¹Nato se odpravijo vsi sinovi Izraelovi, in vsa občina se zbere kakor en mož, od Dana tja do Bersebe, z Gileadsko pokrajino, pred GOSPODOM v Micpi.

¹And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh.

²In poglavarji vsega ljudstva, vseh rodov Izraelovih, so se sešli v zboru ljudstva Božjega, štiristo tisoč pešcev, ki so izdirali meč.

²And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.

³Sinovi Benjaminovi so pa slišali, da so se sešli sinovi Izraelovi gori v Micpi. In sinovi Izraelovi reko: Povejte, kako se je zgodilo to zlo?

³And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, `Speak ye, how hath this evil been?`

⁴In levit, mož žene, ki je bila umorjena, odgovori in reče: Prišel sem s priležnico svojo v Gibeo, ki je Benjaminova, da bi tam prenočil.

⁴And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which [is] to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

⁵A meščani v Gibei so se vzdignili zoper mene in so po noči obdali hišo zaradi mene; mene so mislili umoriti, mojo priležnico pa so sramotili, da je umrla.

⁵and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah — and they go round the house against me by night — me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth;

⁶Tedaj sem vzel priležnico svojo in jo razkrojil v kose in razposlal po vsej deželi dediščine Izraelove; kajti storili so grdobo in nesramnost v Izraelu.

⁶and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;

⁷Poglejte, vi vsi sinovi Izraelovi, govorite tu in dajte svet!

⁷lo, ye [are] all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.`

⁸Tedaj vstane vse ljudstvo kakor en mož in reče: Nihče izmed nas ne sme iti v šator svoj, nihče naj se ne vrne v hišo svojo!

⁸And all the people rise as one man, saying, `None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth turn aside to his house;

⁹A to zdaj storimo Gibei: pojdemo proti njim, kakor določi kocka!

⁹and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah — against it by lot!

¹⁰Vzemimo po deset mož iz sto in po sto iz tisoč in po tisoč iz deset tisoč od vseh rodov Izraelovih, da prinašajo hrano ljudstvu, ki naj gre nad Gibeo Benjaminovo in jim stori, kakor zasluži njih nesramnost, ki so jo storili v Izraelu.

¹⁰and we have taken ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it hath done in Israel.`

¹¹Tedaj so se zbrali vsi Izraelovi možje zoper tisto mesto, združeni kakor en mož.

¹¹And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man — companions.

¹²In Izraelovi rodovi pošljejo može po vseh Benjaminovih rodovinah, da sporoče: Kakšna hudobnost je to, ki se je med vami zgodila?

¹²And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, `What [is] this evil which hath been among you?

¹³Sedaj pa nam izročite tiste hudobne zanikarneže, ki so v Gibei, da jih usmrtimo in odpravimo hudobo izmed Izraela! A Benjaminci niso hoteli slušati glasu bratov svojih, sinov Izraelovih.

¹³And now, give up the men — sons of worthlessness — which [are] in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.` And [the sons of] Benjamin have not been willing to hearken to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel;

¹⁴Ampak sinovi Benjaminovi se zbero iz svojih mest pri Gibei, da bi šli v boj zoper sinove Izraelove.

¹⁴and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.

¹⁵In tisti dan so bili sešteti sinovi Benjaminovi iz mest: šestindvajset tisoč mož, ki so izdirali meč, razen prebivalcev v Gibei, katerih je bilo naštetih sedemsto izbraniln mož.

¹⁵And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities [are] twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, [who] numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;

¹⁶Med vsem tem ljudstvom je bilo sedemsto izbranih mož, levičnikov; vsi so znali s pračo kamene v las metati, ne da bi zgrešili.

¹⁶among all this people [are] seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he doth not err.

¹⁷In mož Izraelovih, brez Benjamincev, je bilo seštetih štirikrat sto tisoč mož, ki so izdirali meč; vsi ti so bili vojščaki.

¹⁷And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

¹⁸In sinovi Izraelovi vstanejo in gredo gori v Betel in vprašajo Boga in reko: Kdo naj gre iz nas prvi vojskovat se s sinovi Benjaminovimi? In GOSPOD veli: Juda naj gre prvi.

¹⁸And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, `Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?` and Jehovah saith, `Judah — at the commencement.`

¹⁹Zjutraj torej vstanejo sinovi Izraelovi in se utabore proti Gibei.

¹⁹And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,

²⁰In možje Izraelovi gredo v boj zoper Benjamince in se razvrste v bitko ž njimi pri Gibei.

²⁰and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array with them, [for] battle against Gibeah,

²¹Sinovi Benjaminovi pa planejo iz Gibee in tisti dan pobijejo na tla iz Izraelcev dvaindvajset tisoč mož.

²¹and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men — to the earth.

²²Ali ljudstvo, možje Izraelovi, se ohrabre med seboj in se zopet razvrste v bitko ob kraju, kjer so se razvrstili prvi dan.

²²And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.

²³In Izraelovi sinovi so šli gori in plakali pred GOSPODOM do večera in vprašali so GOSPODA, rekoč: Ali naj zopet grem bojevat se s sinovi Benjamina, brata svojega? GOSPOD veli: Pojdite gori zoper nje!

²³And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, `Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?` And Jehovah saith, `Go up against him.`

²⁴In sinovi Izraelovi se približajo Benjaminovim sinovom drugi dan.

²⁴And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day,

²⁵In Benjaminci planejo proti njini iz Gibee drugi dan, in zopet pobijejo na tla iz sinov Izraelovih osemnajst tisoč mož, ki so vsi izdirali meč.

²⁵and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men — to the earth; all these are drawing sword.

