< Judges 3 >

1 and these [the] nation which to rest LORD to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel [obj] all which not to know [obj] all battle Canaan
These ben the folkis whiche the Lord lefte, that in hem he schulde teche Israel, and alle men that knewen not the batels of Cananeis;
2 except because to know generation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to learn: teach them battle except which to/for face: before not to know them
and that aftirward `the sones of hem schulden lerne to fiyte with enemyes,
3 five lord Philistine and all [the] Canaanite and [the] Sidonian and [the] Hivite to dwell mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Lebanon from mountain: mount (Mount) Baal-hermon (Mount) Baal-hermon till Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath
and to haue custom of batel He lefte fyue princes of Filistees, and al Cananei, and the puple of Sidon, and Euey that dwelliden in the hil Liban, fro the hil Baal Hermon `til to the entryng of Emath.
4 and to be to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel to/for to know to hear: obey [obj] commandment LORD which to command [obj] father their in/on/with hand: power Moses
And he lefte hem, that in hem he schulde asaie Israel, whethir thei wolden here the `heestis of the Lord, whiche he comaundide to her fadris bi the hond of Moises, ethir nai.
5 and son: descendant/people Israel to dwell in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite
And so the sones of Israel dwelliden in the myddis of Cananei, of Ethei, and of Ammorrei, and of Feresei, and of Euey,
6 and to take: marry [obj] daughter their to/for them to/for woman: wife and [obj] daughter their to give: give(marriage) to/for son: child their and to serve: minister [obj] God their
and of Jebusey, and weddiden wyues, the douytris of hem; and the sones of Israel yauen her douytris to `the sones of hem, and serueden `the goddis of hem.
7 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to forget [obj] LORD God their and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal and [obj] [the] Asherah
And the sones of Israel diden yuel in the `siyt of the Lord, and foryaten her Lord God, and serueden Baalym, and Astaroth.
8 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to sell them in/on/with hand: power Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim eight year
And the Lord was wrooth ayens Israel, and bitook hem in to the hondis of Cusanrasathaym, kyng of Mesopotanye, and thei serueden hym eiyte yeer.
9 and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to save to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to save them [obj] Othniel son: child Kenaz brother: male-sibling Caleb [the] small: young from him
And thei crieden to the Lord, and he reiside to hem a sauyour, and delyuerede hem, that is, Othonyel, sone of Ceneth, `the lesse brothir of Caleph.
10 and to be upon him spirit LORD and to judge [obj] Israel and to come out: come to/for battle and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power his [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia and be strong hand: power his upon Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim
And the spirit of the Lord was in hym, and he demyde Israel. And he yede out to batel, and the Lord bitook in to hise hondis Cusanrathaym, kyng of Sirie; and Othonyel oppresside hym.
11 and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year and to die Othniel son: child Kenaz
And the lond restide fourti yeer; and Othonyel, sone of Ceneth, diede.
12 and to add: again son: descendant/people Israel to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to strengthen: strengthen LORD [obj] Eglon king Moab upon Israel upon for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD
Forsothe the sones of Israel addiden to do yuel in the `siyt of the Lord; and he coumfortide ayens hem Eglon, the kyng of Moab, for `thei diden yuel in the `siyt of the Lord.
13 and to gather to(wards) him [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon and Amalek and to go: went and to smite [obj] Israel and to possess: take [obj] Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim
And the Lord couplide to hym the sones of Amon and Amalech; and he yede, and smoot Israel, and hadde in possessioun the citee of Palmes.
14 and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Eglon king Moab eight ten year
And the sones of Israel serueden Eglon, kyng of Moab, eiytene yeer.
15 and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to/for them to save [obj] Ehud son: child Gera Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite man lefthanded hand right his and to send: depart son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with hand: by his offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab
And aftirward thei crieden to the Lord; and he reiside to hem a sauyour, Aioth bi name, the sone of Gera, sone of Gemyny, which Aioth vside euer either hond for the riyt hond. And the sones of Israel senten bi him yiftis, `that is, tribute, to Eglon, kyng of Moab;
16 and to make to/for him Ehud sword and to/for her two two-edged short cubit length her and to gird [obj] her from underneath: under to/for garment his upon thigh right his
which Aioth made to hym a swerd keruynge on euer either side, hauynge in the myddis a pomel of the lengthe of the pawm of an hond; and he was gird therwith vndir `the sai, `that is, a knyytis mentil, `in the riyt hipe.
17 and to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab and Eglon man fat much
And he brouyte yiftis to Eglon, the kyng of Moab; forsothe Eglon was ful fat.
