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 فَخَرَجَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ مَعَ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ، إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ.

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 وَوَقَفَ وُجُوهُ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، جَمِيعُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مَجْمَعِ شَعْبِ ٱللهِ، أَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَاجِلٍ مُخْتَرِطِي ٱلسَّيْفِ.

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 فَسَمِعَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ صَعِدُوا إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ. وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «تَكَلَّمُوا، كَيْفَ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْقَبَاحَةُ؟»

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 ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱللَّاوِيُّ بَعْلُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلْمَقْتُولَةِ وَقَالَ: «دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَسُرِّيَّتِي إِلَى جِبْعَةَ ٱلَّتِي لِبَنْيَامِينَ لِنَبِيتَ.

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 فَقَامَ عَلَيَّ أَصْحَابُ جِبْعَةَ وَأَحَاطُوا عَلَيَّ بِٱلْبَيْتِ لَيْلًا وَهَمُّوا بِقَتْلِي، وَأَذَلُّوا سُرِّيَّتِي 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 فَأَمْسَكْتُ سُرِّيَّتِي وَقَطَّعْتُهَا وَأَرْسَلْتُهَا إِلَى جَمِيعِ حُقُولِ مُلْكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا رَذَالَةً وَقَبَاحَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

7 هُوَذَا كُلُّكُمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ. هَاتُوا حُكْمَكُمْ وَرَأْيَكُمْ هَهُنَا».

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 فَقَامَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ وَقَالُوا: «لَا يَذْهَبُ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ وَلَا يَمِيلُ أَحَدٌ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

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

9 وَٱلْآنَ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي نَعْمَلُهُ بِجِبْعَةَ. عَلَيْهَا بِٱلْقُرْعَةِ.

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 فَنَأْخُذُ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنَ ٱلْمِئَةِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمِئَةً مِنَ ٱلْأَلْفِ، وَأَلْفًا مِنَ ٱلرِّبْوَةِ، لِأَجْلِ أَخْذِ زَادٍ لِلشَّعْبِ لِيَفْعَلُوا عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِمْ جِبْعَةَ بِبَنْيَامِينَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ ٱلْقَبَاحَةِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلَتْ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ».

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

11 فَٱجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مُتَّحِدِينَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ.

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

12 وَأَرْسَلَ أَسْبَاطُ إِسْرَائِيلَ رِجَالًا إِلَى جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلشَّرُّ ٱلَّذِي صَارَ فِيكُمْ؟

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 فَٱلْآنَ سَلِّمُوا ٱلْقَوْمَ بَنِي بَلِيَّعَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي جِبْعَةَ لِكَيْ نَقْتُلَهُمْ وَنَنْزِعَ ٱلشَّرَّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَلَمْ يُرِدْ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

14 فَٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدُنِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ لِكَيْ يَخْرُجُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

15 وَعُدَّ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مِنَ ٱلْمُدُنِ سِتَّةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَرِطِي ٱلسَّيْفِ، مَا عَدَا سُكَّانَ جِبْعَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ عُدُّوا سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مُنْتَخَبِينَ.

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

16 مِنْ جَمِيعِ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مُنْتَخَبُونَ عُسْرٌ. كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْحَجَرَ بِٱلْمِقْلَاعِ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْرَةِ وَلَا يُخْطِئُونَ.

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

17 وَعُدَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَا عَدَا بَنْيَامِينَ، أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَرِطِي ٱلسَّيْفِ. كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ 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 فَقَامُوا وَصَعِدُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَسَأَلُوا ٱللهَ وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مَنْ يَصْعَدُ مِنَّا أَوَّلًا لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا أَوَّلًا».

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

19 فَقَامَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَنَزَلُوا عَلَى جِبْعَةَ.

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

20 وَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنْيَامِينَ، وَصَفَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ.

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

21 فَخَرَجَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ وَأَهْلَكُوا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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 وَتَشَدَّدَ ٱلشَّعْبُ، رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَادُوا فَٱصْطَفُّوا لِلْحَرْبِ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي ٱصْطَفُّوا فِيهِ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ.

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 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَكَوْا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمَسَاءِ، وَسَأَلُوا ٱلرَّبَّ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ أَعُودُ أَتَقَدَّمُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ أَخِي؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱصْعَدُوا إِلَيْهِ».

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

24 فَتَقَدَّمَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي،

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 فَخَرَجَ بَنْيَامِينُ لِلِقَائِهِمْ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي، وَأَهْلَكَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَيْضًا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ مُخْتَرِطُو ٱلسَّيْفِ.

