Hakim-hakim 21
1 Orang-orang Israel telah bersumpah di Mizpa, demikian: "Seorangpun dari kita takkan memberikan anaknya perempuan kepada seorang Benyamin menjadi isterinya."
The sons of Israel had also taken an oath at Mizpah, and they said, “None of us shall give his daughters as a wife to the sons of Benjamin.”
2 Ketika bangsa itu datang ke Betel dan tinggal di situ di hadapan Allah sampai petang, maka merekapun menyaringkan suaranya menangis dengan sangat keras,
And they all went to the house of God at Shiloh. And sitting in his sight until evening, they lifted up their voice, and they began to weep, with a great wailing, saying,
3 katanya: "Mengapa, ya TUHAN, Allah Israel, terjadi hal yang begini di antara orang Israel, yakni bahwa hari ini satu suku dari antara orang Israel hilang?"
“Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this evil happened among your people, so that this day one tribe would be taken away from us?”
4 Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi maka bangsa itu mendirikan mezbah di situ, lalu mempersembahkan korban bakaran dan korban keselamatan.
Then, rising at first light on the next day, they built an altar. And they offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings there, and they said,
5 Pada waktu itu berkatalah orang-orang Israel: "Siapakah dari seluruh suku Israel yang tidak ikut datang dengan jemaah ini untuk menghadap TUHAN?" Sebab mereka telah bersumpah dengan sungguh-sungguh mengenai orang yang tidak datang menghadap TUHAN di Mizpa, demikian: "Pastilah ia dihukum mati."
“Who, out of all the tribes of Israel, did not ascend with the army of the Lord?” For they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were at Mizpah, that whoever was not present would be slain.
6 Orang-orang Israel merasa kasihan terhadap suku Benyamin, saudaranya itu, maka kata mereka: "Hari ini ada satu suku terputus dari orang Israel.
And the sons of Israel, having been led to repentance over their brother Benjamin, began to say: “One tribe has been taken away from Israel.
7 Apakah yang dapat kita lakukan kepada orang-orang yang tinggal itu dalam hal mencarikan isteri, karena kitalah yang bersumpah demi TUHAN untuk tidak memberikan seorangpun dari anak-anak perempuan kita kepada mereka menjadi isterinya?"
From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them.”
8 Sebab itu berkatalah mereka: "Dari suku-suku Israel adakah satu yang tidak datang menghadap TUHAN di Mizpa?" Lalu tampaklah, bahwa dari Yabesh-Gilead tidak ada seorangpun yang datang ke perkemahan jemaah itu.
For this reason, they said, “Who is there, out of all the tribes of Israel, that did not ascend to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead were found not to have been among that army.
9 Lalu diperiksa jumlah bangsa itu, dan tampaklah tidak hadir seorangpun dari penduduk Yabesh-Gilead.
(Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.)
10 Maka perkumpulan itu menyuruh ke situ dua belas ribu orang dari orang-orang gagah perkasa dengan memerintahkan kepada mereka, demikian: "Pergilah, pukullah penduduk Yabesh-Gilead dengan mata pedang, juga perempuan-perempuan dan anak-anak.
And so they sent ten thousand very robust men, and they instructed them, saying, “Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, including their wives and little ones.”
11 Tetapi perbuatlah begini: hanya semua laki-laki sajalah dan semua perempuan yang telah pernah tidur dengan laki-laki harus kamu tumpas."
And this shall be what you ought to do: “Every one of the male gender, as well as all the women who have known men, shall be put to death. But the virgins you shall reserve.”
12 Mereka menjumpai di antara penduduk Yabesh-Gilead empat ratus orang anak gadis, perawan yang belum pernah tidur dengan orang laki-laki, lalu gadis-gadis itu dibawa mereka ke perkemahan di Silo, di tanah Kanaan.
And four hundred virgins, who had not known the bed of a man, were found from Jabesh-Gilead. And they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan.
13 Sesudah itu segenap umat itu menyuruh orang membawa pesan kepada bani Benyamin yang ada di bukit batu Rimon, lalu memaklumkan damai kepada mereka.
And they sent messengers to the sons of Benjamin, who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they instructed them, so that they would receive them in peace.
