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V 001 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
V 002 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
V 003 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
V 004 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
V 005 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
V 006 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
V 007 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
V 008 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
V 009 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
V 010 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
V 011 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
V 012 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
V 013 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
V 014 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
V 015 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
V 016 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
V 017 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
V 018 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
V 019 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
V 020 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
V 021 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
V 022 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
V 023 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
V 024 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
V 025 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
V 026 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
V 027 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
V 028 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
V 029 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
V 030 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
V 031 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
V 032 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
V 033 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
V 034 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
V 035 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
V 036 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
V 037 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
V 038 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
V 039 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
V 040 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
 

فصل 11

بنو إسرائيل يستنجدون بيفتاح

1- وَكَانَ يَفْتَاحُ الْجِلْعَادِيُّ مُحَارِباً شَدِيدَ الْبَأْسِ، أَنْجَبَهُ أَبُوهُ جِلْعَادُ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ عَاهِرَةٍ. 
2- وَأَنْجَبَ جِلْعَادُ أَيْضاً عَدَداً مِنَ الأَبْنَاءِ مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا كَبِرُوا طَرَدُوا يَفْتَاحَ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «أَنْتَ ابْنُ عَاهِرَةٍ، وَلَنْ تَرِثَ شَيْئاً مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِينَا». 
3- فَهَرَبَ يَفْتَاحُ مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ وَأَقَامَ فِي أَرْضِ طُوبٍ، فاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالٌ أَفَّاقُونَ وَتَبِعُوهُ.

4- وَبَعْدَ زَمَنٍ، حَارَبَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 
5- فَمَضَى شُيُوخُ جِلْعَادَ لِيَأْتُوا بِيَفْتَاحَ مِنْ أَرْضِ طُوبٍ، 
6- وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «تَعَالَ وَكُنْ قَائِداً لَنَا فِي حَرْبِنَا مَعَ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ». 
7- فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَفْتَاحُ: «أَلَمْ تُبْغِضُونِي وَتَطْرُدُونِي مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي؟ فَمَا بَالُكُمْ تَأْتُونَ إِلَيَّ فِي ضِيقَتِكُمْ؟» 
8- فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لأَنَّنَا فِي ضِيقٍ جِئْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتَرْجِعَ مَعْنَا وَتُحَارِبَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَتَكُونَ رَئِيساً عَلَى كُلِّ سُكَّانِ جِلْعَادَ». 
9- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنْ أَرْجَعْتُمُونِي لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَهَزَمَهُمُ الرَّبُّ أَمَامِي، فَهَلْ حَقّاً تَجْعَلُونَنِي رَئِيساً عَلَيْكُمْ؟» 
10- فَأَجَابُوهُ: «الرَّبُّ شَاهِدٌ بَيْنَنَا إِنْ كُنَّا لاَ نَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ». 
11- فَانْطَلَقَ يَفْتَاحُ مَعَ شُيُوخِ جِلْعَادَ فَنَصَبَهُ الشَّعْبُ عَلَيْهِمْ رَئِيساً وَقَائِداً، وَرَدَّدَ يَفْتَاحُ تَعَهُّدَاتِهِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

 

وفد يفتاح إلى ملك بني عمون

12- ثُمَّ بَعَثَ يَفْتَاحُ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَلِكِ عَمُّونَ يَسْأَلُهُ: «مَاذَا تُضْمِرُ ضِدَّنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتَ لِتُهَاجِمَنَا فِي بِلاَدِنَا؟» 
13- فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ عَمُّونَ رُسُلَ يَفْتَاحَ: «لأَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى أَرْضِي عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِ مِنْ مِصْرَ مِنْ أَرْنُونَ إِلَى يَبُّوقَ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. وَالآنَ رُدَّهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ حَرْبٍ». 
14- فَعَادَ يَفْتَاحُ فَبَعَثَ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَلِكِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، 
15- قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يُجِيبُكَ بِهِ يَفْتَاحُ: إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَسْتَوْلُوا عَلَى أَرْضِ مُوآبَ وَلاَ عَلَى أَرْضِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، 
16- لأَنَّهُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ سَارُوا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا الْبَحْرَ الأَحْمَرَ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى قَادَشَ. 
17- ثُمَّ بَعَثَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَلِكِ أَدُومَ يَقُولُونَ لَهُ: دَعْنَا نَجْتَازُ فِي أَرْضِكَ. فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَهُمْ مَلِكُ أَدُومَ. ثُمَّ بَعَثُوا رُسُلاً أَيْضاً إِلَى مَلِكِ مُوآبَ فَرَفَضَ هُوَ الآخَرُ. فَمَكَثَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي قَادَشَ. 
18- ثُمَّ دَارُوا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَ أَرْضِ أَدُومَ وَأَرْضِ مُوآبَ قَادِمِينَ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ إِلَى أَرْضِ مُوآبَ، وَخَيَّمُوا وَرَاءَ حُدُودِ أَرْنُونَ، وَلَمْ يَعْبُرُوا إِلَى تُخْمِ مُوآبَ لأَنَّ أَرْنُونَ هِيَ حَدُّ مُوآبَ. 
19- بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ رُسُلاً إِلَى سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ فِي عَاصِمَتِهِ حَشْبُونَ يَقُولُونَ: دَعْنَا نَعْبُرُ فِي أَرْضِكَ إِلَى حَيْثُ نَحْنُ مُتَوَجِّهُونَ. 
20- وَلَكِنَّ سِيحُونَ لَمْ يَأْمَنْ أَنْ يَعْبُرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي أَرْضِهِ، بَلْ حَشَدَ كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ وَعَسْكَرَ فِي يَاهَصَ وَحَارَبَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. 
21- فَنَصَرَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبَهُ عَلَى سِيحُونَ وَجَيْشِهِ، فَهَزَمُوهُمْ وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ تِلْكَ الْبِلاَدِ. 
22- فَامْتَلَكُوا كُلَّ بِلاَدِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ أَرْنُونَ فِي الْجَنُوبِ إِلَى الْيَبُّوقِ فِي الشِّمَالِ، وَمِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ فِي الشَّرْقِ إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي الْغَرْبِ. 
23- وَالآنَ وَقَدْ طَرَدَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 
24- فَبِأَيِّ حَقٍّ تُرِيدُ أَنْتَ أَنْ تَسْتَرِدَّهَا؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْتَفِظُ بِمَا أَعْطَاهُ لَكَ كَمُوشُ إِلَهُكَ؟ وَنَحْتَفِظُ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِمَا أَعْطَاهُ لَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا؟ 
25- ثُمَّ هَلْ أَنْتَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ بَالاَقَ بْنِ صِفُّورَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ؟ هَلْ خَاصَمَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ أَثَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَرْباً؟ 
26- لَقَدْ أَقَامَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي حَشْبُونَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَعَرُوعِيرَ وَقُرَاهَا وَكُلِّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ نَهْرِ أَرْنُونَ ثَلاَثَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ، فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَسْتَرِدَّهَا طَوَالَ تِلْكَ الْحِقْبَةِ؟ 
27- إِنَّنِي لَمْ أُسِيءْ إِلَيْكَ، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَرْتَكِبُ شَرّاً فِي حَقِّي بِإِثَارَتِكَ الْحَرْبَ عَلَيَّ. فَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ الْيَوْمَ قَاضِياً بَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ». 
28- فَلَمْ يَأْبَهْ مَلِكُ بَنِي عَمُّونَ لِرِسَالَةِ يَفْتَاحَ.

 

نذر يفتاح وهزيمة العمونيين

29- فَحَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى يَفْتَاحَ، فَاجْتَازَ أَرَاضِي جِلْعَادَ وَمَنَسَّى وَمِصْفَاةَ جِلْعَادَ، وَمِنْهَا تَقَدَّمَ نَحْوَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ. 
30- وَنَذَرَ يَفْتَاحُ نَذْراً لِلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «إِنْ نَصَرْتَنِي عَلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ، 
31- فَإِنَّنِي عِنْدَ رُجُوعِي سَالِماً مِنْ مُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ أُصْعِدُ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَةً: أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ بَيْتِي لِلِقَائِي». 
32- ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ يَفْتَاحُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، فَأَظْفَرَهُ الرَّبُّ بِهِمْ، 
33- وَهَزَمَهُمْ هَزِيمَةً مُنْكَرَةً مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ حَتَّى مِنِّيتَ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ عِشْرِينَ مَدِينَةً إِلَى آبَلِ الْكُرُومِ. وَهَكَذَا أَخْضَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ.

 

التضحية بابنة يفتاح

34- ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَفْتَاحُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، فَخَرَجَتِ ابْنَتُهُ الْوَحِيدَةُ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ابْنٌ أَوِ ابْنَةٌ سِوَاهَا، لِلِقَائِهِ بِدُفُوفٍ وَرَقْصٍ. 
35- فَلَمَّا رَآهَا مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَوَلْوَلَ قَائِلاً: «آهِ يَاابْنَتِي، لَقَدْ أَحْزَنْتِنِي وَحَطَّمْتِنِي، لأَنَّنِي نَذَرْتُ نَذْراً لِلرَّبِّ وَلاَ سَبِيلَ لِلرُّجُوعِ عَنْهُ». 
36- فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «لَقَدْ نَذَرْتَ نَذْرَكَ لِلرَّبِّ، فَافْعَلْ بِي كَمَا نَذَرْتَ، وَلاَسِيَّمَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ لَكَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ». 
37- ثُمَّ قَالَتْ لأَبِيهَا: «وَلَكِنْ حَقِّقْ لِي هَذَا الطَّلَبَ: أَمْهِلْنِي شَهْرَيْنِ أَتَجَوَّلُ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجِبَالِ وَأَنْدُبُ عَذْرَاوِيَّتِي مَعَ صَاحِبَاتِي». 
38- فَقَالَ لَهَا: «اذْهَبِي». وَأَمْهَلَهَا شَهْرَيْنِ قَضَتْهُمَا هِيَ وَصَاحِبَاتُهَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ تَنْدُبُ عَذْرَاوِيَّتَهَا. 
39- ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فِي نِهَايَةِ الشَّهْرَيْنِ إِلَى أَبِيهَا، فَأَصْعَدَهَا مُحْرَقَةً وَفَاءً بِنَذْرِهِ، فَمَاتَتْ عَذْرَاءَ، 
40- فَصَارَ مِنْ عَادَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّاتِ أَنْ يَذْهَبْنَ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي السَّنَةِ لِيَنُحْنَ عَلَى ابْنَةِ يَفْتَاحَ الْجِلْعَادِيِّ.

