اَلْقُضَاة 1
| وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ يَشُوعَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَأَلُوا ٱلرَّبَّ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ مِنَّا يَصْعَدُ إِلَى ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ أَوَّلًا لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ؟» | ١ 1 |
After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Which tribe from among us should go first and attack the Canaanites?”
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا يَصْعَدُ. هُوَذَا قَدْ دَفَعْتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِيَدِهِ». | ٢ 2 |
“Judah is to go first,” the Lord replied. “I have handed the land over to them.”
| فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِشِمْعُونَ أَخِيهِ: «اِصْعَدْ مَعِي فِي قُرْعَتِي لِكَيْ نُحَارِبَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، فَأَصْعَدَ أَنَا أَيْضًا مَعَكَ فِي قُرْعَتِكَ». فَذَهَبَ شِمْعُونُ مَعَهُ. | ٣ 3 |
The men of Judah said to their relatives of the tribe of Simeon, “Come with us to the land that has been allotted to us, and fight together with us against the Canaanites. Then we'll do the same for you and your allotted land.” So the tribe of Simeon joined with them.
| فَصَعِدَ يَهُوذَا، وَدَفَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ بِيَدِهِمْ، فَضَرَبُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي بَازَقَ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ. | ٤ 4 |
The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites and Perizzites, and the Lord handed them over in defeat. They killed ten thousand of the enemy at the town of Bezek.
| وَوَجَدُوا أَدُونِيَ بَازَقَ فِي بَازَقَ، فَحَارَبُوهُ وَضَرَبُوا ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ. | ٥ 5 |
There they confronted Adoni-bezek and fought with him, defeating the Canaanites and Perizzites.
| فَهَرَبَ أَدُونِي بَازَقَ، فَتَبِعُوهُ وَأَمْسَكُوهُ وَقَطَعُوا أَبَاهِمَ يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ. | ٦ 6 |
Adoni-bezek ran away, but they chased after him and captured him, and then cut off his thumbs and big toes.
| فَقَالَ أَدُونِي بَازَقَ: «سَبْعُونَ مَلِكًا مَقْطُوعَةٌ أَبَاهِمُ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلِهِمْ كَانُوا يَلْتَقِطُونَ تَحْتَ مَائِدَتِي. كَمَا فَعَلْتُ كَذَلِكَ جَازَانِيَ ٱللهُ». وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فَمَاتَ هُنَاكَ. | ٧ 7 |
Adoni-bezek said, “I had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off picking up left-overs from under my table. Now God has paid me back in the same way what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem where he died.
| وَحَارَبَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَخَذُوهَا وَضَرَبُوهَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَشْعَلُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِٱلنَّارِ. | ٨ 8 |
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and conquered it. They killed the inhabitants with the sword and burned the town down.
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ نَزَلَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا لِمُحَارَبَةِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْجَبَلِ وَٱلْجَنُوبِ وَٱلسَّهْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
After this the men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills of the lowlands.
| وَسَارَ يَهُوذَا عَلَى ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، وَكَانَ ٱسْمُ حَبْرُونَ قَبْلًا قَرْيَةَ أَرْبَعَ. وَضَرَبُوا شِيشَايَ وَأَخِيمَانَ وَتَلْمَايَ. | ١٠ 10 |
They attacked the Canaanites who lived Hebron (previously known as Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
| وَسَارَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى سُكَّانِ دَبِيرَ، وَٱسْمُ دَبِيرَ قَبْلًا قَرْيَةُ سَفَرٍ. | ١١ 11 |
From there they went on to attack the people living in Debir (previously known as Kiriath Sepher).
| فَقَالَ كَالَبُ: «ٱلَّذِي يَضْرِبُ قَرْيَةَ سَفَرٍ وَيَأْخُذُهَا، أُعْطِيهِ عَكْسَةَ ٱبْنَتِي ٱمْرَأَةً». | ١٢ 12 |
Caleb announced, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to whoever attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”
| فَأَخَذَهَا عُثْنِيئِيلُ بْنُ قَنَازَ، أَخُو كَالَبَ ٱلْأَصْغَرُ مِنْهُ. فَأَعْطَاهُ عَكْسَةَ ٱبْنَتَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً. | ١٣ 13 |
Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, was the one captured it, so he gave him his daughter Acsah in marriage.
| وَكَانَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهَا أَنَّهَا غَرَّتْهُ بِطَلَبِ حَقْلٍ مِنْ أَبِيهَا. فَنَزَلَتْ عَنِ ٱلْحِمَارِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا كَالَبُ: «مَا لَكِ؟» | ١٤ 14 |
When Acsah came to Othniel, she encouraged him to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «أَعْطِنِي بَرَكَةً. لِأَنَّكَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَرْضَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، فَأَعْطِنِي يَنَابِيعَ مَاءٍ». فَأَعْطَاهَا كَالَبُ ٱلْيَنَابِيعَ ٱلْعُلْيَا وَٱلْيَنَابِيعَ ٱلسُّفْلَى. | ١٥ 15 |
“Please give me a blessing,” she replied. “You gave me land that's like the desert, so please give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
| وَبَنُو ٱلْقَيْنِيِّ حَمِي مُوسَى صَعِدُوا مِنْ مَدِينَةِ ٱلنَّخْلِ مَعَ بَنِي يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّتِي فِي جَنُوبِيِّ عَرَادَ، وَذَهَبُوا وَسَكَنُوا مَعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ١٦ 16 |
The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went with the people of Judah from the city of palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad where they settled among the people.
