Hakim-hakim 20
1 Maka datanglah seluruh umat Israel dari Dan di utara sampai Bersyeba di selatan, dan Gilead di timur, untuk memenuhi panggilan tersebut. Mereka berkumpul dan bersatu di Mizpa di hadapan TUHAN.
Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha:
2 Seluruhnya ada 400.000 prajurit dari pasukan berjalan kaki. Pemimpin-pemimpin dari setiap suku bangsa Israel hadir juga di sana.
And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war.
3 Sementara itu orang-orang suku Benyamin sudah mendengar bahwa semua orang Israel yang lain telah berkumpul di Mizpa. Maka bertanyalah orang-orang Israel itu kepada orang Lewi yang selirnya terbunuh itu, "Coba ceritakan kepada kami bagaimana kejahatan itu terjadi!" Orang Lewi itu menjawab, "Saya dengan selir saya singgah di Gibea di wilayah Benyamin dan bermalam di sana.
(Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed,
Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:
5 Kemudian orang-orang Gibea datang pada waktu malam untuk mencari saya. Mereka mengepung rumah tempat saya menginap dengan maksud untuk membunuh saya, tetapi kemudian mereka memperkosa selir saya sampai mati.
And behold the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died.
6 Maka saya mengambil mayatnya lalu memotong-motongnya, kemudian mengirimnya kepada kedua belas suku dalam bangsa kita masing-masing satu potong. Saya melakukan hal itu karena orang-orang Gibea itu telah melakukan sesuatu yang jahat dan memalukan di antara umat Israel.
And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the, parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel.
7 Kalian semua yang berada di sini adalah orang Israel. Jadi sekarang saya minta pertimbangan kalian!"
You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
8 Dengan serentak orang-orang yang berkumpul di tempat itu berdiri dan berkata, "Kita semua tidak ada yang akan pulang ke kemah atau ke rumah.
And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house:
9 Inilah yang akan kita lakukan: Kita membuang undi untuk menentukan orang-orang yang harus menyerang Gibea.
But this we will do in common against Gabaa:
10 Sepersepuluh dari semua orang laki-laki Israel harus menyediakan makanan untuk mereka yang bertempur. Yang lain pergi menyerang Gibea untuk menghukum mereka karena kejahatan yang telah mereka lakukan di antara umat Israel."
We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for the army, that we might fight against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth.
11 Demikianlah umat Israel bersatu untuk menyerang Gibea.
And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel:
12 Setelah umat Israel mengutus orang-orang ke seluruh wilayah suku Benyamin untuk menyampaikan berita ini: "Kejahatan apa yang terjadi pada kalian?
And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?
13 Serahkanlah orang-orang bejat dari Gibea itu kepada kami supaya kami bunuh mereka dan dengan demikian kami membasmi kejahatan itu dari tengah-tengah Israel." Tetapi orang Benyamin tidak menghiraukan perkataan orang-orang Israel yang lainnya itu.
Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel:
14 Malah dari semua kota di wilayah Benyamin itu orang-orang Benyamin datang ke Gibea untuk memerangi orang-orang Israel yang lainnya.
But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of Israel.
15 Hari itu mereka mengumpulkan dari kota-kota mereka sebanyak 26.000 prajurit. Dan di samping itu pula penduduk Gibea sendiri pun telah mengumpulkan 700 orang terpilih. Semuanya orang kidal yang ahli dalam hal melontarkan batu dengan memakai umban. Kalau mereka mengumban, tidak pernah meleset sedikit pun.
And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa,
Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone’s going on either side.
17 Pada pihak orang-orang Israel lainnya sudah terkumpul sebanyak 400.000 prajurit terlatih.
Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.
18 Tentara umat Israel itu pergi ke tempat ibadat di Betel, dan bertanya kepada Allah, "Ya TUHAN, suku manakah dari antara kami yang harus pertama-tama pergi menyerang orang Benyamin?" TUHAN menjawab, "Suku Yehuda."
And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.
19 Besok paginya berangkatlah mereka dan berkemah di dekat kota Gibea.
And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:
20 Mereka menempatkan barisan perang mereka berhadapan dengan kota itu, lalu menyerang.
And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.
21 Maka angkatan perang Benyamin keluar menyerang pula dan membunuh 22.000 tentara Israel pada hari itu juga.
And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.
22 Karena kekalahan itu, pergilah umat Israel ke tempat ibadat lalu menangis kepada TUHAN di sana sampai malam. Mereka bertanya, "TUHAN, haruskah kami pergi lagi memerangi saudara-saudara kami orang-orang Benyamin itu?" TUHAN menjawab, "Ya, pergilah." Oleh karena itu angkatan perang Israel menjadi bersemangat lagi, sehingga mereka mengatur kembali pasukan mereka seperti hari pertama.
Again Israel trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:
Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
24 Untuk kedua kalinya mereka pergi menyerang angkatan perang Benyamin itu.
And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,
25 Dan untuk kedua kalinya pula orang-orang Benyamin itu keluar menyerang. Kali ini mereka membunuh 18.000 prajurit-prajurit terlatih dari angkatan perang Israel.
The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword.
26 Maka pergilah lagi umat Israel ke Betel dan menangis kepada TUHAN. Di sana mereka berpuasa sampai malam dan mempersembahkan kurban perdamaian dan kurban bakaran kepada TUHAN.
Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings,
27 Pada masa itu Peti Perjanjian Allah ada di Betel, dan Pinehas anak Eleazar, cucu Harun, bertugas sebagai imam. Maka bertanyalah umat Israel kepada TUHAN, "TUHAN, haruskah kami pergi lagi menyerang saudara-saudara kami orang-orang Benyamin itu, atau haruskah kami menghentikan pertempuran ini?" TUHAN menjawab, "Seranglah mereka! Besok Aku akan memberikan kemenangan kepada kalian."
And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,
And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hands.
29 Mendengar jawaban TUHAN itu, orang-orang Israel menempatkan tentara mereka di tempat-tempat tersembunyi sekitar Gibea.
And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
30 Lalu pada hari yang ketiga mereka menyerang angkatan perang Benyamin dengan susunan pasukan menghadap Gibea seperti yang telah mereka lakukan pada hari-hari sebelumnya.
And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.
31 Orang-orang Benyamin menyerbu juga, dan terpancing untuk keluar dari kota. Seperti yang sudah-sudah, mereka mulai membunuh orang-orang Israel di daerah terbuka di luar kota pada jalan yang menuju ke Betel dan pada jalan yang menuju ke Gibea. Tiga puluh orang Israel terbunuh.
And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men:
32 Karena itu orang-orang Benyamin menyangka mereka telah mengalahkan orang-orang Israel itu lagi seperti semula. Tetapi tentara Israel sudah merencanakan untuk mundur supaya memancing tentara Benyamin itu ke jalan-jalan raya, jauh dari kota.
For they thought to cut them off, as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee to bring them to the highways aforesaid.
33 Ketika pasukan inti Israel mundur, dan menyusun barisan lagi di Baal-Tamar, orang-orang mereka yang ditempatkan di sekitar Gibea, segera keluar dari tempat-tempat persembunyian mereka di daerah luar kota.
Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth,
34 Mereka itu orang-orang terpilih dari seluruh Israel; jumlahnya 10.000 orang. Terjadilah pertempuran yang sengit ketika 10.000 orang itu menyerang Gibea. Orang-orang Benyamin sama sekali tidak menyangka bahwa mereka tak lama lagi akan kalah.
And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side.
35 TUHAN memberikan kepada orang Israel kemenangan atas orang Benyamin, sehingga pada hari itu orang Israel membunuh 25.100 orang tentara Benyamin.
And the Lord defeated them before the children of Israel, and they slew of them in that day five and twenty thousand, and one hundred, all fighting men and that drew the sword.
36 Barulah orang Benyamin menyadari bahwa mereka sudah kalah. Pasukan inti Israel dengan sengaja telah melarikan diri dari orang-orang Benyamin karena mereka mengandalkan anak buah mereka di tempat-tempat persembunyian di sekitar Gibea.
But the children of Benjamin when they saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee, that they might come to the ambushes that were prepared, which they had set near the city.
37 Orang-orang yang bersembunyi itu cepat-cepat masuk menyerbu Gibea; mereka menyebar ke mana-mana di dalam kota dan membunuh semua orang di situ.
And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, went into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
38 Tetapi mereka sudah sepakat lebih dulu bahwa kalau ada asap tebal mengepul ke atas dari tengah-tengah kota,
Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken.
39 pasukan inti yang mundur harus berbalik dan menyerang musuh. Pada saat itu orang-orang Benyamin sudah membunuh 30 tentara Israel dan menyangka mereka telah mengalahkan orang-orang Israel lagi seperti semula.
And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army)
40 Tetapi tiba-tiba asap mulai mengepul ke atas dari tengah-tengah kota Gibea. Orang-orang Benyamin terkejut ketika mereka menoleh dan melihat seluruh kota mereka terbakar.
And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames ascended on high:
41 Dan pada saat itu juga pasukan inti Israel balik menyerang, sehingga tentara Benyamin itu menjadi panik karena mereka menyadari bahwa mereka pasti akan kalah.
They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,
42 Jadi, mereka lari dari orang-orang Israel menuju ke daerah padang gurun, tetapi mereka tidak dapat lolos. Mereka terkepung di antara pasukan inti Israel dan pasukan yang pada saat itu sedang datang dari jurusan kota. Orang Benyamin menderita kekalahan yang amat hebat.
And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.
43 Orang-orang Israel mengepung dan mengejar mereka terus-menerus sampai ke suatu tempat di sebelah timur Gibea. Sambil mengejar, mereka membunuh
And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city Gabaa.
44 18.000 prajurit terlatih dari angkatan perang Benyamin.
And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.
45 Tentara Benyamin lainnya balik lalu lari lewat daerah padang gurun menuju ke gunung-gunung batu di Rimon. Lima ribu orang di antara mereka dibunuh di tengah jalan. Yang lainnya dikejar terus sampai ke Gideom. Dari orang-orang itu ada 2.000 yang dibunuh.
And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness and made towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that flight, also as they were straggling and going different ways, they slew of them five thousand men. And as they went farther, they still pursued them, and slew also other two thousand.
46 Jadi, tentara Benyamin yang dibunuh hari itu ada 25.000 orang--semuanya prajurit yang gagah berani.
And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war.
47 Tetapi dari antara mereka yang lari lewat daerah padang gurun menuju ke gunung-gunung batu di Rimon ada 600 orang yang lolos. Mereka tinggal di Rimon empat bulan lamanya.
And there remained of all the number of Benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the rock Remmon four months.
48 Kemudian orang Israel kembali lagi lalu menyerang dan membunuh semua sisa-sisa orang Benyamin--pria, wanita, anak-anak dan hewan juga. Semua kota di daerah itu mereka bakar.
But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.