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Chapter: 012

V 001 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
V 002 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
V 003 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
V 004 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
V 005 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
V 006 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
V 007 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
V 008 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
V 009 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
V 010 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
V 011 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
V 012 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
V 013 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
V 014 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
V 015 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
 

فصل 12

مخاصمة رجال أفرايم ليفتاح

1- وَجَهَّزَ سِبْطُ أَفْرَايِمَ جَيْشاً، وَتَقَدَّمُوا شِمَالاً نَحْوَ زَفُونَ قَائِلِينَ لِيَفْتَاحَ: «لِمَاذَا انْطَلَقْتَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَدْعُوَنَا لِلانْضِمَامِ إِلَيْكَ؟ لِنُحْرِقَنَّ عَلَيْكَ بَيْتَكَ بِالنَّارِ». 
2- فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «كُنْتُ أَنَا وَقَوْمِي فِي خِصَامٍ عَنِيفٍ مَعَ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ، فَاسْتَنْجَدْتُ بِكُمْ فَلَمْ تُجِيرُونِي. 
3- وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَيْتُ تَقَاعُسَكُمْ عَنْ إِجَارَتِي جَازَفْتُ بِحَيَاتِي، وَحَارَبْتُ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، فَنَصَرَنِي الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَلِمَاذَا تَأَلَّبْتُمْ عَلَيَّ الْيَوْمَ لِمُحَارَبَتِي؟»

 

هزيمة رجال أفرايم

4- وَحَشَدَ يَفْتَاحُ كُلَّ رِجَالِ جِلْعَادَ وَحَارَبَ سِبْطَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهَزَمَهُمْ، لأَنَّ رِجَالَ أَفْرَايِمَ اسْتَخَفُّوا بِالْجِلْعَادِيِّينَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّهُمْ مَنْبُوذُو أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى». 
5- فَاسْتَوْلَى الْجِلْعَادِيُّونَ عَلَى مَخَاوِضِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَكُلَّمَا قَالَ أَحَدُ رِجَالِ أَفْرَايِمَ الْهَارِبِينَ: «دَعُونِي أَعْبُرُ»، كَانَ رِجَالُ جِلْعَادَ يَسْأَلُونَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ أَفْرَايِمِيٌّ؟» فَإِنْ قَالَ: «لاَ» 
6- كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ: «شِبُّولَتْ» فَيَقُولُ: «سِبُّولَتْ» مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَتَحَفَّظَ فِي لَفْظِهَا لَفْظاً صَحِيحاً، فَيَقْبِضُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَذْبَحُونَهُ عَلَى مَخَاوِضِ الأُرْدُنِّ. فَقُتِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ إِثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفاً. 
7- وَظَلَّ يَفْتَاحُ قَاضِياً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سِتَّ سَنَواتٍ. وَعِنْدَمَا مَاتَ دُفِنَ فِي إِحْدَى مُدُنِ جِلْعَادَ.

 

إبصان وإيلون وعبدون قضاة لبني إسرائيل

8- وَخَلَفَ إِبْصَانُ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، يَفْتَاحَ قَاضِياً لإِسْرَائِيلَ. 
9- وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَلاَثُونَ ابْناً وَثَلاَثُونَ ابْنَةً فَزَوَّجَ بَنَاتِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَبْنَاءِ عَشِيرَتِهِ، كَمَا زَوَّجَ أَبْنَاءَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ بَنَاتِ عَشِيرَتِهِ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ قَاضِياً لإِسْرَائِيلَ سَبْعَ سَنَواتٍ. 
10- ثُمَّ مَاتَ إِبْصَانُ وَدُفِنَ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ.

11- وَأَعْقَبَهُ فِي الْقَضَاءِ لإِسْرَائِيلَ إِيلُونُ الزَّبُولُونِيُّ، فَظَلَّ قَاضِياً مُدَّةَ عَشْرِ سَنَوَاتٍ. 
12- ثُمَّ مَاتَ إِيلُونُ الزَّبُولُونِيُّ فَدُفِنَ فِي إِيَّلُونَ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ زَبُولُونَ.

13- وَجَاءَ بَعْدَهُ عَبْدُونُ بْنُ هِلِّيلَ الْفِرْعَتُونِيُّ. 
14- وَكَانَ لَهُ أَرْبَعُونَ ابْناً وَثَلاَثُونَ حَفِيداً يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ حِمَاراً. هَذَا قَضَى لإِسْرَائِيلَ ثَمَانِيَ سَنَواتٍ. 
15- ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَبْدُونُ بْنُ هِلِّيلَ الْفِرْعَتُونِيُّ وَدُفِنَ فِي فِرْعَتُونَ فِي أَرْضِ أَفْرَايِمَ فِي جَبَلِ الْعَمَالِقَةِ.

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Chapter: 013

V 001 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
V 002 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
V 003 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
V 004 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
V 005 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
V 006 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
V 007 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
V 008 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
V 009 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
V 010 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
V 011 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
V 012 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
V 013 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
V 014 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
V 015 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
V 016 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
V 017 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?
V 018 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
V 019 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
V 020 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
V 021 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
V 022 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
V 023 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
V 024 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
V 025 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
 

فصل 13

إرتداد شعب إسرائيل

1- ثُمَّ عَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ الإِثْمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِقَبْضَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً

وعد الرب منوح بابن

2- وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَلْدَةِ صُرْعَةَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ الدَّانِيِّينَ يُدْعَى مَنُوحَ، وَامْرَأَتُهُ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تُنْجِبْ. 
3- فَتَجَلَّى مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّكِ عَاقِرٌ لَمْ تُنْجِبِي، وَلَكِنَّكِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً. 
4- إِنَّمَا إِيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْرَبِي خَمْراً أَوْ مُسْكِراً أَوْ تَأْكُلِي شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً 
5- لأَنَّكِ سَتَحْمِليِنَ وَتُنْجِبِينَ ابْناً. فَلاَ تَحْلِقِي شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ لأَنَّ الصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيراً لِلهِ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ، وَهُوَ يَشْرَعُ فِي إِنْقَاذِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ تَسَلُّطِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ 
6- فَأَسْرَعَتْ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا وَقَالَتْ: «ظَهَرَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وَمَنْظَرُهُ كَهَيْئَةِ مَلاَكِ الرَّبِّ مُجَلَّلٌ بِالرَّهْبَةِ. لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَ، وَلاَ هُوَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنِ اسْمِهِ، 
7- وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنْتِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً، فَإِيَّاكِ أَنْ تَشْرَبِي خَمْراً وَلاَ مُسْكِراً، وَلاَ تَأْكُلِي شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً، لأَنَّ الصَّبِيَّ يَكُونُ نَذِيراً لِلرَّبِّ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِهِ حَتَّى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ».

 

منوح وملاك الرب

8- فَتَضَرَّعَ مَنُوحُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ يَاسَيِّدِي أَنْ تُرْسِلَ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ الَّذِي بَعَثْتَهُ، لِيُعَلِّمَنَا كَيْفَ نُرَبِّي الصَّبِيَّ الَّذِي يُولَدُ». 
9- فَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ صَلاَةَ مَنُوحَ، فَتَجَلَّى مَلاَكُ اللهِ أَيْضاً لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ فِي الْحَقْلِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ زَوْجُهَا مَنُوحُ مَعَهَا. 
10- فَأَسْرَعَتْ وَأَخْبَرَتْ زَوْجَهَا قَائِلَةً: «تَرَاءَى لِيَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ». 
11- فَهَبَّ مَنُوحُ فِي إِثْرِ زَوْجَتِهِ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ وَسَأَلَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي خَاطَبَ زَوْجَتِي مِنْ قَبْلُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ». 
12- فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ: «عِنْدَمَا يَتَحَقَّقُ كَلاَمُكَ فَكَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَقُومَ بِتَرْبِيَةِ الصَّبِيِّ وَمُعَامَلَتِهِ؟» 
13- فَأَجَابَهُ الْمَلاَكُ: «لِتَحْرِصِ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى طَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُهَا بِهِ. 
14- وَإِيَّاهَا أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْ كُلِّ نِتَاجِ الْكَرْمَةِ أَوْ تَشْرَبَ خَمْراً أَوْ مُسْكِراً، أَوْ تَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً مُحَرَّماً. لِتَحْرِصْ عَلَى إِطَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُهَا بِهِ». 
15- فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنُوحُ: «نَوَدُّ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعَنَا رَيْثَمَا نُجَهِّزُ لَكَ جَدْياً». 
16- فَأَجَابَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ: «وَلَوْ أَعَقْتَنِي لَنْ آكُلَ مِنْ خُبْزِكَ، وَإِنْ قَرَّبْتَ مُحْرَقَةً فَلِلرَّبِّ قَدِّمْهَا». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَنُوحُ يُدْرِكُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ هُوَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ. 
17- فَسَأَلَ مَنُوحُ مَلاَكَ الرَّبِّ: «مَا اسْمُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا تَحَقَّقَ كَلاَمُكَ نُكْرِمُكَ؟» 
18- فَأَجَابَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُ عَنِ اسْمِي وَهُوَ عَجِيبٌ؟» 
19- ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مَنُوحُ جَدْياً وَتَقْدِمَةَ حُبُوبٍ وَقَرَّبَهُمَا عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ لِلرَّبِّ. فَقَامَ الْمَلاَكُ بِعَمَلٍ عَجِيبٍ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْ مَنُوحَ وَزَوْجَتِهِ 
20- فَقَدْ صَعِدَ فِي أَلْسِنَةِ اللهِيبِ الْمُرْتَفِعَةِ مِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْهُمَا، فَخَرَّا عَلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِدَيْنِ.

