Judges 3
1 And these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan.
Ovo su narodi koje je Jahve pustio da ostanu kako bi njima iskušavao sinove Izraelove, sve one koji ne iskusiše ratova kanaanskih.
2 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
Bijaše to samo na korist pokoljenjima sinova Izraelovih da nauče vještinu ratovanja - barem oni koji nisu iskusili prijašnjih ratova:
3 The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Chananite, and the Sidonian, and the Evite who lived in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to Laboemath.
ostade pet knezova filistejskih i svi Kanaanci, Sidonci i Hivijci koji su živjeli na gori Libanonu od gore Baal-Hermona do ulaza u Hamat.
4 And [this] was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Oni su poslužili da se iskuša Izrael: da bi se vidjelo hoće li se držati zapovijedi što ih je Jahve preko Mojsija dao njihovim ocima.
5 And the children of Israel lived in the midst of the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.
Tako su Izraelci prebivali usred Kanaanaca, Hetita, Amorejaca, Perižana, Hivijaca i Jebusejaca;
6 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
ženili se njihovim kćerima i davali svoje kćeri njihovim sinovima i služili njihovim bogovima.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
I činili su Izraelci ono što Jahvi nije bilo po volji. Zaboravili su Jahvu, svoga Boga, da bi služili baalima i aštartama.
8 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Chusarsathaim eight years.
Tada Jahve planu gnjevom na Izraela i dade ih u ruke Kušanu Rišatajimu, kralju edomskom; i služiše Kušanu Rišatajimu osam godina.
9 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a saviour to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself.
Tad Izraelci zavapiše Jahvi i Jahve im podiže izbavitelja, Otniela, sina Kenaza, mlađega brata Kalebova, da ih oslobodi.
10 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war against Chusarsathaim: and the Lord delivered into his hand Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers, and his hand prevailed against Chusarsathaim.
Duh Jahvin siđe na nj i on posta sucem Izraelu. I povede Izraela u boj. Jahve mu preda u ruke Kušana Rišatajima, kralja edomskog, i on pobijedi Kušana Rišatajima.
11 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
Zemlja je otad bila u miru četrdeset godina. Poslije smrti Otniela, sina Kenazova,
12 And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglom king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord.
Izraelci su počeli opet činiti što je zlo u očima Jahvinim. Zato Jahve dade Eglonu, kralju moapskom, moć nad Izraelom, jer su činili što je zlo pred Jahvom.
13 And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and struck Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.
Eglon se ujedini sa sinovima Amonovim i Amalekovim, pođe na Izraela, potuče ga i osvoji Palmov grad.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
Izraelci su služili moapskom kralju Eglonu osamnaest godina.
15 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a saviour, Aod the son of Gera a son of Jemeni, a man who used both hands alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of Moab.
Tada Izraelci zavapiše Jahvi i Jahve im podiže izbavitelja - Ehuda, sina Gere iz Benjaminova plemena, čovjeka koji bijaše ljevak. I poslaše ga Izraelci da im odnese danak Eglonu, kralju moapskom.
16 And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
A Ehud načini sebi bodež sa dvije oštrice, lakat dug, i pripasa ga pod haljine uz desno bedro.
17 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man.
I odnese danak Eglonu, kralju moapskom. Eglon bijaše vrlo debeo.
18 And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
Predavši danak, Ehud ode s ljudima koji bijahu donijeli danak.
19 And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to you, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
Ali kada je došao do idola u blizini Gilgala, vrati se i reče: “Imam ti, kralju, reći jednu tajnu!” Kralj mu odvrati: “Tiho!” I svi koji su uza nj bili izađu.
20 And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from God to you, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
Ehud uđe. Kralj je sjedio u hladovitoj gornjoj sobi; bio je sam. Ehud mu reče: “Imam, kralju, za tebe riječ od Boga!” On odmah usta s prijestolja.
21 And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;
Tad Ehud lijevom rukom trgnu bodež s desnog bedra i satjera mu ga u trbuh.
22 and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.
Za oštricom uđe sav držak i salo se sklopi za oštricom, jer Ehud nije mogao izvući oštricu iz trbuha. Nečist je izlazila odande.
23 And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed [guards], and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked [them].
Ehud je otišao kroz trijem; za sobom je zatvorio vrata gornje sobe i zaključao ih.
24 And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber [were] locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?
Kada je on otišao, vrate se sluge da pogledaju. Kako vrata gornje sobe bijahu zaključana, rekoše: “Bit će da je otišao na stranu, u klijet do hladovite sobe.”
25 And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
Čekali su ga dugo, u nedoumici, jer on nije otvarao vrata gornje sobe. Naposljetku uzeše ključ i otvoriše: gospodar im ležao na tlu, mrtav.
26 And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.
Dok su oni čekali, Ehud je pobjegao, prošao već idole i sklonio se u Seiru.
27 And it came to pass when Aod came into the land of Israel, that he blew the horn in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him from the mountain, and he [was] before them.
Čim dođe u zemlju Izraelovu, zasvira u rog na Efrajimovoj gori; i siđoše Izraelci s njim s gore, a on im stajaše na čelu.
28 And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over.
I reče im: “Pođite za mnom! Jahve vam je u ruke predao Moapce, vaše neprijatelje.” Oni krenuše za njim, zatvoriše Moapcima put preko gazova Jordana i ne dadoše nikome prijeko.
29 And they struck Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty] person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
Pobili su u to vrijeme oko deset tisuća Moabaca, sve kršnih i hrabrih ljudi, i nijedan im nije umakao.
30 So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest eighty years; and Aod judged them till he died.
Toga su dana Moapci potpali pod ruku Izraelovu i zemlja bijaše mirna osamdeset godina.
31 And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and struck the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare [such as is drawn by] oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
Poslije njega bijaše Šamgar, sin Anatov. On je pobio šest stotina Filistejaca ostanom volujskim. Tako je i on spasio Izraela.
