Judges 20
1 All the Israelis, from Dan [city in the north] to Beersheba [city in the south], and even from [the] Gilead [region on the east side of the Jordan River, heard what had happened. So they] they gathered together at Mizpah, [at the place where they worshiped] Yahweh.
Da droge alle Israels Børn ud, og Menigheden blev samlet som een Mand, fra Dan indtil Beersaba og Landet Gilead, til Herren i Mizpa.
2 The leaders of [eleven of] the tribes of Israel stood in front of the people who gathered there. There were 400,000 men with swords who were there.
Og Høvdingerne for hele Folket, alle Israels Stammer, stillede sig frem i Guds Folks Forsamling: Fire Hundrede Tusinde Mand Fodfolk, som kunde føre Sværd.
3 The people of the tribe of Benjamin heard that the other Israelis had gone up to Mizpah, [but none of the men from their tribe went to the meeting there]. The Israelis who had come to Mizpah asked about the evil thing that had happened.
Og Benjamins Børn hørte, at Israels Børn vare dragne op til Mizpa; og Israels Børn sagde: Siger, hvorledes er dette onde sket?
4 So the husband of the woman who had been killed replied, “My slave wife and I came to Gibeah [city], wanting to stay there that night.
Da svarede den levitiske Mand, Manden til den Kvinde, som var ihjelslagen, og sagde: Jeg og min Medhustru kom til Gibea, som hører Benjamin til, for at blive der om Natten.
5 That evening, the men of Gibeah came to attack me. They surrounded the house [where I was staying] and wanted to [have sex with me and then] kill me. They [raped and] abused my slave wife [all night], and she died.
Og Mændene i Gibea stode op imod mig og omringede mig i Huset om Natten; de tænkte at ihjelslaa mig, og de have krænket min Medhustru, saa at hun er død.
6 I took her body home and cut it into pieces. Then I sent one piece to each area of Israel, [because I wanted you all to know about] this wicked and disgraceful/shameful thing [that] has been done here in Israel.
Da tog jeg fat paa min Medhustru og huggede hende i Stykker og sendte hende om til al Israels Arvs Land; thi de have gjort en Skændsel og en Daarlighed i Israel.
7 So now, all you Israeli people, speak, and tell me what you think should be done!”
Se, alle I ere Israels Børn; taler tilsammen og raadslaar her!
8 All the people stood up, and in unison said, “None of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
Da gjorde alt Folket sig rede som een Mand og sagde: Vi ville ikke, at nogen gaar til sit Telt, og at nogen viger herfra til sit Hus.
9 This is what we must do to [the people of] Gibeah. First, we will (cast lots/throw marked stones) [to determine which group should attack them].
Men det er nu den Gerning, som vi ville gøre mod Gibea: Vi ville drage mod den efter Lodkastning.
10 We will choose (one tenth/one from every ten) of the men from all the Israeli tribes. Those men will go and find food for the men who will go to attack the people of Gibeah. Then the other men will go to Gibeah to (pay the people back/punish them) for this terrible thing that they have done [here] in Israel.”
Og vi ville tage ti Mænd af hundrede, af alle Israels Stammer, og hundrede af Tusinde, og tusinde af ti Tusinde, at de hente Tæring til Folket, at de kunne, naar de komme til Gibea i Benjamin, gengælde den al den Daarlighed, som den har gjort i Israel.
11 And all the Israeli people agreed [that the people of Gibeah should be punished].
Saa bleve alle Israels Mænd samlede mod Staden; som een Mand vare de forbundne.
12 Then the Israeli men sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin. They demanded, “Do you realize that some of your men have done a very evil thing?
Og Israels Stammer sendte Mænd til alle Benjamins Slægter og lode sige: Hvad er dette for en Ondskab, som er sket iblandt eder?
13 Bring those wicked men to us, in order that we can execute them. [By doing that], we will be doing what should be done because of this evil thing that has happened in Israel.” But the [people of the] tribe of Benjamin did not pay attention to their fellow Israelis.