 

مولد شمشون

21- وَلَمْ يَتَجَلَّ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ ثَانِيَةً لِمَنُوحَ وَزَوْجَتِهِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ مَنُوحُ أَنَّهُ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ. 
22- فَقَالَ مَنُوحُ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ: «إِنَّنَا لاَبُدَّ مَائِتَانِ لأَنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا اللهَ» 
23- فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «لَوْ أَرَادَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُمِيتَنَا لَمَا قَبِلَ مِنَّا مُحْرَقَةً وَتَقْدِمَةً، وَلَمَا أَرَانَا كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا بِهَا فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ». 
24- فَأَنْجَبَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ابْناً دَعَتْهُ شَمْشُونَ. وَكَبُرَ الصَّبِيُّ وَبَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ. 25وَابْتَدَأَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ يُحَرِّكُهُ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ دَانَ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ.

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Chapter: 014

V 001 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
V 002 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
V 003 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
V 004 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
V 005 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
V 006 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
V 007 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
V 008 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.
V 009 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
V 010 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
V 011 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
V 012 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
V 013 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
V 014 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
V 015 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
V 016 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
V 017 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
V 018 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
V 019 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
V 020 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend
 

فصل 14

زواج شمشون

1- وَذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ حَيْثُ رَاقَتْهُ فَتَاةٌ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ 
2- فَرَجَعَ إِلَى وَالِدَيْهِ وَأَخْبَرَهُمَا قَائِلاً: «رَاقَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ فِي تِمْنَةَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَزَوِّجَانِي مِنْهَا». 
3- فَقَالَ لَهُ وَالِدَاهُ: «أَلَمْ تَجِدْ بَيْنَ بَنَاتِ أَقْرِبَائِكَ وَفِي قَوْمِنَا فَتَاةً، حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ وَتَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْغُلْفِ؟» فَأَجَابَ شَمْشُونُ أَبَاهُ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْفَتَاةُ الَّتِي رَاقَتْنِي فَزَوِّجْنِي إِيَّاهَا». 
4- وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ وَالِدَاهُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الأَمْرَ كَانَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْتَمِسُ عِلَّةً ضِدَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا آنَئِذٍ مُتَسَلِّطِينَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

 

شمشون يقتل أسداً

5- فَانْحَدَرَ شَمْشُونُ وَوَالِدَاهُ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا كُرُومَهَا، وَإِذَا بِشِبْلِ أَسَدٍ يَتَحَفَّزُ مُزَمْجِراً لِلانْقِضَاضِ عَلَيْهِ، 
6- فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَقَبَضَ عَلَى الأَسَدِ وَشَقَّهُ إِلَى نِصْفَيْنِ وَكَأَنَّهُ جَدْيٌ صَغِيرٌ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُ سِلاَحٌ. وَلَمْ يُنْبِيءْ وَالِدَيْهِ بِمَا فَعَلَ. 
7- ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى الْفَتَاةِ وَخَاطَبَهَا فَازْدَادَ بِهَا إِعْجَاباً. 
8- وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ شَمْشُونُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ لِيَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْهَا مَالَ لِيُلْقِيَ نَظْرَةً عَلَى جُثَّةِ الأَسَدِ، فَوَجَدَ فِي جَوْفِهَا سَرْباً مِنَ النَّحْلِ وَبَعْضَ الْعَسَلِ، 
9- فَتَنَاوَلَ مِنْهُ قَدْراً عَلَى كَفِّهِ وَمَضَى وَهُوَ يَأْكُلُ. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَأَعْطَاهُمَا فَأَكَلاَ، وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْهُمَا أَنَّهُ اشْتَارَ الْعَسَلَ مِنْ جَوْفِ الأَسْدِ.

 

أحجية شمشون

10- وَذَهَبَ وَالِدُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْعَرُوسِ، فَأَقَامَ شَمْشُونُ هُنَاكَ وَلِيمَةً كَمَا تَقْتَضِي أَعْرَافُ الزَّوَاجِ. 
11- وَدَعَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ ثَلاَثِينَ شَابّاً لِيُنَادِمُوهُ (فِي فَتْرَةِ الاحْتِفَالِ بِزَوَاجِهِ). 
12- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «سَأُلْقِي عَلَيْكُمْ أُحْجِيَّةً، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّهَا الصَّحِيحَ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ الْوَلِيمَةِ أُعْطِيكُمْ ثَلاَثِينَ قَمِيصاً وَثَلاَثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ. 
13- أَمَّا إِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ عَنْهَا فَسَتُعْطُونِي أَنْتُمْ ثَلاَثِينَ قَمِيصاً وَثَلاَثِينَ حُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «هَاتِ أُحْجِيَّتَكَ فَنَسْمَعَهَا». 
14- فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مِنَ الآكِلِ خَرَجَ أُكْلٌ، وَمِنَ الْقَوِيِّ خَرَجَتْ حَلاَوَةٌ». وَانْقَضَتْ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَجِدُوا لَهَا حَلاً.

 

تملق امرأة شمشون

15- وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَالُوا لِزَوْجَةِ شَمْشُونَ: «تَمَلَّقِي زَوْجَكِ لِيَكْشِفَ لَنَا عَنْ حَلِّ الأُحْجِيَّةِ، لِئَلاَّ نُضْرِمَ النَّارَ فِيكِ وَفِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ. أَدَعَوْتُمُونَا إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ لِتَسْلِبُونَا؟» 
16- فَبَكَتِ امْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ لَدَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «أَنْتَ تَمْقُتُنِي وَلاَ تُحِبُّنِي حَقّاً. فَقَدْ طَرَحْتَ عَلَى بَنِي قَوْمِي أُحْجِيَّةً وَلَمْ تُطْلِعْنِي عَلَى حَلِّهَا». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا أَبِي وَأُمِّي لَمْ أُطْلِعْهُمَا عَلَى حَلِّهَا، فَلِمَاذَا أُخْبِرُكِ أَنْتِ بِهِ؟» 
17- فَظَلَّتْ تَبْكِي لَدَيْهِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامِ الْوَلِيمَةِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ أَطْلَعَهَا عَلَى الْحَلِّ لِفَرْطِ مَا ضَايَقَتْهُ، فَأَسَرَّتْ بِهِ لِبَنِي قَوْمِهَا. 
18- وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِ شَمْسِ الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ قَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ: «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ، وَمَا هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنَ الأَسَدِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «لَوْلاَ أَنَّكُمْ حَرَثْتُمْ عَلَى عِجْلَتِي لَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ حَلَّ أُحْجِيِّتِي».

 

شمشون يقتل ثلاثين رجلا

19- وَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَانْحَدَرَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ أَشْقَلُونَ وَقَتَلَ ثَلاَثِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَعْطَاهَا لِلرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ حَلُّوا لُغْزَهُ. وَلَكِنْ، إِذِ احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُ مَضَى إِلَى بَيْتِ وَالِدَيْهِ. 
20- وَمَا لَبِثَتِ امْرَأَةُ شَمْشُونَ أَنْ أَصْبَحَتْ زَوْجَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ نَدِيماً لَهُ

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Chapter: 015

V 001 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
V 002 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
V 003 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
V 004 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
V 005 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
V 006 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
V 007 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
V 008 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
V 009 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
V 010 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
V 011 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
V 012 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
V 013 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
V 014 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
V 015 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
V 016 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
V 017 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
V 018 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
V 019 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
V 020 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
 

فصل 15

انتقام شمشون

1- وَحَدَثَ بَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ فِي مَوْسِمِ حَصَادِ الْقَمْحِ، أَنَّ شَمْشُونَ أَخَذَ جَدْياً وَذَهَبَ لِيَزُورَ زَوْجَتَهُ، 
2- وَقَالَ لِحَمِيهِ: «أَنَا دَاخِلٌ إِلَى مُخْدَعِ زَوْجَتِي». وَلَكِنَّ أَبَاهَا مَنَعَهُ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ كَرِهْتَهَا فَزَوَّجْتُهَا لِنَدِيمِكَ. فَلِمَاذَا لاَ تَتَزَوَّجُ أُخْتَهَا الأَصْغَرَ مِنْهَا عِوَضاً عَنْهَا؟ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ أَجْمَلَ مِنْهَا؟» 
3- فَأَجَابَهُ شَمْشُونُ: «لاَ لَوْمَ عَلَيَّ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ إِذَا انْتَقَمْتُ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». 
4- وَانْطَلَقَ شَمْشُونُ وَاصْطَادَ ثَلاَثَ مِئَةِ ثَعْلَبٍ وَرَبَطَ ذَيْلَيْ كُلِّ ثَعْلَبَيْنِ مَعاً وَوَضَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا مَشْعَلاً، 
5- ثُمَّ أَضْرَمَ الْمَشَاعِلَ بِالنَّارِ وَأَطْلَقَ الثَّعَالِبَ بَيْنَ زُرُوعِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، فَأَحْرَقَتْ حُقُولَ الْقَمْحِ وَأَكْدَاسَ الْحُبُوبِ وَأَشْجَارَ الزَّيْتُونِ. 
6- فَسَأَلَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ: «مَنِ الْجَانِي؟» فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ: «شَمْشُونُ صِهْرُ التِّمْنِيِّ، لأَنَّهُ أَخَذَ امْرَأَةَ شَمْشُونَ وَزَوَّجَهَا لِنَدِيمِه»ِ، فَصَعِدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا مَعَ أَبِيهَا بِالنَّارِ. 
7- فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ: «لأَنَّكُمْ هَكَذَا تَتَصَرَّفُونَ فَإِنَّنِي لَنْ أَكُفَّ حَتَّى أَنْتَقِمَ مِنْكُمْ». 
8- وَهَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِضَرَاوَةٍ وَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ كَثِيرِينَ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَى مَغَارَةِ صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ وَأَقَامَ فِيهَا.

