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 TUHAN biarkan tinggal di Kanaan: kelima kerajaan orang Filistin, semua orang Kanaan, orang Sidon, dan orang Hewi yang tinggal di Gunung Libanon, mulai dari Gunung Baal Hermon sampai ke jalan masuk Hamat. TUHAN membiarkan mereka tinggal di sana untuk menguji generasi bangsa Israel yang tidak mengalami perang merebut Kanaan. TUHAN hendak melatih generasi baru itu untuk berperang.
2 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
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.
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.
TUHAN memakai bangsa-bangsa itu untuk menguji apakah bangsa Israel akan taat kepada perintah yang Dia sampaikan kepada nenek moyang mereka melalui 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.
Tetapi sementara bangsa Israel hidup di antara orang Kanaan, Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi, dan Yebus,
6 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
mereka melakukan kawin campur dengan orang-orang itu dan 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.
Dalam pandangan TUHAN, bangsa Israel sudah menjadi sangat jahat. Mereka melupakan TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan menyembah berbagai macam dewa Baal serta dewi 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 sangat marah kepada bangsa Israel dan menyerahkan mereka ke tangan Raja Kusan Risyataim dari Aram Naharaim. Raja itu menguasai bangsa Israel selama delapan tahun
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.
sehingga bangsa Israel berseru-seru minta tolong kepada TUHAN. Lalu Dia mengutus seorang penyelamat untuk mereka, yaitu Otniel, anak dari adik Kaleb yang bernama Kenas.
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 menggerakkan Otniel sehingga dia menjadi pembela bagi bangsa Israel. Dia memimpin pasukan Israel pergi berperang melawan Raja Kusan Risyataim, dan TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadanya.
11 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
Maka negeri itu pun aman dari musuh selama empat puluh tahun, sampai Otniel meninggal dunia.
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.
Bangsa Israel kembali berbuat jahat di mata TUHAN. Karena kejahatan mereka, TUHAN membuat Raja Eglon dari Moab menjadi kuat sehingga dia menguasai Israel.
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 Eglon mengajak bangsa Amon dan Amalek untuk bergabung dengannya. Mereka menyerang dan mengalahkan bangsa Israel serta merebut kota Yeriko (yang disebut juga Kota Pohon Kurma).
14 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
Lalu Israel dijajah oleh Eglon selama delapan belas tahun.
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.
Tetapi ketika bangsa Israel berseru meminta tolong kepada TUHAN, TUHAN mengangkat seorang penyelamat untuk mereka, yaitu Ehud anak Gera dari suku Benyamin. Ehud adalah seorang yang kidal. Selama ini Ehud bertugas sebagai pengantar pajak dari bangsa Israel 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.
Ehud membuat sebuah pedang bermata dua yang panjangnya hampir setengah meter. Dia menyembunyikan pedang itu di balik bajunya dengan mengikatkannya pada paha kanan,
17 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man.
lalu dia pergi untuk menyerahkan pembayaran pajak kepada Raja Eglon. Eglon ini sangat gemuk badannya.
18 And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
Sesudah menyerahkan pembayaran, Ehud bersama orang-orang yang menyertai dia membawa pajak itu pun berjalan 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 ketika sampai di patung-patung batu di Gilgal, Ehud sendiri kembali ke istana Eglon dan berkata kepadanya, “Tuanku Raja, hamba datang membawa pesan rahasia untuk Tuanku.” Kata raja kepada para pelayannya, “Keluar!” Maka semua pelayannya meninggalkan
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.
mereka berdua di ruangan yang sejuk di loteng istana. Eglon sedang duduk ketika Ehud mendekati dia dan berkata, “Hamba membawa pesan dari Allah untuk Tuanku Raja.” Lalu Eglon pun 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;
Saat itu juga Ehud mencabut pedangnya dengan tangan kiri dan menikam perut Eglon
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.
sampai seluruh pedang itu tertancap masuk dan tertutup oleh lemak. Usus besarnya pun terburai keluar. Ehud tidak mencabut pedangnya kembali.
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].
Kemudian Ehud keluar diam-diam lewat jalan lain setelah mengunci semua pintu ruang atas itu.
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?
Sesudah Ehud pergi, para pelayan Eglon datang dan heran melihat pintu-pintu ruangan atas terkunci. Sangka mereka, “Raja pasti sedang buang air besar di kamar kecil di ruangannya 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.
Para pelayan itu menunggu-nunggu begitu lama sampai mereka kebingungan karena raja tidak juga membuka pintu. Akhirnya, mereka mengambil kunci dan membuka pintunya. Saat itulah mereka terperanjat karena melihat tuan mereka sudah 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.
Sedangkan Ehud sudah lari melewati patung-patung batu dan sampai ke Seira sementara para pelayan tadi sedang menunggu-nunggu.
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.
Ketika Ehud tiba di perbukitan Efraim, dia meniup terompet dan perintahkan, “Ikutlah aku! TUHAN sudah menyerahkan musuh kita, bangsa Moab, ke tangan kita.” Maka Ehud memimpin bangsa Israel turun dari perbukitan itu dan mereka merebut daerah penyeberangan orang Moab di sungai Yordan. Mereka tidak membiarkan seorang pun menyeberang.
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.
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 bangsa Israel menyerang dan membunuh sekitar sepuluh ribu prajurit Moab yang kuat dan tangkas. Tidak ada satu pun 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 Israel mengalahkan Moab hari itu, dan negeri mereka pun aman selama delapan puluh tahun.
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 Ehud, orang berikutnya yang menyelamatkan Israel adalah Samgar, anak Anat. Dalam pertempuran, dia membunuh enam ratus orang Filistin dengan tongkat penggiring sapi.
