Judges 20

1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah.

١ وَخَرَجَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعُهُمْ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ قَادِمِينَ مِنْ دَانٍ فِي الشِّمَالِ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ فِي الْجَنُوبِ، وَمِنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ أَيْضاً، وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

2 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.

٢ وَاحْتَشَدَ زُعَمَاءُ الشَّعْبِ مَعَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?”

٣ فَبَلَغَ النَّبَأُ سِبْطَ بِنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدْ تَجَمَّعُوا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ. وَقَالَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ: «قُصُّوا عَلَيْنَا كَيْفَ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الْقَبَاحَةُ؟»

4 The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

٤ فَأَجَابَ زَوْجُ الْقَتِيلَةِ: «دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَمَحْظِيَّتِي إِلَى جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ لِنَقْضِيَ لَيْلَتَنَا،

5 The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They intended to kill me and they raped my concubine, and she is dead.

٥ فَثَارَ عَلَيَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ وَحَاصَرُونِي بِالْبَيْتِ لَيْلاً، وَهَمُّوا بِقَتْلِي وَاغْتَصَبُوا مَحْظِيَّتِي حَتَّى مَاتَتْ.

6 I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

٦ فَأَخَذْتُهَا وَقَطَّعْتُهَا وَوَزَّعْتُهَا فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّهُمُ ارْتَكَبُوا قَبَاحَةً وَفُجُوراً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

7 Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”

٧ وَالآنَ تَبَصَّرُوا بِالأَمْرِ يَا أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاحْكُمُوا».

8 All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.

٨ فَهَبَّ الْمُحَارِبُونَ، كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَهَتَفُوا: «لَنْ يَرْجِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ أَوْ بَيْتِهِ،

9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;

٩ قَبْلَ أَنْ نُعَاقِبَ أَهْلَ جِبْعَةَ عَلَى مَا اقْتَرَفُوهُ. سَنُلْقِي قُرْعَةً

10 and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that the men of Gibeah have done in Israel.”

١٠ لِنَخْتَارَ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، وَمِئَةً مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ، وَأَلْفاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ آلافٍ لِلإِشْرَافِ عَلَى تَمْوِينِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالْمَؤُونَةِ، بَيْنَمَا يَقُومُ بَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ عَلَى الْقَبَاحَةِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَتْهَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

١١ وَهَكَذَا احْتَشَدَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ضِدَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاتَّحَدُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ.

12 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that has happened among you?

١٢ وَبَعَثَ أَسْبَاطُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عَشَائِرِ بِنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا هَذَا الشَّرُّ الَّذِي تَفَشَّى بَيْنَكُمْ؟

13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the wicked fellows who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel.” But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

١٣ لِذَلِكَ، سَلِّمُوا الأَوْغَادَ بَنِي بَلِيَّعَالَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي جِبْعَةَ لِكَي نَقْتُلَهُمْ وَنَسْتَأْصِلَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَأَبَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ الاسْتِجَابَةَ إِلَى طَلَبِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

١٤ وَتَقَاطَرُوا مِنْ سَائِرِ الْمُدُنِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ تَأَهُّباً لِمُحَارَبَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ.

15 The children of Benjamin were counted on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, in addition to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted seven hundred chosen men.

١٥ وَبَلَغَ عَدَدُ مُحَارِبِي بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ الْوَافِدِينَ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ سِتَّةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ مُحَارِبٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَهْلِ جِبْعَةَ الْبَالِغِينَ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ.

16 Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed. Every one of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

١٦ وَكَانَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ جَيْشِ بِنْيَامِينَ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ أَعْسَرَ مُنْتَخَبُونَ لِرَمْيِ الْحَجَرِ بِالْمِقْلاعِ، لِمَهَارَتِهِمْ فِي إِصَابَةِ الْهَدَفِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُخْطِئُوا وَلَوْ بِمِقْدَارِ شَعْرَةٍ.

17 The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.

١٧ أَمَّا جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ رِجَالُ حَرْبٍ.

18 The children of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God. They asked, “Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” The LORD said, “Judah first.”

١٨ فَانْطَلَقَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِيَسْتَشِيروا اللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ يَذْهَبُ أَوَّلاً لِمُحَارَبَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا أَوَّلاً».

19 The children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.

١٩ فَبَكَّرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَأَحَاطُوا بِجِبْعَةَ.

20 The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.

٢٠ وَاصْطَفَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُتَأَهِّبِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّيِنَ عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ.

21 The children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed twenty-two thousand of the Israelite men down to the ground.

٢١ فَانْدَفَعَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ نَحْوَهُمْ، وَأَهْلَكُوا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلَفَ رَجُلٍ.

22 The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

٢٢ وَتَشَجَّعَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَادُوا فَاصْطَفُّوا فِي نَفْسِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي اصْطَفُّوا فِيهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ.

23 The children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening; and they asked of the LORD, saying, “Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?” The LORD said, “Go up against him.”

٢٣ وَبَكَوْا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ طَالِبِينَ مَشُورَتَهُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ؟» فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «اهْجُمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ».

