第二章 Judges 2
1.耶和華的使者從吉甲上到波金,對以色列人說:「我使你們從埃及上來,領你們到我向你們列祖起誓應許之地。我又說:『我永不廢棄與你們所立的約。
The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, 「I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, 『I will never break my covenant with you,
2.你們也不可與這地的居民立約,要拆毀他們的祭壇。你們竟沒有聽從我的話!為何這樣行呢?』
and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.』 Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?
3.因此我又說:『我必不將他們從你們面前趕出;他們必作你們肋下的荊棘。他們的神必作你們的網羅。』」
And I have also said, 『I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.』」
4.耶和華的使者向以色列眾人說這話的時候,百姓就放聲而哭;
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,
5.於是給那地方起名叫波金【就是哭的意思】。眾人在那裡向耶和華獻祭。
and they called that place Bokim.[a] There they offered sacrifices to the LORD.
Footnotes:
a. Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.