¹And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

¹Abimelek pa, sin Jerub-baalov, je šel v Sihem k bratom matere svoje, in ogovori jih in vse sorodništvo hiše očeta matere svoje, rekoč:

²Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

²Govorite, prosim, v ušesa vseh sihemskih meščanov: Kaj vam je bolje, da vam vlada sedemdeset mož, vsi sinovi Jerub-baalovi, ali da vam vlada eden? Pomnite tudi, da sem vaša kost in vaše meso.

³And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

³In govorili so bratje matere njegove vse te besede v ušesa vseh sihemskih meščanov. In nagnilo se je njih srce k Abimeleku, zakaj rekli so: Brat naš je.

⁴And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

⁴In dali so mu sedemdeset srebrnikov iz Baal-beritove hiše; in s temi si najme Abimelek praznoglavih in gizdavih mož, ki so hodili za njim.

⁵And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

⁵In pride v očeta svojega hišo v Ofri in umori brate svoje, sinove Jerub-baalove, sedemdeset mož na enem kamenu. Jotam pa, najmlajši sin Jerub-baalov, je ostal, ker se je bil skril.

⁶And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

⁶In zbero se vsi sihemski meščani in vsa družina v Milu in gredo ter postavijo Abimeleka za kralja pri spominskem hrastu, ki je v Sihemu.

⁷And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

⁷Ko to sporoče Jotamu, gre in stopi na vrh gore Garizima in povzdigne glas in zakliče, rekoč jim: Poslušajte me, gospoda sihemska, da Bog tudi vas sliši.

⁸The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

⁸Drevesa so šla, da si pomazilijo kralja, in so dejala oljki: Kraljuj nad nami!

⁹But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

⁹A oljka odgovori: Ali naj opustim maščobo svojo, s katero po meni časté Boga in človeka, in naj grem, da bi se vznašala nad drevesi?

¹⁰And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

¹⁰In drevesa reko smokovemu drevesu: Pridi ti in nam kraljuj!

¹¹But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

¹¹A smokva jim reče: Ali naj opustim sladkost svojo in svoj dobri sad in naj grem, da bi se vznašala nad drevesi?

¹²Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

¹²Nato reko drevesa vinski trti: Pridi ti in kraljuj nad nami!

¹³And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

¹³Vinska trta pa jim reče: Ali naj opustim sok svoj, ki razveseljuje Boga in človeka, in naj grem, da se vznašam nad drevesi?

¹⁴Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

¹⁴Reko torej vsa drevesa bodljiki: Pridi pa ti in nad nami kraljuj!

¹⁵And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

¹⁵In bodljika reče drevesom: Ako si me v resnici hočete pomaziliti za kralja, pridite, imejte zavetje pod senco mojo! Ako pa ne, naj pride ogenj iz bodljike in požre cedre libanonske.

¹⁶Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;

¹⁶Ako ste torej zvesto in pošteno ravnali, da ste si za kralja postavili Abimeleka, in ako ste dobro storili Jerub-baalu in hiši njegovi, ako ste mu poplačali delo rok njegovih

¹⁷(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

¹⁷(zakaj moj oče se je bojeval za vas in žrtvoval življenje svoje in vas je rešil iz roke Madiancev;

¹⁸And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

¹⁸vi pa ste se danes vzdignili zoper očeta mojega hišo in ste umorili sinove njegove, sedemdeset mož na enem kamenu, in ste postavili Abimeleka, sina dekle njegove, za kralja sihemskim meščanom, ker je vaš brat):

¹⁹If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

¹⁹ako ste torej zvesto in pošteno ravnali z Jerub-baalom in s hišo njegovo ta dan, veselite se Abimeleka, tudi on naj se vas veseli!

²⁰But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

²⁰Ako pa ne, naj pride ogenj iz Abimeleka in požre sihemske meščane in hišo Milo, in pride naj ogenj iz sihemskih meščanov in iz hiše Mila in požre Abimeleka.

²¹And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

²¹Nato se umakne Jotam in pobegne, in uide v Beer in se ondi nastani, boječ se Abimeleka, brata svojega.

²²When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

²²Ko pa je vladal Abimelek Izraelu tri leta,

²³Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

²³pošlje Bog hudega duha med Abimeleka in sihemske meščane; in Sihemljani so izdajalsko ravnali z Abimelekom,

²⁴That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.

²⁴da pride osveta za nasilstvo, storjeno sedemdesetim sinovom Jerub-baalovim, in se njih kri povrne na Abimeleka, njih brata, ki jih je umoril, in na sihemske meščane, ker so mu ojačili roke, da ubije svoje brate.

²⁵And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

²⁵In sihemski meščani so mu nastavili zasednike po vrhovih gorá, in ti so oplenjevali vse, ki so potovali mimo njih po cesti. In to se je sporočilo Abimeleku.

²⁶And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

²⁶Gaal pa, sin Ebedov, pride s svojimi brati in se preseli v Sihem; in meščani sihemski so se zanesli nanj.

²⁷And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

²⁷In gredo ven na njive in obirajo vinograde in tlačijo grozdje, in napravijo veselico ter gredo v svojega boga hišo in jedo in pijejo in preklinjajo Abimeleka.

²⁸And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

²⁸In Gaal, sin Ebedov, reče: Kdo je Abimelek, in kaj je Sihem, da bi mu služili? Ni li on sin Jerub-baalov? in Zebul, ni li njegov upravitelj? Služite rajši možem Hemorja, očeta Sihemovega! Ker zakaj bi mi služili onemu?

