Shechem’s father Hamor went to talk with Jacob.
舍根的父親哈摩爾前來見雅各伯,與他商議。
7 While they were still talking, Jacob’s sons came in from the field. When they found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry. They said, “Shechem has done something that is very disgraceful among us Israeli people, something that never should be done!”
那時雅各伯的兒子已由鄉間回來,一聽見這消息,就人人憤恨,非常惱怒,因為有人對以色列做出了這樣的醜事:竟與雅各伯的女兒同臥;這是不應該做的。
8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem really likes this girl. Please allow him to marry her.
哈摩爾與他們商議說:「我兒舍根的心迷戀你們的女兒,請你們將她嫁給他為妻。
9 Let’s make an agreement: You will give your daughters to our young men to be their wives, and we will give our daughters to your young men to be their wives.
你們可與我們互通婚姻:將你們的女兒嫁給我們,你們也可娶我們的女兒;
10 You can live among us, and live anywhere in our land that you wish. You can buy and sell things (OR, travel around) and if you find land that you want, then you can buy it.”
這樣你們可同我們住在一起,本地都擺在你們面前,你們可在其中居住、行動、置業。」
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “If you feel good toward me and do what I am asking for, I will give you whatever you ask for.
舍根也對狄納的父親和她的兄弟們說:「只要我在你們眼中蒙恩,凡你們要求的,我必依從。
12 Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my wife.”
任憑你們向我要多少聘金和禮品,我必照你們提出的交付,只要你們將這少女給我為妻。」
13 But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor
雅各伯的兒子因為舍根污辱了他們的妹妹狄納,就用欺詐的話答覆舍根和他父親哈摩爾,
14 by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.
說:「將我們的妹妹嫁給一個沒有受割損的人,為我們實是一大恥辱,我們不能這樣作。
15 We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.
除非有這個條件,我們不能同意:你們都應和我們一樣,使你們中所有的男子都受割損;
16 Then we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people-group.
以後我們可將我們的女兒嫁給你們,我們也可娶你們的女兒;我們與你們住在一起,成為一個民族。
17 But if you will not agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.”
如果你們不肯聽從我們而受割損,我們就帶著我們的女兒離去。」
18 What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
哈摩爾和他的兒子舍根認為他們的建議很好。
19 Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested.
這少年毫不遲延地要照這建議進行,因為他喜愛雅各伯的女兒,更何況他還是他父親全家族中最重要的人物。
20 Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, saying,
哈摩爾和自己的兒子舍根於是來到城門口,向本城的人提議說:「
21 “These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters.
這些人對我們很和善,讓他們住在本地內,在這裏活動;本地原很廣闊,足夠容納他們。我們可娶他們的女兒為妻,也可將我們的女兒嫁給他們。
22 But these men will agree to live among us and become one people-group with us only if all our males are circumcised, as they are.
但是,這些人只有一個條件,才同意與我們住在一起,形成一個民族:就是我們中所有的男子都應受割損,如同他們受了割損一樣。
23 But if we do that, just think! Their livestock and their possessions and their other animals will become ours [RHQ]! So we should agree to do what they suggest, and then they will live among us!”
這樣,他們的家畜和財產,以及一切牲口,豈不都歸了我們! 只要我們同意,他們就肯同我們住在一起。」
24 Shechem was the most respected person in his father’s household, so all the men who were there at the city gate agreed to what Hamor and Shechem suggested. So every male in the city was circumcised.
凡由城門出入的人,都聽從了哈摩爾和他的兒子舍根的話;由城門出入的男子,都受了割損。
25 On the third day after that, when the men of the city were still sore because of being circumcised, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and entered the city without anyone opposing them, and killed all the men.
第三天他們正疼痛難忍時,雅各伯的兩個兒子,狄納的哥哥西默盎和肋未,各自拿了一把刀,不慌不忙進了城,殺了所有的男子;
26 They even killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left the city.
又用刀殺了哈摩爾和他的兒子舍根,由舍根房內領出狄納而去。
27 Then the other sons of Jacob went into the city where all those dead bodies were. They (looted/took everything in) the city to get revenge for the shameful thing that had been done to their sister.
雅各伯其餘的兒子因了自己的妹妹受污,乘人被殺就前來洗劫城邑,
28 They took away the people’s sheep and goats, their cattle, their donkeys, and everything else that they wanted from inside the city and from out in the countryside.
奪去了他們的羊群、牛群和驢,並城內和鄉間所有的一切。
29 They took away everything that was valuable, even the children and the women. They seized and took away everything that was in the houses.
凡是他們的財物,連他們所有的孩子和婦女都擄了去;凡屋內所有的一切,都奪了去。
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused a lot of trouble for me! Now the Canaan people-group and the Perizzi people-group and everyone else who lives in this land will (hate me/say my name stinks)! I do not have many men to fight for us, so if they all gather together and come to me and attack us, they will destroy us and all our household!”
雅各伯事後對西默盎和肋未說:「你們害了我,使我在本地的居民,即客納罕人和培黎齊人中,成了個可恨的人。我的人數少,如果他們聯合起來反對我,攻擊我,那末我和我全家就必同歸於盡。」
31 But they replied, “(Should we have allowed Shechem to treat our sister like a prostitute?/We could not just let Shechem treat our sister like a prostitute!)” [RHQ]
他們回答說:「難道人應待我們的妹妹如同一個妓女﹖」

< Genesis 34 >