Judges, 21

1. The sons of Israel had also taken an oath at Mizpah, and they said, “None of us shall give his daughters as a wife to the sons of Benjamin.”

1. Izraelovi se ljudi bijahu ovako zakleli u Mispi: "Nitko od nas neæe dati svoju kæer za ženu Benjaminovu sinu."

2. And they all went to the house of God at Shiloh. And sitting in his sight until evening, they lifted up their voice, and they began to weep, with a great wailing, saying,

2. I ode narod u Betel i ostade ondje pred Bogom do veèeri, narièuæi i jecajuæi.

3. “Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this evil happened among your people, so that this day one tribe would be taken away from us?”

3. Govorili su: "Zašto se, o Jahve, Bože Izraelov, ova nesreæa morala dogoditi da Izraelu danas nestane jednog plemena?"

4. Then, rising at first light on the next day, they built an altar. And they offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings there, and they said,

4. Sutradan uraniše ljudi i sagradiše ondje žrtvenik; prinesoše paljenice i žrtve zahvalnice.

5. “Who, out of all the tribes of Israel, did not ascend with the army of the Lord?” For they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were at Mizpah, that whoever was not present would be slain.

5. Tad zapitaše Izraelci: "Ima li koga meðu svim plemenima Izraelovim da nije došao na zbor Jahvi?" Jer su se sveèano zakleli da æe pogubiti onoga tko ne doðe u Mispu k Jahvi.

6. And the sons of Israel, having been led to repentance over their brother Benjamin, began to say: “One tribe has been taken away from Israel.

6. Izraelcima se sada sažalilo na brata Benjamina te rekoše: "Danas je otkinuto jedno pleme od Izraela.

7. From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them.”

7. Kako æemo dati žene onima koji su preostali kad se zaklesmo Jahvom da im neæemo dati svojih kæeri za žene?"

8. For this reason, they said, “Who is there, out of all the tribes of Israel, that did not ascend to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead were found not to have been among that army.

8. Zato zapitaše: "Ima li koga meðu Izraelovim plemenima da nije došao k Jahvi u Mispu?" I pronaðe se da nije došao u tabor, na zbor, nitko od žitelja Jabeša u Gileadu.

9. (Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.)

9. Jer kada se narod prebrojio, ondje ne bijaše nikoga od žitelja Jabeša u Gileadu.

10. And so they sent ten thousand very robust men, and they instructed them, saying, “Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, including their wives and little ones.”

10. Zato zajednica posla onamo dvanaest tisuæa hrabrih ljudi i zapovjedi im: "Idite i posijecite oštrim maèem stanovnike Jabeša u Gileadu, zajedno sa ženama i djecom.

11. And this shall be what you ought to do: “Everyone of the male gender, as well as all the women who have known men, shall be put to death. But the virgins you shall reserve.”

11. Evo što æete uèiniti: izruèit æete prokletstvu sve muškarce i sve žene što su dijelile postelju sa èovjekom, ali æete saèuvati život djevicama." Tako i uèiniše.

12. And four hundred virgins, who had not known the bed of a man, were found from Jabesh-Gilead. And they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan.

12. I našli su meðu stanovnicima Jabeša u Gileadu èetiri stotine mladih djevojaka koje nisu dijelile postelje s èovjekom i doveli su ih u tabor u Šilu, koji je u Kanaanu.

13. And they sent messengers to the sons of Benjamin, who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they instructed them, so that they would receive them in peace.

13. Sva zajednica posla tada poslanike Benjaminovcima koji bijahu na Rimonskoj stijeni: objaviše im mir.

14. And the sons of Benjamin went, at that time, and wives were given to them from the daughters of Jabesh-Gilead. But others were not found, whom they might give in a similar manner.

14. Tako se oporavi Benjamin. Dadoše im one meðu ženama iz Jabeša u Gileadu koje su ostavili na životu, ali ih ne bijaše dovoljno za sve.

15. And all of Israel was very saddened, and they did penance for destroying one tribe out of Israel.

15. Narodu se sažalio Benjamin što je Jahve naèinio prazninu meðu Izraelovim plemenima.

16. And those greater by birth said: “What shall we do with the remainder, those who have not received wives? For all the females of Benjamin have been cut down,

16. "Kako æemo naæi žene onima što su ostali", rekoše starješine zbora, "kad su Benjaminu istrijebljene žene?"

17. and we must take great care, and make provision with a very great diligence, so that one tribe may not be wiped away from Israel.

17. Rekoše još: "Kako saèuvati ostatak Benjaminu da se ne zatre jedno pleme iz Izraela?

18. As for our own daughters, we are not able to give them, being bound by an oath and a curse, when we said, ‘Accursed is he who will give any of his daughters to Benjamin as a wife.’ ”

18. A ne možemo im dati svoje kæeri za žene." Jer se bijahu zakleli rekavši: "Proklet bio onaj koji dade ženu Benjaminu!"

19. And they took counsel, and they said, “Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord at Shiloh, which is situated to the north of the city of Bethel, and on the eastern side of the way that one takes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of the town of Lebonah.”

19. "Ali", rekoše, "svake se godine slavi u Šilu Jahvina svetkovina." Grad se nalazi na sjeveru od Betela, istoèno od ceste koja vodi iz Betela u Šekem i južno od Lebone.

20. And they instructed the sons of Benjamin, and they said: “Go, and hide in the vineyards.

20. I zato svjetovaše Benjaminovce: "Idite u zasjedu po vinogradima.

21. And when you will have seen daughters of Shiloh being led out to dance, according to custom, go forth suddenly from the vineyards, and let each one seize one wife from among them, and travel into the land of Benjamin.

21. Pazite, pa kada djevojke iz Šila iziðu da plešu u kolu, vi iskoèite iz vinograda, otmite svaki sebi ženu izmeðu šilskih kæeri pa otiðite u Benjaminovu zemlju.

22. And when their fathers and brothers arrive, and they begin to complain against you and to argue, we will say to them: ‘Take pity on them. For they have not seized them by right of war or conquest. Instead, begging to receive them, you did not give them, and so the sin was on your part.’ ”

22. A kad njihovi oèevi ili njihova braæa doðu da se prituže na vas, mi æemo im reæi: 'Oprostite im što je svaki uzeo po ženu kao u ratu; vi im ih niste dali, pa je tako krivnja na vama.'"

23. And so the sons of Benjamin did just as they had been ordered. And according to their number, they seized for themselves one wife each, out of those who were led out dancing. And they went into their own possession, and they built up their cities, and they lived in them.

23. Benjaminovci uèiniše tako i od djevojaka koje oteše uzeše onoliki broj žena koliko bijaše njih. Onda odoše svaki na svoju baštinu, sagradiše opet gradove i naseliše se u njima.

24. The sons of Israel also returned, according to their tribes and families, to their tents. In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.

24. Izraelci se tada raziðoše, svaki u svoje pleme i u svoj rod, i svaki se odande vrati na svoju baštinu.

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25. U to vrijeme ne bijaše kralja u Izraelu i svatko je živio kako mu se èinilo da je pravo.