利坚,伊利毗勒,他拉拉,
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
洗拉,以利弗,耶布斯(耶布斯就是耶路撒冷),基比亚,基列,共十四座城,还有属城的村庄。这是便雅悯人按着宗族所得的地业。
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
他们对他说,请你求问神,使我们知道所行的道路通达不通达。
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
五人就走了,来到拉亿,见那里的民安居无虑,如同西顿人安居一样。在那地没有人掌权扰乱他们。他们离西顿人也远,与别人没有来往。
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
五人回到琐拉和以实陶,见他们的弟兄。弟兄问他们说,你们有什么话。
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
他们回答说,起来,我们上去攻击他们吧。我们已经窥探那地,见那地甚好。你们为何静坐不动呢。要急速前往得那地为业,不可迟延。
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
你们到了那里,必看见安居无虑的民,地也宽阔。神已将那地交在你们手中。那地百物俱全,一无所缺。
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
上到犹大的基列耶琳,在基列耶琳后边安营。因此那地方名叫玛哈尼但,直到今日。
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
从前窥探拉亿地的五个人对他们的弟兄说,这宅子里有以弗得和家中的神像,并雕刻的像与铸成的像,你们知道吗。现在你们要想一想当怎样行。
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
五人就进入米迦的住宅,到了那少年利未人的房内问他好。
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.