因为耶和华你们的神他是万神之神,万主之主,至大的神,大有能力,大而可畏,不以貌取人,也不受贿赂。
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
你要敬畏耶和华你的神,事奉他,专靠他,也要指着他的名起誓。
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
就甚惧怕。因为基遍是一座大城,如都城一般,比艾城更大,并且城内的人都是勇士。
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
在这日以前,这日以后,耶和华听人的祷告,没有像这日的,是因耶和华为以色列争战。
And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
有人告诉约书亚说,那五王已经找到了,都藏在玛基大洞里。
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
约书亚和以色列人大大杀败他们,直到将他们灭尽。其中剩下的人都进了坚固的城。
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
约书亚说,打开洞口,将那五王从洞里带出来,领到我面前。
Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
众人就这样行,将那五王,就是耶路撒冷王,希伯仑王,耶末王,拉吉王,伊矶伦王,从洞里带出来,领到约书亚面前。
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
带出那五王到约书亚面前的时候,约书亚就召了以色列众人来,对那些和他同去的军长说,你们近前来,把脚踏在这些王的颈项上。他们就近前来,把脚踏在这些王的颈项上。
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
约书亚和以色列众人从玛基大往立拿去,攻打立拿。
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: