¹Siis läksid kõik Iisraeli lapsed välja: kogudus tuli kokku nagu üks mees Daanist kuni Beer-Sebani ja Gileadimaalt Issanda juurde Mispasse.

¹And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.

²Ja kogu rahva ülemad ja kõik Iisraeli suguharud asusid Jumala rahva kogudusse, nelisada tuhat jalameest, mõõgatõmbajat.

²And the heads of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the congregation of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

³Ka benjaminlased kuulsid, et Iisraeli lapsed olid tulnud Mispasse. Ja Iisraeli lapsed ütlesid: 'Rääkige, kuidas see kuritöö sündis?'

³And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the children of Israel said, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?

⁴Ja mees, leviit, tapetud naise mees, vastas ning ütles: 'Mina ja mu liignaine tulime öömajale Benjamini päralt olevasse Gibeasse.

⁴Then the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah that [belongs] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

⁵Aga Gibea kodanikud kippusid mulle kallale ja piirasid öösel minu pärast koda, tahtes mind tappa; ja nad vägistasid mu liignaist, nõnda et ta suri.

⁵And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled so that she died.

⁶Siis ma võtsin oma liignaise ja lõikasin tema tükkideks ning läkitasin need kõigisse Iisraeli pärisosa maa-aladesse, sest nad on teinud Iisraelis häbiteo ja jäleduse.

⁶Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and villany in Israel.

⁷Vaata, te olete kõik siin, Iisraeli lapsed! Rääkige siin isekeskis ja andke nõu!'

⁷Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel.

⁸Siis tõusis kogu rahvas nagu üks mees, öeldes: 'Keegi meist ärgu pöördugu koju!

⁸And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we any one turn into his house.

⁹Ja mida me nüüd Gibeaga teeme, on see: tema vastu liisu läbi!

⁹But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;

¹⁰Me võtame kümme meest saja kohta kõigist Iisraeli suguharudest, ja sada tuhande kohta, ja tuhat kümne tuhande kohta, rahvale moona tooma, et need Benjamini Gibeasse tulles võiksid talitada vastavalt kõigele jäledusele, mis Iisraelis on tehtud.'

¹⁰and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the villany that they have wrought in Israel.

¹¹Nõnda kogunesid kõik Iisraeli mehed selle linna juurde, olles ühinenud nagu üheks meheks.

¹¹And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

¹²Ja Iisraeli suguharud läkitasid mehi kõigi Benjamini suguvõsade juurde ütlema: 'Milline kuritöö küll teie keskel on sündinud!

¹²And the tribes of Israel sent men to all the families of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that has been done among you?

¹³Andke nüüd välja need kõlvatud mehed, kes on Gibeas, ja me surmame nad ning kõrvaldame Iisraelist kurjuse!' Aga benjaminlased ei tahtnud kuulata oma vendade, Iisraeli laste häält.

¹³And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But [the children of] Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.

¹⁴Ja benjaminlased kogunesid oma linnadest Gibeasse, et minna sõtta Iisraeli laste vastu.

¹⁴And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities of Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

¹⁵Ja sel päeval loeti linnadest olevaid benjaminlasi: kakskümmend kuus tuhat meest, mõõgatõmbajat; peale nende loeti Gibea elanikest seitsesada valitud meest.

¹⁵And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

¹⁶Kogu sellest rahvast olid seitsesada valitud meest vasakukäelised: kõik need lingutasid kivi karvapealt ega eksinud mitte.

¹⁶Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; all these slang stones at a hair [breadth], and missed not.

¹⁷Ja Iisraeli mehi loeti peale benjaminlaste nelisada tuhat mõõgatõmbajat meest; need kõik olid sõjamehed.

¹⁷And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

¹⁸Ja nad võtsid kätte ja läksid Peetelisse ning küsisid Jumalalt; Iisraeli lapsed küsisid: 'Kes meist peab esimesena minema sõtta benjaminlaste vastu?' Issand vastas: 'Esimesena Juuda!'

¹⁸And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.

¹⁹Ja hommikul võtsid Iisraeli lapsed kätte ning lõid leeri üles Gibea ette.

¹⁹And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.

²⁰Ja Iisraeli mehed läksid sõdima benjaminlaste vastu; ja Iisraeli mehed seadsid endid tapluseks nende vastu Gibea juures.

²⁰And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

²¹Aga benjaminlased tulid Gibeast välja ja surmasid sel päeval Iisraeli seast kakskümmend kaks tuhat meest.

²¹And the children of Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men.

²²Ent rahvas, Iisraeli mehed, kinnitasid endid ja seadsid endid jälle tapluseks paigas, kus nad esimesel päeval olid endid valmis seadnud.

²²And the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

²³Ja Iisraeli lapsed läksid üles ja nutsid Issanda ees õhtuni ning küsisid Issandalt, öeldes: 'Kas pean veel minema sõdima oma venna Benjamini poegade vastu?' Ja Issand vastas: 'Minge nende vastu!'

²³And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even, and inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.

²⁴Ja teisel päeval lähenesid Iisraeli lapsed benjaminlastele.

²⁴And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

²⁵Aga benjaminlased tulid teisel päeval Gibeast välja nende vastu ja surmasid Iisraeli laste seast veel kaheksateist tuhat meest; need kõik olid mõõgatõmbajad.

²⁵And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and again destroyed to the ground of the children of Israel eighteen thousand men: all these drew the sword.

²⁶Siis läksid üles kõik Iisraeli lapsed, kogu rahvas, ja nad tulid Peetelisse; nad nutsid ja istusid seal Issanda ees ja paastusid sel päeval õhtuni ning ohverdasid Issanda ees põletus- ja tänuohvreid.