Saa giver nu de Mænd hid, de Belials Børn, som ere i Gibea, at vi kunne slaa dem ihjel og borttage det onde af Israel; men Benjamins Børn vilde ikke høre deres Brødres, Israels Børns, Bøst.
14 The men of the tribe of Benjamin left their cities and gathered at Gibeah to fight the [other] Israelis.
Og Benjamins Børn bleve samlede fra Stæderne til Gibea, til at drage ud til Krigen mod Israels Børn.
15 In that one day the men of the tribe of Benjamin recruited 26,000 soldiers who knew how to fight using swords. They also chose/recruited 700 men from Gibeah.
Og Benjamins Børn fra Stæderne bleve samme Dag talte, seks og tyve Tusinde Mand, som kunde føre Sværd, foruden Indbyggerne i Gibea, som bleve talte, syv Hundrede udvalgte Mænd.
16 From all those soldiers there were 700 men who were left-handed, and each of them could sling a stone at [a target that was very small and as narrow as] a hair, and the stone always hit the target!
Iblandt alt dette Folk vare syv Hundrede udvalgte Mænd, som vare kejthaandede, af hvilke enhver slyngede med en Sten paa et Haar og fejlede ikke.
17 There were 400,000 men from the other Israeli tribes who had swords.
Men Mændene af Israel, foruden dem af Benjamin, bleve talte, fire Hundrede Tusinde Mand, som kunde føre Sværd; enhver af dem var Krigsmand.
18 Those other Israelis went up to Bethel and asked God, “Which tribe should be the first to attack the men from the tribe of Benjamin?” Yahweh answered, “[The men from the tribe of] Judah should go first.”
Da gjorde de sig rede og droge op til Guds Hus og adspurgte Gud, og Israels Børn sagde: Hvo skal drage op for os at begynde Krigen mod Benjamins Børn? og Herren sagde: Juda skal begynde.
19 The next morning, the Israeli men went and set up their tents near Gibeah.
Saa gjorde Israels Børn sig rede om Morgenen, og de lejrede sig imod Gibea.
20 Then they went to fight against [the men from the tribe of] Benjamin, and stood in their positions for fighting a battle, [facing Gibeah].
Og hver Mand af Israel gik ud til Krigen imod Benjamin, og hver Mand af Israel rustede sig til Krig mod dem, mod Gibea.
21 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 Israeli men on that day.
Da gik Benjamins Børn ud af Gibea, og de sloge af Israel paa den samme Dag to og tyve Tusinde Mand til Jorden.
22 [Late that afternoon], the [remaining] Israeli men went to the place of worship and cried until the sun set. Then they asked Yahweh, “Should we attack the men of the tribe of Benjamin again, even though they are our fellow Israelis?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them again.” So the Israeli men encouraged each other.
Men Folket af Israels Mænd styrkede sig og stillede sig atter op til Slag paa det samme Sted, hvor de havde stillet sig op paa den første Dag.
Og Israels Børn droge op og græd for Herrens Ansigt indtil Aften, og de adspurgte Herren og sagde: Skal jeg ydermere blive ved at drage op til Krig mod Benjamins, min Broders, Børn? og Herren sagde: Drager op mod ham!
24 The next day they again stood in their positions for fighting, just like they had done on the previous day.
Og Israels Børn kom nær til Benjamins Børn paa den anden Dag.
25 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and attacked the Israelis, and killed 18,000 more of their men.
Og Benjamin gik ud fra Gibea imod dem paa den anden Dag, og de sloge af Israels Børn endnu atten Tusinde Mænd til Jorden; alle disse kunde føre Sværd.
26 [In the afternoon], all the people of Israel [who had not been killed] again went to Bethel. There they sat down and cried to Yahweh, and they (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They brought some offerings which they burned completely [on the altar], and they also brought some offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.
