Dinah and the Shechemites
1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. 2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her. 3His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. 4And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
5When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
6Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. 7Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in34:7 Or against Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
8But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. 9Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves. 10You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade34:10 Or move about freely; also in verse 21 in it, and acquire property in it.”
11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask. 12Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
13Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. 14They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us. 15We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males. 16Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you. 17But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”
18Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. 19The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. 20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city. 21“These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. 22But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are. 23Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”
24All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
25Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. 26They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left. 27The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where34:27 Or because their sister had been defiled. 28They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields. 29They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.
30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
31But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
የያዕቆብ ልጅ ተደፈረች
1ልያ ለያዕቆብ የወለደችለት ሴት ልጅ ዲና፣ አንድ ቀን የዚያን አገር ሴቶች ለማየት ወጣች። 2ሴኬም የተባለው የአገሩ ገዥ የኤዊያዊ የኤሞር ልጅ ባያት ጊዜ ይዞ በማስገደድ ደፈራት። 3ልቡ በያዕቆብ ልጅ በዲና ተማረከ፤ ልጂቷንም በጣም ወደዳት፤ በጣፈጠም አንደበት አናገራት። 4ሴኬምም አባቱን ኤሞርን፣ “ይህችን ልጅ አጋባኝ” አለው።
5ያዕቆብ፣ ልጁን ዲናን ሴኬም እንዳስነወራት ሰማ፤ በዚህ ጊዜ ወንዶች ልጆቹ ከብቶቹን በመስክ ያግዱ ነበር፤ ያዕቆብም ልጆቹ እስኪመለሱ ድረስ ታግሦ ቈየ።
6ከዚያም የሴኬም አባት ኤሞር፣ ያዕቆብን ሊያነጋግረው ወጣ። 7የያዕቆብ ወንዶች ልጆችም የተፈጸመውን ድርጊት እንደ ሰሙ ወዲያውኑ ከመስክ መጡ፤ ሴኬም መደረግ የማይገባውን አስነዋሪ ነገር በእስራኤል ላይ በመፈጸም፣ የያቆብን ልጅ ስለ ደፈረ ዐዘኑ፤ ክፉኛም ተቈጡ።
8ኤሞር ግን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ልጄ ሴኬም ልቡ በልጃችሁ ፍቅር ተነድፏል፤ እባካችሁ እንዲያገባት ፍቀዱለት። 9በጋብቻ እንተሳሰር፤ ሴት ልጃችሁን ስጡን፤ የእኛንም ሴቶች አግቡ። 10አብራችሁንም መኖር ትችላላችሁ፤ አገራችን አገራችሁ ናት፤ ኑሩባት፤ ነግዱባት፤34፥10 ወይም በነጻነት መንቀሳቀስ፤ በ21 ላይ እንዳለው፤ ሀብት ንብረትም አፍሩባት።”
11ሴኬም ደግሞ የዲናን አባትና ወንድሞቿን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “በእናንተ ዘንድ ሞገስ ላግኝ እንጂ የተጠየቅሁትን ሁሉ እሰጣለሁ፤ 12ጥሎሽ ብትሉኝ ጥሎሽ፣ ስጦታ ብትሉም የፈለጋችሁትን ያህል እሰጣለሁ፤ ብቻ ልጂቱን እንዳገባ ፍቀዱልኝ።”
13የያዕቆብ ወንዶች ልጆችም፣ በእኅታቸው በዲና ላይ ስለ ተፈጸመው ነውር፣ የሆዳቸውን በሆዳቸው ይዘው፣ ለሴኬምና ለአባቱ ለኤሞር መልስ ሰጡ፤ 14እንዲህም አሏቸው፤ “እኅታችንን ላልተገረዘ ሰው ብንሰጥ ውርደት ስለሚሆንብን፣ እንዲህ ያለውን ነገር አናደርገውም። 15ሆኖም የምንስማማበት አንድ መንገድ ብቻ አለ፤ ይህም ወንዶቻችሁን ሁሉ ገርዛችሁ እኛን የመሰላችሁ እንደ ሆነ ነው። 16ከዚያ በኋላ ሴቶች ልጆቻችንን እንድርላችኋለን፤ አብረን እንኖራለን፤ አንድ ሕዝብም እንሆናለን። 17በመገረዙ የማትስማሙ ከሆነ ግን ልጃችንን34፥17 በዕብራይስጥ ሴት ልጅን ያመለክታል። ይዘን እንሄዳለን።”
18ያቀረቡትም ሐሳብ ለኤሞርና ለልጁ ለሴኬም መልካም መስሎ ታያቸው። 19ከአባቱ ቤተ ሰብ ሁሉ እጅግ የተከበረው ይህ ወጣት የያዕቆብን ልጅ እጅግ ወድዷት ስለ ነበር፣ ያሉትን ለማድረግ ጊዜ አልወሰደበትም። 20ስለዚህ ኤሞርና ልጁ ሴኬም ይህንኑ ለወገኖቻቸው ለመንገር ወደ ከተማቸው በር ሄዱ፤ 21እንዲህም አሏቸው፤ “እነዚህ ሰዎች ወዳጆቻችን ናቸው፤ በአገራችን እንዲኖሩ፣ ተዘዋውረውም እንዲነግዱ እንፍቀድላቸው፤ ምድሪቱ እንደሆን ለእኛም ለእነርሱም ትበቃለች። ሴቶች ልጆቻቸውን እናገባለን፤ እነርሱም የእኛን ሴቶች ያገባሉ። 22ሆኖም ሰዎቹ ከእኛ ጋር እንደ አንድ ሕዝብ ሆነው አብረውን ለመኖር ፈቃደኞች የሚሆኑት፣ የእኛ ወንዶች እንደ እነርሱ የተገረዙ እንደ ሆነ ብቻ ነው። 23ታዲያ እንዲህ ብናደርግ ከብታቸው ንብረታቸው፣ እንስሶቻቸው ሁሉ የእኛው ይሆኑ የለምን? ስለዚህ ባሉት እንስማማ፤ እነርሱም አብረውን ይኑሩ።”
24ከከተማዪቱ በር ውጪ የተሰበሰቡት ሁሉ በኤሞርና በልጁ በሴኬም ሐሳብ ተስማሙ፤ በከተማዪቱም ያሉት ወንዶች ሁሉ ተገረዙ።
25በሦስተኛውም ቀን የሁሉም ቍስል ገና ትኵስ ሳለ ከያዕቆብ ልጆች ሁለቱ፣ የዲና ወንድሞች ስምዖንና ሌዊ፣ ሰይፋቸውን መዝዘው ሳይታሰብ ወደ ከተማዪቱ ገብተው ወንዶቹን በሙሉ ገደሏቸው። 26ኤሞርንና ሴኬምንም በሰይፍ ገድለው፣ እኅታቸውን ዲናን ከሴኬም ቤት አውጥተው ይዘዋት ተመለሱ። 27የያዕቆብ ልጆች ሁሉ በሬሳ ላይ እየተረማመዱ እኅታቸው የተደፈረችበትን ከተማ34፥27 ወይም እኅታቸው ተደፍራለችና የያዕቆብ ልጆች ዘረፉ። 28የበግና የፍየል መንጎቻቸውን፣ ከብቶቻቸውንና አህዮቻቸውን እንዲሁም በከተማዪቱና በአካባቢው የሚገኘውን ንብረታቸውን ሁሉ ወሰዱባቸው፤ 29ሀብታቸውን ሁሉ ዘርፈው ሴቶቻቸውንና ሕፃኖቻቸውን ሁሉ ማርከው በየቤቱ ያገኙትን ሁሉ ይዘው ሄዱ።
30ያዕቆብም ስምዖንና ሌዊን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “በዚህ አገር በሚኖሩት በከነዓናውያንና በፌርዛውያን ዘንድ እንደ ጥንብ አስቈጠራችሁኝ፤ ጭንቀትም እንዲደርስብኝ አድርጋችኋል። እኛ በቍጥር አነስተኞች ነን፤ ተባብረው ቢነሡብኝና ቢያጠቁኝ እኔና ቤተ ሰቤ መጥፋታችን አይደለምን?”
31እነርሱ ግን፣ “ታዲያ፣ እኅታችንን እንደ ዝሙት ዐዳሪ ይድፈራት?” አሉት።
