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，
Now Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, descendants of Reuben, gathered some men.
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 rose up against Moses, along with other men from the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the community who were well-known members in the community.
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 assembled themselves together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said to them, “You have gone too far! All the community is set apart, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why do you lift up yourselves above the rest of Yahweh's community?”
4 摩西听见这话就俯伏在地，
When Moses heard that, he lay facedown.
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。
He spoke to Korah and to all those with him, “In the morning Yahweh will make known who belongs to him and who is set apart to him. He will bring that person near to him. The one he chooses he will bring near to himself.
6 可拉啊，你们要这样行，你和你的一党要拿香炉来。
Do this, Korah and all your group. Take censers
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！”
tomorrow and put fire and incense in them before Yahweh. The one whom Yahweh chooses, that man will be set apart to Yahweh. You have gone too far, you descendants of Levi.”
8 摩西又对可拉说：“利未的子孙哪，你们听我说！
Again, Moses said to Korah, “Now listen, you descendants of Levi:
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。
is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do work in Yahweh's tabernacle, and to stand before the community to 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 brought you near, and all your kinfolk, the descendants of Levi, with you, yet you are seeking the priesthood also!
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？”
That is why you and all your group have gathered together against Yahweh. So why are you complaining about Aaron, who obeys Yahweh?”
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！
Then Moses called for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up.
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？
Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now you want to make yourself ruler over 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！”
In addition, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us the fields and vineyards as an inheritance. Now do you want to blind us with empty promises? We will not come to you.”
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 was very angry and said to Yahweh, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed any of them.”
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；
Then Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow you and all your company must go before Yahweh—you and they, and Aaron.
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 of you must take his censer and put incense in it. Then each man must bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred and fifty censers. You and Aaron, also, must each bring your censer.”
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 every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense in it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
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。
Korah assembled all the community against Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and Yahweh's glory appeared to all the community.
20 耶和华晓谕摩西、亚伦说：
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron:
21 “你们离开这会众，我好在转眼之间把他们灭绝。”
“Separate yourselves from among this community that I may consume them immediately.”
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？”
Moses and Aaron lay facedown and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all humanity, if one man sins, must you be angry with all the community?”
23 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
Yahweh replied to Moses. He said,
24 “你吩咐会众说：‘你们离开可拉、大坍、亚比兰帐棚的四围。’”
“Speak to the community. Say, 'Get away from the tents 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。
Then Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; the 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 spoke to the community and said, “Now leave the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be consumed by 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。
So the community on every side of the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram left them. Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance to their tents, with their wives, sons, and their 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。
Then Moses said, “By this you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own accord.
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 such as normally happens, then Yahweh has not sent me.
But if Yahweh creates something new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that they possess, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you must understand that these men have despised Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
31 摩西刚说完了这一切话，他们脚下的地就开了口，
As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground opened under those men.
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。
The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their families, and all the people who belonged to Korah, as well as all their possessions.
So they and all that they possessed went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed over them, and they perished from among the community. (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。”
All Israel around them fled from their cries. They exclaimed, “The earth may swallow us up also!”
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。
Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered incense.
36 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
Again Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
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。
“Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the censers out of the flames, for the censers are set apart to me. Then let him scatter the burning coals at a distance.
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。”
Take the censers of those who lost their lives because of their sin. Let them be made into hammered plates as a covering over the altar. Those men did offer them before me, so they are set apart to me. They will be a sign of my presence to the people of Israel.”
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，
Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been used by the men who were burned up, and they were hammered out into 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。
to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider who was not descended from Aaron should come up to burn incense before Yahweh, so they might not become like Korah and his group—just as Yahweh had commanded through Moses.
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。”
But the next morning all the community of the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. They said, “You have killed Yahweh'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。
Then it happened, when the community had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting and, behold, the cloud was covering it. Yahweh's glory appeared,
43 摩西、亚伦就来到会幕前。
and Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
44 耶和华吩咐摩西说：
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
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。
“Go away from in front of this community so that I may consume them immediately.” Then Moses and Aaron lay down with their faces to 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 said to Aaron, “Take the censer, put fire in it from off the altar, put incense in it, carry it quickly to the community, and make atonement for them, because anger is coming from Yahweh. The plague has begun.”
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。
So Aaron did as Moses directed. He ran into the middle of the community. The plague had quickly started to spread among the people, so he put in the incense and made atonement for the people.
48 他站在活人死人中间，瘟疫就止住了。
Aaron stood between the dead and the living; in this way 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。
Those who died by the plague were 14,700 in number, besides those who had died in the matter of Korah.
50 亚伦回到会幕门口，到摩西那里，瘟疫已经止住了。
Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and the plague ended.
