Numbers

Chapter 21

1 WHEN the Canaanite, the king of Gadar who dwelled in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.

2 And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD and said, If thou wilt surely deliver this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their cities.

3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites into their hands; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and they called the name of that place Hirmah.

4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people were much distressed because of the way.

5 And the people murmured against God and against Moses, saying, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For neither is there bread, nor water; and our soul is wearied with this inferior bread (manna).

6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents against the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses and said to him, We have sinned, for we have murmured against the LORD and against you; pray before the LORD, that he take the serpents away from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

8 And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent of brass, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass that every one who is bitten by a serpent, when he looks upon it, shall live.

9 So Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

10 And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Aboth.

11 And they journeyed from Aboth, and encamped at the Een di Ebraye (the spring of the Hebrews), in the wilderness which is before Moab, to the east toward the sunrise.

12 From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.

13 From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, A flame of fire is in the whirlwind and in the river of Arnon,

15 And he made straight the slope of the valleys which extended to the site of Ad, which lies over the border of Moab.

16 And there is the Bera; that is, the well of which the LORD said to Moses, Gather the people together and I will give them water.

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:

18 The well which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people uncovered and searched out with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah;

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, which is in the country of Moab, to the top of the hill which looks toward Ashimon (the desert).

21 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

22 Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards; we will not drink water from the wells; but we will go along by the king's highway until we have passed through your borders.

23 And Sihon would not let Israel pass through his borders; but Sihon gathered all his army together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, and as far as the border of the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified.

25 And Israel took all those cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof.

26 For Heshbon was the capital city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand as far as Arnon.

27 Wherefore they say in the proverbs. Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

28 For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ad of Moab, and the worshippers of the high places of Arnon.

29 Woe to you, O Arnon! Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh; he has given his sons hostages, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 The fields of Heshbon have perished as far as Ribon, and have been laid waste as far as Lanhakh, which is in the wilderness.

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they captured its villages, and destroyed the Amorites that were there.

33 And they turned and went up to the land of Mathnin; and Og the king of Mathnin went out against them, he and all his people, to the battle at Ardai.

34 And the LORD said to Moses, Fear him not; for I will deliver him into your hands, and all his people and his country; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon.

35 So they smote him and his sons and all his people until there was not a survivor left to him; and they possessed his land.

民數記

第21章

1 住南地的迦南人亞拉得王,聽說以色列[Israel]探子之路[way of the spies]來;[he]就和以色列[Israel]爭戰,帶走他們幾個人作囚[and took some of them prisoners]

2 以色列[Israel]向耶和華發願說:「你若將這民交付我手,我就把他們的城邑盡行毀滅。」

3 耶和華聽允了以色列的禱告[hearkened to the voice of Israel],把迦南人交付他們;他們就把迦南人和迦南人的城邑盡行毀滅。他給那地方起名叫[he called the name of the place]何珥瑪。

4 他們從何珥山起行,往紅海那條路走,要繞過以東地。百姓因這路難行,心中甚是煩躁,

5妄論[spake against]神和摩西說:「你們為甚麼把我們從埃及領出來、使我們死在曠野呢?這裏沒有糧,沒有水,我們的心厭惡這淡薄的食物。」

6 於是耶和華使火蛇進入百姓中間,蛇就咬他們。以色列人中死了許多。

7 百姓到摩西那裏,說:「我們妄論[spoken against]耶和華和你,有罪了。求你禱告耶和華,叫這些蛇離開我們。」於是摩西為百姓禱告。

8 耶和華對摩西說:「你製造一條火蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被咬的,一望這蛇,就必得活。」

9 摩西便製造一條銅蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被蛇咬的,一望這銅蛇就活了。

10 以色列人起行,安營在阿伯。

11 又從阿伯起行,安營在以耶.亞巴琳,與摩押相對的曠野,向日出之地。

12 從那裏起行,安營在撒烈谷。

13 從那裏起行,安營在亞嫩河那邊。這亞嫩河是在曠野,從亞摩利的境界流出來的;原來亞嫩河是摩押的邊界,在摩押和亞摩利人搭界的地方。

14 所以耶和華的戰記上說:「他所行的事在紅海、亞嫩河[What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon]

15 並向亞珥城眾溪的溪水[stream of the brooks],是靠近摩押的境界。」

16 以色列人從那裏到了[from thence they went to]比珥;從前耶和華曉諭[spake unto]摩西說:「招聚百姓,我好給他們水喝」,說的就是這井。

17 當時,以色列[Israel]唱歌說:井啊,湧上水來;你們要向這井歌唱。

18 這井是首領和民中的貴族[nobles]按著設立律法者所指示的[by the direction of the lawgiver]、用杖所挖所掘的。以色列人從曠野往瑪他拿去,

