Postanak 34
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Dina i Šekem
34 Dina, kći koju je Lea rodila Jakovu, izašla je da bi posjetila žene onoga kraja. 2 Kad ju je vidio Šekem, sin Hivijca Hamora, vladara one zemlje, uzeo ju je k sebi. Spavao je s njom i tako joj nanio sramotu. 3 Dina mu je prirasla srcu i on ju je zavolio pa je nježnim riječima htio zadobiti njezino srce. 4 Šekem je rekao svome ocu Hamoru: »Traži mi ovu djevojku za ženu.«
5 Kad je Jakov čuo da je Šekem obeščastio njegovu kćer Dinu, sinovi su mu bili na polju kod stoke pa nije ništa poduzimao dok se ne vrate. 6 Šekemov otac Hamor došao je razgovarati s Jakovom 7 baš kad su se njegovi sinovi vratili s polja. Kad su čuli što se dogodilo, bili su silno ogorčeni i bijesni jer je Šekem učinio ono što je u Izraelu skandalozno i nedopustivo.
8 Hamor im je rekao: »Moj se sin Šekem svim srcem zaljubio u vašu kćer. Molim vas, dajte mu je za ženu. 9 Postanite nam rođaci—dajte nam svoje kćeri za žene, a vi uzimajte naše. 10 Živite među nama—zemlja vam je na raspolaganju: možete u njoj živjeti, trgovati i kupovati zemlju.«
11 Šekem je još rekao Dininom ocu i braći: »Molim vas za naklonost i dat ću vam što god tražite. 12 Odredite koliku god cijenu za nevjestu želite i koliki god dar za sebe. Dat ću vam koliko tražite—samo mi djevojku dajte za ženu.«
13 Jakovljevi su sinovi prijetvorno odgovorili Šekemu i njegovom ocu Hamoru jer je obeščastio njihovu sestru Dinu. 14 Rekli su im: »Ne možemo dati svoju sestru neobrezanom čovjeku jer bi to za nas bila sramota. 15 Dat ćemo vam svoj pristanak samo uz ovaj uvjet: ako postanete kao mi tako što ćete obrezati sve svoje muškarce. 16 Tada se možete ženiti našim djevojkama i mi vašim te ćemo živjeti među vama i postati jedan narod. 17 No, ako nas ne poslušate i ne obrežete se, onda ćemo uzeti svoju sestru i otići.«
18 Njihov prijedlog svidio se Hamoru i njegovom sinu Šekemu. 19 Mladić Šekem nije nimalo oklijevao učiniti kako su tražili jer je želio Jakovljevu kćer. Kako je on imao najveći ugled u domu svog oca, 20 s ocem Hamorom otišao je na vrata svoga grada da bi razgovarali sa sugrađanima.
21 »Ti su ljudi prijateljski raspoloženi prema nama«, rekli su. »Pustimo ih da žive i trguju u našoj zemlji jer ima dovoljno prostora za njih. Možemo se ženiti njihovim djevojkama i oni našima. 22 No oni će pristati živjeti s nama kao jedan narod samo uz ovaj uvjet: ako se svaki naš muškarac obreže kao što su oni. 23 Neće li sva njihova stoka i imovina tako postati naša? Dajte da se složimo s njima pa će oni živjeti s nama.« 24 I svi koji su došli na gradska vrata složili su se s Hamorom i Šekemom te su obrezali sve muškarce.
Osveta za Dinu
25 Trećeg su dana nakon obrezanja još bili u bolovima. Tada su dvojica Jakovljevih sinova, Šimun i Levi, Dinina braća, uzeli svoje mačeve, nesmetano ušli u grad i pobili sve muškarce. 26 Ubili su Hamora i njegovog sina Šekema, uzeli Dinu iz Šekemove kuće i otišli. 27 Ostali su Jakovljevi sinovi došli na mjesto pokolja i opljačkali grad zato što su im obeščastili sestru. 28 Uzeli su njihovu sitnu i krupnu stoku, magarce i sve što su imali u gradu i na polju. 29 Odnijeli su sve njihovo bogatstvo, porobili sve njihove žene i djecu te opljačkali sve što je bilo u kućama.
30 Tada je Jakov rekao Šimunu i Leviju: »Uvalili ste me u nevolju jer ste me učinili omraženim stanovnicima ove zemlje, Kanaancima i Perižanima. Nas je malo pa, ako se udruže protiv nas i napadnu, uništit će i mene i moje ukućane.«
31 No oni su rekli: »Zar smo trebali pustiti da s našom sestrom postupaju kao s prostitutkom?«
Genesis 34
Living Bible
34 One day Dinah, Leah’s daughter, went out to visit some of the neighborhood girls, 2 but when Shechem, son of King Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her. 3 He fell deeply in love with her, and tried to win her affection.
4 Then he spoke to his father about it. “Get this girl for me,” he demanded. “I want to marry her.”
5 Word soon reached Jacob of what had happened, but his sons were out in the fields herding cattle, so he did nothing until their return. 6-7 Meanwhile King Hamor, Shechem’s father, went to talk with Jacob, arriving just as Jacob’s sons came in from the fields, too shocked and angry to overlook the insult, for it was an outrage against all of them.
8 Hamor told Jacob, “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter, and longs for her to be his wife. Please let him marry her. 9-10 Moreover, we invite you folks to live here among us and to let your daughters marry our sons, and we will give our daughters as wives for your young men. And you shall live among us wherever you wish and carry on your business among us and become rich!”
11 Then Shechem addressed Dinah’s father and brothers. “Please be kind to me and let me have her as my wife,” he begged. “I will give whatever you require. 12 No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will pay it—only give me the girl as my wife.”
13 Her brothers then lied to Shechem and Hamor, acting dishonorably because of what Shechem had done to their sister. 14 They said, “We couldn’t possibly. For you are not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for her to marry such a man. 15 I’ll tell you what we’ll do—if every man of you will be circumcised, 16 then we will intermarry with you and live here and unite with you to become one people. 17 Otherwise we will take her and be on our way.”
18-19 Hamor and Shechem gladly agreed, and lost no time in acting upon this request, for Shechem was very much in love with Dinah, and could, he felt sure, sell the idea to the other men of the city—for he was highly respected and very popular. 20 So Hamor and Shechem appeared before the city council[a] and presented their request.
21 “Those men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and ply their trade. For the land is large enough to hold them, and we can intermarry with them. 22 But they will only consider staying here on one condition—that every one of us men be circumcised, the same as they are. 23 But if we do this, then all they have will become ours and the land will be enriched. Come on, let’s agree to this so that they will settle here among us.”
24 So all the men agreed, and all were circumcised. 25 But three days later, when their wounds were sore and sensitive to every move they made, two of Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi, took their swords, entered the city without opposition, and slaughtered every man there, 26 including Hamor and Shechem. They rescued Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp again. 27 Then all of Jacob’s sons went over and plundered the city because their sister had been dishonored there. 28 They confiscated all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the city and outside in the fields, 29 and took all the women and children, and wealth of every kind.
30 Then Jacob said to Levi and Simeon, “You have made me stink among all the people of this land—all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will come and crush us, and we will all be killed.”
31 “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?” they retorted.
Footnotes
- Genesis 34:20 appeared before the city council, literally, “came into the gate of their city.”
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