Judges 21
1 When the Israeli men gathered at Mizpah [before the battle started], they vowed, “None of us will ever allow one of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin!”
А синови Израиљеви беху се заклели у Миспи рекавши: Ниједан између нас да не да кћери своје за жену сину Венијаминовом.
2 But now the Israelis went to Bethel and they cried loudly to Yahweh all day, until the sun went down.
Зато отиде народ к дому Божјем, и осташе онде до вечери пред Богом, и подигавши глас свој плакаше врло,
3 They kept saying, “Yahweh, God of us Israeli people, [it is as though] one of the tribes of us Israelis does not exist any more! (Why has this happened to us?/It is terrible that this has happened to us!)” [RHQ]
И рекоше: Зашто се, Господе Боже Израиљев, догоди ово у Израиљу, данас да нестане једног племена из Израиља?
4 Early the next morning the people built an altar. Then they completely burned some sacrifices [on the altar], and also offered other sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God.
И сутра дан урани народ, и начини онде олтар, и принесоше жртве паљенице и жртве захвалне.
5 Then, because they had vowed that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah [to help fight the men of the tribe of Benjamin] would be killed, they asked among themselves, “Were there any of the tribes of Israel who did not come to Mizpah to meet with us in the presence of Yahweh?”
Тада рекоше синови Израиљеви: Има ли ко да није дошао на збор из свих племена Израиљевих ка Господу? Јер се беху тешко заклели за оног ко не дође у Миспу ка Господу рекавши: Да се погуби.
6 The Israelis felt sorry for their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin. They said, “Today one of our Israeli tribes (has disappeared/no longer exists).
Јер се синовима Израиљевим сажали за Венијамином братом њиховим, и рекоше: Данас се истреби једно племе из Израиља.
7 Yahweh heard us solemnly declare that we would not allow any of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin. What can we do to make certain that the men of the tribe of Benjamin who were not killed will have wives?”
Шта ћемо чинити с онима што су остали да би имали жене, кад се заклесмо Господом да им не дамо кћери својих за жене?
8 Then [one of] them asked, “What group from any of the tribes of Israel did not send any men here to Mizpah?”
Па рекоше: Има ли ко из племена Израиљевих да није дошао у Миспу ка Господу? И гле, не беше дошао на војску, на збор, нико из Јависа Галадовог.
9 [They realized that] when the soldiers were counted, there was no one from Jabesh-Gilead [city] who had come there.
Јер кад се народ преброја, гле, не беше онде ниједног од оних који живе у Јавису Галадовом.
10 So all the Israelis decided to send 12,000 very good soldiers to Jabesh-Gilead to kill the people there with their swords, even to kill the married women and children.
Зато посла збор онамо дванаест хиљада храбрих људи, и заповеди им говорећи: Идите и побијте становнике у Јавису Галадовом оштрим мачем и жене и децу.
11 [They told this to those men]: “This is what you must do: You must kill every man in Jabesh-Gilead. You must also kill every married woman. [But do not kill the unmarried women].”
Ово ћете дакле учинити: све мушкиње и све женскиње што је познало човека побијте.
12 So those soldiers [went to Jabesh-Gilead and killed all the men, married women, and children. But they] found 400 unmarried young women there. So they brought them to their camp at Shiloh, in Canaan, [across the river from the Gilead area that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin].
И нађоше међу становницима Јависа Галадовог четири стотине девојака, које не беху познале човека, и доведоше их у логор у Силом, који је у земљи хананској.
13 Then all the Israelis [who had gathered] sent a message to the 600 men who were at Rimmon Rock. They said that they would like to make peace with them.
Тада посла сав збор, те говорише синовима Венијаминовим који беху у стени Римону, и објавише им мир.
14 So the men came back from Rimmon Rock. The Israelis gave to them the women from Jabesh-Gilead whom they had not killed. But there were [only 400 women. But there were] not enough women [for those 600 men].
Тако се вратише синови Венијаминови у то време, и дадоше им жене које оставише у животу између жена из Јависа Галадовог; али их не беше доста за њих.
15 The Israelis [still] felt sorry for the men of the tribe of Benjamin, because Yahweh had (decimated/almost wiped out) one of the Israeli tribes.
А народу беше жао Венијамина што Господ окрњи племена Израиљева.
16 The Israeli leaders said, “We have killed all the married women of the tribe of Benjamin. Where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive?
Па рекоше старешине од збора: Шта ћемо чинити с овима што су остали да би имали жене? Јер су изгинуле жене у племену Венијаминовом.
17 These men must have wives to give birth to children, in order that their families will continue. If that does not happen, all the people of one of the tribes of Israel will die.
Потом рекоше: Наследство Венијаминово припада онима што су остали, да се не би затрло племе из Израиља.
18 But we cannot allow our daughters to marry these men, because we vowed that Yahweh will curse anyone who gives one of his daughters to become a wife of any man of the tribe of Benjamin.”
А ми им не можемо дати жена између кћери својих; јер су се заклели синови Израиљеви рекавши: Да је проклет ко да жену синовима Венијаминовим.
19 Then [one of] them (had an idea/thought of something that they could do). He said, “Every year there is a festival to honor Yahweh at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel and east of the road that extends from Bethel to Shechem, and it is south of Lebonah [city].”
Потом рекоше: Ево, годишњи је празник Господњи у Силому, који је са севера Ветиљу, к истоку, на путу који иде од Ветиља у Сихем, и с југа Левони.
20 So the Israeli leaders told the men of the tribe of Benjamin, “[When it is the time for that festival], go to Shiloh and hide in the vineyards.
И заповедише синовима Венијаминовим говорећи: Идите, и заседите по виноградима.
21 Keep watching for the young women to come out of the city to dance. [When they come out], all of you should run out of the vineyards. Each of you can seize one of the young women of Shiloh. Then you can all return to your homes [with those women].
И пазите: Па кад изиђу кћери силомске да играју, изиђите из винограда и отмите сваки себи жену између кћери силомских; и идите у земљу Венијаминову.
22 If their fathers or brothers come to us and complain [about what you have done], we will say to them, ‘Be kind to the men of the tribe of Benjamin. When we fought them, we did not leave any women alive to become their wives, and you did not give those young women to the men from the tribe of Benjamin. [They stole them]. So you will not be guilty, [even though you said that you would not allow any of your daughters to marry one of them].’”
А кад дођу оци њихови или браћа њихова к нама да се суде, ми ћемо им казати: Смилујте им се нас ради, јер у овом рату нисмо заробили жене за сваког њих; а ви им нисте дали, и тако нећете бити криви.
23 So that is what the men of the tribe of Benjamin did. [They went to Shiloh at the time of the festival]. And when the young women were dancing, each man caught one of them and took her away and married her. Then they took their wives back to the land that God had given to them. They rebuilt their cities [that had been burned down], and they lived there.
Тада синови Венијаминови учинише тако, и доведоше жене према броју свом између играчица које отеше, и отишавши вратише се на наследство своје, и сазидаше опет градове и населише се у њима.
24 The other Israelis went to their homes in the areas where their tribes and clans lived, the areas that God had allotted to them.
И тако разиђоше се синови Израиљеви оданде у оно време сваки у своје племе и у породицу своју, и отидоше оданде сваки на своје наследство.
25 At that time, the Israeli people did not have a king. Everyone did what they themselves thought was right.
У оно време не беше цара у Израиљу; сваки чињаше шта му беше драго.
