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1. 1.犹大·马加比的起义 犹大，也就是马加比，以及他的同伴们秘密地进入村庄，召集他们的亲属，并招募那些仍然坚持犹太信仰的人，于是他们聚集了大约六千人。The Revolt of Judas Maccabeus But Judas, who was also called Maccabe′us, and his companions secretly entered the villages and summoned their kinsmen and enlisted those who had continued in the Jewish faith, and so they gathered about six thousand men.💡
2. 2.他们求求主垂顾被一切人压迫的百姓，并可怜那被不虔诚的人所亵渎的圣殿，They besought the Lord to look upon the people who were oppressed by all, and to have pity on the temple which had been profaned by ungodly men,💡
3. 3.并且怜悯那正在被毁灭、即将被夷为平地的城市，并且听从那向他哭喊的血声，and to have mercy on the city which was being destroyed and about to be leveled to the ground, and to hearken to the blood that cried out to him,💡
4. 4.并且记得那些无辜婴儿的残暴毁灭和对他名字所犯的亵渎，以及表明他憎恶邪恶。and to remember also the lawless destruction of the innocent babies and the blasphemies committed against his name, and to show his hatred of evil.💡
5. 5.马加比一旦组织好军队，外邦人就无法抵挡他，因为上帝的愤怒已经转化为怜悯。As soon as Maccabe′us got his army organized, the Gentiles could not withstand him, for the wrath of the Lord had turned to mercy.💡
6. 6.他毫无预警地到来，放火烧毁城镇和村庄，他攻占了战略位置，并使不少敌人四散逃跑。Coming without warning, he would set fire to towns and villages. He captured strategic positions and put to flight not a few of the enemy.💡
7. 7.他发现夜晚是发动此类攻击最有利的时机，而且他的勇敢性格也传播到处处。He found the nights most advantageous for such attacks. And talk of his valor spread everywhere.💡
8. 8.当腓力看到那人渐渐取得进展，并且频频获胜时，他写信给管理库勒西里亚和腓尼基的总督托勒密，请求支援国王的政府。When Philip saw that the man was gaining ground little by little, and that he was pushing ahead with more frequent successes, he wrote to Ptol′emy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenic′ia, for aid to the king’s government.💡
9. 9.并且托勒密立即任命帕特罗克勒的儿子尼加诺，是国王亲密朋友之一，派他带领不少于两万名各国的外邦人，去消灭犹大全部民族。他又让戈耳吉亚斯，一位将军，拥有丰富军事经验的人，与尼加诺一起行动。And Ptol′emy promptly appointed Nica′nor the son of Patroc′lus, one of the king’s chief friends, and sent him, in command of no fewer than twenty thousand Gentiles of all nations, to wipe out the whole race of Judea. He associated with him Gor′gias, a general and a man of experience in military service.💡
10. 10.尼加诺下定决心要为王缴纳应付罗马人的贡税，共计两千塔伦，他打算通过出售被俘的犹太人为奴来实现这一目标。Nica′nor determined to make up for the king the tribute due to the Romans, two thousand talents, by selling the captured Jews into slavery.💡
11. 11.他立即派人到沿海各城，邀请他们购买犹太人奴隶，并承诺用一塔伦的银子交换九十个奴隶，却没有料到全能者的审判即将降临到他身上。And he immediately sent to the cities on the seacoast, inviting them to buy Jewish slaves and promising to hand over ninety slaves for a talent, not expecting the judgment from the Almighty that was about to overtake him.💡
12. 12.为战做准备 有消息传到犹大那里，说尼加诺是来侵犯他们的；当他将军队到来的消息告诉他的同伴时，Preparation for Battle Word came to Judas concerning Nica′nor’s invasion; and when he told his companions of the arrival of the army,💡
13. 13.那些胆怯而不相信上帝公义的人逃跑了，得以脱身。those who were cowardly and distrustful of God’s justice ran off and got away.💡
14. 14.其他人把他们所剩下的所有财产都卖掉了，并且同时恳求主救赎那些在不虔的尼卡诺见到他们之前就被卖掉的人，Others sold all their remaining property, and at the same time besought the Lord to rescue those who had been sold by the ungodly Nica′nor before he ever met them,💡
15. 15.如果不是为了他们自己，而是为了与他们的祖先所立的约，并且因为他曾以他圣洁、荣耀的名召唤他们。if not for their own sake, yet for the sake of the covenants made with their fathers, and because he had called them by his holy and glorious name.💡
16. 16.但玛加比聚集他的六千名战士，勉励他们不要被敌人吓倒，也不要惧怕那些邪恶地来攻击他们的外邦人众多，而要勇敢战斗，But Maccabe′us gathered his men together, to the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy and not to fear the great multitude of Gentiles who were wickedly coming against them, but to fight nobly,💡
17. 17.他们时刻牢记外邦人对圣地所犯的暴行，以及对这座城市的凌辱和折磨，以及他们祖先生活方式的毁灭。keeping before their eyes the lawless outrage which the Gentiles had committed against the holy place, and the torture of the derided city, and besides, the overthrow of their ancestral way of life.💡
18. 18.他们信靠武器和大胆的行为，他说，但是我们信靠全能的神，他只需轻轻点头，就能击倒那些对付我们的人，甚至整个世界。“For they trust to arms and acts of daring,” he said, “but we trust in the Almighty God, who is able with a single nod to strike down those who are coming against us and even the whole world.”💡
19. 19.此外，他告诉他们祖先曾经得到帮助的时期，包括参巴拉大时期，当时有一百八十五千人死亡，Moreover, he told them of the times when help came to their ancestors; both the time of Sennach′erib, when one hundred and eighty-five thousand perished,💡
