Hakim-hakim 20
1 Lalu majulah semua orang Israel; dari Dan sampai Bersyeba dan juga dari tanah Gilead berkumpullah umat itu secara serentak menghadap TUHAN di Mizpa.
Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha:
2 Maka berdirilah para pemuka dari seluruh bangsa itu, dari segala suku orang Israel, memimpin jemaah umat Allah yang jumlahnya empat ratus ribu orang berjalan kaki, yang bersenjatakan pedang.
And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war.
3 Kedengaranlah kepada bani Benyamin, bahwa orang Israel telah maju ke Mizpa. Berkatalah orang Israel: "Ceritakan bagaimana kejahatan itu terjadi."
(Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed,
4 Lalu orang Lewi, suami perempuan yang terbunuh itu, menjawab: "Aku sampai dengan gundikku di Gibea kepunyaan suku Benyamin untuk bermalam di sana.
Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:
5 Lalu warga-warga kota Gibea itu mendatangi aku dan mengepung rumah itu pada malam hari untuk menyerang aku. Mereka bermaksud membunuh aku, tetapi gundikku diperkosa mereka, sehingga mati.
And behold the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died.
6 Maka kuambillah mayat gundikku, kupotong-potong dia dan kukirimkan ke seluruh daerah milik pusaka orang Israel, sebab orang-orang itu telah berbuat mesum dan berbuat noda di antara orang Israel.
And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the, parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel.
7 Sekarang kamu sekalian, orang Israel, telah ada di sini. Berikanlah di sini pertimbanganmu dan nasihatmu."
You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
8 Kemudian bangunlah seluruh bangsa itu dengan serentak, sambil berkata: "Seorangpun dari pada kita takkan pergi ke kemahnya, seorangpun dari pada kita takkan pulang ke rumahnya.
And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house:
9 Inilah yang akan kita lakukan kepada Gibea; memeranginya, dengan membuang undi!
But this we will do in common against Gabaa:
10 Kita akan memilih dari seluruh suku Israel sepuluh orang dari tiap-tiap seratus, seratus orang dari tiap-tiap seribu, seribu orang dari tiap-tiap sepuluh ribu, untuk mengambil bekal bagi laskar ini, supaya sesudah mereka datang, dilakukan kepada Gibea-Benyamin setimpal dengan segala perbuatan noda yang telah diperbuat mereka di antara orang Israel."
We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for the army, that we might fight against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth.
11 Demikianlah orang Israel berkumpul melawan kota itu, semuanya bersekutu dengan serentak.
And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel:
12 Kemudian suku-suku Israel mengirim orang kepada seluruh suku Benyamin dengan pesan: "Apa macam kejahatan yang terjadi di antara kamu itu!
And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?
13 Maka sekarang, serahkanlah orang-orang itu, yakni orang-orang dursila yang di Gibea itu, supaya kami menghukum mati mereka dan dengan demikian menghapuskan yang jahat itu dari antara orang Israel." Tetapi bani Benyamin tidak mau mendengarkan perkataan saudara-saudaranya, orang Israel itu.
Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel:
14 Sebaliknya, bani Benyamin dari kota-kota lain berkumpul di Gibea untuk maju berperang melawan orang Israel.
But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of Israel.
15 Pada hari itu dihitunglah jumlah bani Benyamin dari kota-kota lain itu: dua puluh enam ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang, belum termasuk penduduk Gibea, yang terhitung tujuh ratus orang pilihan banyaknya.
And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa,
16 Dari segala laskar ini ada tujuh ratus orang pilihan yang kidal, dan setiap orang dari mereka dapat mengumban dengan tidak pernah meleset sampai sehelai rambutpun.
Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone’s going on either side.
17 Juga orang-orang Israel dihitung jumlahnya; dengan tidak termasuk suku Benyamin ada empat ratus ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang; semuanya itu prajurit.
Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.
18 Lalu orang Israel berangkat dan maju ke Betel. Di sana mereka bertanya kepada Allah: "Siapakah dari kami yang lebih dahulu maju berperang melawan bani Benyamin?" Jawab TUHAN: "Suku Yehudalah lebih dahulu."
And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.
19 Lalu orang-orang Israel bangun pagi-pagi dan berkemah mengepung Gibea.
And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:
20 Kemudian majulah orang-orang Israel berperang melawan suku Benyamin; orang-orang Israel mengatur barisan perangnya melawan mereka dekat Gibea.
And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.
21 Juga bani Benyamin maju menyerang dari Gibea dan menggugurkan ke bumi dua puluh dua ribu orang dari antara orang Israel pada hari itu.
And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.
22 Tetapi laskar orang Israel mengumpulkan segenap kekuatannya, lalu mengatur pula barisan perangnya di tempat mereka mengatur barisannya semula.
Again Israel trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:
23 Kemudian pergilah orang-orang Israel, lalu menangis di hadapan TUHAN sampai petang, sesudah itu mereka bertanya kepada TUHAN: "Akan pergi pulakah kami berperang melawan bani Benyamin, saudara kami itu?" Jawab TUHAN: "Majulah melawan mereka."
Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
24 Tetapi ketika orang-orang Israel pada hari kedua sampai di dekat bani Benyamin,
And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,
25 maka pada hari kedua itu majulah suku Benyamin dari Gibea menyerbu mereka, dan digugurkannya pula ke bumi delapan belas ribu orang di antara orang-orang Israel; semuanya orang-orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.
The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword.
26 Kemudian pergilah semua orang Israel, yakni seluruh bangsa itu, lalu sampai di Betel; di sana mereka tinggal menangis di hadapan TUHAN, berpuasa sampai senja pada hari itu dan mempersembahkan korban bakaran dan korban keselamatan di hadapan TUHAN.
Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings,
27 Dan orang-orang Israel bertanya kepada TUHAN--pada waktu itu ada di sana tabut perjanjian Allah,
And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,
28 dan Pinehas bin Eleazar bin Harun menjadi imam Allah pada waktu itu--kata mereka: "Haruskah kami maju sekali lagi untuk berperang melawan bani Benyamin, saudara kami itu, atau haruskah kami hentikan itu?" Jawab TUHAN: "Majulah, sebab besok Aku akan menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tanganmu."
And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hands.
29 Lalu orang Israel menempatkan penghadang-penghadang sekeliling Gibea.
And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
30 Pada hari ketiga majulah orang-orang Israel melawan bani Benyamin dan mengatur barisannya melawan Gibea seperti yang sudah-sudah.
And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.
31 Maka majulah bani Benyamin menyerbu laskar itu; mereka terpancing dari kota, dan seperti yang sudah-sudah, mereka mulai menyerang laskar itu pada kedua jalan raya--yang satu menuju ke Betel, dan yang lain ke Gibea melalui padang--sehingga terbunuh beberapa orang, kira-kira tiga puluh orang di antara orang Israel.
And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men:
32 Maka kata bani Benyamin: "Orang-orang itu telah terpukul kalah oleh kita seperti semula." Tetapi orang-orang Israel telah bermupakat lebih dahulu: "Marilah kita lari dan memancing mereka dari kota ke jalan-jalan raya."
For they thought to cut them off, as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee to bring them to the highways aforesaid.
33 Jadi orang Israel bangun dari tempatnya dan mengatur barisannya di Baal-Tamar, sedang orang Israel yang menghadang itu tiba-tiba keluar dari tempatnya, yakni tempat terbuka dekat Geba,
Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth,
34 dan sampai di depan Gibea, sebanyak sepuluh ribu orang pilihan dari seluruh Israel. Pertempuran itu dahsyat, tetapi bani Benyamin tidak tahu bahwa malapetaka datang menimpa mereka.
And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side.
35 TUHAN membuat suku Benyamin terpukul kalah oleh orang Israel, dan pada hari itu orang-orang Israel memusnahkan dari antara suku Benyamin dua puluh lima ribu seratus orang, semuanya orang-orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.
And the Lord defeated them before the children of Israel, and they slew of them in that day five and twenty thousand, and one hundred, all fighting men and that drew the sword.
36 Bani Benyamin melihat, bahwa mereka telah terpukul kalah. Sementara orang-orang Israel agak mundur di depan suku Benyamin--sebab mereka mempercayai penghadang-penghadang yang ditempatkan mereka untuk menyerang Gibea--
But the children of Benjamin when they saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee, that they might come to the ambushes that were prepared, which they had set near the city.
37 maka segeralah penghadang-penghadang itu menyerbu Gibea. Mereka bergerak maju dan memukul seluruh kota itu dengan mata pedang.
And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, went into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
38 Tetapi orang-orang Israel telah bermupakat dengan penghadang-penghadang itu untuk menaikkan gumpalan asap tebal dari kota itu.
Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken.
39 Ketika orang-orang Israel mundur dalam pertempuran itu, maka suku Benyamin mulai menyerang orang Israel, sehingga terbunuh kira-kira tiga puluh orang, karena pikir mereka: "Tentulah orang-orang itu terpukul kalah sama sekali oleh kita seperti dalam pertempuran yang dahulu."
And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army)
40 Tetapi pada waktu itu mulailah gumpalan asap naik dari kota itu seperti tiang asap. Suku Benyamin menoleh ke belakang dan tampaklah kota itu seluruhnya terbakar, apinya naik ke langit.
And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames ascended on high:
41 Lagipula orang-orang Israel maju lagi. Maka gemetarlah orang-orang Benyamin itu, sebab mereka melihat, bahwa malapetaka datang menimpa mereka.
They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,
42 Jadi larilah mereka dari depan orang-orang Israel itu, ke arah padang gurun, tetapi pertempuran itu tidak dapat dihindari mereka, lalu orang-orang dari kota-kota menghabisi mereka di tengah-tengahnya.
And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.
43 Mereka mengepung suku Benyamin itu, mengejarnya dengan tak henti-hentinya dan melandanya sampai di depan Gibea, di sebelah timur.
And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city Gabaa.
44 Dari bani Benyamin ada tewas delapan belas ribu orang, semuanya orang-orang gagah perkasa.
And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.
45 Yang lain berpaling lari ke padang gurun, ke bukit batu Rimon. Tetapi di jalan-jalan raya masih diadakan penyabitan susulan di antara mereka: lima ribu orang; mereka diburu sampai ke Gideom dan dipukul mati dua ribu orang dari mereka.
And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness and made towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that flight, also as they were straggling and going different ways, they slew of them five thousand men. And as they went farther, they still pursued them, and slew also other two thousand.
46 Maka yang tewas dari suku Benyamin pada hari itu seluruhnya berjumlah dua puluh lima ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang, semuanya orang-orang gagah perkasa.
And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war.
47 Tetapi enam ratus orang berpaling lari ke padang gurun, ke bukit batu Rimon, dan tinggal empat bulan lamanya di bukit batu itu.
And there remained of all the number of Benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the rock Remmon four months.
48 Tetapi orang-orang Israel kembali kepada bani Benyamin dan memukul mereka dengan mata pedang, baik manusia baik hewan dan segala sesuatu yang terdapat di sana. Juga segala kota yang terdapat di sana mereka musnahkan dengan api.
But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.
