May our cattle be bred Without mishap and without loss, May there be no outcry in our streets!

我们的牛驮着满驮，没有人闯进来抢夺，也没有人出去争战；我们的街市上也没有哭号的声音。

我们的牲口驮满货物，没有人闯进来抢夺，也没有人出去争战；我们的街市上也没有哭号的声音。

我们的牲口驮满货物，没有人闯进来抢夺，也没有人出去争战；我们的街市上也没有哭号的声音。

愿我们的牲口驮满货物，我们的城墙固若金汤，无人被掳，街上没有哭叫声。

愿我们的牛群满驮货物；城墙没有缺口，没有人出去争战（“愿我们⋯⋯出去争战”或译：“愿我们的牛群多生多养，没有流产，没有死掉”），在我们的街上也没有呼叫的声音。

我们的牛群满负货物，城墙也没有破口，没有人流亡，我们的广场上也没有哭声。

我們的牛馱着滿馱，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去爭戰；我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。

我們的牲口馱滿貨物，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去爭戰；我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。

我們的牲口馱滿貨物，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去爭戰；我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。

願我們的牲口馱滿貨物，我們的城牆固若金湯，無人被擄，街上沒有哭叫聲。

願我們的牛群滿馱貨物；城牆沒有缺口，沒有人出去爭戰（“願我們⋯⋯出去爭戰”或譯：“願我們的牛群多生多養，沒有流產，沒有死掉”），在我們的街上也沒有呼叫的聲音。

我們的牲口馱着滿馱，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去應戰；我們廣場上也沒有哀號的聲音。

我們的牛群滿負貨物，城牆也沒有破口，沒有人流亡，我們的廣場上也沒有哭聲。

我牛負重、敵不來侵、我不出禦、街衢無號呼兮、

使我牛孳息、我之疆址、敵不能侵、街衢不復喧譁兮。

使我牛群肥壯、使我無傷無失、在街市無哀哭之聲、

暮夜無穿窬。白日無遊騖。街巷無諠囂。井然有秩序。

our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. None of our city walls will be broken down. No one will be carried off as a prisoner. No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.

may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.

Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.

That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry in our streets.

When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.

[ That] our oxen[ may be] strong to labour;[ that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that[ there be] no complaining in our streets.

Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

Then raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,and another company turned toward Beth horon, and another company turned toward the border that overlooks the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said,“ Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.The charge was two thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the cattle goads.So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the gorge of Michmash.

“ The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated by you; they will go out against you one way and will flee at your presence seven ways.

There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All joy turns to gloom. The joy of the earth is banished.

“ The Lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies; you will go out one way against them, but you will flee seven ways from their presence, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.

The Lord says this:‘ I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of armies will be called the Holy Mountain.’The Lord of armies says this:‘ Old men and old women will again sit in the public squares of Jerusalem, each person with his staff in his hand because of age.And the public squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its squares.’

If I go out to the country, There are those killed by the sword! Or if I enter the city, There are diseases from famine! For both prophet and priest Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’ ”

New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.

The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to an appointed feast. All her gates are deserted; Her priests groan, Her virgins are worried, And as for Zion herself, it is bitter for her.Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies are secure; For the Lord has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her wrongdoings; Her little ones have gone away As captives led by the enemy.All of her splendor Is gone from the daughter of Zion; Her leaders have become like deer That have found no pasture, And they have fled without strength From the pursuer.

But if you do not listen to it, My soul will weep in secret for such pride; And my eyes will shed And stream down tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.Say to the king and the queen mother,“ Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All Judah has been taken into exile, Wholly taken into exile.

“ Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

Now when the people of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and settled in them.

For whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and march against them.