士6:1 以色列人又行了耶和华看为恶的事；耶和华就把他们交在米甸人手里七年。
士6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.
士6:2 米甸人的势力胜过以色列人；以色列人因米甸人的缘故，就为自己在山上挖穴、挖洞，建营寨。
士6:2 And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.
士6:3 每逢以色列人撒种以后，米甸人、亚玛力人和东方人都上来，欺压他们；
士6:3 And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;
士6:4 对着他们安营，毁坏那地的出产，直到迦萨一带，他们没有留下牛、羊和驴，没有给以色列人留下一点养生之物。
士6:4 And put their army in position against them; and they took all the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, till there was no food in Israel, or any sheep or oxen or asses.
士6:5 因为他们带着牲畜和帐棚上来，像蝗虫那么多；他们来的人和骆驼无数，进入境内，毁坏全地。
士6:5 For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.
士6:6 以色列人在米甸人面前，落到极卑微的地步，他们就哀求耶和华。
士6:6 And Israel was in great need because of Midian; and the cry of the children of Israel went up to the Lord.
士6:7 以色列人因米甸人的缘故，向耶和华呼求的时候，
士6:7 And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,
士6:8 耶和华就差派一位先知到以色列人那里，对他们说：“耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘我曾经把你们从埃及领上来，领你们出了为奴之家；
士6:8 The Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, The Lord the God of Israel, has said, I took you up from Egypt, out of the prison-house;
士6:9 我曾经把你们从埃及人的手拯救出来，拯救你们脱离所有欺压你们的人的手，把他们从你们面前赶走，把他们的地赐给你们。
士6:9 And I took you out of the hands of the Egyptians and out of the hands of all who were cruel to you, and I sent them out by force from before you and gave you their land;
士6:10 我又对你们说：我是耶和华你们的 神；你们住在亚摩利人的地，不可敬畏他们的神。但你们没有听从我的话。’”
士6:10 And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you are not to give worship to the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but you did not give ear to my voice.
士6:11 耶和华的使者来到，坐在俄弗拉，一棵属于亚比以谢族人约阿施的橡树下；约阿施的儿子基甸正在压酒池里打麦子，为要躲避米甸人的抢夺。
士6:11 Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.
士6:12 耶和华的使者向基甸显现，对他说：“大能的勇士啊，耶和华与你同在。”
士6:12 And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.
士6:13 基甸回答他，说：“唉，我的主，如果耶和华与我们同在，我们怎会遭遇这一切事呢？我们的列祖向我们讲述的，耶和华的一切奇事在哪里呢？他们曾说：‘耶和华不是把我们从埃及领上来吗？’现在他却抛弃了我们，把我们交在米甸人手中！”
士6:13 Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.
士6:14 耶和华转向基甸，对他说：“你靠着你这能力，去拯救以色列人脱离米甸人的手吧；我不是差派了你吗？”
士6:14 And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you?
士6:15 基甸对他说：“唉，我主啊，我凭着什么拯救以色列人呢？看哪，我的家族在玛拿西支派中是最卑微的，我在我的父家是最年轻的。”
士6:15 And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
士6:16 耶和华对他说：“因为我必与你同在，你就必击打米甸人，像击打一人一样。”
士6:16 Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.
士6:17 基甸又对他说：“如果我在你眼前蒙恩，求你给我一个凭据，证实是你与我说话。
士6:17 So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.
士6:18 求你不要离开这里，等我回来，把我的礼物带来，摆在你面前。”他回答：“我必等你回来。”
士6:18 Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.
士6:19 基甸去预备了一只山羊羔，和十公斤面粉做的无酵饼，把肉放在篮子里，把汤盛在锅中，带到橡树之下，献上给他。
士6:19 Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.
士6:20 神的使者对基甸说：“把肉和无酵饼拿出来，摆在这块盘石上，把汤倒出来。”他就这样行了。
士6:20 And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.
