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?”
Dina àti àwọn ará Ṣekemu
1Ní ọjọ́ kan, Dina ọmọbìnrin tí Lea bí fún Jakọbu jáde lọ bẹ àwọn ọmọbìnrin ilẹ̀ náà wò. 2Nígbà tí Ṣekemu ọmọ ọba Hamori ará Hifi rí i, ó mú un, ó sì fi ipá bá a lo pọ̀ 3Ọkàn rẹ sì fà sí Dina ọmọ Jakọbu gan an, ó sì fẹ́ràn rẹ̀ ó sì bá ọmọbìnrin náà sọ̀rọ̀ ìfẹ́. 4Ṣekemu sì wí fún Hamori baba rẹ̀ pé, “Fẹ́ ọmọbìnrin yìí fún mi bí aya.”
5Nígbà tí Jakọbu gbọ́ ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ pé a fi ipá bá Dina ọmọbìnrin òun ní ògo jẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ wà nínú pápá níbi tí wọ́n ti ń daran nítorí náà ó mú sùúrù títí tí wọ́n fi dé.
6Hamori baba Ṣekemu sì jáde wá láti bá Jakọbu sọ̀rọ̀. 7Àwọn ọmọ Jakọbu sì ti oko dé, wọ́n sì gbọ́ ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ inú wọn sì bàjẹ́, ó sì ń bí wọn nínú gidigidi, nítorí tí ó ṣe ohun búburú ní Israẹli, ní ti ó bá ọmọbìnrin ọmọ Jakọbu lòpọ̀—irú ohun tí kò yẹ kí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ rárá.
8Hamori sì bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀ pé, “Ọkàn ọmọ mi Ṣekemu fà sí ọmọ rẹ. Jọ̀wọ́ fi fún un gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya. 9Ẹ jẹ́ kí a máa ṣe ìgbéyàwó láàrín ara wa, kí àwọn ọmọ yín kó máa fẹ́ àwọn ọmọ wa. 10Ẹ lè máa gbé láàrín wa, ibikíbi tí ó bá tẹ́ yín lọ́rùn láàrín wa ni ẹ lè gbé, ẹ máa ṣe òwò yín kí ẹ sì kó ọrọ̀ jọ fún ara yín.”
11Ṣekemu sì wí fún baba àti arákùnrin Dina pé, “Ẹ jọ̀wọ́, ẹ jẹ́ kí n rí ojúrere yín, èmi yóò sì fún yín ní ohunkóhun tí ẹ̀yin bá fẹ́ gbà. 12Iyekíye tí owó orí rẹ̀ bá jẹ́ àti ẹ̀bùn gbogbo tí ẹ bá fẹ́, bí ó ti wù kí ó pọ̀ tó, èmi yóò san án, kí ẹ sá à jẹ́ kí ń fi ọmọ náà ṣe aya.”
13Àwọn ọmọ Jakọbu sì fi ẹ̀tàn dá Ṣekemu àti Hamori baba rẹ̀ lóhùn, wọ́n sì wí pé, nítorí tí ó ti ba ògo Dina arábìnrin wọn jẹ́. 14Wọ́n wí fún wọn pé, “Àwa kò le ṣe nǹkan yìí láti fi arábìnrin wa fún aláìkọlà, nítorí àbùkù ni èyí yóò jẹ́ fún wa. 15Àwa yóò fi ara mọ́ ọn bí ẹ̀yin yóò bá gbà láti dàbí i tiwa, wí pé ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú yóò kọ gbogbo ọkùnrin yín ní ilà. 16Nígbà náà ni àwa yóò le máa fún yín ní ọmọ wa, tí àwa náà yóò máa fẹ́ ẹ yín. A ó máa gbé láàrín yín, a ó sì di ara kan pẹ̀lú yín. 17Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin bá kọ̀ láti kọlà, àwa yóò mú arábìnrin wa, á ó sì máa lọ.”
18Àbá náà sì dùn mọ́ Hamori àti Ṣekemu ọmọ rẹ̀. 19Ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin náà, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ ẹni iyì jùlọ ní ilé baba rẹ̀, kò jáfara láti ṣe ohun tí wọ́n wí. Nítorí tí ó fẹ́ràn ọmọbìnrin Jakọbu. 20Hamori àti Ṣekemu ọmọ rẹ̀ sì wá sí ẹnu ibodè ìlú náà wọn sì bá àwọn ará ìlú náà sọ̀rọ̀. 21Wí pé, “Ìwà àwọn ọkùnrin wọ̀nyí dára, ẹ jẹ́ kí wọn máa gbé ní àárín wa, kí wọn sì máa ṣòwò, ilẹ̀ kúkú wà rẹpẹtẹ tó gba ààyè dáradára. A lè fẹ́ àwọn ọmọ wọ́n, ki wọn sì fẹ́ tiwa pẹ̀lú. 22Ṣùgbọ́n kín ní kan ni a lè ṣe kí wọn tó gbà láti gbé pẹ̀lú wa, ìyẹn sì ni pé àwọn ọkùnrin wa yóò kọlà bí i tiwọn 23Ṣe bí àwọn ẹran wọn àti ẹrú wọn àti àwọn ohun ọ̀sìn wọn ni yóò di tiwa bí a bá lè gbà bẹ́ẹ̀, wọn yóò sì máa gbé ni àárín wa.”
24Gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin tí ń jáde ní ẹnu-bodè ìlú náà sì gbọ́ ti Hamori àti Ṣekemu ọmọ rẹ̀. Gbogbo ọkùnrin ìlú náà sì kọlà.
25Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ kẹta, nígbà tí gbogbo wọn sì wà nínú ìrora. Àwọn ọmọ Jakọbu méjì, Simeoni àti Lefi tí ó jẹ́ ẹ̀gbọ́n fún Dina, sì mú idà wọn pẹ̀lú ìgboyà, wọ́n sì pa gbogbo ọkùnrin ìlú náà. 26Wọ́n sì fi idà pa Hamori àti Ṣekemu ọmọ rẹ̀, wọ́n mú Dina kúrò ní ilé wọn, wọ́n sì jáde. 27Àwọn ọmọ Jakọbu sì wọlé àwọn tí a pa, wọ́n sì kó ẹrù ìlú tí a ti ba ògo arábìnrin wọn jẹ́. 28Wọ́n kó màlúù wọn àti agbo ẹran wọn àti kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́, àti ohun gbogbo tí ó wà nínú ìlú àti ní oko. 29Gbogbo ọrọ̀ wọn, gbogbo obìnrin ìlú àti àwọn ọmọ wẹẹrẹ pátápátá ni wọ́n kó. Wọ́n sì kó gbogbo ohun tí ó wà nínú ilé wọn bí ìkógun.
30Nígbà náà ni Jakọbu wí fún Simeoni àti Lefi wí pé, “Ẹ̀yin ti kó ìyọnu bá mi nípa sísọ mí di olóòórùn láàrín ará Kenaani àti Peresi, tí ó ń gbé ilẹ̀ yìí. Àwa kò pọ̀, bí wọn bá wá parapọ̀ ṣígun sí wa, gbogbo wa pátápátá ni wọn yóò parun.”
31Ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n dáhùn pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ó yẹ kí ó ṣe arábìnrin wa bí panṣágà?”
