Judges 20

1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD at Mizpah.

١ وَخَرَجَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعُهُمْ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ قَادِمِينَ مِنْ دَانٍ فِي الشِّمَالِ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ فِي الْجَنُوبِ، وَمِنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ أَيْضاً، وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

2 And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

٢ وَاحْتَشَدَ زُعَمَاءُ الشَّعْبِ مَعَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

٣ فَبَلَغَ النَّبَأُ سِبْطَ بِنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدْ تَجَمَّعُوا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ. وَقَالَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ: «قُصُّوا عَلَيْنَا كَيْفَ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الْقَبَاحَةُ؟»

4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

٤ فَأَجَابَ زَوْجُ الْقَتِيلَةِ: «دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَمَحْظِيَّتِي إِلَى جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ لِنَقْضِيَ لَيْلَتَنَا،

5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

٥ فَثَارَ عَلَيَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ وَحَاصَرُونِي بِالْبَيْتِ لَيْلاً، وَهَمُّوا بِقَتْلِي وَاغْتَصَبُوا مَحْظِيَّتِي حَتَّى مَاتَتْ.

6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

٦ فَأَخَذْتُهَا وَقَطَّعْتُهَا وَوَزَّعْتُهَا فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّهُمُ ارْتَكَبُوا قَبَاحَةً وَفُجُوراً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

7 Behold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.

٧ وَالآنَ تَبَصَّرُوا بِالأَمْرِ يَا أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاحْكُمُوا».

8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.

٨ فَهَبَّ الْمُحَارِبُونَ، كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَهَتَفُوا: «لَنْ يَرْجِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ أَوْ بَيْتِهِ،

9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; [we will go up] against it by lot;

٩ قَبْلَ أَنْ نُعَاقِبَ أَهْلَ جِبْعَةَ عَلَى مَا اقْتَرَفُوهُ. سَنُلْقِي قُرْعَةً

10 and we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

١٠ لِنَخْتَارَ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، وَمِئَةً مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ، وَأَلْفاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ آلافٍ لِلإِشْرَافِ عَلَى تَمْوِينِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالْمَؤُونَةِ، بَيْنَمَا يَقُومُ بَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ عَلَى الْقَبَاحَةِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَتْهَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

١١ وَهَكَذَا احْتَشَدَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ضِدَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاتَّحَدُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ.

12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?

١٢ وَبَعَثَ أَسْبَاطُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عَشَائِرِ بِنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا هَذَا الشَّرُّ الَّذِي تَفَشَّى بَيْنَكُمْ؟

13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the sons of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.

١٣ لِذَلِكَ، سَلِّمُوا الأَوْغَادَ بَنِي بَلِيَّعَالَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي جِبْعَةَ لِكَي نَقْتُلَهُمْ وَنَسْتَأْصِلَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَأَبَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ الاسْتِجَابَةَ إِلَى طَلَبِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

١٤ وَتَقَاطَرُوا مِنْ سَائِرِ الْمُدُنِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ تَأَهُّباً لِمُحَارَبَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ.

15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

١٥ وَبَلَغَ عَدَدُ مُحَارِبِي بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ الْوَافِدِينَ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ سِتَّةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ مُحَارِبٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَهْلِ جِبْعَةَ الْبَالِغِينَ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ.

16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair-breadth, and not miss.

١٦ وَكَانَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ جَيْشِ بِنْيَامِينَ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ أَعْسَرَ مُنْتَخَبُونَ لِرَمْيِ الْحَجَرِ بِالْمِقْلاعِ، لِمَهَارَتِهِمْ فِي إِصَابَةِ الْهَدَفِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُخْطِئُوا وَلَوْ بِمِقْدَارِ شَعْرَةٍ.

17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

١٧ أَمَّا جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ رِجَالُ حَرْبٍ.

18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.

١٨ فَانْطَلَقَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِيَسْتَشِيروا اللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ يَذْهَبُ أَوَّلاً لِمُحَارَبَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا أَوَّلاً».

19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

١٩ فَبَكَّرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَأَحَاطُوا بِجِبْعَةَ.

20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.

٢٠ وَاصْطَفَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُتَأَهِّبِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّيِنَ عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ.

21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

٢١ فَانْدَفَعَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ نَحْوَهُمْ، وَأَهْلَكُوا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلَفَ رَجُلٍ.

22 And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

٢٢ وَتَشَجَّعَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَادُوا فَاصْطَفُّوا فِي نَفْسِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي اصْطَفُّوا فِيهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ.

23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even; and they asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

٢٣ وَبَكَوْا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ طَالِبِينَ مَشُورَتَهُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ؟» فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «اهْجُمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ».

