Suci 20
1 Tada iziđe sav Izrael i sabra se sva zajednica kao jedan čovjek, od Dana do Beer Šebe i do gileadske zemlje, kod Jahve u Mispi.
Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha:
2 Glavari svega naroda, svih Izraelovih plemena, dođoše na zbor Božjeg naroda, četiri stotine tisuća pješaka vičnih maču.
And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war.
3 A Benjaminovci doznaše da su Izraelovi sinovi uzišli u Mispu. Sinovi Izraelovi zapitaše tada: “Kažite nam kako se dogodio zločin!”
(Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed,
4 Levit, muž ubijene žene, uze riječ: “Došao sam s inočom u Benjaminovu Gibeu da prenoćim.
Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:
5 A građani Gibee ustadoše na mene i noću opkoliše kuću u kojoj sam bio; mene su htjeli ubiti, a moju su inoču silovali tako da je umrla.
And behold the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died.
6 Zato sam uzeo mrtvu inoču, rasjekao je u komade i razaslao je u sve krajeve Izraelove baštine, jer su počinili sramotno djelo u Izraelu.
And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the, parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel.
7 Izraelci, evo vas svih ovdje. Posavjetujte se i ovdje stvorite odluku.”
You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
8 Sav narod ustade kao jedan čovjek govoreći: “Neka se nitko od nas ne vraća svome šatoru, neka nitko ne ide svojoj kući!
And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house:
9 Nego da sada ovo učinimo Gibei: bacit ćemo ždrijeb;
But this we will do in common against Gabaa:
10 i uzet ćemo iz svih Izraelovih plemena po deset ljudi od stotine, po stotinu od tisuće i po tisuću od deset tisuća: oni će nositi hranu vojsci, onima koji će krenuti da kazne Benjaminovu Gibeu za sramotu što ju je počinila u Izraelu.”
We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for the army, that we might fight against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth.
11 I sabraše se svi Izraelci protiv onoga grada, udruženi kao jedan čovjek.
And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel:
12 Tada Izraelova plemena razaslaše poslanike po svemu Benjaminovu plemenu s porukom: “Kakav se to zločin dogodio među vama?
And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?
13 Sada izručite one opake ljude što su u Gibei da ih smaknemo te iskorijenimo zlo iz Izraela!” Ali Benjaminovci ne htjedoše poslušati svoje braće Izraelaca.
Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel:
14 Benjaminovci se skupiše u Gibeu iz svojih gradova da se pobiju s Izraelcima.
But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of Israel.
15 A Benjaminovaca koji su došli iz raznih gradova nabrojiše toga dana dvadeset i šest tisuća ljudi vičnih maču, bez stanovnika Gibee.
And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa,
16 Od svega toga naroda bijaše sedam stotina vrsnih ljudi, koji su bili ljevaci, i svaki je taj gađao kamenom iz praćke navlas točno, ne promašujući cilja.
Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone’s going on either side.
17 A bijaše Izraelaca, osim sinova Benjaminovih, četiri stotine tisuća, sve ljudi vičnih maču i sve samih ratnika.
Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.
18 I sinovi Izraelovi, ustavši, pođoše u Betel da se posavjetuju s Bogom: “Tko će od nas prvi u boj protiv Benjaminovaca?” - zapitaše Izraelci. A Jahve odgovori: “Neka Juda pođe prvi.”
And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.
19 Izjutra krenuše Izraelci te se utaboriše pred Gibeom.
And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:
20 Krenuvši u boj protiv Benjaminovaca, svrstaše se u bojni red pred Gibeom.
And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.
21 A Benjaminovci iziđoše iz Gibee i pobiše toga dana Izraelu dvadeset i dvije tisuće ljudi, koji ostadoše na onome polju.
And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.
22 Izraelci odoše i plakahu pred Jahvom sve do večeri, a onda upitaše Jahvu govoreći: “Moramo li opet izići u boj protiv sinova svoga brata Benjamina?” A Jahve im odgovori: “Pođite na njega!”
Again Israel trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:
23 Tada se vojska Izraelovih sinova ohrabri i nanovo svrsta u bojni red na istome mjestu gdje se svrstala prvog dana.
Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
24 Drugoga se dana Izraelci približiše Benjaminovcima,
And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,
25 ali toga drugog dana Benjamin iziđe iz Gibee pred njih i pobi Izraelcima još osamnaest tisuće ljudi, koji ostadoše na onome polju - sve sami poizbor ratnici, vični maču.
The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword.
26 Tada svi Izraelci i sav narod odoše u Betel te plakahu i stajahu ondje pred Jahvom; cio su dan postili do večeri, prinosili paljenice i žrtve pomirnice pred Jahvom.
Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings,
27 I tad opet Izraelci upitaše Jahvu, jer se u ono vrijeme Kovčeg saveza Božjega nalazio na tome mjestu,
And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,
28 i Pinhas, sin Aronova sina Eleazara, posluživaše ga. Oni upitaše: “Moramo li opet izići u boj protiv sinova našega brata Benjamina?” A Jahve im odgovori: “Pođite, jer ću ih sutra predati u vaše ruke.”
And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hands.
29 Tad Izrael postavi čete u zasjedu oko Gibee.
And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
30 Trećega dana pođoše Izraelci protiv Benjaminovaca i svrstaše se u bojne redove pred Gibeom, kao i prije.
And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.
31 Benjaminovci iziđoše na njih, a oni ih odmamiše daleko od grada. Kao i prije, ubijahu Benjaminovci neke po putovima, od kojih jedan ide u Betel, a drugi u Gibeu; ubiše tako oko trideset Izraelaca.
And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men:
32 I govorahu Benjaminovci: “Evo ih tučemo kao i prvi put.” A Izraelci rekoše: “Bježimo dok ih ne odmamimo na otvorene putove, daleko od grada!”
For they thought to cut them off, as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee to bring them to the highways aforesaid.
33 Tada se glavnina Izraelove vojske pomakne sa svoga položaja i svrsta se u bojni red kod Baal Tamara, a zasjeda Izraelova iziđe iz svog skrovišta zapadno od Gibee.
Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth,
34 Deset tisuća vrsnih ljudi izabranih iz sveg Izraela sleže se prema Gibei. Boj bijaše žestok. Benjaminovci nisu ni slutili da će ih zadesiti zlo.
And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side.
35 I Jahve potuče Benjamina pred Izraelom toga dana te Izraelci pobiše Benjaminu dvadeset i pet tisuća i sto ljudi vičnih maču.
And the Lord defeated them before the children of Israel, and they slew of them in that day five and twenty thousand, and one hundred, all fighting men and that drew the sword.
36 Benjaminovci vidješe da su pobijeđeni. Ljudi Izraelci bijahu se povukli sa svojih bojnih položaja pred Benjaminom uzdajući se u zasjedu što su je postavili oko Gibee.
But the children of Benjamin when they saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee, that they might come to the ambushes that were prepared, which they had set near the city.
37 A oni koji bijahu u zasjedi navališe brže na Gibeu i, ušavši u nju, posjekoše oštrim mačem sve stanovništvo.
And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, went into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
38 Izraelovi se ljudi bijahu dogovorili s onima u zasjedi da ovi podignu iz grada stup dima kao znak:
Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken.
39 tada bi se Izraelovi ljudi povukli iz boja. Benjamin poče ubijati Izraelce i posiječe im tridesetak ljudi. “Doista, padaju pred nama kao u prijašnjem boju.”
And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army)
40 A kada se znak, stup dima, počeo dizati iz grada, obazre se Benjamin i vidje kako se plamen iz svega grada diže prema nebu.
And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames ascended on high:
41 Tada se Izraelovi ljudi okrenuše, a Benjaminovce obuze užas jer vidješe da ih je zadesilo zlo.
They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,
42 I pobjegoše ispred Izraelaca prema pustinji, ali im ratnici bijahu za petama, a oni što su dolazili iz grada ubijahu ih s leđa.
And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.
43 Tako su opkolili Benjamina i, goneći ga bez predaha, uništiše ga pred Gibeom na istočnoj strani.
And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city Gabaa.
44 I palo je Benjaminu osmnaest tisuća ljudi, sve samih vrsnih junaka.
And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.
45 Preživjeli se okrenuše i pobjegoše u pustinju prema Rimonskoj stijeni. Sijekući po cestama, Izraelci pobiše još pet tisuća ljudi; a onda pognaše Benjamina do Gideoma i pobiše još dvije tisuće ljudi.
And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness and made towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that flight, also as they were straggling and going different ways, they slew of them five thousand men. And as they went farther, they still pursued them, and slew also other two thousand.
46 Toga dana palo je Benjaminovaca dvadeset tisuća ljudi vičnih maču, sve samih vrsnih junaka.
And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war.
47 Šest stotina ljudi pobjeglo je u pustinju prema Rimonskoj stijeni.
And there remained of all the number of Benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the rock Remmon four months.
48 Izraelovi se ljudi vratiše potom Benjaminovcima, posjekoše oštrim mačem muškarce u gradovima, stoku i što se god našlo; i sve gradove na koje su naišli u Benjaminu popališe ognjem.
But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.