Da droge alle Israels Børn op, ja alt Folket, og kom til Guds Hus og græd og bleve der for Herrens Ansigt, og de fastede den samme Dag indtil Aften, og de ofrede Brændofre og Takofre for Herrens Ansigt.
27 At that time, the Sacred Chest that contained the stone tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments was there at Bethel. A priest named Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, often stood in front of that chest [and talked with Yahweh]. While he stood there on that day, he asked Yahweh, “Shall we go again to fight against our fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin, or shall we stop fighting against them?” Yahweh answered, “Go again tomorrow, because tomorrow I will enable you to defeat them.”
Og Israels Børn adspurgte Herren; og Guds Pagts Ark var der i de Dage.
Og Pinehas, en Søn af Eleasar, Arons Søn, stod for hans Ansigt i de Dage og sagde: Skal jeg blive ved ydermere at drage ud til Krig imod Benjamins, min Broders, Børn, eller lade af? og Herren sagde: Drager op; thi i Morgen vil jeg give ham i din Haand.
29 So [the next day, 10,000 of] the Israeli men (set up ambushes/went to hide) [in the fields] around Gibeah.
Og Israel satte Baghold ved Gibea trindt omkring.
30 The [other] Israeli men went and stood in their positions for fighting a battle just like they had done on the previous days.
Saa droge Israels Børn op imod Benjamins Børn paa den tredje Dag, og de stillede sig op imod Gibea, som to Gange tilforn.
31 When the men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of the city to fight against them, the Israeli men retreated away from the city, and the men of the tribe of Benjamin pursued them. The men of the tribe of Benjamin killed many Israelis, like they had done before. They killed about 30 Israelis. They killed some in the fields, and they killed some on the road that went to Bethel and on the road that went to Gibeah.
Da gik Benjamins Børn ud imod Folket, de droges bort fra Staden, og de begyndte at ihjelslaa nogle af Folket, som to Gange tilforn, paa de alfare Veje, af hvilke een løber op til Bethel og een til Gibea paa Marken, henved tredive Mand i Israel.
32 The men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are defeating them like we did before!” But then Israeli men did what they had planned. The main group of Israeli men retreated a short distance from the city, to [trick] the men of Gibeah and cause them to pursue the Israeli men along the roads outside the city.
Da sagde Benjamins Børn: De ere slagne for vort Ansigt ligesom i Førstningen; men Israels Børn sagde: Lader os fly, at vi kunne drage ham bort fra Staden, paa de alfare Veje.
33 The main group of Israeli men left their positions and retreated, and then they stood in their battle positions again at a place named Baal-Tamar.
Da gjorde alle Israels Mænd sig rede af deres Sted og stillede sig op i Baal-Thamar, og Israels Baghold drog ud fra deres Sted, fra Hulen ved Geba.
34 Then [while the men of Gibeah were running out of the city toward them], the other 10,000 Israelis came out from the places where they had been hiding, west of Gibeah. They were men who had come from all parts of Israel. There was a very big battle. But the men of the tribe of Benjamin did not know that they were about to suffer a disastrous defeat.
Og ti Tusinde Mand, udvalgte af al Israel, kom tværs over for Gibea, og Krigen blev svar; men den vidste ikke, at det onde skulde ramme den.
35 Yahweh enabled the Israeli men to defeat the men of the tribe of Benjamin. They killed 25,000 of them, even though they all were using swords. [This is what happened]:
Saa slog Herren Benjamin for Israels Ansigt, og Israels Børn sloge af Benjamin paa den samme Dag fem og tyve Tusinde og hundrede Mand; alle disse kunde føre Sværd.
36 The main group of Israeli men arranged with the men who would be hiding that they should send up a smoke signal to enable the main group of soldiers to know when they should attack. Then the main group of Israeli men retreated for a short distance, because they knew that the other Israeli men who had been hiding on the other side of Gibeah would attack the people of the tribe of Benjamin by surprise. So [after the main group of Israeli men retreated a little distance], the men who had been hiding rushed out and ran into Gibeah and used their swords to kill everyone in the city. [Then they started to burn the buildings].
Og Benjamins Børn saa, at de vare slagne; thi Israels Børn gave Benjamin Rum, fordi de forlode sig paa Bagholdet, som de havde lagt mod Gibea.
Og Bagholdet skyndte sig og faldt ind paa Gibea; og Bagholdet drog frem og slog den ganske Stad med skarpe Sværd.
Og Mændene af Israel havde gjort en bestemt Aftale med Bagholdet, at de skulde lade megen og høj Røg opgaa af Staden.
39 By that time, the men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are winning the battle, as we did before!”
Da vendte Israels Mænd sig i Slaget, og Benjamin havde begyndt at ihjelslaa af Israels Mænd henved tredive Mand; thi de sagde: Visseligen han er slagen for vort Ansigt som i det første Slag.
40 But then smoke [from the burning buildings] began to rise up from the city. The men of the tribe of Benjamin turned around and saw that the whole city was burning.
Da begyndte en høj Røg, en Støtte af Røg, at stige op af Staden, og Benjamin saa om bag sig, og se, den hele Stad gik op i Røg mod Himmelen.
41 Then the main group of Israeli men [also saw the smoke, and they knew that the smoke signaled that they should] turn around and begin to attack. The men of the tribe of Benjamin were very afraid, because they realized that they were about to suffer a disastrous defeat.
Og Israels Børn vendte sig, men Benjamins Mænd forfærdedes; thi de saa, at ondt vilde ramme dem.
42 So the men of the tribe of Benjamin tried to run away toward the desert to escape from the Israeli men, but they were not able to escape, because the Israeli men who had burned the two cities came out of those cities and killed many of them.
Og de vendte sig for Israels Mænds Ansigt ad Vejen til Ørken, men Kampen indhentede dem; og de fra Stæderne nedhuggede dem midt imellem sig.
43 They surrounded [some of] the men of the tribe of Benjamin, and pursued the others to the area east of Gibeah.
De omringede Benjamin, de forfulgte ham; hvor han hvilede, lode de ham nedtrædes, indtil tværs over for Gibea mod Solens Opgang.
44 They killed 18,000 strong soldiers of the tribe of Benjamin.
Og der faldt af Benjamin atten Tusinde Mand; alle disse vare stridbare Mænd.
45 Then the rest of the men of the tribe of Benjamin realized that they had been defeated. They ran toward the desert to Rimmon Rock, but the Israeli men killed 5,000 more men of the tribe of Benjamin along the roads. They pursued the rest of them to Gidom, and they killed 2,000 more men of the tribe of Benjamin there.
Da vendte de sig og flyede mod Ørken, til Klippen Rimmon, og hine sloge her og der paa de alfare Veje fem Tusinde Mand og forfulgte dem indtil Gideom, og de sloge af dem to Tusinde Mand.
46 Altogether, there were 25,000 men of the tribe of Benjamin who were killed, all of whom had swords.
Og alle de, som faldt af Benjamin, vare fem og tyve Tusinde Mand, som kunde føre Sværd, paa den Dag; alle disse vare stridbare Mænd.
47 But 600 men of the tribe of Benjamin ran to Rimmon Rock in the desert. They stayed there for four months.
Og seks Hundrede Mænd vendte sig og flyede mod Ørken til Klippen Rimmon; og de bleve paa Klippen Rimmon fire Maaneder.
48 Then the Israeli men went back to the land belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, and killed the people in every city. They also killed all the animals, and destroyed everything else that they found there. And they burned all the cities that they came to.
Og Israels Mænd vendte tilbage til Benjamins Børn og sloge dem med skarpe Sværd, baade Folket af Stæderne og Kvæget, ja alt det, som fandtes; ogsaa alle Stæderne, som fandtes, satte de Ild paa.