24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

٢٤ فَتَقَدَّمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

٢٥ فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ.

26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

٢٦ فَتَوَجَّهَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَبَكَوْا وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ صَائِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ، ثُمَّ أَصْعَدُوا لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ.

27 And the children of Israel asked of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

٢٧ وَاسْتَشَارَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ. وَكَانَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مَازَالَ آنَئِذٍ هُنَاكَ.

28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days, ) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into thine hand.

٢٨ وَفِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ بْنِ هرُونَ هُوَ الْكَاهِنُ الْوَاقِفُ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ. وَسَأَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ أَمْ نَكُفُّ عَنْ قِتَالِهِمْ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «قَاتِلُوهُمْ لأَنِّي غَداً أَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ».

29 And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah round about.

٢٩ وَنَصَبَ الإِسْرَائِيِليُّونَ كَمِيناً حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ،

30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

٣٠ وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ وَاصْطَفُّوا عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ الأُوْلَيَيْنِ

31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

٣١ فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ لِمُهَاجَمَتِهِمْ، وَابْتَعَدُوا عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَرَاءَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَالطَّرِيقِ الأُخْرَى الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ عَبْرَ الْحَقْلِ، وَشَرَعُوا يُهَاجِمُونَ الْجَيْشَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ السَّابِقَتَيْنِ، فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً.

32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us rise, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.

٣٢ وَاعْتَقَدَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، فِي حِينِ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَجْتَذِبْهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ».

33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.

٣٣ وَهَبَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَاكِنِهِمْ وَاصْطَفُّوا فِي بَعْلِ تَامَارَ، وَوَثَبَ كَمِينُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مَرَاصِدِهِ مِنْ عَرَاءِ جِبْعَةَ.

34 And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was close upon them.

٣٤ وَتَقَدَّمَ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ مُحَارِبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مُقَابِلِ جِبْعَةَ، فَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

٣٥ وَهَزَمَ الرَّبُّ بِنْيَامِينَ أَمَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَهْلَكُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَمِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنْ رِجَالِ السَّيْفِ.

36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set against Gibeah.

٣٦ عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هُزِمُوا. وَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ قَدْ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالتَّقَهْقُرِ اعْتِمَاداً عَلَى الْكَمِينِ الَّذِي نَصَبُوهُ حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ.

37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

٣٧ وَمَا لَبِثَ الْكَمِينُ أَنِ اقْتَحَمَ جِبْعَةَ وَضَرَبَهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

٣٨ وَكَانَ الاتِّفَاقُ بَيْنَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ الْكَمِينِ أَنْ يُصْعِدَ الْكَمِينُ حَالَ اقْتِحَامِهِ لِلْمَدِينَةِ عَمُوداً مُتَكَاثِفاً مِنَ الدُّخَانِ.

39 And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.:

٣٩ فَلَمَّا تَقَهْقَرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الْحَرْبِ، شَرَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ فِي مُطَارَدَتِهِمْ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحَوَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً، اعْتِقَاداً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ الأُولَى.

40 But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the whole of the city went up [in smoke] to heaven.

٤٠ وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا ابْتَدَأَ عَمُودُ الدُّخَانِ يَتَصَاعَدُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْتَفَتَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإذَا بِالدُّخَانِ يَرْتَفِعُ نَحْوَ عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

41 And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

٤١ فَانْكَفَأَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ فَرُّوا مَرْعُوبِينَ لأَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they which came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

٤٢ وَتَقَهْقَرُوا أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ أَدْرَكَتْهُمْ، وَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ الْكَمِينِ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ وَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِمِ الطَّرِيقَ، فَهَلَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ بَيْنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ.

43 They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trode them down at [their] resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

٤٣ وَهَكَذَا حَاصَرُوا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ بِسُهُولَةٍ، وَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ مُقَابِلَ جِبْعَةَ شَرْقاً.

44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valour.

٤٤ فَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ الْقِتَالِ.

45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.

٤٥ وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَّتْ فُلُولُهُمْ هَارِبَةً إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ، تَمَكَّنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، ثُمَّ جَدُّوا فِي تَعَقُّبِهِمْ إِلَى جِدْعُومَ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً أَلْفَيْ رَجُلٍ.

46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

٤٦ فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَقْتُولِينَ مِنَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ جَبَابِرَةُ قِتَالٍ.

47 But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.

٤٧ وَتَمَكَّنَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْهَرَبِ وَاللُّجُوءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ فَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.

48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

٤٨ وَارْتَدَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مُدُنِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَى أَهَالِيهَا قَاطِبَةً بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَذَبَحُوا الْبَهَائِمَ وَكُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِيهَا، وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ.