士師記第6章 |
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1 以色列族復行惡於耶和華前、耶和華以之付於米田族手、凡歷七年。 |
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2 旣爲米田族所敗、遂營山窟居巖洞、扼其險要。 |
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3 以色列族耕稼旣畢、米田亞馬力與東方之人、咸來攻擊、 |
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4 建置營壘、凡土所產、悉被斬艾、至於迦薩。以色列族食物無存、牛羊與驢亦盡。 |
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5 敵與駱駝、牲畜、帷幕、如蝗衆多、不可勝數、旣至、欲滅斯土。 |
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6 以色列族、緣米田人故、匱乏特甚、呼籲耶和華。 |
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8 耶和華遣先知者、告以色列族曰、以色列族之上帝耶和華云、我導爾出埃及、脫爾於賤役、 |
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9 援爾出埃及人與諸敵手、驅其民人、錫以土地。 |
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10 告爾曰、我爲爾之上帝耶和華、毋畏斯土亞摩哩人之上帝、惟汝不遵我命。 |
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11 耶和華之使至阿弗拉、坐亞庇以泄人約押橡下、適約押子其田撲麥於醡旁、不欲爲米田人所知。 |
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12 耶和華之使顯現、曰、英武哉若人、耶和華祐爾。 |
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13 其田曰、我主與、如耶和華祐我、奚至所遇若此、我嘗聞我父之言、昔耶和華導我族出埃及、今其異蹟安在、斯時耶和華遺棄我儕、付我於米田人手。 |
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14 耶和華眷顧之曰、今遣爾往、爾必有能、將拯以色列族脫於米田人之手、爾其往哉。 |
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15 曰、我主歟、馬拿西族中我家貧乏、我父之家我又至微、焉能拯以色列族乎。 |
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16 耶和華曰、我左右爾、爾將擊米田之衆、與擊匹夫無異。 |
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17 曰如我蒙恩於爾前、請示以徵、則知爾誠諭我者也。 |
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18 請勿去、待我復至、陳禮物於爾前。曰、我必待爾。 |
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19 其田往、備山羊之羔、取麵六斗、作無酵餅、置肉於筐、盛湯於壺、至於橡下獻之。 |
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20 上帝之使者曰、取肉與餅、置於磐上、以湯斟之、乃如命以行。 |
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21 耶和華之使、以所執之杖、按肉與餅、火自磐出、肉與餅悉被爇、耶和華之使遂往、不復見。 |
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22 其田乃知誠耶和華之使、則曰、我主耶和華歟、我與耶和華使者晤對、將若何。 |
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23 耶和華曰、安爾心、毋畏、爾可不死。 |
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24 其田築壇、奉事耶和華、名之曰。耶和華沙林、(耶和華沙林譯卽耶和華錫我綏安。)斯壇在亞庇以泄人之阿弗拉、迄今尚存。 |
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25 迨夕、耶和華諭之曰、取爾父之犢、其外更備一牛、必盈七歲者、爾父所築巴力之壇、爾必摧之、并斫其旁之偶像。 |
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26 爾於磐上曾列燔柴、卽於斯處築壇、奉爾上帝耶和華、燔牛爲祭、斫偶爲柴。 |
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27 其田簡僕十人、遵耶和華命而行、但畏父家與邑衆、不敢晝作、故夤夜以行。 |
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28 邑衆夙興、見巴力之壇已傾、在旁之偶已斫、七歲之牛已獻於新築壇上。 |
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29 則相問曰、行此者誰、亟爲諮詢、乃知約押子其田所作。 |
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30 邑衆告約押曰、巴力之壇爲爾子傾圯、在旁偶像亦被所斫、當攜出殺之。 |
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31 約押對曰、汝欲爲巴力訟乎、抑爲之援手乎。如人欲爲之訟、則其人必見殺於今晨。如巴力爲上帝、旣傾其壇、則巴力可以自訟。 |
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32 於是人以耶路巴力名其田、曰、旣傾巴力壇、由巴力自訟。〇 |
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34 耶和華之神感其田、使吹角集衆、亞庇以泄族從焉。 |
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35 遣使者遍告於馬拿西族、使之相從、又遣人至亞設、西布倫、納大利、咸出以迎。 |
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36 其田求上帝曰、爾嘗有言、必假手於我、援以色列族。 |
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37 今我以綿羊毛一束、置於禾塲、如露獨在羊毛、而四周之土仍燥、則知爾將藉手於我、拯以色列族、踐爾前言。 |
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38 詰朝其田夙興、取羊毛而絞之、揉露盈盂。 |
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39 其田求上帝曰、毋震怒、我敢復進一辭而後已、請再試之、我欲羊毛無露、而四周之土有露。 |
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40 是夜上帝如言而行、羊毛無露、而四周之土露無不徧。 |
JudgesChapter 6 |
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1 AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Midianites seven years. |
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2 And the hand of the Midianites prevailed against Israel, in that they fled from before the Midianites; and the children of Israel made for themselves dens in the mountains, and caves, and sheepfolds. |
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3 And whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the Rakimites came up and encamped against them; |
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4 And they destroyed the produce of the whole land as far as the entrance of Gaza, and left no food for Israel to raise either oxen or sheep or asses. |
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5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came like locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it. |
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6 And Israel trembled exceedingly from before the Midianites; |
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7 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites, |
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8 And the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; |
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9 And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all your oppressors, and destroyed them from before you and gave you their land; |
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10 And I said to you, I am the LORD your God; you shall not worship the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but you have not obeyed my voice. |
