Judges:Chapter 7

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Judges:Chapter 7

民長紀	Judges
¹耶魯巴耳即基德紅和所有跟隨他的民眾一早起身，在哈洛得泉安營；米德楊的營幕就在他們北面，在摩勒山腳的平原裏。	¹Then Jerobaal, who is the same as Gedeon, rising up early and all the people with him, came to the fountain that is called Harad. Now the camp of Madian was in the valley on the north side of the high hill.
²上主對基德紅說：「跟隨你的民眾太多，我不能把米德楊交在他們手中，免得以色列對我自誇說：是自己的能力救了自己。	²And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that are with thee are many, and Madian shall not be delivered into their hands: lest Israel should glory against me, and say: I was delivered by my own strength.
³現在你要向民眾宣告說：凡害怕恐懼的可以回去，急速離開這裏。」於是民眾中有二萬二千回去，只剩下一萬人。	³Speak to the people, and proclaim in the hearing of all, I Whosoever is fearful and timorous, let him return. So two and twenty thousand men went away from mount Galaad and returned home, and only ten thousand remained.
⁴上主又對基德紅說：「民眾還是太多；領他們下到水邊去，我要在那裏為你檢驗他們。凡我告訴你說：這人可同你去，他就與你同去；凡我告訴你說：這人不可同你去，他就不可去。」	⁴And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people are still too many, bring them to the waters, and there I will try them: and of whom I shall say to thee, This shall go with thee, let him go: whom I shall forbid to go, let him return.
⁵他就引民眾下到水邊；上主向基德紅說：「凡用舌頭舔水像狗舔水似的，將他們安置在一處；同樣，凡屈膝跪下飲水的，將他們安置在一處。」	⁵And when the people were come down to the waters, the Lord said to Gedeon: They that shall lap the water with their tongues, as dogs are wont to lap, thou shalt set apart by themselves: but they that shall drink bowing down their knees, shall be on the other side.
⁶用手捧到嘴邊舔水的共有三百人；其餘民眾都是屈膝跪下喝水。	⁶And the number of them that had lapped water, casting it with the hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: and all the rest of the multitude had drunk kneeling.
⁷上主對基德紅說：「我要用這三百舔水的人拯救你們，把米德楊交於你手中。讓其餘的民眾各回本地去。」	⁷And the Lord said to Gedeon: By the three hundred men, that lapped water, I will save you, and deliver Madian into thy hand: but let all the rest of the people return to their place.
⁸基德紅便留下民眾的罐子和號角，打發眾以色列人各回自己的帳幕，只留下三百人。米德楊的營幕就在他們下面的平原裏。	⁸So taking victuals and trumpets according to their number, he ordered all the rest of the multitude to depart to their tents: and he with the three hundred gave himself to the battle. Now the camp of Madian was beneath him in the valley.
⁹當夜上主對他說：「起來，下去攻營！我已將敵營交在你手中了。	⁹The same night the Lord said to him: Arise, and go down into the camp: because I have delivered them into thy hand.
¹⁰如果你一人害怕下去，可帶你的隨從普辣一起下到營幕，	¹⁰But if thou be afraid to go alone, let Phara thy servant go down with thee.
¹¹聽他們說什麼；以後你的手就會堅強，敢下去攻營了。」於是他和他的隨從普辣便下去，來到營中駐軍的前哨。	¹¹And when thou shalt hear what they are saying, then shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp. And he went down with Phara his servant into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms.
¹²那時米德楊、阿瑪肋克和東方的子民都散佈在平原裏，多如蝗蟲；他們的駱駝不可勝數，多如海邊的沙粒。	¹²But Madian and Amalec, and all the eastern people lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locusts: their camels also were innumerable as the sand that lieth on the sea shore.
