Judges 3

1 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

1 وَهَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الأُمَمُ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِيَخْتَبِرَ بِهِمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَخُوضُوا أَيَّ حَرْبٍ مِنْ حُرُوبِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

2 وَقَدْ فَعَلَ هَذَا فَقَطْ لِيُدَرِّبَ ذُرِّيَّةَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ عَلَى الْحَرْبِ، مِمَّنْ لَمْ يُمَارِسُوهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ.

3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

3 وَهَؤُلاءِ الأُمَمُ هُمْ: أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةُ، وَجَمِيعُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالصِّيدُونِيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ سُكَّانِ جَبَلِ لُبْنَانَ، مِنْ جَبَلِ بَعْلِ حَرْمُونَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ.

4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

4 وَقَدْ أَبْقَاهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِيَمْتَحِنَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِهِمْ لِيَرَى إِنْ كَانُوا يُطِيعُونَ أَوَامِرَهُ الَّتِي أَوْصَى بِها آبَاءَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى.

5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

5 وَأَقَامَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْنَ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

6 وَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ، وَزَوَّجُوا بَنَاتِهِمْ لأَبْنَائِهِمْ وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَتَهُمْ.

7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

7 فَارْتَكَبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَنَسُوا إِلَهَهُمْ وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلِيمَ وَالْعَشْتَارُوثَ.

8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

8 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ كُوشَانَ رِشَعْتَايِمَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ النَّهْرَيْنِ، فَاسْتَعْبَدَ كُوشَانُ رِشَعْتَايِمُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَمَانِيَ سَنَوَاتٍ.

9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

9 وَاسْتَغَاثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالرَّبِّ، فَأَقَامَ لَهُمْ مُخَلِّصاً أَنْقَذَهُمْ هُوَ عُثْنِيئِيلُ بْنُ قَنَازَ أَخُو كَالَبَ الأَصْغَرُ.

10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

10 فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ وَصَارَ قَاضِياً لإِسْرَائِيلَ. وَحِينَ خَرَجَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ كُوشَانَ رِشَعْتَايِمَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ، تَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَظْفَرَهُ الرَّبُّ بِهِ.

11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

11 وَعَمَّ السَّلامُ الْبِلادَ حِقْبَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ عُثْنِيئِيْلُ بْنُ قَنَازَ.

12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

12 فَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقْتَرِفُونَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ فَسَلَّطَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ عِجْلُونَ مَلِكَ مُوآبَ عِقَاباً لَهُمْ عَلَى شَرِّهِمْ.

13 After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

13 فَحَشَدَ ضِدَّهُمْ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَعَمَالِيقَ، وَهَاجَمَهُمْ، وَاحْتَلَّ أَرِيحَا مَدِينَةَ النَّخْلِ.

14 The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

14 وَاسْتَعْبَدَ عِجْلُونُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.

15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

15 فَاسْتَغَاثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالرَّبِّ، فَأَرْسَلَ لَهُمْ مُنْقِذاً إِهُودَ بْنَ جِيرَا الْبَنْيَامِينِيَّ وَكَانَ أَعْسَرَ، فَبَعَثَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مَعَهُ الْجِزْيَةَ لِعِجْلُونَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ.

16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

16 فَصَنَعَ إِهُودُ لِنَفْسِهِ سَيْفاً ذَا حَدَّيْنِ طُولُهُ ذِرَاعٌ (نَحْوَ نِصْفِ مِتْرٍ)، تَقَلَّدَهُ تَحْتَ ثِيَابِهِ فَوْقَ فَخْذِهِ الْيُمْنَى،

17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

17 وَقَدَّمَ الْجِزْيَةَ لِعِجْلُونَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ. وَكَانَ عِجْلُونُ بَدِيناً جِدّاً.

18 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.

18 وَبَعْدَ تَقْدِيمِ الْجِزْيَةِ صَرَفَ إِهُودُ حَامِلِيهَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ،

19 But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

19 وَرَجَعَ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَحَاجِرِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِلْجِلْجَالِ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ:

20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

20 «لَدَيَّ كَلامُ سِرٍّ لأُبَلِّغَكَ إِيَّاهُ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ». فَصَرَفَ الْمَلِكُ كُلَّ الْمَوْجُودِينَ بِمَجْلِسِهِ لِيَنْفَرِدَ بِإِهُودَ

21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

21 فَاقْتَرَبَ آنَئِذٍ مِنْهُ إِهُودُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي عُلِّيَّتِهِ الْخَاصَّةِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَدَيَّ لَكَ رِسَالَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ». فَنَهَضَ الْمَلِكُ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ. فَمَدَّ عِنْدَئِذٍ إِهُودُ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى وَاسْتَلَّ سَيْفَهُ عَنْ فَخْذِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَأَغْمَدَهُ فِي بَطْنِهِ

22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

22 حَتَّى غَاصَ الْقَائِمُ وَرَاءَ النَّصْلِ فَأَطْبَقَ الشَّحْمُ عَلَى النَّصْلِ الَّذِي اخْتَرَقَ ظَهْرَ الْمَلِكِ لأَنَّ إِهُودَ لَمْ يَجْذُبِ السَّيْفَ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْمَلِكِ.

23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

23 وَغَادَرَ إِهُودُ الرِّوَاقَ وَأَغْلَقَ خَلْفَهُ أَبْوَابَ الْعُلِّيَّةِ وَأَقْفَلَهَا.

24 After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

24 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ أَقْبَلَ خُدَّامُ الْمَلِكِ فَوَجَدُوا أَبْوَابَ الْعُلِّيَّةِ مُغْلَقَةً فَقَالُوا: «لَعَلَّهُ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ فِي الْعُلِّيَّةِ الصَّيْفِيَّةِ».

25 So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

25 فَلَبِثُوا مُنْتَظِرِينَ حَتَّى اعْتَرَاهُمُ الْقَلَقُ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْتَحْ أَبْوَابَ الْمُخْدَعِ فَأَخَذُوا مِفْتَاحاً وَفَتَحُوا الْبَابَ. وَإذَا سَيِّدُهُمْ سَاقِطٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مَيْتاً.

26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

26 وَفِيمَا هُمْ مَبْهُوتُونَ فَرَّ إِهُودُ وَاجْتَازَ الْمَحَاجِرَ وَنَجَا إِلَى سَعِيرَةَ.

27 On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.

27 وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ بِالْبُوقِ، فَاجْتَمَعَ خَلْفَهُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ، فَسَارَ فِي طَلِيعَتِهِمْ.

28 “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

28 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «اتْبَعُونِي لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ دَفَعَ أَعْدَاءَكُمُ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ إِلَى أَيْدِيكُمْ» فَاحْتَشَدُوا وَرَاءَهُ وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى مَخَاوِضِ الأُرْدُنِّ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى مُوآبَ وَمَنَعُوا الأَعْدَاءَ مِنَ الْعُبُورِ.

29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

29 وَهَاجَمُوا الْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ آلافٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ.

30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

30 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَضَعَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَمَّ السَّلامُ الْبِلادَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً.

31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

31 وَتَوَلَّى شَمْجَرُ بْنُ عَنَاةَ قَضَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ إِهُودَ، فَقَتَلَ سِتَّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ بِمِهْمَازِ بَقَرٍ، وَأَنْقَذَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.