士師記 10

¹亞比米勒以後，有以薩迦人朵多的孫子、普瓦的兒子陀拉興起，拯救以色列人。他住在以法蓮山地的沙密。After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

²陀拉作以色列的士師二十三年，就死了，葬在沙密。Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.

³在他以後有基列人睚珥興起，作以色列的士師二十二年。Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

⁴他有三十個兒子，騎著三十匹驢駒。他們有三十座城邑，叫作哈倭特‧睚珥，直到如今，都是在基列地。He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

⁵睚珥死了，就葬在加們。When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

⁶以色列人又行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，去事奉諸巴力和亞斯她錄，並亞蘭的神、西頓的神、摩押的神、亞捫人的神、非利士人的神，離棄耶和華，不事奉他。And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

⁷耶和華的怒氣向以色列人發作，就把他們交在非利士人和亞捫人的手中。So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

⁸從那年起，他們擾害欺壓約旦河那邊、住亞摩利人之基列地的以色列人，共有十八年。who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

⁹亞捫人又渡過約旦河去攻打猶大和便雅憫，並以法蓮族。以色列人就甚覺窘迫。The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.

¹⁰以色列人哀求耶和華說：「我們得罪了你；因為離棄了我們　神，去事奉諸巴力。」Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

¹¹耶和華對以色列人說：「我豈沒有救過你們脫離埃及人、亞摩利人、亞捫人，和非利士人嗎？The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

¹²西頓人、亞瑪力人、馬雲人也都欺壓你們；你們哀求我，我也拯救你們脫離他們的手。Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

¹³你們竟離棄我，事奉別神！所以我不再救你們了。But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

¹⁴你們去哀求所選擇的神；你們遭遇急難的時候，讓他救你們吧！」Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

¹⁵以色列人對耶和華說：「我們犯罪了，任憑你隨意待我們吧！只求你今日拯救我們。」“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

¹⁶以色列人就除掉他們中間的外邦神，事奉耶和華。耶和華因以色列人受的苦難，就心中擔憂。So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

¹⁷當時亞捫人聚集，安營在基列。以色列人也聚集，安營在米斯巴。Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

¹⁸基列的民和眾首領彼此商議說：「誰能先去攻打亞捫人，誰必作基列一切居民的領袖。」And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”