Domarboken 3
1 Desse äro de Hedningar, som Herren lät blifva, på det han skulle med dem försöka Israel, som intet visste utaf Canaans örlig;
At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight.
2 Och att Israels barnas afföda måtte veta och lära strida, de som tillförene intet visste deraf;
3 Nämliga de fem Philisteers Förstar, och alla Cananeer och Zidonier, och de Heveer, som bodde på Libanons berg, allt ifrå det berget BaalHermon, tilldess man kommer till Hamath.
[This is a list of] the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon [city], the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath.
4 De samme blefvo till att försöka Israel med dem, att man måtte förfara, om de lydde Herrans bud, som han deras fäder budit hade genom Mose.
Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.
5 Då nu Israels barn bodde ibland de Cananeer, Hetheer, Amoreer, Phereseer, Heveer och Jebuseer,
The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
6 Togo de deras döttrar till hustrur, och gåfvo sina döttrar deras söner, och tjente deras gudar;
[Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people]. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups [to be their own wives], and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And [as a result] they started to worship the gods of those people-groups.
7 Och gjorde illa för Herranom, och förgåto Herran deras Gud, och tjente Baalim och lundom.
The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship [the idols that represented] the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
8 Då förgrymmade sig Herrans vrede öfver Israel, och sålde dem i CusanRisathaims hand, Konungens i Mesopotamien; och så tjente Israels barn CusanRisathaim i åtta år.
Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years.
9 Då ropade Israels barn till Herran, och Herren uppväckte dem en frälsare, som dem frälste, Athniel, Kenas son, Calebs yngste broders.
But when they pleaded to Yahweh [to help them], he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz.
10 Och Herrans Ande var i honom, och han vardt domare i Israel, och drog ut till strid; och Herren gaf CusanRisathaim, Konungen i Syrien, i hans hand, så att hans hand vardt honom öfvermägtig.
Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He [led an army that] fought against [the army of] Cushan, and defeated them.
11 Så blef landet stilla i fyratio år; och Athniel, Kenas son, blef död.
After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died.
12 Men Israels barn gjorde ännu mer ondt för Herranom. Då stärkte Herren Eglon, de Moabiters Konung, emot Israel, derföre att de gjorde det ondt var för Herranom;
After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled [the] Moab [area], to defeat the Israelis.
13 Och församlade till sig Ammons barn och de Amalekiter; och han drog åstad, och slog Israel, och tog in Palma staden.
Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured [Jericho, which was called] ‘The City of Palm Trees’.
14 Och Israels barn tjente Eglon, de Moabiters Konung, i aderton år.
Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years.
15 Så ropade de till Herran, och Herren uppväckte dem en frälsare, Ehud, Gera son, Jemini sons; han var ofärdig i sin högra hand. Och Israels barn sände med honom skänker till Eglon, de Moabiters Konung.
But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh [to help them]. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money.
16 Och Ehud gjorde sig ett tveeggadt svärd, en aln långt, och band det under sin kläder på högra låret;
Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes.
17 Och bar fram skänken till Eglon, de Moabiters Konung; och Eglon var en ganska fet man.
He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man.
18 Och när han hade fått ifrå sig skänken, öfvergaf han folket, som hade burit skänken;
Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money.
19 Och vände tillbaka igen ifrå de afgudar i Gilgal; och lät båda: Jag hafver, o Konung, något hemligit tala vid dig. Han bad gifva ljud; och de gingo alle ut, som stodo omkring honom.
When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, [he told the other men to go on, but] he himself turned around and went back [to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace], he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room.
20 Och Ehud kom till honom in, och han satt uti en sommarsal allena; och Ehud sade: Jag hafver Guds ord till dig; då stod han upp af sinom stol.
Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair,
21 Men Ehud räckte ut sina venstra hand, och tog svärdet af sitt högra lår, och stötte det in uti hans buk;
Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
22 Så att ock skaftet följde in med bladet, och fetman innelyckte skaftet; ty han drog intet svärdet ut af hans buk, och träcken gick af honom.
He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. [He left it there, with] the handle buried in the king’s fat.
23 Men Ehud gick ut genom bakdörrena, och lät igen dörrena efter sig, och slog henne i lås.
Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.
24 Då han nu utkommen var, gingo hans tjenare in; och som de sågo, att dörren på sommarsalen igenlyckt var, sade de: Han är tilläfventyrs gången på stol i kammaren till sommarsalen.
After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”
25 När de nu så länge bidt hade, att de skämdes, ty ingen lät dem dörrena upp af salen, togo de nyckelen, och läste upp; si, då låg deras herre der död på jordene.
So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead.
26 Och Ehud undflydde, medan de fördröjde, och gick fram om afgudarna, och undkom allt intill Seirath.
Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived.
27 Och då han kom derin, blåste han i basuner på Ephraims berg, och Israels barn drogo med honom af bergena, och han framför dem;
There he blew a trumpet [to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab]. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down [toward the Jordan river], with Ehud leading them.
28 Och sade till dem: Följer mig efter, ty Herren hafver gifvit edra fiendar, de Moabiter, i edra händer; och de följde honom efter, och vunno Jordans färjostad, den som drager åt Moab, och läto ingen komma deröfver.
He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could [kill any people from Moab who tried to] cross the river [to escape].
29 Och slogo de Moabiter af på den tiden vid tiotusend män, alltsammans ädla och stridsamma män, så att icke en undslapp.
At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.
30 Alltså vordo de Moabiter på den tiden nederlagde, under Israels barnas hand; och landet var stilla i åttatio år.
On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years.
31 Efter honom var Samgar, Anaths son; han slog sexhundrade Philisteer med en herdastaf, och frälste ock han Israel.
After Ehud [died], Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis [from the Philistines. In one battle] he killed 600 Philistines with an (ox goad/sharp wooden pole).