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11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was at Ophrah, the town of Joash the father of Azri; and his son Gideon was beating out wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. |
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12 And the angel of the LORD appeared and said to him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor. |
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13 And Gideon said to him, I beseech you, O my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then have all these misfortunes befallen us? And where are all his wonders of which our fathers have told us, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of the Midianites. |
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14 And the LORD turned to him, and said, Go with this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites; behold, I have sent you. |
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15 And he said to him, I beseech thee, O my LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's family. |
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16 And the LORD said to him, I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man. |
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17 And he said to him, If now I have found mercy in thy sight, then show me a sign that I may know that thou speakest with me. |
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18 Do not depart from here until I come to thee and bring out my meal and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until you come again. |
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19 So Gideon went in and prepared a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak and presented it. |
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20 And the angel of the LORD said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on the rock, and pour out the broth over it. And he did so. |
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21 Then the angel of the LORD .put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight. |
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22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face. |
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23 And the LORD said to him, Peace be unto you; fear not; you shall not die. |
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24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it Mariah-shalama; and to this day it still stands in Ophrah, the town of the father of Azri. |
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25 And it came to pass on that day, the LORD said to him, Take your father's bullock, and the second bullock seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal, the idol of your father, and cut down the grove that is by it; |
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26 And build an altar to the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in an orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer it upon it as a burnt offering with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down. |
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27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said to him; and because he was afraid of doing it by day, because of his father's household and the men of the town, he did it by night. |
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28 And when the men of the town arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was pulled down and the grove which was beside it was destroyed and the second bullock was offered upon another altar which had been built. |
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29 And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they had asked and enquired, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing. |
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30 Then the men of the town said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die; because he has pulled down the altar of Baal and has cut down the grove that was by it. |
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31 And Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you plead for Baal? Or will you try to save him? Whosoever pleads for him shall be put to death while it is yet morning; if he is a god, let him plead for himself, because his altar has been thrown down. |
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32 Therefore on that day he called Gideon Nedo-baal, saying, Let Baal judge him, because he has thrown down his altar. |
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33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the Rakimites were gathered together, and went over and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. |
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34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Jezreel shouted his approval. |
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35 And he sent his messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also blew trumpets and followed him; and he sent his messengers to Asher and to Zebulun and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. |
