¹耶和华留下的民族

¹And these [are] the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;

²好使以色列人的后代，那些以前没有经验过这些战争的人，知道学习争战。

²(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel`s knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —

³他留下的就是非利士人的五个首领，和所有迦南人、西顿人，以及住在黎巴嫩山上的希未人，从巴力．黑门山直到哈马口。

³five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;

⁴他们留在那里，为要借着他们试验以色列人，要知道他们是否听从耶和华借摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命。

⁴and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

⁵以色列人就住在迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人中间；

⁵And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

⁶他们娶他们的女儿作妻子，也把自己的女儿嫁给他们的儿子，并且事奉他们的神。

⁶and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

⁷俄陀聂以色列人行了耶和华看为恶的事，忘记了耶和华他们的　神，去事奉众巴力和亚舍拉。

⁷and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

⁸因此，耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作，把他们完全交在两河之间的亚兰王古珊．利萨田的手中；以色列人服事了古珊．利萨田八年。

⁸And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;

⁹以色列人向耶和华哀求的时候，耶和华就为以色列人兴起一位拯救者拯救他们，就是迦勒的弟弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂。

⁹and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them — Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb`s younger brother;

¹⁰耶和华的灵临到他身上，他就治理以色列人；他出去作战，耶和华把亚兰王古珊．利萨田交在他手中，他的能力就胜过了古珊．利萨田。

¹⁰and the Spirit of Jehovah is upon him, and he judgeth Israel, and goeth out to battle, and Jehovah giveth unto his hand Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram, and strong is his hand against Chushan-Rishathaim;

¹¹于是国中太平了四十年。后来基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂死了。

¹¹and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,

¹²以笏以色列人又行了耶和华看为恶的事，耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛起来，欺压以色列人，因为他们行了耶和华看为恶的事。

¹²and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

¹³伊矶伦集合了亚扪人和亚玛力人，前来击败了以色列人，占领了棕树城。

¹³and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

¹⁴于是以色列人服事了摩押王伊矶伦十八年。

¹⁴and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁵以色列人向耶和华哀求的时候，耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者，就是便雅悯人基拉的儿子以笏，是一个用左手的人。以色列人派他把贡物送给摩押王伊矶伦。

¹⁵And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man — shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

¹⁶以笏做了一把两刃的剑，长半公尺，缚在右腿上，在衣服底下。

¹⁶and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;

¹⁷他把贡物呈献给摩押王伊矶伦；伊矶伦原是个非常肥胖的人。

¹⁷and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.

¹⁸以笏献完了贡物，就把抬贡物的众人打发走了。

¹⁸And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,

¹⁹自己却从靠近吉甲的众雕像那里回来，说：“王啊，我有一件机密的事要对你说。”王说：“暂不要说。”侍立左右的人都离开他出去了。

¹⁹and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;` and he saith, `Hush!` and go out from him do all those standing by him.

²⁰以笏来到王那里；王独自一人坐在凉楼上。以笏说：“我有　神的话要告诉你。”王就从座位上站起来。

²⁰And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, `A word of God I have unto thee;` and he riseth from off the throne;

²¹以笏就伸出左手，从右腿上拔出剑来，刺入王的腹中；

²¹and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

²²连剑柄与剑身都刺进去了，肥肉把剑身夹住，因此他没有把剑从王的肚腹里拔出来；接着他就从窗户爬了出去。

²²and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.

²³以笏出到走廊，把凉楼上的门关起来，上了锁。

²³And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it];

²⁴以笏出来以后，王的仆人才来到；他们看见凉楼上的门锁着，就说：“王一定是在凉楼上大解。”

²⁴and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, `He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.`

²⁵他们等到发慌了，见他还不打开凉楼的门，就拿钥匙来开；不料，看见他们的主人早已倒在地上死了。

²⁵And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth — dead.

²⁶他们耽延的时候，以笏已经逃跑了；他经过众雕像那里，逃到西伊拉去。

²⁶And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.

²⁷他去到以后，就在以法莲山地吹角；以色列人与他一同从山地上下来，他走在他们前头，

²⁷And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them;

²⁸对他们说：“你们跟随我，因为耶和华已经把你们的仇敌摩押人交在你们手中。”他们就跟随他下去，攻取约旦河的渡口，拦截摩押人，不让一个过去。

²⁸and he saith unto them, `Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;` and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.

²⁹那时他们击杀了约有一万摩押人，都是强壮的、勇猛的人，没有一人逃脱。

²⁹And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,

³⁰这样，从那天起，摩押就在以色列人的手下被制伏了，于是国中太平了八十年。

³⁰and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land resteth eighty years.

³¹珊迦以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦；他用赶牛棒击杀了六百非利士人；他也拯救了以色列人。

³¹And after him hath been Shamgar son of Anath, and he smiteth the Philistines — six hundred men — with an ox-goad, and he saveth — he also — Israel.