²⁶Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

²⁷Ja Iisraeli lapsed küsisid Issandalt, sest Jumala seaduselaegas oli neil päevil seal

²⁷And the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

²⁸ja Aaroni poja Eleasari poeg Piinehas seisis sel ajal selle ees, ja nad ütlesid: 'Kas pean veel minema sõdima oma venna Benjamini poegade vastu või pean loobuma?' Ja Issand vastas: 'Mine, sest homme ma annan nad sinu kätte!'

²⁸and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will give them into thy hand.

²⁹Siis Iisrael asetas varitsejad ümber Gibea.

²⁹And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.

³⁰Ja Iisraeli lapsed läksid kolmandal päeval benjaminlaste vastu ja seadsid endid Gibea vastu nagu eelmistel kordadel.

³⁰And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at the other times.

³¹Ja benjaminlased tulid välja rahva vastu, aga nad meelitati linnast eemale; nagu eelmistelgi kordadel lõid nad alguses rahva hulgast surnuks teede peal, millest üks läheb üles Peetelisse ja teine üle välja Gibeasse, ligi kolmkümmend Iisraeli meest.

³¹And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city, and began to smite of the people, slaying as at the former times, in the highways, of which one leads to Bethel and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

³²Ja benjaminlased ütlesid: 'Nad on meie ees maha löödud nagu ennegi!' Aga Iisraeli lapsed ütlesid: 'Põgenegem ja meelitagem nad linnast eemale maanteedele!'

³²And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the city to the highways.

³³Siis kõik Iisraeli mehed tõusid oma paigast ja seadsid endid valmis Baal-Taamaris, ja Iisraeli varitsejad tormasid oma paigast Gibea ümbrusest.

³³And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-Tamar; and the ambush of Israel rushed forth out of their place, out of the meadows of Geba.

³⁴Nõnda tuli Gibea ette kümme tuhat valitud meest kogu Iisraelist ja taplus oli kange; aga benjaminlased ei teadnud, et neile ligineb õnnetus.

³⁴And there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming upon them.

³⁵Ja Issand lõi Benjamini Iisraeli ees, ja Iisraeli lapsed hävitasid sel päeval Benjaminist kakskümmend viis tuhat ükssada meest; need kõik olid mõõgatõmbajad.

³⁵And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.

³⁶Siis benjaminlased nägid, et nad olid löödud; ja Iisraeli mehed andsid benjaminlastele maad, sest nad lootsid varitsejate peale, keda nad olid seadnud Gibea vastu.

³⁶And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. -- And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.

³⁷Ja varitsejad tõttasid ning tungisid Gibeale kallale; varitsejad talitasid otsustavalt ja nad lõid mõõgateraga maha kogu linna.

³⁷And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword.

³⁸Ja Iisraeli meestel oli varitsejatega leppemärk: nad lasku linnast suur suitsupilv üles tõusta!

³⁸Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.

³⁹Kui Iisraeli mehed tapluses pöördusid, benjaminlased olid alguses Iisraeli meestest maha löönud ligi kolmkümmend meest, sest nad mõtlesid: 'Nad on tõesti meie ees maha löödud nagu eelmises tapluses',

³⁹And when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to smite, slaying of the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they are quite routed before us as in the first battle.

⁴⁰siis hakkas linnast tõusma leppemärk, suitsusammas. Ja kui benjaminlased pöördusid, vaata, siis tõusis kogu linn suitsuna taeva poole.

⁴⁰And when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke, Benjamin looked behind, and behold, the whole city ascended [in smoke] to the heavens.

⁴¹Kui Iisraeli mehed pöördusid, siis Benjamini mehed kohkusid, sest nad nägid, et neid oli tabanud õnnetus.

⁴¹Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster was come upon them.

⁴²Nad pöördusid Iisraeli meeste eest kõrbe poole, aga taplus sai nad kätte; ja need, kes tulid linnadest, hävitasid neid eneste keskel.

⁴²And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.

⁴³Nad piirasid benjaminlased ümber ja jälitasid neid, tallasid neid maha puhkepaigast kuni vastu Gibead päikesetõusu poole.

⁴³They encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them down at the resting-place over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising.

⁴⁴Nõnda langes benjaminlastest kaheksateist tuhat meest; need kõik olid vaprad mehed.

⁴⁴And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour.

⁴⁵Siis nad pöördusid ümber ja põgenesid kõrbe, Rimmoni kalju suunas; aga Iisraeli lapsed noppisid maanteedelt ülejäänuist veel viis tuhat meest; ja nad ajasid neid taga kuni Gideomini ja lõid neist maha veel kaks tuhat meest.

⁴⁵And they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

⁴⁶Nõnda oli kõiki sel päeval benjaminlastest langenuid kakskümmend viis tuhat meest, mõõgatõmbajat; need kõik olid vaprad mehed.

⁴⁶So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword: all these, men of valour.

⁴⁷Ainult kuussada meest pöördus ümber ja põgenes kõrbe, Rimmoni kalju peale; nad jäid Rimmoni kalju peale neljaks kuuks.

⁴⁷And six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and abode at the cliff of Rimmon four months.

⁴⁸Aga Iisraeli mehed läksid tagasi benjaminlaste juurde ja lõid need maha mõõgateraga, nii meessoost linlased kui loomad ja kõik, keda tabasid; nad panid põlema ka kõik linnad, mis ette juhtusid.

⁴⁸And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city as the cattle, and all that was found; even all the cities that were found did they set on fire.