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.
Maka para pemimpin suku-suku Israel mengadakan pertemuan penting untuk seluruh umat TUHAN. Semua suku berkumpul dan bersatu di hadapan TUHAN di Mispa. Hanya suku Benyamin yang sengaja tidak hadir di pertemuan itu. Tetapi yang lain semuanya datang, dari wilayah Dan di utara sampai Bersyeba di selatan, termasuk daerah Gilead. Pasukan yang hadir berjumlah 400.000 orang bersenjata pedang. Di sana, para pemimpin bertanya kepada suami dari perempuan yang mati itu, “Ceritakanlah kepada kami, bagaimana kejahatan itu terjadi?”
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.
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.
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.
Jawabnya, “Saya dan gundik saya datang ke kota Gibea milik suku Benyamin untuk menginap 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.
Malam harinya, orang kota itu mengepung rumah tempat kami bermalam untuk membunuh saya. Lalu mereka memperkosa gundik saya sampai dia 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.
Mayat itu saya potong-potong dan saya kirimkan ke seluruh wilayah Israel supaya semua tahu bahwa Gibea sudah melakukan perbuatan yang begitu hina dan keji di tengah-tengah bangsa Israel.
7 Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.
Jadi, hai umat Israel semuanya, pertimbangkanlah dan putuskanlah apa yang harus kita lakukan!”
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:
Dengan serentak seluruh rakyat bangkit dan berseru, “Tidak ada seorang pun dari kita yang akan kembali ke kemah atau pulang ke rumah sebelum masalah ini dibereskan!
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 terhadap Gibea: Kita akan mengundi untuk menentukan regu pasukan yang akan menyerang mereka.
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.
Dan kita akan memilih sepersepuluh orang dari setiap suku Israel untuk menyediakan makanan bagi regu yang masuk pertempuran ini. Kekejian yang dilakukan warga Gibea terhadap Israel harus dibalas!”
11 So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.
Demikianlah seluruh bangsa Israel bersatu untuk menyerang Gibea.
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 mengutus pembawa pesan ke seluruh suku Benyamin untuk menyampaikan, “Kalian harus mengakui bahwa orang-orangmu sudah melakukan kejahatan besar, dan hal itu harus dihukum!
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.
Serahkanlah orang-orang bejat di Gibea itu untuk kita hukum mati, agar kejahatan ini terhapus dari Israel.” Akan tetapi, suku Benyamin tidak mau mendengarkan saudara-saudara mereka, yaitu umat Israel dari suku-suku lain.
14 And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.
Malahan, orang-orang Benyamin dari kota-kota lain berkumpul di Gibea untuk berperang melawan bangsa 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,
Sebanyak 26.000 orang suku Benyamin bersenjata pedang berkumpul dari kota-kota lain saat itu, belum termasuk 700 pasukan terlatih dari Gibea.
16 Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.
Di antara semua pasukan itu, ada 700 orang kidal yang bisa menembakkan batu tanpa meleset sehelai rambut pun.
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.
Sedangkan bangsa Israel selain suku Benyamin mengumpulkan 400.000 orang bersenjata pedang. Semuanya berpengalaman dalam perang.
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 pasukan Israel pergi mendaki ke Betel. Di situ mereka bertanya kepada Allah, “Siapakah di antara kami yang lebih dulu maju berperang melawan suku Benyamin?” TUHAN menjawab, “Suku Yehuda yang pertama.”
19 So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.
Besok paginya, pasukan Israel berangkat dan berkemah di dekat 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).
Mereka maju untuk menyerang suku Benyamin. Pasukan Israel itu membuat barisan perang menghadap ke Gibea.
21 Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.
Lalu keluarlah pasukan Benyamin dari Gibea dan membunuh 22.000 orang Israel pada hari itu juga.
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.
Maka bangsa Israel pergi ke Betel dan menangis di hadapan TUHAN sampai malam. Mereka bertanya kepada TUHAN, “Oh TUHAN, perlukah kami berperang lagi melawan suku Benyamin, saudara kami sendiri?” Jawab TUHAN, “Maju dan lawanlah mereka.” Maka mereka mengumpulkan semangat dan kembali membuat barisan perang di tempat yang sama seperti hari pertama.
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.
24 So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Pada hari yang kedua itu, bangsa Israel maju melawan suku 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.
Lalu keluarlah pasukan Benyamin dari Gibea pada hari itu dan membunuh 18.000 tentara Israel.
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.
