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1 Då Josva var avliden, spurde Israels-sønerne Herren: «Kven av oss skal taka fyrst ut i striden mot kananitarne?»

Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

2 Og Herren svara: «Juda skal taka ut. No gjev eg landet i hans hender!»

And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

3 Då sagde Juda med Simeon, bror sin: «Ver med meg til min lut, og lat oss båe strida mot kananitarne, so skal eg vera med deg til din lut.» Og Simeon vart med honom.

Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

4 So tok Juda-sønerne ut, og Herren gav kananitarne og perizitarne i henderne deira; dei slo deim i Bezek og felte ti tusund mann.

And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.

5 I Bezek møtte dei Adoni-Bezek, og dei stridde mot honom og slo kananitarne og perizitarne.

And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6 Adoni-Bezek rømde; men dei sette etter honom, og tok honom og hogg av honom tumarsfingrarne og stortærne.

But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.

7 Då sagde han: «Sytti kongar med avhogne tumarsfingrar og stortær sanka smular under mitt bord. No hev Gud gjeve meg like for det eg gjorde!» So førde dei honom til Jerusalem, og der døydde han.

And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

8 Juda-sønerne kringsette Jerusalem, og tok byen, og øydde honom med odd og egg, og sette eld i husi.

Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

9 Sidan for dei ned og stridde mot dei kananitarne som budde i fjell-landet og i Sudlandet og i låglandet.

After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

10 Fyrst gjekk dei mot kananitarne som budde i Hebron - Hebron heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Arba - og dei slo Sesai og Ahiman og Talmai.

And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba: ) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.

11 So gjekk dei mot Debir-buarne. - Debir heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Sefer -

And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)

12 Då sagde Kaleb: «Den som kann taka Kirjat-Sefer, skal få Aksa, dotter mi.»

And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

13 Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror, tok byen, og fekk Aksa, dotter hans Kaleb.

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

14 Då so ho skulde flytja heim til honom, eggja ho honom til å beda far hennar um ein jordveg, og sjølv hoppa ho ned av asnet. «Kva er det du vil?» spurde Kaleb.

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

15 «Lat meg få ei velfargåva!» svara ho. «Du hev gift meg burt til dette turre Sudlandet; gjev meg no vatskjeldor!» So gav han henne Øvregullot og Nedregullot.

And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

16 Etterkomarane etter keniten, verbror åt Moses, for med Juda-sønerne frå Palmestaden upp til Judaheidi som ligg sunnanfor Arad, og vart buande der saman med folket.

Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

17 Sidan gjekk Juda med Simeon, bror sin, og dei vann yver kananitarne som budde i Sefat. Dei bannstøytte byen; difor heitar han no Horma.

And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

18 Og Juda-mennerne tok Gaza og Askalon og Ekron med alt landet som låg til dei byarne.

Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

19 Herren var med Juda-sønerne, og dei lagde under seg fjellbygderne; men dei var ikkje god til å driva ut slettebuararne; for dei hadde jarnvogner.

And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron.

20 Dei gav Hebron til Kaleb, som Moses hadde sagt, og han dreiv dei tri Anaks-sønerne ut or bygdi.

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

21 Benjamins-sønerne dreiv ikkje ut jebusitarne som budde i Jerusalem; jebusitarne vart buande i Jerusalem saman med Benjamins-sønerne og hev butt der til denne dag.

And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

22 Josefs-ætti tok og ut i striden; dei gjekk mot Betel, og Herren var med deim.

And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

23 Då dei låg på vakt kring Betel - den byen heitte fyrr i tidi Luz -

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

24 fekk spæjarane deira sjå ein mann som kom ut or byen. Og dei sagde til honom: «Kjære, syn oss kvar me kann koma inn i byen, so skal me gjera vel mot deg!»

And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

25 So synte han dei kvar dei kunde koma inn, og dei øydde byen med odd og egg, men mannen og heile ætti hans let dei fara sin veg.

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

26 Han for til Hetitarlandet, og bygde ein by; den kalla han Luz, og det namnet hev byen havt til denne dag.

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

27 Manasse øydde ikkje Bet-Sean og Ta’anak og Dor og Jibleam og Megiddo og bygderne som låg under dei byarne, og kananitarne var god til å halda seg der i landet.

And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

28 Då Israels-folket vart sterkare, tvinga dei kananitarne til å træla for seg, men dreiv deim ut gjorde dei ikkje.

And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.

29 Efraim dreiv ikkje ut kananitarne som budde i Gezer; kananitarne vart buande millom Efraims-sønerne i Gezer.

And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.

30 Sebulon dreiv ikkje ut deim som budde i Kitron og i Nahalol; kananitarne vart buande millom Sebulons-sønerne, men laut gjera trælearbeid.

Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

31 Asser dreiv ikkje ut dei som budde i Akko og i Sidon, og øydde ikkje Ahlab og Akzib og Helba og Afik og Rehob;

And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;

32 asseritarne busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet, og dreiv deim ikkje ut.

But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.

33 Naftali-sønerne dreiv ikkje ut deim som budde i Bet-Semes og i Bet-Anat; dei busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet. Men folket i Bet-Semes og Bet-Anat laut træla for deim.

Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

34 Amoritarne trengde Dans-sønerne upp i fjelli, og let deim ikkje få koma ned på sletta.

And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

35 Sjølve var dei god til å halda seg i Har-Heres og i Ajjalon og Sa’albim, men sidan fekk Josefs-ætti yvertaket, og nøydde deim til å træla for seg.

For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

36 Landskilet åt amoritarne gjekk frå Skorpionskardet um Knausen og uppetter.

And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.