Judges 20
1 And all the sons of Israel go out, and the congregation is assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, to YHWH, at Mizpeh.
Da rykkende alle Israelitterne ud, og Menigheden samledes som een Mand fra Dan til Be'ersjeba for HERREN i Mizpa; også fra Gileads Land kom de.
2 And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.
Alle Folkets Støtter, alle Israels Stammer indfandt sig i Guds Folks Forsamling, 400000 Mand Fodfolk, væbnet med Sværd.
3 And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, “Speak! How has this evil been?”
Benjaminiterne hørte, at Israelitterne var draget op til Mizpa. Og Israelitterne sagde: "Fortæl dog, hvorledes denne Misgerning gik for sig!"
4 And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who has been murdered, answers and says, “My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which [is] of Benjamin, to lodge;
Da tog Manden, Leviten, den myrdede Kvindes Mand, til Orde og sagde: "Jeg og min Medhustru kom til Gibea i Benjamin for at overnatte der.
5 and the masters of Gibeah rise against me—and they go around the house against me by night—they thought to slay me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she dies;
Så rejste Gibeas Borgere sig imod mig og omringede mig om Natten i Huset; mig vilde de dræbe, og min Medhustru skændede de, så at hun døde.
6 and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;
Da tog jeg min Medhustru, skar hende i Stykker og sendte Stykkerne rundt i hele Israels Arvelods Område, fordi de havde begået grov Utugt og Skændselsdåd i Israel!
7 behold, you [are] all sons of Israel; give for yourselves a word and counsel here.”
Nu er I her, alle Israelitter, sig nu eders Mening og kom med eders Råd!"
8 And all the people rise as one man, saying, “None of us goes to his tent, and none of us turns aside to his house;
Da rejste hele Folket sig som een Mand og sagde: "Ingen af os vil vende hjem, ingen af os vil begive sig til sit Hus!
9 and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah: [we go up] against it by lot!
Men således vil vi handle med Gibea: Vi vil drage op imod det efter Lodkastning,
10 And we have taken ten men of one hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it has done in Israel.”
og vi vil udtage ti Mænd af hundrede af alle Israels Stammer, hundrede af tusind og tusind af titusind til at hente Fødemidler til Folket, til dem, som er kommet for fuldt ud at gengælde Gibea i Benjamin den Skændselsdåd, de har øvet i Israel!"
11 And every man of Israel is gathered to the city, as one man—companions.
Derpå samlede alle Israels Mænd sig mod Byen, alle som een.
12 And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, “What [is] this evil which has been among you?
Og Israels Stammer sendte Mænd ud i hele Benjamins Stamme og lod sige: "Hvad er det for en Misgerning, der er sket hos eder?
13 And now, give up the men—sons of worthlessness—which [are] in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.” And [the sons of] Benjamin have not been willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel;
Udlever nu Mændene i Gibea, de Niddinger, for at vi kan dræbe dem og skaffe Misgerningen bort fra Israel!" Men Benjaminiterne vilde ikke høre deres Brødre Israelitternes Ord.
14 and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
Og Benjaminiterne stævnede sammen fra deres Byer til Gibea for at drage i Kamp mod Israelitterne.
15 And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities [are] twenty-six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, [who] numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;
Da Benjaminiterne fra Byerne mønstredes den bag, udgjorde de 25000 våbenføre Mænd, foruden dem af Gibeas Indbyggere, der mønstredes, 700 udsøgte Krigere;
16 among all this people [are] seven hundred chosen men, their right hand bound, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he does not err.
af alle disse Krigsfolk var 700 udvalgte Krigere kejthåndede; de kunde alle slynge med Sten, så de ramte på et Hår uden at fejle.
17 And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.
Da Israels Mænd mønstredes, fraregnet Benjamin, udgjorde de 400000 våbenføre Mænd, der alle var Krigere.
18 And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, “Who goes up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?” And YHWH says, “Judah—at the commencement.”
