Hukom 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang mga Natirang Tao sa Canaan
3 Nagtira ang Panginoon ng ibang mga tao sa Canaan para subukin ang mga Israelita na hindi nakaranas makipaglaban sa Canaan. 2 Ginawa ito ng Panginoon para maturuan niyang makipaglaban ang mga lahi ng Israelita na hindi pa nakaranas nito. 3 Ito ang mga taong itinira ng Panginoon: ang mga nakatira sa limang lungsod ng mga Filisteo, ang lahat ng Cananeo, ang mga Sidoneo, at ang mga Hiveo na nakatira sa mga bundok ng Lebanon, mula sa Bundok ng Baal Hermon hanggang sa Lebo Hamat. 4 Itinira sila para subukin kung tutuparin ng mga Israelita ang mga utos ng Panginoon na ibinigay niya sa kanilang mga ninuno sa pamamagitan ni Moises. 5 Kaya nanirahan ang mga Israelita kasama ng mga Cananeo, Heteo, Amoreo, Perezeo, Hiveo at mga Jebuseo. 6 Nagsipag-asawa ang mga Israelita ng mga anak ng mga taong ito at ibinigay nila ang kanilang mga anak na babae para maging asawa rin ng mga ito, at sumamba rin sila sa mga dios-diosan ng mga ito.
Si Otniel
7 Gumawa ng kasamaan ang mga Israelita sa paningin ng Panginoon dahil kinalimutan nila ang Panginoon na kanilang Dios at sumamba sila sa mga imahen ni Baal at ni Ashera. 8 Dahil dito, labis na nagalit ang Panginoon sa kanila, kaya hinayaan niya silang matalo ni Haring Cushan Rishataim ng Aram Naharaim.[a] Silaʼy sinakop nito sa loob ng walong taon.
9 Pero nang humingi ng tulong ang mga Israelita sa Panginoon, binigyan sila ng isang tao na magliligtas sa kanila. Siyaʼy si Otniel na anak ni Kenaz na nakababatang kapatid ni Caleb. 10 Ginabayan siya ng Espiritu ng Panginoon, at pinamunuan niya ang Israel. Nakipaglaban siya kay Haring Cushan Rishataim ng Aram, at pinagtagumpay siya ng Panginoon. 11 Kaya nagkaroon ng kapayapaan sa Israel sa loob ng 40 taon. At pagkatapos ay namatay si Otniel.
Si Ehud
12 Muling gumawa ng kasamaan ang mga Israelita sa paningin ng Panginoon. Dahil dito, ipinasakop sila ng Panginoon kay Haring Eglon ng Moab. 13 Sa tulong ng mga Ammonita at Amalekita, nilusob at tinalo ni Eglon ang Israel, at sinakop ang lungsod ng Jerico.[b] 14 Sinakop sila ni Eglon sa loob ng 18 taon.
15 Muling humingi ng tulong ang mga Israelita sa Panginoon at binigyan sila ng isang tao na magliligtas sa kanila. Siya ay ang kaliweteng si Ehud na anak ni Gera na mula sa lahi ni Benjamin. Ipinadala siya ng mga Israelita kay Haring Eglon ng Moab para ibigay dito ang buwis ng Israel. 16 Bago siya umalis, gumawa siya ng isang espada na magkabila ang talim na may kalahating metro ang haba. Itinali niya ito sa kanyang kanang hita sa ilalim ng kanyang damit. 17 Nang naroon na siya, ibinigay niya ang buwis kay Haring Eglon na napakatabang tao. 18 Nang maibigay ni Ehud ang buwis, pinauwi niya ang mga kasamahang nagdala ng buwis. 19 Sumama siya sa kanila noong una, pero nang makarating sila sa mga inukitang bato sa Gilgal, bumalik si Ehud at sinabi sa hari, “Mahal na Hari, may lihim po akong sasabihin sa inyo.” Kaya sinabi ng hari sa mga utusan niya, “Iwan nʼyo muna kami.” At umalis ang lahat ng utusan niya. 20 Pagkatapos, lumapit si Ehud sa hari na nakaupo sa malamig niyang kwarto sa itaas. Sinabi ni Ehud, “May mensahe ako sa inyo mula sa Dios.” Nang tumayo ang hari, 21 binunot ni Ehud ng kaliwang kamay niya ang espada sa kanang hita niya, at sinaksak sa tiyan ang hari, 22 at tumagos ito hanggang sa kanyang likod. At dahil mataba ang hari, bumaon pati ang hawakan ng espada. Kaya hindi na niya ito binunot.
