< Judges 1 >

1 It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, "Who should go up first to fight for us against the Canaanites?"
Då Josva var avliden, spurde Israels-sønerne Herren: «Kven av oss skal taka fyrst ut i striden mot kananitarne?»
2 The LORD said, "Judah should go up. Look, I have delivered the land into his hand."
Og Herren svara: «Juda skal taka ut. No gjev eg landet i hans hender!»
3 Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot." So Simeon went with him.
Då sagde Juda med Simeon, bror sin: «Ver med meg til min lut, og lat oss båe strida mot kananitarne, so skal eg vera med deg til din lut.» Og Simeon vart med honom.
4 Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
So tok Juda-sønerne ut, og Herren gav kananitarne og perizitarne i henderne deira; dei slo deim i Bezek og felte ti tusund mann.
5 They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
I Bezek møtte dei Adoni-Bezek, og dei stridde mot honom og slo kananitarne og perizitarne.
6 But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Adoni-Bezek rømde; men dei sette etter honom, og tok honom og hogg av honom tumarsfingrarne og stortærne.
7 Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, scavenged under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Då sagde han: «Sytti kongar med avhogne tumarsfingrar og stortær sanka smular under mitt bord. No hev Gud gjeve meg like for det eg gjorde!» So førde dei honom til Jerusalem, og der døydde han.
8 The people of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Juda-sønerne kringsette Jerusalem, og tok byen, og øydde honom med odd og egg, og sette eld i husi.
9 Afterward the people of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the Negev, and in the lowland.
Sidan for dei ned og stridde mot dei kananitarne som budde i fjell-landet og i Sudlandet og i låglandet.
10 And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron, and Hebron came out in opposition (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba), and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Fyrst gjekk dei mot kananitarne som budde i Hebron - Hebron heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Arba - og dei slo Sesai og Ahiman og Talmai.
11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)
So gjekk dei mot Debir-buarne. - Debir heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Sefer -
12 Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."
Då sagde Kaleb: «Den som kann taka Kirjat-Sefer, skal få Aksa, dotter mi.»
13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror, tok byen, og fekk Aksa, dotter hans Kaleb.
14 It happened, when she came to him, that she got him to ask her father for a field. And she got off from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What would you like?"
Då so ho skulde flytja heim til honom, eggja ho honom til å beda far hennar um ein jordveg, og sjølv hoppa ho ned av asnet. «Kva er det du vil?» spurde Kaleb.
15 She said to him, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land in the Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her according to her heart the upper springs and the lower springs.
«Lat meg få ei velfargåva!» svara ho. «Du hev gift meg burt til dette turre Sudlandet; gjev meg no vatskjeldor!» So gav han henne Øvregullot og Nedregullot.
16 And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the people of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
Etterkomarane etter keniten, verbror åt Moses, for med Juda-sønerne frå Palmestaden upp til Judaheidi som ligg sunnanfor Arad, og vart buande der saman med folket.
17 Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
Sidan gjekk Juda med Simeon, bror sin, og dei vann yver kananitarne som budde i Sefat. Dei bannstøytte byen; difor heitar han no Horma.
18 Also Judah took Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory, and Ashdod with its surrounding lands.
Og Juda-mennerne tok Gaza og Askalon og Ekron med alt landet som låg til dei byarne.
19 The LORD was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Herren var med Juda-sønerne, og dei lagde under seg fjellbygderne; men dei var ikkje god til å driva ut slettebuararne; for dei hadde jarnvogner.
20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken. And from there he possessed the three cities, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
Dei gav Hebron til Kaleb, som Moses hadde sagt, og han dreiv dei tri Anaks-sønerne ut or bygdi.
21 The people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
Benjamins-sønerne dreiv ikkje ut jebusitarne som budde i Jerusalem; jebusitarne vart buande i Jerusalem saman med Benjamins-sønerne og hev butt der til denne dag.
22 And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the LORD was with them.
Josefs-ætti tok og ut i striden; dei gjekk mot Betel, og Herren var med deim.
23 And the house of Joseph sent out spies to Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Då dei låg på vakt kring Betel - den byen heitte fyrr i tidi Luz -
24 And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they captured him, and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy."
fekk spæjarane deira sjå ein mann som kom ut or byen. Og dei sagde til honom: «Kjære, syn oss kvar me kann koma inn i byen, so skal me gjera vel mot deg!»
25 He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
So synte han dei kvar dei kunde koma inn, og dei øydde byen med odd og egg, men mannen og heile ætti hans let dei fara sin veg.
26 The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Han for til Hetitarlandet, og bygde ein by; den kalla han Luz, og det namnet hev byen havt til denne dag.
27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Manasse øydde ikkje Bet-Sean og Ta’anak og Dor og Jibleam og Megiddo og bygderne som låg under dei byarne, og kananitarne var god til å halda seg der i landet.
28 It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
Då Israels-folket vart sterkare, tvinga dei kananitarne til å træla for seg, men dreiv deim ut gjorde dei ikkje.
29 Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
Efraim dreiv ikkje ut kananitarne som budde i Gezer; kananitarne vart buande millom Efraims-sønerne i Gezer.
30 Zebulun didn't drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.
Sebulon dreiv ikkje ut deim som budde i Kitron og i Nahalol; kananitarne vart buande millom Sebulons-sønerne, men laut gjera trælearbeid.
31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
Asser dreiv ikkje ut dei som budde i Akko og i Sidon, og øydde ikkje Ahlab og Akzib og Helba og Afik og Rehob;
32 but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
asseritarne busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet, og dreiv deim ikkje ut.
33 Naphtali didn't drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.
Naftali-sønerne dreiv ikkje ut deim som budde i Bet-Semes og i Bet-Anat; dei busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet. Men folket i Bet-Semes og Bet-Anat laut træla for deim.
34 The Amorites forced the people of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;
Amoritarne trengde Dans-sønerne upp i fjelli, og let deim ikkje få koma ned på sletta.
35 but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.
Sjølve var dei god til å halda seg i Har-Heres og i Ajjalon og Sa’albim, men sidan fekk Josefs-ætti yvertaket, og nøydde deim til å træla for seg.
36 The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
Landskilet åt amoritarne gjekk frå Skorpionskardet um Knausen og uppetter.

< Judges 1 >