以法蓮人怨耶弗他
Jephthah and Ephraim
第十二章 Judges 12
1.以法蓮人聚集，到了北方，對耶弗他說：「你去與亞捫人爭戰，為什麼沒有招我們同去呢？我們必用火燒你和你的房屋。」
The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, 「Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head.」
2.耶弗他對他們說：「我和我的民與亞捫人大大爭戰；我招你們來，你們竟沒有來救我脫離他們的手。
Jephthah answered, 「I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands.
3.我見你們不來救我，我就拼命前去攻擊亞捫人，耶和華將他們交在我手中。你們今日為甚麼上我這裏來攻打我呢？」
When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?」
4.於是耶弗他招聚基列人，與以法蓮人爭戰。基列人擊殺以法蓮人，是因他們說：「你們基列人在以法蓮、瑪拿西中間，不過是以法蓮逃亡的人」。
Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, 「You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.」
5.基列人把守約但河的渡口，不容以法蓮人過去。以法蓮逃走的人若說：「容我過去。」，基列人就問他說：「你是以法蓮人不是？」他若說：「不是」，
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, 「Let me cross over,」 the men of Gilead asked him, 「Are you an Ephraimite?」 If he replied, 「No,」
6.就對他說：「你說『示播列』。」以法蓮人因為咬不真字音，便說：「西播列」。基列人就將他拿住，殺在約但河的渡口。那時以法蓮人被殺的有四萬二千人。
they said, 「All right, say 『Shibboleth.』」 If he said, 「Sibboleth,」 because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time. |
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