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 فَصَعِدَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَبَكَوْا وَجَلَسُوا هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَصَامُوا ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِلَى ٱلْمَسَاءِ، وَأَصْعَدُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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

27 وَسَأَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلرَّبَّ، وَهُنَاكَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ ٱللهِ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ،

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 وَفِينَحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ بْنِ هَارُونَ وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، قَائِلِينَ: «أَأَعُودُ أَيْضًا لِلْخُرُوجِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ أَخِي أَمْ أَكُفُّ؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱصْعَدُوا، لِأَنِّي غَدًا أَدْفَعُهُمْ لِيَدِكَ».

29 So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

29 وَوَضَعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ كَمِينًا عَلَى جِبْعَةَ مُحِيطًا.

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

30 وَصَعِدَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ وَٱصْطَفُّوا عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ كَٱلْمَرَّةِ ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلثَّانِيَةِ.

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 فَخَرَجَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ لِلِقَاءِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَٱنْجَذَبُوا عَنِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَخَذُوا يَضْرِبُونَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَتْلَى كَٱلْمَرَّةِ ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلثَّانِيَةِ فِي ٱلسِّكَكِ ٱلَّتِي إِحْدَاهَا تَصْعَدُ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَٱلْأُخْرَى إِلَى جِبْعَةَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، نَحْوَ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 وَقَالَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ: «إِنَّهُمْ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَنَا كَمَا فِي ٱلْأَوَّلِ». وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَالُوا: «لِنَهْرُبْ وَنَجْذِبْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى ٱلسِّكَكِ».

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 وَقَامَ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَاكِنِهِمْ وَٱصْطَفُّوا فِي بَعْلِ تَامَارَ، وَثَارَ كَمِينُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ 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 وَجَاءَ مِنْ مُقَابِلِ جِبْعَةَ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ مُنْتَخَبُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَانَتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ شَدِيدَةً، وَهُمْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ مَسَّهُمْ.

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 فَضَرَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ بَنْيَامِينَ أَمَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَهْلَكَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَمِئَةَ رَجُلٍ. كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ مُخْتَرِطُو ٱلسَّيْفِ.

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 وَرَأَى بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدِ ٱنْكَسَرُوا. وَأَعْطَى رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَكَانًا لِبَنْيَامِينَ لِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّكَلُوا عَلَى ٱلْكَمِينِ ٱلَّذِي وَضَعُوهُ عَلَى جِبْعَةَ.

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

37 فَأَسْرَعَ ٱلْكَمِينُ وَٱقْتَحَمُوا جِبْعَةَ، وَزَحَفَ ٱلْكَمِينُ وَضَرَبَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ كُلَّهَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ.

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 ٱلْمِيعَادُ بَيْنَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْكَمِينِ، إِصْعَادَهُمْ بِكَثْرَةٍ، عَلَامَةَ ٱلدُخَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

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 وَلَمَّا ٱنْقَلَبَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱبْتَدَأَ بَنْيَامِينُ يَضْرِبُونَ قَتْلَى مِنْ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ نَحْوَ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «إِنَّمَا هُمْ مُنْهَزِمُونَ مِنْ أَمَامِنَا كَٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلْأُولَى».

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 وَلَمَّا ٱبْتَدَأَتِ ٱلْعَلَامَةُ تَصْعَدُ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، عَمُودَ دُخَانٍ، ٱلْتَفَتَ بَنْيَامِينُ إِلَى وَرَائِهِ وَإِذَا بِٱلْمَدِينَةِ كُلِّهَا تَصْعَدُ نَحْوَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

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 وَرَجَعَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَهَرَبَ رِجَالُ بَنْيَامِينَ بِرَعْدَةٍ، لِأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا أَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ مَسَّهُمْ.

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 وَرَجَعُوا أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْقِتَالَ أَدْرَكَهُمْ، وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدُنِ أَهْلَكُوهُمْ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

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

43 فَحَاوَطُوا بَنْيَامِينَ وَطَارَدُوهُمْ بِسُهُولَةٍ، وَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ مُقَابَلَ جِبْعَةَ لِجِهَةِ شُرُوقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ.

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

44 فَسَقَطَ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ، جَمِيعُ هَؤُلَاءِ ذَوُو بَأْسٍ.

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 فَدَارُوا وَهَرَبُوا إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ. فَٱلْتَقَطُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي ٱلسِّكَكِ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ، وَشَدُّوا وَرَاءَهُمْ إِلَى جِدْعُومَ، وَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَلْفَيْ رَجُلٍ.

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

46 وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ ٱلسَّاقِطِينَ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَرِطِي ٱلسَّيْفِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. جَمِيعُ هَؤُلَاءِ ذَوُو بَأْسٍ.

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

47 وَدَارَ وَهَرَبَ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَأَقَامُوا فِي صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ 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 وَرَجَعَ رِجَالُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ وَضَرَبُوهُمْ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِأَسْرِهَا، حَتَّى ٱلْبَهَائِمَ، حَتَّى كُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ. وَأَيْضًا جَمِيعُ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلَّتِي وُجِدَتْ أَحْرَقُوهَا بِٱلنَّارِ.