اَلْقُضَاة 21
| وَرِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَلَفُوا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ قَائِلِينَ: «لَا يُسَلِّمْ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا ٱبْنَتَهُ لِبَنْيَامِينَ ٱمْرَأَةً». | ١ 1 |
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife."
| وَجَاءَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَسَاءِ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ، وَرَفَعُوا صَوْتَهُمْ وَبَكَوْا بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا. | ٢ 2 |
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
| وَقَالُوا: «لِمَاذَا يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى يُفْقَدَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ سِبْطٌ؟» | ٣ 3 |
They said, "LORD God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"
| وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ بَكَّرَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَبَنَوْا هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا، وَأَصْعَدُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
| وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَصْعَدْ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ؟»لِأَنَّهُ صَارَ ٱلْحَلْفُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَصْعَدْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ قَائِلًا: «يُمَاتُ مَوْتًا». | ٥ 5 |
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."
| وَنَدِمَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى بَنْيَامِينَ أَخِيهِمْ وَقَالُوا: «قَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَ ٱلْيَوْمَ سِبْطٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٦ 6 |
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
| مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِلْبَاقِينَ مِنْهُمْ فِي أَمْرِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، وَقَدْ حَلَفْنَا نَحْنُ بِٱلرَّبِّ أَنْ لَا نُعْطِيَهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا نِسَاءً؟» | ٧ 7 |
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?"
| وَقَالُوا: «أَيُّ سِبْطٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَصْعَدْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ؟». وَهُوَذَا لَمْ يَأْتِ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ إِلَى ٱلْمَجْمَعِ. | ٨ 8 |
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.
| فَعُدَّ ٱلشَّعْبُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ سُكَّانِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ. | ٩ 9 |
For when the people were numbered, look, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
| فَأَرْسَلَتِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْبَأْسِ، وَأَوْصَوْهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱذْهَبُوا وَٱضْرِبُوا سُكَّانَ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ مَعَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْأَطْفَالِ. | ١٠ 10 |
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.
| وَهَذَا مَا تَعْمَلُونَهُ: تُحَرِّمُونَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ وَكُلَّ ٱمْرَأَةٍ عَرَفَتِ ٱضْطِجَاعَ ذَكَرٍ». | ١١ 11 |
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.
| فَوَجَدُوا مِنْ سُكَّانِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ فَتَاةٍ عَذَارَى لَمْ يَعْرِفْنَ رَجُلًا بِٱلاِضْطِجَاعِ مَعَ ذَكَرٍ، وَجَاءُوا بِهِنَّ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. | ١٢ 12 |
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.
| وَأَرْسَلَتِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا وَكَلَّمَتْ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ وَٱسْتَدْعَتْهُمْ إِلَى ٱلصُّلْحِ. | ١٣ 13 |
The whole congregation sent and spoke to the people of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
| فَرَجَعَ بَنْيَامِينُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ، فَأَعْطَوْهُمْ ٱلنِّسَاءَ ٱللَّوَاتِي ٱسْتَحْيَوْهُنَّ مِنْ نِسَاءِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ. وَلَمْ يَكْفُوهُمْ هَكَذَا. | ١٤ 14 |
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.
| وَنَدِمَ ٱلشَّعْبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ بَنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ جَعَلَ شَقًّا فِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٥ 15 |
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
| فَقَالَ شُيُوخُ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِٱلْبَاقِينَ فِي أَمْرِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَتِ ٱلنِّسَاءُ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ؟» | ١٦ 16 |
Then the elders of the congregation said, "How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?"
| وَقَالُوا: «مِيرَاثُ نَجَاةٍ لِبَنْيَامِينَ، وَلَا يُمْحَى سِبْطٌ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٧ 17 |
They said, "How will an inheritance remain for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
| وَنَحْنُ لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُعْطِيَهُمْ نِسَاءً مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا، لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَلَفُوا قَائِلِينَ: مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ أَعْطَى ٱمْرَأَةً لِبَنْيَامِينَ». | ١٨ 18 |
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.'"
| ثُمَّ قَالُوا: «هُوَذَا عِيدُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي شِيلُوهَ مِنْ سَنَةٍ إِلَى سَنَةٍ شِمَالِيَّ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، شَرْقِيَّ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلصَّاعِدَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ وَجَنُوبِيَّ لَبُونَةَ». | ١٩ 19 |
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."
| وَأَوْصَوْا بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱمْضُوا وَٱكْمِنُوا فِي ٱلْكُرُومِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
They commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
| وَٱنْظُرُوا. فَإِذَا خَرَجَتْ بَنَاتُ شِيلُوهَ لِيَدُرْنَ فِي ٱلرَّقْصِ، فَٱخْرُجُوا أَنْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكُرُومِ وَٱخْطِفُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ بَنَاتِ شِيلُوهَ، وَٱذْهَبُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ بَنْيَامِينَ. | ٢١ 21 |
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.
| فَإِذَا جَاءَ آبَاؤُهُنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَتُهُنَّ لِكَيْ يَشْكُوا إِلَيْنَا، نَقُولُ لَهُمْ: تَرَاءَفُوا عَلَيْهِمْ لِأَجْلِنَا، لِأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ، لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ لَمْ تُعْطُوهُمْ فِي ٱلْوَقْتِ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا قَدْ أَثِمْتُمْ». | ٢٢ 22 |
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.'"
| فَفَعَلَ هَكَذَا بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ، وَٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً حَسَبَ عَدَدِهِمْ مِنَ ٱلرَّاقِصَاتِ ٱللَّوَاتِي ٱخْتَطَفُوهُنَّ، وَذَهَبُوا وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى مُلْكِهِمْ وَبَنَوْا ٱلْمُدُنَ وَسَكَنُوا بِهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
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.
| فَسَارَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى سِبْطِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ، وَخَرَجُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
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.
| فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَلِكٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَمِلَ مَا حَسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
