民数记 13

¹耶和华晓谕摩西说：And the LORD said to Moses,

²“你打发人去窥探我所赐给以色列人的迦南地，他们每支派中要打发一个人，都要作首领的。”“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”

³摩西就照耶和华的吩咐从巴兰的旷野打发他们去；他们都是以色列人的族长。So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

⁴他们的名字：属流便支派的有撒刻的儿子沙母亚。and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

⁵属西缅支派的有何利的儿子沙法。from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

⁶属犹大支派的有耶孚尼的儿子迦勒。from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

⁷属以萨迦支派的有约色的儿子以迦。from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

⁸属以法莲支派的有嫩的儿子何希阿。from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

⁹属便雅悯支派的有拉孚的儿子帕提。from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

¹⁰属西布伦支派的有梭底的儿子迦叠。from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

¹¹约瑟的子孙，属玛拿西支派的有稣西的儿子迦底。from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

¹²属但支派的有基玛利的儿子亚米利。from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

¹³属亚设支派的有米迦勒的儿子西帖。from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

¹⁴属拿弗他利支派的有缚西的儿子拿比。from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

¹⁵属迦得支派的有玛基的儿子臼利。and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

¹⁶这就是摩西所打发、窥探那地之人的名字。摩西就称嫩的儿子何希阿为约书亚。These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

¹⁷摩西打发他们去窥探迦南地，说：“你们从南地上山地去，When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.

¹⁸看那地如何，其中所住的民是强是弱，是多是少，See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

¹⁹所住之地是好是歹，所住之处是营盘是坚城。Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

²⁰又看那地土是肥美是瘠薄，其中有树木没有。你们要放开胆量，把那地的果子带些来。”（那时正是葡萄初熟的时候。）Is the soil fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

²¹他们上去窥探那地，从寻的旷野到利合，直到哈马口。So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

²²他们从南地上去，到了希伯仑；在那里有亚衲族人亚希幔、示筛、挞买。（原来希伯仑城被建造比埃及的锁安城早七年。）They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

²³他们到了以实各谷，从那里砍了葡萄树的一枝，上头有一挂葡萄，两个人用杠抬着，又带了些石榴和无花果来。When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

²⁴（因为以色列人从那里砍来的那挂葡萄，所以那地方叫做以实各谷。）Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

²⁵过了四十天，他们窥探那地才回来，After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,

²⁶到了巴兰旷野的加低斯，见摩西、亚伦，并以色列的全会众，回报摩西、亚伦，并全会众，又把那地的果子给他们看；and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

²⁷又告诉摩西说：“我们到了你所打发我们去的那地，果然是流奶与蜜之地；这就是那地的果子。And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

²⁸然而住那地的民强壮，城邑也坚固宽大，并且我们在那里看见了亚衲族的人。Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

²⁹亚玛力人住在南地；赫人、耶布斯人、亚摩利人住在山地；迦南人住在海边并约旦河旁。”The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

³⁰迦勒在摩西面前安抚百姓，说：“我们立刻上去得那地吧！我们足能得胜。”Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

³¹但那些和他同去的人说：“我们不能上去攻击那民，因为他们比我们强壮。”But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

³²探子中有人论到所窥探之地，向以色列人报恶信，说：“我们所窥探、经过之地是吞吃居民之地，我们在那里所看见的人民都身量高大。So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

³³我们在那里看见亚衲族人，就是伟人；他们是伟人的后裔。据我们看，自己就如蚱蜢一样；据他们看，我们也是如此。”We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”