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1 Ket rimmuar dagiti amin a tattao ti Israel a kas maysa a tao, manipud Dan agingga iti Beerseba, agraman pay ti daga ti Galaad, ket naguummongda iti sangoanan ni Yahweh idiay Mizpa.
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.
2 Dagiti mangidadaulo kadagiti amin a tattao, kadagiti amin a tribu ti Israel, napanda iti lugarda iti taripnong dagiti tattao ti Dios—400, 000 a lallaki a magmagna, a nakasagana a makigubat babaen iti kampilan.
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.
3 Ita, nadamag dagiti tattao ti Benjamin a simmang-at dagiti tattao ti Israel idiay Mizpa. Kinuna dagiti tattao ti Israel, “Ibagayo kadakami no kasano a napasamak daytoy a nadangkes a banag?”
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.
4 Insungbat ti Levita nga asawa ti babai a napapatay, “Nakagtengak idiay Gabaa iti masakupan iti Benjamin, siak ken ti kakabkabbalayko, tapno agpalabas iti rabii.
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.
5 Kabayatan iti rabii, rinautdak dagiti kakabagian ti Gabaa, linawlawda ti balay ket gandatdak a papatayen. Ginammatan ken kinaiddada ti kakabkabbalayko, ket natay isuna.
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.
6 Innalak ti kakabkabbalayko ket rinangrangkayko ti bagina, ket impatulodko dagitoy iti tunggal rehion iti tawid ti Israel, gapu ta nakaaramidda iti kasta a kinadangkes ken kinapalalo iti Israel.
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.
7 Ita, aminkayo nga Israelita, agsaokayo ket itedyo ti pammagbaga ken pangngeddengyo iti daytoy!”
So now, all you Israeli people, speak, and tell me what you think should be done!”
8 Timmakder dagiti amin a tattao a kas maysa a tao, ket kinunada, “Awan kadatayo ti mapan iti toldana ken awan kadatayo ti agsubli iti balayna!
All the people stood up, and in unison said, “None of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
9 Ngem ita, daytoy ti masapul nga aramidentayo iti Gabaa: rautentayo daytoy segun iti iturturong kadatayo ti binnunotan.
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].
10 Mangalatayo iti sangapulo a lallaki manipud iti sangagasut kadagiti amin a tribu ti Israel, ken sangagasut manipud iti sangaribu, ken sangaribu manipud iti sangapulo a ribu, tapno mangala kadagiti taraon para kadagitoy a tattao, tapno inton makadanonda idiay Gabaa idiay Benjamin, dusaenda ida gapu iti kinadangkes nga inaramidda iti Israel.”
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.”
11 Naguummong ngarud dagiti amin a soldado ti Israel a maibusor iti siudad, nagmaymaysada nga addaan iti maymaysa a panggep.
And all the Israeli people agreed [that the people of Gibeah should be punished].
12 Nangibaon dagiti tribu ti Israel kadagiti lallaki a mapan iti entero a tribu ti Benjamin, a kinunada, “Ania daytoy a kinadangkes a napasamak kadakayo?
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?
13 Iyawatyo ngarud kadakami dagidiay a nadangkes a lallaki ti Gabaa, tapno mapapataymi ida, ken tapno naan-anay a maikkatmi daytoy a kinadakes iti Israel.” Ngem saan a dimngeg dagiti Benjaminita iti timek dagiti kakabsatda a tattao ti Israel.
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.
14 Ket nagmaymaysa a rimmuar dagiti tattao ti Benjamin kadagiti siudad ket nagturongda idiay Gabaa tapno agsaganada a makigubat kadagiti tattao ti Israel.
The men of the tribe of Benjamin left their cities and gathered at Gibeah to fight the [other] Israelis.
15 Inummong dagiti tattao ti Benjamin dagiti 26, 000 a nasanay a soldado a makigubat babaen iti kampilan manipud kadagiti siudadda; mainayon pay iti dayta a bilang ti pito gasut kadagiti napili a tattaoda manipud kadagiti agnanaed idiay Gabaa.
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.
16 Karaman kadagitoy amin a soldado ti pito gasut a napili a lallaki a pasig a kattigid; tunggal maysa kadakuada ket kabaelanna a pallatibongan ti maysa a buok ket saan nga agmintis.
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!
17 Dagiti soldado ti Israel, saan a naibilang dagiti nagapu iti Benjamin, ket 400, 000 a lallaki a nasanay a makigubat babaen iti kampilan. Amin dagitoy ket lallaki a mannakigubat.
There were 400,000 men from the other Israeli tribes who had swords.