 

إنتصار شمشون

9- فَتَقَدَّمَ جَيْشُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَاحْتَلُّوا أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا وَانْتَشَرُوا فِي لَحْيٍ 
10- فَسَأَلَهُمْ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا: «لِمَاذَا جِئْتُمْ لِمُحَارَبَتِنَا؟» فَأَجَابُوهُمْ: «جِئْنَا لِكَيْ نَأْسِرَ شَمْشُونَ وَنَفْعَلَ بِهِ مِثْلَمَا فَعَلَ بِنَا». 
11- فَذَهَبَ ثَلاَثَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى مَغَارَةِ صَخْرَةِ عِيطَمَ وَقَالُوا لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَلاَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مُتَسَلِّطُونَ عَلَيْنَا، فَمَاذَ فَعَلْتَ بِنَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «كَمَا فَعَلُوا بِي هَكَذَا فَعَلْتُ بِهِمْ». 
12- فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لَقَدْ جِئْنَا لِنُوْثِقَكَ وَنُسَلِّمَكَ إِلَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ: «احْلِفُوا لِي أَنْ لاَ تَقْتُلُونِي بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ». 
13- فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لاَ، لَنْ نَقْتُلَكَ نَحْنُ، إِنَّمَا نُوْثِقُكَ وَنُسَلِّمُكَ إِلَيْهِمْ». فَأَوْثَقُوهُ بِحَبْلَيْنِ جَدِيدَيْنِ وَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنَ الْمَغَارَةِ. 
14- فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى لَحْيٍ هَبَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ صَارِخِينَ لِلِقَائِهِ، فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ، وَقَطَعَ الْحَبْلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ عَلَى ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَكَأَنَّهُمَا خُيُوطُ كَتَّانٍ مُحْتَرِقَةٌ. 
15- وَعَثَرَ عَلَى فَكِّ حِمَارٍ طَرِيٍّ، تَنَاوَلَهُ وَقَتَلَ بِهِ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ. 
16- ثُمَّ قَالَ شَمْشُونُ: «بِفَكِّ حِمَارٍ كَوَّمْتُ أَكْدَاساً فَوْقَ أَكْدَاسٍ، بِفَكِّ حِمَارٍ قَضَيْتُ عَلَى أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ». 
17- وَعِنْدَمَا كَفَّ عَنِ الْكَلاَمِ أَلْقَى فَكَّ الْحِمَارِ مِنْ يَدِهِ، وَدَعَا ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعَ رَمَتَ لَحْيٍ (وَمَعْنَاهُ تَلُّ عَظْمَةِ الْفَكِّ).

 

عين هقوري

18- وَعَطِشَ شَمْشُونُ عَطَشاً شَدِيداً، فَاسْتَغَاثَ بِالرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «لَقَدْ مَنَحْتَ هَذَا الْخَلاَصَ الْعَظِيمَ عَلَى يَدِ عَبْدِكَ، فَهَلْ أَمُوتُ الآنَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ وَأَقَعُ أَسِيراً فِي يَدِ الْغُلْفِ؟» 
19- فَفَجَّرَ اللهُ لَهُ يَنْبُوعَ مَاءٍ مِنْ فَتْحَةٍ فِي الأَرْضِ فِي لَحْيٍ، فَشَرِبَ مِنْهَا وَانْتَعَشَتْ نَفْسُهُ. لِذَلِكَ دَعَا اسْمَ الْمَوْضِعِ عَيْنَ هَقُّورِي (وَمَعْنَاهُ يَنْبُوعُ الَّذِي دَعَا). وَمَازَالَ الْيَنْبُوعُ فِي لَحْيٍ إِلَى يَوْمِنَا هَذَا. 
20- وَظَلَّ شَمْشُونُ قَاضِياً لإِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أَثْنَاءِ حُكْمِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

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Chapter: 016

V 001 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
V 002 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
V 003 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
V 004 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
V 005 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
V 006 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
V 007 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
V 008 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
V 009 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
V 010 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
V 011 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
V 012 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
V 013 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
V 014 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
V 015 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
V 016 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
V 017 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
V 018 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
V 019 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
V 020 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
V 021 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
V 022 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
V 023 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
V 024 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
V 025 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
V 026 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
V 027 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
V 028 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
V 029 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
V 030 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
V 031 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
 

فصل 16

شمشون يخلع مصراعي بوابة غزة

1- وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ حَيْثُ الْتَقَى بِامْرَأَةٍ عَاهِرَةٍ فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا.
2- فَقِيلَ لأَهْلِ غَزَّةَ: «قَدْ جَاءَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى هُنَا». فَحَاصَرُوا الْمَنْزِلَ وَكَمَنُوا لَهُ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِالْهُدُوءِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ قَائِلِينَ: «عِنْدَ بُزُوغِ الصَّبَاحِ نَقْتُلُهُ».
3- وَظَلَّ شَمْشُونُ رَاقِداً حَتَّى مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ هَبَّ وَخَلَعَ مِصْرَاعَيْ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِقَائِمَتَيْهَا وَقُفْلِهَا، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ وَصَعِدَ بِهَا إِلَى قِمَّةِ الْجَبَلِ مُقَابِلَ حَبْرُونَ.

 

دليلة تسعى لاكتشاف سر شمشون


4- وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَعَ شَمْشُونُ فِي حُبِّ امْرَأَةٍ فِي وَادِي سُورَقَ اسْمُهَا دَلِيلَةُ،
5- فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «تَمَلَّقِي شَمْشُونَ إِلَى أَنْ تَكْتَشِفِي مِنْهُ سِرَّ قُوَّتِهِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ وَنُوْثِقَهُ فَنُذِلَّهُ فَيُكَافِئَكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِأَلْفٍ وَمِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ(نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثلاَثِينَ كِيلُو جْرَاماً)».
6- فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي مَا هُوَ سِرُّ قُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَكَيْفَ يَتَسَنَّى تَقْيِيدُكَ وَإِذْلاَلُكَ»
7- فَأَجَابَهَا شَمْشُونُ: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِسَبْعَةِ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ بَعْدُ، أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ».
8- فَأَحْضَرَ لَهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَوْتَارٍ طَرِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَجِفَّ بَعْدُ، فَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِهَا.
9- وَكَانَ الْكَمِينُ مُتَرَبِّصاً بِهِ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَاشَمْشُونُ». فَقَطَعَ الأَوْتَارَ وَكَأَنَّهَا خُيُوطٌ شَيَّطَتْهَا النَّارُ، وَلَمْ يُكْتَشَفْ سِرُّ قُوَّتِهِ.

 

محاولتا دليلة الثانية والثالثة

10- فَقَالَتْ لَهُ دَلِيلَةُ: «لَقَدْ خَدَعْتَنِي وَكَذِبْتَ عَلَيَّ. فَأَخْبِرْنِي الآنَ كَيْفَ تُوْثَقُ؟»
11- فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِذَا أَوْثَقُونِي بِحِبَالٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ».
12- فَأَخَذَتْ دَلِيلَةُ حِبَالاً جَدِيدَةً وَأَوْثَقَتْهُ بِهَا، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَاشَمْشُونُ». وَكَانَ الْكَمِينُ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ، فَقَطَعَ الْحِبَالَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَكَأَنَّهَا خُيُوطٌ.
13- فَقَالَتْ دَلِيلَةُ لِشَمْشُونَ: «أَنْتَ مَازِلْتَ تَكْذِبُ عَلَيَّ وَتَخْدَعُنِي، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِمَاذَا تُوْثَقُ؟» فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِنْ ضَفَرْتِ خُصْلاَتِ شَعْرِي السَّبْعَ بِمِغْزَلٍ وَثَبَّتِّهَا بِوَتَدٍ، فَإِنَّنِي أُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ. وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَغِطُّ فِي نَوْمٍ عَمِيقٍ ضَفَرَتْ دَلِيلَةُ خُصْلاَتِ شَعْرِهِ السَّبْعَ بِمِغْزَلٍ.
14- وَثَبَّتَتْهَا بِوَتَدٍ، وَنَادَتْهُ ثَانِيَةً: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَاشَمْشُونُ» فَانْتَبَهَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَخَلَعَ وَتَدَ النَّسِيجِ مَعَ الْمِغْزَلِ.

