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1. 1.犹大的早期胜利　他的儿子犹大，又称为马加比，起来接替他执掌指挥。The Early Victories of Judas Then Judas his son, who was called Maccabe′us, took command in his place.💡
2. 2.他的众弟兄和他父亲的全家都来帮助他，他们甘心为以色列争战。All his brothers and all who had joined his father helped him; they gladly fought for Israel.💡
3. 3.他彰显了他百姓的荣耀。他如巨人一般披上胸甲，束上战甲，奋勇争战，以他的刀剑护卫军队。He extended the glory of his people. Like a giant he put on his breastplate; he girded on his armor of war and waged battles, protecting the host by his sword.💡
4. 4.他行事如狮子，咆哮觅食如少壮狮子。He was like a lion in his deeds, like a lion’s cub roaring for prey.💡
5. 5.他查察并追讨不法之人，焚烧那些扰害他子民的人。He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people.💡
6. 6.不法之徒因惧怕他而退缩，一切作恶的都惊惶困惑，拯救藉他的手得以亨通。Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand.💡
7. 7.他使许多君王愁苦，却因他的作为使雅各欢喜，他的名声永远蒙福。He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever.💡
8. 8.他走遍犹大各城，从境内除灭恶人，使以色列免受神的忿怒。He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel.💡
9. 9.他的名声传到地极；他招聚那些将要灭亡的人。He was renowned to the ends of the earth; he gathered in those who were perishing.💡
10. 10.然而，亚波罗纽聚集外邦人和撒马利亚的大军，来与以色列争战。But Apollo′nius gathered together Gentiles and a large force from Samar′ia to fight against Israel.💡
11. 11.犹大听闻后，便出去迎敌，击败并杀死了他。许多人受伤倒地，其余的都逃跑了。When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him, and he defeated and killed him. Many were wounded and fell, and the rest fled.💡
12. 12.于是他们夺取敌人的财物；犹大取了阿波罗尼斯的剑，此后就常用这刀作战。Then they seized their spoils; and Judas took the sword of Apollo′nius, and used it in battle the rest of his life.💡
13. 13.那时，叙利亚军队的元帅西隆听见犹大聚集了一大批人，其中有一群忠信的人与他在一起，出去争战，Now when Seron, the commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a body of faithful men who stayed with him and went out to battle,💡
14. 14.他说：“我要为自己扬名，在国中得荣耀。我要向犹大和他的同伴争战，因为他们藐视王的命令。”he said, “I will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will make war on Judas and his companions, who scorn the king’s command.”💡
15. 15.又有一队强大的不虔之人与他一同上去，要帮助他，向以色列子孙报仇。And again a strong army of ungodly men went up with him to help him, to take vengeance on the sons of Israel.💡
16. 16.他逼近伯和仑的上坡路时，犹大率领少数人马出去迎击。When he approached the ascent of Beth-hor′on, Judas went out to meet him with a small company.💡
17. 17.他们看见敌军迎面而来，就对犹大说：“我们人数这么少，怎能抵挡这么强大众多的军队呢？我们今日还没有吃东西，已经疲乏了。”But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, “How can we, few as we are, fight against so great and strong a multitude? And we are faint, for we have eaten nothing today.”💡
18. 18.犹大回答说，众人被少数人围困是容易的，因为在天上看来，借多人得救与借少数人得救并无分别。Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few.💡
19. 19.战争之胜负不取决于兵力之众寡，而在于得天之助。It is not on the size of the army that victory in battle depends, but strength comes from Heaven.💡
20. 20.他们极其狂妄、凶残地来攻击我们，要毁灭我们和我们的妻子儿女，并掠夺我们；They come against us in great pride and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to despoil us;💡
21. 21.但我们为我们的性命和律法争战。but we fight for our lives and our laws.💡
22. 22.他必亲自在我们面前击败他们，你们不要惧怕他们。He himself will crush them before us; as for you, do not be afraid of them.”💡
