Judges 20

1 Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

1 وَخَرَجَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعُهُمْ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ قَادِمِينَ مِنْ دَانٍ فِي الشِّمَالِ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ فِي الْجَنُوبِ، وَمِنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ أَيْضاً، وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

2 The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.

2 وَاحْتَشَدَ زُعَمَاءُ الشَّعْبِ مَعَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”

3 فَبَلَغَ النَّبَأُ سِبْطَ بِنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدْ تَجَمَّعُوا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ. وَقَالَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ: «قُصُّوا عَلَيْنَا كَيْفَ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الْقَبَاحَةُ؟»

4 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

4 فَأَجَابَ زَوْجُ الْقَتِيلَةِ: «دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَمَحْظِيَّتِي إِلَى جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ لِنَقْضِيَ لَيْلَتَنَا،

5 And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

5 فَثَارَ عَلَيَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ وَحَاصَرُونِي بِالْبَيْتِ لَيْلاً، وَهَمُّوا بِقَتْلِي وَاغْتَصَبُوا مَحْظِيَّتِي حَتَّى مَاتَتْ.

6 Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

6 فَأَخَذْتُهَا وَقَطَّعْتُهَا وَوَزَّعْتُهَا فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّهُمُ ارْتَكَبُوا قَبَاحَةً وَفُجُوراً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

7 Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

7 وَالآنَ تَبَصَّرُوا بِالأَمْرِ يَا أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاحْكُمُوا».

8 Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.

8 فَهَبَّ الْمُحَارِبُونَ، كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَهَتَفُوا: «لَنْ يَرْجِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ أَوْ بَيْتِهِ،

9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.

9 قَبْلَ أَنْ نُعَاقِبَ أَهْلَ جِبْعَةَ عَلَى مَا اقْتَرَفُوهُ. سَنُلْقِي قُرْعَةً

10 We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”

10 لِنَخْتَارَ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، وَمِئَةً مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ، وَأَلْفاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ آلافٍ لِلإِشْرَافِ عَلَى تَمْوِينِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالْمَؤُونَةِ، بَيْنَمَا يَقُومُ بَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ عَلَى الْقَبَاحَةِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَتْهَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

11 So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.

11 وَهَكَذَا احْتَشَدَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ضِدَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاتَّحَدُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ.

12 And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?

12 وَبَعَثَ أَسْبَاطُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عَشَائِرِ بِنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا هَذَا الشَّرُّ الَّذِي تَفَشَّى بَيْنَكُمْ؟

13 Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.

13 لِذَلِكَ، سَلِّمُوا الأَوْغَادَ بَنِي بَلِيَّعَالَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي جِبْعَةَ لِكَي نَقْتُلَهُمْ وَنَسْتَأْصِلَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَأَبَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ الاسْتِجَابَةَ إِلَى طَلَبِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.

14 وَتَقَاطَرُوا مِنْ سَائِرِ الْمُدُنِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ تَأَهُّباً لِمُحَارَبَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ.

15 On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.

15 وَبَلَغَ عَدَدُ مُحَارِبِي بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ الْوَافِدِينَ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ سِتَّةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ مُحَارِبٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَهْلِ جِبْعَةَ الْبَالِغِينَ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ.

16 Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.

16 وَكَانَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ جَيْشِ بِنْيَامِينَ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ أَعْسَرَ مُنْتَخَبُونَ لِرَمْيِ الْحَجَرِ بِالْمِقْلاعِ، لِمَهَارَتِهِمْ فِي إِصَابَةِ الْهَدَفِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُخْطِئُوا وَلَوْ بِمِقْدَارِ شَعْرَةٍ.

17 The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.

17 أَمَّا جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ رِجَالُ حَرْبٍ.

18 The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.

18 فَانْطَلَقَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِيَسْتَشِيروا اللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ يَذْهَبُ أَوَّلاً لِمُحَارَبَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا أَوَّلاً».

19 The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.

19 فَبَكَّرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَأَحَاطُوا بِجِبْعَةَ.

20 And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.

20 وَاصْطَفَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُتَأَهِّبِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّيِنَ عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ.

21 And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

21 فَانْدَفَعَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ نَحْوَهُمْ، وَأَهْلَكُوا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلَفَ رَجُلٍ.

22 But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.

22 وَتَشَجَّعَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَادُوا فَاصْطَفُّوا فِي نَفْسِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي اصْطَفُّوا فِيهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ.

23 They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

23 وَبَكَوْا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ طَالِبِينَ مَشُورَتَهُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ؟» فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «اهْجُمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ».