Maka seluruh pasukan Israel pergi lagi ke Betel dan menangis di hadapan TUHAN. Di sana mereka berpuasa sampai malam serta mempersembahkan kurban yang dibakar habis dan kurban tanda damai kepada 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,
Pada waktu itu, peti perjanjian Allah ada di sana. Imam yang melayani adalah Pinehas anak Eliezer, cucu Harun. Bangsa Israel pun bertanya kepada TUHAN, “Perlukah kami maju sekali lagi melawan suku Benyamin, saudara-saudara kami, atau haruskah kami berhenti?” TUHAN menjawab, “Majulah, karena besok Aku akan membuat kalian menang atas mereka.”
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.
29 So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.
Maka bangsa Israel menempatkan sebagian pasukan mereka bersembunyi di 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 yang ketiga itu, pasukan Israel kembali maju melawan suku Benyamin. Mereka membuat barisan perang menghadap ke Gibea seperti sebelumnya.
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.
Lalu keluarlah pasukan Benyamin dari kota Gibea melawan pasukan Israel. Mereka terpancing oleh pasukan Israel untuk menjauh dari kota. Seperti sebelumnya, pasukan Benyamin mulai membunuh beberapa tentara Israel di padang-padang dan di sepanjang jalan utama, baik ke arah kota Betel maupun ke arah Gibea. Kira-kira tiga puluh pasukan Israel terbunuh.
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.
Kata orang Benyamin, “Kita mengalahkan mereka seperti sebelumnya!” Tetapi sebenarnya pasukan Israel memang sengaja lari supaya orang Benyamin mengejar mereka semakin jauh dari kota.
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.
Pasukan Israel itu mundur dari posisi mereka sampai ke Baal Tamar. Di situ mereka mengatur kembali barisan perang untuk melakukan serangan balik. Pada saat yang sama, pasukan Israel lainnya keluar dari tempat persembunyian mereka di sebelah barat Gibea
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 menyerang kota itu. Jumlah mereka sebanyak 10.000 pasukan Israel pilihan. Peperangan itu begitu sengit sehingga pasukan Benyamin tidak sadar bahwa sebentar lagi mereka akan binasa.
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 bangsa Israel menang atas suku Benyamin. Hari itu, pasukan Israel membunuh 25.100 tentara Benyamin.
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.
Akhirnya suku Benyamin sadar bahwa mereka sudah kalah. Pasukan Israel lari dari pasukan Benyamin supaya pasukan Benyamin terpancing menjauh dari kota. Dengan begitu, pasukan Israel yang bersembunyi di sekeliling Gibea bisa leluasa menyerang kota itu.
37 And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.
Mereka menyerbu ke dalam kota dan membunuh semua yang ada di sana.
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,
Sebelum perang dimulai, pasukan yang bersembunyi itu sudah bersepakat dengan pasukan Israel utama, bahwa sesudah mereka menyerbu Gibea, mereka akan menaikkan asap tebal sebagai tanda
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.
bahwa pasukan Israel utama harus berbalik menyerang. Waktu itu, pasukan Benyamin sudah mulai mengalahkan dan membunuh sekitar tiga puluh orang Israel. Mereka berseru, “Kita mengalahkan mereka seperti sebelumnya!”
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 asap tebal mulai naik dari kota itu. Ketika pasukan Benyamin menengok ke belakang, kota itu sudah terbakar! Asapnya naik tinggi 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.
Saat itulah pasukan Israel yang utama berbalik menyerang Benyamin. Pasukan Benyamin sangat ketakutan karena mereka sadar bahwa kehancuran mereka sudah dekat.
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.
Maka mereka berbalik dan kabur dari pasukan utama Israel. Mereka lari ke arah padang belantara. Tetapi orang Benyamin tidak berhasil lepas dari pertempuran itu. Pasukan Israel yang lain keluar dari Gibea dan menghabisi mereka di tengah jalan.
43 And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.
Karena dikepung, pasukan Benyamin tidak bisa lari jauh, dan kebanyakan terbunuh di sebelah timur Gibea.
44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.
Sebanyak 18.000 prajurit terbaik Benyamin mati dalam pertempuran itu.
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.
Orang-orang yang tersisa berusaha melarikan diri ke bukit batu Rimon. Namun, pasukan Israel membunuh 5.000 tentara Benyamin di tengah jalan, dan 2.000 lagi ketika mengejar yang lain sampai ke Gidom.
46 So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.
Jadi, sebanyak 25.000 pasukan terbaik suku Benyamin gugur pada hari itu.
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.
Hanya enam ratus orang yang berhasil kabur ke bukit batu Rimon di padang belantara. Mereka tinggal di sana selama empat bulan.
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.
Kemudian bangsa Israel kembali dan menumpas segala milik suku Benyamin tanpa kecuali, baik manusia maupun binatang. Mereka juga membakar semua kota Benyamin.
