قُضاة 21
| وَأَقْسَمَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ أَلّا يُزَوِّجَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمُ ابْنَتَهُ لأَيِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ. | ١ 1 |
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin to wife.
| فَاجتَمَعُوا فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ بَاكِينَ بِمَرَارَةٍ حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ، | ٢ 2 |
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly.
| قَائِلِينَ: «لِمَاذَا يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الْكَارِثَةُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى يَفْنَى أَحَدُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ٣ 3 |
And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
| وَبَكَّرَ الْقَوْمُ فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَبَنَوْا هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً قَدَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ. | ٤ 4 |
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
| وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَلْ تَغَيَّبَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ حُضُورِ اجْتِمَاعِنَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، لأَنَّنَا أَقْسَمْنَا يَمِيناً مُغْلَظَةً أَنْ نَقْتُلَ كُلَّ مَنْ تَغَيَّبَ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ؟» | ٥ 5 |
And the sons of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that did not come up in the assembly to Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
| وَاعْتَرَى النَّدَمُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِمْ بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدِ انْقَرَضَ الْيَوْمَ أَحَدُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ | ٦ 6 |
And the sons of Israel regretted for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
| فَمَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِلْبَقِيَّةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مِنْهُمْ لِنُزَوِّجَهُمْ، وَقَدْ حَلَفْنَا نَحْنُ بِالرَّبِّ أَلّا نُعْطِيَهُمْ بَنَاتِنَا؟». | ٧ 7 |
What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
| وَتَسَاءَلُوا: «أَيُّ سِبْطٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَصْعَدْ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ؟» وَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنَّ أَحَداً مِنْ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ لَمْ يَحْضُرْ، | ٨ 8 |
And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
| لأَنَّهُمْ حِينَ أَحْصَوْا الشَّعْبَ وَجَدُوا أَنَّ أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ جَمِيعَهُمْ قَدْ تَخَلَّفُوا عَنِ الْحُضُورِ. | ٩ 9 |
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
| فَأَرْسَلَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ حَمْلَةً مِنِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ الْقِتَالِ وَأَوْصَوْهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «انْطَلِقُوا وَاقْضُوا عَلَى أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ بَحَدِّ السَّيْفِ رِجَالاً وَنِسَاءً وَأَطْفَالاً. | ١٠ 10 |
And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
| اقْتُلُوا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ وَكُلَّ امْرَأَةٍ عَاشَرَتْ رَجُلاً». | ١١ 11 |
And this is the thing that ye shall do: Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man.
| فَوَجَدُوا بَيْنَ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ فَتَاةٍ عَذْرَاءَ فَقَطْ لَمْ يُضَاجِعْنَ رَجُلاً، فَجَاءُوا بِهِنَّ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ الَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. | ١٢ 12 |
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
| وَبَعَثَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا بِوَفْدٍ وَخَاطَبَتْ أَبْنَاءَ بِنْيَامِينَ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ فِي صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ وَاسْتَدْعَتْهُمْ لِلصُّلْحِ. | ١٣ 13 |
And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
| فَرَجَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ آنَئِذٍ، فَأَعْطَوْهُمُ الْفَتَيَاتِ اللَّوَاتِي اسْتَحْيَوْهُنَّ مِنْ بَنَاتِ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ فَلَمْ يَكْفِينَهُمْ | ١٤ 14 |
And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead. And even so they were not sufficient for them.
| وَانْتَابَ النَّدَمُ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا جَرَى لِبَنْيَامِينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ جَعَلَ ثُغْرَةً فِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٥ 15 |
And the people regretted for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
| فَقَالَ شُيُوخُ الْجَمَاعَةِ: «كَيْفَ نَحْصُلُ عَلَى زَوْجَاتٍ لِرِجَالِ بِنْيَامِينَ الْبَاقِينَ بَعْدَ أَنِ انْقَرَضَتِ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ سِبْطِهِمْ، | ١٦ 16 |
Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
| إِذْ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَرَثَةٌ لِلنَّاجِينَ مِنْ بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ، فَلا يَنْقَرِضُ سِبْطٌ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ١٧ 17 |
And they said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
| لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُزَوِّجَهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا بَعْدَ أَنْ أَقْسَمْنَا قَائِلِينَ:’مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ يُزَوِّجُ امْرَأَةً لِرَجُلٍ بِنْيَامِينِيٍّ‘». | ١٨ 18 |
However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
| ثُمَّ قَالُوا: «هُنَاكَ احْتِفَالٌ سَنَوِيٌّ فِي شِيلُوهَ شِمَالِيَّ بَيْتِ إِيلَ شَرْقِيَّ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُتَّجِهَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ وَجَنُوبِيَّ لَبُونَةَ. | ١٩ 19 |
And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
| فَأَوْصَوْا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْكُرُومِ وَاكْمِنُوا فِيهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
| وَانْتَظِرُوا حَتَّى إِذَا خَرَجَتْ بَنَاتُ شِيلُوهَ لِلرَّقْصِ فَانْدَفِعُوا أَنْتُمْ نَحْوَهُنَّ، وَاخْطِفُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ امْرَأَةً وَاهْرُبُوا بِهِنَّ إِلَى أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
and watch. And, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch for you every man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
| فَإِذَا جَاءَ آبَاؤُهُنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَتُهُنَّ لِكَيْ يَشْكُوا إِلَيْنَا نُجِيبُهُمْ: تَعَطَّفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَحْصُلْ عَلَى زَوْجَةٍ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي حَرْبِنَا مَعَ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ، وَأَنْتُمْ لَمْ تُزَوِّجُوهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِكُمْ عَنْ طِيبِ خَاطِرٍ فَتَأْثَمُوا». | ٢٢ 22 |
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them to them, else ye would now be guilty.
| وَهَكَذَا صَنَعَ رِجَالُ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَقَدِ اخْتَطَفُوا الْعَدَدَ الْكَافِي مِنَ الرَّاقِصَاتِ وَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْهُنَّ، وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى دِيَارِهِمْ وَعَمَّرُوا الْمُدُنَ وَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
And the sons of Benjamin did so, and took for them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. And they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
| ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى سِبْطِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ، عَائِدِينَ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
| فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَلِكٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَعْمَلُ مَا حَسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
