第三章 Judges 3
1.耶和華留下這幾族,為要試驗那不曾知道與迦南爭戰之事的以色列人,
These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
2.好叫以色列的後代又知道又學習未曾曉得的戰事。
(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
3.所留下的就是非利士的五個首領和一切迦南人、西頓人,並住利巴嫩山的希未人,從巴力.黑們山直到哈馬口。
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
4.留下這幾族,為要試驗以色列人,知道他們肯聽從耶和華藉摩西吩咐他們列祖的誡命不肯。
They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
5.以色列人竟住在迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人中間,
The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
6.娶他們的女兒為妻,將自己的女兒嫁給他們的兒子,並事奉他們的神。
They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.