Књига о судијама 21
1 А синови Израиљеви беху се заклели у Миспи рекавши: Ниједан између нас да не да кћери своје за жену сину Венијаминовом.
Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.
2 Зато отиде народ к дому Божјем, и осташе онде до вечери пред Богом, и подигавши глас свој плакаше врло,
And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.
3 И рекоше: Зашто се, Господе Боже Израиљев, догоди ово у Израиљу, данас да нестане једног племена из Израиља?
And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
4 И сутра дан урани народ, и начини онде олтар, и принесоше жртве паљенице и жртве захвалне.
Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.
5 Тада рекоше синови Израиљеви: Има ли ко да није дошао на збор из свих племена Израиљевих ка Господу? Јер се беху тешко заклели за оног ко не дође у Миспу ка Господу рекавши: Да се погуби.
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.
6 Јер се синовима Израиљевим сажали за Венијамином братом њиховим, и рекоше: Данас се истреби једно племе из Израиља.
And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
7 Шта ћемо чинити с онима што су остали да би имали жене, кад се заклесмо Господом да им не дамо кћери својих за жене?
What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
8 Па рекоше: Има ли ко из племена Израиљевих да није дошао у Миспу ка Господу? И гле, не беше дошао на војску, на збор, нико из Јависа Галадовог.
And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
9 Јер кад се народ преброја, гле, не беше онде ниједног од оних који живе у Јавису Галадовом.
For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
10 Зато посла збор онамо дванаест хиљада храбрих људи, и заповеди им говорећи: Идите и побијте становнике у Јавису Галадовом оштрим мачем и жене и децу.
So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.
11 Ово ћете дакле учинити: све мушкиње и све женскиње што је познало човека побијте.
And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
12 И нађоше међу становницима Јависа Галадовог четири стотине девојака, које не беху познале човека, и доведоше их у логор у Силом, који је у земљи хананској.
Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
13 Тада посла сав збор, те говорише синовима Венијаминовим који беху у стени Римону, и објавише им мир.
And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.
14 Тако се вратише синови Венијаминови у то време, и дадоше им жене које оставише у животу између жена из Јависа Галадовог; али их не беше доста за њих.
Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.
15 А народу беше жао Венијамина што Господ окрњи племена Израиљева.
And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
16 Па рекоше старешине од збора: Шта ћемо чинити с овима што су остали да би имали жене? Јер су изгинуле жене у племену Венијаминовом.
Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?
17 Потом рекоше: Наследство Венијаминово припада онима што су остали, да се не би затрло племе из Израиља.
And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
18 А ми им не можемо дати жена између кћери својих; јер су се заклели синови Израиљеви рекавши: Да је проклет ко да жену синовима Венијаминовим.
Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
19 Потом рекоше: Ево, годишњи је празник Господњи у Силому, који је са севера Ветиљу, к истоку, на путу који иде од Ветиља у Сихем, и с југа Левони.
And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20 И заповедише синовима Венијаминовим говорећи: Идите, и заседите по виноградима.
And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
21 И пазите: Па кад изиђу кћери силомске да играју, изиђите из винограда и отмите сваки себи жену између кћери силомских; и идите у земљу Венијаминову.
And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
22 А кад дођу оци њихови или браћа њихова к нама да се суде, ми ћемо им казати: Смилујте им се нас ради, јер у овом рату нисмо заробили жене за сваког њих; а ви им нисте дали, и тако нећете бити криви.
And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
23 Тада синови Венијаминови учинише тако, и доведоше жене према броју свом између играчица које отеше, и отишавши вратише се на наследство своје, и сазидаше опет градове и населише се у њима.
So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
24 И тако разиђоше се синови Израиљеви оданде у оно време сваки у своје племе и у породицу своју, и отидоше оданде сваки на своје наследство.
Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
25 У оно време не беше цара у Израиљу; сваки чињаше шта му беше драго.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
