民数记 16
1 利未的曾孙、哥辖的孙子、以斯哈的儿子可拉，和吕便子孙中以利押的儿子大坍、亚比兰，与比勒的儿子安，
Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi tried to take over leadership, along with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, who were from the tribe of Reuben.
2 并以色列会中的二百五十个首领，就是有名望选入会中的人，在摩西面前一同起来，
They rebelled against Moses, and were joined by 250 well-respected Israelite leaders and members of the assembly.
3 聚集攻击摩西、亚伦，说：“你们擅自专权！全会众个个既是圣洁，耶和华也在他们中间，你们为什么自高，超过耶和华的会众呢？”
They joined together in opposition to Moses and Aaron, telling them, “You've taken too much power for yourselves! Every one of the Israelites is holy, and the Lord is among them. So why do you set yourselves above the Lord's assembly?”
4 摩西听见这话就俯伏在地，
When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell facedown on the ground.
5 对可拉和他一党的人说：“到了早晨，耶和华必指示谁是属他的，谁是圣洁的，就叫谁亲近他；他所拣选的是谁，必叫谁亲近他。
Then he told Korah and all those with him, “In the morning the Lord is going to make it clear who is his and who is holy, and allow that person to approach him. He will only allow whoever he chooses to approach him.
6 可拉啊，你们要这样行，你和你的一党要拿香炉来。
This is what you, Korah, and everyone with you are going to do. Take some incense burners,
7 明日，在耶和华面前，把火盛在炉中，把香放在其上。耶和华拣选谁，谁就为圣洁。你们这利未的子孙擅自专权了！”
and tomorrow put incense in them and set it on fire in the presence of the Lord. Then the man the Lord chooses is the one who is holy. It is you Levites who are taking too much power for yourselves!”
8 摩西又对可拉说：“利未的子孙哪，你们听我说！
Moses also told Korah, “Listen, you Levites!
9 以色列的 神从以色列会中将你们分别出来，使你们亲近他，办耶和华帐幕的事，并站在会众面前替他们当差。
Do you think it's something insignificant that the God of Israel chose you from all the other Israelites and allowed you to approach him and carry out the work in the Lord's Tabernacle, to stand before the Israelites and serve them?
10 耶和华又使你和你一切弟兄—利未的子孙—一同亲近他，这岂为小事？你们还要求祭司的职任吗？
He has allowed you the privilege of approaching him, Korah, you and all the other Levites, but now you want to have the priesthood as well!
11 你和你一党的人聚集是要攻击耶和华。亚伦算什么，你们竟向他发怨言呢？”
So in reality you and those who have joined you are fighting against the Lord—because who is Aaron that you should complain about him?”
12 摩西打发人去召以利押的儿子大坍、亚比兰。他们说：“我们不上去！
Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We're not going to appear before you!
13 你将我们从流奶与蜜之地领上来，要在旷野杀我们，这岂为小事？你还要自立为王辖管我们吗？
Haven't you done enough by taking us away from a land flowing with milk and honey in order to kill us out here in the desert? Do you have to make yourself a dictator as well, someone to rule us?
14 并且你没有将我们领到流奶与蜜之地，也没有把田地和葡萄园给我们为业。难道你要剜这些人的眼睛吗？我们不上去！”
On top of that you haven't taken us to a land flowing with milk and honey or given us fields and vineyards to own. Do you really think you can fool everyone? No, we will not attend!”
15 摩西就甚发怒，对耶和华说：“求你不要享受他们的供物。我并没有夺过他们一匹驴，也没有害过他们一个人。”
Moses got really angry and said to the Lord, “Don't accept their offerings. I have never taken even a donkey from them or treated any of them badly.”
16 摩西对可拉说：“明天，你和你一党的人，并亚伦，都要站在耶和华面前；
Moses told Korah, “You and all those who have joined you must appear before the Lord tomorrow—all of you and Aaron too.
17 各人要拿一个香炉，共二百五十个，把香放在上面，到耶和华面前。你和亚伦也各拿自己的香炉。”
Each one will take his incense burner, put incense in it, and offer it before the Lord. All 250 of you will use your incense burners and Aaron will as well.”
18 于是他们各人拿一个香炉，盛上火，加上香，同摩西、亚伦站在会幕门前。
So each one took his incense burner, put incense in it, set it on fire, and stood together with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
19 可拉招聚全会众到会幕门前，要攻击摩西、亚伦；耶和华的荣光就向全会众显现。
When Korah had gathered all his rebellious group at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Lord's glory appeared before the whole congregation.
20 耶和华晓谕摩西、亚伦说：
The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
21 “你们离开这会众，我好在转眼之间把他们灭绝。”
“Step away from these Israelites and I will destroy them right away.”
22 摩西、亚伦就俯伏在地，说：“神，万人之灵的 神啊，一人犯罪，你就要向全会众发怒吗？”
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground said, “God—God of everything that lives—when it's just one man who sins, do you have to be angry with the everybody?”