19 從瑪他拿到拿哈列,從拿哈列到巴末,

20 從巴末到了摩押地的谷,又到那望向耶示門[looketh toward Jeshimon]之毗斯迦的山頂。

21 以色列[Israel]差遣使者去見亞摩利人的王西宏,說:

22 「求你容我們從你的地經過。我們不走田間和葡萄園,也不喝井裏的水,只走王的大道[king's high way],不偏左右,直到過了你的境界。」

23 西宏不容以色列[Israel]從他的境界經過;西宏乃[but Sihon]招聚他的眾民出到曠野;要攻擊以色列[Israel]他便[he]到了雅雜,與以色列[Israel]爭戰。

24 以色列[Israel]用刀[edge]殺了他,得了他的地,從亞嫩河到雅博河,直到亞捫人的境界;因為亞捫人的境界多有堅壘。

25 以色列[Israel]奪取這一切的城邑;以色列[Israel]也住亞摩利人的城邑,就是希實本與希實本的一切鄉村。

26 這希實本是亞摩利王西宏的京城;西宏曾與摩押的先王爭戰,從他手中奪取了全地,直到亞嫩河。

27 所以那些論俗語[speak in proverbs]的說:你們來到希實本;願西宏的城被修造,被建立。

28 因為有火從希實本發出,有火焰出於西宏的城。這火[it]燒盡摩押的亞珥和亞嫩河眾高邱的主[lords of the high places]

29 摩押啊,你有禍了。基抹的民哪,你們滅亡了。基抹的男子逃奔,女子被擄,交付亞摩利的王西宏。

30 我們射了他們;希實本直到底本盡皆毀滅。我們使地變成荒場,直到挪法;這挪法直延到米底巴。

31 這樣,以色列[Israel]就住在亞摩利人之地。

32 摩西打發人去窺探雅謝,以色列人就佔了雅謝的鎮市,趕出那裏的亞摩利人。

33 以色列人轉回,向巴珊去。巴珊王噩和他的眾民都出來,在以得來與他們交戰。

34 耶和華對摩西說:「不要怕他。因我已將他和他的眾民,並他的地,都交在你手中;你要待他像從前待住希實本的亞摩利王西宏一般。」

35 於是他們殺了他和他的眾子,並他的眾民,沒有留下一個,就得了他的地。

Numbers

Chapter 21

民數記

第21章

1 WHEN the Canaanite, the king of Gadar who dwelled in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.

1 住南地的迦南人亞拉得王,聽說以色列[Israel]探子之路[way of the spies]來;[he]就和以色列[Israel]爭戰,帶走他們幾個人作囚[and took some of them prisoners]

2 And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD and said, If thou wilt surely deliver this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their cities.

2 以色列[Israel]向耶和華發願說:「你若將這民交付我手,我就把他們的城邑盡行毀滅。」

3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites into their hands; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and they called the name of that place Hirmah.

3 耶和華聽允了以色列的禱告[hearkened to the voice of Israel],把迦南人交付他們;他們就把迦南人和迦南人的城邑盡行毀滅。他給那地方起名叫[he called the name of the place]何珥瑪。

4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people were much distressed because of the way.

4 他們從何珥山起行,往紅海那條路走,要繞過以東地。百姓因這路難行,心中甚是煩躁,

5 And the people murmured against God and against Moses, saying, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For neither is there bread, nor water; and our soul is wearied with this inferior bread (manna).

5妄論[spake against]神和摩西說:「你們為甚麼把我們從埃及領出來、使我們死在曠野呢?這裏沒有糧,沒有水,我們的心厭惡這淡薄的食物。」

6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents against the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

6 於是耶和華使火蛇進入百姓中間,蛇就咬他們。以色列人中死了許多。

7 Therefore the people came to Moses and said to him, We have sinned, for we have murmured against the LORD and against you; pray before the LORD, that he take the serpents away from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

7 百姓到摩西那裏,說:「我們妄論[spoken against]耶和華和你,有罪了。求你禱告耶和華,叫這些蛇離開我們。」於是摩西為百姓禱告。

8 And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent of brass, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass that every one who is bitten by a serpent, when he looks upon it, shall live.

8 耶和華對摩西說:「你製造一條火蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被咬的,一望這蛇,就必得活。」

9 So Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

9 摩西便製造一條銅蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被蛇咬的,一望這銅蛇就活了。

10 And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Aboth.

10 以色列人起行,安營在阿伯。

11 And they journeyed from Aboth, and encamped at the Een di Ebraye (the spring of the Hebrews), in the wilderness which is before Moab, to the east toward the sunrise.

