和合本
14:1 當下,全會眾大聲喧嚷;那夜百姓都哭號。
14:2
以色列眾人向摩西、亞倫發怨言;全會眾對他們說:「巴不得我們早死在埃及地,或是死在這曠野。
14:3
耶和華為甚麼把我們領到那地,使我們倒在刀下呢?我們的妻子和孩子必被擄掠。我們回埃及去豈不好麼?」
14:4 眾人彼此說:「我們不如立一個首領回埃及去吧!」
14:5 摩西、亞倫就俯伏在以色列全會眾面前。
14:6 窺探地的人中,嫩的兒子約書亞和耶孚尼的兒子迦勒撕裂衣服,
14:7 對以色列全會眾說:「我們所窺探、經過之地是極美之地。
14:8 耶和華若喜悅我們,就必將我們領進那地,把地賜給我們;那地原是流奶與蜜之地。
14:9
但你們不可背叛耶和華,也不要怕那地的居民;因為他們是我們的食物,並且蔭庇他們的已經離開他們。有耶和華與我們同在,不要怕他們!」
14:10
但全會眾說:「拿石頭打死他們二人。」忽然,耶和華的榮光在會幕中向以色列眾人顯現。
現代中文本
以色列人抱怨
14:1
以色列全會眾整夜悲歎哀號。
14:2 他們埋怨摩西和亞倫說:「我們寧願死在埃及或死在曠野!
14:3 上主為甚麼領我們到那地方去?我們一定會被殺死,我們的妻兒一定會被擄去。我們回埃及去不更好嗎?」
14:4 他們彼此說:「我們來選一個領袖帶我們回埃及吧!」
14:5 摩西和亞倫在人民面前俯伏地上,
14:6 嫩的兒子約書亞和耶孚尼的兒子迦勒這兩名探子悲傷地撕裂了衣服,
14:7 對人民說:「我們所偵察的那片土地是非常肥沃的土地。
14:8 如果上主喜歡我們,他會領我們到那裏,把那片流奶與蜜的肥沃土地賜給我們。
14:9
你們不要背叛上主,不要怕當地的居民。我們將輕易地征服他們。上主與我們同在;他已經擊敗了那些保護他們的神明。所以你們不要害怕!」
14:10 但全會眾威脅他們,要用石頭打死他們兩人。可是突然間,人民看見了上主的榮光出現在聖幕上面。
思想問題 :我現在所害怕的對象或事物是誰?我要如何才能像迦勒和約書亞一樣,有著與神同在的信心?
今日禱告
1.求主給我們勇氣,害怕違背上帝勝過害怕困難的環境
2.為惠珍姊的病情繼續守望
3.為技職營順利禱告,也為同工曉嵐、芋頭、冠宇禱告
RSV
14:1 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry;
and the people wept that night.
14:2 And all the people of Israel murmured
against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, "Would
that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this
wilderness!
14:3 Why does the LORD bring us into this
land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a
prey; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?"
14:4 And they said to one another, "Let us
choose a captain, and go back to Egypt."
14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the
son of Jephun'neh, who were among those who had spied out the land, rent
their clothes,
14:7 and said to all the congregation of the
people of Israel, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is
an exceedingly good land.
14:8 If the LORD delights in us, he will
bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk
and honey.
14:9 Only, do not rebel against the LORD; and
do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us; their
protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear
them."
14:10 But all the congregation said to stone
them with stones. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of
meeting to all the people of Israel.
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