¹³基德紅來到時，正有一個人給他的同伴講夢說：「我作了一個夢：有一個大麥麵餅滾入米德楊營內，直滾向帳幕，將帳幕撞倒：翻轉朝上。」	¹³And when Gedeon was come, one told his neighbour a dream: and in this manner related what he had seen: I dreamt a dream, and it seemed to me as if a hearth cake of barley bread rolled and came down into the camp of Madian: and when it was come to a tent it struck it, and beat it down flat to the ground.
¹⁴他的同伴回答說：「這不是別的，這是以色列人約阿士的兒子基德紅的刀劍；天主已把米德楊及其全營交於他手中。」	¹⁴He to whom he spoke, answered: This is nothing else but the sword of Gedeon the son of Joas a man of Israel. For the Lord hath delivered Madian, and all their camp into his hand.
¹⁵基德紅一聽見這夢的敘述和解釋，就朝拜天主；然後回到以色列營中說：「起來！因為上主已將米德楊的營幕交在你們手中了。」	¹⁵And when Gedeon had heard the dream, and the interpretation thereof, he adored: and returned to the camp of Israel, and said: Arise, for the Lord hath delivered the camp of Madian into our hands.
¹⁶他於是把三百人分作三隊，把號角和空罐子交在每人手中，把火把放在罐子裏；	¹⁶And he divided the three hundred men into three parts, and gave them trumpets in their hands, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
¹⁷然後吩咐他們說：「你們看我怎樣行，你們便怎樣行；一到營幕邊上，我怎樣作，你們也要怎樣作。	¹⁷And he said to them: What you shall see me do, do you the same: I will go into one part of the camp, and do you as I shall do.
¹⁸當我與跟隨我的人吹號角時，你們也應該在營幕四周吹號角，並且喊叫：為上主，為基德紅！」	¹⁸When the trumpet shall sound in my hand, do you also blow the trumpets on every side of the camp.
¹⁹在三更之初，當哨兵換防的時候，基德紅領着他那一百人來到營幕邊上，吹起號角來，打破手中的罐子。	¹⁹And Gedeon, and the three hundred men that were with him, went into part of the camp, at the beginning of the midnight watch, and the watchmen being alarmed, they began to sound their trumpets, and to clap the pitchers one against another.
²⁰同時三隊一齊吹號角，打破罐子，左手拿着火把，右手拿着號角吹，並喊叫說：「刀劍為上主，為基德紅！」	²⁰And when they sounded their trumpets in three places round about the camp, and had broken their pitchers, they held their lamps in their left hands, and with their right hands the trumpets which they blew, and they cried out: The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon;
²¹眾人都在營幕四周，各站在自己的地方。那時敵營驚醒，亂喊亂竄。	²¹Standing every man in his place round about the enemies' camp. So all the camp was troubled, and crying out and howling they fled away.
²²當那三百人吹號角的時候，上主使敵營互相廝殺。以後朝着責勒達逃往貝特史大，直到面對塔巴特的阿貝耳默曷拉。	²²And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,
²³那時以色列人從納斐塔里、阿協爾和默納協全地集合，追趕米德楊。	²³Fleeing as far as Bethsetta, and the border of Abelmahula in Tebbath. But the men of Israel shouting from Nephtali and Aser, and from all Manasses pursued after Madian.
²⁴基德紅又打發使者到全厄弗辣因山地說：「請下來攻打米德楊人，在他們前佔據約但河的渡口，直到貝特巴辣。」全厄弗辣因人就集合，佔據了約但河的渡口，一直到貝特巴辣。	²⁴And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying: Come down to meet Madian, and take the waters before them to Bethbera and the Jordan. And all Ephraim shouted, and took the waters before them and the Jordan as far as Bethbera.
²⁵他們捉住了米德楊的兩個領袖，即敖勒布和則厄布，在敖勒布石上把敖勒布殺死，在則厄布醡酒池裏把則厄布殺死；以後繼續追趕米德楊人，並把敖勒布和則厄布的頭送到約但河對岸基德紅跟前。	²⁵And having taken two men of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: Oreb they slew in the rock of Oreb, and Zeb in the winepress of Zeb. And they pursued Madian, carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon beyond the waters of the Jordan.

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