 

دليلة تكشف سر قوة شمشون

15- فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ تَدَّعِي أَنَّكَ تُحِبُّنِي وَقَلْبُكَ لاَ يَثِقُ بِي؟ قَدْ خَدَعْتَنِي ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَمْ تُطْلِعْنِي عَلَى سِرِّ قُوَّتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ».
16- وَظَلَّتْ تُلِحُّ عَلَيْهِ وَتُزْعِجُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلاَمِ حَتَّى ضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ.
17- فَكَشَفَ لَهَا عَنْ مَكْنُونِ قَلْبِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنَّنِي نَذِيرُ الرَّبِّ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِي، لِهَذَا لَمْ أَحْلِقْ شَعْرِي. وَإِنْ حَلَقْتُهُ فَإِنَّ قُوَّتِي تُفَارِقُنِي وَأُصْبِحُ ضَعِيفاً كَأَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ».

 

أسر شمشون وسجنه

18- وَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَتْ دَلِيلَةُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَسَرَّ لَهَا بِمَكْنُونِ قَلْبِهِ، اسْتَدْعَتْ أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَائِلَةً: «تَعَالَوْا هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَنِي عَلَى سِرِّ قُوَّتِهِ». فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَامِلِينَ مَعَهُمُ الْفِضَّةَ.
19- فَأَضْجَعَتْهُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا وَاسْتَدْعَتْ رَجُلاً حَلَقَ لَهُ خُصْلاَتِ شَعْرِهِ السَّبْعَ، وَشَرَعَتْ فِي إِذْلالِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَارَقَتْهُ قُوَّتُهُ.
20- وَقَالَتْ: «الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْكَ يَاشَمْشُونُ» فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَقُومُ مِثْلَ كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَأَنْتَفِضُ». وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ فَارَقَهُ.
21- فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَخَذُوهُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ حَيْثُ أَوْثَقُوهُ بِسَلاَسِلَ نُحَاسِيَّةٍ، وَسَخَّرُوهُ لِيَطْحَنَ الْحُبُوبَ فِي السِّجْنِ.
22- وَمَا لَبِثَ شَعْرُهُ أَنِ ابْتَدَأَ يَنْمُو بَعْدَ أَنْ حُلِقَ.

 

انتقام شمشون وموته

23- وَاجْتَمَعَ أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَحْتَفِلُوا بِتَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ لإِلَهِهِمْ دَاجُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ إِلَهَنَا قَدْ أَظْفَرَنَا بِشَمْشُونَ عَدُوِّنَا».
24- وَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ الشَّعْبُ شَمْشُونَ فِي ذِلَّةٍ، مَجَّدُوا إِلَهَهَمُ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ أَظفَرَنَا إِلَهُنَا بِعَدُوِّنَا الَّذِي خَرَّبَ أَرْضَنَا، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ قَتْلاَنَا».
25- وَإِذْ لَعِبَتْ بِهِمِ النَّشْوَةُ هَتَفُوا: «ادْعُوا شَمْشُونَ لِيُسَلِّيَنَا». فَجَاءُوا بِشَمْشُونَ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَلَعِبَ أَمَامَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَوْقَفُوهُ بَيْنَ الأَعْمِدَةِ.
26- فَقَالَ شَمْشُونُ لِلْغُلاَمِ الَّذِي يَقُودُهُ: «أَوْقِفْنِي حَيْثُ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَلْمِسَ الأَعْمِدَةَ الَّتِي يَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَعْبَدُ حَتَّى أَسْتَنِدَ إِلَيْهَا».
27- وَكَانَ الْمَعْبَدُ يَكْتَظُّ بِالرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةِ. وَكَانَ عَلَى السَّطْحِ نَحْوَ ثَلاَثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ يَتَفَرَّجُونَ عَلَى لَعْبِ شَمْشُونَ.
28- فَصَلَّى شَمْشُونُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «يَاسَيِّدِي الرَّبُّ، اذْكُرْنِي وَقَوِّنِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ لأَنْتَقِمَ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَنْ قَلْعِ عَيْنَيَّ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ».
29- وَقَبَضَ شَمْشُونُ عَلَى الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَرْتَكِزُ عَلَيْهِمَا الْمَعْبَدُ وَضَغَطَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا بِيَمِينِهِ وَعَلَى الآخَرِ بِيَسَارِهِ
30- وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «لأَمُتْ مَعَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». ثُمَّ دَفَعَهُمَا بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِهِ فَانْهَارَ الْمَعْبَدُ عَلَى الأَقْطَابِ وَعَلَى الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي فِيهِ. فَكَانَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ شَمْشُونُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ.
31- وَجَاءَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَكُلُّ أَقْرِبَاءِ أَبِيهِ وَحَمَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ بَيْنَ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ فِي قَبْرِ مَنُوحَ أَبِيهِ، وَكَانَ شَمْشُونُ قَدْ قَضَى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

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Chapter: 017

V 001 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
V 002 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
V 003 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
V 004 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
V 005 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
V 006 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
V 007 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
V 008 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
V 009 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
V 010 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
V 011 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
V 012 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
V 013 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
 

فصل 17

تمثال ميخا

 

1- وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ اسْمُهُ مِيخَا مُقِيماً فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.
2- قَالَ هَذَا لأُمِّهِ: «إِنَّ الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاَثِينَ كِيلُو جْرَاماً) الَّتِي سُرِقَتْ مِنْكِ، وَالَّتِي سَمِعْتُكِ تَلْعَنِينَ سَارِقَهَا، هِيَ مَعِي، وَأَنَا الَّذِي أَخَذْتُهَا». فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «لِيُبَارِكْكَ الرَّبُّ يَاوَلَدِي».
3- فَرَدَّ لَهَا الأَلْفَ وَالْمِئَةَ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: «سَأَهَبُ هَذَا الْمَالَ بِاسْمِكَ لِلرَّبِّ، لِنَنْحَتَ تِمْثَالاً وَنَصُوغَ مِنْهَا صَنَماً، وَهَا أَنَا أَرُدُّ لَكَ الْمَالَ».
4- وَأَعْطَتْ أُمُّهُ مِئَتَيْ قِطْعَةِ فِضَّةٍ لِلصَّائِغِ فَنَحَتَ وَصَاغَ لَهَا تِمْثَالَيْنِ، نُصِبَا فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا.
5- إِذْ كَانَ مِيخَا قَدْ خَصَّصَ مَوْضِعاً فِي بَيْتِهِ لِيَكُونَ مَعْبَداً لِلآلِهَةِ. ثُمَّ صَنَعَ أَفُوداً وَتَرَافِيمَ، وَكَرَّسَ وَاحِداً مِنْ بَنِيهِ كَاهِناً لَهُ.
6- فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لإِسْرَائِيلَ مَلِكٌ، فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَتَصَرَّفُ عَلَى هَوَاهُ.

 

الكاهن اللاوي

7- وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ شَابٌّ لاَوِيُّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ مُقِيماً بَيْنَ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.
8- هَذَا هَاجَرَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ لِيَتَغَرَّبَ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَأَتَى إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَرَّ فِي طَرِيقِهِ بِبَيْتِ مِيخَا.
9- فَسَأَلَهُ مِيخَا: «مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا لاَوِيٌّ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا ذَاهِبٌ لأَتَغَرَّبَ حَيْثُمَا اتَّفَقَ».
10- فَقَالَ لَهُ مِيخَا: «أَقِمْ عِنْدِي وَكُنْ لِي مُرْشِداً وَكَاهِناً، وَأَنَا أُعْطِيكَ عَشَرَةَ شَوَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جْرَاماً) فِي السَّنَةِ وَحُلَّةَ ثِيَابٍ فَضْلاً عَنِ الْقُوتِ». فَوَافَقَ اللاَّوِيُّ عَلَى عَرْضِهِ،
11- وَرَضِيَ بِالإِقَامَةِ مَعَهُ. وَصَارَ اللاَّوِيُّ أَثِيراً لَدَيْهِ كَأَحَدِ أَبْنَائِهِ.
12- فَكَرَّسَ مِيخَا اللاَّوِيَّ، فَأَصْبَحَ لَهُ كَاهِناً وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِهِ.
13- فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «الآنَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ رَاضٍ عَنِّي، لأَنَّ اللاَّوِيَّ صَارَ لِي كَاهِناً».

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Chapter: 018

V 001 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
V 002 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
V 003 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
V 004 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
V 005 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
V 006 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
V 007 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
V 008 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
V 009 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
V 010 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
V 011 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
V 012 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
V 013 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
V 014 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
V 015 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
V 016 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
V 017 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
V 018 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
V 019 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
V 020 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
V 021 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
V 022 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
V 023 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
V 024 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
V 025 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
V 026 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
V 027 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
V 028 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
V 029 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
V 030 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
V 031 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
 

فصل 18

سبط دان يبحث عن موطن

 

1- وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ عِنْدَمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ مَلِكٌ، شَرَعَ أَبْنَاءُ سِبْطِ دَانَ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْ مَكَانٍ يَسْتَوْطِنُونَ فِيهِ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ وَرِثُوا نَصِيبَهُمْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ بَعْدُ وَسَطَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
2- فَأَرْسَلَ الدَّانِيُّونَ خَمْسَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ سِبْطِهِمْ مِنْ ذَوِي الْبَأْسِ فِي مَدِينَتَيْ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأْولَ، لِتَجَسُّسِ الأَرْضِ وَاسْتِكْشَافِهَا، وَقَالُوا لَهُمْ: «انْطَلِقُوا وَاسْتَطْلِعُوا لَنَا الأَرْضَ» فَجَاءُوا إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى بَيْتِ مِيخَا وَقَضَوْا لَيْلَتَهُمْ هُنَاكَ.

