¹Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel by them, even as many 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 of it:

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

³the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance 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.

⁴They were left to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded their fathers by 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.

⁵The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the 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 own 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.

⁷The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

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 Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim 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.

⁹When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved 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.

¹⁰The Spirit of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.

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.

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

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

¹²The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

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.

¹³He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.

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

¹⁴The 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 to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to 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.

¹⁶Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.

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

¹⁷He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

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

¹⁸When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.

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

¹⁹But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret errand to you, king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who 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.

²⁰Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” 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.

²¹Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

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

²²and the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

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 into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

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

²⁴Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”

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

²⁵They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the 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.

²⁶Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.

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

²⁷It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, 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.

²⁸He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any 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.

²⁹They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man 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. The land had rest eighty 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.

³¹After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad: and he also saved Israel.

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