Judges 3
1 These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:
No skal me nemna dei folki som Herren let vera att til å røyna Israel med - dei Israels-mennerne som ikkje hadde vore med i nokon av Kana’ans-krigarne -
2 That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
berre av di han vilde dei komande Israels-ætter skulde få vit på å strida, og vilde læra deim det, deim som ikkje kunde det fyrr.
3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.
Det var dei fem filistarfyrstarne og alle kananitarne og sidonarane og hevitarne som budde på Libanonfjelli, frå Ba’al-Hermonfjellet til Hamatvegen.
4 And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not.
Deim var det Israel skulde røynast med, so det kunde syna seg um dei vilde lyda Herrens bod, som Moses hadde kunngjort federne deira.
5 So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
So budde no Israels-sønerne midt ibland kananitarne og hetitarne og amoritarne og perizitarne og hevitarne og jebusitarne;
6 And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
dei tok døtterne deira til konor og gav døtterne sine til sønerne deira, og dyrka gudarne deira.
7 And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
Israels-sønerne gjorde det som var Herren imot; dei gløymde Herren, sin Gud, og dyrka Ba’als- og Astarte-bilæti.
8 And the Lord being angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and they served him eight years.
Då vart Herren brennande harm på Israels-sønerne; han slepte deim i henderne på Kusan-Risatajim, kongen i Aram-Naharajim, og Israel laut tena Kusan-Risatajim i åtte år.
9 And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:
Då ropa Israels-sønerne til Herren, og Herren let ein hjelparmann standa fram hjå deim og hjelpa deim; det var Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror.
10 And the spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria, and he overthrew him.
Herrens Ande kom yver honom, og han tok styringi i Israel. So drog han ut i striden, og Herren gav Kusan-Risatajim, Aram-kongen, i henderne hans; han vann yver Kusan-Risatajim,
11 And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
og sidan hadde landet fred i fyrti år. So døydde Otniel, son åt Kenaz.
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.
Men Israels-sønerne gjorde på nytt det som var Herren imot, og Herren gav Eglon, Moabs-kongen, magt yver deim, for di dei gjorde det som var Herren imot.
13 And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
Eglon fekk med seg Ammons-sønerne og amalekitarne; so drog han ut, og slo Israel, og dei tok Palmestaden.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
Israels-sønerne laut tena Eglon, Moabs-kongen, i attan år.
15 And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
Då ropa dei til Herren, og Herren sende dei ein hjelpar, Ehud Gerason av Benjamins-ætti, ein keivhendt mann. Israels-sønerne sende Ehud med gåvor til Eglon, kongen i Moab.
16 And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.
Då gjorde han seg eit sverd som var tvieggja og ei aln langt, og spente det på seg under klædi sine, på høgre sida;
17 And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
so førde han gåvorne fram til Eglon, Moabs-kongen. Eglon var ein ovtjukk mann.
18 And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
Då Ehud hadde greidt frå seg gåvorne, let han folki som hadde bore deim fara heim att;
19 Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, be said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,
men sjølv snudde han um ved gudebilæti som stod innmed Gilgal, og for attende og sagde: «Eg hev eit løyndarbod til deg, konge!» «Hyss, » sagde kongen: Då gjekk dei ut alle deim som stod kringom honom.
20 Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne,
Som han no sat åleine i den svale høgstova si, gjekk Ehud fram for honom og sagde: «Eg hev eit bod til deg frå Gud!» Då reiste han seg av stolen.
21 And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
Og Ehud rette ut vinstre handi, og greip sverdet han bar ved høgre sida, og rende det i livet på honom,
22 With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
so handtaket for med inn etter bladet; og feittet gjekk i hop att kring bladet; for han drog ikkje sverdet ut att or livet hans. So gjekk han ut i svali.
23 But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,
Då Ehud var komen ut i svalgangen, let han høgelofts-døri att etter seg, og stengde henne vel,
24 Went out by a postern door. And the king’s servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.
og so gjekk han sin veg. Straks etter kom tenarane, men då dei såg at døri var læst, sagde dei: «Han er visst for seg sjølv i svalkammerset!»
25 And waiting a long time till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
Dei venta til dei var reint leide av seg; men han let ikkje upp døri til høgeloftet. So tok dei lykelen, og let upp; då fekk dei sjå at herren deira låg livlaus på golvet.
26 But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:
Medan dei tøvra, slapp Ehud undan, og for framum gudebilæti, og nådde Se’ira.
27 And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in the front.
Då han kom til Efraimsheidi, bles han i luren; då for Israels-sønerne med han ned av heidi, og han gjekk fyre.
28 And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.
«Skunda dykk etter meg!» sagde han: «For Herren hev gjeve fiendarne, moabitarne, i henderne dykkar.» So fylgde dei honom ned til Jordan, og stengde vadi for moabitarne, og let ingen sleppa yver.
29 But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
Den gongen felte dei ikring ti tusund moabitar, som alle var sterke og djerve menner; ikkje ein kom seg undan.
30 And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested eighty years.
Moab laut den dagen bøygja seg under Israels velde, og sidan hadde landet fred i åtteti år.
31 After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel.
Etter Ehud kom Samgar, son åt Anat. Han felte seks hundrad mann av filistarane, med piggstaven som han dreiv uksarne med; han og berga Israel.