18 and to be like/as as which to end: finish to/for to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute and to send: depart [obj] [the] people to lift: bear [the] offering: tribute
And whanne he hadde youe yiftis to the kyng, he pursuede felowis that camen with hym; and he turnede ayen fro Galgalis,
19 and he/she/it to return: turn back from [the] idol which with [the] Gilgal and to say word secrecy to/for me to(wards) you [the] king and to say to silence and to come out: come from upon him all [the] to stand: appoint upon him
where idolis weren, and he seide to the kyng, A kyng, Y haue a priuei word to thee. And he comaundide silence. And whanne alle men weren goon out, that weren aboute hym, Aioth entride to hym;
20 and Ehud to come (in): come to(wards) him and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with upper room [the] cool which to/for him to/for alone him and to say Ehud word God to/for me to(wards) you and to arise: rise from upon [the] throne
forsothe he sat aloone in a somer parlour. And Aioth seide, Y haue the word of God to thee.
21 and to send: reach Ehud [obj] hand left his and to take: take [obj] [the] sword from upon thigh right his and to blow her in/on/with belly: abdomen his
Which roos anoon fro the trone. And Aioth helde forth the left hond, and took the swerd fro his riyt hype; and he
22 and to come (in): come also [the] hilt after [the] flame and to shut [the] fat about/through/for [the] flame for not to draw [the] sword from belly: abdomen his and to come out: issue [the] refuse [to]
fastnede in to the `wombe of the kyng so strongli, that the pomel, `ether hilte, suede the yrun in the wounde, and was holdun streite `in the thickeste fatnesse with ynne; and he drow not out the swerd, but so as he hadde smyte, he lefte in the bodi; and anoon bi the priuetees of kynde the tordis of the wombe braste out.
23 and to come out: come Ehud [the] porch [to] and to shut door [the] upper room about/through/for him and to lock
Forsothe whanne the doris of the parlour weren closid moost diligentli, and fastned with lok,
24 and he/she/it to come out: come and servant/slave his to come (in): come and to see: see and behold door [the] upper room to lock and to say surely to cover he/she/it [obj] foot his in/on/with chamber [the] cool
Aioth yede out bi a posterne. And the `seruauntis of the king entriden, not in the parlour, but in the porche, and thei sien the doris of the parlour closid, and seiden, In hap he purgith the wombe in the somer parlour.
25 and to twist: anticipate till be ashamed and behold nothing he to open door [the] upper room and to take: take [obj] [the] key and to open and behold lord their to fall: kill land: soil [to] to die
And thei abididen longe, til thei weren aschamed; and thei sien that no man openede, and thei token the keie, and thei openyden, and founden her lord liggynge deed in the erthe.
26 and Ehud to escape till to delay they and he/she/it to pass [obj] [the] idol and to escape [the] Seirah [to]
Sotheli while thei weren disturblid, Aioth fledde out, and passide the place of idols, fro whennus he turnede ayen; and he cam in to Seirath.
27 and to be in/on/with to come (in): come he and to blow in/on/with trumpet in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to go down with him son: descendant/people Israel from [the] mountain: hill country and he/she/it to/for face: before their
And anoon he sownede with a clarioun in the hil of Effraym; and the sones of Israel camen doun with hym, and he yede in the frount.
28 and to say to(wards) them to pursue after me for to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [obj] Moab in/on/with hand: power your and to go down after him and to capture [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Moab and not to give: allow man: anyone to/for to pass
Which seide to hem, Sue ye me, for the Lord hath bitake oure enemyes, Moabitis, in to oure hondis. And thei camen doun after hym, and ocupieden the forthis of Jordan, that ledde ouer in to Moab.
29 and to smite [obj] Moab in/on/with time [the] he/she/it like/as ten thousand man all rich and all man strength and not to escape man: anyone
And thei suffriden not ony man to passe, but thei smytiden Moabitis in that tyme aboute ten thousande, alle myyti men and stronge; no man of hem myyte ascape.
30 and be humble Moab in/on/with day [the] he/she/it underneath: owning hand: owner Israel and to quiet [the] land: country/planet eighty year
And Moab was maad low in that dai vndur the hond of Israel, and the lond restide fourescoor yeer.
31 and after him to be Shamgar son: child Anath and to smite [obj] Philistine six hundred man in/on/with oxgoad [the] cattle and to save also he/she/it [obj] Israel
Aftir hym was Samgar, the sone of Anath, that smoot of Filisteis sixe hundrid men with a schar; and he also defendide Israel.

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