1 Maccabees:Chapter 1

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1 Maccabees:Chapter 1

瑪加伯(上)	1 Maccabees
¹馬其頓人、斐理伯的兒子亞歷山大由基廷地出擊，戰勝了波斯和瑪待國王達理阿以後，遂代之為王，成為第一位希臘王。	¹Everything began with the conquests of Alexander the first, son of Philip, the Macedonian. Setting out from Greece, he killed Darius, king of the Persians and the Medes. Being already King of Greece, he took the throne of Darius.
²他身經百戰，攻佔了許多要塞，斬殺了各地的君王，	²After fighting many battles, conquering strongholds and putting to death the kings of those nations,
³踏遍了大地四極，據掠了許多民族的財物，以致大地在他面前都默然無言，因此他心高氣傲，妄自尊大。	³he reached the ends of the earth and plundered several nations. And when the world became quiet and subject to his power, he became proud.
⁴他招募了精銳的軍隊，征服各地、各族、各王，使他們向他納稅進貢。	⁴He gathered a strong army, ruled over provinces and nations, and rulers paid him taxes.
⁵此後，當他患病在床，自覺將要去世的時候，	⁵But he fell sick, and knowing he was going to die,
⁶召集了與他自幼長大成人，身為同僚的貴族，乘自己還活着的時候，把國家分給他們。	⁶he summoned his generals and the noblemen who had been brought up with him from his youth; and while still alive, he divided his kingdom among them.
⁷亞歷山大為王十二年去了世。	⁷Alexander had reigned for twelve years when he died.
⁸於是他的臣相各據一方，	⁸His generals assumed power, each one in the region assigned to him.
⁹他死後，各自加冕稱王，他們和繼位的子孫，以後多年之久，所做的惡事遍佈全國。	⁹And immediately after Alexander's death, they made themselves kings and their sons after them, filling the earth with evil for many years.
¹⁰從他們中產生了一條禍根，就是安提約古的兒子安提約古厄丕法乃，他曾在羅馬做質，於希臘帝國一三七年登極為王。	¹⁰From their descendants there came a godless offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, who had been held as hostage in Rome. He became king in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the Greek era, (175 B.C.).
¹¹那時，在以色列人中出現一些歹徒，煽惑民眾說：「我們去和我們四鄰的外方人立約，因為自從與他們絕交以來，就遭遇了許多患難。」	¹¹It was then that some rebels emerged from Israel, who succeeded in winning over many people. They said, "Let us renew contact with the peoples around us for we have had endured many misfortunes since we separated from them."
¹²這種輿論很受當時人的歡迎；	¹²This proposal was well-received
¹³遂有一些人極為興奮，便去朝覲國王，國王就批准他們採用外邦的禮俗。	¹³and some eagerly went to the king. The king authorized them to adopt the customs of the pagan nations.
¹⁴他們便照外邦人的風俗，在耶路撒冷修建了一座體育場，	¹⁴With his permission, they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem in the pagan style.
¹⁵且彌補割損的痕跡，背離聖約，為服從外邦人的規律，自甘墮落。	¹⁵And as they wanted to be like the pagans in everything, they made artificial foreskins for themselves and abandoned the Holy Covenant, sinning as they pleased.
¹⁶安提約古見自己的王位業已鞏固，便企圖統治埃及，願作兩國的君王，	¹⁶When Antiochus felt confident of his power, he decided to seize Egypt and rule over the two nations.
¹⁷遂率領大軍、戰車、象隊、騎兵及龐大的艦隊進攻埃及，	¹⁷He entered Egypt with a strong army, with chariots of war, elephants, horses and a great fleet
¹⁸與埃及王仆托肋米交戰，仆托肋米竟臨陣而逃，士兵傷亡慘重。	¹⁸and attacked Ptolemy, king of Egypt. Ptolemy had to retreat and was defeated, and many of his men died.
¹⁹於是埃及國設防的各城全都陷落了，財產被搶掠一空。	¹⁹The victors seized the fortified cities of Egypt and plundered the land.
²⁰安提約古征服埃及以後，於一四三年回國時，北上以色列，率領大軍直逼耶路撒冷。	²⁰In the year one hundred and forty-three (169 B.C.), when Antiochus returned after defeating Egypt, he passed through Israel and went up to Jerusalem with a strong army.
