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1 No skal me nemna dei folki som Herren let vera att til å røyna Israel med - dei Israels-mennerne som ikkje hadde vore med i nokon av Kana’ans-krigarne -
At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight.
2 berre av di han vilde dei komande Israels-ætter skulde få vit på å strida, og vilde læra deim det, deim som ikkje kunde det fyrr.
3 Det var dei fem filistarfyrstarne og alle kananitarne og sidonarane og hevitarne som budde på Libanonfjelli, frå Ba’al-Hermonfjellet til Hamatvegen.
[This is a list of] the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon [city], the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath.
4 Deim var det Israel skulde røynast med, so det kunde syna seg um dei vilde lyda Herrens bod, som Moses hadde kunngjort federne deira.
Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.
5 So budde no Israels-sønerne midt ibland kananitarne og hetitarne og amoritarne og perizitarne og hevitarne og jebusitarne;
The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
6 dei tok døtterne deira til konor og gav døtterne sine til sønerne deira, og dyrka gudarne deira.
[Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people]. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups [to be their own wives], and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And [as a result] they started to worship the gods of those people-groups.
7 Israels-sønerne gjorde det som var Herren imot; dei gløymde Herren, sin Gud, og dyrka Ba’als- og Astarte-bilæti.
The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship [the idols that represented] the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
8 Då vart Herren brennande harm på Israels-sønerne; han slepte deim i henderne på Kusan-Risatajim, kongen i Aram-Naharajim, og Israel laut tena Kusan-Risatajim i åtte år.
Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years.
9 Då ropa Israels-sønerne til Herren, og Herren let ein hjelparmann standa fram hjå deim og hjelpa deim; det var Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror.
But when they pleaded to Yahweh [to help them], he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz.
10 Herrens Ande kom yver honom, og han tok styringi i Israel. So drog han ut i striden, og Herren gav Kusan-Risatajim, Aram-kongen, i henderne hans; han vann yver Kusan-Risatajim,
Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He [led an army that] fought against [the army of] Cushan, and defeated them.
11 og sidan hadde landet fred i fyrti år. So døydde Otniel, son åt Kenaz.
After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died.
12 Men Israels-sønerne gjorde på nytt det som var Herren imot, og Herren gav Eglon, Moabs-kongen, magt yver deim, for di dei gjorde det som var Herren imot.
After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled [the] Moab [area], to defeat the Israelis.
13 Eglon fekk med seg Ammons-sønerne og amalekitarne; so drog han ut, og slo Israel, og dei tok Palmestaden.
Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured [Jericho, which was called] ‘The City of Palm Trees’.
14 Israels-sønerne laut tena Eglon, Moabs-kongen, i attan år.
Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years.
15 Då ropa dei til Herren, og Herren sende dei ein hjelpar, Ehud Gerason av Benjamins-ætti, ein keivhendt mann. Israels-sønerne sende Ehud med gåvor til Eglon, kongen i Moab.
But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh [to help them]. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money.
16 Då gjorde han seg eit sverd som var tvieggja og ei aln langt, og spente det på seg under klædi sine, på høgre sida;
Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes.
17 so førde han gåvorne fram til Eglon, Moabs-kongen. Eglon var ein ovtjukk mann.
He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man.
18 Då Ehud hadde greidt frå seg gåvorne, let han folki som hadde bore deim fara heim att;
Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money.
19 men sjølv snudde han um ved gudebilæti som stod innmed Gilgal, og for attende og sagde: «Eg hev eit løyndarbod til deg, konge!» «Hyss, » sagde kongen: Då gjekk dei ut alle deim som stod kringom honom.
When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, [he told the other men to go on, but] he himself turned around and went back [to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace], he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room.
20 Som han no sat åleine i den svale høgstova si, gjekk Ehud fram for honom og sagde: «Eg hev eit bod til deg frå Gud!» Då reiste han seg av stolen.
Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair,
21 Og Ehud rette ut vinstre handi, og greip sverdet han bar ved høgre sida, og rende det i livet på honom,
Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
22 so handtaket for med inn etter bladet; og feittet gjekk i hop att kring bladet; for han drog ikkje sverdet ut att or livet hans. So gjekk han ut i svali.
He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. [He left it there, with] the handle buried in the king’s fat.
23 Då Ehud var komen ut i svalgangen, let han høgelofts-døri att etter seg, og stengde henne vel,
Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.
24 og so gjekk han sin veg. Straks etter kom tenarane, men då dei såg at døri var læst, sagde dei: «Han er visst for seg sjølv i svalkammerset!»
After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”
25 Dei venta til dei var reint leide av seg; men han let ikkje upp døri til høgeloftet. So tok dei lykelen, og let upp; då fekk dei sjå at herren deira låg livlaus på golvet.
So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead.
26 Medan dei tøvra, slapp Ehud undan, og for framum gudebilæti, og nådde Se’ira.
Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived.
27 Då han kom til Efraimsheidi, bles han i luren; då for Israels-sønerne med han ned av heidi, og han gjekk fyre.
There he blew a trumpet [to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab]. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down [toward the Jordan river], with Ehud leading them.
28 «Skunda dykk etter meg!» sagde han: «For Herren hev gjeve fiendarne, moabitarne, i henderne dykkar.» So fylgde dei honom ned til Jordan, og stengde vadi for moabitarne, og let ingen sleppa yver.
He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could [kill any people from Moab who tried to] cross the river [to escape].
29 Den gongen felte dei ikring ti tusund moabitar, som alle var sterke og djerve menner; ikkje ein kom seg undan.
At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.
30 Moab laut den dagen bøygja seg under Israels velde, og sidan hadde landet fred i åtteti år.
On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years.
31 Etter Ehud kom Samgar, son åt Anat. Han felte seks hundrad mann av filistarane, med piggstaven som han dreiv uksarne med; han og berga Israel.
After Ehud [died], Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis [from the Philistines. In one battle] he killed 600 Philistines with an (ox goad/sharp wooden pole).