士6:21 耶和华的使者伸出手中的杖，杖头一触着肉和无酵饼，就有火从盘石中上来，把肉和无酵饼都烧尽了；耶和华的使者就从基甸的眼前消失了。
士6:21 Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.
士6:22 基甸看出他是耶和华的使者，就说：“哀哉，我主耶和华啊，因为我面对面看见了耶和华的使者。”
士6:22 Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
士6:23 耶和华对他说：“你放心好了，不要怕，你必不会死。”
士6:23 But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.
士6:24 基甸就在那里给耶和华筑了一座祭坛，称为耶和华沙龙；直到今日，这坛还在亚比以谢族的俄弗拉。
士6:24 Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
士6:25 当夜，耶和华对基甸说：“取你父亲的牛和另一头七岁大的牛来，拆毁你父亲的巴力祭坛，砍下坛旁的亚舍拉。
士6:25 The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,
士6:26 在这坚固的地方上面，你要整整齐齐为耶和华你的 神筑一座祭坛，拿第二头牛作燔祭，用你砍下来的亚舍拉作柴。”
士6:26 Make an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered way and take the ox and make a burned offering with the wood of the holy tree which has been cut down.
士6:27 基甸就从他的仆人中选出了十个人，照着耶和华告诉他的行了；但因为害怕他的父家和城里的人，就不敢在日间行事，只好在晚上作了。
士6:27 Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.
士6:28 城里的人清早起来，见巴力的祭坛已被拆毁，坛旁的亚舍拉也被砍下来，并且看见那第二头牛献在新筑的祭坛上的时候，
士6:28 And the men of the town got up early in the morning, and they saw the altar of Baal broken down, and the holy tree which was by it cut down, and the ox offered on the altar which had been put up there.
士6:29 就彼此说：“谁作了这事呢？”他们追查寻访之后，就说：“是约阿施的儿子基甸作的。”
士6:29 And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.
士6:30 城里的人对约阿施说：“把你的儿子领出来，把他处死，因为他拆毁了巴力的祭坛，砍下了坛旁的亚舍拉。”
士6:30 Then the men of the town said to Joash, Make your son come out to be put to death, for pulling down the altar of Baal and cutting down the holy tree which was by it.
士6:31 约阿施对所有站着攻击他的人说：“你们要为巴力辩护吗？或是你们要救他呢？谁为他辩护，到早晨就必死亡。巴力若是神，有人拆毁了他的祭坛，就让他为自己辩护吧。”
士6:31 But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of the pulling down of his altar.
士6:32 因此，当日基甸被称为耶路．巴力，意思说：他拆毁了巴力的祭坛，让巴力与他争辩吧。
士6:32 So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.
士6:33 那时，米甸人、亚玛力人和东方人，都聚集起来，过了河，在耶斯列平原安营。
士6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.
士6:34 耶和华的灵降在基甸身上，他就吹角；亚比以谢族都应召来跟从他。
士6:34 But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.
士6:35 他派使者到玛拿西全地去，玛拿西人也都应召来跟从他；他又派使者到亚设、西布伦、拿弗他利去，他们也都上来与他们会合。
士6:35 And he sent through all Manasseh, and they came after him; and he sent to Asher and Zebulun and Naphtali, and they came up and were joined to the others.
士6:36 基甸对 神说：“如果你按着你所说的，要借着我的手拯救以色列人；
士6:36 Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,
士6:37 看哪，我要把一团新剪的羊毛放在禾场上；露水若是单单落在羊毛上，而全地都是干的，我就知道你要照着你所说的，借着我的手拯救以色列了。”
士6:37 See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.
士6:38 第二天，基甸清早起来，情形果然是这样；他把羊毛一挤，就从羊毛中挤出一满盆的露水来。
士6:38 And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool.
士6:39 基甸又对 神说：“求你不要向我发怒，我要再说这一次；求你让我把羊毛再试一试，但愿单单羊毛是干的，而全地都有露水。”
士6:39 Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.
士6:40 那一夜， 神也这样行了；单单羊毛是干的，全地都有露水。
士6:40 And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.