24 The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

٢٤ فَتَقَدَّمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

25 Benjamin went out against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men. All these drew the sword.

٢٥ فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ.

26 Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening; then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

٢٦ فَتَوَجَّهَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَبَكَوْا وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ صَائِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ، ثُمَّ أَصْعَدُوا لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ.

27 The children of Israel asked the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

٢٧ وَاسْتَشَارَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ. وَكَانَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مَازَالَ آنَئِذٍ هُنَاكَ.

28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?” The LORD said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.”

٢٨ وَفِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ بْنِ هرُونَ هُوَ الْكَاهِنُ الْوَاقِفُ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ. وَسَأَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ أَمْ نَكُفُّ عَنْ قِتَالِهِمْ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «قَاتِلُوهُمْ لأَنِّي غَداً أَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ».

29 Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.

٢٩ وَنَصَبَ الإِسْرَائِيِليُّونَ كَمِيناً حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ،

30 The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

٣٠ وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ وَاصْطَفُّوا عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ الأُوْلَيَيْنِ

31 The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

٣١ فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ لِمُهَاجَمَتِهِمْ، وَابْتَعَدُوا عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَرَاءَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَالطَّرِيقِ الأُخْرَى الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ عَبْرَ الْحَقْلِ، وَشَرَعُوا يُهَاجِمُونَ الْجَيْشَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ السَّابِقَتَيْنِ، فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً.

32 The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before us, as at the first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let’s flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.”

٣٢ وَاعْتَقَدَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، فِي حِينِ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَجْتَذِبْهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ».

33 All the men of Israel rose up out of their place and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar. Then the ambushers of Israel broke out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.

٣٣ وَهَبَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَاكِنِهِمْ وَاصْطَفُّوا فِي بَعْلِ تَامَارَ، وَوَثَبَ كَمِينُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مَرَاصِدِهِ مِنْ عَرَاءِ جِبْعَةَ.

34 Ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that disaster was close to them.

٣٤ وَتَقَدَّمَ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ مُحَارِبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مُقَابِلِ جِبْعَةَ، فَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

35 The LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men. All these drew the sword.

٣٥ وَهَزَمَ الرَّبُّ بِنْيَامِينَ أَمَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَهْلَكُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَمِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنْ رِجَالِ السَّيْفِ.

36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck, for the men of Israel yielded to Benjamin because they trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.

٣٦ عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هُزِمُوا. وَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ قَدْ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالتَّقَهْقُرِ اعْتِمَاداً عَلَى الْكَمِينِ الَّذِي نَصَبُوهُ حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ.

37 The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; then the ambushers spread out, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

٣٧ وَمَا لَبِثَ الْكَمِينُ أَنِ اقْتَحَمَ جِبْعَةَ وَضَرَبَهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

٣٨ وَكَانَ الاتِّفَاقُ بَيْنَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ الْكَمِينِ أَنْ يُصْعِدَ الْكَمِينُ حَالَ اقْتِحَامِهِ لِلْمَدِينَةِ عَمُوداً مُتَكَاثِفاً مِنَ الدُّخَانِ.

39 The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, “Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.”

٣٩ فَلَمَّا تَقَهْقَرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الْحَرْبِ، شَرَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ فِي مُطَارَدَتِهِمْ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحَوَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً، اعْتِقَاداً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ الأُولَى.

40 But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the whole city went up in smoke to the sky.

٤٠ وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا ابْتَدَأَ عَمُودُ الدُّخَانِ يَتَصَاعَدُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْتَفَتَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإذَا بِالدُّخَانِ يَرْتَفِعُ نَحْوَ عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

41 The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that disaster had come on them.

٤١ فَانْكَفَأَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ فَرُّوا مَرْعُوبِينَ لأَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the middle of it.

٤٢ وَتَقَهْقَرُوا أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ أَدْرَكَتْهُمْ، وَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ الْكَمِينِ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ وَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِمِ الطَّرِيقَ، فَهَلَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ بَيْنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ.

43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise.

٤٣ وَهَكَذَا حَاصَرُوا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ بِسُهُولَةٍ، وَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ مُقَابِلَ جِبْعَةَ شَرْقاً.

44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.

٤٤ فَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ الْقِتَالِ.

45 They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. They gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck two thousand men of them.

٤٥ وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَّتْ فُلُولُهُمْ هَارِبَةً إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ، تَمَكَّنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، ثُمَّ جَدُّوا فِي تَعَقُّبِهِمْ إِلَى جِدْعُومَ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً أَلْفَيْ رَجُلٍ.

46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.

٤٦ فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَقْتُولِينَ مِنَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ جَبَابِرَةُ قِتَالٍ.

47 But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.

٤٧ وَتَمَكَّنَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْهَرَبِ وَاللُّجُوءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ فَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.

48 The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword—including the entire city, the livestock, and all that they found. Moreover they set all the cities which they found on fire.

٤٨ وَارْتَدَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مُدُنِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَى أَهَالِيهَا قَاطِبَةً بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَذَبَحُوا الْبَهَائِمَ وَكُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِيهَا، وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ.