Numbers 16
1 One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben.
肋未的兒子刻哈特的後裔依茲哈爾的兒子客辣黑，和勒烏本的後裔厄里雅布的兩個兒子阿堂和阿彼蘭，並培肋特的兒子翁，
2 Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me.
起來反抗梅瑟。此外，還有二百五十個以色列人，他們都是會眾的領袖，會議的要員，有名望的人。
3 They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more [authority] than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh [RHQ]?”
他們團結起來反抗梅瑟和亞郎，對他們說：「你們太過份了! 全體會眾都是聖潔的人，上主也在他們中；為什麼你們卻抬舉自己在上主的集會以上﹖」
4 When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground.
梅瑟一聽這話，就俯伏在地。
5 Then he/I said to Korah and those [Israeli leaders] who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his [priest], and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit [only] those whom he chooses to come into his presence.
然後對科辣黑和他同黨的人說：「明天早上，上主會使人知道，誰是他的人，誰是聖者；他使誰親近自己：他許誰親近自己，誰就是他所選的人。
6 So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense.
你們應這樣做：科辣黑和他同黨的人啊! 你們要拿著火盤，
7 Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more [authority] than you should!”
明天在盤裏放上火，在上主面前，添上乳香；上主揀選誰，誰就是聖者。肋未的子孫，你們太過份了! 」
8 Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
梅瑟又對科辣黑說：「肋未的子孫，請聽我說：
9 The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. (Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing) to you [RHQ]?
以色列的天主將你們與以色列會眾分開，使你們親近他，在上主帳幕內服務，站在會眾前頭代他們行禮，這為你們還不夠麼﹖
10 Yahweh has brought you, [Korah], and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
他已使你和你所有的兄弟──肋未的子孫，親近他，你們還要貪求司祭之職麼﹖
11 It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining [RHQ].”
其實你和你的同黨所共謀反抗的是上主；至於亞郎，他算什麼，你們竟抱怨他﹖
12 Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but [they refused to come]. They [sent a message] saying, “We will not come to you!
梅瑟派人去叫厄里雅布的兒子達堂和阿彼蘭來；他們卻答說：「我們不去!
13 You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile [IDM] land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us [RHQ], and that is worse.
你領我們由流奶流蜜的地方上來，叫我們死在曠野，這為你還不夠，你還想作王統治我們麼﹖
14 You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to [RHQ] trick these people. So we will not come to you.”
你並沒有領我們到了流奶流蜜的地方，也沒有給我們田地和葡萄園當產業啊! 你想剜出這些人的眼睛麼﹖我們不去! 」
15 Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, [so they have no reason to complain about me].”
梅瑟遂大怒，對上主說：「你不要垂顧他們的祭獻；我沒有奪過他們一匹驢，也沒有損害過他們任何人。」
16 Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here.
梅瑟對科辣黑說：「你和你一切同黨，明日要來到上主面前，就是你和他們，還有亞郎。
17 You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to [burn it to be] an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”
你們各人要拿著自己的火盤，上面放上乳香；各人拿著自己的火盤到上主面前去，共二百五十個火盤；你和亞郎也各自拿著火盤。」
18 So [the next day] each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.
他們每人於是都拿了火盤，上面放上火，添上乳香，同梅瑟和亞郎來到會幕門口。
19 Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us,
科辣黑召集了全會眾到會幕門口，來反抗梅瑟和亞郎。此時，上主的榮耀就顯現給全會眾。
20 and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：「
21 “Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”
你們快離開這會眾，我立刻要消滅他們。」
22 But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live [MTY]. Only one of these men has sinned; so, (is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!) [RHQ]”
梅瑟和亞郎就俯伏在地說：「天主，賜給一切血肉生氣的天主! 一人犯罪，你就向全體的會眾發怒麼﹖」
23 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
上主回答梅瑟說：「
24 “[Okay], but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
你訓示會眾說：你們離開科辣黑、達堂、和阿彼蘭帳幕的四周。」
25 So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.
梅瑟就起來往達堂和阿彼蘭那裏去，以色列的長老也都隨著他去了。
26 He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
他遂向會眾說：「你們要遠離這些惡人的帳幕! 凡是他們的東西你們不要動，免得你們為了他們的一切罪惡而遭滅絕。」
27 So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.
他們遂離開了科辣黑、達堂和阿彼蘭帳幕的四周；達堂和阿彼蘭同他們的妻子兒女和嬰孩出來，站在自己的帳幕門口。
28 Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who [chose me and] sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.