18 Nagrubbuat dagiti tattao ti Israel, simmang-atda idiay Betel, ket dimmawatda iti pammagbaga manipud iti Dios. Sinaludsodda, “Siasino ti umuna a mangraut kadagiti tattao ti Benjamin para kadakami?” Kinuna ni Yahweh, “Ti Juda ti umuna a rumaut.”
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.”
19 Bimmangon dagiti tattao ti Israel iti agsapa ket sinangoda ti Gabaa ken nagsaganada a makigubat.
The next morning, the Israeli men went and set up their tents near Gibeah.
20 Rimmuar dagiti soldado ti Israel tapno gubatenda ti Benjamin. Nagpuestoda idiay Gabaa a makigubat kadakuada.
Then they went to fight against [the men from the tribe of] Benjamin, and stood in their positions for fighting a battle, [facing Gibeah].
21 Rimmuar dagiti soldado ti Benjamin idiay Gabaa, ket pinatayda ti 22, 000 a lallaki iti armada ti Israel iti dayta nga aldaw.
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.
22 Ngem pinapigsa dagiti soldado ti Israel dagiti bagbagida, ket nagpuestoda manen iti isu met laeng a lugar a nagpuestoanda iti umuna nga aldaw.
[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.
23 Ket simmang-at dagiti tattao ti Israel ket nagmalmalem a nagdungdung-awda iti sangoanan ni Yahweh. Ket dimmawatda iti panangidalan manipud kenni Yahweh, “Rumbeng kadi nga umasidegkami manen a makigubat kadagiti kakabsatmi, dagiti tattao ti Benjamin?” Ket kinuna ni Yahweh, “Rautenyo ida!”
24 Napan ngarud nakiranget dagiti soldado ti Israel kadagiti soldado ti Benjamin iti maikadua nga aldaw.
The next day they again stood in their positions for fighting, just like they had done on the previous day.
25 Iti maikadua nga aldaw, rimmuar manipud Gabaa ti Benjamin a maibusor kadakuada ket napapatayda ti 18, 000 a lallaki manipud kadagiti soldado ti Israel. Aminda ket lallaki a nasanay a makigubat babaen iti kampilan.
The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and attacked the Israelis, and killed 18,000 more of their men.
26 Ket simmang-at idiay Betel dagiti amin a soldado ti Israel, ken dagiti amin a tattao ket nagsangitda, ken nagtugawda sadiay iti sangoanan ni Yahweh ken nagayunarda iti dayta nga aldaw agingga iti rabii, ken nagidatonda kadagiti daton a mapuoran ken kadagiti daton a pakikappia iti sangoanan ni Yahweh.
[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.
27 Nagsaludsod dagiti tattao ti Israel kenni Yahweh, —ta adda sadiay ti lakasa ti tulag ti Dios kadagidiay nga aldaw,
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.”
28 ket agserserbi ni Finees a putot a lalaki ni Eleazar a putot a lalaki ni Aaron iti sangoanan ti lakasa ti tulag kadagidiay nga aldaw—”Rumbeng kadi a rummuarkami a mapan makigubat iti maminsan pay kadagiti tattao ti Benjamin a kakabsatmi, wenno isardengmin?” Kinuna ni Yahweh, “Rumautkayo, ta inton bigat tulongankayo a mangparmek kadakuada.”
29 Nangipuesto ngarud ti Israel kadagiti lallaki kadagiti nalimed a luglugar iti aglawlaw ti Gabaa.
So [the next day, 10,000 of] the Israeli men (set up ambushes/went to hide) [in the fields] around Gibeah.
30 Nakiranget dagiti soldado ti Israel kadagiti soldado ti Benjamin iti maikatlo nga aldaw, ket nagpuestoda a maibusor iti Gabaa a kas iti inaramidda iti napalabas.
The [other] Israeli men went and stood in their positions for fighting a battle just like they had done on the previous days.
31 Napan nakiranget dagiti tattao ti Benjamin kadagiti tattao Israel, ket naiyadayoda iti siudad. Rinugianda a papatayen iti sumagmamano kadagiti tattao ti Israel. Adda natay nga agarup tallu pulo a lallaki ti Israel kadagiti talon ken kadagiti dalan—maysa kadagiti dalan ket sumang-at idiay Betel, ken ti maysa ket agturong idiay Gabaa.
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.
32 Ket kinuna dagiti tattao ti Benjamin, “Naabakdan ket itartarayandatayon, a kas idi damo.” Ngem kinuna dagiti soldado ti Israel, “Agsublitayo ket iyadayotayo ida manipud iti siudad agingga kadagiti kalsada.”
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.