23 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
Then the Lord told Moses,
24 “你吩咐会众说：‘你们离开可拉、大坍、亚比兰帐棚的四围。’”
“Tell the people to move away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 摩西起来，往大坍、亚比兰那里去；以色列的长老也随着他去。
So Moses went over to Dathan and Abiram, and the Israelite elders of Israel followed him.
26 他吩咐会众说：“你们离开这恶人的帐棚吧，他们的物件，什么都不可摸，恐怕你们陷在他们的罪中，与他们一同消灭。”
He ordered the people, “Move away from the tents of these wicked men and don't touch anything that belongs to them, otherwise you will be destroyed along with them in all their sins.”
27 于是众人离开可拉、大坍、亚比兰帐棚的四围。大坍、亚比兰带着妻子、儿女、小孩子，都出来，站在自己的帐棚门口。
The people moved away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances to their tents along with their wives, children and little ones.
28 摩西说：“我行的这一切事本不是凭我自己心意行的，乃是耶和华打发我行的，必有证据使你们知道。
Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord did send me to carry out everything I've done, for it wasn't anything I thought up.
29 这些人死若与世人无异，或是他们所遭的与世人相同，就不是耶和华打发我来的。
If these men die a natural death, experiencing the destiny of every human being, then the Lord didn't sent me.
But if the Lord does something totally different, and the earth opens up and swallows them down along with everything that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have acted with contempt to the Lord.” (Sheol h7585)
31 摩西刚说完了这一切话，他们脚下的地就开了口，
Immediately Moses finished saying all this the ground under the rebels split apart,
32 把他们和他们的家眷，并一切属可拉的人丁、财物，都吞下去。
and the earth opened up and swallowed them and their households down, as well as everyone who was there with Korah and everything that belonged to them.
They went down alive into Sheol with all that they had. The earth closed over them, and they were no more. (Sheol h7585)
34 在他们四围的以色列众人听他们呼号，就都逃跑，说：“恐怕地也把我们吞下去。”
When they heard their cries, all the Israelites nearby ran away, shouting, “Watch out! The earth could swallow us too!”
35 又有火从耶和华那里出来，烧灭了那献香的二百五十个人。
Fire burst out from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.
36 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
Then the Lord said to Moses,
37 “你吩咐祭司亚伦的儿子以利亚撒从火中捡起那些香炉来，把火撒在别处，因为那些香炉是圣的。
“Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to collect the holy incense burners from among those who have been burned up, and scatter the coals used for the incense well away from the camp.
38 把那些犯罪、自害己命之人的香炉，叫人锤成片子，用以包坛。那些香炉本是他们在耶和华面前献过的，所以是圣的，并且可以给以色列人作记号。”
Have the incense burners of those who sinned at the expense of their own lives hammered into metal sheets as a covering for the altar, because they were offered before the Lord, and so have become holy. They will be a reminder to Israelites of what happened.”
39 于是祭司以利亚撒将被烧之人所献的铜香炉拿来，人就锤出来，用以包坛，
So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze incense burners used by those who had been burned up, and had them hammered out as a covering for the altar,
40 给以色列人作纪念，使亚伦后裔之外的人不得近前来在耶和华面前烧香，免得他遭可拉和他一党所遭的。这乃是照耶和华借着摩西所吩咐的。
following the instructions given to him from the Lord through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one who is not a descendant of Aaron should come and offer incense before the Lord, otherwise they could end up like Korah and those with him.
41 第二天，以色列全会众都向摩西、亚伦发怨言说：“你们杀了耶和华的百姓了。”
The next day all the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord's people!”
42 会众聚集攻击摩西、亚伦的时候，向会幕观看，不料，有云彩遮盖了，耶和华的荣光显现。
But as the people gathered to confront them, Moses and Aaron went over to the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the Lord's glory appeared.
43 摩西、亚伦就来到会幕前。
Moses and Aaron went and stood at the front of the Tent of Meeting,
44 耶和华吩咐摩西说：
and the Lord said to Moses,
45 “你们离开这会众，我好在转眼之间把他们灭绝。”他们二人就俯伏于地。
“Get away from these people and I will finish them off immediately.” Moses and Aaron fell facedown on the ground.
46 摩西对亚伦说：“拿你的香炉，把坛上的火盛在其中，又加上香，快快带到会众那里，为他们赎罪；因为有忿怒从耶和华那里出来，瘟疫已经发作了。”
Moses told Aaron, “Put some coals from the altar and some incense in your incense burner. Then run to the people and make them right before the Lord, for the Lord is angry with them and a plague has started.”
47 亚伦照着摩西所说的拿来，跑到会中，不料，瘟疫在百姓中已经发作了。他就加上香，为百姓赎罪。
Aaron took the incense burner just as Moses had told him and ran into the middle of the assembly. He saw that the plague had started to affect the people so he offered the incense and made the people right with the Lord.
48 他站在活人死人中间，瘟疫就止住了。
He stood between those who had died and those who were still alive, and the plague was stopped.
49 除了因可拉事情死的以外，遭瘟疫死的，共有一万四千七百人。
However, 14,700 died from the plague in addition to those who'd died because of Korah.
50 亚伦回到会幕门口，到摩西那里，瘟疫已经止住了。
Then Aaron went back to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting because the plague had been stopped.
