Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
| وَرِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَلَفُوا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ قَائِلِينَ: «لَا يُسَلِّمْ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا ٱبْنَتَهُ لِبَنْيَامِينَ ٱمْرَأَةً». | ١ |
2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
| وَجَاءَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَسَاءِ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ، وَرَفَعُوا صَوْتَهُمْ وَبَكَوْا بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا. | ٢ |
3 “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
| وَقَالُوا: «لِمَاذَا يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى يُفْقَدَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ سِبْطٌ؟» | ٣ |
4 The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
| وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ بَكَّرَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَبَنَوْا هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا، وَأَصْعَدُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ. | ٤ |
5 The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
| وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَصْعَدْ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ؟»لِأَنَّهُ صَارَ ٱلْحَلْفُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَصْعَدْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ قَائِلًا: «يُمَاتُ مَوْتًا». | ٥ |
6 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
| وَنَدِمَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى بَنْيَامِينَ أَخِيهِمْ وَقَالُوا: «قَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَ ٱلْيَوْمَ سِبْطٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٦ |
7 What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
| مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِلْبَاقِينَ مِنْهُمْ فِي أَمْرِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، وَقَدْ حَلَفْنَا نَحْنُ بِٱلرَّبِّ أَنْ لَا نُعْطِيَهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا نِسَاءً؟» | ٧ |
8 So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
| وَقَالُوا: «أَيُّ سِبْطٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَصْعَدْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ؟». وَهُوَذَا لَمْ يَأْتِ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ إِلَى ٱلْمَجْمَعِ. | ٨ |
9 For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
| فَعُدَّ ٱلشَّعْبُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ سُكَّانِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ. | ٩ |
10 So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
| فَأَرْسَلَتِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْبَأْسِ، وَأَوْصَوْهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱذْهَبُوا وَٱضْرِبُوا سُكَّانَ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ مَعَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْأَطْفَالِ. | ١٠ |
11 This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
| وَهَذَا مَا تَعْمَلُونَهُ: تُحَرِّمُونَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ وَكُلَّ ٱمْرَأَةٍ عَرَفَتِ ٱضْطِجَاعَ ذَكَرٍ». | ١١ |
12 So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
| فَوَجَدُوا مِنْ سُكَّانِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ فَتَاةٍ عَذَارَى لَمْ يَعْرِفْنَ رَجُلًا بِٱلاِضْطِجَاعِ مَعَ ذَكَرٍ، وَجَاءُوا بِهِنَّ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. | ١٢ |
13 Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
| وَأَرْسَلَتِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا وَكَلَّمَتْ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ وَٱسْتَدْعَتْهُمْ إِلَى ٱلصُّلْحِ. | ١٣ |
14 And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
| فَرَجَعَ بَنْيَامِينُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ، فَأَعْطَوْهُمْ ٱلنِّسَاءَ ٱللَّوَاتِي ٱسْتَحْيَوْهُنَّ مِنْ نِسَاءِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ. وَلَمْ يَكْفُوهُمْ هَكَذَا. | ١٤ |
15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
| وَنَدِمَ ٱلشَّعْبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ بَنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ جَعَلَ شَقًّا فِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٥ |
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
| فَقَالَ شُيُوخُ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِٱلْبَاقِينَ فِي أَمْرِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَتِ ٱلنِّسَاءُ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ؟» | ١٦ |
17 They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
| وَقَالُوا: «مِيرَاثُ نَجَاةٍ لِبَنْيَامِينَ، وَلَا يُمْحَى سِبْطٌ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٧ |
18 But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
| وَنَحْنُ لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُعْطِيَهُمْ نِسَاءً مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا، لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَلَفُوا قَائِلِينَ: مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ أَعْطَى ٱمْرَأَةً لِبَنْيَامِينَ». | ١٨ |
19 “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
| ثُمَّ قَالُوا: «هُوَذَا عِيدُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي شِيلُوهَ مِنْ سَنَةٍ إِلَى سَنَةٍ شِمَالِيَّ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، شَرْقِيَّ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلصَّاعِدَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ وَجَنُوبِيَّ لَبُونَةَ». | ١٩ |
20 So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
| وَأَوْصَوْا بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱمْضُوا وَٱكْمِنُوا فِي ٱلْكُرُومِ. | ٢٠ |
21 and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
| وَٱنْظُرُوا. فَإِذَا خَرَجَتْ بَنَاتُ شِيلُوهَ لِيَدُرْنَ فِي ٱلرَّقْصِ، فَٱخْرُجُوا أَنْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكُرُومِ وَٱخْطِفُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ بَنَاتِ شِيلُوهَ، وَٱذْهَبُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ بَنْيَامِينَ. | ٢١ |
22 When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
| فَإِذَا جَاءَ آبَاؤُهُنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَتُهُنَّ لِكَيْ يَشْكُوا إِلَيْنَا، نَقُولُ لَهُمْ: تَرَاءَفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ لِأَجْلِنَا، لِأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ، لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ لَمْ تُعْطُوهُمْ فِي ٱلْوَقْتِ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا قَدْ أَثِمْتُمْ». | ٢٢ |
23 The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
| فَفَعَلَ هَكَذَا بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ، وَٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً حَسَبَ عَدَدِهِمْ مِنَ ٱلرَّاقِصَاتِ ٱللَّوَاتِي ٱخْتَطَفُوهُنَّ، وَذَهَبُوا وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى مُلْكِهِمْ وَبَنَوْا ٱلْمُدُنَ وَسَكَنُوا بِهَا. | ٢٣ |
24 And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
| فَسَارَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى سِبْطِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ، وَخَرَجُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ. | ٢٤ |
25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
| فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَلِكٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَمِلَ مَا حَسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٢٥ |
