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;

And these [are] the nations which YHWH left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known 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 for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them)—

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.

five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting Mount Lebanon, from Mount Ba‘al-Hermon to the entering in of 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.

and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of YHWH that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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

And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

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

and take their daughters to them for wives, and have given their daughters to their sons, and they serve 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 sons of Israel do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and forget their God YHWH, and serve the Ba‘alim and the Asheroth.

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.

And the anger of YHWH burns against Israel, and He sells them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim 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 the sons of Israel cry to YHWH, and YHWH raises a savior to the sons of Israel, and he saves them—Othniel 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 YHWH is on him, and he judges Israel, and goes out to battle, and YHWH gives Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into his hand, and his hand is strong against Chushan-Rishathaim;

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

and the land rests forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dies,

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.

and the sons of Israel add to do evil in the eyes of YHWH; and YHWH strengthens Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done evil in the eyes of YHWH;

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

and he gathers the sons of Ammon and Amalek to himself, and goes and strikes Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

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

and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab 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.

And the sons of Israel cry to YHWH, and YHWH raises a savior to them, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man [with] his right hand bound), and the sons of Israel send a present by his hand 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,

and Ehud makes a sword for himself, and it has two mouths (its length [is] a cubit), and he girds it under his long robe on his right thigh;

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

and he brings the present near to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] 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 it comes to pass, when he has finished to bring the present near, that he sends the people carrying the present away,

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.

and he himself has turned back from the carved images which [are] at Gilgal and says, “I have a secret word for you, O king”; and he says, “Hush!” And all those standing by him go out from him.

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.

And Ehud has come to him, and he is sitting in the cool upper chamber which he has for himself, and Ehud says, “I have a word of God for you”; and he rises from off the throne;

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

and Ehud puts forth his left hand, and takes the sword from off his right thigh, and thrusts it into his belly;

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 hilt also goes in after the blade, and the fat shuts on the blade, that he has not drawn the sword out of his belly, and he goes out [through] the antechamber [[or and the dung came out]].

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

And Ehud goes out at the porch, and shuts the doors of the upper chamber on him, and has bolted [it];

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.

and he has gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, “He is surely covering his feet, [relieving himself, ] in the cool inner chamber.”

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 stay until confounded, and behold, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and behold, their lord is fallen to the earth—dead.

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

And Ehud escaped during their lingering, and has passed by the images, and escapes to Seirath.

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 it comes to pass, in his coming in, that he blows with a horn in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go down with him from the hill-country, and he before them;

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 says to them, “Pursue after me, for YHWH has given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand”; and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan toward Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.

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

And they strike Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and everyone a man of valor, and no man has escaped,

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

and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land rests [for] eighty years.

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 has been Shamgar son of Anath, and he strikes the Philistines—six hundred men—with an ox-goad, and he also saves Israel.