23 Pagkatapos, lumabas si Ehud sa kwarto at ikinandado ang mga pinto. 24 Nang nakaalis na siya, bumalik ang mga utusan ng hari at nakita nila na sarado ang mga pinto. Akala nila nasa palikuran ang hari, 25 kaya hindi na lang nila binuksan ang mga pinto at naghintay sila sa labas. Pero nang magtagal, hindi na sila mapalagay dahil hindi pa rin binubuksan ng hari ang mga pinto. Kaya kinuha na lang nila ang susi at binuksan ito, at nakita nila ang kanilang hari na nakahandusay sa sahig na patay na.
26 Habang hinihintay ng mga utusan na buksan ng hari ang mga pinto, nakatakas na si Ehud. Dumaan siya sa mga imaheng bato at pumunta sa Seira. 27 Pagdating niya sa kabundukan ng Efraim, hinipan niya ang trumpeta para tawagin ang mga Israelita sa pakikipaglaban. Pagkatapos, bumaba ang mga Israelita mula sa kabundukan sa pangunguna ni Ehud. 28 Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Sumunod kayo sa akin dahil pagtatagumpayin kayo ng Panginoon laban sa Moab na kalaban ninyo.” Kaya sumunod sila sa kanya at sinakop nila ang tawiran sa Ilog ng Jordan patungong Moab, at wala silang pinatawid doon ni isang tao. 29 Nang araw na iyon, nakapatay sila ng 10,000 malalakas at matatapang na Moabita. Wala ni isang nakatakas sa kanila. 30 Sinakop ng Israel ang Moab nang araw na iyon, at mula noon, naging mapayapa ang Israel sa loob ng 80 taon.
Si Shamgar
31 Si Shamgar na anak ni Anat ang sumunod kay Ehud bilang pinuno. Iniligtas niya ang Israel sa mga Filisteo. Nakapatay siya ng 600 Filisteo gamit ang tungkod niyang pangtaboy sa baka.
Judges 3
New International Version
3 These are the nations the Lord left to test(A) all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan 2 (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience): 3 the five(B) rulers of the Philistines,(C) all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites(D) living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon(E) to Lebo Hamath.(F) 4 They were left to test(G) the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
5 The Israelites lived(H) among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,(I) Hivites and Jebusites.(J) 6 They took their daughters(K) in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.(L)
Othniel
7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord(M) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.(N) 8 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(O) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(P) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](Q) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. 9 But when they cried out(R) to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer,(S) Othniel(T) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them. 10 The Spirit of the Lord came on him,(U) so that he became Israel’s judge[b] and went to war. The Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim(V) king of Aram(W) into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him. 11 So the land had peace(X) for forty years,(Y) until Othniel son of Kenaz(Z) died.
Ehud
12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(AA) and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab(AB) power over Israel. 13 Getting the Ammonites(AC) and Amalekites(AD) to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.[c](AE) 14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab(AF) for eighteen years.
15 Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer(AG)—Ehud(AH), a left-handed(AI) man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute(AJ) to Eglon king of Moab. 16 Now Ehud(AK) had made a double-edged sword about a cubit[d] long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. 17 He presented the tribute(AL) to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man.(AM) 18 After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it. 19 But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.”
The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And they all left.
20 Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace[e](AN) and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose(AO) from his seat, 21 Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword(AP) from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly. 22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it. 23 Then Ehud went out to the porch[f]; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
24 After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, “He must be relieving himself(AQ) in the inner room of the palace.” 25 They waited to the point of embarrassment,(AR) but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their lord fallen to the floor, dead.
26 While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah. 27 When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet(AS) in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.
28 “Follow me,” he ordered, “for the Lord has given Moab,(AT) your enemy, into your hands.(AU)” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan(AV) that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over. 29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped. 30 That day Moab(AW) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(AX) for eighty years.
Shamgar
31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath,(AY) who struck down six hundred(AZ) Philistines(BA) with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.
Footnotes
- Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Judges 3:10 Or leader
- Judges 3:13 That is, Jericho
- Judges 3:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- Judges 3:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 24.
- Judges 3:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Judges 3
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
3 These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:
2 That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.
4 And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not.
5 So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
6 And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
8 And the Lord being angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and they served him eight years.
9 And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:
10 And the spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria, and he overthrew him.
11 And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.
13 And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
15 And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
16 And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.
17 And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
18 And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
19 Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, be said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,
20 Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne,
21 And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
22 With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
23 But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,
24 Went out by a postern door. And the king's servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.
25 And waiting a long time till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:
27 And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in the front.
28 And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.
29 But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
30 And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested eighty years.
31 After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel.
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