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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.

And all the sons of Israel go out, and the congregation is assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, to YHWH, at Mizpeh.

2 Glavari svega naroda, svih Izraelovih plemena, dođoše na zbor Božjeg naroda, četiri stotine tisuća pješaka vičnih maču.

And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.

3 A Benjaminovci doznaše da su Izraelovi sinovi uzišli u Mispu. Sinovi Izraelovi zapitaše tada: “Kažite nam kako se dogodio zločin!”

And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, “Speak! How has this evil been?”

4 Levit, muž ubijene žene, uze riječ: “Došao sam s inočom u Benjaminovu Gibeu da prenoćim.

And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who has been murdered, answers and says, “My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which [is] of Benjamin, to lodge;

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 the masters of Gibeah rise against me—and they go around the house against me by night—they thought to slay me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she dies;

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 lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;

7 Izraelci, evo vas svih ovdje. Posavjetujte se i ovdje stvorite odluku.”

behold, you [are] all sons of Israel; give for yourselves a word and counsel here.”

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 rise as one man, saying, “None of us goes to his tent, and none of us turns aside to his house;

9 Nego da sada ovo učinimo Gibei: bacit ćemo ždrijeb;

and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah: [we go up] against it by lot!

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.”

And we have taken ten men of one hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it has done in Israel.”

11 I sabraše se svi Izraelci protiv onoga grada, udruženi kao jedan čovjek.

And every man of Israel is gathered to the city, as one man—companions.

12 Tada Izraelova plemena razaslaše poslanike po svemu Benjaminovu plemenu s porukom: “Kakav se to zločin dogodio među vama?

And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, “What [is] this evil which has been 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.

And now, give up the men—sons of worthlessness—which [are] in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.” And [the sons of] Benjamin have not been willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel;

14 Benjaminovci se skupiše u Gibeu iz svojih gradova da se pobiju s Izraelcima.

and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons 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 the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities [are] twenty-six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, [who] numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;

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.

among all this people [are] seven hundred chosen men, their right hand bound, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he does not err.

17 A bijaše Izraelaca, osim sinova Benjaminovih, četiri stotine tisuća, sve ljudi vičnih maču i sve samih ratnika.

And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

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 rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, “Who goes up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?” And YHWH says, “Judah—at the commencement.”

19 Izjutra krenuše Izraelci te se utaboriše pred Gibeom.

And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,

20 Krenuvši u boj protiv Benjaminovaca, svrstaše se u bojni red pred Gibeom.

and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array [for] battle with them, against Gibeah,

21 A Benjaminovci iziđoše iz Gibee i pobiše toga dana Izraelu dvadeset i dvije tisuće ljudi, koji ostadoše na onome polju.

and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day—to the earth.

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!”

And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set in array [for] battle in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.

23 Tada se vojska Izraelovih sinova ohrabri i nanovo svrsta u bojni red na istome mjestu gdje se svrstala prvog dana.

And the sons of Israel go up and weep before YHWH until the evening, and ask of YHWH, saying, “Do I add to draw near to battle with the sons of my brother Benjamin?” And YHWH says, “Go up against him.”

24 Drugoga se dana Izraelci približiše Benjaminovcima,

And the sons of Israel draw near to the sons of Benjamin on the second day,

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.

and Benjamin comes out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy eighteen thousand men among the sons of Israel again—to the earth; all these are drawing 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.

And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before YHWH, and fast on that day until the evening, and cause burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to ascend before YHWH.

27 I tad opet Izraelci upitaše Jahvu, jer se u ono vrijeme Kovčeg saveza Božjega nalazio na tome mjestu,

And the sons of Israel ask of YHWH—and the Ark of the Covenant of God [is] there in those days,

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 Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days, saying, “Do I add to go out to battle again with the sons of my brother Benjamin, or do I cease?” And YHWH says, “Go up, for tomorrow I give him into your hand.”

29 Tad Izrael postavi čete u zasjedu oko Gibee.

And Israel sets ones lying in wait against Gibeah, all around,

30 Trećega dana pođoše Izraelci protiv Benjaminovaca i svrstaše se u bojne redove pred Gibeom, kao i prije.

and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.

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 sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to strike [some] of the people—wounded as time by time—in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), [are] about thirty men of Israel.

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!”

And the sons of Benjamin say, “They are struck before us as at the beginning”; but the sons of Israel said, “Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, to the highways.”

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.

And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Ba‘al-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.

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 they come in from the front against Gibeah—ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel—and the battle [is] grievous, and they have not known that the calamity is reaching toward them.

35 I Jahve potuče Benjamina pred Izraelom toga dana te Izraelci pobiše Benjaminu dvadeset i pet tisuća i sto ljudi vičnih maču.

And YHWH strikes Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty-five thousand and one hundred men; all these [are] drawing 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.

And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been struck—and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted in the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,

37 A oni koji bijahu u zasjedi navališe brže na Gibeu i, ušavši u nju, posjekoše oštrim mačem sve stanovništvo.

and the ambush has hurried, and pushes against Gibeah, and the ambush draws itself out, and strikes the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.

38 Izraelovi se ljudi bijahu dogovorili s onima u zasjedi da ovi podignu iz grada stup dima kao znak:

And the appointed sign of the men of Israel with the ambush was their causing a great volume of smoke to go up from the city.

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 the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin has begun to strike the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely they are utterly struck before us, as [at] the first battle”;

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.

but the volume has begun to go up from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turns behind, and behold, the perfection of the city has gone up toward the heavens.

41 Tada se Izraelovi ljudi okrenuše, a Benjaminovce obuze užas jer vidješe da ih je zadesilo zlo.

And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the calamity has struck against them—

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 they turn before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, and the battle has followed them; and those who [are] from the cities are destroying them in their midst;

43 Tako su opkolili Benjamina i, goneći ga bez predaha, uništiše ga pred Gibeom na istočnoj strani.

they have surrounded the Benjamites—they have pursued them—they have trodden them down with ease as far as the front of Gibeah, at the sun-rising.

44 I palo je Benjaminu osmnaest tisuća ljudi, sve samih vrsnih junaka.

And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fall—all these [were] men of valor;

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 they turn and flee toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon; and they glean five thousand of their men in the highways, and follow after them to Gidom, and strike two thousand [more] of their men.

46 Toga dana palo je Benjaminovaca dvadeset tisuća ljudi vičnih maču, sve samih vrsnih junaka.

And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty-five thousand men drawing sword, on that day—all these [were] men of valor;

47 Šest stotina ljudi pobjeglo je u pustinju prema Rimonskoj stijeni.

but six hundred men turn and flee into the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwell in the rock of Rimmon 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.

And the men of Israel have turned back to the sons of Benjamin, and strike them by the mouth of the sword out of the city—men even to livestock, even to all that is found; they have also sent all the cities which are found into the fire.