< Sudije 21 >

1 A sinovi Izrailjevi bijahu se zakleli u Mispi rekavši: nijedan izmeðu nas da ne da kæeri svoje za ženu sinu Venijaminovu.
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife."
2 Zato otide narod k domu Božijemu, i ostaše ondje do veèera pred Bogom, i podigavši glas svoj plakaše vrlo,
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
3 I rekoše: zašto se, Gospode Bože Izrailjev, dogodi ovo u Izrailju, danas da nestane jednoga plemena iz Izrailja?
They said, "LORD God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"
4 I sjutradan urani narod, i naèini ondje oltar, i prinesoše žrtve paljenice i žrtve zahvalne.
It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 Tada rekoše sinovi Izrailjevi: ima li ko da nije došao na zbor iz svijeh plemena Izrailjevijeh ka Gospodu? Jer se bijahu teško zakleli za onoga ko ne doðe u Mispu ka Gospodu rekavši: da se pogubi.
The children of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a great oath concerning anyone who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."
6 Jer se sinovima Izrailjevijem sažali za Venijaminom bratom njihovijem, i rekoše: danas se istrijebi jedno pleme iz Izrailja.
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
7 Šta æemo èiniti s onima što su ostali da bi imali žene, kad se zaklesmo Gospodom da im ne damo kæeri svojih za žene?
How shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"
8 Pa rekoše: ima li ko iz plemena Izrailjevijeh da nije došao u Mispu ka Gospodu? I gle, ne bješe došao na vojsku, na zbor, niko iz Javisa Galadova.
They said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" Look, no one came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
9 Jer kad se narod prebroji, gle, ne bješe ondje nijednoga od onijeh koji žive u Javisu Galadovu.
For when the people were numbered, look, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
10 Zato posla zbor onamo dvanaest tisuæa hrabrijeh ljudi, i zapovjedi im govoreæi: idite i pobijte stanovnike u Javisu Galadovu oštrijem maèem i žene i djecu.
The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
11 Ovo æete dakle uèiniti: sve muškinje i sve ženskinje što je poznalo èovjeka pobijte.
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has slept with a man, but the virgins you are to keep alive." And they did so.
12 I naðoše meðu stanovnicima Javisa Galadova èetiri stotine djevojaka, koje ne bjehu poznale èovjeka, i dovedoše ih u oko u Silom, koji je u zemlji Hananskoj.
They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had never slept with a man; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 Tada posla sav zbor, te govoriše sinovima Venijaminovijem koji bjehu u stijeni Rimonu, i objaviše im mir.
The whole congregation sent and spoke to the people of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
14 Tako se vratiše sinovi Venijaminovi u to vrijeme, i dadoše im žene koje ostaviše u životu izmeðu žena iz Javisa Galadova; ali ih ne bješe dosta za njih.
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.
15 A narodu bješe žao Venijamina što Gospod okrnji plemena Izrailjeva.
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
16 Pa rekoše starješine od zbora: šta æemo èiniti s ovima što su ostali da bi imali žene? jer su izginule žene u plemenu Venijaminovu.
Then the elders of the congregation said, "How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?"
17 Potom rekoše: našljedstvo Venijaminovo pripada onima što su ostali, da se ne bi zatrlo pleme iz Izrailja.
They said, "How will an inheritance remain for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
18 A mi im ne možemo dati žena izmeðu kæeri svojih; jer su se zakleli sinovi Izrailjevi rekavši: da je proklet ko da ženu sinovima Venijaminovijem.
However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, 'Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.'"
19 Potom rekoše: evo, godišnji je praznik Gospodnji u Silomu, koji je sa sjevera Vetilju, k istoku, na putu koji ide od Vetilja u Sihem, i s juga Levoni.
They said, "Look, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah."
20 I zapovjediše sinovima Venijaminovijem govoreæi: idite, i zasjedite po vinogradima.
They commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
21 I pazite: pa kad izidu kæeri Silomske da igraju, izidite iz vinograda i otmite svaki sebi ženu izmeðu kæeri Silomskih; i idite u zemlju Venijaminovu.
and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 A kad doðu oci njihovi ili braæa njihova k nama da se sude, mi æemo im kazati: smilujte im se nas radi, jer u ovom ratu nijesmo zarobili žene za svakoga njih; a vi im nijeste dali, i tako neæete biti krivi.
It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take wives for each man in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.'"
23 Tada sinovi Venijaminovi uèiniše tako, i dovedoše žene prema broju svom izmeðu igraèica koje oteše, i otišavši vratiše se na našljedstvo svoje, i sazidaše opet gradove i naseliše se u njima.
The people of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them.
24 I tako razidoše se sinovi Izrailjevi odande u ono vrijeme svaki u svoje pleme i u porodicu svoju, i otidoše odande svaki na svoje našljedstvo.
The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
25 U ono vrijeme ne bješe cara u Izrailju; svaki èinjaše što mu bješe drago.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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