Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Bet Israēla vīri Micpā bija zvērējuši sacīdami: neviens no mums lai nedod Benjaminiešiem savu meitu par sievu.
2 And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
Tad tie ļaudis nāca uz Bēteli un tur palika līdz vakaram Dieva priekšā un pacēla savas balsis un raudāja gauži raudādami,
3 And they said, O LORD, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
Un tie sacīja: ak Kungs, Tu Israēla Dievs! Kāpēc tas ir noticis iekš Israēla, ka šodien Israēls par vienu cilti ir mazāks kļuvis?
4 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.
Otrā dienā tie ļaudis cēlās agri un tur uztaisīja altāri, un upurēja dedzināmos upurus un pateicības upurus.
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
Un Israēla bērni sacīja: kurš tas ir, kas no visām Israēla ciltīm nav atnācis tai draudzes sapulcē pie Tā Kunga? Jo par to, kas nebūtu atnācis pie Tā Kunga uz Micpu, bija ar lielu zvērestu noteikts, ka tam bija tapt nokautam.
6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Un Israēla bērniem bija žēl par Benjaminu, savu brāli, un tie sacīja: šodien viena cilts no Israēla ir izdeldēta.
7 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?
Ko mēs tiem darīsim, ka tie atlikušie dabū sievas? Jo mēs pie Tā Kunga esam zvērējuši, ka tiem no savām meitām nevienu negribam dot par sievu.
8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
Un tie sacīja: vai kāds nav no Israēla ciltīm, kas nav atnācis pie Tā Kunga uz Micpu? Un redzi, no Jabesas Gileādā neviens nebija lēģerī nācis draudzes sapulcē.
9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Jo tie ļaudis tapa skaitīti un redzi, tur nebija neviena no tiem, kas Jabesā Gileādā dzīvoja.
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
Tad tā draudze uz turieni sūtīja divpadsmit tūkstoš vīrus no tiem stiprākiem un tiem pavēlēja un sacīja: ejat un kaujiet tos, kas Jabesā Gileādā dzīvo ar zobena asmeni līdz ar sievām un bērniņiem.
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do; ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Bet šī ir tā lieta, ko jums būs darīt: visus no vīriešu kārtas un visas sievas, kas pie vīra gulējušas, jums būs izdeldēt.
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
Un tie atrada starp tiem iedzīvotājiem Jabesā Gileādā četrsimt meitas, jaunavas, kas vīru nebija atzinušas, nedz pie vīriem gulējušas, un tās veda uz lēģeri Šīlo, kas ir Kanaāna zemē.
13 And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them.
Tad visa draudze nosūtīja un runāja uz Benjamina bērniem, kas bija pie Rimona klints, un tiem lika mieru pasludināt.
14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
Tā tanī laikā Benjaminieši griezās atpakaļ; un tie viņiem deva tās sievas, ko tie bija dzīvas pametuši no Jabesas sievām Gileādā, bet tur viņiem nepietika,
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Tad tiem ļaudīm bija žēl par Benjaminu, ka Tas Kungs plaisu bija darījis Israēla ciltīs.
16 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?
Un tie draudzes vecaji sacīja: ko mēs darīsim, ka tie atlikušie sievas dabū? Jo tās sievas no Benjamina ir izdeldētas.
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
Tad tie sacīja: Benjaminiešu zemes daļu pienākas iemantot tiem, kas izglābušies, lai neviena Israēla cilts netop izdeldēta.
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Bet mēs tiem no savām meitām sievas nevaram dot, jo Israēla bērni ir apzvērējušies sacīdami: nolādēts lai ir, kas Benjaminiešiem dod sievu.
19 And they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Un tie sacīja: redzi, Šīlo ir Tā Kunga svētki ik gadus, Bētelei pret ziemeļa pusi, pret rītiem tam ceļam, kur iet no Bēteles uz Šehemi un pret dienas vidu Libonai.
20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Un tie pavēlēja Benjamina bērniem un sacīja: ejat un paslēpjaties vīna kalnos.
21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Un skatāties, un redzi, kad Šīlo meitas diedamas ar stabulēm iznāks, tad izejiet jūs no tiem vīna kalniem un sagrābiet ikviens sev sievu no Šīlo meitām un noejat uz Benjamina zemi.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us: because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle: neither did ye give them unto them; else would ye now be guilty.
Un kad viņu tēvi vai viņu brāļi nāks mūsu priekšā tiesāties, tad mēs uz tiem sacīsim: atvēliet mums tās, jo mēs ikvienam sievu ar karošanu neesam dabūjuši; jo jūs viņiem tās neesat devuši; tad jums tagad būtu vaina.
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
Un Benjamina bērni darīja tā un ņēma sievas pēc sava skaita no tām, kas tur dejoja; tās tie laupīja. Un nogāja un griezās atpakaļ uz savām mājām, un uztaisīja pilsētas un dzīvoja iekš tām.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
Un Israēla bērni tanī laikā no turienes cēlās ikviens pie savas cilts un pie saviem radiem, un izgāja no turienes ikviens uz savām mājām.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Tanīs dienās ķēniņa nebija iekš Israēla; ikviens darīja, kā tam patika.
