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1以色列人在米斯巴曾起誓说：“我们都不将女儿给便雅悯人为妻。”Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
2以色列人来到伯特利，坐在 神面前直到晚上，放声痛哭，So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
3说：“耶和华—以色列的 神啊，为何以色列中有这样缺了一支派的事呢？”“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
4次日清早，百姓起来，在那里筑了一座坛，献燔祭和平安祭。The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5以色列人彼此问说：“以色列各支派中，谁没有同会众上到耶和华面前来呢？”先是以色列人起过大誓说，凡不上米斯巴到耶和华面前来的，必将他治死。The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
6以色列人为他们的弟兄便雅悯后悔，说：“如今以色列中绝了一个支派了。And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
7我们既在耶和华面前起誓说，必不将我们的女儿给便雅悯人为妻，现在我们当怎样办理、使他们剩下的人有妻呢？”What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
8又彼此问说：“以色列支派中谁没有上米斯巴到耶和华面前来呢？”他们就查出没有一人进营到会众那里；So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
9因为百姓被数的时候，没有一个基列·雅比人在那里。For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
10会众就打发一万二千大勇士，吩咐他们说：“你们去用刀将基列·雅比人连妇女带孩子都击杀了。So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
11所当行的就是这样：要将一切男子和已嫁的女子尽行杀戮。”This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
12他们在基列·雅比人中，遇见了四百个未嫁的处女，就带到迦南地的示罗营里。So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
13全会众打发人到临门磐的便雅悯人那里，向他们说和睦的话。Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
14当时便雅悯人回来了，以色列人就把所存活基列·雅比的女子给他们为妻，还是不够。And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
15百姓为便雅悯人后悔，因为耶和华使以色列人缺了一个支派（原文是使以色列中有了破口）。The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
16会中的长老说：“便雅悯中的女子既然除灭了，我们当怎样办理、使那余剩的人有妻呢？”Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
17又说：“便雅悯逃脱的人当有地业，免得以色列中了一个支派。They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
18只是我们不能将自己的女儿给他们为妻；因为以色列人曾起誓说，有将女儿给便雅悯人为妻的，必受咒诅。”But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
19他们又说：“在利波拿以南，伯特利以北，在示剑大路以东的示罗，年年有”；“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20就吩咐便雅悯人说：“你们去，在葡萄园中埋伏。So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
21若看见示罗的女子出来跳舞，就从葡萄园出来，在示罗的女子中各抢一个为妻，回便雅悯地去。and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22他们的父亲或是弟兄若来与我们争竞，我们就说：‘求你们看我们的，施恩给这些人，因我们在争战的时候没有给他们留下女子为妻。这也不是你们将女子给他们的；若是你们给的，就算有罪。’”When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
23于是便雅悯人照样而行，按着他们的数目从跳舞的女子中抢去为妻，就回自己的地业去，又重修城邑居住。The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
24当时以色列人离开那里，各归本支派、本宗族、本地业去了。And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
25那时，以色列中没有王，各人任意而行。In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.