Judges 3
1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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 that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
--Maksudnya hanyalah, supaya keturunan-keturunan orang Israel yang tidak mengenal perang yang sudah-sudah, dilatih berperang oleh TUHAN.
3 namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
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 They were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded 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 The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
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 to be their wives, and gave their own 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 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Orang Israel melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN, mereka melupakan TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan beribadah kepada para Baal dan para Asyera.
8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim 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 When the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother; and he obeyed him.
Lalu berserulah orang Israel kepada TUHAN, maka TUHAN membangkitkan seorang penyelamat bagi orang Israel, yakni Otniel, anak Kenas adik Kaleb.
10 The Ruach of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
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 The land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Lalu amanlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya. Kemudian matilah Otniel anak Kenas.
12 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of 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 He gathered to him the people of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed 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 The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Delapan belas tahun lamanya orang Israel menjadi takluk kepada Eglon, raja Moab.
15 But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the 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 Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, eighteen inches in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
Dan Ehud membuat pedang yang bermata dua, yang panjangnya hampir sehasta, disandangnyalah itu di bawah pakaiannya, pada pangkal paha kanannya.
17 He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
Kemudian ia menyampaikan upeti kepada Eglon, raja Moab. Adapun Eglon itu seorang yang sangat gendut.
18 When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.
Setelah Ehud selesai menyampaikan upeti itu, disuruhnya pembawa-pembawa upeti itu pulang,
19 But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." The king said, "Keep silence." All who stood by him went out from 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 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, "I have a message from God to you, O king." He arose out of his seat.
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 happened as he rose up that Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly.
Kemudian Ehud mengulurkan tangan kirinya, dihunusnya pedang itu dari pangkal paha kanannya dan ditikamkannya ke perut raja,
22 And the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.
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 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
Demikianlah Ehud sampai ke serambi; pintu kamar atas itu ditutup dan dikuncinya setelah ia keluar.
24 Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and look, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room."
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 They waited until they were ashamed; and look, he did not open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and look, their lord was fallen down dead on 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 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.
Sedang mereka berlambat-lambat, Ehud meloloskan diri; ia lewat dari batu-batu berpahat dan meloloskan diri ke arah Seira.
27 It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he 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 He said to them, "Follow after me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." They went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and did not allow 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 They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
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 subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years. And Ehud judged them until he died.
Demikianlah pada hari itu Moab ditundukkan oleh Israel, maka amanlah tanah itu, delapan puluh tahun lamanya.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who alone struck down six hundred men of the Philistines with an oxgoad. And he also saved 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.