24 On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.

24 فَتَقَدَّمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

25 That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

25 فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ.

26 Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

26 فَتَوَجَّهَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَبَكَوْا وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ صَائِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ، ثُمَّ أَصْعَدُوا لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ.

27 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

27 وَاسْتَشَارَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ. وَكَانَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مَازَالَ آنَئِذٍ هُنَاكَ.

28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”

28 وَفِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ بْنِ هرُونَ هُوَ الْكَاهِنُ الْوَاقِفُ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ. وَسَأَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ أَمْ نَكُفُّ عَنْ قِتَالِهِمْ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «قَاتِلُوهُمْ لأَنِّي غَداً أَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ».

29 So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

29 وَنَصَبَ الإِسْرَائِيِليُّونَ كَمِيناً حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ،

30 On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.

30 وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ وَاصْطَفُّوا عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ الأُوْلَيَيْنِ

31 The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

31 فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ لِمُهَاجَمَتِهِمْ، وَابْتَعَدُوا عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَرَاءَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَالطَّرِيقِ الأُخْرَى الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ عَبْرَ الْحَقْلِ، وَشَرَعُوا يُهَاجِمُونَ الْجَيْشَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ السَّابِقَتَيْنِ، فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً.

32 “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

32 وَاعْتَقَدَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، فِي حِينِ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَجْتَذِبْهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ».

33 So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.

33 وَهَبَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَاكِنِهِمْ وَاصْطَفُّوا فِي بَعْلِ تَامَارَ، وَوَثَبَ كَمِينُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مَرَاصِدِهِ مِنْ عَرَاءِ جِبْعَةَ.

34 Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.

34 وَتَقَدَّمَ عَشْرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ مُحَارِبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مُقَابِلِ جِبْعَةَ، فَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

35 The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

35 وَهَزَمَ الرَّبُّ بِنْيَامِينَ أَمَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَهْلَكُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَمِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنْ رِجَالِ السَّيْفِ.

36 Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

36 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هُزِمُوا. وَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ قَدْ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالتَّقَهْقُرِ اعْتِمَاداً عَلَى الْكَمِينِ الَّذِي نَصَبُوهُ حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ.

37 The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

37 وَمَا لَبِثَ الْكَمِينُ أَنِ اقْتَحَمَ جِبْعَةَ وَضَرَبَهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

38 The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

38 وَكَانَ الاتِّفَاقُ بَيْنَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ الْكَمِينِ أَنْ يُصْعِدَ الْكَمِينُ حَالَ اقْتِحَامِهِ لِلْمَدِينَةِ عَمُوداً مُتَكَاثِفاً مِنَ الدُّخَانِ.

39 the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

39 فَلَمَّا تَقَهْقَرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الْحَرْبِ، شَرَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ فِي مُطَارَدَتِهِمْ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحَوَ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً، اعْتِقَاداً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ الأُولَى.

40 But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

40 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا ابْتَدَأَ عَمُودُ الدُّخَانِ يَتَصَاعَدُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْتَفَتَ بَنُو بِنْيَامِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإذَا بِالدُّخَانِ يَرْتَفِعُ نَحْوَ عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

41 Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.

41 فَانْكَفَأَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ فَرُّوا مَرْعُوبِينَ لأَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

42 So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.

42 وَتَقَهْقَرُوا أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ أَدْرَكَتْهُمْ، وَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ الْكَمِينِ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ وَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِمِ الطَّرِيقَ، فَهَلَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ بَيْنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ.

43 They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

43 وَهَكَذَا حَاصَرُوا بَنِي بِنْيَامِينَ وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ بِسُهُولَةٍ، وَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ مُقَابِلَ جِبْعَةَ شَرْقاً.

44 And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.

44 فَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ الْقِتَالِ.

45 Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.

45 وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَّتْ فُلُولُهُمْ هَارِبَةً إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ، تَمَكَّنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، ثُمَّ جَدُّوا فِي تَعَقُّبِهِمْ إِلَى جِدْعُومَ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً أَلْفَيْ رَجُلٍ.

46 That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.

46 فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَقْتُولِينَ مِنَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ جَبَابِرَةُ قِتَالٍ.

47 But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.

47 وَتَمَكَّنَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْهَرَبِ وَاللُّجُوءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ فَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.

48 And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.

48 وَارْتَدَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مُدُنِ بِنْيَامِينَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَى أَهَالِيهَا قَاطِبَةً بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَذَبَحُوا الْبَهَائِمَ وَكُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِيهَا، وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ.