Judges 20
1 Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.
Lalu majulah semua orang Israel; dari Dan sampai Bersyeba dan juga dari tanah Gilead berkumpullah umat itu secara serentak menghadap TUHAN di Mizpa.
2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.
Maka berdirilah para pemuka dari seluruh bangsa itu, dari segala suku orang Israel, memimpin jemaah umat Allah yang jumlahnya empat ratus ribu orang berjalan kaki, yang bersenjatakan pedang.
3 (Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.
Kedengaranlah kepada bani Benyamin, bahwa orang Israel telah maju ke Mizpa. Berkatalah orang Israel: "Ceritakan bagaimana kejahatan itu terjadi."
4 Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.
Lalu orang Lewi, suami perempuan yang terbunuh itu, menjawab: "Aku sampai dengan gundikku di Gibea kepunyaan suku Benyamin untuk bermalam di sana.
5 And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.
Lalu warga-warga kota Gibea itu mendatangi aku dan mengepung rumah itu pada malam hari untuk menyerang aku. Mereka bermaksud membunuh aku, tetapi gundikku diperkosa mereka, sehingga mati.
6 So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.
Maka kuambillah mayat gundikku, kupotong-potong dia dan kukirimkan ke seluruh daerah milik pusaka orang Israel, sebab orang-orang itu telah berbuat mesum dan berbuat noda di antara orang Israel.
7 Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.
Sekarang kamu sekalian, orang Israel, telah ada di sini. Berikanlah di sini pertimbanganmu dan nasihatmu."
8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:
Kemudian bangunlah seluruh bangsa itu dengan serentak, sambil berkata: "Seorangpun dari pada kita takkan pergi ke kemahnya, seorangpun dari pada kita takkan pulang ke rumahnya.
9 But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;
Inilah yang akan kita lakukan kepada Gibea; memeranginya, dengan membuang undi!
10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.
Kita akan memilih dari seluruh suku Israel sepuluh orang dari tiap-tiap seratus, seratus orang dari tiap-tiap seribu, seribu orang dari tiap-tiap sepuluh ribu, untuk mengambil bekal bagi laskar ini, supaya sesudah mereka datang, dilakukan kepada Gibea-Benyamin setimpal dengan segala perbuatan noda yang telah diperbuat mereka di antara orang Israel."
11 So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.
Demikianlah orang Israel berkumpul melawan kota itu, semuanya bersekutu dengan serentak.
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?
Kemudian suku-suku Israel mengirim orang kepada seluruh suku Benyamin dengan pesan: "Apa macam kejahatan yang terjadi di antara kamu itu!
13 Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.
Maka sekarang, serahkanlah orang-orang itu, yakni orang-orang dursila yang di Gibea itu, supaya kami menghukum mati mereka dan dengan demikian menghapuskan yang jahat itu dari antara orang Israel." Tetapi bani Benyamin tidak mau mendengarkan perkataan saudara-saudaranya, orang Israel itu.
14 And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.
Sebaliknya, bani Benyamin dari kota-kota lain berkumpul di Gibea untuk maju berperang melawan orang Israel.
15 And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,
Pada hari itu dihitunglah jumlah bani Benyamin dari kota-kota lain itu: dua puluh enam ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang, belum termasuk penduduk Gibea, yang terhitung tujuh ratus orang pilihan banyaknya.
16 Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.
Dari segala laskar ini ada tujuh ratus orang pilihan yang kidal, dan setiap orang dari mereka dapat mengumban dengan tidak pernah meleset sampai sehelai rambutpun.
17 And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.
Juga orang-orang Israel dihitung jumlahnya; dengan tidak termasuk suku Benyamin ada empat ratus ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang; semuanya itu prajurit.
18 And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.
Lalu orang Israel berangkat dan maju ke Betel. Di sana mereka bertanya kepada Allah: "Siapakah dari kami yang lebih dahulu maju berperang melawan bani Benyamin?" Jawab TUHAN: "Suku Yehudalah lebih dahulu."
19 So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.
Lalu orang-orang Israel bangun pagi-pagi dan berkemah mengepung Gibea.
20 And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).
Kemudian majulah orang-orang Israel berperang melawan suku Benyamin; orang-orang Israel mengatur barisan perangnya melawan mereka dekat Gibea.
21 Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.
Juga bani Benyamin maju menyerang dari Gibea dan menggugurkan ke bumi dua puluh dua ribu orang dari antara orang Israel pada hari itu.
22 But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.
Tetapi laskar orang Israel mengumpulkan segenap kekuatannya, lalu mengatur pula barisan perangnya di tempat mereka mengatur barisannya semula.
23 Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.
Kemudian pergilah orang-orang Israel, lalu menangis di hadapan TUHAN sampai petang, sesudah itu mereka bertanya kepada TUHAN: "Akan pergi pulakah kami berperang melawan bani Benyamin, saudara kami itu?" Jawab TUHAN: "Majulah melawan mereka."
24 So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Tetapi ketika orang-orang Israel pada hari kedua sampai di dekat bani Benyamin,
25 And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.
maka pada hari kedua itu majulah suku Benyamin dari Gibea menyerbu mereka, dan digugurkannya pula ke bumi delapan belas ribu orang di antara orang-orang Israel; semuanya orang-orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.
