Dommernes 20
1 Då tok alle Israels-sønerne ut, og heile lyden, frå Dan til Be’erseba og frå Gileadlandet, samla seg alle som ein mann framfor Herren i Mispa.
Then all the people of Israel came out as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead also, and they assembled together before Yahweh at Mizpah.
2 Og dei gjævaste av heile folket, av alle Israels ætter, steig fram der Guds folk heldt møte, fire hundrad tusund i talet, alle gangføre og våpnføre menner.
The leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the assembly of the people of God—400,000 men on foot, who were ready to fight with the sword.
3 Men Benjamins-sønerne fekk spurt at Israels-sønerne var farne upp til Mispa. Då sagde Israels-sønerne: «Seg frå korleis denne ugjerningi hev gjenge til!»
Now the people of Benjamin heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. The people of Israel said, “Tell us how this wicked thing happened.”
4 Og leviten, mannen åt den kona som var drept, tok til ords og sagde: «Eg og fylgjekona mi kom til Gibea i Benjamin, og vilde få hus der med natti.
The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, answered, “I came to Gibeah in the territory that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.
5 Men Gibea-mennerne baud vondt, og kringsette um natti huset eg var i; meg tenkte dei å drepa, og fylgjekona mi valdtok dei, so ho døydde.
During the night, the leaders of Gibeah attacked me, surrounding the house, intending to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.
6 Då tok eg fylgjekona mi, og lema henne sund, og sende luterne kring i heile Israels land og rike; for dei hadde gjort eit illverk og ei ugjerning i Israel.
I took my concubine and cut her body into pieces, and sent them into each region of Israel's inheritance, because they have committed such wickedness and outrage in Israel.
7 No er de samla her, alle Israels menner! Kom no fram med dykkar meining og råd!»
Now, all you Israelites, give your advice and counsel here.”
8 Då reiste folket seg, alle som ein mann, og sagde: «Ingen av oss skal draga burt til sitt tjeld, og ingen fara heim til sitt hus!
All the people arose together as one man, and they said, “None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house!
9 Og so vil me gjera med Gibea: Byen skal under lutkast!
But now this is what we must do to Gibeah: We will attack it as the lot directs us.
10 No tek me ut ti mann for kvart hundrad av alle Israels ætter, og hundrad for kvart tusund, og tusund for kvart titusund; dei skal henta mat til hermennerne, so dei, når dei kjem til Gibea i Benjamin, kann gjeva folket der like for den store ugjerningi dei hev gjort i Israel.»
We will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of a thousand, and one thousand of ten thousand, to get provisions for these people, so that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may punish them for the wickedness they committed in Israel.”
11 So samla dei seg, alle Israels menner, og drog imot byen, sameinte som ein mann.
So all the soldiers of Israel assembled against the city, as one man.
12 Og Israels-ætterne sende bod kring til alle ættgreiner i Benjamin og sagde: «Kva er dette for ei ugjerning som er gjord hjå dykk!
The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that was done among you?
13 Send ut til oss dei ukjurorne i Gibea, so me kann slå deim i hel og rydja det vonde ut or Israel!» Men Benjamins-sønerne vilde ikkje høyra på Israels-sønerne, brørne sine.
Therefore, give us those wicked men of Gibeah, so we may put them to death, and so we will completely remove this evil from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel.
14 Dei kom i hop til Gibea frå alle bygderne sine, og vilde draga i strid mot Israels-sønerne.
Then the people of Benjamin came together out of the cities to Gibeah to get ready to fight against the people of Israel.
15 Den dagen vart folket i Benjamins-bygderne mynstra: det var seks og tjuge tusund våpnføre mann, umfram Gibea-buarne; dei vart mynstra for seg, og var sju hundrad i talet, alle saman utvalde hermenner.
The people of Benjamin brought together from their cities to fight on that day twenty-six thousand soldiers who were trained to fight with the sword. In addition, there were seven hundred of their chosen men from the inhabitants of Gibeah.
16 Millom alt det folket fanst det sju hundrad utvalde hermenner som var keivhendte; alle desse høvde på eit hår med slyngja; ingen kasta i mist.
Among all these soldiers were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed. Each of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
17 Benjamin frårekna, mynstra Israels-sønerne fire hundrad tusund våpnføre mann som alle var herfolk.
The people of Israel, not counting the number from Benjamin, numbered 400,000 men, who were trained to fight with the sword. All of these were men of war.