²⁶Nato gredo gori vsi sinovi Izraelovi in vse ljudstvo in pridejo v Betel in plakajo in ostanejo ondi pred GOSPODOM, in so se postili tisti dan do večera in so darovali žgalne in mirovne daritve pred GOSPODOM.

²⁶And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

²⁷In sinovi Izraelovi vprašajo GOSPODA (zakaj skrinja zaveze Božje je tam bila v tistih dneh,

²⁷And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, — and there [is] the ark of the covenant of God in those days,

²⁸in Pinehas, sin Eleazarja, sina Aronovega, je stal pred njo tiste dni), rekoč: Ali naj zopet grem, da se bojujem s sinovi Benjamina, brata svojega, ali naj mirujem? In GOSPOD veli: Pojdite gori, zakaj jutri vam jih dam v roke.

²⁸and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days — saying, `Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?` And Jehovah saith, `Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.`

²⁹In Izrael postavi zasede proti Gibei vseokrog.

²⁹And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,

³⁰Nato gredo sinovi Izraelovi gori proti Benjaminovim sinovom tretji dan in razvrste se zoper Gibeo kakor poprej.

³⁰and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.

³¹In sinovi Benjaminovi pridero proti ljudstvu, in ko se oddaljijo od mesta, začno pobijati nekatere iz ljudstva kakor poprej ob cestah, katerih ena gre gori v Betel, druga pa v Gibeo na polju, in usmrte okoli trideset mož iz Izraela.

³¹And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite [some] of the people — wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), [are] about thirty men of Israel.

³²Tedaj reko sinovi Benjaminovi: Padajo pred nami kakor prvikrat. A sinovi Izraelovi reko: Bežimo, da jih odpeljemo od mesta na ceste!

³²And the sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;` but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.`

³³In vstanejo sinovi Izraelovi s svojega kraja in se razvrste pri Baaltamarju; Izraelci, skriti v zasedi, pa planejo s svojega mesta, s planjave Gebe.

³³And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.

³⁴In pridere proti Gibei deset tisoč izbranih mož iz vsega Izraela, in bitka je postala trda, a oni niso vedeli, da hiti nesreča nadnje.

³⁴And they come in over against Gibeah — ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel — and the battle [is] grievous, and they have not known that the evil is striking against them.

³⁵In GOSPOD je udaril Benjamina pred sinovi Izraelovimi, da so sinovi Izraelovi pobili tisti dan iz Benjamincev petindvajset tisoč in sto mož, ki so vsi izdirali meč.

³⁵And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these [are] drawing sword.

³⁶In sinovi Benjaminovi so videli, da so poraženi. Kajti možje Izraelovi so dali Benjamincem prostora, ker so se zanesli na zasede, ki so jih bili postavili proti Gibei.

³⁶And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten — and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,

³⁷In zasedniki so hiteli in naskočili Gibeo in so se namerili na mesto in vse pobili z ostrino meča.

³⁷and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.

³⁸Dogovorili so se pa možje Izraelovi z zasedniki, da napravijo, da se vali kvišku velik dim iz mesta.

³⁸And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush — their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.

³⁹In obrnejo se možje Izraelovi v bitki, in Benjaminci jih začno biti in pomore iz Izraela okoli trideset mož; mislili so namreč: Zopet so poraženi pred nami kakor v prejšnji bitki.

³⁹And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as [at] the first battle;

⁴⁰Ko pa se iz mesta začne dim dvigati kakor steber, se Benjaminci ozro, in glej, vse mesto gre v plamenu proti nebu.

⁴⁰and the volume hath begun to go up from the city — a pillar of smoke — and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.

⁴¹V tem se obrnejo možje Izraelovi, in možje Benjaminovi se prestrašijo, zakaj videli so, da jih je nesreča dohitela.

⁴¹And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the evil hath stricken against them —

⁴²Krenili so sicer pred možmi Izraelovimi na pot k puščavi, ali vojska je pritiskala za njimi; in tisti, ki pridejo iz mest, jih obkolijo in pobijejo.

⁴²and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who [are] from the city are destroying them in their midst;

⁴³In obsujejo Benjamince od vseh strani, jih podijo in jih poteptajo na njih počivališču tja do one strani ob Gibei proti solnčnemu vzhodu.

⁴³they have compassed the Benjamites — they have pursued them — with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.

⁴⁴In padlo je iz Benjamina osemnajst tisoč mož, vsi ti so bili hrabri možje.

⁴⁴And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men — the whole of these [are] men of valour;

⁴⁵In obrnejo se in beže proti puščavi, k Rimonski skali. Ali na tej cesti so jih pobili pet tisoč mož in so jim bili trdo za petami tja do Gidoma in so pobili izmed njih dva tisoč mož.

⁴⁵and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men.

⁴⁶Tako je bilo vseh, ki so tisti dan padli iz Benjamina, petindvajset tisoč mož, ki so izdirali meč in so bili vsi hrabri možje.

⁴⁶And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day — the whole of these [are] men of valour;

⁴⁷Samo šeststo mož se obrne in zbeži v puščavo, k Rimonski skali, in ostanejo na Rimonski skali štiri mesece.A možje Izraelovi se zopet obrnejo na sinove Benjaminove in pobijejo z ostrino meča, kar jih je bilo v mestu, živino in vse, kar zasačijo; tudi vsa mesta, na katera so naleteli, požgo z ognjem.

⁴⁷and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.

⁴⁸A možje Izraelovi se zopet obrnejo na sinove Benjaminove in pobijejo z ostrino meča, kar jih je bilo v mestu, živino in vse, kar zasačijo; tudi vsa mesta, na katera so naleteli, požgo z ognjem.

⁴⁸And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, — men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.