Hakim-hakim 3
1 Untuk menguji orang-orang Israel yang tidak pernah mengalami peperangan di Kanaan, TUHAN membiarkan beberapa bangsa tinggal di negeri itu.
These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:
2 TUHAN melakukan itu hanya dengan maksud mengajar setiap generasi Israel berperang, khususnya mereka yang tidak pernah ikut bertempur.
That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
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 princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.
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.
And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not.
5 Itulah sebabnya orang-orang Kanaan, Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus tetap tinggal di negeri itu bersama-sama dengan umat Israel.
So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
6 Umat Israel kawin campur dengan bangsa-bangsa itu, dan turut menyembah dewa-dewa mereka.
And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 Umat Israel berdosa kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka. Mereka lupa kepada-Nya sehingga mereka beribadat kepada berhala-berhala Baal dan Asyera.
And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
8 Maka TUHAN marah kepada umat Israel, dan membiarkan mereka dikalahkan oleh Raja Kusyan-Risyataim dari Mesopotamia. Delapan tahun lamanya raja itu menguasai mereka.
And the Lord being angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and they served him 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.)
And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:
10 Roh TUHAN menguasai Otniel sehingga ia menjadi pemimpin umat Israel. Ia pergi berperang, lalu TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadanya atas raja Mesopotamia.
And the spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria, and he overthrew him.
11 Maka tentramlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya. Kemudian meninggallah Otniel.
And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
12 Umat Israel berdosa lagi kepada TUHAN, sehingga TUHAN membuat Eglon, raja Moab, menjadi lebih kuat dari Israel.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.
13 Raja Eglon bergabung dengan bangsa Amon dan Amalek, lalu mengalahkan orang Israel, kemudian merebut Yerikho, kota kurma itu.
And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 Delapan belas tahun lamanya umat Israel dijajah oleh Eglon.
And the children of Israel served Eglon 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.
And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
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,
And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.
17 lalu pergi menyerahkan upeti dari umat Israel kepada Raja Eglon. Raja itu sangat gemuk.
And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
18 Setelah menyerahkan upeti itu, Ehud menyuruh orang-orang yang memikul uang emas itu pulang.
And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
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.
Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, be said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,
Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne,
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,
And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
23 lalu keluar serta menutup dan mengunci pintu kamar tersebut,
But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking 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.
Went out by a postern door. And the king’s servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.
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.
And waiting a long time till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 Sementara mereka masih menunggu-nunggu, Ehud sudah melarikan diri ke Seira lewat batu-batu berukir.
But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:
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.
And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in the front.
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.
And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.
29 Dalam pertempuran itu mereka membunuh kira-kira 10.000 prajurit Moab yang terbaik; tidak ada yang lolos.
But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
30 Hari itu Moab kalah terhadap Israel, maka tentramlah negeri itu delapan puluh tahun lamanya.
And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested 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 Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel.
