Книга Судей 21
1 И поклялись Израильтяне в Массифе, говоря: никто из нас не отдаст дочери своей сынам Вениамина в замужество.
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 И пришел народ в дом Божий, и сидели там до вечера пред Богом, и подняли громкий вопль, и сильно плакали,
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 и сказали: Господи, Боже Израилев! для чего случилось это в Израиле, что не стало теперь у Израиля одного колена?
“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 На другой день встал народ поутру, и устроили там жертвенник, и вознесли всесожжения и мирные жертвы.
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 И сказали сыны Израилевы: кто не приходил в собрание пред Господа из всех колен Израилевых? Ибо великое проклятие произнесено было на тех, которые не пришли пред Господа в Массифу, и сказано было, что те преданы будут смерти.
“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 И сжалились сыны Израилевы над Вениамином, братом своим, и сказали: ныне отсечено одно колено от Израиля;
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 как поступить нам с оставшимися из них касательно жен, когда мы поклялись Господом не давать им жен из дочерей наших?
From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them.”
8 И сказали: нет ли кого из колен Израилевых, кто не приходил пред Господа в Массифу? И оказалось, что из Иависа Галаадского никто не приходил пред Господа в стан на собрание.
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 И осмотрен народ, и вот, не было там ни одного из жителей Иависа Галаадского.
(Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.)
10 И послало туда общество двенадцать тысяч человек, мужей сильных, и дали им приказание, говоря: идите и поразите жителей Иависа Галаадского мечом, и женщин и детей;
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 и вот что сделайте: всякого мужчину и всякую женщину, познавшую ложе мужеское, предайте заклятию, а девиц оставляйте в живых. И сделали так.
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 И нашли они между жителями Иависа Галаадского четыреста девиц, не познавших ложа мужеского, и привели их в стан в Силом, что в земле Ханаанской.
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 И послало все общество переговорить с сынами Вениамина, бывшими в скале Риммоне, и объявило им мир.
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 Тогда возвратились сыны Вениамина к Израильтянам, и дали им Израильтяне жен, которых оставили в живых из женщин Иависа Галаадского; но оказалось, что этого было недостаточно.
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 Народ же сожалел о Вениамине, что Господь не сохранил целости колен Израилевых.
And all of Israel was very saddened, and they did penance for destroying one tribe out of Israel.
16 И сказали старейшины общества: что нам делать с оставшимися касательно жен, ибо истреблены женщины у Вениамина?
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 И сказали: наследственная земля пусть остается уцелевшим сынам Вениамина, чтобы не исчезло колено от Израиля;
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 но мы не можем дать им жен из дочерей наших; ибо сыны Израилевы поклялись, говоря: проклят, кто даст жену Вениамину.
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 И сказали: вот, каждый год бывает праздник Господень в Силоме, который на север от Вефиля и на восток от дороги, ведущей от Вефиля в Сихем, и на юг от Левоны.
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 И приказали сынам Вениамина и сказали: пойдите и засядьте в виноградниках,
And they instructed the sons of Benjamin, and they said: “Go, and hide in the vineyards.
21 и смотрите, когда выйдут девицы Силомские плясать в хороводах, тогда выйдите из виноградников и схватите себе каждый жену из девиц Силомских и идите в землю Вениаминову;
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 и когда придут отцы их, или братья их с жалобою к нам, мы скажем им: простите нас за них, ибо мы не взяли для каждого из них жены на войне, и вы не дали им; теперь вы виновны.
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 Сыны Вениамина так и сделали, и взяли жен по числу своему из бывших в хороводе, которых они похитили, и пошли и возвратились в удел свой, и построили города и стали жить в них.
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 В то же время Израильтяне разошлись оттуда каждый в колено свое и в племя свое, и пошли оттуда каждый в удел свой.
The sons of Israel also returned, according to their tribes and families, to their tents.
25 В те дни не было царя у Израиля; каждый делал то, что ему казалось справедливым.
In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