²¹他不管不顧地進入了聖所，搬走了金祭壇、燈台及所有器皿。	²¹He arrogantly broke into the sanctuary and removed the golden altar, the lampstand for the light with all its accessories,
²²供餅的供桌、奠酒器、杯盤、金香爐、帳幔和冠冕，連聖殿正面的金飾，都洗劫得一乾二淨；	²²the table for the bread of offering, the libation vessels, the cups, the golden censers, the curtains and the crowns, and stripped away all the decorations, the golden moldings that used to cover the Temple entrance.
²³還拿去了金銀和貴重的器皿，凡尋到的珍藏寶物，都帶走了。	²³He also took possession of the silver, gold, valuable objects and all the hidden treasures he could find.
²⁴而且帶着這些東西回國的時候，肆意屠殺，還說了狂傲的大話；	²⁴He took everything with him and left for his country, after shedding much blood and making arrogant statements.
²⁵因此在以色列人中，哀聲遍野，	²⁵There was great mourning throughout the land of Israel:
²⁶首領長老無不哀聲長歎，處女處男全都消瘦，婦女的花容失色，	²⁶The leaders and the elders groaned, young men and maidens lost courage, and women grew pale;
²⁷新郎吟出悲調，坐在洞房裏的新娘，飲泣啼哭，	²⁷bridegrooms sang lamentations, and the young bride wept in her marriage-bed.
²⁸大地為其居民的命運而搖撼，雅各伯的全家都蒙羞受辱。	²⁸The earth quaked, in sorrow for its inhabitants, and all the people of Jacob were humiliated.
²⁹過了兩年，王派遣一位貢物總管走遍猶太各城。他率領大軍，來到耶路撒冷，	²⁹After two years, the king sent to the cities of Judah the chief tax collector and he came to Jerusalem with a strong army.
³⁰假意向居民發表一些和平的言論，人都相信了他；但是他乘人不備，攻入城內，大加屠殺，死了很多以色列人；	³⁰He spoke to the people with words of peace in order to deceive them. But when he had gained their confidence, he suddenly fell on the city and dealt it a terrible blow, killing many Israelites.
³¹又洗劫全城，放火焚燒，拆壞了民房和四周的垣墻，	³¹He plundered the city, burning and destroying the palaces and the surrounding walls.
³²俘擄了婦女幼童，搶走了牲畜，	³²He took women and children captive and seized the livestock.
³³又在達味城設防，築起高大的垣墻，修築堅固碉堡，作為他們的堡壘；	³³Then they rebuilt the city of David with a high and solid wall protected by strong towers, and this became their fortress.
³⁴在那裏派了罪惡滔天的外邦人和無法無天的人為軍人，以加強他們的兵力；	³⁴There they set evil men and apostates who defended it.
³⁵又儲蓄了武器和給養，把從耶路撒冷掠來的物資，貯藏在裏面；因此這堡壘成了極危險的陷阱，	³⁵They stored up weapons and provisions, and everything they looted in the city, posing a constant threat.
³⁶為聖殿常是一種威脅，為以色列人民常是一個惡敵。	³⁶It became an ambush for the sanctuary, a grave and constant threat to Israel.
³⁷他們常在聖殿的周圍殺害無辜，玷污聖殿。	³⁷They shed innocent blood around the sanctuary and defiled the sanctuary itself.
³⁸為了他們的緣故，耶路撒冷的居民各處逃亡，聖城成了異民的居所，為本城的子女卻變成了異鄉，城中子女都離棄了故土。	³⁸The inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them. She became a colony of strangers, and was a stranger to her children who abandoned her.
³⁹聖殿被棄有如曠野，喜慶節日變為悲痛哀傷，安息日變譏諷，尊榮成了恥辱。	³⁹Her sanctuary became empty as the desert, her feasts became days of mourning, her Sabbaths were ridiculed, and her fame became an object of contempt.
⁴⁰從前有多少光榮，今日就有多少恥辱；尊榮竟轉為愁腸！	⁴⁰As her glory had been great, so now was her dishonor, for her greatness was turned into grief.
⁴¹王隨後諭令全國，使各國民族合成一個民族，	⁴¹Antiochus issued a decree to his whole kingdom.
⁴²全族棄本國固有的禮俗。於是各外邦民族都表示服從君王的諭令，	⁴²All the peoples of his empire had to renounce their particular customs and become one people.