 

الدانيون يكتشفون وجود الكاهن اللاوي

3- وَعَرَفُوا مِنْ لَهْجَةِ كَاهِنِ مِيخَا أَنَّهُ مِنْ سِبْطِ لاَوِي، فَانْتَحَوْا بِهِ جَانِباً وَسَأَلُوهُ: «مَنْ جَاءَ بِكَ إِلَى هُنَا، وَمَاذَا تَفْعَلُ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ؟ وَلِمَاذَا أَنْتَ هُنَا؟»
4- فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «كَذَا وَكَذَا صَنَعَ لِي مِيخَا، وَقَدِ اسْتَأْجَرَنِي فَأَصْبَحْتُ لَهُ كَاهِناً».

 

التجسس على لايش

5- فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «اسْأَلْ إِذَنِ اللهَ لِنَعْلَمَ إِنْ كَانَتْ مُهِمَّتُنَا سَتُكَلَّلُ بِالنَّجَاحِ أَمْ لاَ».
6- فَقَالَ لَهُمُ الْكَاهِنُ: «اذْهَبُوا بِسَلاَمٍ فَطَرِيقُكُمُ الَّتِي تَسْلُكُونَهَا تَنْعَمُ بِرِعَايَةِ الرَّبِّ».

7- فَمَضَى الرِّجَالُ الْخَمْسَةُ حَتَّى وَصَلُوا إِلَى لاَيِشَ، فَوَجَدُوا أَهْلَهَا الْصَّيْدُونِيِّينَ مُقِيمِينَ فِيهَا مُطْمَئِنِّينَ كَعَادَةِ الصَّيْدُونِيِّينَ، آمِنِينَ، لاَ يُؤْذِيهِمْ أَحَدٌ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، أَثْرِيَاءَ وَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِالاكْتِفَاءِ الذَّاتِيِّ، وَكَانُوا بَعِيدِينَ عَنِ الصَّيْدُونِيِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَعْقِدُوا أَحْلاَفاً مَعَ أَحَدٍ.
8- فَعَادَ الرِّجَالُ الْخَمْسَةُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فِي صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ، فَسَأَلُوهُمْ: «مَاذَا وَجَدْتُمْ؟»
9- فَأَجَابُوهُمْ: «هَيَّا بِنَا نَهْجُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ لايِشَ فَأَرْضُهُمْ خَصِيبَةٌ، فَمَا بَالُكُمْ مُتَقَاعِسُونَ؟ لاَ تَتَكَاسَلُوا عَنِ الْهُجُومِ ِلامْتِلاَكِ الأَرْضِ.
10- فَأَنْتُمْ عِنْدَمَا تُقْدِمُونَ عَلَيْهَا سَتَجِدُونَ قَوْماً مُطْمَئِنِّينَ فِي أَرْضٍ شَاسِعَةٍ. إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ وَهِيَ أَرْضٌ خَصِيبَةٌ لاَ تَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ».

11- فَارْتَحَلَ مِنْ صُرْعَةَ وَأَشْتَأُولَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِالسِّلاحِ مِنْ سِبْطِ دَانَ.
12- وَعَسْكَرُوا فِي قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ فِي يَهُوذَا، فَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ مُخَيَّمَ دَانٍ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَهُوَ يَقَعُ وَرَاءَ قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ.
13- وَاجْتَازُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ مِيخَا.

 

سرقة تمثال ميخا واختطاف الكاهن

14- فَقَالَ الرِّجَالُ الْخَمْسَةُ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا لاِسْتِكْشَافِ أَرْضِ لايِشَ لِقَوْمِهِمْ: «أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ فِي هَذِهِ الْبُيُوتِ أَفُوداً وَتَرَافِيمَ وَتِمْثَالاً مَنْحُوتاً وَآخَرَ مَسْبُوكاً، فَانْظُرُوا مَاذَا تَفْعَلُونَ».
15- فَاتَّجَهُوا نَحْوَ الْبُيُوتِ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ الشَّابِّ اللاَّوِيِّ فِي بَيْتِ مِيخَا وَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ.
16- وَبَقِيَ الرِّجَالُ الدَّانِيُّونَ الْمُسَلَّحُونَ السِّتُّ مِئَةٍ وَاقِفِينَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ الْبَابِ
17- فَدَخَلَ الرِّجَالُ الْخَمْسَةُ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا لاِسْتِكْشَافِ الأَرْضِ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ الْمَعْبَدِ، وَأَخَذُوا التِّمْثَالَيْنِ الْمَنْحُوتَ وَالْمَسْبُوكَ وَالأَفُودَ وَالتَّرَافِيمَ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ الْكَاهِنُ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ الْبَابِ مَعَ السِّتِّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الْمُدَجَّجِينَ بِالسِّلاَحِ.
18- وَإِذْ رَآهُمُ الْكَاهِنُ قَدْ دَخَلُوا بَيْتَ مِيخَا وَأَخَذُوا التِّمْثَالَيْنِ الْمَنْحُوتَ وَالْمَسْبُوكَ وَالأَفُودَ وَالتَّرَافِيمَ، سَأَلَهُمْ: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُونَ؟»
19- فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «اصْمُتْ. لاَ تَنْطِقْ بِكَلِمَةٍ. تَعَالَ مَعَنَا وَكُنْ لَنَا مُرْشِداً وَكَاهِناً. أَيُّهُمَا خَيْرٌ لَكَ: أَنْ تَكُونَ كَاهِناً لِبَيْتِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، أَمْ تَكُونَ كَاهِناً لِسِبْطٍ وَعَشِيرَةٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ؟»
20- فَاغْتَبَطَ قَلْبُ الْكَاهِنِ لِلأَمْرِ، وَأَخَذَ الأَفُودَ وَالتَّرَافِيمَ وَالتِّمْثَالَ الْمَنْحُوتَ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ.
21- ثُمَّ انْطَلَقُوا فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ جَعَلُوا أَطْفَالَهُمْ وَمَوَاشِيَهُمْ وَمَؤُونَتَهُمْ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ.

 

ميخا يتعقب الدانيين

22- وَلَمَّا ابْتَعَدُوا عَنْ بَيْتِ مِيخَا تَأَلَّبَ رِجَالُ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ بَيْتُ مِيخَا وَتَعَقَّبُوا أَبْنَاءَ دَانٍ حَتَّى أَدْرَكُوهُمْ.
23- وَصَاحُوا بِهِمْ، فَسَأَلَ الدَّانِيُّونَ مِيخَا: «مَالَكَ تَصْرُخُ؟ وَمَاذَا يُزْعِجُكَ حَتَّى تَعَقَّبْتَنَا بِهَذِهِ الشِّرْذِمَةِ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ؟»
24- فَأَجَابَ: «لَقَدْ أَخَذْتُمْ آلِهَتِي الَّتِي صَنَعْتُهَا، وَكَذَلِكَ الْكَاهِنَ، وَمَضَيْتُمْ. فَمَاذَا بَقِيَ لِي؟ فَكَيْفَ تَسْأَلُونَنِي: مَالَكَ؟»
25- فَقَالَ لَهُ الدَّانِيُّونَ: «لاَ تَرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ بَيْنَنَا لِئَلاَّ تُثِيرَ غَضَبَ رِجَالٍ أَفْظَاظِ الطِّبَاعِ فَيُهَاجِمُوكَ وَيَقْتُلُوكَ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ».
26- وَانْطَلَقَ الدَّانِيُّونَ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ. وَلَمَّا رَأَى مِيخَا أَنَّهُمْ أَقْوَى مِنْ أَنْ يَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

 

الإِستيلاء على لايش

27- أَمَّا الدَّانِيُّونَ فَقَدْ أَقْبَلُوا إِلَى لايِشَ وَمَعَهُمْ أَصْنَامُ مِيخَا وَالْكَاهِنُ، فَوَجَدُوا شَعْبَهَا آمِناً مُطْمَئِنّاً مُسَالِماً، فَهَاجَمُوهَا وَقَتَلُوا أَهْلَهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا.
28- وَلَمْ يَهُبَّ أَحَدٌ لِإِنْقَاذِهَا لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ بَعِيدَةً عَنْ صِيدُونَ، وَلَمْ يَعْقِدْ أَهْلُهَا أَحْلاَفاً مَعَ أَحَدٍ. وَكَانَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ تَقَعُ فِي الْوَادِي الَّذِي فِيهِ بَيْتُ رَحُوبَ. وَأَعَادَ الدَّانِيُّونَ بِنَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا،
29- وَدَعَوْهَا دَانَ بِاسْمِ دَانَ أَبِيهِمْ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ، أَمَّا اسْمُهَا الْقَدِيمُ فَكَانَ لاَيِشَ.
30- وَنَصَبَ أَبْنَاءُ دَانَ لأَنْفُسِهِمِ التِّمْثَالَ الْمَنْحُوتَ، وَظَلَّ يَهُونَاثَانُ ابْنُ جَرْشُومَ بْنِ مَنَسَّى وَبَنُوهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ كَهَنَةً لِسِبْطِ الدَّانِيِّينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ سَبْيِ الْبِلاَدِ.
31- وَنَصَبُوا تِمْثَالَ مِيخَا الْمَنْحُوتَ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ، طَوَالَ الْحِقْبَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ فِيهَا بَيْتُ اللهِ فِي شِيلُوهَ.

