民长记 Judges Chapter 12
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    1ThemenofEphraimgatheredtogetherandcrossedovertoZaphon.TheysaidtoJephthah,"WhydoyougoontofightwiththeAmmoniteswithoutcallingustogowithyou?Wewillburnyourhouseoveryou."

    厄弗辣因人集合起来,过河到了匝丰,对依弗大说:"当你去攻打阿孟子民时,为什么没有召我们与你同去?我们要用火把你的房屋同你一起烧掉。"

    2Jephthahansweredthem,"MysoldiersandIwereengagedinacriticalcontestwiththeAmmonites.Isummonedyou,butyoudidnotrescuemefromtheirpower.

    依弗大回答他们说:"我与我的人民同阿孟子民激战的时候,我曾向你们求救,但你们没有来救我们脱离他们的手。

    3WhenIsawthatyouwouldnoteffectarescue,ItookmylifeinmyownhandandwentontotheAmmonites,andtheLORDdeliveredthemintomypower.Why,then,doyoucomeupagainstmethisdaytofightwithme?"

    我见你们没人来援助,我就拼命猛攻阿孟子民,上主遂将他们交在我手中;那么,你们为什么今天上来攻击我?"

    4ThenJephthahcalledtogetherallthemenofGileadandfoughtagainstEphraim,whomtheydefeated;fortheEphraimiteshadsaid,"YouofGileadareEphraimitefugitivesinterritorybelongingtoEphraimandManasseh."

    于是依弗大召集基肋阿得所有的人同厄弗辣因作战;基肋阿得人击溃了厄弗辣因人?z因为厄弗辣因人曾说过:你基肋阿得人是从厄弗辣因跑出来的,散居在厄弗辣因人中,在默纳协人中?{

    5TheGileaditestookthefordsoftheJordantowardEphraim.WhenanyofthefleeingEphraimitessaid,"Letmepass,"themenofGileadwouldsaytohim,"AreyouanEphraimite?"Ifheanswered,"No!"

    基肋阿得人为了反击厄弗辣因人,先占据了约旦河渡口;逃跑的厄弗辣因人说:"容我过去罢!"基肋阿得人就问:"你是厄弗辣因人吗?"如果说:"不是。"

    61theywouldaskhimtosay"Shibboleth."Ifhesaid"Sibboleth,"notbeingabletogivetheproperpronunciation,theywouldseizehimandkillhimatthefordsoftheJordan.Thusforty-twothousandEphraimitesfellatthattime.

    基肋阿得人就对他说:"你说‘史波肋特!’"如果他不能照样说出,而说成"斯波肋特,"就捉住他,在约但渡口杀了;在这种情形下,厄弗辣因人就死了四万二千。

    7AfterhavingjudgedIsraelforsixyears,JephthahtheGileaditediedandwasburiedinhiscityinGilead.

    依弗大作以色列的民长共计六年;以后基肋阿得人依弗大死了,埋葬在基肋阿得本城。

    8AfterhimIbzanofBethlehemjudgedIsrael.

    在他以后,有贝特肋恒人依贝赞作以色列民长。

    9Hehadthirtysons.Healsohadthirtydaughtersmarriedoutsidethefamily,andhebroughtinaswivesforhissonsthirtyyoungwomenfromoutsidethefamily.AfterhavingjudgedIsraelforsevenyears,

    他有三十个儿子,三十个女儿;女儿们都嫁到外乡;为自己的三十个儿子,从外乡娶了三十房媳妇。他作以色列民长七年。

    10IbzandiedandwasburiedinBethlehem.

    依贝赞死后,葬在贝特肋恒。

    11AfterhimtheZebuluniteElonjudgedIsrael.WhenhehadjudgedIsraelfortenyears,

    在他以后,有则步隆人厄隆作以色列民长,他作以色列民长十年。

    12theZebuluniteElondiedandwasburiedinEloninthelandofZebulun.

    则步隆人厄隆死后,埋葬在则步隆的阿雅隆。

    13AfterhimthePirathoniteAbdon,sonofHillel,judgedIsrael.

    在他以后,有丕辣通人希肋耳的儿子阿贝冬作以色列民长。

    14Hehadfortysonsandthirtygrandsonswhorodeonseventysaddle-asses.AfterhavingjudgedIsraelforeightyears,

    他有四十个儿子,三十个孙子,骑着七十匹驴驹。他作以色列民长八年。

    15thePirathoniteAbdon,sonofHillel,diedandwasburiedinPirathoninthelandofEphraimonthemountainoftheAmalekites.

    丕辣通人希肋耳的儿子阿贝冬死后,埋葬在厄弗辣因的丕辣通,即在阿玛肋克山地内。

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    Footnotes(注解)

    1[6]Shibboleth:"anearofgrain."ButthisHebrewwordcanalsomean"floodwater"asinPsalm69:3,16.ApparentlytheGileaditesengagedtheEphraimitesinconversationaboutthe"floodwater"oftheJordan.DifferencesinenunciatingtheinitialsibilantoftheHebrewwordbetrayeddifferenttribalaffinities.