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.
Inilah bangsa-bangsa yang dibiarkan TUHAN tinggal untuk mencobai orang Israel itu dengan perantaraan mereka, yakni semua orang Israel yang tidak mengenal perang Kanaan.
2 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
--Maksudnya hanyalah, supaya keturunan-keturunan orang Israel yang tidak mengenal perang yang sudah-sudah, dilatih berperang oleh TUHAN.
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.
Yang tinggal ialah kelima raja kota orang Filistin dan semua orang Kanaan, orang Sidon dan orang Hewi, yang mendiami pegunungan Libanon, dari gunung Baal-Hermon sampai ke jalan yang menuju ke 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 itu ada di sana, supaya Ia mencobai orang Israel dengan perantaraan mereka untuk mengetahui, apakah mereka mendengarkan perintah yang diberikan TUHAN kepada nenek moyang mereka dengan perantaraan Musa.
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.
Demikianlah orang Israel itu diam di tengah-tengah orang Kanaan, orang Het, orang Amori, orang Feris, orang Hewi dan orang Yebus.
6 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Mereka mengambil anak-anak perempuan, orang-orang itu menjadi isteri mereka dan memberikan anak-anak perempuan mereka kepada anak-anak lelaki orang-orang itu, serta beribadah kepada allah orang-orang itu.
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.
Orang Israel melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN, mereka melupakan TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan beribadah kepada para Baal dan para 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.
Lalu bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap orang Israel, sehingga Ia menjual mereka kepada Kusyan-Risyataim, raja Aram-Mesopotamia dan orang Israel menjadi takluk kepada Kusyan-Risyataim delapan tahun lamanya.
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.
Lalu berserulah orang Israel kepada TUHAN, maka TUHAN membangkitkan seorang penyelamat bagi orang Israel, yakni Otniel, anak 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 menghinggapi dia dan ia menghakimi orang Israel. Ia maju berperang, lalu TUHAN menyerahkan Kusyan-Risyataim, raja Aram, ke dalam tangannya, sehingga ia mengalahkan Kusyan-Risyataim.
11 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
Lalu amanlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya. Kemudian matilah Otniel anak Kenas.
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.
Tetapi orang Israel melakukan pula apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN; lalu Eglon, raja Moab, diberi TUHAN kuasa atas orang Israel, oleh sebab mereka telah melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN.
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.
Raja ini mengajak bani Amon dan bani Amalek menjadi sekutunya. Lalu majulah ia dan memukul orang Israel kalah. Kota pohon korma diduduki mereka.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
Delapan belas tahun lamanya orang Israel menjadi takluk kepada Eglon, raja Moab.
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.
Lalu orang Israel berseru kepada TUHAN, maka TUHAN membangkitkan bagi mereka seorang penyelamat yakni Ehud, anak Gera, orang Benyamin, seorang yang kidal. Dengan perantaraannya orang Israel biasa mengirimkan upeti kepada Eglon, raja Moab.
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.
Dan Ehud membuat pedang yang bermata dua, yang panjangnya hampir sehasta, disandangnyalah itu di bawah pakaiannya, pada pangkal paha kanannya.
17 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man.
Kemudian ia menyampaikan upeti kepada Eglon, raja Moab. Adapun Eglon itu seorang yang sangat gendut.
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 Ehud selesai menyampaikan upeti itu, disuruhnya pembawa-pembawa upeti itu pulang,
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.
tetapi ia sendiri berhenti pada batu-batu berpahat yang di dekat Gilgal, dan kembali menghadap raja. Berkatalah ia: "Ada pesan rahasia yang kubawa untuk tuanku, ya raja." Kata Eglon: "Diamlah dahulu!" Maka semua orang yang berdiri di depannya itu pergi ke luar.
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.
Lalu Ehud masuk mendapatkan dia, sedang ia duduk sendirian di kamar atas di rumah peranginannya. Berkatalah Ehud: "Ada firman Allah yang kubawa untuk tuanku." Lalu bangunlah ia berdiri dari tempat duduknya.
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;
Kemudian Ehud mengulurkan tangan kirinya, dihunusnya pedang itu dari pangkal paha kanannya dan ditikamkannya ke perut raja,
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.
sehingga hulunya beserta mata pedang itu masuk. Lemak menutupi mata pedang itu, sebab pedang itu tidak dicabutnya dari perut raja. Lalu keluarlah ia melalui pintu belakang.
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].
Demikianlah Ehud sampai ke serambi; pintu kamar atas itu ditutup dan dikuncinya setelah ia keluar.
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?
Baru saja ia keluar, datanglah hamba-hamba raja melihat, tetapi pintu kamar atas itu terkunci. Lalu berkatalah mereka: "Tentulah ia membuang air di kamar rumah peranginan itu."
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.
Lalu mereka menunggu-nunggu sampai menjadi bingung, tetapi raja tidak membuka pintu kamar atas itu. Kemudian mereka mengambil kunci, membuka pintu, maka tampaklah tuan mereka mati tergeletak 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.
Sedang mereka berlambat-lambat, Ehud meloloskan diri; ia lewat dari batu-batu berpahat dan meloloskan diri ke arah Seira.
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.
Setelah ia sampai ke sana, ditiupnyalah sangkakala di pegunungan Efraim, lalu turunlah orang Israel bersama-sama dengan dia dari pegunungan itu, dan ia sendiri di depan.
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.
Berkatalah ia kepada mereka: "Ikutlah aku, sebab TUHAN telah menyerahkan musuhmu, orang-orang Moab itu, ke dalam tanganmu." Maka turunlah mereka mengikuti dia, lalu mereka merebut tempat penyeberangan sungai Yordan ke Moab dan tidak seorangpun dibiarkan mereka menyeberang.
29 And they struck Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty] person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
Pada waktu itu mereka menewaskan kira-kira sepuluh ribu orang dari Moab, semuanya orang yang tegap dan tangkas, seorangpun 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.
Demikianlah pada hari itu Moab ditundukkan oleh Israel, maka amanlah tanah itu, delapan puluh tahun lamanya.
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.
Sesudah dia, bangkitlah Samgar bin Anat; ia menewaskan orang Filistin dengan tongkat penghalau lembu, enam ratus orang banyaknya. Demikianlah ia juga menyelamatkan orang Israel.