23. 23.他说完这些话，就突然冲向色龙和他的军队，他们在他面前崩溃了。When he finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were crushed before him.💡
24. 24.他们追击敌人，从伯和仑的下坡直到平原，杀了他们八百人，其余的都逃往非利土地去了。They pursued them down the descent of Beth-hor′on to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.💡
25. 25.犹大和他的兄弟们开始令人畏惧，恐惧临到了他们周围的外邦人身上。Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell upon the Gentiles round about them.💡
26. 26.他的名声传到了君王那里，外邦人都谈论犹大的战事。His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.💡
27. 27.安条克的政策 安条克王听见这些报告，就大大发怒；于是他差遣人聚集他全国所有的军队，是一支非常强大的军队。The Policy of Antiochus When king Anti′ochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army.💡
28. 28.他打开库房，给他的军队发放了一年的粮饷，并命令他们准备应对任何需要。And he opened his coffers and gave a year’s pay to his forces, and ordered them to be ready for any need.💡
29. 29.他便看见府库里的银子耗尽了，因他在国内废除自古以来的律法，招致纷争和灾祸，以致所收的贡税甚少。Then he saw that the money in the treasury was exhausted, and that the revenues from the country were small because of the dissension and disaster which he had caused in the land by abolishing the laws that had existed from the earliest days.💡
30. 30.他担心自己可能不再拥有像从前那样的资金，既要用于日常开销，又要用于馈赠——而他过去总是比先前的国王更加慷慨大方。He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts which he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings.💡
31. 31.他心里非常困惑，决心前往波斯，收取那些地区的税收，以筹集一大笔资金。He was greatly perplexed in mind, and determined to go to Persia and collect the revenues from those regions and raise a large fund.💡
32. 32.他留下吕西亚，一个出身王室、显赫尊贵的人，负责处理从幼发拉底河到埃及边界之间国王的事务。He left Lys′ias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king’s affairs from the river Euphra′tes to the borders of Egypt.💡
33. 33.吕西亚也受命照管他的儿子安提阿古，直到他回来。Lys′ias was also to take care of Anti′ochus his son until he returned.💡
34. 34.他将一半的军兵和象队交给吕西亚，并吩咐他一切想办的事。至于犹太和耶路撒冷的居民，And he turned over to Lys′ias half of his troops and the elephants, and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem,💡
35. 35.要差遣军队去剿灭、毁灭以色列的势力和耶路撒冷的余民，使他们的名从那地被涂抹，Lys′ias was to send a force against them to wipe out and destroy the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem; he was to banish the memory of them from the place,💡
36. 36.在他们全境安置外族人，并将他们的地分给他们。settle aliens in all their territory, and distribute their land.💡
37. 37.王就率领剩下的一半兵马，从京都安提阿出发，时在一百四十七年。他渡过幼发拉底河，行经上方的诸省。Then the king took the remaining half of his troops and departed from Antioch his capital in the one hundred and forty-seventh year. He crossed the Euphra′tes river and went through the upper provinces.💡
38. 38.准备作战 路西阿斯选了多利梅乃的儿子托勒密、尼迦挪、以及哥尔基雅，他们是王的朋友中的勇士，Preparations for Battle Lys′ias chose Ptol′emy the son of Dorym′enes, and Nica′nor and Gor′gias, mighty men among the friends of the king,💡
39. 39.又差遣他们率领四万步兵和七千骑兵前往犹大地，要毁灭那地，正如王所吩咐的。and sent with them forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded.💡
40. 40.于是他们率领全军出发，到了以后就在平原上靠近以马忤斯的地方安营。So they departed with their entire force, and when they arrived they encamped near Emma′us in the plain.💡
41. 41.那地的商人听见有关他们所说的话，就带着极多的银子和金子，以及锁链，到营里去，要掳掠以色列人作奴仆。又有从亚兰和非利士地来的军队与他们联合。When the traders of the region heard what was said of them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts, and fetters, and went to the camp to get the sons of Israel for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them.💡