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Chapter: 019

V 001 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
V 002 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
V 003 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
V 004 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
V 005 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
V 006 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
V 007 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
V 008 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
V 009 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
V 010 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
V 011 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
V 012 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
V 013 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
V 014 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
V 015 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
V 016 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
V 017 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
V 018 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
V 019 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
V 020 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
V 021 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
V 022 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
V 023 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
V 024 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
V 025 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
V 026 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
V 027 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
V 028 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
V 029 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
V 030 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
 

فصل 19

اللاوي وسريته

1- وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا مَلِكٌ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاَوِيٌّ مُتَغَرِّباً فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ النَّائِيَةِ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، فَاتَّخَذَ لَهُ مَحْظِيَّةً مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا.
2- وَلَكِنَّهَا غَضِبَتْ مِنْهُ فَلَجَأَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا حَيْثُ مَكَثَتْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.
3- ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زَوْجُهَا خَادِمَهُ وَحِمَارَيْنِ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا لِيَسْتَرْضِيَهَا، فَدَعَتْهُ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا الَّذِي سُرَّ بِلِقَائِهِ.
4- وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ وَالِدُ الْفَتَاةِ فِي الْبَقَاءِ، فَمَكَثَ مَعَهُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَيْثُ أَكَلُوا جَمِيعاً وَشَرِبُوا وَقَضَوْا لَيَالِيَهُمْ هُنَاكَ.
5- وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَامَ مُبَكِّراً لِلذِّهَابِ، فَقَالَ وَالِدُ الْفَتَاةِ لِصِهْرِهِ: «كُلْ لُقْمَةَ خُبْزٍ تَسْنِدُ بِهَا قَلْبَكَ وَمِنْ ثَمَّ تَمْضُونَ»
6- فَجَلَسَا وَأَكَلاَ وَشَرِبَا مَعاً، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ حَمُوهُ: «إِنْ رَاقَ لَكَ الأَمْرُ، بِتْ عِنْدَنَا وَلْتَطِبْ نَفْسُكَ».
7- وَعِنْدَمَا هَمَّ الرَّجُلُ بِالذَّهَابِ أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ حَمُوهُ، فَرَضَخَ وَقَضَى لَيْلَتَهُ هُنَاكَ.
8- ثُمَّ نَهَضَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ مُبَكِّراً تَأَهُّباً لِلرَّحِيلِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الْفَتَاةِ: «تَنَاوَلْ لُقْمَةً تَسْنِدُ بِهَا قَلْبَكَ، وَانْطَلِقُوا عِنْدَ الْغُرُوبِ». فَبَقِيَ الرَّجُلُ وَأَكَلاَ مَعاً.
9- ثُمَّ هَبَّ الرَّجُلُ لِلارْتِحَالِ هُوَ وَمَحْظِيَّتُهُ وَغُلاَمُهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ حَمُوهُ: «لَقَدْ مَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى الْمَغِيبِ، فَبِيتُوا هُنَا وَلْيَطِبْ قَلْبُكَ، وَغَداً تَرْحَلُونَ مُبَكِّرِينَ نَحْوَ خَيْمَتِكَ».
10- فَأَبَى الرَّجُلُ الْبَقَاءَ، وَانْطَلَقُوا جَمِيعاً حَتَّى جَاءُوا إِلَى مُقَابِلِ يَبُوسَ الَّتِي هِيَ أُورُشَلِيمُ وَمَعَهُ حِمَارَانِ مُسْرَجَانِ وَمَحْظِيَّتُهُ.

11- وَفِيمَا هُمْ بِجِوَارِ يَبُوسَ وَقَدْ كَادَ النَّهَارُ أَنْ يَغْرُبَ، قَالَ الْخَادِمُ لِسَيِّدِهِ: «تَعَالَ نَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ الْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَنَقْضِي لَيْلَتَنَا فِيهَا».
12- فَأَجَابَهُ سَيِّدُهُ: «لا، لَنْ نَدْخُلَ مَدِينَةً غَرِيبَةً لاَ يُقِيمُ فِيهَا إِسْرَائِيلِيٌّ وَاحِدٌ، بَلْ لِنَعْبُرْ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ.
13- دَعْنَا نُتَابِعُ تَقَدُّمَنَا فَنَبِيتُ فِي جِبْعَةَ أَوِ الرَّامَةِ».
14- وَوَاصَلُوا السَّيْرَ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا جِبْعَةَ بَنْيَامِينَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ.

 

ليلة في جبعة

15- فَدَخَلُوا إِلَيْهَا لِيَجِدُوا لَهُمْ مَأْوًى فِيهَا، وَجَلَسُوا فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَضِفْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ.
16- وَفِيمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَجُوزٌ قَادِمٌ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي حَقْلِهِ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ. وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ أَصْلاً مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، مُتَغَرِّباً فِي جِبْعَةَ وَأَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ بَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ.
17- هَذَا وَجَدَهُمْ جَالِسِينَ فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «إِلَى أَيْنَ أَنْتُمْ ذَاهِبُونَ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتُمْ؟»
18- فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسَافِرُ: «نَحْنُ فِي طَرِيقِنَا مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى الْجَانِبِ النَّائِي مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَيْثُ أُقِيمُ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا الآنَ مُتَوَجِّهٌ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَسْتَضِيفُنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ،
19- مَعَ أَنَّ لَدَيْنَا عَلَفاً وَتِبْناً لِحَمِيرِنَا، وَكَذَلِكَ خُبْزاً لِي وَلأَمَتِكَ وَلِلْغُلاَمِ، فَلَسْنَا فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلَى شَيْءٍ».
20- فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ: «أَهْلاً بِكَ فِي بَيْتِي. لاَ تَبِتْ فِي السَّاحَةِ، وَأَنَا أُقَدِّمُ لَكَ كُلَّ مَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ».
21- وَاسْتَضَافَهُمْ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَعَلَفَ حَمِيرَهُمْ، فَغَسَلُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ وَتَنَاوَلُوا طَعَاماً وَشَرَاباً.

 

اغتصاب السرية وموتها

22- وَفِيمَا هُمْ يَتَنَادَمُونَ إِذَا بِجَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَوْغَادِ الْمَدِينَةِ يُحَاصِرُونَ الْبَيْتَ طَارِقِينَ عَلَى الْبَابِ صَائِحِينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الشَّيْخِ صَاحِبِ الْمَنْزِلِ: «أَخْرِجْ إِلَيْنَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي اسْتَضَفْتَهُ لِنُعَاشِرَهُ»
23- فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ صَاحِبُ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لاَ يَاإِخْوَتِي. لاَ تَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الْعَمَلَ الْمُشِينَ، فَالرَّجُلُ ضَيْفِي وَقَدْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِي.
24- هُوَذَا ابْنَتِي الْعَذْرَاءُ وَمَحْظِيَّتُهُ، فَدَعُونِي أُخْرِجُهُمَا لَكُمْ فَتَمَتَّعُوا بِهِمَا وَافْعَلُوا مَا يَحْلُو لَكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ لاَ تَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الْعَمَلَ الْقَبِيحَ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ».
25- غَيْرَ أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ الأَوْغَادَ رَفَضُوا الاسْتِمَاعَ إِلَيْهِ. فَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ الضَّيْفِ إِلاَّ أَنْ أَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ مَحْظِيَّتَهُ، فَظَلُّوا يَتَنَاوَبُونَ عَلَى اغْتِصَابِهَا طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى انْبِلاَجِ الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَ بُزُوغِ الْفَجْرِ أَطْلَقُوهَا.
26- وَأَقْبَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّجُلِ الشَّيْخِ حَيْثُ سَيِّدُهَا مُقِيمٌ، وَتَهَالَكَتْ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ حَتَّى شُرُوقِ النَّهَارِ.
27- فَنَهَضَ سَيِّدُهَا فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَمَا فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ الْبَيْتِ وَخَرَجَ لِمُتَابَعَةِ طَرِيقِهِ عَثَرَ عَلَى مَحْظِيَّتِهِ سَاقِطَةً عِنْدَ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ، وَيَدَاهَا عَلَى الْعَتَبَةِ.
28- فَقَالَ لَهَا: «انْهَضِي لِنَذْهَبَ». فَلَمْ تُجِبْهُ (لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ فَارَقَتِ الْحَيَاةَ) فَحَمَلَهَا عَلَى الْحِمَارِ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَقْطُنُ.

 

توزيع أشلاء لسرية على أسباط إسرائيل

29- وَمَا إِنْ بَلَغَ بَيْتَهُ حَتَّى تَنَاوَلَ سِكِّيناً، وَشَرَعَ فِي تَقْطِيعِ مَحْظِيَّتِهِ إِلَى اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قِطْعَةً مَعَ عِظَامِهَا، وَوَزَّعَهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،
30- فَقَالَ كُلُّ مَنْ شَاهَدَ إِحْدَى هَذِهِ الْقِطَعِ: «لَمْ يُشْهَدْ أَوْ يَحْدُثْ مِثْلُ هَذَا الأَمْرِ مُنْذُ صُعُودِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. فَتَبَصَّرُوا وَتَشَاوَرُوا وَاتَّخِذُوا قَرَاراً».

