中英对照

1. 1.亚希奥被交给以色列人 当外面议会中那些人的喧嚣平息下来时，亚述军队的统帅何乐弗尼对亚希奥和所有在外国军队面前聚集的摩押人说：Achior Handed over to the Israelites When the disturbance made by the men outside the council died down, Holofer′nes, the commander of the Assyrian army, said to Ach′ior and all the Mo′abites in the presence of all the foreign contingents:💡
2. 2.“你们是谁，亚希多和以弗拉因的雇佣兵，竟敢在我们中间说预言，像今天这样对我们说，不要对以色列人作战，因为他们的神必保护他们？除了尼布甲尼撒以外，谁是神呢？“And who are you, Ach′ior, and you hirelings of E′phraim, to prophesy among us as you have done today and tell us not to make war against the people of Israel because their God will defend them? Who is God except Nebuchadnez′zar?💡
3. 3.他必派遣他的军队，并要将他们从地上剪除，他们的神也不能救他们——我们王的臣仆必将他们如同一人一样击败，他们不能抵挡我们的马兵。He will send his forces and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God will not deliver them—we the king’s servants will destroy them as one man. They cannot resist the might of our cavalry.💡
4. 4.我们将烧毁他们，他们的山脉将因他们的血而醉，他们的田地将充满他们的尸体，他们无法抵挡我们，反而会完全灭亡。这是尼布甲尼撒王，整个大地的主说的。他已经说过了，他的任何话都不徒劳。We will burn them up, and their mountains will be drunk with their blood, and their fields will be full of their dead. They cannot withstand us, but will utterly perish. So says King Nebuchadnez′zar, the lord of the whole earth. For he has spoken; none of his words shall be in vain.💡
5. 5.“然而你，亚希多，亚扪人的佣人，你在你罪恶的日子说出这些话，从今天开始，你将不再见我的面，直到我向从埃及出来的这族人报仇。“But you, Ach′ior, you Am′monite hireling, who have said these words on the day of your iniquity, you shall not see my face again from this day until I take revenge on this race that came out of Egypt.💡
6. 6.到那时，我的军队的刀和我的仆人的枪必刺透你的肋旁，你也必倒在他们的伤者中，当我转回的时候。Then the sword of my army and the spear of my servants shall pierce your sides, and you shall fall among their wounded, when I return.💡
7. 7.现在我的奴仆要把你送回山地，并把你安置在山口旁的城邑之一，Now my slaves are going to take you back into the hill country and put you in one of the cities beside the passes,💡
8. 8.你也不会死，直到你和他们一起灭亡。and you will not die until you perish along with them.💡
9. 9.如果你们心里真心希望他们不会被带走，不要垂头丧气！我已经说过了，我的话不会有一句不实现的。If you really hope in your heart that they will not be taken, do not look downcast! I have spoken and none of my words shall fail.”💡
10. 10.于是荷罗孚尼下令他的奴仆，他们在他的帐篷里侍奉他，抓住亚希多并将他带到伯图利亚，将他交给以色列人。Then Holofer′nes ordered his slaves, who waited on him in his tent, to seize Ach′ior and take him to Bethu′lia and hand him over to the men of Israel.💡
11. 11.于是仆人带他出营，到了平原，又从平原上到山地，来到伯特利雅下面的泉源那里。So the slaves took him and led him out of the camp into the plain, and from the plain they went up into the hill country and came to the springs below Bethu′lia.💡
12. 12.当城里的人看见他们时，他们拿起武器从城里跑到山顶，所有的投石手都用石头将他们击退，不让他们靠近。When the men of the city saw them, they caught up their weapons and ran out of the city to the top of the hill, and all the slingers kept them from coming up by casting stones at them.💡
13. 13.然而，他们跑到山坡下避难，将亚克多留捆绑起来，丢下他扔在山脚下，然后回到他们的主人那里。However, they got under the shelter of the hill and they bound Ach′ior and left him lying at the foot of the hill, and returned to their master.💡
14. 14.于是以色列人从他们的城市下来，找到了他，他们解开他的绑绳，带他到伯图利亚城，把他带到他们城市的官员面前Then the men of Israel came down from their city and found him; and they untied him and brought him into Bethu′lia and placed him before the magistrates of their city,💡
15. 15.当时他们是西缅族的米迦的儿子乌西雅和歌顿尼的儿子哈布利以及米勒基的儿子哈米斯。who in those days were Uzzi′ah the son of Micah, of the tribe of Sim′eon, and Chabris the son of Gothon′iel, and Charmis the son of Mel′chiel.💡
16. 16.他们召集了城里所有的长老，并且他们所有的年轻人和妇女都跑到聚会处，他们把阿基奥尔放在他们所有人的中间，乌西雅问他发生了什么事。They called together all the elders of the city, and all their young men and their women ran to the assembly; and they set Ach′ior in the midst of all their people, and Uzzi′ah asked him what had happened.💡
17. 17.他回答并告诉他们霍罗芬尼斯议会上发生的事情，以及他在亚述领袖面前所说的一切，和霍罗芬尼斯对以色列家所说的一切夸口话。He answered and told them what had taken place at the council of Holofer′nes, and all that he had said in the presence of the Assyrian leaders, and all that Holofer′nes had said so boastfully against the house of Israel.💡
18. 18.于是众人俯伏敬拜神，大声呼求他说，Then the people fell down and worshiped God, and cried out to him, and said,💡
19. 19.“主啊，天上的神，看他们的狂妄，怜悯你子民所受的屈辱，今日顾念那些分别为你献身的人。”“O Lord God of heaven, behold their arrogance, and have pity on the humiliation of our people, and look this day upon the faces of those who are consecrated to thee.”💡
20. 20.于是他们安慰了亚希奥，极大地赞扬他。Then they consoled Ach′ior, and praised him greatly.💡
21. 21.乌西雅将他从会中带到自己家中，为长老们设摆宴席，当夜他们呼求以色列的神施援。And Uzzi′ah took him from the assembly to his own house and gave a banquet for the elders; and all that night they called on the God of Israel for help.💡