1 Dette er nasjonene som Herren lot være igjen i landet for å sette Israel på prøve, alle de som ikke hadde opplevd krigene i Kanaan.

Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;

2 Dette var for å lære de nye generasjonene av Israels barn krig, de som ikke hadde erfaring med det.

Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;

3 De fem fyrstene i filisterne, og alle kanaaneerne, sidonierne og hevittene som bodde på Libanonfjellet, fra Ba'harmon-fjellet til Hamath.

The five chiefs of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites and the Zidonians and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from the mountain Baal-hermon as far as Hamath:

4 For å sette Israel på prøve, for å se om de ville lytte til Herrens befalinger, som han hadde gitt deres fedre ved Moses' hånd.

For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5 Israels barn bodde blant kanaaneerne, hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, hevittene og jebusittene.

Now the children of Israel were living among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

6 De tok døtrene deres til ekte og ga sine døtre til deres sønner, og de tjente deres guder.

And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.

7 Israels barn gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne og glemte Herren deres Gud, og tjente Ba'alene og Astartene.

And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.

8 Da ble Herrens vrede opptent mot Israel, og han ga dem i hendene på Kusan-Risjatajim, kongen av Mesopotamia, og Israels barn tjente ham i åtte år.

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.

9 Da ropte Israels barn til Herren, og han ga dem en frelser, Otniel, sønn av Kenaz, Kalebs yngre bror.

And when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

10 Herrens ånd kom over ham, og han ble dommer i Israel, og dro ut i krig. Og Herren overga Kusan-Risjatajim, kongen av Mesopotamia, i hans hender, og han vant over ham.

And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him.

11 Deretter hadde landet fred i førti år, inntil Otniel, Kenaz' sønn, døde.

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.

12 Så gjorde Israels barn igjen det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, og Herren gjorde Eglon, moabittenes konge, sterk mot Israel, siden de hadde gjort det som var ondt i Herrens øyne.

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.

13 Eglon samlet ammonittene og amalekittene, og de dro ut og beseiret Israel og tok Palmebyen.

And Eglon got together the people of Ammon and Amalek, and they went and overcame Israel and took the town of palm-trees.

14 Israels barn tjente Eglon, moabittenes konge, i atten år.

And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.

15 Så ropte Israels barn til Herren, og han ga dem en frelser, Ehud, sønn av Gera, benjaminitten, en mann med venstrehånd, og Israels barn sendte en gave ved ham til Eglon, moabittenes konge.

Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.

16 Ehud laget seg et tveegget sverd, en alen langt, som han festet ved høyre side under kappen.

So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.

17 Han bragte gaven til Eglon, moabittenes konge, som var en svært fet mann.

And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

18 Etter å ha overrakt gaven, sendte han bort folket som hadde fulgt med gaven.

And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.

19 Men han selv vendte tilbake fra steinbildene ved Gilgal og sa: «Jeg har noe å si deg i hemmelighet, konge.» Og han sa: «Vær stille.» Da gikk alle som ventet på ham, ut.

But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.

20 Så gikk Ehud inn til ham mens han satt alene i sitt sommerhus. Og Ehud sa: «Jeg har et budskap fra Gud til deg.» Da reiste han seg fra setet.

Then Ehud came in to him while he was seated by himself in his summer-house. And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. And he got up from his seat.

21 Ehud rakte ut venstre hånd, trakk sverdet fra sin høyre side, og stakk det i magen hans.

And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;

22 Skaftet fulgte etter bladet, og fettet lukket seg over bladet, for han trakk ikke sverdet ut av magen. Og han gikk ut i ...

And the hand-part went in after the blade, and the fat was joined up over the blade; for he did not take the sword out of his stomach. And he went out into the ...

23 Ehud gikk ut i den overdekkede gangen og stengte dørene til sommerhuset etter seg og låste dem.

Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them.

24 Da han var gått, kom kongens tjenere og så at dørene til sommerhuset var låst, og de sa: «Kanskje han har behov inne i sommerhuset.»

Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.

25 De ventet lenge, men da han ikke åpnet dørene, tok de nøkkelen og åpnet, og så at deres herre lå død på gulvet.

And they went on waiting till they were shamed, but the doors were still shut; so they took the key, and, opening them, saw their lord stretched out dead on the floor.

26 Men Ehud hadde unnsluppet mens de ventet og gått forbi steinbilder og kommet til Seirah.

But Ehud had got away while they were waiting and had gone past the stone images and got away to Seirah.

27 Da han kom dit, blåste han i hornet i Efraims fjellområder, og Israels barn dro ned med ham fra fjellene, og han ledet dem.

And when he came there, he had a horn sounded in the hill-country of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he at their head.

28 Han sa til dem: «Følg meg, for Herren har gitt moabittene, deres fiender, i deres hender.» Så fulgte de etter ham og tok vadestedene ved Jordan mot Moab, og lot ingen komme over.

And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

29 På den tiden drepte de omkring ti tusen moabittiske menn, alle sterke og kamptrente menn; ingen unnslapp.

At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

30 Så ble Moab underkastet den dagen av Israels hånd. Og etter dette hadde landet fred i åtti år.

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.

31 Etter ham kom Shamgar, sønn av Anath, som drepte seks hundre filister med en oksestav; han var også en frelser for Israel.

And after him came Shamgar, the son of Anath, who put to death six hundred Philistines with an ox-stick; and he was another saviour of Israel.