1 Etter Josvas død spurte Israels barn Herren: Hvem skal gå opp først og kjempe mot kanaanittene for oss?

Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

2 Og Herren sa: Juda skal gå opp; se, jeg har gitt landet i hans hender.

And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

3 Da sa Juda til sin bror Simeon: Bli med meg til mitt område, så vi kan kjempe mot kanaanittene; så vil jeg dra med deg til ditt område. Og Simeon ble med ham.

Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

4 Juda dro opp, og Herren ga kanaanittene og perisittene i deres hender; de slo ti tusen menn i Bezek.

And Judah went up; and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands; and they overcame ten thousand of them in Bezek.

5 Og de støtte på Adoni-besek og kjempet mot ham, og de slo kanaanittene og perisittene.

And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6 Men Adoni-besek flyktet, de forfulgte ham, tok ham og kappet av tomlene og storetærne hans.

But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.

7 Adoni-besek sa: Sytti konger med avkappede tomler og storetær samlet smuler under mitt bord; som jeg har gjort, har Gud gjort mot meg. Og de førte ham til Jerusalem, der han døde.

And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

8 Så angrep Judas barn Jerusalem, tok det og brente byen etter å ha slått innbyggerne ned uten nåde.

Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

9 Etterpå dro Judas barn ned for å føre krig mot kanaanittene i fjellene, i sør og på lavlandet.

After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands.

10 Og Kaleb gikk mot kanaanittene i Hebron; (Hebron ble tidligere kalt Kiriat-Arba;) og han drepte Sjesjai, Akiman og Talmai.

And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword.

11 Derfra dro han mot innbyggerne i Debir. (Debir ble tidligere kalt Kiriat-Sefer.)

And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)

12 Kaleb sa: Jeg vil gi min datter Aksa til kone for den som beseirer Kiriat-Sefer og tar det.

And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

13 Otniel, sønn av Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror, tok det, og han ga ham sin datter Aksa til kone.

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

14 Når hun kom til ham, fikk han henne til å be sin far om en mark; hun steg ned fra eselet, og Kaleb spurte henne: Hva ønsker du?

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

15 Hun sa til ham: Gi meg en gave fra deg; du har gitt meg et tørt landområde; gi meg også kildevann. Så ga Kaleb henne både den øvre og den nedre kilde.

And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

16 Hobab, kenitten, Moses’ svigerfar, dro fra byen med palmetrærne sammen med Judas barn til ødemarken i Arad; og bodde blant amalekittene.

Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;

17 Juda dro med sin bror Simeon og beseiret kanaanittene i Sefath, og de la byen under bann; og de kalte byen Horma.

And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

18 Juda tok Gaza med sitt område, Ashkelon med sitt område, og Ekron med sitt område.

Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

19 Og Herren var med Juda; han tok fjellandet som sin arv, men han kunne ikke drive bort dalens folk, for de hadde jernvogner.

And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron.

20 Hebron ble gitt til Kaleb, som Moses hadde sagt, og han drev ut Anakims tre sønner derfra.

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

21 Men Judas barn drev ikke ut jebusittene som bodde i Jerusalem; jebusittene bor fortsatt med Benjamins barn i Jerusalem.

And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

22 Og Josefs slekt dro opp mot Betel, og Herren var med dem.

And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

23 De sendte speidere til Betel. (Byen het tidligere Luz.)

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

24 Vaktene så en mann komme ut av byen, og sa til ham: Hvis du viser oss veien inn i byen, vil vi vise deg godhet.

And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

25 Så viste han dem veien inn i byen, og de slo den med sverd, men lot mannen og hele hans familie slippe unna.

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

26 Han dro til hetittenes land, bygde en by der og kalte den Luz, som er navnet den har til denne dag.

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

27 Manasse drev ikke bort folket i Bet-Sjean og dens datterbyer, eller i Taanak og dens datterbyer, eller folket i Dor og dens datterbyer, eller folket i Jibleam og dens datterbyer, eller folket i Megiddo og dens datterbyer, men kanaanittene bodde fortsatt i det landet.

And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

28 Hver gang Israel ble sterkere, tvang de kanaanittene til arbeid, men drev dem ikke helt ut.

And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.

29 Efraim drev ikke bort kanaanittene som bodde i Gezer, men kanaanittene bodde fortsatt i Gezer blant dem.

And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.

30 Sebulon drev ikke bort folkene i Kitron eller i Nahalol, men kanaanittene bodde blant dem og ble satt til tvangsarbeid.

Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

31 Asser drev ikke bort folkene i Akko, eller Sidon, eller Ahlab, eller Aksib, eller Helba, eller Afik, eller Rehob.

And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;

32 Men asserittene bodde blant kanaanittene, landets folk, uten å drive dem ut.

But the Asherites went on living among the Canaanites, the people of the land, without driving them out.

33 Naftali drev ikke bort folkene i Bet-Semes eller Bet-Anat, men bodde blant kanaanittene i landet; men folkene i Bet-Semes og Bet-Anat ble satt til tvangsarbeid.

Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

34 Dans barn ble presset opp i fjellandet av amorittene, som ikke tillot dem å komme ned i dalen;

And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

35 For amorittene bodde fortsatt på Heres-fjellet, i Aijalon og i Saalbim, men Josefs barn ble sterkere enn dem og satte dem til tvangsarbeid.

For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

36 Området fra edomittene strakte seg fra skråningen til Akrabbim fra Sela og oppover.

And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.