Judges 1

1 Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

١ وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ يَشُوعَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَأَلُوا ٱلرَّبَّ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ مِنَّا يَصْعَدُ إِلَى ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ أَوَّلًا لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ؟»

2 And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

٢ فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا يَصْعَدُ. هُوَذَا قَدْ دَفَعْتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِيَدِهِ».

3 Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

٣ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِشِمْعُونَ أَخِيهِ: «اِصْعَدْ مَعِي فِي قُرْعَتِي لِكَيْ نُحَارِبَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، فَأَصْعَدَ أَنَا أَيْضًا مَعَكَ فِي قُرْعَتِكَ». فَذَهَبَ شِمْعُونُ مَعَهُ.

4 And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.

٤ فَصَعِدَ يَهُوذَا، وَدَفَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ بِيَدِهِمْ، فَضَرَبُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي بَازَقَ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ.

5 And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

٥ وَوَجَدُوا أَدُونِيَ بَازَقَ فِي بَازَقَ، فَحَارَبُوهُ وَضَرَبُوا ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ.

6 But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.

٦ فَهَرَبَ أَدُونِي بَازَقَ، فَتَبِعُوهُ وَأَمْسَكُوهُ وَقَطَعُوا أَبَاهِمَ يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ.

7 And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

٧ فَقَالَ أَدُونِي بَازَقَ: «سَبْعُونَ مَلِكًا مَقْطُوعَةٌ أَبَاهِمُ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلِهِمْ كَانُوا يَلْتَقِطُونَ تَحْتَ مَائِدَتِي. كَمَا فَعَلْتُ كَذَلِكَ جَازَانِيَ ٱللهُ». وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فَمَاتَ هُنَاكَ.

8 Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

٨ وَحَارَبَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَخَذُوهَا وَضَرَبُوهَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَشْعَلُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِٱلنَّارِ.

9 After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

٩ وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ نَزَلَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا لِمُحَارَبَةِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْجَبَلِ وَٱلْجَنُوبِ وَٱلسَّهْلِ.

10 And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba: ) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.

١٠ وَسَارَ يَهُوذَا عَلَى ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، وَكَانَ ٱسْمُ حَبْرُونَ قَبْلًا قَرْيَةَ أَرْبَعَ. وَضَرَبُوا شِيشَايَ وَأَخِيمَانَ وَتَلْمَايَ.

11 And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)

١١ وَسَارَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى سُكَّانِ دَبِيرَ، وَٱسْمُ دَبِيرَ قَبْلًا قَرْيَةُ سَفَرٍ.

12 And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

١٢ فَقَالَ كَالَبُ: «ٱلَّذِي يَضْرِبُ قَرْيَةَ سَفَرٍ وَيَأْخُذُهَا، أُعْطِيهِ عَكْسَةَ ٱبْنَتِي ٱمْرَأَةً».

13 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

١٣ فَأَخَذَهَا عُثْنِيئِيلُ بْنُ قَنَازَ، أَخُو كَالَبَ ٱلْأَصْغَرُ مِنْهُ. فَأَعْطَاهُ عَكْسَةَ ٱبْنَتَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً.

14 Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

١٤ وَكَانَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهَا أَنَّهَا غَرَّتْهُ بِطَلَبِ حَقْلٍ مِنْ أَبِيهَا. فَنَزَلَتْ عَنِ ٱلْحِمَارِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا كَالَبُ: «مَا لَكِ؟»

15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

١٥ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «أَعْطِنِي بَرَكَةً. لِأَنَّكَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَرْضَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، فَأَعْطِنِي يَنَابِيعَ مَاءٍ». فَأَعْطَاهَا كَالَبُ ٱلْيَنَابِيعَ ٱلْعُلْيَا وَٱلْيَنَابِيعَ ٱلسُّفْلَى.

16 Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

١٦ وَبَنُو ٱلْقَيْنِيِّ حَمِي مُوسَى صَعِدُوا مِنْ مَدِينَةِ ٱلنَّخْلِ مَعَ بَنِي يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّتِي فِي جَنُوبِيِّ عَرَادَ، وَذَهَبُوا وَسَكَنُوا مَعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ.

17 And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

١٧ وَذَهَبَ يَهُوذَا مَعَ شِمْعُونَ أَخِيهِ وَضَرَبُوا ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانَ صَفَاةَ وَحَرَّمُوهَا، وَدَعَوْا ٱسْمَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ «حُرْمَةَ».

