1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.
2 Yahweh spoke to me, saying, 3 "You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward. 4 Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful. 5 Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. 6 You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’"
7 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.
8 So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 Yahweh said to me, "Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession."
10 (The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim. 11 These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 The Horites also lived in Seir in the past, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
13 "Now rise up and cross over the brook Zered." We went over the brook Zered.
14 The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea until we had come over the brook Zered were thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the middle of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them. 15 Moreover Yahweh’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed. 16 So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 Yahweh spoke to me, saying, 18 "You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today. 19 When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession."
20 (That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim lived there in the past, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, 21 a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them from before Israel, and they succeeded them, and lived in their place, 22 as he did for the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day. 23 Then the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza: the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.)
24 "Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you."
26 I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 "Let me pass through your land. I will go along by the highway. I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left. 28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet, 29 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us." 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.
31 Yahweh said to me, "Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land." 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. 33 Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people. 34 We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining. 35 Only the livestock we took for plunder for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities which we had taken. 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us. 37 Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
1 "以后， 我们照着耶和华吩咐我的， 回转过来， 沿着往红海的路起程到旷野去； 我们在西珥山绕行了很多日子。
2 耶和华对我说：
3 ‘你们绕行这山的日子已经够了； 现在要转向北去。
4 你要吩咐人民说： "你们的兄弟以扫的子孙， 住在西珥， 你们现在要经过他们的境界； 他们必惧怕你们， 所以你们要十分谨慎。
5 不要与他们争执； 他们的地， 连脚掌那么大的一块， 我都不给你们， 因为我已经把西珥山赐给以扫作产业。
6 你们要用银子向他们买食物吃； 也要用银子向他们买水喝。
7 因为耶和华你的 神， 对于你手里所作的一切事， 都已经赐福给你； 他也知道你怎样走这大旷野； 这四十年来， 耶和华你们的 神常与你同在， 使你毫无缺乏。"’
8 "于是我们离开我们住在西珥的兄弟以扫的子孙， 继续前行； 沿着亚拉巴的路， 到了以拉他和以旬．迦别， 然后转向摩押旷野的路去。
9 耶和华对我说： ‘你不可敌视摩押人， 也不可与他们争战； 他们的地我不赐给你作产业， 因为我已经把亚珥赐给了罗得的子孙作产业。
10 （以前有以米人住在那里， 这族人人数众多， 身体高大， 像亚衲族人一样。
11 这以米人， 像亚衲族人一样， 也算为利乏音人； 但摩押人称他们为以米人。
12 以前何利人也住在西珥， 但以扫的子孙占领了他们的产业， 消灭了他们， 住在他们那里， 就像以色列在耶和华赐给他们作产业的地上所行的一样。）
13 现在你们要起来， 过撒烈溪。’于是我们过了撒烈溪。
14 自从我们离开加低斯．巴尼亚， 直到过了撒烈溪的日子， 共有三十八年， 等到那世代的战士都从营中灭绝为止， 正像耶和华向他们所起的誓一样。
15 耶和华的手攻击了他们， 把他们从营中除灭， 直到灭尽为止。
16 "所有战士都从民中死尽以后，
17 耶和华就对我说：
18 ‘你今天要经过摩押的境界亚珥；
19 你走近亚扪人面前的时候， 不可敌视他们， 也不可与他们争执； 亚扪人的地我不赐给你们作产业， 因为我已经把那地赐给了罗得的子孙作产业。
20 （那地也算为利乏音人的地， 以前利乏音人住在那里， 但亚扪人称他们为散送冥。
21 这族人人数众多， 身体高大， 像亚衲族人一样； 但耶和华从亚扪人面前消灭了他们， 亚扪人就占领了他们的地业， 住在那里，
22 好像耶和华从前为住在西珥的以扫的子孙所作的一样， 就是把何利人从他们面前消灭， 他们就占领了他们的地业， 住在他们那里， 直到今日。
23 还有亚卫人， 原先住在迦萨附近的各村庄里， 有从迦斐托出来的迦斐托人把他们消灭了， 住在他们那里。）
24 现在你要起来， 出发， 过亚嫩谷； 看哪， 我已经把亚摩利人希实本王西宏和他的土地， 交在你的手里了； 你要开始占领那地作产业， 与他争战。
25 就在今天， 我要使天下万民听见你的消息都惊慌惧怕， 而且因你的缘故发抖疼痛。’
26 "我从基底莫的旷野， 派使者到希实本王西宏那里去， 用和平的话说：
27 ‘求你让我从你的地经过； 我只走大道， 不偏左也不偏右。
28 你可以按着价钱把食物卖给我吃， 也可以按着价钱把水卖给我喝； 只要让我步行过去就是了；
29 好像住在西珥的以扫子孙， 和住在西珥的摩押人待我一样， 等我过约旦河， 进到耶和华我们的 神赐给我们的地去。’
30 但是希实本王西宏不肯让我们从他那里经过， 因为耶和华我们的 神使他的心意顽固， 使他的心刚硬， 为要把他交在你的手里， 像今日一样。
31 耶和华对我说： ‘看哪， 我已经把西宏和他的地交给你了， 你可以占领他的地作产业。’
32 "那时西宏和他所有的人民都出来， 攻击我们， 在雅杂与我们作战。
33 耶和华我们的 神把他交给了我们， 我们就把他、他的儿子们和他所有的人民都击杀了。
34 那时我们夺取了他所有的城邑， 把每一座城， 连男带女， 以及小孩子都全部毁灭， 没有留下一个存活的；
35 只留下我们掠为己有的牲畜， 和我们夺取城邑所得的战利品。
36 从亚嫩谷旁边的亚罗珥和谷中的城， 直到基列， 没有一座城太高， 是我们不能攻下的； 耶和华我们的 神把这一切都交给我们了。
37 只有亚扪人的地， 雅博河一带的地方， 和山地的城市， 以及耶和华我们的 神吩咐我们不可去的地方， 我们都没有走近。"