De brød så op og drog til Betel og rådspurgte Gud; og Israelitterne sagde: "Hvem af os skal først drage i Kamp mod Benjaminiterne?" HERREN svarede: "Det skal Juda!"
19 And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,
Så brød Israelitterne op om Morgenen og slog Lejr uden for Gibea.
20 and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array [for] battle with them, against Gibeah,
Og Israels Mænd rykkede ud til Kamp imod Benjamin, og Israels Mænd stillede sig op til Kamp imod dem for at angribe Gibea.
21 and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day—to the earth.
Men Benjaminiterne gjorde Udfald fra Gibea og fældede den Dag 22000 Mand af Israel.
22 And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set in array [for] battle in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.
Folket, Israels Mænd, tog sig da sammen og stillede sig atter op til Kamp på samme Sted som den første Dag;
23 And the sons of Israel go up and weep before YHWH until the evening, and ask of YHWH, saying, “Do I add to draw near to battle with the sons of my brother Benjamin?” And YHWH says, “Go up against him.”
Da drog Israelitterne op til Betel og græd lige til Aften for HERRENs Åsyn; og de adspurgte HERREN: "Skal jeg atter tage Kampen op med min Broder Benjamins Sønner?" Og HERREN svarede: "Drag op imod ham!"
24 And the sons of Israel draw near to the sons of Benjamin on the second day,
og Israelitterne rykkede Benjaminiterne på nært Hold den anden Dag.
25 and Benjamin comes out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy eighteen thousand men among the sons of Israel again—to the earth; all these are drawing sword.
Men Benjaminiterne gjorde Udfald fra Gibea for at møde dem den anden Dag, og de fældede yderligere 18000 Mand af Israelitterne, alle sammen våbenføre Mænd.
26 And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before YHWH, and fast on that day until the evening, and cause burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to ascend before YHWH.
Så drog alle Israelitterne, hele Folket, op til Betel; og de græd og sad der for HERRENs Åsyn og fastede den Dag lige til Aften, og de ofrede Brændofre og Takofre for HERRENs Åsyn.
27 And the sons of Israel ask of YHWH—and the Ark of the Covenant of God [is] there in those days,
Derpå rådspurgte Israelitterne HERREN i de Dage var Guds Pagts Ark der,
28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days, saying, “Do I add to go out to battle again with the sons of my brother Benjamin, or do I cease?” And YHWH says, “Go up, for tomorrow I give him into your hand.”
og Pinehas, en Søn af Arons Søn Eleazar, gjorde i de Dage Tjeneste ved den - og de sagde: "Skal jeg atter drage i Kamp mod min Broder Benjamins Sønner eller lade være?" HERREN svarede: "Drag i Kamp, thi i Morgen giver jeg ham i din Hånd!"
29 And Israel sets ones lying in wait against Gibeah, all around,
Israelitterne lagde nu Baghold rundt om Gibea.
30 and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.
Og Israelitterne drog op mod Benjaminiterne på den tredje Dag og stillede sig op til Angreb på Gibea ligesom de tidligere Gange.
31 And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to strike [some] of the people—wounded as time by time—in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), [are] about thirty men of Israel.
Da nu Benjaminiterne gjorde Udfald mod Hæren, blev de afskåret fra Byen og lokket ud på Vejene til Betel og Gibeon; til at begynde med huggede de nogle al Folkene ned på åben Mark ligesom de tidligere Gange, omtrent tredive Mand af Israel,
32 And the sons of Benjamin say, “They are struck before us as at the beginning”; but the sons of Israel said, “Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, to the highways.”
og Benjaminiterne tænkte nu: "Vi har slået dem ligesom før!" Men Israelitterne sagde: Lad os flygte og således afskære dem fra Byen og lokke dem ud på Vejene!"
33 And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Ba‘al-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.
Så brød alle Israels Mænd op fra deres Plads og stillede sig op til Kamp i Ba'al-Tamar, medens Bagholdet brød op fra sin Plads vesten for Geba.
