Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.
И сынове Израилевы кляшася в Массифе, глаголюще: муж от нас да не даст Вениамину дщере своея в жену.
2 And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.
И приидоша людие в Вефиль и седеша тамо до вечера пред Богом: и воздвигоша глас свой, и плакашася плачем велиим, и рекоша:
3 And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
вскую, Господи Боже Израилев, бысть сице днесь во Израили, еже оскудети от Израиля племени единому?
4 Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.
И бысть на утрия, и обутреша людие, и соградиша тамо олтарь, и вознесоша всесожжение спасения, и рекоша сынове Израилевы:
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.
кто не взыде в сонм от всех племен Израилевых ко Господу? Яко велика клятва бяше не вшедшым ко Господу в Массифу, глаголюще: смертию да умрет.
6 And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
И умилишася сынове Израилевы о Вениамине брате своем, и рекоша: изсечено днесь едино племя от Израиля:
7 What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
что сотворим оставшымся о женах? И мы кляхомся Господем не дати им от дщерей наших в жены.
8 And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
И рекоша: кто един от племен Израилевых, иже не взыде ко Господу в Массифу? И се, ни един прииде в полк от Иависа Галаадова в сонм.
9 For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
И соглядаша людий, и се, не бяше тамо мужа от живущих во Иависе Галаадове.
10 So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.
И послаша тамо сонм дванадесять тысящ мужей от сынов силы и заповедаша им, глаголюще: идите и избийте живущыя во Иависе Галаадове оружием жены и народы:
11 And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
и сие сотворите: всяк мужеский пол и всяку жену, познавшую ложе мужеско, побиете: девицы же снабдите. И сотвориша тако.
12 Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
И обретоша от живущих во Иависе Галаадове четыре ста отроковиц дев, яже не познаша ложа мужеска: и приведоша я в полк в Силом, иже есть в земли Ханаани.
13 And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.
И послаша весь сонм и глаголаша к сыном Вениаминовым, иже в камени Реммони, и призваша их с миром.
14 Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.
И возвратися Вениамин к сыном Израилевым в то время, и даша им сынове Израилевы жены, яже живо сохраниша от дщерей Иависа Галаадова: и угодно бысть им тако.
15 And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
И людие умилишася о Вениамине, яко сотвори Господь истребление в племенех Израилевых.
16 Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?
И рекоша старейшины сонма: что сотворим оставшым о женах? Яко погибе от Вениамина жена:
17 And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
и како будет наследие уцелевших от Вениамина, да не погибнет племя от Израиля?
18 Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
И мы не возможем дати им жен от дщерей наших, яко кляшася сынове Израилевы, глаголюще: проклят даяй жену Вениамину.
19 And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
И рекоша: се, праздник Господень в Силоме от дний во дни, иже есть от севера Вефиля, на восток солнца на пути восходящем от Вефиля в Сихем, и от юга Левоны.
20 And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
И заповедаша сыном Вениаминим, глаголюще: идите и засядите в виноградех,
21 And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
и узрите, и се, егда изыдут дщери живущих в Силоме плясати в лики, да изыдете из виноградов и восхитите муж жену себе от дщерей Силомлих, и идите на землю Вениаминю:
22 And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
и будет егда приидут отцы их или братия их судитися к нам, и речем им: помилуйте нас ими, яко не взя муж жены своея в полце: понеже вы не дали есте им яко жребий, согрешисте.
23 So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
И сотвориша тако сынове Вениамини, и пояша жены по числу своему от пляшущих, яже восхитиша: и отидоша и возвратишася в наследие свое, и создаша грады и вселишася в них.
24 Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
И отидоша оттуду сынове Израилевы в то время, муж во племя свое и в род свой: и изыде оттуду муж в наследие свое.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
И в тыя дни не бяше царя во Израили: муж еже угодно пред очима его, творяше.