18 Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

١٨ وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا غَزَّةَ وَتُخُومَهَا، وَأَشْقَلُونَ وَتُخُومَهَا، وَعَقْرُونَ وَتُخُومَهَا.

19 And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron.

١٩ وَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَ يَهُوذَا فَمَلَكَ ٱلْجَبَلَ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُطْرَدْ سُكَّانُ ٱلْوَادِي لِأَنَّ لَهُمْ مَرْكَبَاتِ حَدِيدٍ.

20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

٢٠ وَأَعْطَوْا لِكَالَبَ حَبْرُونَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى. فَطَرَدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ بَنِي عَنَاقَ ٱلثَّلَاثَةَ.

21 And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

٢١ وَبَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ لَمْ يَطْرُدُوا ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَسَكَنَ ٱلْيَبُوسِيُّونَ مَعَ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

22 And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

٢٢ وَصَعِدَ بَيْتُ يُوسُفَ أَيْضًا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَٱلرَّبُّ مَعَهُمْ.

23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

٢٣ وَٱسْتَكْشَفَ بَيْتُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَكَانَ ٱسْمُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ قَبْلًا لُوزَ.

24 And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

٢٤ فَرَأَى ٱلْمُرَاقِبُونَ رَجُلًا خَارِجًا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَرِنَا مَدْخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَنَعْمَلَ مَعَكَ مَعْرُوفًا».

25 So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

٢٥ فَأَرَاهُمْ مَدْخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَضَرَبُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ وَكُلُّ عَشِيرَتِهِ فَأَطْلَقُوهُمْ.

26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

٢٦ فَٱنْطَلَقَ ٱلرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَبَنَى مَدِينَةً وَدَعَا ٱسْمَهَا «لُوزَ» وَهُوَ ٱسْمُهَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

27 And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

٢٧ وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْ مَنَسَّى أَهْلَ بَيْتِ شَانَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا أَهْلَ تَعْنَكَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا سُكَّانَ دُورَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا سُكَّانَ يِبْلَعَامَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَلَا سُكَّانَ مَجِدُّو وَقُرَاهَا. فَعَزَمَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ عَلَى ٱلسَّكَنِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

28 And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.

٢٨ وَكَانَ لَمَّا تَشَدَّدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَنَّهُ وَضَعَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْهُمْ طَرْدًا.

29 And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.

٢٩ وَأَفْرَايِمُ لَمْ يَطْرُدِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي جَازَرَ، فَسَكَنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ فِي وَسَطِهِ فِي جَازَرَ.

30 Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

٣٠ زَبُولُونُ لَمْ يَطْرُدْ سُكَّانَ قِطْرُونَ، وَلَا سُكَّانَ نَهْلُولَ، فَسَكَنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ فِي وَسَطِهِ وَكَانُوا تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ.

31 And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;

٣١ وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْ أَشِيرُ سُكَّانَ عَكُّو، وَلَا سُكَّانَ صَيْدُونَ وَأَحْلَبَ وَأَكْزِيبَ وَحَلْبَةَ وَأَفِيقَ وَرَحُوبَ.

32 But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.

٣٢ فَسَكَنَ ٱلْأَشِيرِيُّونَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَطْرُدُوهُمْ.

33 Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

٣٣ وَنَفْتَالِي لَمْ يَطْرُدْ سُكَّانَ بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ، وَلَا سُكَّانَ بَيْتِ عَنَاةَ، بَلْ سَكَنَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. فَكَانَ سُكَّانُ بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ وَبَيْتِ عَنَاةَ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ لَهُمْ.

34 And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

٣٤ وَحَصَرَ ٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ بَنِي دَانَ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَدَعُوهُمْ يَنْزِلُونَ إِلَى ٱلْوَادِي.

35 For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

٣٥ فَعَزَمَ ٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ عَلَى ٱلسَّكَنِ فِي جَبَلِ حَارَسَ فِي أَيَّلُونَ وَفِي شَعَلُبِّيمَ. وَقَوِيَتْ يَدُ بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ فَكَانُوا تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ.

36 And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.

٣٦ وَكَانَ تُخْمُ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ عَقَبَةِ عَقْرِبِّيمَ مِنْ سَالَعَ فَصَاعِدًا.