Shìshījì 10

1 Yàbǐmǐlè yǐhòu , yǒu Yǐsàjiā rén duǒ duō de sūnzi , Pǔwǎ de érzi Tuólā xīngqǐ , zhĕngjiù Yǐsèliè rén . tā zhù zaì Yǐfǎlián shān dì de shā mì .

2 Tuólā zuò Yǐsèliè de shì shī èr shí sān nián , jiù sǐ le , zàng zaì shā mì .

3 Zaì tā yǐhòu yǒu Jīliè rén Yáĕr xīngqǐ , zuò Yǐsèliè de shì shī èr shí èr nián .

4 Tā yǒu sān shí gè érzi , qí zhe sān shí pǐ lü jū . tāmen yǒu sān shí zuò chéngyì , jiào zuò hā wō tè Yáĕr , zhídào rújīn , dōu shì zaì Jīliè dì .

5 Yá Ěr sǐ le , jiù zàng zaì jiā men .

6 Yǐsèliè rén yòu xíng Yēhéhuá yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì , qù shìfèng zhū bāLìhé Yàsītālù , bìng Yàlán de shén , Xīdùn de shén , Móyē de shén , Yàmén rén de shén , Fēilìshì rén de shén , lí qì Yēhéhuá , bú shìfèng tā

7 Yēhéhuá de nùqì xiàng Yǐsèliè rén fā zuò , jiù bǎ tāmen jiāo zaì Fēilìshì rén hé Yàmén rén de shǒu zhōng .

8 Cóng nà nián qǐ , tāmen rǎo haì qīyē Yuēdànhé nàbiān , zhù Yàmólìrén zhī Jīliè dì de Yǐsèliè rén , gōng yǒu shí bā nián .

9 Yàmén rén yòu dù guō Yuēdànhé qù gōngdǎ Yóudà hé Biànyǎmǐn , bìng Yǐfǎlián zú . Yǐsèliè rén jiù shén jué jiǒng pò .

10 Yǐsèliè rén āi qiú Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒmen dé zuì le nǐ . yīnwei lí qì le wǒmen shén , qù shìfèng zhū bā lì .

11 Yēhéhuá duì Yǐsèliè rén shuō , wǒ qǐ méiyǒu jiù guō nǐmen tuōlí Āijí rén , Yàmólìrén , Yàmén rén , hé Fēilìshì rén ma .

12 Xīdùn rén , Yàmǎlì rén , mǎ yún rén yĕ dōu qīyē nǐmen . nǐmen āi qiú wǒ , wǒ yĕ zhĕngjiù nǐmen tuōlí tāmende shǒu .

13 Nǐmen jìng lí qì wǒ , shìfèng bié shén . suǒyǐ wǒ bú zaì jiù nǐmen le .

14 Nǐmen qù āi qiú suǒ xuǎnzé de shén . nǐmen zāoyù jí nán de shíhou , ràng tā jiù nǐmen ba .

15 Yǐsèliè rén duì Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒmen fàn zuì le , rènpíng nǐ suíyì dāi wǒmen ba . zhǐ qiú nǐ jīnrì zhĕngjiù wǒmen .

16 Yǐsèliè rén jiù chúdiào tāmen zhōngjiān de waì bāng shén , shìfèng Yēhéhuá . Yēhéhuá yīn Yǐsèliè rén shòu de kǔnàn , jiù xīn zhōng dān yōu .

17 Dāngshí Yàmén rén jùjí , ān yíng zaì Jīliè . Yǐsèliè rén yĕ jùjí , ān yíng zaì Mǐsībā .

18 Jīliè de mín hé zhòng shǒulǐng bǐcǐ shāngyì shuō , shuí néng xiān qù gōngdǎ Yàmén rén , shuí bì zuò Jīliè yīqiè jūmín de lǐng xiù .

Shìshījì 10 Commentary

Chapter 10

Tola and Jair judge Israel. (1-5) The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel. (6-9) Israel's repentance. (10-18)

Verses 1-5 Quiet and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, yield least variety of matter to be spoken of. Such were the days of Tola and Jair. They were humble, active, and useful men, rulers appointed of God.

Verses 6-9 Now the threatening was fulfilled, that the Israelites should have no power to stand before their enemies, Le. 26:17, Le. 26:37 . By their evil ways and their evil doings they procured this to themselves.

Verses 10-18 God is able to multiply men's punishments according to the numbers of their sins and idols. But there is hope when sinners cry to the Lord for help, and lament their ungodliness as well as their more open transgressions. It is necessary, in true repentance, that there be a full conviction that those things cannot help us which we have set in competition with God. They acknowledged what they deserved, yet prayed to God not to deal with them according to their deserts. We must submit to God's justice, with a hope in his mercy. True repentance is not only for sin, but from sin. As the disobedience and misery of a child are a grief to a tender father, so the provocations of God's people are a grief to him. From him mercy never can be sought in vain. Let then the trembling sinner, and the almost despairing backslider, cease from debating about God's secret purposes, or from expecting to find hope from former experiences. Let them cast themselves on the mercy of God our Saviour, humble themselves under his hand, seek deliverance from the powers of darkness, separate themselves from sin, and from occasions of it, use the means of grace diligently, and wait the Lord's time, and so they shall certainly rejoice in his mercy.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 10

This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days they enjoyed peace, Jud 10:1-5, after which they sinning against God, came into trouble, and were oppressed by their enemies eighteen years, and were also invaded by an army of the Ammonites, Jud 10:6-9, when they cried unto the Lord for deliverance, confessing their sin; but he had first refused to grant them any, though upon their importunity and reformation he had compassion on them, Jud 10:10-16 and the chapter is concluded with the preparation made by both armies for a battle, Jud 10:17,18.