Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying: 'There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.'
Torej možje iz Izraela so v Micpi prisegli, rekoč: »Nihče izmed nas svoje hčere ne bo dal Benjaminu za ženo.«
2 And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
Ljudstvo je prišlo k Božji hiši in tam so ostali do večera pred Bogom in povzdignili svoje glasove in bridko jokali
3 And they said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?'
in rekli: »Oh Gospod, Izraelov Bog, zakaj se je to zgodilo v Izraelu, da danes manjka en rod v Izraelu.«
4 And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
Pripetilo se je naslednji dan, da je ljudstvo zgodaj vstalo, tam zgradilo oltar in darovalo žgalne daritve in mirovne daritve.
5 And the children of Israel said: 'Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto the LORD?' For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah, saying: 'He shall surely be put to death.'
Izraelovi otroci so rekli: »Kdo je tam med vsemi Izraelovimi rodovi, ki s skupnostjo ni prišel gor h Gospodu?« Kajti sklenili so veliko prisego glede tistega, ki ne pride gor h Gospodu v Micpo, rekoč: »Ta bo zagotovo usmrčen.«
6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said: 'There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Izraelovim otrokom je bilo žal zaradi Benjamina, njihovega brata in rekli so: »Ta dan je iz Izraela iztrebljen en rod.
7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?'
Kako bomo storili zaradi žena za tiste, ki so ostali, glede na to, da smo pri Gospodu prisegli, da jim ne bomo dali izmed svojih hčera za žene?«
8 And they said: 'What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah?' And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
Rekli so: »Kateri izmed Izraelovih rodov je, ki ni prišel v Micpo h Gospodu?« Glej, iz Jabéš Gileáda ni nihče prišel v tabor k zboru.
9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Kajti ljudstvo je bilo prešteto in glej, tam ni bilo nobenega prebivalca iz Jabéš Gileáda.
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying: 'Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
Skupnost je tja poslala dvanajst tisoč mož izmed najhrabrejših in jim zapovedala, rekoč: »Pojdite in udarite prebivalce Jabéš Gileáda z ostrino meča, z ženskami in otroki.
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.'
To je stvar, ki jo boste storili: ›Popolnoma boste uničili vsakega moškega in vsako žensko, ki je ležala z moškim.‹«
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
Med prebivalci Jabéš Gileáda so našli štiristo mladih devic, ki nobenega moškega niso spoznale z ležanjem s katerimkoli moškim. Privedli so jih v tabor do Šila, ki je v kánaanski deželi.
13 And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them.
Celotna skupnost je poslala nekatere, da govorijo Benjaminovim otrokom, ki so bili v Rimónovi skali in da miroljubno kličejo k njim.
14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead; and yet so they sufficed them not.
Ob tistem času je ponovno prišel Benjamin in izročili so jim žene, ki so jih žive rešili izmed žensk Jabéš Gileáda in vendar jim to ni zadoščalo.
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Ljudstvo se je pokesalo zaradi Benjamina, zato ker je Gospod naredil vrzel v Izraelovih rodovih.
16 Then the elders of the congregation said: 'How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?'
Potem so starešine skupnosti rekli: »Kako bomo storili glede žena za tiste, ki ostanejo, glede na to, da so ženske uničene iz Benjamina?«
17 And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
Rekli so: » Mora biti dediščina za tiste, ki pobegnejo iz Benjamina, da iz Izraela ne bo uničen rod.«
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters.' For the children of Israel had sworn, saying: 'Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.'
Vendar jim ne moremo dati žene izmed svojih hčera, kajti Izraelovi otroci so prisegli, rekoč: »Preklet bodi, kdor daje ženo Benjaminu.«
19 And they said: 'Behold, there is the feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'
Potem so rekli: »Glej, tam je letno Gospodovo praznovanje v Šilu, na kraju, ki je na severni strani Betela, na vzhodni strani glavne ceste, ki gre gor od Betela do Sihema in na vzhodni strani Lebóne.«
20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying: 'Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Zato so Benjaminovim otrokom zapovedali, rekoč: »Pojdite in prežite v zasedi v vinogradih.
21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Glejte in opazujte, če hčere iz Šila pridejo ven, da plešejo v plesih, potem pridite iz vinogradov in zgrabite vsak mož svojo ženo izmed hčera v Šilu in pojdite v Benjaminovo deželo.«
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to strive with us, that we will say unto them: Grant them graciously unto us; because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle; neither did ye give them unto them, that ye should now be guilty.'
Zgodilo se bo, da ko pridejo k nam njihovi očetje ali njihovi bratje, da se pritožujejo, jim bomo rekli: »Bodite jim naklonjeni zaradi nas, ker v vojni nismo prihranili vsakemu možu svoje žene, kajti ob tistem času jim jih vi niste dali, tako ste sedaj krivi.«
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off; and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
Benjaminovi otroci so tako storili in si vzeli žene, glede na njihovo število izmed tistih, ki so plesale, ki so jih ujeli in odšli ter se vrnili v svojo dediščino in popravili mesta in prebivali v njih.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
Ob tem času so Izraelovi otroci odšli od tam, vsak mož k svojemu rodu in k svoji družini in odšli so od tam, vsak mož k svoji dediščini.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
V tistih dneh ni bilo kralja v Izraelu. Vsak mož je počel to, kar je bilo pravilno v njegovih lastnih očeh.
