YuēShūyàjì 8:1-29

1 Yēhéhuá duì Yuēshūyà shuō , búyào jùpà , yĕ búyào jīng huáng . nǐ qǐlai , shuaìlǐng yīqiè bīng dīng shàng Aì chéng qù , wǒ yǐjing bǎ Aì chéng de wáng hé tāde mín , tāde chéng , bìng tāde dì , dōu jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ .

2 Nǐ zĕnyàng daì Yēlìgē hé Yēlìgē de wáng , yĕ dàng zhàoyàng daì Aì chéng hé Aì chéng de wáng . zhǐshì chéng neì suǒ duó de cáiwù hé shēngchù , nǐmen kĕyǐ qǔ wéi zìjǐ de lue wù . nǐ yào zaì chéng hòu shè xià fú bīng .

3 Yúshì , Yuēshūyà hé yīqiè bīng dīng dōu qǐlai , yào shàng Aì chéng qù . Yuēshūyà xuǎn le sān wàn dà néng de yǒng shì , yè jiàn dǎfa tāmen qián wǎng ,

4 Fēnfu tāmen shuō , nǐmen yào zaì chéng hòu máifu , bùkĕ lí chéng taì yuǎn , dōu yào gèzì zhúnbeì .

5 Wǒ yǔ wǒ suǒ daìlǐng de zhòng mín yào xiàng chéng qián wǎng . chéng lǐ de rén xiàng chū cì chūlai gōngjī wǒmen de shíhou , wǒmen jiù zaì tāmen miànqián taópǎo ,

6 Tāmen bì chūlai zhuīgǎn wǒmen , zhídào wǒmen yǐnyòu tāmen líkāi chéng . yīnwei tāmen bì shuō , zhèxie rén xiàng chū cì zaì wǒmen miànqián taópǎo . suǒyǐ wǒmen yào zaì tāmen miànqián taópǎo ,

7 Nǐmen jiù cóng máifu de dìfang qǐlai , duó qǔ nà chéng . yīnwei Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén , bì bǎ chéng jiāo zaì nǐmen shǒu lǐ .

8 Nǐmen duó le chéng yǐhòu , jiù fàng huǒshào chéng , yào zhào Yēhéhuá de huà xíng . zhè shì wǒ fēnfu nǐmen de .

9 Yuēshūyà dǎfa tāmen qián wǎng , tāmen jiù shàng máifu de dìfang qù , zhù zaì Bótèlì hé Aì chéng de zhōngjiān , jiù shì zaì Aì chéng de xībiān . zhè yè Yuēshūyà què zaì mín zhōng zhù sù .

10 Yuēshūyà qīngzǎo qǐlai , diǎn qí bǎixìng , tā hé Yǐsèliè de zhǎnglǎo zaì bǎixìng qiánmian shàng Aì chéng qù .

11 Zhòng mín , jiù shì tā suǒ daìlǐng de bīng dīng , dōu shàng qù , xiàng qián zhí wǎng , lái dào chéng qián , zaì Aì chéng bĕibiān ān yíng . zaì Yuēshūyà hé Aì chéng zhōngjiān yǒu yī shān gǔ .

12 Tā tiǎo le yuē yǒu wǔ qiā rén , shǐ tāmen máifu zaì Bótèlì hé Aì chéng de zhōngjiān , jiù shì zaì Aì chéng de xībiān ,

13 Yúshì ānzhì le bǎixìng , jiù shì chéng bĕi de quán jūn hé chéng xī de fú bīng . zhè yè Yuēshūyà jìnrù shān gǔ zhī zhōng .

14 Aì chéng de wáng kànjian zhè jǐngkuàng , jiù hé quán chéng de rén , qīngzǎo jímáng qǐlai , àn suǒ déng de shíhou , chū dào Yàlābā qián , yào yǔ Yǐsèliè rén jiāo zhàn . wáng què bú zhīdào zaì chéng hòu yǒu fú bīng .

15 Yuēshūyà hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén zaì tāmen miànqián zhuāng baì , wǎng nà tōng kuàngyĕ de lù taópǎo .

16 Chéng neì de zhòng mín dōu beì zhāo jù , zhuīgǎn tāmen . Aì chéng rén zhuīgǎn de shíhou , jiù beì yǐnyòu líkāi chéng .

