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1 Då Josva var avliden, spurde Israels-sønerne Herren: «Kven av oss skal taka fyrst ut i striden mot kananitarne?»
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
2 Og Herren svara: «Juda skal taka ut. No gjev eg landet i hans hender!»
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
3 Då sagde Juda med Simeon, bror sin: «Ver med meg til min lut, og lat oss båe strida mot kananitarne, so skal eg vera med deg til din lut.» Og Simeon vart med honom.
And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him.
4 So tok Juda-sønerne ut, og Herren gav kananitarne og perizitarne i henderne deira; dei slo deim i Bezek og felte ti tusund mann.
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5 I Bezek møtte dei Adoni-Bezek, og dei stridde mot honom og slo kananitarne og perizitarne.
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6 Adoni-Bezek rømde; men dei sette etter honom, og tok honom og hogg av honom tumarsfingrarne og stortærne.
But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
7 Då sagde han: «Sytti kongar med avhogne tumarsfingrar og stortær sanka smular under mitt bord. No hev Gud gjeve meg like for det eg gjorde!» So førde dei honom til Jerusalem, og der døydde han.
And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
8 Juda-sønerne kringsette Jerusalem, og tok byen, og øydde honom med odd og egg, og sette eld i husi.
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 Sidan for dei ned og stridde mot dei kananitarne som budde i fjell-landet og i Sudlandet og i låglandet.
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelled in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
10 Fyrst gjekk dei mot kananitarne som budde i Hebron - Hebron heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Arba - og dei slo Sesai og Ahiman og Talmai.
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelled in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba: ) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 So gjekk dei mot Debir-buarne. - Debir heitte fyrr i tidi Kirjat-Sefer -
And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
12 Då sagde Kaleb: «Den som kann taka Kirjat-Sefer, skal få Aksa, dotter mi.»
And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
13 Otniel, son åt Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror, tok byen, og fekk Aksa, dotter hans Kaleb.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
14 Då so ho skulde flytja heim til honom, eggja ho honom til å beda far hennar um ein jordveg, og sjølv hoppa ho ned av asnet. «Kva er det du vil?» spurde Kaleb.
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What will you?
15 «Lat meg få ei velfargåva!» svara ho. «Du hev gift meg burt til dette turre Sudlandet; gjev meg no vatskjeldor!» So gav han henne Øvregullot og Nedregullot.
And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
16 Etterkomarane etter keniten, verbror åt Moses, for med Juda-sønerne frå Palmestaden upp til Judaheidi som ligg sunnanfor Arad, og vart buande der saman med folket.
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelled among the people.
17 Sidan gjekk Juda med Simeon, bror sin, og dei vann yver kananitarne som budde i Sefat. Dei bannstøytte byen; difor heitar han no Horma.
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
18 Og Juda-mennerne tok Gaza og Askalon og Ekron med alt landet som låg til dei byarne.
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
19 Herren var med Juda-sønerne, og dei lagde under seg fjellbygderne; men dei var ikkje god til å driva ut slettebuararne; for dei hadde jarnvogner.
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
20 Dei gav Hebron til Kaleb, som Moses hadde sagt, og han dreiv dei tri Anaks-sønerne ut or bygdi.
And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled there the three sons of Anak.
21 Benjamins-sønerne dreiv ikkje ut jebusitarne som budde i Jerusalem; jebusitarne vart buande i Jerusalem saman med Benjamins-sønerne og hev butt der til denne dag.
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 Josefs-ætti tok og ut i striden; dei gjekk mot Betel, og Herren var med deim.
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
23 Då dei låg på vakt kring Betel - den byen heitte fyrr i tidi Luz -
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
24 fekk spæjarane deira sjå ein mann som kom ut or byen. Og dei sagde til honom: «Kjære, syn oss kvar me kann koma inn i byen, so skal me gjera vel mot deg!»
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.
25 So synte han dei kvar dei kunde koma inn, og dei øydde byen med odd og egg, men mannen og heile ætti hans let dei fara sin veg.
And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
26 Han for til Hetitarlandet, og bygde ein by; den kalla han Luz, og det namnet hev byen havt til denne dag.
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof to this day.
27 Manasse øydde ikkje Bet-Sean og Ta’anak og Dor og Jibleam og Megiddo og bygderne som låg under dei byarne, og kananitarne var god til å halda seg der i landet.
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28 Då Israels-folket vart sterkare, tvinga dei kananitarne til å træla for seg, men dreiv deim ut gjorde dei ikkje.
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
29 Efraim dreiv ikkje ut kananitarne som budde i Gezer; kananitarne vart buande millom Efraims-sønerne i Gezer.
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelled in Gezer among them.
30 Sebulon dreiv ikkje ut deim som budde i Kitron og i Nahalol; kananitarne vart buande millom Sebulons-sønerne, men laut gjera trælearbeid.
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelled among them, and became tributaries.
31 Asser dreiv ikkje ut dei som budde i Akko og i Sidon, og øydde ikkje Ahlab og Akzib og Helba og Afik og Rehob;
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
32 asseritarne busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet, og dreiv deim ikkje ut.
But the Asherites dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
33 Naftali-sønerne dreiv ikkje ut deim som budde i Bet-Semes og i Bet-Anat; dei busette seg millom kananitarne som åtte heime i landet. Men folket i Bet-Semes og Bet-Anat laut træla for deim.
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries to them.
34 Amoritarne trengde Dans-sønerne upp i fjelli, og let deim ikkje få koma ned på sletta.
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
35 Sjølve var dei god til å halda seg i Har-Heres og i Ajjalon og Sa’albim, men sidan fekk Josefs-ætti yvertaket, og nøydde deim til å træla for seg.
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
36 Landskilet åt amoritarne gjekk frå Skorpionskardet um Knausen og uppetter.
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
