Mga Hukom 21
1 Ngayon gumawa ng isang pangako ang mga kalalakihan ng Israel sa Mizpa, “Wala sa amin ang magbibigay ng kaniyang anak na babae para ipakasal sa isang Benjaminita.”
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 Pagkatapos nagpunta ang mga tao sa Bethel at umupo sa harapan ng Diyos hanggang gabi, at labis silang umiyak na may malakas na tinig.
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 Sinigaw nila, “Bakit, nangyari ito sa Israel, Yahweh, Diyos ng Israel, dapat bang mawala ang isa sa aming mga lipi sa araw na ito?”
“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 Nagising ng maaga ang mga tao nang sumunod araw at nagtayo ng isang altar doon at naghandog ng susunuging alay at mga handog ng pangkapayapaan.
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 Sinabi ng mga tao ng Israel, “Alin sa lahat ng lipi ng Israel ang hindi dumalo sa pagpupulong para kay Yahweh?” Dahil gumawa sila ng isang mahalagang pangako tungkol sa sinumang hindi nagpakita kay Yahweh sa Mizpa. Sinabi nila, “Tiyak na ipapapatay siya.”
“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 May malasakit ang mga tao ng Israel sa kapatid nilang si Benjamita. Sinabi nila, “Ngayong araw isang lipi ang ititiwalag mula sa Israel.
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 Sino ang magbibigay ng mga asawang babae para sa mga naiwan, dahil mayroon tayong ginawang isang pangako kay Yahweh na hindi natin hahayaan ang sinuman sa kanila na maipakasal sa ating mga anak na babae?”
From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them.”
8 Sinabi nila, “Alin sa mga lipi ng Israel ang hindi nagpakita kay Yahweh sa Mizpa?” Nakitang wala ni isa ang pumunta sa kapulungan mula sa Jabes Galaad.
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 Dahil nang binilang ng mga tao sa isang maayos na paraan, masdan ninyo, wala sa mga naninirahan sa Jabes Galaad ang naroon.
(Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.)
10 Nagpadala ang kapulungan ng 12, 000 sa kanilang pinakamatatapang na tauhan at inutusang magtungo sa Jabes Galaad at salakayin at patayin sila, kahit ang mga kababaihan at mga bata.
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 “Gawin ito: Dapat ninyong patayin ang bawat lalaki at bawat babaeng nakipagsiping sa isang lalaki.”
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 Nakita ng mga kalalakihan ang apat na daang kababaihan na naninirahan sa Jabes Galaad na hindi pa nasipingan ng isang lalaki, at dinala sila sa kampo ng Silo, sa Canaan.
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 Nagpadala ng isang mensahe ang buong kapulungan at sinabi sa mga tao ng Benjamin na naroon sa bato ng Rimon na sila ay nag-handog ng kapayapaan.
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 Kaya bumalik ang Benjaminita sa panahon na iyon at binigyan sila ng kababaihan sa Jabesh Gilead. Dahil hindi sapat ang kababaihan para sa kanilang lahat.
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 Nalungkot ang mga tao sa nangyari kay Benjamin, dahil gumawa si Yahweh ng isang pagkakahati-hati sa pagitan ng mga lipi ng Israel.
And all of Israel was very saddened, and they did penance for destroying one tribe out of Israel.
16 Pagkatapos sinabi ng mga namumuno ng kapulungan, “Paano natin aayusin ang mga asawang babae para sa mga Benjamita na naiwan, simula nang pinatay ang mga kababaihan ni Benjamin?”
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 Sinabi nila,” Dapat na mayroong isang pamana para sa mga nakaligtas na Benjaminta, para hindi mawasak ang isang lipi mula sa Israel.
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 Hindi namin sila mabibigyan ng mga asawa mula sa aming mga anak na babae. Dahil gumawa ng isang pangako ang tao ng Israel, 'Sumpain ang sinumang magbigay ng asawa sa lipi ng Benjamin.”'
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 Kaya sinabi nila, “Alam ninyong may isang pista para kay Yahweh sa bawat taon sa Silo (na nasa hilaga ng Betel, silangan ng daan na nagdudugtong mula sa Betel hanggang Sechem, at timog ng Lebona).”
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 Binigyan nila ng tagubilin mga kalalakihan ni Benjamin, sinasabing, “Humayo at magtago ng palihim at maghintay sa mga ubasan.
And they instructed the sons of Benjamin, and they said: “Go, and hide in the vineyards.
21 Bantayan ang pagkakataon kapag lumabas na ang mga kababahan para sumayaw mula sa Silo, magmadaling pumunta sa mga ubasan at dapat na kumuha ng isang asawa mula sa mga kababahan ng Silo ang bawat isa sa inyo, pagkatapos bumalik sa lupain ng Benjamin.
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 Kapag pumunta ang kanilang mga ama o kanilang mga kapatid na lalaki para tumutol sa amin, sasabihin namin sa kanila, 'Bigyan ninyo kami ng pabor! Hayaan silang manatili sa amin dahil hindi kami nakakuha ng mga asawa sa panahon ng digmaan. At wala kayong kasalanan hinggil sa isang pangako, dahil hindi ninyo ibinigay sakanila ang inyong mga anak na babae.”'
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 Iyon nga ang ginawa ng mga tao ni Benjamin, kinuha nila ang bilang ng mga asawang kinakailangan nila mula sa mga kababaihan na sumasayaw, at sila ay dinala nila palayo para maging kanilang mga asawa. Sila ay umalis at bumalik sa lugar na kanilang minana; muli nilang itinayo ang mga bayan, at doon sila namuhay.
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 Pagkatapos iniwan ng mga tao ng Israel ang lugar at umuwi, bawat isa sa kaniyang sariling lipi at angkan, at bawat isa sa kaniyang sariling mana.
The sons of Israel also returned, according to their tribes and families, to their tents.
25 Sa mga panahon na iyon walang hari sa Israel. Ginawa ng bawat isa kung ano ang tama sa kanilang sariling mga paningin.
In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