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36 And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, |
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37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; and if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said. |
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38 And it was so; and he rose early the next day and pressed the fleece and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. |
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39 And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger kindle against me, and I will speak but this once; let me prove thee again but this once with the fleece; let now only the fleece be dry, and upon all the ground let there be dew. |
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40 And God did so that night; for only the fleece was dry, and there was dew on all the ground. |
士師記第6章 |
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1 以色列族復行惡於耶和華前、耶和華以之付於米田族手、凡歷七年。 |
1 AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Midianites seven years. |
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2 旣爲米田族所敗、遂營山窟居巖洞、扼其險要。 |
2 And the hand of the Midianites prevailed against Israel, in that they fled from before the Midianites; and the children of Israel made for themselves dens in the mountains, and caves, and sheepfolds. |
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3 以色列族耕稼旣畢、米田亞馬力與東方之人、咸來攻擊、 |
3 And whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the Rakimites came up and encamped against them; |
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4 建置營壘、凡土所產、悉被斬艾、至於迦薩。以色列族食物無存、牛羊與驢亦盡。 |
4 And they destroyed the produce of the whole land as far as the entrance of Gaza, and left no food for Israel to raise either oxen or sheep or asses. |
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5 敵與駱駝、牲畜、帷幕、如蝗衆多、不可勝數、旣至、欲滅斯土。 |
5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came like locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it. |
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6 以色列族、緣米田人故、匱乏特甚、呼籲耶和華。 |
6 And Israel trembled exceedingly from before the Midianites; |
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7 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites, |
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8 耶和華遣先知者、告以色列族曰、以色列族之上帝耶和華云、我導爾出埃及、脫爾於賤役、 |
8 And the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; |
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9 援爾出埃及人與諸敵手、驅其民人、錫以土地。 |
9 And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all your oppressors, and destroyed them from before you and gave you their land; |
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10 告爾曰、我爲爾之上帝耶和華、毋畏斯土亞摩哩人之上帝、惟汝不遵我命。 |
10 And I said to you, I am the LORD your God; you shall not worship the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but you have not obeyed my voice. |
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11 耶和華之使至阿弗拉、坐亞庇以泄人約押橡下、適約押子其田撲麥於醡旁、不欲爲米田人所知。 |
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was at Ophrah, the town of Joash the father of Azri; and his son Gideon was beating out wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. |
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12 耶和華之使顯現、曰、英武哉若人、耶和華祐爾。 |
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared and said to him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor. |
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13 其田曰、我主與、如耶和華祐我、奚至所遇若此、我嘗聞我父之言、昔耶和華導我族出埃及、今其異蹟安在、斯時耶和華遺棄我儕、付我於米田人手。 |
13 And Gideon said to him, I beseech you, O my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then have all these misfortunes befallen us? And where are all his wonders of which our fathers have told us, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of the Midianites. |
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14 耶和華眷顧之曰、今遣爾往、爾必有能、將拯以色列族脫於米田人之手、爾其往哉。 |
14 And the LORD turned to him, and said, Go with this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites; behold, I have sent you. |
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15 曰、我主歟、馬拿西族中我家貧乏、我父之家我又至微、焉能拯以色列族乎。 |
15 And he said to him, I beseech thee, O my LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's family. |
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16 耶和華曰、我左右爾、爾將擊米田之衆、與擊匹夫無異。 |
16 And the LORD said to him, I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man. |
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17 曰如我蒙恩於爾前、請示以徵、則知爾誠諭我者也。 |
17 And he said to him, If now I have found mercy in thy sight, then show me a sign that I may know that thou speakest with me. |
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18 請勿去、待我復至、陳禮物於爾前。曰、我必待爾。 |
18 Do not depart from here until I come to thee and bring out my meal and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until you come again. |
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19 其田往、備山羊之羔、取麵六斗、作無酵餅、置肉於筐、盛湯於壺、至於橡下獻之。 |
19 So Gideon went in and prepared a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak and presented it. |
