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1 Po śmierci Jozuego synowie Izraela pytali PANA: Któż z nas wyruszy pierwszy przeciwko Kananejczykom, aby walczyć z nimi?
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 I PAN powiedział: Wyruszy Juda. Oto dałem ziemię w jego ręce.
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Juda powiedział do swego brata Symeona: Chodź ze mną do mego losu, a będziemy walczyć z Kananejczykami. Potem ja pójdę z tobą do twego losu. I Symeon poszedł z nim.
The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
4 Wyruszył więc Juda, a PAN wydał Kananejczyków i Peryzzytów w ich ręce i zabili w Bezek dziesięć tysięcy mężczyzn.
When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
5 W Bezek znaleźli Adoni-Bezeka i walczyli z nim, i zabili Kananejczyków i Peryzzytów.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 I Adoni-Bezek uciekł, oni zaś ścigali go; a gdy go pojmali, ucięli mu kciuki u rąk i [paluchy] u nóg.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Wtedy Adoni-Bezek powiedział: Siedemdziesięciu królów z obciętymi kciukami u rąk i [paluchami] u nóg zbierało [okruchy] pod moim stołem. Jak ja uczyniłem, tak mi Bóg odpłacił. I przyprowadzili go do Jerozolimy, i tam umarł.
Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Przedtem bowiem synowie Judy walczyli przeciwko Jerozolimie, zdobyli ją i pobili ostrzem miecza, a miasto spalili ogniem.
The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
9 Potem synowie Judy wyruszyli, aby walczyć z Kananejczykami mieszkającymi w górach, na południu i na nizinie.
Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
10 Następnie Juda wyruszył przeciwko Kananejczykom, którzy mieszkali w Hebronie (a Hebron przedtem nazywał się Kiriat-Arba), i pobił Szeszaja, Achimana i Talmaja.
The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 Stamtąd wyruszył przeciwko mieszkańcom Debiru, a Debir przedtem nazywał się Kiriat-Sefer.
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 I Kaleb powiedział: Temu, kto pobije Kiriat-Sefer i zdobędzie je, dam swoją córkę Aksę za żonę.
[Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
13 Zdobył je Otniel, syn Kenaza, młodszego brata Kaleba. I dał mu swoją córkę Aksę za żonę.
Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife.
14 A gdy ona przyszła do niego, namawiała go, aby prosił jej ojca o pole; i zsiadła z osła, a Kaleb zapytał ją: Czego sobie życzysz?
When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
15 A ona odpowiedziała: Daj mi błogosławieństwo. Skoro dałeś mi ziemię południową, daj mi też źródła wód. I Kaleb dał jej źródła górne i źródła dolne.
She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
16 Synowie Kenity, teścia Mojżesza, wyruszyli z miasta palm razem z synami Judy na pustynię Judy leżącą na południu od Arad. Gdy tam przybyli, zamieszkali z ludem.
The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
17 Potem Juda wyruszył ze swym bratem Symeonem i zabili Kananejczyków mieszkających w Sefat, i zburzyli je, i nazwali to miasto Chorma.
The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
18 Juda zdobył też Gazę wraz z jej granicami, Aszkelon wraz z jego granicami i Ekron wraz z jego granicami.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 I PAN był z Judą, który posiadł górę, lecz nie mógł wypędzić mieszkańców doliny, bo ci mieli żelazne rydwany.
Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
20 Kalebowi zaś dano Hebron, jak powiedział Mojżesz. Stamtąd wygnał [on] trzech synów Anaka.
Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
21 Ale synowie Beniamina nie wygnali Jebusytów mieszkających w Jerozolimie; dlatego Jebusyci mieszkają z synami Beniamina w Jerozolimie aż do dziś.
But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
22 Wyruszył też dom Józefa przeciwko Betel, a PAN był z nim.
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 I dom Józefa wyszpiegował Betel – a miasto [to] przedtem nazywało się Luz.
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 A gdy szpiedzy zobaczyli człowieka wychodzącego z miasta, powiedzieli do niego: Prosimy, pokaż nam wejście do miasta, a okażemy ci miłosierdzie.
The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill you].”
25 I pokazał im wejście do miasta, a oni pobili miasto ostrzem miecza, lecz tego człowieka wraz z całą jego rodziną puścili wolno.
So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill his family.
26 I tak człowiek ten udał się do ziemi Chetytów, zbudował miasto i nadał mu nazwę Luz. To jest jego nazwa aż do dziś.
That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
27 Manasses nie wypędził też [mieszkańców] Bet-Szean i jego miasteczek ani [mieszkańców] Tanaku i jego miasteczek, ani mieszkańców Dor i jego miasteczek, ani mieszkańców Jibleam i jego miasteczek, ani mieszkańców Megiddo i jego miasteczek. Kananejczycy nadal mieszkali więc w tej ziemi.
There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
28 A gdy Izrael się wzmocnił, kazał Kananejczykom płacić daninę i nie wygnał ich.
Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
29 Także i Efraim nie wypędził Kananejczyków mieszkających w Gezer, dlatego Kananejczycy mieszkali wśród nich w Gezer.
[The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
30 Zebulon [również] nie wypędził mieszkańców Kitron ani mieszkańców Nahalol, dlatego Kananejczycy mieszkali wśród nich i płacili [im] daninę.
[The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
31 Aszer także nie wypędził mieszkańców Akko ani mieszkańców Sydonu, Achlab, Akzibu, Chelba, Afik i Rechob.
[The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
32 I Aszer mieszkał pośród Kananejczyków mieszkających w tej ziemi, gdyż ich nie wypędził.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Neftali [też] nie wypędził mieszkańców Bet-Szemesz ani mieszkańców Bet-Anat i mieszkał wśród Kananejczyków mieszkających w tej ziemi. Jednakże mieszkańcy Bet-Szemesz i Bet-Anat płacili [mu] daninę.
[The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
34 Amoryci zaś wyparli synów Dana w góry, tak że nie pozwalali im schodzić do doliny.
The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
35 Amoryci utrzymali się i mieszkali na górze Cheres, w Ajjalonie i w Szaalbin, lecz wzmocniła się ręka domu Józefa i zaczęli mu płacić daninę.
The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
36 A granica Amorytów [biegła] od wzniesienia do Akrabbim, od skały i wyżej.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