18 Dei gjorde seg reiduge, og gjekk upp til Betel, og spurde Gud: «Kven av oss skal taka fyrst ut i striden mot Benjamins-sønerne?» «Juda skal fyrst, » svara Herren.
The people of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked for advice from God. They asked, “Who first will attack the people of Benjamin for us?” Yahweh said, “Judah will attack first.”
19 Um morgonen braut Israels-sønerne upp, og lægra seg midt imot Gibea.
The people of Israel got up in the morning and they moved their camp near Gibeah.
20 So gjekk dei fram til strid mot Benjamin, og fylkte heren sin imot deim burtåt Gibea.
The people of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin. They set up their battle positions against them at Gibeah.
21 Då braut Benjamins-sønerne fram frå Gibea, og lagde den dagen tvo og tjuge tusund Israels-menner i marki.
The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed twenty-two thousand men of the army of Israel on that day.
22 Og folket, Israels-mennerne, herde seg til, og fylkte seg atter på same staden som dei hadde fylkt seg fyrste gongen;
But the people of Israel strengthened themselves and they formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day.
23 Israels-sønerne gjekk upp, og gret for Herrens åsyn heilt til kvelds, og dei spurde Herren: «Skal me ganga fram att og strida mot Benjamin, bror vår?» «Far imot honom!» svara Herren.
Then the people of Israel went up and they wept before Yahweh until evening, and they sought direction from Yahweh. They said, “Should we go again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?” Yahweh said, “Attack them!”
24 men då dei dagen etter gjekk fram imot Benjamins-sønerne,
So the people of Israel went against the soldiers of Benjamin the second day.
25 for Benjamin andre gongen ut imot deim frå Gibea, og lagde endå attan tusund israelitar i marki, alle saman våpnføre menner.
On the second day, Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah and they killed eighteen thousand men from the people of Israel. All were men who trained to fight with the sword.
26 Då gjekk alle Israels-sønerne, heile folket, upp til Betel; der sat dei gråtande for Herrens åsyn, og fasta heile den dagen, alt til kvelds; og dei ofra brennoffer og fredsoffer for Herrens åsyn,
Then all the soldiers of Israel and all the people went up to Bethel and wept, and there they sat before Yahweh and they fasted that day until the evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
27 og spurde Herren. For den gongen stod Guds sambandskista der,
The people of Israel asked Yahweh—for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
28 Pinehas, son åt Eleazar og soneson åt Aron, gjorde den tid tenesta framfyr henne, og Israels-sønerne spurde: Skal me endå ein gong draga ut i striden mot Benjamin, bror vår, eller skal me lata vera? «Drag ut! I morgon vil eg gjeva honom i henderne dykkar, » svara Herren.
and Phinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron, was serving before the ark in those days—”Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, our brothers, or stop?” Yahweh said, “Attack, for tomorrow I will help you defeat them.”
29 Då lagde Israel folk i umsåt rundt ikring Gibea,
So Israel set men in secret places around Gibeah.
30 og so for dei tridje venda mot Benjamins-sønerne, og fylkte seg burtåt Gibea, liksom dei fyrre gongerne.
The people of Israel fought against the people of Benjamin for the third day, and they formed their battle lines against Gibeah as they had done before.
31 Benjamins-sønerne for ut imot deim, og vart dregne burt ifrå byen; og liksom dei fyrre gongerne felte dei i fyrstningi nokre av folket på ålmannvegarne som ber uppetter, den eine til Betel og den andre yver marki til Gibea; det var um lag tretti Israels-menner dei fekk felt.
The people of Benjamin went and fought against the people, and they were drawn away from the city. They began to kill some of the people. There were about thirty men of Israel who died in the fields and on the roads. One of the roads went up to Bethel, and the other went to Gibeah.
32 Då sagde Benjamins-sønerne: «Dei ryk for oss no som fyrr!» Men Israels-sønerne sagde: «Lat oss røma, so me fær drege deim burt frå byen og ut på ålmannvegarne!»
Then the people of Benjamin said, “They are defeated and they are running away from us, just as at first.” But the soldiers of Israel said, “Let us run back and draw them away from the city to the roads.”
33 So tok alle Israels-mennerne ut frå stødet sitt og fylkte seg i Ba’al-Tamar, med umsåtmennerne braut fram frå sitt støde vestanfor Geba.
