< Genesis 34 >

1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
肋阿給雅各伯生的女兒狄納,要去看看當地的女人。
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
當地酋長希威人哈摩爾的兒子舍根看見她,就抓住她,強姦了她,玷辱了她。
3 And his soul cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
他的心迷戀雅各伯的女兒狄納,深愛這少女,說寬慰她心的話。
4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for a wife.
事後,舍根向自己的父親哈摩爾說:「請給我娶這少女為妻。」
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they had come.
雅各伯聽見舍根污辱了女兒狄納,但因他的兒子們那時正在鄉間看守他的牲畜,所以沒有作聲,等他們回來。
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
舍根的父親哈摩爾前來見雅各伯,與他商議。
7 And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
那時雅各伯的兒子已由鄉間回來,一聽見這消息,就人人憤恨,非常惱怒,因為有人對以色列做出了這樣的醜事:竟與雅各伯的女兒同臥;這是不應該做的。
8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife.
哈摩爾與他們商議說:「我兒舍根的心迷戀你們的女兒,請你們將她嫁給他為妻。
9 And make ye marriages with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
你們可與我們互通婚姻:將你們的女兒嫁給我們,你們也可娶我們的女兒;
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye in it, and get you possessions in it.
這樣你們可同我們住在一起,本地都擺在你們面前,你們可在其中居住、行動、置業。」
11 And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me I will give.
舍根也對狄納的父親和她的兄弟們說:「只要我在你們眼中蒙恩,凡你們要求的,我必依從。
12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife.
任憑你們向我要多少聘金和禮品,我必照你們提出的交付,只要你們將這少女給我為妻。」
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
雅各伯的兒子因為舍根污辱了他們的妹妹狄納,就用欺詐的話答覆舍根和他父親哈摩爾,
14 And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us:
說:「將我們的妹妹嫁給一個沒有受割損的人,為我們實是一大恥辱,我們不能這樣作。
15 But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised;
除非有這個條件,我們不能同意:你們都應和我們一樣,使你們中所有的男子都受割損;
16 Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
以後我們可將我們的女兒嫁給你們,我們也可娶你們的女兒;我們與你們住在一起,成為一個民族。
17 But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
如果你們不肯聽從我們而受割損,我們就帶著我們的女兒離去。」
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
哈摩爾和他的兒子舍根認為他們的建議很好。
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
這少年毫不遲延地要照這建議進行,因為他喜愛雅各伯的女兒,更何況他還是他父親全家族中最重要的人物。
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying,
哈摩爾和自己的兒子舍根於是來到城門口,向本城的人提議說:「
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
這些人對我們很和善,讓他們住在本地內,在這裏活動;本地原很廣闊,足夠容納他們。我們可娶他們的女兒為妻,也可將我們的女兒嫁給他們。
22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us shall be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
但是,這些人只有一個條件,才同意與我們住在一起,形成一個民族:就是我們中所有的男子都應受割損,如同他們受了割損一樣。
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
這樣,他們的家畜和財產,以及一切牲口,豈不都歸了我們! 只要我們同意,他們就肯同我們住在一起。」
24 And to Hamor and to Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
凡由城門出入的人,都聽從了哈摩爾和他的兒子舍根的話;由城門出入的男子,都受了割損。
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
第三天他們正疼痛難忍時,雅各伯的兩個兒子,狄納的哥哥西默盎和肋未,各自拿了一把刀,不慌不忙進了城,殺了所有的男子;
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
又用刀殺了哈摩爾和他的兒子舍根,由舍根房內領出狄納而去。
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
雅各伯其餘的兒子因了自己的妹妹受污,乘人被殺就前來洗劫城邑,
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
奪去了他們的羊群、牛群和驢,並城內和鄉間所有的一切。
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
凡是他們的財物,連他們所有的孩子和婦女都擄了去;凡屋內所有的一切,都奪了去。
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
雅各伯事後對西默盎和肋未說:「你們害了我,使我在本地的居民,即客納罕人和培黎齊人中,成了個可恨的人。我的人數少,如果他們聯合起來反對我,攻擊我,那末我和我全家就必同歸於盡。」
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
他們回答說:「難道人應待我們的妹妹如同一個妓女﹖」

< Genesis 34 >