14 Pada waktu itu kembalilah suku Benyamin, dan kepada mereka diberikan perempuan-perempuan yang telah dibiarkan hidup dari antara perempuan Yabesh-Gilead; tetapi belum cukup juga jumlahnya bagi mereka.
And the sons of Benjamin went, at that time, and wives were given to them from the daughters of Jabesh-Gilead. But others were not found, whom they might give in a similar manner.
15 Maka bangsa itu merasa kasihan kepada suku Benyamin, karena TUHAN telah membuat keretakan di antara suku-suku Israel.
And all of Israel was very saddened, and they did penance for destroying one tribe out of Israel.
16 Kemudian berkatalah para tua-tua umat itu: "Apakah yang dapat kita lakukan kepada yang tinggal ini dalam hal mencarikan isteri? Sebab perempuan-perempuan telah punah dari antara suku Benyamin."
And those greater by birth said: “What shall we do with the remainder, those who have not received wives? For all the females of Benjamin have been cut down,
17 Lagi kata mereka: "Warisan orang-orang yang terluput itu haruslah tetap tinggal pada suku Benyamin, supaya jangan ada suku yang terhapus dari antara orang Israel.
and we must take great care, and make provision with a very great diligence, so that one tribe may not be wiped away from Israel.
18 Tetapi kita ini tidak dapat memberikan isteri kepada mereka dari anak-anak perempuan kita." Sebab orang-orang Israel telah bersumpah, demikian: "Terkutuklah orang yang memberikan isteri kepada suku Benyamin!"
As for our own daughters, we are not able to give them, being bound by an oath and a curse, when we said, ‘Accursed is he who will give any of his daughters to Benjamin as a wife.’”
19 Lalu kata mereka pula: "Setiap tahun ada perayaan bagi TUHAN di Silo yang letaknya di sebelah utara Betel, di sebelah timur jalan raya yang menuju dari Betel ke Sikhem dan di sebelah selatan Lebona."
And they took counsel, and they said, “Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord at Shiloh, which is situated to the north of the city of Bethel, and on the eastern side of the way that one takes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of the town of Lebonah.”
20 Maka mereka berpesan kepada bani Benyamin, demikian: "Pergilah menghadang di kebun-kebun anggur.
And they instructed the sons of Benjamin, and they said: “Go, and hide in the vineyards.
21 Perhatikanlah baik-baik; maka apabila anak-anak perempuan Silo keluar untuk menari-nari, baiklah kamu keluar dari kebun-kebun anggur itu, dan masing-masing melarikan seorang dari anak-anak perempuan Silo itu menjadi isterinya dan pergi ke tanah Benyamin.
And when you will have seen daughters of Shiloh being led out to dance, according to custom, go forth suddenly from the vineyards, and let each one seize one wife from among them, and travel into the land of Benjamin.
22 Apabila ayah atau saudaranya laki-laki datang untuk menuntutnya kepada kami, maka kami akan berkata kepada mereka: Serahkanlah mereka itu kepada kami dengan rela hati, sebab dalam pertempuran kita tidak dapat menangkap seorang perempuan untuk menjadi isteri mereka masing-masing. Memang kamu ini tidak memberikan anak-anak gadis itu kepada mereka; sebab seandainya demikian, kamu bersalah."
And when their fathers and brothers arrive, and they begin to complain against you and to argue, we will say to them: ‘Take pity on them. For they have not seized them by right of war or conquest. Instead, begging to receive them, you did not give them, and so the sin was on your part.’”
23 Jadi bani Benyamin berbuat demikian; dari gadis-gadis yang menari-nari yang dirampas itu mereka mengambil perempuan, jumlahnya sama dengan jumlah mereka, kemudian pulanglah mereka ke milik pusakanya lalu membangun kota-kotanya kembali dan diam di sana.
And so the sons of Benjamin did just as they had been ordered. And according to their number, they seized for themselves one wife each, out of those who were led out dancing. And they went into their own possession, and they built up their cities, and they lived in them.
24 Pada waktu itu pergilah orang Israel dari sana, masing-masing menurut suku dan kaumnya; mereka masing-masing berangkat dari sana ke milik pusakanya.
The sons of Israel also returned, according to their tribes and families, to their tents.
25 Pada zaman itu tidak ada raja di antara orang Israel; setiap orang berbuat apa yang benar menurut pandangannya sendiri.
In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