20. 20.以及在巴比伦发生的与加拉太人的战斗，当时共有八千人参与了这件事，其中包括四千马其顿人；当马其顿人陷入困境时，八千人在从天上来的帮助下，杀死了一百二十万人，并获得了许多战利品。and the time of the battle with the Galatians that took place in Babylonia, when eight thousand in all went into the affair, with four thousand Macedonians; and when the Macedonians were hard pressed, the eight thousand, by the help that came to them from heaven, destroyed one hundred and twenty thousand and took much booty.💡
21. 21.犹大击败尼卡诺尔 他用这些话使他们充满了勇气，并使他们准备好为法律和国家献身；然后他将军队分成四部分。Judas Defeats Nicanor With these words he filled them with good courage and made them ready to die for their laws and their country; then he divided his army into four parts.💡
22. 22.他也任命他的兄弟西门、约瑟和约拿单，各率领一支军队，每支军队有一千五百人。He appointed his brothers also, Simon and Joseph and Jonathan, each to command a division, putting fifteen hundred men under each.💡
23. 23.此外，他任命以拉撒读圣书，口号是“神的帮助”，然后亲自率领第一队，与尼卡诺接战。Besides, he appointed Elea′zar to read aloud from the holy book, and gave the watchword, “God’s help”; then, leading the first division himself, he joined battle with Nica′nor.💡
24. 24.在全能者的帮助下，他们杀死了敌军九千多人，大部分尼卡诺的军队都受伤和残废，他们全部被迫逃跑。With the Almighty as their ally, they slew more than nine thousand of the enemy, and wounded and disabled most of Nica′nor’s army, and forced them all to flee.💡
25. 25.他们夺取了那些来买他们为奴的人的钱财。在追赶他们一段距离之后，他们不得不返回，因为时间已经很晚了。They captured the money of those who had come to buy them as slaves. After pursuing them for some distance, they were obliged to return because the hour was late.💡
26. 26.因为那天是安息日的前一天，所以他们没有继续追赶。For it was the day before the sabbath, and for that reason they did not continue their pursuit.💡
27. 27.他们收集了敌人的武器，夺取了敌人的战利品后，守了安息日，对主大赞美、表示感谢，因为主在那一天保护了他们，并将那一天作为怜悯的开始赐给他们。And when they had collected the arms of the enemy and stripped them of their spoils, they kept the sabbath, giving great praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them for that day and allotted it to them as the beginning of mercy.💡
28. 28.安息日之后，他们把部分战利品分给那些被折磨的人、寡妇和孤儿，其余的分给他们自己和他们的孩子。After the sabbath they gave some of the spoils to those who had been tortured and to the widows and orphans, and distributed the rest among themselves and their children.💡
29. 29.他们做了这些之后，大家一起祈祷，恳求仁慈的主完全与他的仆人和好。When they had done this, they made common supplication and besought the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants.💡
30. 30.犹大击败提摩太和巴克基得 犹大与提摩太和巴克基得的军队交战，杀死他们的军队超过两万人，并夺取了极其高大的要塞，他们分得了许多战利品，把战利品分给那些曾受过折磨的人、孤儿、寡妇和老人，与他们自己所得的相同。Judas Defeats Timothy and Bacchides In encounters with the forces of Timothy and Bac′chides they killed more than twenty thousand of them and got possession of some exceedingly high strongholds, and they divided very much plunder, giving to those who had been tortured and to the orphans and widows, and also to the aged, shares equal to their own.💡
31. 31.他们收集敌人的武器，并将它们全部仔细存放在战略位置，然后将其余的战利品带到耶路撒冷。Collecting the arms of the enemy, they stored them all carefully in strategic places, and carried the rest of the spoils to Jerusalem.💡
32. 32.他们杀死了提摩太军队的统帅，这是一个最不圣洁的人，他曾经极大地困扰了犹太人。They killed the commander of Timothy’s forces, a most unholy man, and one who had greatly troubled the Jews.💡
33. 33.他们在祖先的城市里庆祝胜利时，烧死了那些放火烧圣门的人，包括卡利斯西尼以及其他一些人，这些人曾逃进一间小屋；这样，他们因自己的不虔诚受到了应有的惩罚。While they were celebrating the victory in the city of their fathers, they burned those who had set fire to the sacred gates, Callis′thenes and some others, who had fled into one little house; so these received the proper recompense for their impiety.💡
34. 34.被三次咒诅的尼卡挪，他曾带来一千商人来买犹太人，The thrice-accursed Nica′nor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews,💡
35. 35.在上帝的帮助下，被他认为是最不重要的对手所使他谦卑，他脱下了他华丽的军服，像逃跑的奴隶一样独自穿过全国，直到他到达安提阿，主要成功地摧毁了他自己的军队！having been humbled with the help of the Lord by opponents whom he regarded as of the least account, took off his splendid uniform and made his way alone like a runaway slave across the country till he reached Antioch, having succeeded chiefly in the destruction of his own army!💡
36. 36.因此，他本来是要为罗马人通过捕获耶路撒冷的人民来确保贡品的人，却宣称犹太人有一个保护者，因此犹太人是不可侵犯的，因为他们遵循了他所颁布的律法。Thus he who had undertaken to secure tribute for the Romans by the capture of the people of Jerusalem proclaimed that the Jews had a Defender, and that therefore the Jews were invulnerable, because they followed the laws ordained by him.💡