42. 42.犹大和他的兄弟们看到灾祸日益增多，军队也在他们的境内安营。他们也得知了王所吩咐要对待百姓的命令，要使他们彻底毁灭。Now Judas and his brothers saw that misfortunes had increased and that the forces were encamped in their territory. They also learned what the king had commanded to do to the people to cause their final destruction.💡
43. 43.然而他们彼此说：“我们要修复百姓的损伤，为我们的百姓和圣所争战。”But they said to one another, “Let us repair the destruction of our people, and fight for our people and the sanctuary.”💡
44. 44.会众聚集，预备争战，且祷告祈求怜悯与恩慈。And the congregation assembled to be ready for battle, and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.💡
45. 45.耶路撒冷荒凉如旷野，她的儿女无一进出。圣所被践踏，外邦人的子孙占据了卫城；那里成了异族的栖身之所。雅各的喜乐已被夺去，笛声琴声尽都止息。Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness; not one of her children went in or out. The sanctuary was trampled down, and the sons of aliens held the citadel; it was a lodging place for the Gentiles. Joy was taken from Jacob; the flute and the harp ceased to play.💡
46. 46.于是他们聚集，到米斯巴去，就是在耶路撒冷对面；因为从前以色列人在米斯巴有祈祷的地方。So they assembled and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah.💡
47. 47.那日，他们禁食，披上麻衣，头撒灰尘，撕裂衣服。They fasted that day, put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on their heads, and rent their clothes.💡
48. 48.他们翻开律法书，察考那些外邦人向偶像求问的事。And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles were consulting the images of their idols.💡
49. 49.他们又把祭司的衣服、初熟的果子并十分之一送来，且激励满了日子的拿细耳人。They also brought the garments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the Naz′irites who had completed their days;💡
50. 50.他们向天大声呼喊，说：“我们该怎样处置这些人？我们该把他们带到哪里去呢？”and they cried aloud to Heaven, saying, “What shall we do with these? Where shall we take them?💡
51. 51.你的圣所被践踏亵渎，你的祭司在屈辱中哀伤。Thy sanctuary is trampled down and profaned, and thy priests mourn in humiliation.💡
52. 52.看哪，外邦人聚集攻击我们，要毁灭我们；你知道他们图谋对付我们的是什么。And behold, the Gentiles are assembled against us to destroy us; thou knowest what they plot against us.💡
53. 53.若没有你的帮助，我们怎能抵挡他们呢？How will we be able to withstand them, if thou dost not help us?”💡
54. 54.他们就吹角，大声呐喊。Then they sounded the trumpets and gave a loud shout.💡
55. 55.此后，犹大委任百姓的首领，分别管理千人、百人、五十人和十人。After this Judas appointed leaders of the people, in charge of thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens.💡
56. 56.他对那些建造房屋的、或已聘定的、或栽种葡萄园的、或胆怯畏惧的人说，各人都照着律法回家去。And he said to those who were building houses, or were betrothed, or were planting vineyards, or were fainthearted, that each should return to his home, according to the law.💡
57. 57.于是军队出发，在以马忤斯南边安营。Then the army marched out and encamped to the south of Emma′us.💡
58. 58.犹大说："你们当束上腰带，奋勇刚强。明日清晨要预备好，与这些聚集要来毁灭我们和我们圣所的外邦人争战。"And Judas said, “Gird yourselves and be valiant. Be ready early in the morning to fight with these Gentiles who have assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.💡
59. 59.宁可战死沙场，也不愿看见我们的国家和圣所遭遇不幸。It is better for us to die in battle than to see the misfortunes of our nation and of the sanctuary.💡
60. 60.但愿照他在天上的旨意成就，他就必如此行。But as his will in heaven may be, so he will do.”💡