قُضاة 21
| وَأَقْسَمَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ أَلّا يُزَوِّجَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمُ ابْنَتَهُ لأَيِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ. | ١ 1 |
Now the children of Israel swore in Massephath, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.
| فَاجتَمَعُوا فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ بَاكِينَ بِمَرَارَةٍ حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ، | ٢ 2 |
And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;
| قَائِلِينَ: «لِمَاذَا يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الْكَارِثَةُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى يَفْنَى أَحَدُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ٣ 3 |
and said, Therefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that today one tribe should be counted [as missing] from 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 up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole 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 children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, 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 children of Israel relented towards Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel.
| فَمَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِلْبَقِيَّةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مِنْهُمْ لِنُزَوِّجَهُمْ، وَقَدْ حَلَفْنَا نَحْنُ بِالرَّبِّ أَلّا نُعْطِيَهُمْ بَنَاتِنَا؟». | ٧ 7 |
What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for 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, What one [man is there] of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Massephath? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the assembly.
| لأَنَّهُمْ حِينَ أَحْصَوْا الشَّعْبَ وَجَدُوا أَنَّ أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ جَمِيعَهُمْ قَدْ تَخَلَّفُوا عَنِ الْحُضُورِ. | ٩ 9 |
And the people were numbered, and there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad.
| 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 strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go you and strike the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the edge of the sword.
| اقْتُلُوا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ وَكُلَّ امْرَأَةٍ عَاشَرَتْ رَجُلاً». | ١١ 11 |
And this shall you do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man you shall devote [to destruction], but the virgins you shall save alive: and they did so.
| 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 amongst the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan.
| وَبَعَثَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا بِوَفْدٍ وَخَاطَبَتْ أَبْنَاءَ بِنْيَامِينَ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ فِي صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ وَاسْتَدْعَتْهُمْ لِلصُّلْحِ. | ١٣ 13 |
And all the congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin in the rock Remmon, and invited them to [make] peace.
| فَرَجَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ آنَئِذٍ، فَأَعْطَوْهُمُ الْفَتَيَاتِ اللَّوَاتِي اسْتَحْيَوْهُنَّ مِنْ بَنَاتِ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ فَلَمْ يَكْفِينَهُمْ | ١٤ 14 |
And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they [had] save alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and they were content.
| وَانْتَابَ النَّدَمُ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا جَرَى لِبَنْيَامِينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ جَعَلَ ثُغْرَةً فِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٥ 15 |
And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord 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 |
And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been 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 of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and [so] a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.
| لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُزَوِّجَهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا بَعْدَ أَنْ أَقْسَمْنَا قَائِلِينَ:’مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ يُزَوِّجُ امْرَأَةً لِرَجُلٍ بِنْيَامِينِيٍّ‘». | ١٨ 18 |
For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore amongst the children of Israel, saying, Cursed [is] he that 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! now [there is] a feast of the Lord from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Baethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Baethel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona.
| فَأَوْصَوْا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْكُرُومِ وَاكْمِنُوا فِيهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
And they charged the children 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 you shall see; and behold! if there come out the daughters of the inhabitants of Selom to dance in dances, then shall you go out of the vineyards and seize for yourselves every man a wife of the daughters of Selom, and go you into 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 come to pass, when their fathers or their brethren come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, Grant them freely to us, for we have not taken every man his wife in the battle: because you did not give to them according to the occasion, you transgressed.
| وَهَكَذَا صَنَعَ رِجَالُ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَقَدِ اخْتَطَفُوا الْعَدَدَ الْكَافِي مِنَ الرَّاقِصَاتِ وَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْهُنَّ، وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى دِيَارِهِمْ وَعَمَّرُوا الْمُدُنَ وَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
And the children of Benjamin did so; and they took wives according to their number from the dancers whom they seized: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
| ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى سِبْطِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ، عَائِدِينَ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And the children of Israel went thence at that time every man to his tribe and his kindred; and they went thence every man to his inheritance.
| فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَلِكٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَعْمَلُ مَا حَسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight.