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Chapter: 020

V 001 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
V 002 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
V 003 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
V 004 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
V 005 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
V 006 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
V 007 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
V 008 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
V 009 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
V 010 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
V 011 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
V 012 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
V 013 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which 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.
V 014 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
V 015 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
V 016 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
V 017 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
V 018 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
V 019 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
V 020 And 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.
V 021 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
V 022 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
V 023 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
V 024 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
V 025 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
V 026 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
V 027 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
V 028 And 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 the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
V 029 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
V 030 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
V 031 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
V 032 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
V 033 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
V 034 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
V 035 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
V 036 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
V 037 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
V 038 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
V 039 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
V 040 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
V 041 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
V 042 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
V 043 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
V 044 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
V 045 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
V 046 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
V 047 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
V 048 And 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 beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
 

فصل 20

غضب بني إسرائيل للحادث

1- وَتَأَلَّبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعُهُمْ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ قَادِمِينَ مِنْ دَانَ فِي الشِّمَالِ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ فِي الْجَنُوبِ، وَمِنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ أَيْضاً، وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.
2- وَاحْتَشَدَ زُعَمَاءُ الشَّعْبِ مَعَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
3- فَبَلَغَ النَّبَأُ سِبْطَ بَنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدْ تَجَمَّعُوا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ. وَقَالَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ: «قُصُّوا عَلَيْنَا كَيْفَ حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الْقَبَاحَةُ؟»
4- فَأَجَابَ زَوْجُ الْقَتِيلَةِ: «دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَمَحْظِيَّتِي إِلَى جِبْعَةَ بَنْيَامِينَ لِنَقْضِيَ لَيْلَتَنَا،
5- فَثَارَ عَلَيَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ وَحَاصَرُونِي بِالْبَيْتِ لَيْلاً، وَهَمُّوا بِقَتْلِي وَاغْتَصَبُوا مَحْظِيَّتِي حَتَّى مَاتَتْ.
6- فَأَخَذْتُهَا وَقَطَّعْتُهَا وَوَزَّعْتُهَا فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّهُمُ ارْتَكَبُوا قَبَاحَةً وَفُجُوراً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
7- وَالآنَ تَبَصَّرُوا بِالأَمْرِ يَاأَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاحْكُمُوا».
8- فَهَبَّ الْمُحَارِبُونَ، كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَهَتَفُوا: «لَنْ يَرْجِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ أَوْ بَيْتِهِ،
9- قَبْلَ أَنْ نُعَاقِبَ أَهْلَ جِبْعَةَ عَلَى مَا اقْتَرَفُوهُ. سَنُلْقِي قُرْعَةً
10- لِنَخْتَارَ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِي كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، وَمِئَةً مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ، وَأَلْفاً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ آلافٍ لِلإِشْرَافِ عَلَى تَمْوِينِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالْمَؤُونَةِ، بَيْنَمَا يَقُومُ بَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ جِبْعَةَ بَنْيَامِينَ عَلَى الْقَبَاحَةِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَتْهَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».
11- وَهَكَذَا احْتَشَدَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ضِدَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاتَّحَدُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ.
12- وَبَعَثَ أَسْبَاطُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عَشَائِرِ بَنْيَامِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَا هَذَا الشَّرُّ الَّذِي تَفَشَّى بَيْنَكُمْ؟
13- لِذَلِكَ، سَلِّمُوا الأَوْغَادَ بَنِي بَلِيَّعَالَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي جِبْعَةَ لِكَي نَقْتُلَهُمْ وَنَسْتَأْصِلَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَأَبَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ الاسْتِجَابَةَ إِلَى طَلَبِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

 

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14- وَتَقَاطَرُوا مِنْ سَائِرِ الْمُدُنِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ تَأَهُّباً لِمُحَارَبَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ.
15- وَبَلَغَ عَدَدُ مُحَارِبِي بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ الْوَافِدِينَ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ سِتَّةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ مُحَارِبٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ أَهْلِ جِبْعَةَ الْبَالِغِينَ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ.
16- وَكَانَ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ جَيْشِ بَنْيَامِينَ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ أَعْسَرَ مُنْتَخَبُونَ لِرَمْيِ الْحَجَرِ بِالْمِقْلاعِ، لِمَهَارَتِهِمْ فِي إِصَابَةِ الْهَدَفِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُخْطِئُوا وَلَوْ بِمِقْدَارِ شَعْرَةٍ.

17- أَمَّا جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ بَنْيَامِينَ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ رِجَالُ حَرْبٍ.

 

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18- فَانْطَلَقَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِيَسْتَشِيروُا اللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ يَذْهَبُ أَوَّلاً لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنْيَامِينَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «يَهُوذَا أَوَّلاً».
19- فَبَكَّرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَأَحَاطُوا بِجِبْعَةَ.
20- وَاصْطَفَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُتَأَهِّبِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّيِنَ عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ.
21- فَانْدَفَعَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ نَحْوَهُمْ، وَأَهْلَكُوا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلَفَ رَجُلٍ.
22- وَتَشَجَّعَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَادُوا فَاصْطَفُّوا فِي نَفْسِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي اصْطَفُّوا فِيهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ.
23- وَبَكَوْا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ طَالِبِينَ مَشُورَتَهُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ؟» فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «اهْجُمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ».
24- فَتَقَدَّمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.
25- فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ.
26- فَتَوَجَّهَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَبَكَوْا وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ صَائِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ، ثُمَّ أَصْعَدُوا لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلاَمٍ.
27- وَاسْتَشَارَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ. وَكَانَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مَازَالَ آنَئِذٍ هُنَاكَ.
28- وَفِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ بْنِ هرُونَ هُوَ الْكَاهِنُ الْوَاقِفُ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ. وَسَأَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ نَعُودُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِخْوَتِنَا بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ أَمْ نَكُفُّ عَنْ قِتَالِهِمْ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «قَاتِلُوهُمْ لأَنِّي غَداً أَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ».

 

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29- وَنَصَبَ الإِسْرَائِيِليُّونَ كَمِيناً حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ،
30- وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ وَاصْطَفُّوا عِنْدَ جِبْعَةَ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ الأُوْلَيَيْنِ
31- فَانْدَفَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ لِمُهَاجَمَتِهِمْ، وَابْتَعَدُوا عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَرَاءَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَالطَّرِيقِ الأُخْرَى الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ عَبْرَ الْحَقْلِ، وَشَرَعُوا يُهَاجِمُونَ الْجَيْشَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّ كَالْمَرَّتَيْنِ السَّابِقَتَيْنِ، فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحْوَ ثَلاَثِينَ رَجُلاً.
32- وَاعْتَقَدَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، فِي حِينِ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَجْتَذِبْهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ».
33- وَهَبَّ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَاكِنِهِمْ وَاصْطَفُّوا فِي بَعْلِ تَامَارَ، وَوَثَبَ كَمِينُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مَرَاصِدِهِ مِنْ عَرَاءِ جِبْعَةَ.
34- وَتَقَدَّمَ عَشَرَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ مُحَارِبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مُقَابِلِ جِبْعَةَ، فَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.

35- وَهَزَمَ الرَّبُّ بَنْيَامِينَ أَمَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَهْلَكُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَمِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنْ رِجَالِ السَّيْفِ.
36- عِنْدَئِذٍ أَدْرَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ هُزِمُوا. وَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ قَدْ تَظَاهَرُوا بِالتَّقَهْقُرِ اعْتِمَاداً عَلَى الْكَمِينِ الَّذِي نَصَبُوهُ حَوْلَ جِبْعَةَ.
37- وَمَا لَبِثَ الْكَمِينُ أَنِ اقْتَحَمَ جِبْعَةَ وَضَرَبَهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.
38- وَكَانَ الاتِّفَاقُ بَيْنَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَيْنَ الْكَمِينِ أَنْ يُصْعِدَ الْكَمِينُ حَالَ اقْتِحَامِهِ لِلْمَدِينَةِ عَمُوداً مُتَكَاثِفاً مِنَ الدُّخَانِ.
39- فَلَمَّا تَقَهْقَرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي الْحَرْبِ، شَرَعَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ فِي مُطَارَدَتِهِمْ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ نَحَوَ ثَلاَثِينَ رَجُلاً، اعْتِقَاداً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مُنْهَزِمُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا حَدَثَ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ الأُولَى.
40- وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا ابْتَدَأَ عَمُودُ الدُّخَانِ يَتَصَاعَدُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْتَفَتَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإِذَا بِالدُّخَانِ يَرْتَفِعُ نَحْوَ عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
41- فَانْكَفَأَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ فَرُّوا مَرْعُوبِينَ لأَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ قَدْ أَحَاقَتْ بِهِمْ.
42- وَتَقَهْقَرُوا أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ أَدْرَكَتْهُمْ، وَخَرَجَ رِجَالُ الْكَمِينِ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ وَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِمِ الطَّرِيقَ، فَهَلَكَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيُّونَ بَيْنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ.
43- وَهَكَذَا حَاصَرُوا بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ بِسَهُولَةٍ، وَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ مُقَابِلَ جِبْعَةَ شَرْقاً.
44- فَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ الْقِتَالِ.
45- وَعِنْدَمَا وَلَّتْ فُلُولُهُمْ هَارِبَةً إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ، تَمَكَّنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، ثُمَّ جَدُّوا فِي تَعَقُّبِهِمْ إِلَى جِدْعُومَ فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ أَيْضاً أَلْفَيْ رَجُلٍ.
46- فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَقْتُولِينَ مِنَ الْبَنْيَامِينِيِّينَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ جَبَابِرَةُ قِتَالٍ.
47- وَتَمَكَّنَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْهَرَبِ وَاللُّجُوءِ إِلَى صَخْرَةِ رِمُّونَ فَأَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.
48- وَارْتَدَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى مُدُنِ بَنْيَامِينَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَى أَهَالِيهَا قَاطِبَةً بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَذَبَحُوا الْبَهَائِمَ وَكُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِيهَا، وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ.

 

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