⁴³也有許多以色列人甘心接受了他的宗教，向偶像獻祭，褻瀆安息日。	⁴³All the pagan nations obeyed and respected the king's decree, and even in Israel many accepted the imposed cult. They offered sacrifices to idols and no longer respected the Sabbath.
⁴⁴王又派遣使臣帶着詔書到耶路撒冷及猶太各城去，令人隨從外邦的禮俗，	⁴⁴The King sent messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judea to carry the decree which imposed strange customs.
⁴⁵廢止聖殿內舉行的全燔祭、和平祭與奠祭，禁止遵守安息日和慶節，	⁴⁵In accordance with it, burnt offerings, sacrifices and other offerings in the sanctuary were suppressed. It also ordered that Sabbaths and sacred feasts be like ordinary days.
⁴⁶污辱聖殿和神職人員，	⁴⁶The sanctuary and its ministers were no longer to be regarded sacred,
⁴⁷且修築祭壇、殿宇和寺廟，供奉偶像，宰殺豬和不潔的牲畜作祭獻，	⁴⁷instead, altars, sacred enclosures and temples were to be dedicated to idols. They were to offer pigs and unclean animals in sacrifice,
⁴⁸不准給孩子行割損，且行各樣不潔和褻瀆的事，自陷罪污，	⁴⁸and not perform on their sons the rite of circumcision. To sum up, they were to defile themselves by all kinds of impurity and profanity
⁴⁹使人忘卻法律，廢除禮規。	⁴⁹in order to forget the Law and change all their customs.
⁵⁰凡不遵從王命的人，死無赦。	⁵⁰The decree finally declared: "Anyone who does not fulfill the king's order shall die."
⁵¹王便按照上邊的話向全國寫了諭文，也給所有百姓派了監察員，走遍猶太各城，督催人民祭獻。	⁵¹The king published this obligation throughout the province and inspectors appointed by him went around the land of Judea. They saw to it that sacrifices were offered in all cities.
⁵²百姓中有許多背教的人附和他們，在國內犯罪作惡，	⁵²Many Israelites joined them, abandoned the Law and committed countless evils
⁵³因此迫使一些以色列人逃難，去了能避難的隱秘地方。	⁵³obliging the true Israelites to find places of refuge to hide themselves.
⁵⁴一四五年「基色婁」月十五日，王在祭壇上立了一個可憎惡的邪物，同時在猶太各城修築了祭壇，	⁵⁴On the fifteenth day of the month of Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-five, Antiochus erected the "abominable idol of the invaders" on the altar of the temple. Pagan altars were built throughout the whole land of Judea;
⁵⁵在各家門前及街市上焚香；	⁵⁵incense was offered at the doors of their houses and in the squares.
⁵⁶凡找到的法律書都撕毀焚燒，	⁵⁶There wicked men tore up the books of the Law they found and burned them.
⁵⁷凡搜出存有約書或恪守法律者，不論是誰，都應按諭令處死。	⁵⁷They killed anyone they caught in possession of the book of the Covenant and who fulfilled the precepts of the Law, as the royal decree had ordered.
⁵⁸有人在各城內每月搜查，發見違命的以色列人，就用暴力處置；	⁵⁸And being men in power, they pursued the Israelite rebels they found month after month in the cities.
⁵⁹每月二十五日，在建於全燔祭壇上的祭壇上獻祭；	⁵⁹On the twenty-fifth day of every month, they offered their sacrifices on the new altar they had built upon the altar of the Temple.
⁶⁰那些給孩子行割損的婦女，他們都按諭令，	⁶⁰The women who, in defiance of the decree, had the rite of circumcision performed on their children, were put to death with their babies hung around their necks.
⁶¹把孩子懸在她們脖子上，一同處死；甚至她們的家屬，及執行割損者，亦應處死。	⁶¹Their families and all who had taken part in the circumcision were also put to death.
⁶²雖然如此，仍有許多以色列人堅持不變，決不喫不潔之物，	⁶²But in spite of all this, many Israelites still remained firm and determined not to eat unclean food.
⁶³寧願拾生，而不願因吃禁食而自污，更不願褻瀆聖約；因此他們被判處死刑。	⁶³They preferred to die rather than to make themselves unclean with those foods (prohibited by the Law) that violated the Holy Covenant.
⁶⁴這實在是天主向以色列人發的盛怒。	⁶⁴And Israel suffered a very great trial.

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