All the people of Israel rose up out of their places and formed themselves into lines for battle at Baal Tamar. Then the soldiers of Israel who had been hiding in secret places ran out from their places from Maareh Gibeah.
34 Og ti tusund utbladde stridsmenner av heile Israel gjekk beint mot Gibea. Då vart det ein hard strid; men Benjamins-sønerne visste ikkje at ulukka var tett innpå deim.
There came out against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjamites did not know that disaster was close to them.
35 Og Herren laga det so at Benjamin rauk for Israel; Israels-sønerne felte den dagen fem og tjuge tusund og eitt hundrad mann av Benjamins-ætti; alle desse var våpnføre.
Yahweh defeated Benjamin before Israel. On that day, the soldiers of Israel killed 25,100 men of Benjamin. All these who died were those who had been trained to fight with the sword.
36 Benjamins-sønerne trudde fyrst at Israels-mennerne var slegne; for dei drog seg undan for Benjamin, men det var berre av di dei leit på umsåti dei hadde sett mot Gibea.
So the soldiers of Benjamin saw they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were counting on the men they had placed in hidden positions outside Gibeah.
37 Og no brårende umsåtmennerne fram mot Gibea, og trengde seg inn, og øydde heile byen med odd og egg.
Then the men who were hiding got up and hurried and they rushed into Gibeah, and they struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
38 Israels-sønerne hadde gjort den avtalen med umsåtmennerne at dei skulde lata ein tett røyk stiga upp ifrå byen.
The arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret would be that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city.
39 Då no Israels-sønerne snudde ryggen til i striden, og Benjamins-sønerne i fyrstningi felte nokre av deim - um lag tretti mann - og sagde: «Dei ryk for oss, som i den fyrste ota!»
When the signal was sent the soldiers of Israel would turn from the battle. Now Benjamin began to attack and they killed about thirty men of Israel, and they said, “It is sure that they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.”
40 då tok røyken til å stiga upp frå byen som ein stor stopul, og då benjaminitarne såg attum seg, fekk dei sjå at heile byen stod i ein loge, som slo upp mot himmelen.
But when a pillar of smoke began to rise up out of the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the smoke rising to the sky from the whole city.
41 I det same snudde Israels-mennerne um. Då vart Benjamins-mennerne forfærde; for dei såg at ulukka hadde nått deim.
Then the people of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them.
42 Dei vende seg og tok vegen til øydemarki for å koma undan Israels-mennerne; men striden fylgde deim fot og fet, og jamvel midt i byarne vart dei nedhogne, dei som åtte heime der.
So they ran away from the people of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The soldiers of Israel came out of the cities and killed them where they stood.
43 Israels-mennerne ringa Benjamin inne, elte honom, og trakka honom ned der han kvilde, alt til dei var beint i aust for Gibea.
They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and trampled them down at Nohah, all the way to the east side of Gibeah.
44 Og det fall attan tusund mann av Benjamins-ætti; alle desse var djerve stridsmenner.
From the tribe of Benjamin, eighteen thousand people died, all of them men who were distinguished in battle.
45 So snudde dei um, og rømde til øydemarki, burtimot Rimmonshøgdi. Og Israels-mennerne felte på ålmannvegarne endå fem tusund mann; sidan sette dei etter deim til Gideon og felte tvo tusund til.
They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. The Israelites killed five thousand more of them along the roads. They kept going after them, following them closely all the way to Gidom, and there they killed two thousand more.
46 I alt var det fem og tjuge tusund våpnføre mann av Benjamins-ætti som fall den dagen; alle desse var djerve stridsmenner.
All the soldiers of Benjamin who fell that day were twenty-five thousand—men who were trained to fight with the sword; all of them were distinguished in battle.
47 Då snudde dei um, og rømde ut i øydemarki, til Rimmonshøgdi, seks hundrad mann, og dei vart verande på Rimmonshøgdi i fire månader.
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness, toward the rock of Rimmon. For four months they stayed at the rock of Rimmon.
48 Men Israels-mennerne for attende til Benjaminslandet, og øydde det med odd og egg; både byarne med sine folk, og bufeet, og alt det dei fann, og alle byarne som fanst der, sette dei eld på.
The soldiers of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, including the animals and everything that they found. They also burned down every town in their path.
