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.
Og disse ere de Hedninger, som Herren lod blive for ved dem at forsøge alle dem af Israel, som ikke vidste noget af alle Krigene med Kanaan;
2 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
kun for at Israels Børns Slægter kunde lære at forstaa sig paa Krig, kun de, som ikke tilforn havde kendt dertil:
3 The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Chananite, and the Sidonian, and the Evite who lived in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to Laboemath.
Filisternes fem Fyrster og alle Kananiterne, og Sidonierne og Heviterne, som boede paa Libanons Bjerg fra Bjerget Baal-Hermon, indtil man kommer til Hamath.
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.
Og de bleve for at forsøge Israel ved dem, for at faa at vide, om de vilde lyde Herrens Bud, hvilke han havde budt deres Fædre ved Mose.
5 And the children of Israel lived in the midst of the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.
Og Israels Børn boede midt iblandt Kananiterne, Hethiterne og Amoriterne og Feresiterne og Heviterne og Jebusiterne.
6 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Og de toge sig deres Døtre til Hustruer, og deres Døtre gave de til deres Sønner, og de tjente deres Guder.
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.
Og Israels Børn gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, og forglemte Herren deres Gud og tjente Baalerne og Astarterne.
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.
Da optændtes Herrens Vrede over Israel, og han solgte dem i Kusan-Risathaims Haand, som var Konge i Aram Naharaim, og Israels Børn tjente Kusan-Risathaim otte Aar.
9 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a savior to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself.
Da raabte Israels Børn til Herren, og Herren oprejste Israels Børn en Frelser, og han frelste dem, nemlig Othniel, en Søn af Kenas, Kalebs yngre Broder.
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.
Og Herrens Aand var over ham, og han dømte Israel og drog ud til Krig, og Herren gav Kusan-Risathaim, Kongen af Aram, i hans Haand, og hans Haand var stærk over Kusan-Risathaim.
11 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
Og Landet havde Ro fyrretyve Aar; og Othniel, Kenas Søn, døde.
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.
Men Israels Børn bleve ved at gøre det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, og Herren styrkede Eglon, Moabiternes Konge, imod Israel, fordi de gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne.
13 And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and struck Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.
Og han samlede til sig Ammons Børn og Amalek; og han gik hen og slog Israel, og indtoge Palmestaden.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
Og Israels Børn tjente Eglon, Moabiternes Konge, atten Aar.
15 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a savior, 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.
Da raabte Israels Børn til Herren, og Herren oprejste dem en Frelser, Ehud, Geras Søn, en Benjaminit, en Mand, som var kejthaandet; og Israels Børn sendte Eglon, Moabiternes Konge, Skænk ved hans Haand.
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.
Og Ehud gjorde sig et Sværd, og det var tveægget, en Alen langt; og han spændte det under sine Klæder paa sin højre Hofte,
17 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man.
og han førte Skænken frem til Eglon, Moabiternes Konge; men Eglon var en saare fed Mand.
18 And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
Og det skete, der han var færdig med at fremføre Skænken, da lod han Folket fare, som havde baaret Skænken.
19 And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to you, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
Men han vendte tilbage fra Stenbrudene, som vare ved Gilgal, og han lod sige: Jeg har et hemmeligt Ord til dig, o Konge! Da sagde denne: Stille! og alle, som stode hos ham, gik ud fra ham.
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 you, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
Og Ehud kom ind til ham, og han sad ene i sin Sommersal, og Ehud sagde: Jeg har Guds Ord til dig; da stod han op af Tronen.
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;
Og Ehud udrakte sin venstre Haand og tog Sværdet fra sin højre Hofte, og han stødte det i hans Bug.
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.
Og Hæftet gik ogsaa ind efter Bladet, og Fedmen lukkede til efter Bladet; thi han drog ikke Sværdet ud af hans Bug, og Skarnet gik ud.
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].
Da gik Ehud ud igennem Forsalen; og han tillukkede Salsdørene efter sig og lukkede dem i Laas.
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?
Der han var gaaet ud, da kom hins Tjenere ind, og de saa, og se, Salsdørene vare lukkede i Laas; og de sagde: Han tildækker visseligen sine Fødder i Kammeret ved Sommersalen.
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.
Og de ventede, indtil de skammede sig, og se, han oplukkede ikke Salsdørene; da toge de Nøglen og lukkede op, og se, da var deres Herre falden til Jorden og var død.
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.
Men Ehud undkom, medens de tøvede; og han gik forbi Stenbrudene og undkom til Seirath.
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.
Og det skete, der han kom derhen, da blæste han i Trompeten paa Efraims Bjerg; og Israels Børn droge ned med ham af Bjerget, og han gik foran dem.
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.
Og han sagde til dem: Følger efter mig, thi Herren har givet eders Fjender Moabiterne i eders Haand; og de droge ned efter ham og indtoge Jordanens Færgesteder for Moab, og de lode ingen Mand gaa over.
29 And they struck Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty] person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
Og de sloge Moabiterne paa den Tid, ved ti Tusinde Mænd, hver trivelig og hver kraftig Mand; og ikke een Mand undkom.
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.
Saa bleve Moabiterne ydmygede paa den samme Dag under Israels Haand, og Landet havde Ro firsindstyve Aar.
31 And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and struck the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a plowshare [such as is drawn by] oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
Og efter ham var Samgar, Anaths Søn, og han slog Filisterne, seks Hundrede Mænd, med en Oksedriverstav; og han frelste ogsaa Israel.
