1 And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:
3 five lord ships of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwell on mount Lebanon; from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;
6 and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
8 And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
9 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
10 And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
11 And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and they took possession of the city of palm-trees.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.
16 And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.
17 And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
18 And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.
19 But he turned from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O king. And he said, Be silent! And all that stood by him went out from him.
20 And Ehud came to him; now he was sitting in the cool upper-chamber, which was for him alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. And he arose from the seat.
21 Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
22 and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.
23 And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
24 And when he was gone out, the servants of the {king} came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.
25 And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened {them}, and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.
26 And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
27 And it came to pass when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
28 And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.
29 And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.
30 And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.
1 这些国的人是耶和华留下的， 为要借着他们来试验以色列人， 就是所有没有经验过迦南任何战争的人；
2 好使以色列人的后代， 那些以前没有经验过这些战争的人， 知道学习争战。
3 他留下的就是非利士人的五个首领， 和所有迦南人、西顿人， 以及住在黎巴嫩山上的希未人， 从巴力．黑门山直到哈马口。
4 他们留在那里， 为要借着他们试验以色列人， 要知道他们是否听从耶和华借摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命。
5 以色列人就住在迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人中间；
6 他们娶他们的女儿作妻子， 也把自己的女儿嫁给他们的儿子， 并且事奉他们的神。
7 以色列人行了耶和华看为恶的事， 忘记了耶和华他们的 神， 去事奉众巴力和亚舍拉。
8 因此， 耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作， 把他们完全交在两河之间的亚兰王古珊．利萨田的手中； 以色列人服事了古珊．利萨田八年。
9 以色列人向耶和华哀求的时候， 耶和华就为以色列人兴起一位拯救者拯救他们， 就是迦勒的弟弟基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂。
10 耶和华的灵临到他身上， 他就治理以色列人； 他出去作战， 耶和华把亚兰王古珊．利萨田交在他手中， 他的能力就胜过了古珊．利萨田。
11 于是国中太平了四十年。后来基纳斯的儿子俄陀聂死了。
12 以色列人又行了耶和华看为恶的事， 耶和华就使摩押王伊矶伦强盛起来， 欺压以色列人， 因为他们行了耶和华看为恶的事。
13 伊矶伦集合了亚扪人和亚玛力人， 前来击败了以色列人， 占领了棕树城。
14 于是以色列人服事了摩押王伊矶伦十八年。
15 以色列人向耶和华哀求的时候， 耶和华就为他们兴起一位拯救者， 就是便雅悯人基拉的儿子以笏， 是一个用左手的人。以色列人派他把贡物送给摩押王伊矶伦。
16 以笏做了一把两刃的剑， 长半公尺， 缚在右腿上， 在衣服底下。
17 他把贡物呈献给摩押王伊矶伦； 伊矶伦原是个非常肥胖的人。
18 以笏献完了贡物， 就把抬贡物的众人打发走了。
19 自己却从靠近吉甲的众雕像那里回来， 说： "王啊， 我有一件机密的事要对你说。"王说： "暂不要说。"侍立左右的人都离开他出去了。
20 以笏来到王那里； 王独自一人坐在凉楼上。以笏说： "我有 神的话要告诉你。"王就从座位上站起来。
21 以笏就伸出左手， 从右腿上拔出剑来， 刺入王的腹中；
22 连剑柄与剑身都刺进去了， 肥肉把剑身夹住， 因此他没有把剑从王的肚腹里拔出来； 接着他就从窗户爬了出去。
23 以笏出到走廊， 把凉楼上的门关起来， 上了锁。
24 以笏出来以后， 王的仆人才来到； 他们看见凉楼上的门锁着， 就说： "王一定是在凉楼上大解。"
25 他们等到发慌了， 见他还不打开凉楼的门， 就拿钥匙来开； 不料， 看见他们的主人早已倒在地上死了。
26 他们耽延的时候， 以笏已经逃跑了； 他经过众雕像那里， 逃到西伊拉去。
27 他去到以后， 就在以法莲山地吹角； 以色列人与他一同从山地上下来， 他走在他们前头，
28 对他们说： "你们跟随我， 因为耶和华已经把你们的仇敌摩押人交在你们手中。"他们就跟随他下去， 攻取约旦河的渡口， 拦截摩押人， 不让一个过去。
29 那时他们击杀了约有一万摩押人， 都是强壮的、勇猛的人， 没有一人逃脱。
30 这样， 从那天起， 摩押就在以色列人的手下被制伏了， 于是国中太平了八十年。
31 以笏之后， 有亚拿的儿子珊迦； 他用赶牛棒击杀了六百非利士人； 他也拯救了以色列人。