Judges, 1

1. After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, “Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?”

1. Poslije smrti Jošuine upitaše Izraelci Jahvu: "Tko æe od nas prvi poæi na Kanaance da se protiv njih bori?"

2. And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”

2. A Jahve odgovori: "Neka Juda prvi poðe; u njegove ruke stavljam zemlju."

3. And Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me to my lot, and fight against the Canaanite, so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.” And Simeon went with him.

3. Tada Juda reèe svome bratu Šimunu: "Poði sa mnom u zemlju koja mi je dosuðena u baštinu; borit æemo se protiv Kanaanaca, a potom æu se ja uza te boriti na tvojoj zemlji." I Šimun ode s njim.

4. And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.

4. Ode Juda i Jahve im predade u ruke Kanaance i Perižane te pobiše u Bezeku deset tisuæa ljudi.

5. And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

5. U Bezeku zatekoše Adoni-Sedeka, udariše na nj i poraziše Kanaance i Perižane.

6. Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.

6. Kad je Adoni-Sedek nagnuo u bijeg, gonili su ga, uhvatili ga i odsjekli mu palce na rukama i nogama.

7. And Adonibezek said: “Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table. Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

7. Tada reèe Adoni-Sedek: "Sedamdeset kraljeva odsjeèenih palaca na rukama i na nogama kupilo je mrvice pod mojim stolom. Kako sam èinio, tako mi Bog vraæa." Odveli su ga u Jeruzalem i ondje je umro.

8. Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem, seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword, delivering the entire city to be burned.

8. Zatim Judini sinovi udariše na Jeruzalem, osvojiše ga, posjekoše maèem žitelje i spališe grad.

9. And afterward, descending, they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.

9. Poslije toga krenuše Judini sinovi da se bore protiv Kanaanaca koji su živjeli u Gorju, Negebu i u Šefeli.

10. And Judah, going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron, (the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

10. Onda Juda ode na Kanaance koji su živjeli u Hebronu - Hebronu bijaše nekoæ ime Kirjat Arba - i ondje potuèe Šešaja, Ahimana i Talmaja.

11. And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.

11. Odatle krenu na stanovnike Debira, koji se nekoæ zvao Kirjat Sefer.

12. And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”

12. Tada reèe Kaleb: "Tko pokori i zauzme Kirjat Sefer, dat æu mu svoju kæer Aksu za ženu."

13. And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb, had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.

13. Zauze ga Otniel, sin Kenaza, mlaðeg brata Kalebova, i Kaleb mu dade svoju kæer Aksu za ženu.

14. And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What is it?”

14. Kad je prišla mužu, on je nagovori da u svoga oca ište polje. Siðe ona s magarca, a Kaleb je upita: "Što hoæeš?"

15. But she responded: “Give a blessing to me. For you have given me a dry land. Also give a watered land.” Therefore, Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.

15. Ona mu odgovori: "Daj mi blagoslov! Kad si mi dao kraj u Negebu, daj mi onda i koji izvor vode." I Kaleb joj dade Gornje i Donje izvore.

16. Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.

16. Sinovi Hobaba Kenijca, tasta Mojsijeva, odoše iz Palmova grada s Judinim sinovima u Judinu pustinju, koja je u Negebu, na jugu od Arada. Tu se nastaniše meðu Amaleèanima.

17. Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.

17. Potom ode Juda s bratom Šimunom i pobiše Kanaance koji su živjeli u Sefatu i grad izruèiše "heremu", prokletstvu. Zbog toga se grad prozva Horma.

18. And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.

18. Ali Juda nije uspio zauzeti Gaze s njenim podruèjem, ni Aškelona s njegovim podruèjem, ni Ekrona s njegovim podruèjem.

19. And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.

19. Jahve bijaše s njim te on osvoji gorje, ali ne mogaše potjerati onih u nizini jer imahu željezna kola.

20. And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.

20. Kao što bijaše odredio Mojsije, dadoše Hebron Kalebu, koji iz njega otjera tri sina Anakova.

21. But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.

21. A Benjaminovi sinovi ne uspješe otjerati Jebusejaca koji su živjeli u Jeruzalemu i tako Jebusejci ostadoše u Jeruzalemu s Benjaminovim sinovima do dana današnjega.

22. The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

22. Krenu i pleme Josipovo na Betel i Jahve bijaše s njima.

23. For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,

23. I pleme Josipovo uze izviðati Betel. Grad se nekoæ zvao Luz.

24. they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, “Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you.”

24. Uhode opaziše èovjeka gdje izlazi iz grada i rekoše mu: "Pokaži nam kuda se može u grad, pa æemo ti biti milostivi."

25. And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.

25. On im pokaza kuda mogu u grad. I sve u gradu isjekoše maèem, a onoga èovjeka sa svom njegovom obitelji pustiše da ode.

26. And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.

26. Èovjek je otišao u zemlju Hetita i ondje sagradio grad i prozvao ga Luz. Tako se zove još i danas.

27. Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.

27. Manaše nije osvojio Bet-Šeana i njegovih sela ni Tanaka i njegovih sela. Nije potjerao ni stanovnika iz Dora i njegovih sela, ni stanovnika Jibleama i njegovih sela, ni stanovnika Megida i njegovih sela. Tako su Kanaanci ostali i živjeli u toj zemlji.

28. Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.

28. Kad je Izrael ojaèao, nametnuo je Kanaancima tlaku, ali ih nije mogao otjerati.

29. And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.

29. Ni Efrajim nije otjerao Kanaanaca koji su živjeli u Gezeru, tako te su Kanaanci tu živjeli meðu njima.

30. Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.

30. Zebulun nije otjerao stanovnika Kitrona ni stanovnika Nahalola. Tako su Kanaanci ostali usred Zebulunovih sinova, ali im bijaše nametnuta tlaka.

31. Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.

31. Ni Ašer nije otjerao stanovnika Akona, ni stanovnika Sidona, ni onih iz Mahalaba, Akziba, Helbe, Afika i Rehoba.

32. And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.

32. Ašerovci su ostali tako meðu Kanaancima, stanovnicima te zemlje, jer ih nisu otjerali.

33. Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath. And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.

33. Naftali nije otjerao stanovnika Bet-Šemeša i Bet-Anata, nego je živio meðu Kanaancima koji su nastavali tu zemlju, ali je stanovnicima Bet-Šemeša i Bet-Anata nametnuta tlaka.

34. And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.

34. Amorejci su potisnuli Danove sinove u goru i nisu ih puštali da siðu u ravnicu.

35. And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres, which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’ and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy, and he became a tributary to him.

35. Amorejci su se zadržali u Har-Heresu, Ajalonu i Šaalbimu, ali kad je ruka Josipova doma ojaèala, bila im je nametnuta tlaka.

36. Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion, to the Rock and the higher places.

36. Podruèje Edomaca pruža se od Akrabimskog uspona do Stijene pa naviše.