But Samuel was ministering before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

那时撒母耳还是孩子，穿着细麻布的以弗得，侍立在耶和华面前。

(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

亚希米勒的儿子亚比亚他逃到基伊拉见大卫的时候，手里拿着以弗得。

When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, " Bring the ephod" .

大卫知道扫罗设谋害他，就对祭司亚比亚他说：" 将以弗得拿过来。"

The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people.

祭司心里喜悦，便拿着以弗得和家中的神像，并雕刻的像，进入他们中间。

For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.

以色列人也必多日独居，无君王、无首领、无祭祀、无柱像、无以弗得、无家中的神像。

They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth—the work of a weaver

他用织工作以弗得的外袍，颜色全是蓝的。

They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

又为以弗得作两条相连的肩带，接连在以弗得的两头。

The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

众官长把红玛瑙和别样的宝石，可以镶嵌在以弗得与胸牌上的，都拿了来。

Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

将这两块宝石，安在以弗得的两条肩带上，为以色列人作记念石，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.

这米迦有了神堂，又制造以弗得和家中的神像，分派他一个儿子作祭司。

One day, the Jewish elders came to him to buy some diamonds, to put upon that part of the dress of their high priest, which the Bible calls an ephod.

一天，几位上了年纪的犹太长老到他店里来，想要买一些珠宝，用来装饰他们最高级别神职人员的服装，即《圣经》中提到的犹太教大祭司所穿的法衣。

Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.

要作两个金环，安在胸牌的两头，在以弗得里面的边上。

They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.

作两个金环，安在胸牌的两头，在以弗得里面的边上。

When the five men went into Micah's house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, " What are you doing" ?

那五个人进入米迦的住宅，拿出雕刻的像、以弗得、家中的神像，并铸成的像，祭司就问他们说：" 你们作什么呢？"

They fashioned the breastpiece—the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.

他用巧匠的手工作胸牌，和以弗得一样的作法，用金线与蓝色、紫色、朱红色线并捻的细麻作的。

Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.

基甸以此制造了一个以弗得，设立在本城俄弗拉，后来以色列人拜那以弗得行了邪淫。这就作了基甸和他全家的网罗。

Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod.

又要作两个金环，安在以弗得前面两条肩带的下边，挨近相接之处，在以弗得巧工织的带子以上。

Its skillfully woven waistband was like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen, as the Lord commanded Moses.

其上巧工织的带子和以弗得一样的作法，用以束上，与以弗得接连一块，是用金线和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线并捻的细麻作的，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。

Its skillfully woven waistband is to be like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen.

其上巧工织的带子，要和以弗得一样的作法，用以束上，与以弗得接连一块；要用金线和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线，并捻的细麻作成。

The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband, so that the breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod.

要用蓝细带子把胸牌的环子与以弗得的环子系住，使胸牌贴在以弗得巧工织的带子上，不可与以弗得离缝。