梅瑟遂說：「因這件事，你們會知道，是上主派遣了我來做這一切，並不是出於我的本意：
29 If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.
如果這些人如其他的人一樣死去，或者他們的遭遇如其他的人所遭遇的一樣，上主就沒有派遣了我；
30 But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
但是，如果上主作了從未聽見過的事，令地裂開口，將他們和他們的一切都吞下去，使他們活活的下到陰府，你們就知道這些人拋棄了上主。」 (Sheol h7585)
31 As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
他一說完這些話，他們腳踏的地就裂開了；
32 It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.
地開了口，將他們和他們的家屬，以及凡屬科辣黑的人和所有的財物，都吞了下去。
33 They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
他們和他們的一切，都活活的下了陰府；地在他們上面閉上口，他們遂由會眾中消滅了。 (Sheol h7585)
34 They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people [were terrified and] cried out as they ran away, saying, “[We do not want] the ground to swallow us also!”
他們四周所有的以色列人，一聽見他們尖叫聲，就都逃跑說：「怕地也吞沒了我們! 」
35 And then a fire from Yahweh came down [from the sky] and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!
那時由上主那裏發出了烈火，吞噬了那二百五十個奉香的人。
36 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
上主訓示梅瑟說：
37 “Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men [were carrying] are (holy/dedicated to me) [because they burned incense to me in them].
「你吩咐司祭阿蘭的兒子厄肋阿匝爾，叫他將一切火盤從火堆中取去，把炭火散開，因為這一切都是聖的。
38 Those men have now died because of their sin; so [Eleazar must] take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are (holy/dedicated to me). [What happened to] those pans will now warn the Israeli people.”
以這些犯罪喪生者的火盤，打成薄片，用來包蓋祭壇，──因為奉獻在上主面前的火盤已成了聖的，──給以色列子民當作鑑戒」。
39 So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done.
厄肋阿匝爾司祭便取出那些被火燒死的人獻過的銅火盤，叫人打成薄片，為包蓋祭壇用，
40 That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them.
為給以色列子民當作鑑戒，為叫凡不是出於亞郎子孫的俗人，不應前來在上主面前獻香，以免和科辣黑及他的同黨遭遇一樣的不幸。他全照上主藉梅瑟對他所吩咐的做了。
41 But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!”
次日，以色列子民全會眾抱怨梅瑟和亞郎說：「正是你們害死了上主的人民」。
42 When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
當會眾集合反對梅瑟和亞郎時，你們二人人轉向會幕；看，雲彩遮蓋了會幕，上主的榮耀發顯了出來。
43 Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent.
梅瑟和亞郎遂走到會幕面前，
44 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
上主吩咐梅瑟說：
45 “Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately [without injuring you two]!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground [and prayed].
「你們快離開這會眾，我要立即消滅他們」。他們遂俯伏在地，
46 Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and [I know that] a (severe plague/bad sickness) has already started among them.”
然後梅瑟向亞郎說：「你快拿火盤，由祭壇取火放在盤裏，添上乳香，快拿到會眾那裏去，為他們行贖罪禮，因為憤怒已由上主面前發出，災禍一個已經開始」。
47 So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.
亞郎遂照梅瑟所吩咐的拿了火盤，急忙跑到會眾中；看，災禍已在人民中開始；他遂添上乳香，為人民行贖罪禮，
48 He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.
站在死者和生者之中，直到災禍止息。
49 But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.
在這次災禍中死了一萬四千七百，為科辣黑的緣故而死的人，還不在內。
50 Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
亞郎於是回到會幕門口梅瑟那裏，因為災禍已止息了。
