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Judges

Chapter 21

KJV · Textus Receptus

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Asante Twi

1Na Israel mmarima aka ntam wɔ Mispe sɛ, Yɛn mu biara remfa ne babaa mma Benyamin awadeɛ.Under pastoral review
2Na nkurɔfoɔ no baa Onyankopɔn fie, na wɔtenaa hɔ kɔsii anwummerɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim, na wɔmaa wɔn nne so suu denden;Under pastoral review
3Na wɔkaa sɛ, Ao AWURADE, Israel Onyankopɔn, adɛn nti na yei aba Israel mu, sɛ ɛnnɛ abusuakuo baako ho ayera wɔ Israel mu?Under pastoral review
4Na ɛbaa sɛ, adeɛ kyeeɛ no, nkurɔfoɔ no sɔree anɔpahema, na wɔkyekyeree afɔrebukyia wɔ hɔ, na wɔbɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ.Under pastoral review
5Na Israel mma bisaa sɛ, Hwan na ɔwɔ Israel mmusuakuo nyinaa mu a ɔne asafo no amforo amma AWURADE nkyɛn? Efisɛ na wɔaka ntam kɛseɛ afa deɛ wamforo amma AWURADE nkyɛn wɔ Mispe no ho sɛ, Ampa wɔbɛkum no.Under pastoral review
6Na Israel mma nuu wɔn ho wɔ wɔn nua Benyamin ho, na wɔkaa sɛ, Ɛnnɛ wɔatwa abusuakuo baako afiri Israel ho.Under pastoral review
7Yɛbɛyɛ dɛn ama wɔn a wɔaka no anya yerenom, a yɛde AWURADE aka ntam sɛ yɛremfa yɛn mmammaa mma wɔn awadeɛ?Under pastoral review
8Na wɔbisaa sɛ, Israel mmusuakuo no mu deɛ ɛwɔ he na wamforo amma Mispe AWURADE nkyɛn? Na hwɛ, obiara amfiri Yabesgilead amma atenaeɛ hɔ nhyiamu no ase.Under pastoral review
9Efisɛ wɔkan nkurɔfoɔ no, na hwɛ, Yabesgilead so tefoɔ no mu biara nni hɔ.Under pastoral review
10Na asafo no somaa mmarima mpem dumienu a wɔyɛ akokoɔdurufoɔ pa ara kɔɔ hɔ, na wɔhyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Monkɔ na momfa akofena ano nkɔbɔ Yabesgilead so tefoɔ, ne mmaa ne mmɔfra.Under pastoral review
11Na adeɛ a mobɛyɛ nie, Mobɛsɛe ɔbarima biara pasaa, ne ɔbaa biara a ɔne ɔbarima ada.Under pastoral review
12Na wɔhunuu mmaabunu mmabaawa ahanan wɔ Yabesgilead so tefoɔ mu, a wɔnhuu ɔbarima, na wɔne ɔbarima nnaa da: na wɔde wɔn baa atenaeɛ hɔ wɔ Silo, a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so.Under pastoral review
13Na asafo no nyinaa somaa nnipa kɔkasa kyerɛɛ Benyamin mma a wɔwɔ ɔbotan Rimon ho no, na wɔfrɛɛ wɔn asomdwoeɛ mu.Under pastoral review
14Na saa berɛ no Benyamin sane baeɛ; na wɔde mmaa a wɔgyaa wɔn nkwa firi Yabesgilead mmaa no mu no maa wɔn: nanso wɔanso wɔn.Under pastoral review
15Na nkurɔfoɔ no nuu wɔn ho wɔ Benyamin ho, efisɛ AWURADE apae Israel mmusuakuo no mu.Under pastoral review
16Afei asafo no mpanyimfoɔ kaa sɛ, Yɛbɛyɛ dɛn ama wɔn a wɔaka no anya yerenom, a wɔasɛe mmaa afiri Benyamin mu yi?Under pastoral review
17Na wɔkaa sɛ, Ɛsɛ sɛ agyapadeɛ wɔ hɔ ma Benyamin foni a wɔadwane no, na abusuakuo ansɛe amfiri Israel mu.Under pastoral review
18Nanso yɛrentumi mfa yɛn mmammaa mma wɔn awadeɛ: efisɛ Israel mma aka ntam sɛ, Nnome nka deɛ ɔde yere bɛma Benyamin.Under pastoral review
19Afei wɔkaa sɛ, Hwɛ, AWURADE afahyɛ wɔ Silo afe biara, wɔ beaeɛ a ɛwɔ Betel atifi fam, wɔ ɛkwan tempɔn a ɛfiri Betel foro kɔ Sekem no apueeɛ fam, ne Lebona anafoɔ fam.Under pastoral review
20Enti wɔhyɛɛ Benyamin mma sɛ, Monkɔ nkɔtɛ bobe nturo no mu;Under pastoral review
21Na monhwɛ, na hwɛ, sɛ Silo mmammaa firi adi bɛsa wɔ asa mu a, ɛnneɛ momfiri bobe nturo no mu, na mo mu biara nkyere ne yere mfiri Silo mmammaa no mu, na monkɔ Benyamin asase so.Under pastoral review
22Na ɛbɛba sɛ, sɛ wɔn agyanom anaa wɔn nuanom ba yɛn nkyɛn bɛnwiinwii a, yɛbɛka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, Monyɛ wɔn adom yɛn enti: efisɛ yɛannye ɔbarima biara yere ansie amma no wɔ ɔko no mu: na ɛnyɛ mo na mode maa wɔn saa berɛ yi mu, a anka modi fɔ.Under pastoral review
23Na Benyamin mma yɛɛ saa, na wɔfaa yerenom sɛdeɛ wɔn dodoɔ teɛ firii wɔn a wɔsaeɛ no mu, a wɔkyekyeree wɔn: na wɔkɔeɛ, na wɔsane kɔɔ wɔn agyapadeɛ mu, na wɔsiesiee nkuro no, na wɔtenatenaa mu.Under pastoral review
24Na saa berɛ no Israel mma firii hɔ kɔeɛ, obiara kɔɔ n'abusuakuo mu ne n'abusua mu, na wɔfiri hɔ kɔeɛ, obiara kɔɔ n'agyapadeɛ mu.Under pastoral review
25Saa nna no mu no, na ɔhene nni Israel: obiara yɛɛ deɛ ɛtene wɔ n'ankasa ani so.Under pastoral review

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