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20 上帝之使者曰、取肉與餅、置於磐上、以湯斟之、乃如命以行。 |
20 And the angel of the LORD said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on the rock, and pour out the broth over it. And he did so. |
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21 耶和華之使、以所執之杖、按肉與餅、火自磐出、肉與餅悉被爇、耶和華之使遂往、不復見。 |
21 Then the angel of the LORD .put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight. |
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22 其田乃知誠耶和華之使、則曰、我主耶和華歟、我與耶和華使者晤對、將若何。 |
22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face. |
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23 耶和華曰、安爾心、毋畏、爾可不死。 |
23 And the LORD said to him, Peace be unto you; fear not; you shall not die. |
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24 其田築壇、奉事耶和華、名之曰。耶和華沙林、(耶和華沙林譯卽耶和華錫我綏安。)斯壇在亞庇以泄人之阿弗拉、迄今尚存。 |
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it Mariah-shalama; and to this day it still stands in Ophrah, the town of the father of Azri. |
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25 迨夕、耶和華諭之曰、取爾父之犢、其外更備一牛、必盈七歲者、爾父所築巴力之壇、爾必摧之、并斫其旁之偶像。 |
25 And it came to pass on that day, the LORD said to him, Take your father's bullock, and the second bullock seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal, the idol of your father, and cut down the grove that is by it; |
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26 爾於磐上曾列燔柴、卽於斯處築壇、奉爾上帝耶和華、燔牛爲祭、斫偶爲柴。 |
26 And build an altar to the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in an orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer it upon it as a burnt offering with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down. |
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27 其田簡僕十人、遵耶和華命而行、但畏父家與邑衆、不敢晝作、故夤夜以行。 |
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said to him; and because he was afraid of doing it by day, because of his father's household and the men of the town, he did it by night. |
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28 邑衆夙興、見巴力之壇已傾、在旁之偶已斫、七歲之牛已獻於新築壇上。 |
28 And when the men of the town arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was pulled down and the grove which was beside it was destroyed and the second bullock was offered upon another altar which had been built. |
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29 則相問曰、行此者誰、亟爲諮詢、乃知約押子其田所作。 |
29 And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they had asked and enquired, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing. |
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30 邑衆告約押曰、巴力之壇爲爾子傾圯、在旁偶像亦被所斫、當攜出殺之。 |
30 Then the men of the town said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die; because he has pulled down the altar of Baal and has cut down the grove that was by it. |
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31 約押對曰、汝欲爲巴力訟乎、抑爲之援手乎。如人欲爲之訟、則其人必見殺於今晨。如巴力爲上帝、旣傾其壇、則巴力可以自訟。 |
31 And Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you plead for Baal? Or will you try to save him? Whosoever pleads for him shall be put to death while it is yet morning; if he is a god, let him plead for himself, because his altar has been thrown down. |
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32 於是人以耶路巴力名其田、曰、旣傾巴力壇、由巴力自訟。〇 |
32 Therefore on that day he called Gideon Nedo-baal, saying, Let Baal judge him, because he has thrown down his altar. |
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33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the Rakimites were gathered together, and went over and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. |
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34 耶和華之神感其田、使吹角集衆、亞庇以泄族從焉。 |
34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Jezreel shouted his approval. |
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35 遣使者遍告於馬拿西族、使之相從、又遣人至亞設、西布倫、納大利、咸出以迎。 |
35 And he sent his messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also blew trumpets and followed him; and he sent his messengers to Asher and to Zebulun and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. |
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36 其田求上帝曰、爾嘗有言、必假手於我、援以色列族。 |
36 And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, |
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37 今我以綿羊毛一束、置於禾塲、如露獨在羊毛、而四周之土仍燥、則知爾將藉手於我、拯以色列族、踐爾前言。 |
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; and if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said. |
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38 詰朝其田夙興、取羊毛而絞之、揉露盈盂。 |
38 And it was so; and he rose early the next day and pressed the fleece and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. |
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39 其田求上帝曰、毋震怒、我敢復進一辭而後已、請再試之、我欲羊毛無露、而四周之土有露。 |
39 And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger kindle against me, and I will speak but this once; let me prove thee again but this once with the fleece; let now only the fleece be dry, and upon all the ground let there be dew. |
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40 是夜上帝如言而行、羊毛無露、而四周之土露無不徧。 |
40 And God did so that night; for only the fleece was dry, and there was dew on all the ground. |