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Ang mga Asawa alang sa mga Benjaminhon

21 Didto sa Mizpa, misaad ang mga Israelinhon nga dili gayod nila tugotan nga makigminyo ang ilang mga anak nga babaye sa mga Benjaminhon. Unya, nangadto ang mga Israelinhon sa Betel, ug nagpabilin sila didto ug nagminatay ug hilak sa presensya sa Dios hangtod sa gabii. Miingon sila, “Ginoo, Dios sa Israel, nganong nahitabo man kini? Nganong nakuhaan man ug usa ka tribo ang Israel?”

Pagkabuntag, naghimo sila ug halaran ug naghalad ug mga halad nga sinunog ug mga halad alang sa maayong relasyon. Nagpangutan-anay sila kon unsa nga tribo sa Israel ang wala moadto sa ilang panagtigom atubangan sa Ginoo didto sa Mizpa, tungod kay nanumpa sila nga patyon ang dili moadto didto.

Naguol gayod sila sa nahitabo sa ilang kadugo nga mga Benjaminhon. Miingon sila, “Karong adlawa nakuhaan ug usa ka tribo ang Israel. Unsay atong buhaton aron makapangasawa ang nahibilin pang mga Benjaminhon, kay nakapanumpa man kita sa Ginoo nga dili gayod nato ipaasawa kanila ang atong mga anak?”

Unya nagpangutan-anay sila, “Unsang triboha sa Israel ang wala moadto sa dihang nagtigom kita atubangan sa Ginoo didto sa Mizpa?” Ug nasayran nila nga wala didto ni usa sa mga taga-Jabes Gilead. Tungod kay sa dihang giihap ang mga tawo, walay nakitang taga-Jabes Gilead. 10-11 Busa nagpadala ang katilingban sa Jabes Gilead ug 12,000 ka maisog nga mga sundalo ug gimandoan sila, “Pangadto kamo sa Jabes Gilead ug pamatya sa hingpit ang tanang taga-didto, bata o tigulang, lalaki o babaye, gawas lang sa mga dalaga nga putli.” 12 Ug didto nakakita sila ug 400 ka mga batan-ong dalaga nga wala pa mahilabti, ug gidala nila kini sa ilang kampo sa Shilo nga sakop sa Canaan.

13 Pagkahuman, nagpadala ang tibuok katilingban sa Israel ug mga mensahero ngadto sa mga Benjaminhon nga nanago sa dapit nga gitawag ug Bato sa Rimon aron pagsulti kanila nga mahimo na silang mopauli kay natapos na ang gira. 14 Ug tuod man, namauli ang mga Benjaminhon ug gihatag kanila sa mga Israelinhon ang mga dalaga nga taga-Jabes Gilead. Apan kulang sa ilang gidaghanon ang mga dalaga.

15 Naguol gayod ang mga Israelinhon sa nahitabo sa mga Benjaminhon tungod kay gibungkag sa Ginoo ang panaghiusa sa mga tribo sa Israel. 16 Busa miingon ang mga tigdumala sa katilingban sa Israel, “Wala nay nahibiling mga babayeng Benjaminhon. Unsay atong buhaton alang niadtong nangahibiling kalalakin-an nga wala pay mga asawa? 17 Maghimo kitag paagi aron makaangkon ug mga manununod ang mga Benjaminhon nga nangahibilin. Kinahanglang wala gayoy tribo sa Israel nga mawala. 18 Apan dili usab mahimo nga ipaasawa nato kanila ang atong mga anak tungod kay nakapanumpa na kita nga tunglohon kadtong motugot nga makigminyo ang iyang anak sa usa ka Benjaminhon.”

19 Unya nahinumdom sila nga hapit na ang tinuig nga pista alang sa Ginoo nga ginahimo didto sa Shilo. (Ang Shilo anaa sa amihan sa Betel, sa habagatan sa Lebona, ug sa sidlakan sa dalan nga gikan sa Betel paingon sa Shekem.) 20 Giingnan nila ang mga Benjaminhon, “Panago kamo sa mga ubasan. 21 Kon makita ninyo ang mga dalaga nga taga-Shilo nga moagi aron manayaw sa pista, panggawas dayon kamo ug pamirag dalaga nga inyong pangasaw-on. Unya, pamauli na kamo sa inyong dapit. 22 Kon moreklamo kanamo ang ilang mga amahan o igsoong lalaki, ingnon namo sila nga pasagdan na lang kamo, ingon nga pabor alang kanamo tungod kay kulang kaninyo ang mga dalaga nga nakuha namo sa Jabes Gilead. Ug dili usab maingon nga nakalapas sila sa ilang saad tungod kay gikuha man ninyo ang mga dalaga nga walay pagtugot gikan kanila.”

