Dommer 10
1 Efter Abimelek fremstod som Israels Befrier Tola, en Søn af Dodos Søn Pua, en Mand af Issakar, som boede i Sjamir i Efraims Bjerge.
After Abimelech there arose a ruler in Israel, Thola son of Phua the uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim:
2 Han var Dommer i Israel i tre og tyve Aar. Da han døde, blev han jordet i Sjamir.
And he judged Israel three and twenty years, and he died and was buried in Samir.
3 Efter ham fremstod Gileaditen Ja'ir; han var Dommer i Israel i to og tyve Aar.
To him succeeded Jair the Galaadite, who judged Israel for two and twenty years.
4 Han havde tredive Sønner, som red paa tredive Æsler, og de havde tredive Byer, som endnu den Dag i Dag kaldes Ja'irs Teltbyer; de ligger i Gilead.
Having thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and were princes of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, until this present day in the land of Galaad.
5 Da Ja'ir døde, blev han jordet i Kamon.
And Jair died: and was buried in the place which was called Camon.
6 Men Israeliterne blev ved at gøre, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, idet de dyrkede Ba'alerne og Astarterne og Aramæernes, Zidons, Moabs, Ammoniternes og Filisternes Guder og faldt fra HERREN og undlod at dyrke ham.
But the children of Israel, adding new sins to their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and the gods of Syria and of Sidon and of Moab and of the children of Ammon and of the Philistines: and they left the Lord, and did not serve him.
7 Da blussede HERRENS Vrede op mod Israel, og han gav dem til Pris for Filisterne og Ammoniterne,
And the Lord being angry with them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines and of the children of Ammon.
8 som kuede og mishandlede Israeliterne i det Aar; i atten Aar kuede de alle Israeliterne hinsides Jordan i Amoriternes Land i Gilead.
And they were afflicted, and grievously oppressed for eighteen years, all they that dwelt beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorrhite, who is in Galaad:
9 Og Ammoniterne satte over Jordan for ogsaa at angribe Juda, Benjamin og Efraims Slægt, saa at Israeliterne kom i stor Nød.
Insomuch that the children of Ammon passing over the Jordan, wasted Juda and Benjamin and Ephraim: and Israel was distressed exceedingly.
10 Da raabte Israeliterne til HERREN og sagde: »Vi har syndet imod dig, thi vi har forladt HERREN vor Gud og dyrket Ba'alerne!«
And they cried to the Lord, and said: We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken the Lord our God, and have served Baalim.
11 Men HERREN svarede Israeliterne: »Har ikke Ægypterne, Amoriterne, Ammoniterne, Filisterne,
And the Lord said to them: Did not the Egyptians and the Amorrhites, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines,
12 Zidonierne, Amalekiterne og Midjaniterne mishandlet eder? Og da I raabte til mig, frelste jeg eder af deres Haand.
The Sidonians also and Amalec and Chanaan oppress you, and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand?
13 Men I forlod mig og dyrkede andre Guder! Derfor vil jeg ikke mere frelse eder!
And yet you have forsaken me, and have worshipped strange gods: therefore I will deliver you no more:
14 Gaa nu hen og raab til de Guder, I udvalgte eder, og lad dem frelse eder i eders Nød!«
Go and call upon the gods which you have chosen: let them deliver you in the time of distress.
15 Da sagde Israeliterne til HERREN: »Vi har syndet! Gør med os, hvad dig tykkes godt, men frels os blot nu!«
And the children of Israel said to the Lord: We have sinned, do thou unto us whatsoever pleaseth thee: only deliver us this time.
16 Og de skilte sig af med de fremmede Guder og dyrkede HERREN; da kunde han ikke længer holde ud at se Israels Nød.
And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries.
17 Ammoniterne stævnedes sammen, og de slog Lejr i Gilead; ogsaa Israeliterne samlede sig, og de slog Lejr i Mizpa.
And the children of Ammon shouting together, pitched their tents in Galaad: against whom the children of Israel assembled themselves together and camped in Maspha.
18 Da sagde Folket, Gileads Høvdinger, til hverandre: »Hvis der findes en Mand, som vil tage Kampen op med Ammoniterne, skal han være Høvding over alle Gileads Indbyggere!«
And the princes of Galaad said one to another: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Galaad.
