¹It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

¹猶大和西緬俘擄比色王約書亞死後，以色列人求問耶和華說：“誰要為我們首先去攻打迦南人，與他們作戰呢？”

²Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

²耶和華回答：“猶大要先上去，看哪，我已經把那地交在他手中。”

³Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.

³猶大對自己的兄弟西緬說：“請你與我一同上我抽籤所得的地業去，我們好與迦南人交戰；以後我也與你一同到你抽籤所得的地業去。”於是西緬與他一同去了。

⁴Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

⁴猶大上去了；耶和華就把迦南人和比利洗人交在他們手中；他們在比色擊殺了一萬人。

⁵They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

⁵他們在那裡遇見了比色王，就與他交戰，擊殺了迦南人和比利洗人。

⁶But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

⁶比色王逃跑；他們追趕他，把他捉住，砍去了他手腳的大拇指。

⁷Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, scavenged under my table: as I have done, so God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” has requited me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

⁷比色王說：“從前有七十個王，手腳的大拇指都被我砍去，在我的桌子底下拾取食物；現在　神照著我所行的，報應我了。”於是他們把他帶到耶路撒冷，後來他就死在那裡。

⁸The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

⁸猶大支派的勝利猶大人攻打耶路撒冷，把城佔領，用刀擊殺了城中的居民，又放火燒城。

⁹Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

⁹後來，猶大人下去，與住在山地、南地和高原的迦南人交戰。

¹⁰Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

¹⁰猶大人又去攻擊住在希伯崙的迦南人，殺了示篩、亞希幔和撻買；希伯崙從前名叫基列．亞巴。

¹¹From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)

¹¹俄陀聶攻取底璧（書15:13~19）他們從那裡又去攻擊底璧的居民；底璧從前名叫基列．西弗。

¹²Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.”

¹²迦勒說：“誰能攻打基列．西弗，把城攻取，我就把我的女兒押撒給他作妻子。”

¹³Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

¹³迦勒的弟弟基納斯的兒子俄陀聶攻取了那城，迦勒就把自己的女兒押撒給他作妻子。

¹⁴It happened, when she came, that she got him to ask her father for a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

¹⁴押撒出嫁的時候，她勸俄陀聶向她父親求一塊田；押撒一下驢，迦勒就對她說：“你要甚麼？”

¹⁵She said to him, “Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

¹⁵她回答：“請你給我一份禮物；你既然把我安置在南地，求你也把水泉賜給我。”迦勒就把上泉和下泉都給了她。

¹⁶The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

¹⁶猶大和便雅憫支派的戰況摩西岳父的子孫基尼人，和猶大人一同離開棕樹城，上到亞拉得以南的猶大曠野去，住在那裡的人民中。

¹⁷Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

¹⁷猶大與他的兄弟西緬同去，擊殺了住在洗法的迦南人，把那城完全毀滅。那城的名字就叫何珥瑪。

¹⁸Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.

¹⁸猶大又攻取了迦薩和迦薩的四境，亞實基倫和亞實基倫的四境，以革倫和以革倫的四境。

¹⁹Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

¹⁹耶和華與猶大同在，猶大就佔領了山地；但不能趕走平原的居民，因為他們有鐵車。

²⁰They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.

²⁰猶大照著摩西的吩咐，把希伯崙給了迦勒；迦勒就從那裡趕走亞衲子孫的三族。

²¹The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²¹便雅憫人沒有趕走住在耶路撒冷的耶布斯人，所以耶布斯人與便雅憫人一同住在耶路撒冷，直到今日。

²²The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.

²²約瑟家的勝利約瑟家也上去攻打伯特利；耶和華與他們同在。

²³The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

²³約瑟家派人去窺探伯特利。那城從前的名字叫路斯。

²⁴The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

²⁴窺探的人看見一個人從城裡出來，就對他說：“請你把進城的路指示我們，我們必恩待你。”

²⁵He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

²⁵那人把進城的路指示了他們，他們就用刀擊殺了那城的居民，卻把那人和他的全家都放走。

²⁶The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

²⁶那人到赫人之地去了，築了一座城，給它起名叫路斯；直到今日那城還叫這名。

²⁷Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

²⁷以色列人沒有趕出的居民瑪拿西沒有趕走伯．善和屬於伯．善的鄉村的居民，他納和屬於他納的鄉村的居民，多珥和屬於多珥的鄉村的居民，以伯蓮和屬於以伯蓮的鄉村的居民，米吉多和屬於米吉多的鄉村的居民；迦南人決意住在那地。

²⁸It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

²⁸到以色列強盛了，就迫使迦南人作苦工，但沒有把他們完全趕走。

²⁹Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

²⁹以法蓮也沒有把住在基色的迦南人趕走，於是迦南人還住在基色，在以法蓮中間。

³⁰Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

³⁰西布倫沒有把基倫的居民和拿哈拉的居民趕走；於是迦南人還住在西布倫中間，成了作苦工的人。

³¹Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

³¹亞設沒有把亞柯的居民和西頓的居民趕走，也沒有把亞黑拉、亞革悉、黑巴、亞弗革和利合的居民趕走。

³²but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

³²於是亞設人住在當地的居民迦南人中間，因為他們沒有把他們趕走。

³³Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.

³³拿弗他利沒有把伯．示麥的居民和伯．亞納的居民趕走；於是他們就住在當地的居民迦南人中間；伯．示麥和伯．亞納的居民成了給他們作苦工的人。

³⁴The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

³⁴亞摩利人強迫但人退回山地上，不容他們下到平原來。

³⁵but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.

³⁵亞摩利人決意住在希烈山、亞雅倫和沙賓；但約瑟家的勢力強大以後，他們就成了作苦工的人。

³⁶The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

³⁶亞摩利人的境界，是從亞克拉濱山坡，從西拉直上。