33 Rimmuar dagiti amin a soldado ti Israel kadagiti lugarda ket nagpuestoda a makigubat idiay Baal Tamar. Kalpasanna, rimmuar dagiti soldado ti Israel nga aglemlemmeng kadagiti nalimed a luglugar a nagpuestoanda idiay Maare Gabaa.
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.
34 Dimteng a maibusor iti Gabaa ti 10, 000 a napili a lallaki manipud iti entero nga Israel, nakaro ti panagririnnangetda, ngem saan nga ammo dagiti Benjaminita nga asidegen ti didigra kadakuada.
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.
35 Pinarmek ni Yahweh ti Benjamin iti sangoanan ti Israel. Iti dayta nga aldaw, napapatay dagiti soldado ti Israel ti 25, 100 a lallaki ti Benjamin. Amin dagitoy a napapatay ket dagiti nasanay a makigubat babaen iti kampilan.
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]:
36 Ket nakita dagiti soldado ti Benjamin a naparmekdan. Inggagara nga intarayan dagiti lallaki ti Israel ti Benjamin gapu ta mangnamnamada kadagiti lallaki a pinagpuestoda kadagiti nalimed a lugar iti ruar ti Gabaa.
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].
37 Ket nagdardaras a timmakder dagiti lallaki nga aglemlemmeng ken inalistoanda ti napan idiay Gabaa, ken pinatayda ti tunggal maysa nga agnanaed iti siudad babaen kadagiti kampilanda.
38 Ita, ti nagtutulagan a pagilasinan iti nagbaetan dagiti soldado ti Israel ken dagiti lallaki nga aglemlemmeng iti nalimed ket addanto ti napuskol nga asuk nga agpangato manipud iti siudad—
39 —ket umadayonto dagiti soldado ti Israel iti paggugubatan. Ita, rinugian ti Benjamin ti nangraut ket napapatayda ti agarup tallopulo a lallaki ti Israel, ket kinunada, “Awan duadua a naparmekda iti sangoanantayo, a kas iti umuna a gubat.”
By that time, the men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are winning the battle, as we did before!”
40 Ngem idi mangrugin nga agpangato ti asuk manipud iti siudad, timalliaw dagiti Benjaminita ket nakitada ti asuk nga agpangpangato manipud iti entero a siudad.
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.
41 Ket sinublian ida dagiti soldado ti Israel. Nagbuteng dagiti lallaki ti Benjamin ta nakitada a dimtengen ti didigra kadakuada.
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.
42 Isu nga intarayanda dagiti soldado ti Israel, naglibasda iti dalan a mapan idiay let-ang. Ngem kinamat ida ti panagraranget. Rimmuar dagiti soldado ti Israel kadagiti siudad ket pinatayda ida iti nagtakderanda.
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.
43 Pinalawlawanda dagiti Benjaminita ken kinamatda ida; ket binaddebaddekanda ida idiay Noha, ket pinatayda amin ida iti dalan agingga iti daya a paset ti Gabaa.
They surrounded [some of] the men of the tribe of Benjamin, and pursued the others to the area east of Gibeah.
44 Manipud iti tribu ti Benjamin, 18, 000 a soldado ti napapatay, aminda ket lallaki a mabigbigbig iti pannakigubat.
They killed 18,000 strong soldiers of the tribe of Benjamin.
45 Naglikkoda ket naglibasda a nagturong iti let-ang iti bato ti Rimmon. Pinatay dagiti Israelita ti lima ribu pay kadakuada kadagiti kalsada. Nagtultuloy a kinamkamatda ida, nainget a sinursurotda ida agingga iti dalan nga agpa-Gidom, ket napapatayda pay sadiay ti dua a ribu.
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.
46 25, 000 amin ti soldado ti Benjamin a napasag iti dayta nga aldaw— lallaki a nasanay a makigubat babaen iti kampilan; aminda ket mabigbigbig a mannakigubat.
Altogether, there were 25,000 men of the tribe of Benjamin who were killed, all of whom had swords.
47 Ngem 600 a lallaki ti naglikko ken naglibas a napan idiay let-ang, nagturongda iti bato ti Rimmon. Ket nagtalinaedda iti bato ti Rimmon iti uppat a bulan.
But 600 men of the tribe of Benjamin ran to Rimmon Rock in the desert. They stayed there for four months.
48 Sinublianan dagiti soldado ti Israel dagiti tattao ti Benjamin ket rinaut ken pinatayda ida—ti entero a siudad, dagiti taraken, ken amin a banag a nasarakanda. Ken pinuoranda ti tunggal ili a malabsanda.
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.
