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.
Då tok alle Israels-sønerne ut, og heile lyden, frå Dan til Be’erseba og frå Gileadlandet, samla seg alle som ein mann framfor Herren i Mispa.
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 dei gjævaste av heile folket, av alle Israels ætter, steig fram der Guds folk heldt møte, fire hundrad tusund i talet, alle gangføre og våpnføre menner.
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.
Men Benjamins-sønerne fekk spurt at Israels-sønerne var farne upp til Mispa. Då sagde Israels-sønerne: «Seg frå korleis denne ugjerningi hev gjenge til!»
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.
Og leviten, mannen åt den kona som var drept, tok til ords og sagde: «Eg og fylgjekona mi kom til Gibea i Benjamin, og vilde få hus der med natti.
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.
Men Gibea-mennerne baud vondt, og kringsette um natti huset eg var i; meg tenkte dei å drepa, og fylgjekona mi valdtok dei, so ho døydde.
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.
Då tok eg fylgjekona mi, og lema henne sund, og sende luterne kring i heile Israels land og rike; for dei hadde gjort eit illverk og ei ugjerning i Israel.
7 So now, all you Israeli people, speak, and tell me what you think should be done!”
No er de samla her, alle Israels menner! Kom no fram med dykkar meining og råd!»
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!
Då reiste folket seg, alle som ein mann, og sagde: «Ingen av oss skal draga burt til sitt tjeld, og ingen fara heim til sitt 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].
Og so vil me gjera med Gibea: Byen skal under lutkast!
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.”
No tek me ut ti mann for kvart hundrad av alle Israels ætter, og hundrad for kvart tusund, og tusund for kvart titusund; dei skal henta mat til hermennerne, so dei, når dei kjem til Gibea i Benjamin, kann gjeva folket der like for den store ugjerningi dei hev gjort i Israel.»
11 And all the Israeli people agreed [that the people of Gibeah should be punished].
So samla dei seg, alle Israels menner, og drog imot byen, sameinte som ein mann.
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-ætterne sende bod kring til alle ættgreiner i Benjamin og sagde: «Kva er dette for ei ugjerning som er gjord hjå dykk!
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.
Send ut til oss dei ukjurorne i Gibea, so me kann slå deim i hel og rydja det vonde ut or Israel!» Men Benjamins-sønerne vilde ikkje høyra på Israels-sønerne, brørne sine.
14 The men of the tribe of Benjamin left their cities and gathered at Gibeah to fight the [other] Israelis.
Dei kom i hop til Gibea frå alle bygderne sine, og vilde draga i strid mot Israels-sønerne.
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.
Den dagen vart folket i Benjamins-bygderne mynstra: det var seks og tjuge tusund våpnføre mann, umfram Gibea-buarne; dei vart mynstra for seg, og var sju hundrad i talet, alle saman utvalde hermenner.
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!
Millom alt det folket fanst det sju hundrad utvalde hermenner som var keivhendte; alle desse høvde på eit hår med slyngja; ingen kasta i mist.
17 There were 400,000 men from the other Israeli tribes who had swords.
Benjamin frårekna, mynstra Israels-sønerne fire hundrad tusund våpnføre mann som alle var herfolk.
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.”
Dei gjorde seg reiduge, og gjekk upp til Betel, og spurde Gud: «Kven av oss skal taka fyrst ut i striden mot Benjamins-sønerne?» «Juda skal fyrst, » svara Herren.
19 The next morning, the Israeli men went and set up their tents near Gibeah.
Um morgonen braut Israels-sønerne upp, og lægra seg midt imot 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].
So gjekk dei fram til strid mot Benjamin, og fylkte heren sin imot deim burtåt 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.
Då braut Benjamins-sønerne fram frå Gibea, og lagde den dagen tvo og tjuge tusund Israels-menner i marki.
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.
Og folket, Israels-mennerne, herde seg til, og fylkte seg atter på same staden som dei hadde fylkt seg fyrste gongen;
Israels-sønerne gjekk upp, og gret for Herrens åsyn heilt til kvelds, og dei spurde Herren: «Skal me ganga fram att og strida mot Benjamin, bror vår?» «Far imot honom!» svara Herren.
24 The next day they again stood in their positions for fighting, just like they had done on the previous day.
men då dei dagen etter gjekk fram imot Benjamins-sønerne,
25 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and attacked the Israelis, and killed 18,000 more of their men.
for Benjamin andre gongen ut imot deim frå Gibea, og lagde endå attan tusund israelitar i marki, alle saman våpnføre menner.
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.
Då gjekk alle Israels-sønerne, heile folket, upp til Betel; der sat dei gråtande for Herrens åsyn, og fasta heile den dagen, alt til kvelds; og dei ofra brennoffer og fredsoffer for Herrens åsyn,
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 spurde Herren. For den gongen stod Guds sambandskista der,
Pinehas, son åt Eleazar og soneson åt Aron, gjorde den tid tenesta framfyr henne, og Israels-sønerne spurde: Skal me endå ein gong draga ut i striden mot Benjamin, bror vår, eller skal me lata vera? «Drag ut! I morgon vil eg gjeva honom i henderne dykkar, » svara Herren.
29 So [the next day, 10,000 of] the Israeli men (set up ambushes/went to hide) [in the fields] around Gibeah.
Då lagde Israel folk i umsåt rundt ikring Gibea,
30 The [other] Israeli men went and stood in their positions for fighting a battle just like they had done on the previous days.
og so for dei tridje venda mot Benjamins-sønerne, og fylkte seg burtåt Gibea, liksom dei fyrre gongerne.
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.
Benjamins-sønerne for ut imot deim, og vart dregne burt ifrå byen; og liksom dei fyrre gongerne felte dei i fyrstningi nokre av folket på ålmannvegarne som ber uppetter, den eine til Betel og den andre yver marki til Gibea; det var um lag tretti Israels-menner dei fekk felt.
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.
Då sagde Benjamins-sønerne: «Dei ryk for oss no som fyrr!» Men Israels-sønerne sagde: «Lat oss røma, so me fær drege deim burt frå byen og ut på ålmannvegarne!»
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.
So tok alle Israels-mennerne ut frå stødet sitt og fylkte seg i Ba’al-Tamar, med umsåtmennerne braut fram frå sitt støde vestanfor 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 tusund utbladde stridsmenner av heile Israel gjekk beint mot Gibea. Då vart det ein hard strid; men Benjamins-sønerne visste ikkje at ulukka var tett innpå deim.
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]:
Og Herren laga det so at Benjamin rauk for Israel; Israels-sønerne felte den dagen fem og tjuge tusund og eitt hundrad mann av Benjamins-ætti; alle desse var våpnføre.
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].
Benjamins-sønerne trudde fyrst at Israels-mennerne var slegne; for dei drog seg undan for Benjamin, men det var berre av di dei leit på umsåti dei hadde sett mot Gibea.
Og no brårende umsåtmennerne fram mot Gibea, og trengde seg inn, og øydde heile byen med odd og egg.
Israels-sønerne hadde gjort den avtalen med umsåtmennerne at dei skulde lata ein tett røyk stiga upp ifrå byen.
39 By that time, the men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are winning the battle, as we did before!”
Då no Israels-sønerne snudde ryggen til i striden, og Benjamins-sønerne i fyrstningi felte nokre av deim - um lag tretti mann - og sagde: «Dei ryk for oss, som i den fyrste ota!»
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.
då tok røyken til å stiga upp frå byen som ein stor stopul, og då benjaminitarne såg attum seg, fekk dei sjå at heile byen stod i ein loge, som slo upp mot 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.
I det same snudde Israels-mennerne um. Då vart Benjamins-mennerne forfærde; for dei såg at ulukka hadde nått deim.
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.
Dei vende seg og tok vegen til øydemarki for å koma undan Israels-mennerne; men striden fylgde deim fot og fet, og jamvel midt i byarne vart dei nedhogne, dei som åtte heime der.
43 They surrounded [some of] the men of the tribe of Benjamin, and pursued the others to the area east of Gibeah.
Israels-mennerne ringa Benjamin inne, elte honom, og trakka honom ned der han kvilde, alt til dei var beint i aust for Gibea.
44 They killed 18,000 strong soldiers of the tribe of Benjamin.
Og det fall attan tusund mann av Benjamins-ætti; alle desse var djerve stridsmenner.
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.
So snudde dei um, og rømde til øydemarki, burtimot Rimmonshøgdi. Og Israels-mennerne felte på ålmannvegarne endå fem tusund mann; sidan sette dei etter deim til Gideon og felte tvo tusund til.
46 Altogether, there were 25,000 men of the tribe of Benjamin who were killed, all of whom had swords.
I alt var det fem og tjuge tusund våpnføre mann av Benjamins-ætti som fall den dagen; alle desse var djerve stridsmenner.
47 But 600 men of the tribe of Benjamin ran to Rimmon Rock in the desert. They stayed there for four months.
Då snudde dei um, og rømde ut i øydemarki, til Rimmonshøgdi, seks hundrad mann, og dei vart verande på Rimmonshøgdi i fire månader.
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.
Men Israels-mennerne for attende til Benjaminslandet, og øydde det med odd og egg; både byarne med sine folk, og bufeet, og alt det dei fann, og alle byarne som fanst der, sette dei eld på.
