Книга Судей израилевых 21
1 И сынове Израилевы кляшася в Массифе, глаголюще: муж от нас да не даст Вениамину дщере своея в жену.
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin to wife.
2 И приидоша людие в Вефиль и седеша тамо до вечера пред Богом: и воздвигоша глас свой, и плакашася плачем велиим, и рекоша:
And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
3 вскую, Господи Боже Израилев, бысть сице днесь во Израили, еже оскудети от Израиля племени единому?
And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
4 И бысть на утрия, и обутреша людие, и соградиша тамо олтарь, и вознесоша всесожжение спасения, и рекоша сынове Израилевы:
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 кто не взыде в сонм от всех племен Израилевых ко Господу? Яко велика клятва бяше не вшедшым ко Господу в Массифу, глаголюще: смертию да умрет.
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
6 И умилишася сынове Израилевы о Вениамине брате своем, и рекоша: изсечено днесь едино племя от Израиля:
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
7 что сотворим оставшымся о женах? И мы кляхомся Господем не дати им от дщерей наших в жены.
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
8 И рекоша: кто един от племен Израилевых, иже не взыде ко Господу в Массифу? И се, ни един прииде в полк от Иависа Галаадова в сонм.
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
9 И соглядаша людий, и се, не бяше тамо мужа от живущих во Иависе Галаадове.
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
10 И послаша тамо сонм дванадесять тысящ мужей от сынов силы и заповедаша им, глаголюще: идите и избийте живущыя во Иависе Галаадове оружием жены и народы:
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
11 и сие сотворите: всяк мужеский пол и всяку жену, познавшую ложе мужеско, побиете: девицы же снабдите. И сотвориша тако.
And this is the thing that you shall do, You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man.
12 И обретоша от живущих во Иависе Галаадове четыре ста отроковиц дев, яже не познаша ложа мужеска: и приведоша я в полк в Силом, иже есть в земли Ханаани.
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 И послаша весь сонм и глаголаша к сыном Вениаминовым, иже в камени Реммони, и призваша их с миром.
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them.
14 И возвратися Вениамин к сыном Израилевым в то время, и даша им сынове Израилевы жены, яже живо сохраниша от дщерей Иависа Галаадова: и угодно бысть им тако.
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
15 И людие умилишася о Вениамине, яко сотвори Господь истребление в племенех Израилевых.
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
16 И рекоша старейшины сонма: что сотворим оставшым о женах? Яко погибе от Вениамина жена:
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
17 и како будет наследие уцелевших от Вениамина, да не погибнет племя от Израиля?
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
18 И мы не возможем дати им жен от дщерей наших, яко кляшася сынове Израилевы, глаголюще: проклят даяй жену Вениамину.
However, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin.
19 И рекоша: се, праздник Господень в Силоме от дний во дни, иже есть от севера Вефиля, на восток солнца на пути восходящем от Вефиля в Сихем, и от юга Левоны.
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20 И заповедаша сыном Вениаминим, глаголюще: идите и засядите в виноградех,
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21 и узрите, и се, егда изыдут дщери живущих в Силоме плясати в лики, да изыдете из виноградов и восхитите муж жену себе от дщерей Силомлих, и идите на землю Вениаминю:
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 и будет егда приидут отцы их или братия их судитися к нам, и речем им: помилуйте нас ими, яко не взя муж жены своея в полце: понеже вы не дали есте им яко жребий, согрешисте.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be favorable to them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for you did not give to them at this time, that you should be guilty.
23 И сотвориша тако сынове Вениамини, и пояша жены по числу своему от пляшущих, яже восхитиша: и отидоша и возвратишася в наследие свое, и создаша грады и вселишася в них.
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelled in them.
24 И отидоша оттуду сынове Израилевы в то время, муж во племя свое и в род свой: и изыде оттуду муж в наследие свое.
And 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 И в тыя дни не бяше царя во Израили: муж еже угодно пред очима его, творяше.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
