¹Iisraeli mehed olid Mispas vandunud, öeldes: 'Ükski meist ei anna oma tütart naiseks benjaminlastele!'

¹Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to the Benjaminites as wife.

²Kui rahvas tuli Peetelisse, siis nad istusid seal õhtuni Jumala ees, tõstsid häält ja nutsid suurt nuttu

²And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

³ning ütlesid: 'Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, mispärast on Iisraelis sündinud see, et täna puudub Iisraelist üks suguharu?'

³and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?

⁴Teisel päeval tõusis rahvas vara ja ehitas sinna altari ning ohverdas põletus- ja tänuohvreid.

⁴And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

⁵Ja Iisraeli lapsed küsisid: 'Kes kõigist Iisraeli suguharudest ei ole tulnud koos kogudusega Issanda juurde?' Sest suur vanne oli pandud selle peale, kes ei tulnud Issanda juurde Mispasse, ja oli öeldud: 'Teda tuleb surmaga karistada!'

⁵And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to Jehovah? For they had [made] a great oath concerning him that came not up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall certainly be put to death.

⁶Ja Iisraeli lapsed kahetsesid oma venda Benjamini ning ütlesid: 'Täna on üks suguharu Iisraelist ära raiutud.

⁶And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.

⁷Kust peaksime leidma naised neile ülejäänutele? Sest me oleme vandunud Issanda juures, et me ei anna oma tütreist ühtegi neile naisteks.'

⁷What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives.

⁸Ja nad küsisid: 'Kas on Iisraeli suguharudest keegi, kes ei ole tulnud Issanda juurde Mispasse?' Ja vaata, Gileadi Jaabesist ei olnud ükski tulnud sõjaleeri koguduse juurde.

⁸And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpah to Jehovah? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-Gilead, to the congregation;

⁹Rahvas loeti ära, ja vaata, seal ei olnud ühtegi Gileadi Jaabesi elanikku.

⁹for the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead there.

¹⁰Siis kogudus läkitas sinna kaksteist tuhat meest vapraist poegadest ja käskis neid, öeldes: 'Minge ja lööge mõõgateraga maha Gileadi Jaabesi elanikud, ka naised ja väetid lapsed!

¹⁰And the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, and the women and the children.

¹¹Tehke nõnda: kõik meesterahvad ja kõik naised, kes tunnevad meesterahva magatamist, hävitage sootuks!'

¹¹And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.

¹²Nad leidsid Gileadi Jaabesi elanike hulgast nelisada tüdrukut, kes olid neitsid, kes ei olnud meest tunda saanud meesterahvast magatades; ja nad tõid need leeri Siilosse, mis on Kaananimaal.

¹²And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women that were virgins, who had known no man by lying with any male, and they brought them to the camp, to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

¹³Siis terve kogudus läkitas käskjalad ja käskis rääkida benjaminlastega, kes olid Rimmoni kaljul, ja kuulutada neile rahu.

¹³And the whole assembly sent to speak to the children of Benjamin that were at the cliff of Rimmon, and to proclaim peace to them.

¹⁴Ja benjaminlased tulid siis tagasi ja nad andsid neile naisteks need, kes olid jäetud elama Gileadi Jaabesi naiste hulgast; aga neist ei jätkunud neile.

¹⁴And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them the wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead; but even so they found not enough for them.

¹⁵Ja rahvas kahetses Benjamini, sest Issand oli teinud lünga Iisraeli suguharudesse.

¹⁵And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

¹⁶Ja koguduse vanemad ütlesid: 'Kust peaksime leidma naised neile ülejäänutele? Sest naised on Benjaminist hävitatud.'

¹⁶And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

¹⁷Ja nad ütlesid: 'Benjamini pääsenute omand on ju alles ja Iisraelist ei tohi kustutada ühtegi suguharu.

¹⁷And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.

¹⁸Me ise aga ei või anda neile naisi oma tütreist.' Sest Iisraeli lapsed olid vandunud, öeldes: 'Neetud olgu, kes annab Benjaminile naise!'

¹⁸But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites!

¹⁹Siis nad ütlesid: 'Vaata, igal aastal on Issanda püha Siilos, mis on põhja pool Peetelit, päikesetõusu pool Peetelist üles Sekemisse minevat maanteed, ja lõuna pool Leboonat.'

¹⁹And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, toward the sun-rising of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

²⁰Ja nad käskisid benjaminlasi, öeldes: 'Minge ja varitsege viinamägedes

²⁰And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

²¹ja vaadake, ja vaata, kui Siilo tütred tulevad ringtantsu tantsima, siis tulge viinamägedest välja ja haarake endile igamees oma naine Siilo tütarde hulgast ja minge Benjamini maale!

²¹and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

²²Ja kui nende isad või vennad tulevad meiega riidlema, siis ütleme neile: Olge neile armulised meie pärast, sest me pole sõjas igaühele naist võtnud. Teie ei ole ju ka andnud neid neile, muidu oleksite nüüd ise süüdlased!'

²²And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Gratify us with them, because we did not take each man his wife in the war; for ye did not give them to them, that ye should now be guilty.

²³Ja benjaminlased tegid nõnda ning võtsid tantsijate hulgast naisi vastavalt oma arvule, röövides need; siis nad läksid ja tulid tagasi oma pärisosale, ehitasid linnad üles ja elasid neis.

²³And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

²⁴Siis Iisraeli lapsed läksid sealt ära, igaüks oma suguharu ja suguvõsa juurde; igaüks läks sealt oma pärisosale.

²⁴And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

²⁵Neil päevil ei olnud Iisraelis kuningat: igamees tegi, mis tema enese silmis õige oli.

²⁵In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.