Hakim-hakim 3
1 Untuk menguji orang-orang Israel yang tidak pernah mengalami peperangan di Kanaan, TUHAN membiarkan beberapa bangsa tinggal di negeri itu.
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
2 TUHAN melakukan itu hanya dengan maksud mengajar setiap generasi Israel berperang, khususnya mereka yang tidak pernah ikut bertempur.
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who knew nothing of it before:
3 Bangsa-bangsa yang masih tinggal di negeri itu ialah: bangsa yang diam di dalam kelima kota Filistin, semua bangsa Kanaan, bangsa Sidon, dan bangsa Hewi yang tinggal di pegunungan Libanon, mulai dari Gunung Baal-Hermon sampai ke jalan yang menuju Hamat.
the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
4 Mereka berada di sana untuk menjadi batu ujian bagi bangsa Israel. Dengan demikian dapatlah diketahui apakah bangsa Israel menuruti perintah-perintah yang telah diberikan TUHAN kepada nenek moyang mereka melalui Musa.
They were left to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the LORD’s commandments, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
5 Itulah sebabnya orang-orang Kanaan, Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus tetap tinggal di negeri itu bersama-sama dengan umat Israel.
The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
6 Umat Israel kawin campur dengan bangsa-bangsa itu, dan turut menyembah dewa-dewa mereka.
They took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
7 Umat Israel berdosa kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka. Mereka lupa kepada-Nya sehingga mereka beribadat kepada berhala-berhala Baal dan Asyera.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
8 Maka TUHAN marah kepada umat Israel, dan membiarkan mereka dikalahkan oleh Raja Kusyan-Risyataim dari Mesopotamia. Delapan tahun lamanya raja itu menguasai mereka.
Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
9 Kemudian umat Israel berseru minta tolong kepada TUHAN, lalu TUHAN memberikan Otniel untuk membebaskan mereka. (Otniel adalah anak dari Kenas, adik Kaleb.)
When the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10 Roh TUHAN menguasai Otniel sehingga ia menjadi pemimpin umat Israel. Ia pergi berperang, lalu TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadanya atas raja Mesopotamia.
The LORD’s Spirit came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. His hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
11 Maka tentramlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya. Kemudian meninggallah Otniel.
The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12 Umat Israel berdosa lagi kepada TUHAN, sehingga TUHAN membuat Eglon, raja Moab, menjadi lebih kuat dari Israel.
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
13 Raja Eglon bergabung dengan bangsa Amon dan Amalek, lalu mengalahkan orang Israel, kemudian merebut Yerikho, kota kurma itu.
He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
14 Delapan belas tahun lamanya umat Israel dijajah oleh Eglon.
The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 Tetapi ketika umat Israel berseru minta tolong kepada TUHAN, Ia memberikan Ehud untuk membebaskan mereka. Ehud seorang yang kidal; ia anak Gera dari suku Benyamin, dan ialah yang biasanya mengantarkan kepada Raja Eglon upeti yang harus dibayar oleh umat Israel.
But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
16 Pada suatu hari Ehud membuat sebilah pedang bermata dua yang panjangnya hampir setengah meter. Ia menyandangkan pedang itu pada pinggangnya sebelah kanan di dalam bajunya,
Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
17 lalu pergi menyerahkan upeti dari umat Israel kepada Raja Eglon. Raja itu sangat gemuk.
He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
18 Setelah menyerahkan upeti itu, Ehud menyuruh orang-orang yang memikul uang emas itu pulang.
When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.
19 Tetapi Ehud sendiri berhenti ketika sampai di batu-batu berukir dekat Gilgal, lalu kembali kepada Eglon. Pada waktu itu Eglon berada di kamar yang sejuk di tingkat atas istananya. Kata Ehud kepada Eglon, "Paduka Yang Mulia! Hamba membawa berita rahasia untuk Tuanku." Maka raja berkata, "Tunggu dulu," lalu ia memerintahkan semua hambanya supaya keluar dan meninggalkan dia dan Ehud sendirian. Kemudian, Ehud mendekati raja yang sedang duduk, lalu berkata, "Ada berita dari Allah untuk Tuanku!" Mendengar itu, raja berdiri.
But he himself turned back from the stone idols that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him left him.
Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.
21 Langsung Ehud mencabut pedangnya dengan tangan kirinya dari pinggangnya sebelah kanan, lalu menikamkannya dalam-dalam ke perut raja. Seluruh mata pedang itu sampai ke gagangnya pun masuk ke dalam lemak-lemak di perut raja itu, sampai tembus ke belakang. Ehud membiarkan pedang itu di situ,
Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
23 lalu keluar serta menutup dan mengunci pintu kamar tersebut,
Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
24 kemudian pergi. Ketika para hamba raja datang dan menemukan pintu-pintu kamar itu terkunci, mereka menyangka raja masih berada di dalam dan sedang ke belakang.
After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”
25 Setelah menunggu cukup lama dan raja tidak juga membuka pintu, mereka kebingungan lalu mengambil kunci dan membuka pintu itu. Ternyata raja mereka tergeletak mati di lantai.
They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he did not open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their lord had fallen down dead on the floor.
26 Sementara mereka masih menunggu-nunggu, Ehud sudah melarikan diri ke Seira lewat batu-batu berukir.
Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.
27 Segera setelah tiba di daerah pegunungan Efraim, ia meniup trompet untuk memanggil orang Israel bertempur. Mereka datang lalu ia memimpin mereka turun dari daerah pegunungan itu.
When he had come, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he led them.
28 "Ikut saya," katanya kepada mereka, "TUHAN telah mengalahkan orang-orang Moab, musuhmu itu untuk kalian." Maka di bawah pimpinan Ehud, turunlah orang-orang Israel itu dari pegunungan. Mereka merebut tempat penyeberangan orang Moab di Sungai Yordan. Tidak seorang pun dari musuh itu dibiarkan menyeberang dengan selamat.
He said to them, “Follow me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and did not allow any man to pass over.
29 Dalam pertempuran itu mereka membunuh kira-kira 10.000 prajurit Moab yang terbaik; tidak ada yang lolos.
They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man and every man of valor. No man escaped.
30 Hari itu Moab kalah terhadap Israel, maka tentramlah negeri itu delapan puluh tahun lamanya.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
31 Pemimpin yang berikut ialah Samgar anak Anat. Ia pun berjuang dan membebaskan orang Israel. Dengan tongkat penggiring lembu, ia membunuh 600 orang Filistin.
After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad. He also saved Israel.