Kemudian pergilah semua orang Israel, yakni seluruh bangsa itu, lalu sampai di Betel; di sana mereka tinggal menangis di hadapan TUHAN, berpuasa sampai senja pada hari itu dan mempersembahkan korban bakaran dan korban keselamatan di hadapan TUHAN.
27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,
Dan orang-orang Israel bertanya kepada TUHAN--pada waktu itu ada di sana tabut perjanjian Allah,
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it, ) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands.
dan Pinehas bin Eleazar bin Harun menjadi imam Allah pada waktu itu--kata mereka: "Haruskah kami maju sekali lagi untuk berperang melawan bani Benyamin, saudara kami itu, atau haruskah kami hentikan itu?" Jawab TUHAN: "Majulah, sebab besok Aku akan menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tanganmu."
29 So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.
Lalu orang Israel menempatkan penghadang-penghadang sekeliling Gibea.
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.
Pada hari ketiga majulah orang-orang Israel melawan bani Benyamin dan mengatur barisannya melawan Gibea seperti yang sudah-sudah.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.
Maka majulah bani Benyamin menyerbu laskar itu; mereka terpancing dari kota, dan seperti yang sudah-sudah, mereka mulai menyerang laskar itu pada kedua jalan raya--yang satu menuju ke Betel, dan yang lain ke Gibea melalui padang--sehingga terbunuh beberapa orang, kira-kira tiga puluh orang di antara orang Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.
Maka kata bani Benyamin: "Orang-orang itu telah terpukul kalah oleh kita seperti semula." Tetapi orang-orang Israel telah bermupakat lebih dahulu: "Marilah kita lari dan memancing mereka dari kota ke jalan-jalan raya."
33 So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.
Jadi orang Israel bangun dari tempatnya dan mengatur barisannya di Baal-Tamar, sedang orang Israel yang menghadang itu tiba-tiba keluar dari tempatnya, yakni tempat terbuka dekat Geba,
34 And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.
dan sampai di depan Gibea, sebanyak sepuluh ribu orang pilihan dari seluruh Israel. Pertempuran itu dahsyat, tetapi bani Benyamin tidak tahu bahwa malapetaka datang menimpa mereka.
35 Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.
TUHAN membuat suku Benyamin terpukul kalah oleh orang Israel, dan pada hari itu orang-orang Israel memusnahkan dari antara suku Benyamin dua puluh lima ribu seratus orang, semuanya orang-orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.
Bani Benyamin melihat, bahwa mereka telah terpukul kalah. Sementara orang-orang Israel agak mundur di depan suku Benyamin--sebab mereka mempercayai penghadang-penghadang yang ditempatkan mereka untuk menyerang Gibea--
37 And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.
maka segeralah penghadang-penghadang itu menyerbu Gibea. Mereka bergerak maju dan memukul seluruh kota itu dengan mata pedang.
38 Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,
Tetapi orang-orang Israel telah bermupakat dengan penghadang-penghadang itu untuk menaikkan gumpalan asap tebal dari kota itu.
39 The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.
Ketika orang-orang Israel mundur dalam pertempuran itu, maka suku Benyamin mulai menyerang orang Israel, sehingga terbunuh kira-kira tiga puluh orang, karena pikir mereka: "Tentulah orang-orang itu terpukul kalah sama sekali oleh kita seperti dalam pertempuran yang dahulu."
40 Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven.
Tetapi pada waktu itu mulailah gumpalan asap naik dari kota itu seperti tiang asap. Suku Benyamin menoleh ke belakang dan tampaklah kota itu seluruhnya terbakar, apinya naik ke langit.
41 And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.
Lagipula orang-orang Israel maju lagi. Maka gemetarlah orang-orang Benyamin itu, sebab mereka melihat, bahwa malapetaka datang menimpa mereka.
42 So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.
Jadi larilah mereka dari depan orang-orang Israel itu, ke arah padang gurun, tetapi pertempuran itu tidak dapat dihindari mereka, lalu orang-orang dari kota-kota menghabisi mereka di tengah-tengahnya.
43 And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.
Mereka mengepung suku Benyamin itu, mengejarnya dengan tak henti-hentinya dan melandanya sampai di depan Gibea, di sebelah timur.
44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.
Dari bani Benyamin ada tewas delapan belas ribu orang, semuanya orang-orang gagah perkasa.
45 And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.
Yang lain berpaling lari ke padang gurun, ke bukit batu Rimon. Tetapi di jalan-jalan raya masih diadakan penyabitan susulan di antara mereka: lima ribu orang; mereka diburu sampai ke Gideom dan dipukul mati dua ribu orang dari mereka.
46 So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.
Maka yang tewas dari suku Benyamin pada hari itu seluruhnya berjumlah dua puluh lima ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang, semuanya orang-orang gagah perkasa.
47 But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months.
Tetapi enam ratus orang berpaling lari ke padang gurun, ke bukit batu Rimon, dan tinggal empat bulan lamanya di bukit batu itu.
48 And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.
Tetapi orang-orang Israel kembali kepada bani Benyamin dan memukul mereka dengan mata pedang, baik manusia baik hewan dan segala sesuatu yang terdapat di sana. Juga segala kota yang terdapat di sana mereka musnahkan dengan api.