17 Aì chéng hé Bótèlì chéng méiyǒu yī rén bú chūlai zhuīgǎn Yǐsèliè rén de , piĕ le chǎngkāi de chéng mén , qù zhuīgǎn Yǐsèliè rén .

18 Yēhéhuá fēnfu Yuēshūyà shuō , nǐ xiàng Aì chéng shēn chū shǒu lǐ de duǎn qiāng , yīnwei wǒ yào jiāng chéng jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu lǐ . Yuēshūyà jiù xiàng chéng shēn chū shǒu lǐ de duǎn qiāng .

19 Tā yī shēnshǒu , fú bīng jiù cóng máifu de dìfang jímáng qǐlai , duó le chéng , pǎo jìn chéng qù , fàng huǒ fùnshāo .

20 Aì chéng de rén huí tóu yī kàn , búliào , chéng zhōng yān qì chōng tiān , tāmen jiù wúlì xiàng zuǒ xiàng yòu taópǎo . nà wǎng kuàngyĕ taópǎo de bǎixìng biàn zhuǎn shēn gōngjī zhuīgǎn tāmende rén .

21 Yuēshūyà hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén jiàn fú bīng yǐjing duó le chéng , chéng zhōng yān qì fēi téng , jiù zhuǎn shēn huí qù , jī shā Aì chéng de rén .

22 Fú bīng yĕ chū chéng yíng jī Aì chéng rén , Aì chéng rén jiù kùn zaì Yǐsèliè rén zhōngjiān , qián hòu dōu shì Yǐsèliè rén . yúshì Yǐsèliè rén jī shā tāmen , méiyǒu liú xià yī gè , yĕ méiyǒu yī gè taótuō de ,

23 Shēng qín le Aì chéng de wáng , jiāng tā jiĕ dào Yuēshūyà nàli .

24 Yǐsèliè rén zaì tiánjiān hé kuàngyĕ shā jìn suǒ zhuīgǎn yīqiè Aì chéng de jūmín . Aì chéng rén dǎo zaì dāo xià , zhídào miè jìn . Yǐsèliè zhòngrén jiù huí dào Aì chéng , yòng dāo shā le chéng zhōng de rén .

25 Dàng rì shā bì de rén , lián nán daì nǚ gōng yǒu yī wàn èr qiā , jiù shì Aì chéng suǒyǒude rén .

26 Yuēshūyà méiyǒu shōu huí shǒu lǐ suǒ shēn chūlai de duǎn qiāng , zhídào bǎ Aì chéng de yīqiè jūmín jìn xíng shā miè .

27 Wéidú chéng zhōng de shēngchù hé cáiwù , Yǐsèliè rén dōu qǔ wéi zìjǐ de lue wù , shì zhào Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu Yuēshūyà de huà .

28 Yuēshūyà jiāng Aì chéng fùnshāo , shǐ chéng yǒng wéi gāo duī , huāng cháng, zhídào jīnrì .

29 Yòu jiāng Aì chéng wáng guà zaì shù shàng , zhídào wǎnshang . rìluò de shíhou , Yuēshūyà fēnfu rén bǎ shī shǒu cóng shù shàng qǔ xià lái , diū zaì chéng ménkǒu , zaì shī shǒu shàng duī chéng yī dà duī shítou , zhí cún dào jīnrì .

YuēShūyàjì 8:1-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 8

Joshua is encouraged to go up and take Ai, and is directed what method to make use of, Jos 8:1,2; accordingly he set an ambush on the west side of it, and, he and the rest of the army went up before it, Jos 8:3-13; which, when the king of Ai saw, he and all his forces came cut against them, and the Israelites making a feint as if they were beaten, drew on the men of Ai to pursue them, upon which the ambush arose and entered the city and set fire to it, Jos 8:14-19; the smoke of which being observed by Joshua and Israel, they turned back upon the pursuers, and the ambush sallying out of the city behind them, made an entire destruction of them, then slew all the inhabitants, took the spoil, burnt the city, and hanged the king of it, Jos 8:20-29; after this Joshua built an altar at Ebal, wrote the law on stones, and read the blessings and curses in it before all Israel, Jos 8:30-35.