23 Busa mao kadto ang gihimo sa mga Benjaminhon. Matag usa kanila namira ug usa sa mga nanayaw ug gidala pauli aron mahimong asawa. Ug gitukod nila pag-usab ang ilang mga lungsod ug didto namuyo. 24 Ang ubang mga Israelinhon namauli usab ngadto sa ilang kaugalingong yuta, ug sa ilang kaugalingong tribo ug panimalay.

25 Niadtong mga panahona, walay hari sa Israel, busa ang matag usa nagbuhat sa mga butang nga iyang gituohan nga husto.

Ang Pag-unong ni Ruth kang Noemi

1-2 Sa panahon nga dili pa mga hari ang nagadumala[a] sa Israel, miabot ang kagutom niini nga dapit. Busa si Elimelec nga taga-Betlehem nga sakop sa Juda miadto sa Moab uban sa iyang asawa ug duha ka anak nga lalaki, aron didto lang una mopuyo. Ang ngalan sa iyang asawa mao si Noemi ug ang ilang duha ka anak mao si Mahlon ug si Kilion. Mga kaliwat sila ni Efrata nga taga-Betlehem.

Sa dihang didto na sila nagpuyo sa Moab, namatay si Elimelec. Busa si Noemi na lang uban sa iyang duha ka anak nga lalaki ang nahibilin. Nangaminyo ang iyang mga anak ug mga babayeng Moabihanon. Ang ngalan sa usa mao si Orpah ug ang usa mao si Ruth. Paglabay sa napulo ka tuig, namatay usab sila si Mahlon ug si Kilion, busa si Noemi na lang ang nahibilin.

Sa dihang nabalitaan ni Noemi nga gipanalanginan sa Ginoo ang iyang katawhan pinaagi sa iyang paghatag kanila ug maayong abot, nangandam siya sa pagbalik sa Juda uban ang iyang mga umagad. Ug sa dihang nagalakaw sila balik sa Juda, miingon si Noemi sa iyang duha ka umagad, “Balik na lang kamo sa inyong inahan. Hinaut pa nga pakitaan kamo ug kaayo sa Ginoo, maingon nga gipakita ninyo ang inyong kaayo nganhi kanako ug sa nangamatay ninyong mga bana. Ug hinaut nga itugot sa Ginoo nga maminyo kamo pag-usab aron mapahimutang kamo sa inyong bag-ong panimalay.”

Unya gihagkan sila ni Noemi. Nanghilak silag kusog 10 ug miingon kang Noemi, “Mouban kami kanimo sa pagbalik mo ngadto sa imong mga katagilungsod.” 11-12 Apan miingon si Noemi, “Pauli kamo sa inyo, mga anak. Nganong mouban pa man kamo kanako? Nagahunahuna ba kamo nga maminyo pa ako pag-usab ug manganak ug mga lalaki nga mahimo ninyong banahon? Dili na kana mahitabo pa kay tigulang na ako. Apan ibutang ta kon makapamana ako karong gabhiona ug unya manganak pa, 13 hulaton ba ninyo silang mangdagko? Dili lang ba una kamo magminyo tungod kanila? Dili kana mahimo, mga anak. Sa pagkatinuod, mas pait ang akong kinabuhi kay kaninyo, kay gipaantos ako sa Ginoo.”

14 Misamot na hinuon silag hilak ug kusog. Unya mihalok si Orpah sa iyang ugangan ug mipauli,[b] apan si Ruth nagpabilin uban kang Noemi. 15 Miingon si Noemi, “Tan-awa ang imong bilas, mibalik na siya sa iyang mga katagilungsod ug sa iyang dios,[c] busa uli na uban kaniya.” 16 Apan mitubag si Ruth, “Ayaw ako pugsa sa pagbiya kanimo, kay bisan asa ka moadto adto usab ako moadto, ug bisan asa ka mopuyo didto usab ako mopuyo. Ang imong mga katawhan mahimo usab nga akong mga katawhan, ug ang imong Dios mahimo usab nga akong Dios. 17 Kon asa ka mamatay, didto usab ako mamatay ug didto usab ilubong. Hinaut pa nga silotan ako sa Ginoo sa hilabihan gayod kon mubiya ako kanimo. Kamatayon lang ang makapahimulag kanako gikan kanimo.”

