Judges 3
1 At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight.
Вот те народы, которых оставил Господь, чтобы искушать ими Израильтян, всех, которые не знали о всех войнах Ханаанских,
для того только, чтобы знали и учились войне последующие роды сынов Израилевых, которые прежде не знали ее:
3 [This is a list of] the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon [city], the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath.
пять владельцев Филистимских, все Хананеи, Сидоняне и Евеи, живущие на горе Ливане, от горы Ваал-Ермона до входа в Емаф.
4 Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.
Они были оставлены, чтобы искушать ими Израильтян и узнать, повинуются ли они заповедям Господним, которые Он заповедал отцам их чрез Моисея.
5 The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
И жили сыны Израилевы среди Хананеев, Хеттеев, Аморреев, Ферезеев, Евеев, Гергесеев и Иевусеев,
6 [Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people]. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups [to be their own wives], and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And [as a result] they started to worship the gods of those people-groups.
и брали дочерей их себе в жены, и своих дочерей отдавали за сыновей их, и служили богам их.
7 The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship [the idols that represented] the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
И сделали сыны Израилевы злое пред очами Господа, и забыли Господа Бога своего, и служили Ваалам и Астартам.
8 Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years.
И воспылал гнев Господень на Израиля, и предал их в руки Хусарсафема, царя Месопотамского, и служили сыны Израилевы Хусарсафему восемь лет.
9 But when they pleaded to Yahweh [to help them], he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz.
Тогда возопили сыны Израилевы к Господу, и воздвигнул Господь спасителя сынам Израилевым, который спас их, Гофониила, сына Кеназа, младшего брата Халевова.
10 Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He [led an army that] fought against [the army of] Cushan, and defeated them.
На нем был Дух Господень, и был он судьею Израиля. Он вышел на войну против Хусарсафема, и предал Господь в руки его Хусарсафема, царя Месопотамского, и преодолела рука его Хусарсафема.
11 After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died.
И покоилась земля сорок лет. И умер Гофониил, сын Кеназа.
12 After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled [the] Moab [area], to defeat the Israelis.
Сыны Израилевы опять стали делать злое пред очами Господа, и укрепил Господь Еглона, царя Моавитского, против Израильтян, за то, что они делали злое пред очами Господа.
13 Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured [Jericho, which was called] ‘The City of Palm Trees’.
Он собрал к себе всех Аммонитян и Амаликитян, и пошел и поразил Израиля, и овладели они городом Пальм.
14 Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years.
И служили сыны Израилевы Еглону, царю Моавитскому, восемнадцать лет.
15 But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh [to help them]. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money.
Тогда возопили сыны Израилевы к Господу, и Господь воздвигнул им спасителя Аода, сына Геры, сына Иеминиева, который был левша. И послали сыны Израилевы с ним дары Еглону, царю Моавитскому.
16 Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes.
Аод сделал себе меч с двумя остриями, длиною в локоть, и припоясал его под плащом своим к правому бедру,
17 He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man.
и пришел, и поднес дары Еглону, царю Моавитскому; Еглон же был человек очень тучный.
18 Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money.
Когда поднес Аод все дары и проводил людей, принесших дары,
19 When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, [he told the other men to go on, but] he himself turned around and went back [to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace], he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room.
то сам возвратился от истуканов, которые в Галгале, и сказал: у меня есть тайное слово до тебя, царь. Он сказал: тише! И вышли от него все стоявшие при нем.
20 Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair,
Аод вошел к нему: он сидел в прохладной горнице, которая была у него отдельно. И сказал Аод: у меня есть до тебя, царь, слово Божие. Еглон встал со стула пред ним.
21 Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
Когда он встал, Аод простер левую руку свою и взял меч с правого бедра своего и вонзил его в чрево его,
22 He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. [He left it there, with] the handle buried in the king’s fat.
так что вошла за острием и рукоять, и тук закрыл острие, ибо Аод не вынул меча из чрева его, и он прошел в задние части.
23 Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.
И вышел Аод в преддверие, и затворил за собою двери горницы, и замкнул.
24 After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”
Когда он вышел, рабы Еглона пришли и видят, вот, двери горницы замкнуты, и говорят: верно он для нужды в прохладной комнате.
25 So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead.
Ждали довольно долго, но видя, что никто не отпирает дверей горницы, взяли ключ и отперли, и вот, господин их лежит на земле мертвый.
26 Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived.
Пока они недоумевали, Аод между тем ушел, и никто о нем не думал, прошел мимо истуканов и спасся в Сеираф.
27 There he blew a trumpet [to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab]. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down [toward the Jordan river], with Ehud leading them.
Придя же в землю Израилеву, Аод вострубил трубою на горе Ефремовой, и сошли с ним сыны Израилевы с горы, и он шел впереди их.
28 He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could [kill any people from Moab who tried to] cross the river [to escape].
И сказал им: идите за мною, ибо предал Господь Бог врагов ваших Моавитян в руки ваши. И пошли за ним, и перехватили переправу через Иордан к Моаву, и не давали никому переходить.
29 At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.
И побили в то время Моавитян около десяти тысяч человек, всех здоровых и сильных, и никто не убежал.
30 On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years.
Так смирились в тот день Моавитяне пред Израилем, и покоилась земля восемьдесят лет. И был Аод судьею их до самой смерти.
31 After Ehud [died], Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis [from the Philistines. In one battle] he killed 600 Philistines with an (ox goad/sharp wooden pole).
После него был Самегар, сын Анафов, который шестьсот человек Филистимлян побил воловьим рожном; и он также спас Израиля.
