< Joshua 11 >
1 And it cometh to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heareth, that he sendeth unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto 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 unto the kings who [are] on the north in the hill-country, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the low country, and in the elevations 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 the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon, in the land of Mizpeh —
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 go out, they and all their camps with them, a people numerous, as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude, and horse and charioteer very many;
他們都帶領自己所有的軍隊和車輛。
5 and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with 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 saith unto Joshua, 'Be not afraid of their presence, for to-morrow about this time I am giving all of them wounded before Israel; their horses thou dost hough, and their chariots burn 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 cometh, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fall on 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 giveth them into the hand of Israel, and they smite them and pursue them unto the great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-Maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward, and they smite them, till he hath not left to them a remnant;
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 doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt 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 turneth back at that time, and captureth Hazor, and its king he hath smitten by the sword; for Hazor formerly [is] head of all these 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 smite every person who [is] in it by the mouth of the sword; he hath devoted — he hath not left any one breathing, and Hazor he hath burnt 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 these kings, and all their kings, hath Joshua captured, and he smiteth them by the mouth of the sword; he devoted them, as Moses, servant of Jehovah, 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 which are standing by their hill, Israel hath not burned them, save Hazor only, [it] hath Joshua burnt;
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, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, till their destroying them; they have not left any one breathing.
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 commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so hath Joshua done; he hath not turned aside a thing of all that Jehovah 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 taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands,
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 mount of Halak, which is going up [to] Seir, and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he hath captured, and he smiteth them, and putteth 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 Many days hath Joshua made with all these kings war;
若蘇厄同這些王子交戰,時日頗為長久,
19 there hath not been a city which made peace with the sons of Israel save the Hivite, inhabitants of Gibeon; the whole they have taken 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 from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah 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 cometh at that time, and cutteth off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, even from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; with their cities hath Joshua devoted them.
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 hath not been left Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, were they left.
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 taketh the whole of the land, according to all that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and Joshua giveth it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes; and the land hath rest 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。