18 Sa dihang nakita ni Noemi nga desidido gayod si Ruth sa pag-uban kaniya, mihilom na lang siya. 19 Busa nagpadayon silang duha sa paglakaw hangtod nga nakaabot sila sa Betlehem. Pag-abot nila, nagkaguliyang ang tanang mga tawo. Miingon ang mga babaye, “Si Noemi ba gayod kini?”

20 Miingon si Noemi kanila, “Ayaw ninyo ako tawgag Noemi,[d] kondili tawga ninyo ako ug Mara,[e] kay gihimong labihan kapait sa Makagagahom nga Dios ang akong kinabuhi. 21 Pagbiya ko dinhi anaa kanako ang tanan, apan gipabalik ako sa Ginoo nga walay nahot. Busa ayaw na ninyo ako tawgag Noemi, kay gipaantos ako sa Ginoo nga Makagagahom.”

22 Mao pa lay pagsugod sa ting-ani sa barley sa pag-abot ni Noemi sa Betlehem uban sa iyang umagad nga si Ruth nga Moabihanon.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1-2 Sa panahon… nagadumala: sa literal, Sa panahon nga ang mga “shoftim” (mga pangulo/hukom) mao pa ang nangulo.
  2. 1:14 ug mipauli: Anaa kini sa Septuagint, apan wala sa Hebreo.
  3. 1:15 dios: o, mga dios.
  4. 1:20 Noemi: Ang buot ipasabot, lami.
  5. 1:20 Mara: Ang buot ipasabot, pait.

Wives for the Benjamites

21 The men of Israel had taken an oath(A) at Mizpah:(B) “Not one of us will give(C) his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing(D) from Israel today?”

Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.(E)

Then the Israelites asked, “Who from all the tribes of Israel(F) has failed to assemble before the Lord?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah was to be put to death.

Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said. “How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath(G) by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?” Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead(H) had come to the camp for the assembly. For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.

10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children. 11 “This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male(I) and every woman who is not a virgin.(J) 12 They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh(K) in Canaan.

13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace(L) to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.(M) 14 So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.

15 The people grieved for Benjamin,(N) because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel. 16 And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left? 17 The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.(O) 18 We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:(P) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives(Q) a wife to a Benjamite.’ 19 But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh,(R) which lies north of Bethel(S), east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem,(T) and south of Lebonah.”

20 So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards 21 and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing,(U) rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin. 22 When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Do us the favor of helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war. You will not be guilty of breaking your oath because you did not give(V) your daughters to them.’”

23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing,(W) each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance(X) and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.(Y)

24 At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance.

25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.(Z)

Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons

In the days when the judges ruled,[b](AA) there was a famine in the land.(AB) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,(AC) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while(AD) in the country of Moab.(AE) The man’s name was Elimelek,(AF) his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.(AG) They were Ephrathites(AH) from Bethlehem,(AI) Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women,(AJ) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(AK) After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion(AL) also died,(AM) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

When Naomi heard in Moab(AN) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(AO) by providing food(AP) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(AQ) prepared to return home from there. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.(AR) May the Lord show you kindness,(AS) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands(AT) and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest(AU) in the home of another husband.”

Then she kissed(AV) them goodbye and they wept aloud(AW) 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”

11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?(AX) 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up?(AY) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(AZ) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(BA)

14 At this they wept(BB) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(BC) goodbye,(BD) but Ruth clung to her.(BE)

15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law(BF) is going back to her people and her gods.(BG) Go back with her.”

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(BH) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(BI) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(BJ) and your God my God.(BK) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(BL) if even death separates you and me.”(BM) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(BN)

19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(BO) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(BP) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[c]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[d] because the Almighty[e](BQ) has made my life very bitter.(BR) 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(BS) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[f] me;(BT) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,(BU) her daughter-in-law,(BV) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest(BW) was beginning.(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God
  2. Ruth 1:1 Traditionally judged
  3. Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant.
  4. Ruth 1:20 Mara means bitter.
  5. Ruth 1:20 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21
  6. Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against

21 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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?

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.

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.

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

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?

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.

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.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

21 I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.