「此後，我們轉回，從
“Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the LORD told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir.
「此後，我們轉回，從
“Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the LORD told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir.
耶和華對我說：
Then the LORD said to me,
『你們繞行這山的日子夠了，要轉向北去。
‘You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward
你吩咐百姓說：你們弟兄
and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful.
不可與他們爭戰；他們的地，連腳掌可踏之處，我都不給你們，因我已將
Do not 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 as a possession.
你們要用錢向他們買糧吃，也要用錢向他們買水喝。
You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
因為耶和華──你的神在你手裏所辦的一切事上已賜福與你。你走這大曠野，他都知道了。這四十年，耶和華──你的神常與你同在，故此你一無所缺。』
For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.”’
「於是，我們離了我們弟兄
So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. “And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
耶和華吩咐我說：『不可擾害
And the LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.’
（先前，有
(The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.
這
Like the Anakim they are also counted as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
先前，
The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the people of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the LORD gave to them.)
現在，起來過
‘Now rise up and go over the brook Zered.’ So we went over the brook Zered.
自從離開
And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
耶和華的手也攻擊他們，將他們從營中除滅，直到滅盡。
For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
「兵丁從民中都滅盡死亡以後，
“So as soon as all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people,
耶和華吩咐我說：
the LORD said to me,
『你今天要從
‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
走近
And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.’
（那地也算為
(It is also counted as a land of Rephaim. Rephaim formerly lived there — but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim —
那民眾多，身體高大，像
a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before the Ammonites, and they dispossessed them and settled in their place,
正如耶和華從前為住
as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.
從
As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.)
你們起來前往，過
‘Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.
從今日起，我要使天下萬民聽見你的名聲都驚恐懼怕，且因你發顫傷慟。」
This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
「我從
“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
『求你容我從你的地經過，只走大道，不偏左右。
‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.
你可以賣糧給我吃，也可以賣水給我喝，只要容我步行過去，
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot,
就如住
as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving to us.’
但
But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.
耶和華對我說：『從此起首，我要將
And the LORD said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’
那時，
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.
耶和華──我們的神將他交給我們，我們就把他和他的兒子，並他的眾民，都擊殺了。
And the LORD our God gave him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and all his people.
我們奪了他的一切城邑，將有人煙的各城，連女人帶孩子，盡都毀滅，沒有留下一個。
And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.
惟有牲畜和所奪的各城，並其中的財物，都取為自己的掠物。
Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured.
從
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The LORD our God gave all into our hands.
惟有
Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, whatever the LORD our God had forbidden us.