²⁹And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

²⁹O da bi bilo to ljudstvo pod mojo roko, in odpravil bi Abimeleka! In sporočijo Abimeleku: Pomnoži vojsko svojo in pridi!

³⁰And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

³⁰Ko pa zasliši Zebul, mestni poglavar, besede Gaala, sina Ebedovega, se razvname srd njegov.

³¹And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.

³¹In v zvijači pošlje selstvo k Abimeleku in mu sporoči: Glej, Gaal, sin Ebedov, je prišel z brati svojimi v Sihem, in glej, silijo mesto, da se ti upre.

³²Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

³²Sedaj torej, vstani po noči in ljudstvo, ki je pri tebi, in napravi zasedo na polju.

³³And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

³³Zjutraj pa, ko vzide solnce, vstani zgodaj in plani na mesto; in glej, ko pride on in ljudstvo, ki je pri njem, tebi nasproti, lahko jim storiš, kar premoreš.

³⁴And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

³⁴In Abimelek vstane po noči in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, in se skrijejo v zasedi proti Sihemu v štirih četah.

³⁵And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

³⁵In Gaal, sin Ebedov, pride ven in se postavi ob vhodu v mestna vrata. Abimelek pa vstane iz zasede in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem.

³⁶And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

³⁶In ko vidi Gaal ljudstvo, reče Zebulu: Glej, neko ljudstvo prihaja doli z vrhov gorá. Zebul pa mu odgovori: Vidiš senco gorá in zdi se ti, da so ljudje.

³⁷And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

³⁷A Gaal zatrdi zopet in reče: Glej, ljudstvo prihaja z viška dežele, in ena četa gre sem po cesti k Hrastu čarovnikovemu.

³⁸Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.

³⁸Tedaj mu reče Zebul: Kje so zdaj usta tvoja, ki so dejala: Kdo je Abimelek, da bi mu služili? Ni li to tisto ljudstvo, ki si ga zaničeval? Sedaj pa pojdi vendar in bojuj se ž njim!

³⁹And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

³⁹In Gaal je šel na čelu sihemskih meščanov in se je bojeval zoper Abimeleka.

⁴⁰And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

⁴⁰Toda Abimelek ga zapodi v beg, in zbeži pred njim; in mnogo jih je popadalo ubitih na poti do mestnih vrat.

⁴¹And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

⁴¹In Abimelek je prebival v Arumi; Zebul pa je pregnal Gaala in brate njegove, da niso smeli bivati v Sihemu.

⁴²And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

⁴²In ko se drugi dan ljudstvo odpravi na polje, se to sporoči Abimeleku.

⁴³And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

⁴³In vzame svoje ljudstvo in ga razdeli v tri čete in preži v zasedi na polju; in pogleda, in glej, ljudstvo gre iz mesta, in plane nadnje ter jih pobije.

⁴⁴And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

⁴⁴Abimelek namreč in četa, ki je bila pri njem, jih zaskoči in se postavi ob vhodu v mestna vrata; drugi dve četi pa naskočita vse, ki so bili na polju, ter jih pobijeta.

⁴⁵And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

⁴⁵In Abimelek se je bojeval zoper mesto ves tisti dan in ga dobil, in je pobil ljudstvo, ki je bilo v njem; in mesto je razdejal in ga posul s soljo.

⁴⁶And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

⁴⁶Ko pa to slišijo vsi gospodje sihemskega gradiča, stopijo v hram hiše boga Berita.

⁴⁷And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

⁴⁷In sporoči se Abimeleku, da so se zbrali vsi gospodje sihemskega gradiča.

⁴⁸And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

⁴⁸In Abimelek gre na goro Zalmon, on in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo ž njim; in vzame sekiro v roko in odseka vejo z drevja, jo vzdigne in položi na ramo svojo in veli ljudstvu, ki je bilo ž njim: Kar ste me videli storiti, hitro storite po moje.

⁴⁹And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

⁴⁹In odseka tudi vse ljudstvo, sleherni svojo vejo, in gredo za Abimelekom in polože veje okrog hrama in zažgo ž njimi hram, tako da poginejo vsi ljudje na sihemskem gradiču, okoli tisoč mož in žen.

⁵⁰Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

⁵⁰Potem gre Abimelek proti Tebezu in ga oblega in dobi.

⁵¹But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

⁵¹Ali sredi mesta je bil močan stolp, kamor so zbežali vsi možje in žene in vsi mestni prvaki, in so zaprli za sabo in stopili na stolpovo streho.

⁵²And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

⁵²In Abimelek pride do stolpa in se bojuje zoper njega in pristopi do samih duri v stolp, da jih zažge.

⁵³And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

⁵³Neka žena pa vrže vrhnji kamen ročnega mlina Abimeleku na glavo in mu razbije lobanjo.

⁵⁴Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

⁵⁴Tedaj pokliče Abimelek hitro mladeniča, ki mu je nosil orožje, in mu veli: Potegni svoj meč in me umori, da ne poreko o meni: Žena ga je ubila. In njegov hlapec ga prebode, da je umrl.

⁵⁵And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

⁵⁵Ko pa vidijo možje Izraelovi, da je Abimelek mrtev, odide vsak v svoj kraj.

⁵⁶Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

⁵⁶Tako je Bog poplačal Abimeleku zlo, ki ga je storil očetu svojemu, umorivši sedemdeset bratov svojih;tudi vse zlo sihemskih mož je Bog povrnil na njih glavo; in prišlo je nadnje prokletje Jotama, sina Jerub-baalovega.

⁵⁷And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

⁵⁷tudi vse zlo sihemskih mož je Bog povrnil na njih glavo; in prišlo je nadnje prokletje Jotama, sina Jerub-baalovega.