民數記 16
1 肋未的兒子刻哈特的後裔依茲哈爾的兒子客辣黑，和勒烏本的後裔厄里雅布的兩個兒子阿堂和阿彼蘭，並培肋特的兒子翁，
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:
2 起來反抗梅瑟。此外，還有二百五十個以色列人，他們都是會眾的領袖，會議的要員，有名望的人。
and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown:
3 他們團結起來反抗梅瑟和亞郎，對他們說：「你們太過份了! 全體會眾都是聖潔的人，上主也在他們中；為什麼你們卻抬舉自己在上主的集會以上﹖」
and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?
4 梅瑟一聽這話，就俯伏在地。
And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
5 然後對科辣黑和他同黨的人說：「明天早上，上主會使人知道，誰是他的人，誰是聖者；他使誰親近自己：他許誰親近自己，誰就是他所選的人。
and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.
6 你們應這樣做：科辣黑和他同黨的人啊! 你們要拿著火盤，
This do; take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
7 明天在盤裏放上火，在上主面前，添上乳香；上主揀選誰，誰就是聖者。肋未的子孫，你們太過份了! 」
and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8 梅瑟又對科辣黑說：「肋未的子孫，請聽我說：
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi:
9 以色列的天主將你們與以色列會眾分開，使你們親近他，在上主帳幕內服務，站在會眾前頭代他們行禮，這為你們還不夠麼﹖
[seemeth it but] a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself; to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;
10 他已使你和你所有的兄弟──肋未的子孫，親近他，你們還要貪求司祭之職麼﹖
and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also?
11 其實你和你的同黨所共謀反抗的是上主；至於亞郎，他算什麼，你們竟抱怨他﹖
Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
12 梅瑟派人去叫厄里雅布的兒子達堂和阿彼蘭來；他們卻答說：「我們不去!
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:
13 你領我們由流奶流蜜的地方上來，叫我們死在曠野，這為你還不夠，你還想作王統治我們麼﹖
is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
14 你並沒有領我們到了流奶流蜜的地方，也沒有給我們田地和葡萄園當產業啊! 你想剜出這些人的眼睛麼﹖我們不去! 」
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
15 梅瑟遂大怒，對上主說：「你不要垂顧他們的祭獻；我沒有奪過他們一匹驢，也沒有損害過他們任何人。」
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16 梅瑟對科辣黑說：「你和你一切同黨，明日要來到上主面前，就是你和他們，還有亞郎。
And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
17 你們各人要拿著自己的火盤，上面放上乳香；各人拿著自己的火盤到上主面前去，共二百五十個火盤；你和亞郎也各自拿著火盤。」
and take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each his censer.
18 他們每人於是都拿了火盤，上面放上火，添上乳香，同梅瑟和亞郎來到會幕門口。
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
19 科辣黑召集了全會眾到會幕門口，來反抗梅瑟和亞郎。此時，上主的榮耀就顯現給全會眾。
And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
20 上主對梅瑟和亞郎說：「
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
21 你們快離開這會眾，我立刻要消滅他們。」
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
22 梅瑟和亞郎就俯伏在地說：「天主，賜給一切血肉生氣的天主! 一人犯罪，你就向全體的會眾發怒麼﹖」
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
23 上主回答梅瑟說：「
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 你訓示會眾說：你們離開科辣黑、達堂、和阿彼蘭帳幕的四周。」
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25 梅瑟就起來往達堂和阿彼蘭那裏去，以色列的長老也都隨著他去了。
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 他遂向會眾說：「你們要遠離這些惡人的帳幕! 凡是他們的東西你們不要動，免得你們為了他們的一切罪惡而遭滅絕。」
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
27 他們遂離開了科辣黑、達堂和阿彼蘭帳幕的四周；達堂和阿彼蘭同他們的妻子兒女和嬰孩出來，站在自己的帳幕門口。
So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
28 梅瑟遂說：「因這件事，你們會知道，是上主派遣了我來做這一切，並不是出於我的本意：
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own mind.
29 如果這些人如其他的人一樣死去，或者他們的遭遇如其他的人所遭遇的一樣，上主就沒有派遣了我；
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD. (Sheol h7585)
31 他一說完這些話，他們腳踏的地就裂開了；
And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
32 地開了口，將他們和他們的家屬，以及凡屬科辣黑的人和所有的財物，都吞了下去。
and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. (Sheol h7585)
34 他們四周所有的以色列人，一聽見他們尖叫聲，就都逃跑說：「怕地也吞沒了我們! 」
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
35 那時由上主那裏發出了烈火，吞噬了那二百五十個奉香的人。
And fire came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
36 上主訓示梅瑟說：
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
37 「你吩咐司祭阿蘭的兒子厄肋阿匝爾，叫他將一切火盤從火堆中取去，把炭火散開，因為這一切都是聖的。
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy;
38 以這些犯罪喪生者的火盤，打成薄片，用來包蓋祭壇，──因為奉獻在上主面前的火盤已成了聖的，──給以色列子民當作鑑戒」。
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are holy: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39 厄肋阿匝爾司祭便取出那些被火燒死的人獻過的銅火盤，叫人打成薄片，為包蓋祭壇用，
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar:
40 為給以色列子民當作鑑戒，為叫凡不是出於亞郎子孫的俗人，不應前來在上主面前獻香，以免和科辣黑及他的同黨遭遇一樣的不幸。他全照上主藉梅瑟對他所吩咐的做了。
to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD spake unto him by the hand of Moses.
41 次日，以色列子民全會眾抱怨梅瑟和亞郎說：「正是你們害死了上主的人民」。
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
42 當會眾集合反對梅瑟和亞郎時，你們二人人轉向會幕；看，雲彩遮蓋了會幕，上主的榮耀發顯了出來。
And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
43 梅瑟和亞郎遂走到會幕面前，
And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
44 上主吩咐梅瑟說：
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 「你們快離開這會眾，我要立即消滅他們」。他們遂俯伏在地，
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46 然後梅瑟向亞郎說：「你快拿火盤，由祭壇取火放在盤裏，添上乳香，快拿到會眾那裏去，為他們行贖罪禮，因為憤怒已由上主面前發出，災禍一個已經開始」。
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
47 亞郎遂照梅瑟所吩咐的拿了火盤，急忙跑到會眾中；看，災禍已在人民中開始；他遂添上乳香，為人民行贖罪禮，
And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
48 站在死者和生者之中，直到災禍止息。
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49 在這次災禍中死了一萬四千七百，為科辣黑的緣故而死的人，還不在內。
Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
50 亞郎於是回到會幕門口梅瑟那裏，因為災禍已止息了。
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.
