Judges 3
1 And these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan.
Untuk menguji orang-orang Israel yang tidak pernah mengalami peperangan di Kanaan, TUHAN membiarkan beberapa bangsa tinggal di negeri itu.
2 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
TUHAN melakukan itu hanya dengan maksud mengajar setiap generasi Israel berperang, khususnya mereka yang tidak pernah ikut bertempur.
3 The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Chananite, and the Sidonian, and the Evite who dwelt in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to Laboemath.
Bangsa-bangsa yang masih tinggal di negeri itu ialah: bangsa yang diam di dalam kelima kota Filistin, semua bangsa Kanaan, bangsa Sidon, dan bangsa Hewi yang tinggal di pegunungan Libanon, mulai dari Gunung Baal-Hermon sampai ke jalan yang menuju Hamat.
4 And [this] was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Mereka berada di sana untuk menjadi batu ujian bagi bangsa Israel. Dengan demikian dapatlah diketahui apakah bangsa Israel menuruti perintah-perintah yang telah diberikan TUHAN kepada nenek moyang mereka melalui Musa.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.
Itulah sebabnya orang-orang Kanaan, Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus tetap tinggal di negeri itu bersama-sama dengan umat Israel.
6 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Umat Israel kawin campur dengan bangsa-bangsa itu, dan turut menyembah dewa-dewa mereka.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
Umat Israel berdosa kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka. Mereka lupa kepada-Nya sehingga mereka beribadat kepada berhala-berhala Baal dan Asyera.
8 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Chusarsathaim eight years.
Maka TUHAN marah kepada umat Israel, dan membiarkan mereka dikalahkan oleh Raja Kusyan-Risyataim dari Mesopotamia. Delapan tahun lamanya raja itu menguasai mereka.
9 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a saviour to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself.
Kemudian umat Israel berseru minta tolong kepada TUHAN, lalu TUHAN memberikan Otniel untuk membebaskan mereka. (Otniel adalah anak dari Kenas, adik Kaleb.)
10 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war against Chusarsathaim: and the Lord delivered into his hand Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers, and his hand prevailed against Chusarsathaim.
Roh TUHAN menguasai Otniel sehingga ia menjadi pemimpin umat Israel. Ia pergi berperang, lalu TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadanya atas raja Mesopotamia.
11 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
Maka tentramlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya. Kemudian meninggallah Otniel.
12 And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglom king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord.
Umat Israel berdosa lagi kepada TUHAN, sehingga TUHAN membuat Eglon, raja Moab, menjadi lebih kuat dari Israel.
13 And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.
Raja Eglon bergabung dengan bangsa Amon dan Amalek, lalu mengalahkan orang Israel, kemudian merebut Yerikho, kota kurma itu.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
Delapan belas tahun lamanya umat Israel dijajah oleh Eglon.
15 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a saviour, Aod the son of Gera a son of Jemeni, a man who used both hands alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of Moab.
Tetapi ketika umat Israel berseru minta tolong kepada TUHAN, Ia memberikan Ehud untuk membebaskan mereka. Ehud seorang yang kidal; ia anak Gera dari suku Benyamin, dan ialah yang biasanya mengantarkan kepada Raja Eglon upeti yang harus dibayar oleh umat Israel.
16 And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
Pada suatu hari Ehud membuat sebilah pedang bermata dua yang panjangnya hampir setengah meter. Ia menyandangkan pedang itu pada pinggangnya sebelah kanan di dalam bajunya,
17 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man.
lalu pergi menyerahkan upeti dari umat Israel kepada Raja Eglon. Raja itu sangat gemuk.
18 And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
Setelah menyerahkan upeti itu, Ehud menyuruh orang-orang yang memikul uang emas itu pulang.
19 And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
Tetapi Ehud sendiri berhenti ketika sampai di batu-batu berukir dekat Gilgal, lalu kembali kepada Eglon. Pada waktu itu Eglon berada di kamar yang sejuk di tingkat atas istananya. Kata Ehud kepada Eglon, "Paduka Yang Mulia! Hamba membawa berita rahasia untuk Tuanku." Maka raja berkata, "Tunggu dulu," lalu ia memerintahkan semua hambanya supaya keluar dan meninggalkan dia dan Ehud sendirian. Kemudian, Ehud mendekati raja yang sedang duduk, lalu berkata, "Ada berita dari Allah untuk Tuanku!" Mendengar itu, raja berdiri.
20 And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from God to thee, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
21 And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;
Langsung Ehud mencabut pedangnya dengan tangan kirinya dari pinggangnya sebelah kanan, lalu menikamkannya dalam-dalam ke perut raja. Seluruh mata pedang itu sampai ke gagangnya pun masuk ke dalam lemak-lemak di perut raja itu, sampai tembus ke belakang. Ehud membiarkan pedang itu di situ,
22 and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.
23 And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed [guards], and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked [them].
lalu keluar serta menutup dan mengunci pintu kamar tersebut,
24 And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber [were] locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?
kemudian pergi. Ketika para hamba raja datang dan menemukan pintu-pintu kamar itu terkunci, mereka menyangka raja masih berada di dalam dan sedang ke belakang.
25 And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
Setelah menunggu cukup lama dan raja tidak juga membuka pintu, mereka kebingungan lalu mengambil kunci dan membuka pintu itu. Ternyata raja mereka tergeletak mati di lantai.
26 And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.
Sementara mereka masih menunggu-nunggu, Ehud sudah melarikan diri ke Seira lewat batu-batu berukir.
27 And it came to pass when Aod came into the land of Israel, that he blew the horn in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him from the mountain, and he [was] before them.
Segera setelah tiba di daerah pegunungan Efraim, ia meniup trompet untuk memanggil orang Israel bertempur. Mereka datang lalu ia memimpin mereka turun dari daerah pegunungan itu.
28 And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over.
"Ikut saya," katanya kepada mereka, "TUHAN telah mengalahkan orang-orang Moab, musuhmu itu untuk kalian." Maka di bawah pimpinan Ehud, turunlah orang-orang Israel itu dari pegunungan. Mereka merebut tempat penyeberangan orang Moab di Sungai Yordan. Tidak seorang pun dari musuh itu dibiarkan menyeberang dengan selamat.
29 And they smote Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty] person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
Dalam pertempuran itu mereka membunuh kira-kira 10.000 prajurit Moab yang terbaik; tidak ada yang lolos.
30 So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest eighty years; and Aod judged them till he died.
Hari itu Moab kalah terhadap Israel, maka tentramlah negeri itu delapan puluh tahun lamanya.
31 And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare [such as is drawn by] oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
Pemimpin yang berikut ialah Samgar anak Anat. Ia pun berjuang dan membebaskan orang Israel. Dengan tongkat penggiring lembu, ia membunuh 600 orang Filistin.
