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1 Då Josva var avliden, spurde Israels-sønerne Herren: «Kven av oss skal taka fyrst ut i striden mot kananitarne?»
After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, “Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?”
2 Og Herren svara: «Juda skal taka ut. No gjev eg landet i hans hender!»
And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered 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.
And Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me to my lot, and fight against the Canaanite, so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.” And 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 delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.
5 I Bezek møtte dei Adoni-Bezek, og dei stridde mot honom og slo kananitarne og perizitarne.
And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
6 Adoni-Bezek rømde; men dei sette etter honom, og tok honom og hogg av honom tumarsfingrarne og stortærne.
Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.
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 Adonibezek said: “Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table. Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Juda-sønerne kringsette Jerusalem, og tok byen, og øydde honom med odd og egg, og sette eld i husi.
Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem, seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword, delivering the entire city to be burned.
9 Sidan for dei ned og stridde mot dei kananitarne som budde i fjell-landet og i Sudlandet og i låglandet.
And afterward, descending, they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.
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 Judah, going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron, (the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 So gjekk dei mot Debir-buarne. - Debir heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Sefer -
And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
12 Då sagde Kaleb: «Den som kann taka Kirjat-Sefer, skal få Aksa, dotter mi.»
And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”
13 Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror, tok byen, og fekk Aksa, dotter hans Kaleb.
And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb, had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.
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.
And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, 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.
But she responded: “Give a blessing to me. For you have given me a dry land. Also give a watered land.” Therefore, Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.
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 the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
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.
Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.
18 Og Juda-mennerne tok Gaza og Askalon og Ekron med alt landet som låg til dei byarne.
And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.
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 possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
20 Dei gav Hebron til Kaleb, som Moses hadde sagt, og han dreiv dei tri Anaks-sønerne ut or bygdi.
And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.
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.
But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
22 Josefs-ætti tok og ut i striden; dei gjekk mot Betel, og Herren var med deim.
The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23 Då dei låg på vakt kring Betel - den byen heitte fyrr i tidi Luz -
For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called 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!»
they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, “Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward 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.
And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.
26 Han for til Hetitarlandet, og bygde ein by; den kalla han Luz, og det namnet hev byen havt til denne dag.
And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present 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.
Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.
28 Då Israels-folket vart sterkare, tvinga dei kananitarne til å træla for seg, men dreiv deim ut gjorde dei ikkje.
Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.
29 Efraim dreiv ikkje ut kananitarne som budde i Gezer; kananitarne vart buande millom Efraims-sønerne i Gezer.
And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.
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 wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.
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;
Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.
32 asseritarne busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet, og dreiv deim ikkje ut.
And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.
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 also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath. And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.
34 Amoritarne trengde Dans-sønerne upp i fjelli, og let deim ikkje få koma ned på sletta.
And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.
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.
And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres, which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’ and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy, and he became a tributary to him.
36 Landskilet åt amoritarne gjekk frå Skorpionskardet um Knausen og uppetter.
Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion, to the Rock and the higher places.
