Dommernes 3
1 No skal me nemna dei folki som Herren let vera att til å røyna Israel med - dei Israels-mennerne som ikkje hadde vore med i nokon av Kana’ans-krigarne -
And these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan.
2 berre av di han vilde dei komande Israels-ætter skulde få vit på å strida, og vilde læra deim det, deim som ikkje kunde det fyrr.
Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
3 Det var dei fem filistarfyrstarne og alle kananitarne og sidonarane og hevitarne som budde på Libanonfjelli, frå Ba’al-Hermonfjellet til Hamatvegen.
The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Chananite, and the Sidonian, and the Evite who dwelt in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to Laboemath.
4 Deim var det Israel skulde røynast med, so det kunde syna seg um dei vilde lyda Herrens bod, som Moses hadde kunngjort federne deira.
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.
5 So budde no Israels-sønerne midt ibland kananitarne og hetitarne og amoritarne og perizitarne og hevitarne og jebusitarne;
And the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.
6 dei tok døtterne deira til konor og gav døtterne sine til sønerne deira, og dyrka gudarne deira.
And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
7 Israels-sønerne gjorde det som var Herren imot; dei gløymde Herren, sin Gud, og dyrka Ba’als- og Astarte-bilæti.
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.
8 Då vart Herren brennande harm på Israels-sønerne; han slepte deim i henderne på Kusan-Risatajim, kongen i Aram-Naharajim, og Israel laut tena Kusan-Risatajim i åtte år.
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.
9 Då ropa Israels-sønerne til Herren, og Herren let ein hjelparmann standa fram hjå deim og hjelpa deim; det var Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror.
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.
10 Herrens Ande kom yver honom, og han tok styringi i Israel. So drog han ut i striden, og Herren gav Kusan-Risatajim, Aram-kongen, i henderne hans; han vann yver Kusan-Risatajim,
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.
11 og sidan hadde landet fred i fyrti år. So døydde Otniel, son åt Kenaz.
And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
12 Men Israels-sønerne gjorde på nytt det som var Herren imot, og Herren gav Eglon, Moabs-kongen, magt yver deim, for di dei gjorde det som var Herren imot.
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.
13 Eglon fekk med seg Ammons-sønerne og amalekitarne; so drog han ut, og slo Israel, og dei tok Palmestaden.
And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.
14 Israels-sønerne laut tena Eglon, Moabs-kongen, i attan år.
And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 Då ropa dei til Herren, og Herren sende dei ein hjelpar, Ehud Gerason av Benjamins-ætti, ein keivhendt mann. Israels-sønerne sende Ehud med gåvor til Eglon, kongen i Moab.
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.
16 Då gjorde han seg eit sverd som var tvieggja og ei aln langt, og spente det på seg under klædi sine, på høgre sida;
And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
17 so førde han gåvorne fram til Eglon, Moabs-kongen. Eglon var ein ovtjukk mann.
And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man.
18 Då Ehud hadde greidt frå seg gåvorne, let han folki som hadde bore deim fara heim att;
And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
19 men sjølv snudde han um ved gudebilæti som stod innmed Gilgal, og for attende og sagde: «Eg hev eit løyndarbod til deg, konge!» «Hyss, » sagde kongen: Då gjekk dei ut alle deim som stod kringom honom.
And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
20 Som han no sat åleine i den svale høgstova si, gjekk Ehud fram for honom og sagde: «Eg hev eit bod til deg frå Gud!» Då reiste han seg av stolen.
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 thee, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
21 Og Ehud rette ut vinstre handi, og greip sverdet han bar ved høgre sida, og rende det i livet på honom,
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;
22 so handtaket for med inn etter bladet; og feittet gjekk i hop att kring bladet; for han drog ikkje sverdet ut att or livet hans. So gjekk han ut i svali.
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.
23 Då Ehud var komen ut i svalgangen, let han høgelofts-døri att etter seg, og stengde henne vel,
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].
24 og so gjekk han sin veg. Straks etter kom tenarane, men då dei såg at døri var læst, sagde dei: «Han er visst for seg sjølv i svalkammerset!»
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?
25 Dei venta til dei var reint leide av seg; men han let ikkje upp døri til høgeloftet. So tok dei lykelen, og let upp; då fekk dei sjå at herren deira låg livlaus på golvet.
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.
26 Medan dei tøvra, slapp Ehud undan, og for framum gudebilæti, og nådde Se’ira.
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.
27 Då han kom til Efraimsheidi, bles han i luren; då for Israels-sønerne med han ned av heidi, og han gjekk fyre.
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.
28 «Skunda dykk etter meg!» sagde han: «For Herren hev gjeve fiendarne, moabitarne, i henderne dykkar.» So fylgde dei honom ned til Jordan, og stengde vadi for moabitarne, og let ingen sleppa yver.
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.
29 Den gongen felte dei ikring ti tusund moabitar, som alle var sterke og djerve menner; ikkje ein kom seg undan.
And they smote Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty] person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
30 Moab laut den dagen bøygja seg under Israels velde, og sidan hadde landet fred i åtteti år.
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.
31 Etter Ehud kom Samgar, son åt Anat. Han felte seks hundrad mann av filistarane, med piggstaven som han dreiv uksarne med; han og berga Israel.
And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare [such as is drawn by] oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
