¹Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

¹Ti pa so narodi, ki jih je vzdržal GOSPOD, da po njih izkusi Izraela, vse, ki niso poznali vseh vojen kanaanskih,

²Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

²samo da jih spoznajo prihodnji rodovi Izraelovih sinov in se nauče vojske, vsaj tisti, ki niso nič tega prej spoznali:

³Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

³pet knezov Filistejcev in vse Kanaance in Sidonce in Hevejce, ki so prebivali na Libanonskem gorovju, od gore Baal-hermona do tja, kjer je vhod v Hamat.

⁴And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

⁴Ti so ostali, da se izkusi Izrael in da se spozna, ali bodo poslušali GOSPODOVE zapovedi, ki jih je zapovedal njih očetom po Mojzesu.

⁵And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

⁵In sinovi Izraelovi so stanovali med Kanaanci, Hetejci, Amorejci, Ferizejci, Hevejci in Jebusejci;

⁶And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

⁶in so si jemali njih hčere za žene ter dajali hčere svoje njih sinovom in služili njih bogovom.

⁷And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

⁷In delali so Izraelovi sinovi, kar je bilo zlo GOSPODOVIM očem, in so, pozabivši GOSPODA, Boga svojega, služili Baalom in Ašeram.

⁸Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

⁸Zato se je razvnela jeza GOSPODOVA zoper Izraela, in prodal jih je v roko Kušan-rišataima, kralja v Mezopotamiji; in sinovi Izraelovi so služili Kušan-rišataimu osem let.

⁹And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

⁹In ko so Izraelovi sinovi vpili h GOSPODU, jim je obudil rešitelja, ki jih je rešil, Otniela, sina Kenaza, Kalebovega mlajšega brata.

¹⁰And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

¹⁰In duh GOSPODOV je prišel nadenj, in sodil je Izraela; in odpravil se je v boj, in GOSPOD mu je dal v roko Kušan-rišataima, kralja v Mezopotamiji; in roka njegova je bila premočna Kušan-rišataimu.

¹¹And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

¹¹In dežela je imela pokoj štirideset let. In ko je umrl Otniel, sin Kenazov,

¹²And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

¹²so Izraelovi sinovi zopet delali, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH. In GOSPOD je ojačil Eglona, kralja Moabcev, zoper Izraela, zato ker so počenjali, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH.

¹³And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

¹³In zbral je k sebi Amonove sinove in Amalekovce, in gre ter udari Izraela in vzame Palmovo mesto.

¹⁴So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁴In Izraelovi sinovi so služili Eglonu, moabskemu kralju, osemnajst let.

¹⁵But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

¹⁵Ali ko so vpili sinovi Izraelovi h GOSPODU, jim je obudil GOSPOD rešitelja, Ehuda, Gerajevega sina, Benjaminca, čigar desna roka je bila hroma. In sinovi Izraelovi so poslali po njem darilo Eglonu, kralju Moabcev.

¹⁶But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

¹⁶Tedaj si je Ehud naredil dvorezen meč majhen komolec dolg, in si ga je pripasal pod obleko ob desnem bedru.

¹⁷And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

¹⁷In tako prinese darilo Eglonu, moabskemu kralju. Bil pa je Eglon silno debel mož.

¹⁸And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

¹⁸In ko izroči darilo, odpošlje ljudi, ki so nosili darilo.

¹⁹But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

¹⁹Sam pa se vrne od kamenoloma pri Gilgalu in reče: Imam ti, o kralj, nekaj skrivnega povedati. On pa veli: Molči! In vsi, ki so stali pri njem, gredo ven od njega.

²⁰And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

²⁰In Ehud vstopi k njemu; on pa je sedel v gornji hladilni sobi, ki mu je bila zasebna. In Ehud reče: Besedo Božjo imam zate. In vstane s svojega stola.

²¹And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

²¹Ehud pa iztegne levo roko ter potegne meč s svojega desnega bedra in mu ga sune v trebuh,

²²And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

²²da šine tudi držaj za rezilom vanj; in tolstina zadrži rezilo, ker mu ni potegnil meča iz trebuha, in ost pogleda zadaj ven.

²³Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them.

²³Nato gre Ehud ven v vežo in zapre vrata gornje sobe za seboj in jih zapahne.

²⁴When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

²⁴Ko pa je bil zunaj, pridejo služabniki in pogledajo, in glej, vrata so zapahnjena; in reko: Gotovo je v hladilni izbi pri svoji potrebi.

²⁵And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

²⁵In čakajo tako dolgo, da se že sramujejo, in glej, on ne odpre sobnih vrat; tedaj vzamejo ključ in odklenejo, in glej, njih gospod leži na tleh, mrtev.

²⁶And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

²⁶Ehud pa je ušel medtem, ko so se oni mudili, in gredoč mimo kamenoloma beži do Seire.

²⁷And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

²⁷In ko pride tja, zatrobi na trobento na Efraimskem gorovju, in Izraelovi sinovi stopijo ž njim doli z gorovja in on jim gre na čelu.

²⁸And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

²⁸In jim veli: Pojdite za menoj, kajti GOSPOD vam je dal v roko sovražnike vaše, Moabce. In gredo doli za njim, in vzamejo Moabcem jordanske brodove, in ne puste nikogar čez.

²⁹And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man.

²⁹In pobijejo tisti čas Moabcev okoli deset tisoč mož, vse dobro rejene in junaške može, da ni eden ušel.

³⁰So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

³⁰Tako je bil tisti čas Moab potlačen pod roko Izraelovo. In dežela je imela pokoj osemdeset let.In po njem je bil Samgar, sin Anatov, ki je pobil šeststo Filistejcev z volovskim ostnom; in tudi on je rešil Izraela.

³¹And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

³¹In po njem je bil Samgar, sin Anatov, ki je pobil šeststo Filistejcev z volovskim ostnom; in tudi on je rešil Izraela.