第九章 Judges 9
1.耶路巴力的兒子亞比米勒到了示劍見他的眾母舅，對他們和他外祖全家的人說：
Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan,
2.「請你們問示劍的眾人說，是耶路巴力的眾子七十人都管理你們好呢？還是一人管理你們好呢？你們又要記念我是你們的骨肉。」
「Ask all the citizens of Shechem, 『Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?』 Remember, I am your flesh and blood.」
3.他的眾母舅便將這一切話為他說給示劍人聽，示劍人的心就歸向亞比米勒。他們說：「他原是我們的弟兄」；
When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, 「He is related to us.」
4.就從巴力．比利土的廟中取了七十舍客勒銀子給亞比米勒；亞比米勒用以雇了些匪徒跟隨他。
They gave him seventy shekels[a] of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelek used it to hire reckless scoundrels, who became his followers.
Footnotes:
a. Judges 9:4 That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams
5.他往俄弗拉到他父親的家，將他弟兄、耶路巴力的眾子七十人都殺在一塊磐石上；只剩下耶路巴力的小兒子約坦，因為他躲藏了。
He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.
6.示劍人和米羅人都一同聚集，往示劍橡樹旁的柱子那裏，立亞比米勒為王。
Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.
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