34 And they come in from the front against Gibeah—ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel—and the battle [is] grievous, and they have not known that the calamity is reaching toward them.
Nu rykkede 10000 Mand, udvalgte Folk af hele Israel, frem for Gibea, og Kampen blev hård; men de vidste ikke, at Ulykken var ved at ramme dem.
35 And YHWH strikes Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty-five thousand and one hundred men; all these [are] drawing sword.
Så slog HERREN Benjamin foran Israel, og Israelitterne fældede den Dag 25100 Mand af Benjamin, alle våbenføre Mænd;
36 And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been struck—and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted in the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,
da indså Benjaminiterne, at de var slagne. Israelitterne trak sig tilbage for Benjamin, idet de stolede på Bagholdet, de havde lagt mod Gibea;
37 and the ambush has hurried, and pushes against Gibeah, and the ambush draws itself out, and strikes the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.
og Bagholdet kastede sig i en Fart over Gibea og drog frem og huggede hele Byens Befolkning ned med Sværdet.
38 And the appointed sign of the men of Israel with the ambush was their causing a great volume of smoke to go up from the city.
Der var truffet den Aftale mellem Israels Mænd og Bagholdet, at de skulde lade en Røgsøjle stige op fra Byen.
39 And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin has begun to strike the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely they are utterly struck before us, as [at] the first battle”;
Da Israels Mænd vendte om i Kampen, huggede Benjamin til at begynde med henved tredive af Israels Mænd ned, thi de tænkte: "Visselig, vi har slået dem ligesom i den forrige Kamp."
40 but the volume has begun to go up from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turns behind, and behold, the perfection of the city has gone up toward the heavens.
Da nu Søjlen, Røgstøtten, begyndte at stige op fra Byen, vendte Benjamin sig om, og se, Røgen slog op mod Himmelen fra hele Byen,
41 And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the calamity has struck against them—
og samtidig vendte Israels Mænd om fra Flugten. Da blev Benjamins Mænd forfærdede, thi de indså, at Ulykken havde ramt dem;
42 and they turn before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, and the battle has followed them; and those who [are] from the cities are destroying them in their midst;
og de gjorde omkring for Israels Mænd og flygtede ad Ørkenen til. Men Kampen fortsattes i Hælene på dem. Og de fra Byerne huggede ned for Fode iblandt dem;
43 they have surrounded the Benjamites—they have pursued them—they have trodden them down with ease as far as the front of Gibeah, at the sun-rising.
de omringede Benjaminiterne og forfulgte dem, til de havde Geba foran sig mod Øst.
44 And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fall—all these [were] men of valor;
Af Benjamin faldt 18000 Mand, lutter dygtige Krigere.
45 and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon; and they glean five thousand of their men in the highways, and follow after them to Gidom, and strike two thousand [more] of their men.
De gjorde omkring og flygtede og deres Forfølgere gjorde på Vejene en Efterhøst på 5000 Mand: de forfulgte dem skarpt, til de fik dem tilintetgjort, og huggede 2000 Mand ned af dem.
46 And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty-five thousand men drawing sword, on that day—all these [were] men of valor;
De, der faldt af Benjamin den Dag, var således i alt 25000 våbenføre Mænd, alle tapre Folk.
47 but six hundred men turn and flee into the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwell in the rock of Rimmon four months.
De gjorde omkring og flygtede ud i Ørkenen til Rimmons Klippe, 600 Mand stærke, og blev der i fire Måneder.
48 And the men of Israel have turned back to the sons of Benjamin, and strike them by the mouth of the sword out of the city—men even to livestock, even to all that is found; they have also sent all the cities which are found into the fire.
Men Israels Mænd vendte tilbage til Benjaminiterne og huggede dem ned med Sværdet, både Mennesker og Kvæg, overhovedet alt. hvad der var, og desuden stak de Ild på alle Byerne der.
