Dommer 3

1 Og disse ere de Hedninger, som Herren lod blive for ved dem at forsøge alle dem af Israel, som ikke vidste noget af alle Krigene med Kanaan;

Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;

2 kun for at Israels Børns Slægter kunde lære at forstaa sig paa Krig, kun de, som ikke tilforn havde kendt dertil:

Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war — only those who up till then had no experience of it;

3 Filisternes fem Fyrster og alle Kananiterne, og Sidonierne og Heviterne, som boede paa Libanons Bjerg fra Bjerget Baal-Hermon, indtil man kommer til Hamath.

The five chiefs of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites and the Zidonians and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from the mountain Baal-hermon as far as Hamath:

4 Og de bleve for at forsøge Israel ved dem, for at faa at vide, om de vilde lyde Herrens Bud, hvilke han havde budt deres Fædre ved Mose.

For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5 Og Israels Børn boede midt iblandt Kananiterne, Hethiterne og Amoriterne og Feresiterne og Heviterne og Jebusiterne.

Now the children of Israel were living among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

6 Og de toge sig deres Døtre til Hustruer, og deres Døtre gave de til deres Sønner, og de tjente deres Guder.

And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.

7 Og Israels Børn gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, og forglemte Herren deres Gud og tjente Baalerne og Astarterne.

And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.

8 Da optændtes Herrens Vrede over Israel, og han solgte dem i Kusan-Risathaims Haand, som var Konge i Aram Naharaim, og Israels Børn tjente Kusan-Risathaim otte Aar.

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.

9 Da raabte Israels Børn til Herren, og Herren oprejste Israels Børn en Frelser, og han frelste dem, nemlig Othniel, en Søn af Kenas, Kalebs yngre Broder.

And when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

10 Og Herrens Aand var over ham, og han dømte Israel og drog ud til Krig, og Herren gav Kusan-Risathaim, Kongen af Aram, i hans Haand, og hans Haand var stærk over Kusan-Risathaim.

And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him.

11 Og Landet havde Ro fyrretyve Aar; og Othniel, Kenas Søn, døde.

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.

12 Men Israels Børn bleve ved at gøre det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, og Herren styrkede Eglon, Moabiternes Konge, imod Israel, fordi de gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne.

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.

13 Og han samlede til sig Ammons Børn og Amalek; og han gik hen og slog Israel, og indtoge Palmestaden.

And Eglon got together the people of Ammon and Amalek, and they went and overcame Israel and took the town of palm-trees.

14 Og Israels Børn tjente Eglon, Moabiternes Konge, atten Aar.

And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.

15 Da raabte Israels Børn til Herren, og Herren oprejste dem en Frelser, Ehud, Geras Søn, en Benjaminit, en Mand, som var kejthaandet; og Israels Børn sendte Eglon, Moabiternes Konge, Skænk ved hans Haand.

Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.

16 Og Ehud gjorde sig et Sværd, og det var tveægget, en Alen langt; og han spændte det under sine Klæder paa sin højre Hofte,

So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.

17 og han førte Skænken frem til Eglon, Moabiternes Konge; men Eglon var en saare fed Mand.

And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

18 Og det skete, der han var færdig med at fremføre Skænken, da lod han Folket fare, som havde baaret Skænken.

And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.

19 Men han vendte tilbage fra Stenbrudene, som vare ved Gilgal, og han lod sige: Jeg har et hemmeligt Ord til dig, o Konge! Da sagde denne: Stille! og alle, som stode hos ham, gik ud fra ham.

But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.

20 Og Ehud kom ind til ham, og han sad ene i sin Sommersal, og Ehud sagde: Jeg har Guds Ord til dig; da stod han op af Tronen.

Then Ehud came in to him while he was seated by himself in his summer-house. And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. And he got up from his seat.

21 Og Ehud udrakte sin venstre Haand og tog Sværdet fra sin højre Hofte, og han stødte det i hans Bug.

And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

22 Og Hæftet gik ogsaa ind efter Bladet, og Fedmen lukkede til efter Bladet; thi han drog ikke Sværdet ud af hans Bug, og Skarnet gik ud.

And the hand-part went in after the blade, and the fat was joined up over the blade; for he did not take the sword out of his stomach. And he went out into the ...

23 Da gik Ehud ud igennem Forsalen; og han tillukkede Salsdørene efter sig og lukkede dem i Laas.

Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them.

24 Der han var gaaet ud, da kom hins Tjenere ind, og de saa, og se, Salsdørene vare lukkede i Laas; og de sagde: Han tildækker visseligen sine Fødder i Kammeret ved Sommersalen.

Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.

25 Og de ventede, indtil de skammede sig, og se, han oplukkede ikke Salsdørene; da toge de Nøglen og lukkede op, og se, da var deres Herre falden til Jorden og var død.

And they went on waiting till they were shamed, but the doors were still shut; so they took the key, and, opening them, saw their lord stretched out dead on the floor.

26 Men Ehud undkom, medens de tøvede; og han gik forbi Stenbrudene og undkom til Seirath.

But Ehud had got away while they were waiting and had gone past the stone images and got away to Seirah.

27 Og det skete, der han kom derhen, da blæste han i Trompeten paa Efraims Bjerg; og Israels Børn droge ned med ham af Bjerget, og han gik foran dem.

And when he came there, he had a horn sounded in the hill-country of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he at their head.

28 Og han sagde til dem: Følger efter mig, thi Herren har givet eders Fjender Moabiterne i eders Haand; og de droge ned efter ham og indtoge Jordanens Færgesteder for Moab, og de lode ingen Mand gaa over.

And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

29 Og de sloge Moabiterne paa den Tid, ved ti Tusinde Mænd, hver trivelig og hver kraftig Mand; og ikke een Mand undkom.

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

30 Saa bleve Moabiterne ydmygede paa den samme Dag under Israels Haand, og Landet havde Ro firsindstyve Aar.

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.

31 Og efter ham var Samgar, Anaths Søn, og han slog Filisterne, seks Hundrede Mænd, med en Oksedriverstav; og han frelste ogsaa Israel.

And after him came Shamgar, the son of Anath, who put to death six hundred Philistines with an ox-stick; and he was another saviour of Israel.