1 És az Izráel fiai megesküdtek Mispában, mondván: Senki mi közülünk nem2 És a nép elment Béthelbe, és ott volt egész estvéig az Isten elõtt, és3 És mondának: Oh Uram! Izráelnek Istene! Miért történt ez Izráelben, hogy4 És lõn másnap reggel, felkele a nép és ott oltárt épített, és egészen5 És mondának az Izráel fiai: Kicsoda az, a ki nem jött fel a gyülekezetbe6 És megszánák az Izráel fiai Benjámint, az õ atyjokfiát, és mondának:7 Mit cselekedjünk azokkal, a kik megmaradtak, hogy feleséget8 És mondának: Van-é valaki az Izráel nemzetségei közül, a ki nem jött fel9 Mert megszámlálá magát a nép, és ímé nem vala ott senki a Jábes-Gileád10 Ekkor elküldött a gyülekezet oda tizenkétezer harczban edzett férfiút,11 És ezt [kell] cselekednetek, hogy minden férfiút és minden asszonyt, a12 Találának pedig a Jábes-Gileád lakói között négyszáz szûz leányt, a kik13 És elküldött az egész gyülekezet, és izent a Benjámin fiainak, kik a14 Így tért vissza abban az idõben Benjámin, és nékik adták azokat15 És bánkódék a nép Benjámin miatt, hogy az Úr [ilyen] rést csinált az16 Mondának azért a gyülekezet vénei: Mit tegyünk, hogy a többiek is17 És mondának: A Benjáminiták birtoka örökség szerint ezeké, a kik18 De mi nem adhatunk nékik feleségeket leányaink közül, mert megesküdtek19 És mondának: Ímé az Úrnak esztendõnként [való] ünnepnapja lesz most20 [Ezt] parancsolák azért a Benjámin fiainak: Menjetek el, és21 És ha látjátok, hogy jõnek Siló leányai a körtánczban tánczolni, akkor22 Ha aztán atyjaik vagy testvéreik hozzánk jõnek perlõdni, akkor azt23 És ekképen cselekedtek a Benjámin fiai, és võnek feleségeket az õ számuk24 Az Izráel fiai pedig eltávoztak onnét abban az idõben, mindegyik a maga25 Ebben az idõben nem volt király Izráelben; azért mindenki azt
1Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.” (Bír 20,1; Bír 21,18)2And the people came to Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. (Bír 20,18; Bír 20,26; Bír 20,31)3And they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”4And the next day the people rose early and built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. (2Sám 24,25)5And the people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.” (Bír 5,23)6And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel this day. (Bír 21,15)7What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?” (Bír 21,16)8And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly. (1Sám 11,1; 1Sám 31,11)9For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. (Bír 21,8)10So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones. (Bír 21,5)11This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.” (4Móz 31,17)12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. (Józs 18,1)13Then the whole congregation sent word to the people of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon and proclaimed peace to them. (5Móz 20,10; Bír 20,47)14And Benjamin returned at that time. And they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead, but they were not enough for them.15And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. (Bír 21,6)16Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” (Bír 21,7)17And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.18Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” For the people of Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.” (Bír 21,1)19So they said, “Behold, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” (Bír 20,31)20And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards21and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. (2Móz 15,20; Bír 11,34)22And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’”23And the people of Benjamin did so and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off. Then they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and lived in them. (Bír 20,48)24And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.25In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (Bír 17,6; Bír 18,1; Bír 19,1)