| وَذَهَبَ يَهُوذَا مَعَ شِمْعُونَ أَخِيهِ وَضَرَبُوا ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانَ صَفَاةَ وَحَرَّمُوهَا، وَدَعَوْا ٱسْمَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ «حُرْمَةَ». | ١٧ 17 |
Then Judah joined Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They completely destroyed the town, so they named it Hormah.
| وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا غَزَّةَ وَتُخُومَهَا، وَأَشْقَلُونَ وَتُخُومَهَا، وَعَقْرُونَ وَتُخُومَهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
Judah also captured the towns of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, each with its surrounding territory.
| وَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَ يَهُوذَا فَمَلَكَ ٱلْجَبَلَ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُطْرَدْ سُكَّانُ ٱلْوَادِي لِأَنَّ لَهُمْ مَرْكَبَاتِ حَدِيدٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
The Lord was with Judah, and they took over the hill country, but they could not drive out the people living on the plain because they had iron chariots.
| وَأَعْطَوْا لِكَالَبَ حَبْرُونَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى. فَطَرَدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ ٱلثَّلَاثَةَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
As Moses had stipulated, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove out from it the descendants of three sons of Anak.
| وَبَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ لَمْ يَطْرُدُوا ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَسَكَنَ ٱلْيَبُوسِيُّونَ مَعَ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٢١ 21 |
However, Benjamin could not drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live among the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.
| وَصَعِدَ بَيْتُ يُوسُفَ أَيْضًا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَٱلرَّبُّ مَعَهُمْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
The descendants of Joseph went and attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
| وَٱسْتَكْشَفَ بَيْتُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَكَانَ ٱسْمُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ قَبْلًا لُوزَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
They sent spies to investigate Bethel, which was previously known as Luz.
| فَرَأَى ٱلْمُرَاقِبُونَ رَجُلًا خَارِجًا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَرِنَا مَدْخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَنَعْمَلَ مَعَكَ مَعْرُوفًا». | ٢٤ 24 |
The spies saw a man leaving the town and told him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”
| فَأَرَاهُمْ مَدْخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَضَرَبُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ وَكُلُّ عَشِيرَتِهِ فَأَطْلَقُوهُمْ. | ٢٥ 25 |
The man showed them the way into the town, and they killed all the inhabitants except the man and his family, whom they let go.
| فَٱنْطَلَقَ ٱلرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَبَنَى مَدِينَةً وَدَعَا ٱسْمَهَا «لُوزَ» وَهُوَ ٱسْمُهَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
The man moved to the country of the Hittites, and built a town there and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
| وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْ مَنَسَّى أَهْلَ بَيْتِ شَانَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا أَهْلَ تَعْنَكَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا سُكَّانَ دُورَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا سُكَّانَ يِبْلَعَامَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا سُكَّانَ مَجِدُّو وَقُرَاهَا. فَعَزَمَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ عَلَى ٱلسَّكَنِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
However, Manasseh didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo and their surrounding villages because the Canaanites insisted on living in the land.
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا تَشَدَّدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَنَّهُ وَضَعَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْهُمْ طَرْدًا. | ٢٨ 28 |
When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites do forced labor, but they never completely drove them out.
| وَأَفْرَايِمُ لَمْ يَطْرُدِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي جَازَرَ، فَسَكَنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ فِي وَسَطِهِ فِي جَازَرَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites living in the town of Gezer, so the Canaanites went on living there among them.
| زَبُولُونُ لَمْ يَطْرُدْ سُكَّانَ قِطْرُونَ، وَلَا سُكَّانَ نَهْلُولَ، فَسَكَنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ فِي وَسَطِهِ وَكَانُوا تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Zebulun didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites went on living there among them. However, the Canaanites were made to do forced labor for the people of Zebulun.
| وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْ أَشِيرُ سُكَّانَ عَكُّو، وَلَا سُكَّانَ صَيْدُونَ وَأَحْلَبَ وَأَكْزِيبَ وَحَلْبَةَ وَأَفِيقَ وَرَحُوبَ. | ٣١ 31 |
Asher didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob,
| فَسَكَنَ ٱلْأَشِيرِيُّونَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَطْرُدُوهُمْ. | ٣٢ 32 |
so the people of Asher went on living there among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they hadn't driven them out.
| وَنَفْتَالِي لَمْ يَطْرُدْ سُكَّانَ بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ، وَلَا سُكَّانَ بَيْتِ عَنَاةَ، بَلْ سَكَنَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. فَكَانَ سُكَّانُ بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ وَبَيْتِ عَنَاةَ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ لَهُمْ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Naphtali didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the people of Asher went on living there among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they hadn't driven them out. However, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were made to do forced labor for the people of Naphtali.
| وَحَصَرَ ٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ بَنِي دَانَ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَدَعُوهُمْ يَنْزِلُونَ إِلَى ٱلْوَادِي. | ٣٤ 34 |
The Amorites pushed the people of Dan back into the hill country—they did not let them come down into the lowlands.
| فَعَزَمَ ٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ عَلَى ٱلسَّكَنِ فِي جَبَلِ حَارَسَ فِي أَيَّلُونَ وَفِي شَعَلُبِّيمَ. وَقَوِيَتْ يَدُ بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ فَكَانُوا تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
The Amorites insisted on remaining in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the tribes of Joseph grew stronger, the Amorites were made to do forced labor.
| وَكَانَ تُخْمُ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ عَقَبَةِ عَقْرِبِّيمَ مِنْ سَالَعَ فَصَاعِدًا. | ٣٦ 36 |
The border with the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass through Sela and on up from there.