11 又從阿伯起行,安營在以耶.亞巴琳,與摩押相對的曠野,向日出之地。

12 From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.

12 從那裏起行,安營在撒烈谷。

13 From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

13 從那裏起行,安營在亞嫩河那邊。這亞嫩河是在曠野,從亞摩利的境界流出來的;原來亞嫩河是摩押的邊界,在摩押和亞摩利人搭界的地方。

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, A flame of fire is in the whirlwind and in the river of Arnon,

14 所以耶和華的戰記上說:「他所行的事在紅海、亞嫩河[What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon]

15 And he made straight the slope of the valleys which extended to the site of Ad, which lies over the border of Moab.

15 並向亞珥城眾溪的溪水[stream of the brooks],是靠近摩押的境界。」

16 And there is the Bera; that is, the well of which the LORD said to Moses, Gather the people together and I will give them water.

16 以色列人從那裏到了[from thence they went to]比珥;從前耶和華曉諭[spake unto]摩西說:「招聚百姓,我好給他們水喝」,說的就是這井。

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:

17 當時,以色列[Israel]唱歌說:井啊,湧上水來;你們要向這井歌唱。

18 The well which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people uncovered and searched out with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah;

18 這井是首領和民中的貴族[nobles]按著設立律法者所指示的[by the direction of the lawgiver]、用杖所挖所掘的。以色列人從曠野往瑪他拿去,

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

19 從瑪他拿到拿哈列,從拿哈列到巴末,

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, which is in the country of Moab, to the top of the hill which looks toward Ashimon (the desert).

20 從巴末到了摩押地的谷,又到那望向耶示門[looketh toward Jeshimon]之毗斯迦的山頂。

21 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

21 以色列[Israel]差遣使者去見亞摩利人的王西宏,說:

22 Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards; we will not drink water from the wells; but we will go along by the king's highway until we have passed through your borders.

22 「求你容我們從你的地經過。我們不走田間和葡萄園,也不喝井裏的水,只走王的大道[king's high way],不偏左右,直到過了你的境界。」

23 And Sihon would not let Israel pass through his borders; but Sihon gathered all his army together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

23 西宏不容以色列[Israel]從他的境界經過;西宏乃[but Sihon]招聚他的眾民出到曠野;要攻擊以色列[Israel]他便[he]到了雅雜,與以色列[Israel]爭戰。

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, and as far as the border of the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified.

24 以色列[Israel]用刀[edge]殺了他,得了他的地,從亞嫩河到雅博河,直到亞捫人的境界;因為亞捫人的境界多有堅壘。

25 And Israel took all those cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof.

25 以色列[Israel]奪取這一切的城邑;以色列[Israel]也住亞摩利人的城邑,就是希實本與希實本的一切鄉村。

26 For Heshbon was the capital city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand as far as Arnon.

26 這希實本是亞摩利王西宏的京城;西宏曾與摩押的先王爭戰,從他手中奪取了全地,直到亞嫩河。

27 Wherefore they say in the proverbs. Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

27 所以那些論俗語[speak in proverbs]的說:你們來到希實本;願西宏的城被修造,被建立。

28 For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ad of Moab, and the worshippers of the high places of Arnon.

28 因為有火從希實本發出,有火焰出於西宏的城。這火[it]燒盡摩押的亞珥和亞嫩河眾高邱的主[lords of the high places]

29 Woe to you, O Arnon! Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh; he has given his sons hostages, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

29 摩押啊,你有禍了。基抹的民哪,你們滅亡了。基抹的男子逃奔,女子被擄,交付亞摩利的王西宏。

30 The fields of Heshbon have perished as far as Ribon, and have been laid waste as far as Lanhakh, which is in the wilderness.

30 我們射了他們;希實本直到底本盡皆毀滅。我們使地變成荒場,直到挪法;這挪法直延到米底巴。

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

31 這樣,以色列[Israel]就住在亞摩利人之地。

32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they captured its villages, and destroyed the Amorites that were there.

32 摩西打發人去窺探雅謝,以色列人就佔了雅謝的鎮市,趕出那裏的亞摩利人。

33 And they turned and went up to the land of Mathnin; and Og the king of Mathnin went out against them, he and all his people, to the battle at Ardai.

33 以色列人轉回,向巴珊去。巴珊王噩和他的眾民都出來,在以得來與他們交戰。

34 And the LORD said to Moses, Fear him not; for I will deliver him into your hands, and all his people and his country; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon.

34 耶和華對摩西說:「不要怕他。因我已將他和他的眾民,並他的地,都交在你手中;你要待他像從前待住希實本的亞摩利王西宏一般。」

35 So they smote him and his sons and all his people until there was not a survivor left to him; and they possessed his land.

35 於是他們殺了他和他的眾子,並他的眾民,沒有留下一個,就得了他的地。