雅億殺西西拉
17.只有西西拉步行逃跑,到了基尼人希百之妻雅億的帳棚,因為夏瑣王耶賓與基尼人希百家和好。
Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18.雅億出來迎接西西拉,對他說:「請我主進來,不要懼怕」;西西拉就進了她的帳棚。雅億用被將他遮蓋。
Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, 「Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.」 So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19.西西拉對雅億說:「我渴了,求你給我一點水喝。」雅億就打開皮袋,給他奶子喝,仍舊把他遮蓋。
「I’m thirsty,」 he said. 「Please give me some water.」 She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20.西西拉又對雅億說:「請你站在帳棚門口,若有人來問你說:『有人在這裏沒有?』你就說:『沒有。』」
「Stand in the doorway of the tent,」 he told her. 「If someone comes by and asks you, 『Is anyone in there?』 say 『No.』」
21.西西拉疲乏沉睡。希百的妻雅億取了帳棚的橛子,手裏拿著錘子,輕悄悄地到他旁邊,將橛子從他鬢邊釘進去,釘入地裏。西西拉就死了。
But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.
22.巴拉追趕西西拉的時候,雅億出來迎接他說:「來吧,我將你所尋找的人給你看。」他就進入帳棚,看見西西拉已經死了,倒在地上,橛子還在他鬢中。
Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. 「Come,」 she said, 「I will show you the man you’re looking for.」 So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.
23.這樣,神 使迦南王耶賓被以色列人制伏了。
On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
24.從此以色列人的手越發有力,勝了迦南王耶賓,直到將他滅絕了。
And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him. |