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| 3:1 | 耶和华留下这几族，为要试验那不曾知道与迦南争战之事的以色列人， Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; | ||
| 3:2 | 好叫以色列的后代又知道又学习未曾晓得的战事。 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; | ||
| 3:3 | 所留下的就是非利士的五个首领和一切迦南人，西顿人，并住黎巴嫩山的希未人，从巴力黑们山直到哈马口。 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. | ||
| 3:4 | 留下这几族，为要试验以色列人，知道他们肯听从耶和华藉摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命不肯。 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. | ||
| 3:5 | 以色列人竟住在迦南人，赫人，亚摩利人，比利洗人，希未人，耶布斯人中间， And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: | ||
| 3:6 | 娶他们的女儿为妻，将自己的女儿嫁给他们的儿子，并事奉他们的神。 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. | ||
| 3:7 | 以色列人行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，忘记耶和华他们的神，去事奉诸巴力和亚舍拉， And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. | ||
| 3:8 | 所以耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作，就把他们交在美索不达米亚王古珊利萨田的手中。以色列人服事古珊利萨田八年。 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. | ||
| 3:9 | 以色列人呼求耶和华的时候，耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者救他们，就是迦勒兄弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂。 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. | ||
| 3:10 | 耶和华的灵降在他身上，他就作了以色列的士师，出去争战。耶和华将美索不达米亚王古珊利萨田交在他手中，他便胜了古珊利萨田。 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. | ||
| 3:11 | 于是国中太平四十年。基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂死了。 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. | ||
| 3:12 | 以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛，攻击以色列人。 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. | ||
| 3:13 | 伊矶伦招聚亚扪人和亚玛力人，去攻打以色列人，占据棕树城。 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. | ||
| 3:14 | 于是以色列人服事摩押王伊矶伦十八年。 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. | ||
| 3:15 | 以色列人呼求耶和华的时候，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。他是左手便利的。以色列人托他送礼物给摩押王伊矶伦。 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. | ||
| 3:16 | 以笏打了一把两刃的剑，长一肘，带在右腿上衣服里面。 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. | ||
| 3:17 | 他将礼物献给摩押王伊矶伦，原来伊矶伦极其肥胖。 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. | ||
| 3:18 | 以笏献完礼物，便将抬礼物的人打发走了， And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. | ||
| 3:19 | 自己却从靠近吉甲凿石之地回来，说，王阿，我有一件机密事奏告你。王说，回避吧。于是左右侍立的人都退去了。 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. | ||
| 3:20 | 以笏来到王面前。王独自一人坐在凉楼上。以笏说，我奉神的命报告你一件事。王就从座位上站起来。 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. | ||
| 3:21 | 以笏便伸左手，从右腿上拔出剑来，刺入王的肚腹， And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: | ||
| 3:22 | 连剑把都刺进去了。剑被肥肉夹住，他没有从王的肚腹拔出来，且穿通了后身。 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. | ||
| 3:23 | 以笏就出到游廊，将楼门尽都关锁。 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. | ||
| 3:24 | 以笏出来之后，王的仆人到了，看见楼门关锁，就说，他必是在楼上大解。 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. | ||
| 3:25 | 他们等烦了，见仍不开楼门，就拿钥匙开了，不料，他们的主人已死，倒在地上。 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. | ||
| 3:26 | 他们耽延的时候，以笏就逃跑了，经过凿石之地，逃到西伊拉。 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. | ||
| 3:27 | 到了，就在以法莲山地吹角。以色列人随着他下了山地，他在前头引路， And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. | ||
| 3:28 | 对他们说，你们随我来，因为耶和华已经把你们的仇敌摩押人交在你们手中。于是他们跟着他下去，把守约旦河的渡口，不容摩押一人过去。 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. | ||
| 3:29 | 那时击杀了摩押人约有一万，都是强壮的勇士，没有一人逃脱。 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. | ||
| 3:30 | 这样，摩押就被以色列人制伏了。国中太平八十年。 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. | ||
| 3:31 | 以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦，他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也救了以色列人。 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. | ||