1 N ow Dinah daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the girls of the place.

وَخَرَجَتْ دِينَةُ ابْنَةُ لَيئَةَ وَيَعقُوبَ لِتَرَى بَناتِ تِلْكَ المَنطَقَةِ.

2 A nd when Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he seized her, lay with her, and humbled, defiled, and disgraced her.

فَرَآها شَكِيمُ بْنِ حَمُورَ، رَئِيسَ تِلْكَ المَنطَقَةِ، فَأمْسَكَ بِها وَاغتَصَبَها.

3 B ut his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart’s wishes.

لَكِنَّهُ تَعَلَّقَ بِدِينَةَ ابْنَةِ يَعقُوبَ. أحَبَّ الفَتاةَ وَكانَ رَقِيقاً مَعَها.

4 A nd Shechem said to his father Hamor, Get me this girl to be my wife.

فَقالَ شَكِيمُ لِأبِيهِ حَمُورَ: «زَوِّجْنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ البِنْتِ!»

5 J acob heard that had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field. So Jacob held his peace until they came.

وَسَمِعَ يَعقُوبُ أنَّ شَكِيمَ اعتَدَى عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ دِينَةَ. وَكانَ أولادُهُ مَعَ الماشِيَةِ فِي الحَقلِ، فانتَظَرَ إلَى أنْ يَأْتُوا.

6 B ut Hamor father of Shechem went out to Jacob to have a talk with him.

وَخَرَجَ حَمُورُ، أبو شَكِيمَ، إلَى يَعقُوبَ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ.

7 W hen Jacob’s sons heard it, they came from the field; and they were distressed and grieved and very angry, for had done a vile thing to Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, which ought not to be done.

وَفِي هَذا الوَقْتِ، رَجِعَ أولادُ يَعقُوبَ مِنَ الحَقلِ. فَلَمّا سَمِعُوا بِما حَدَثَ، اشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُمْ وَسَخَطُهُمْ، إذْ فَعَلَ شَكِيمُ أمراً مُشِيناً فِي إسْرائِيلَ بِاغْتِصابِ ابْنَةِ يَعقُوبَ. فَما كانَ يَنبَغِي لِمِثلِ هَذا أنْ يَحْدُثَ.

8 A nd Hamor conferred with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem craves your daughter. I beg of you give her to him to be his wife.

فَقالَ حَمُورُ لَهُمْ: «قَدْ تَعَلَّقَ قَلبُ ابْنِي شَكِيمُ بِابْنَتِكُمْ، فَزَوِّجُوها لَهُ.

9 A nd make marriages with us and give your daughters to us and take our daughters to you.

صاهِرُونا. زَوِّجُونا مِنْ بَناتِكُمْ، وَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ بَناتِنا.

10 Y ou shall dwell with us; the country will be open to you; live and trade and get your possessions in it.

وَاسْتَقِرُّوا بَينَنا. فَالأرْضُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ أمامَكُمْ. اسْتَقِرُّوا وَتاجِرُوا وَتَمَلَّكُوا أراضِيَ فِيها.»

11 A nd Shechem said to father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask of me.

وَقالَ شَكِيمُ لِأبِيها وَإخوَتِها: «اقْبَلُونِي، وَسَأُعطِيكُمْ ما تَطلُبُونَ.

12 A sk me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you tell me; only give me the girl to be my wife.

ارفَعُوا قِيمَةَ المَهْرِ وَالهَدايا بِقَدْرِ ما شِئْتُمْ، وَسَأُعطِيكُمْ كُلَّ ما تَأْمُرُونَنِي بِهِ، لَكِنْ زَوِّجُونِي مِنَ البِنتِ.»

13 T he sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because Shechem had defiled and disgraced their sister Dinah.

فَأجابَ أولادُ يَعقُوبَ شَكِيمَ وَأباهُ حَمُورَ بِطَرِيقَةٍ ماكِرَةٍ، لِأنَّهُ اعتَدَى عَلَى أُختِهِمْ.

14 T hey said to them, We cannot do this thing and give our sister to one who is not circumcised, for that would be a reproach and disgrace to us.

قالُوا لَهُمْ: «لا نَقْدِرُ أنْ نَفعَلَ هَذا الأمْرَ. لا يُمكِنُنا أنْ نُزَوِّجَ أُختَنا مِنْ رَجُلٍ غَيرِ مَختُونٍ، فَهَذا عارٌ لَنا.

15 B ut we do consent to do this: if you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised,

فَلا نُوافِقَكُمْ عَلَى طَلَبِكُمْ إلّا بِشَرطٍ، وَهُوَ أنْ تُصبِحُوا مِثلَنا بِأنْ تَختِنُوا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ بَينَكُمْ.

16 T hen we will give our daughters to you and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you and become one people.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَنُزَوِّجُكُمْ مِنْ بَناتِنا، وَسَنَتَزَوَّجُ مِنْ بَناتِكُمْ، وَسَنَسْتَقِرُّ بَينَكُمْ، وَنُصْبِحُ شَعباً واحِداً.

17 B ut if you will not listen to us and consent to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.

لَكِنْ إذا لَمْ تَستَمِعُوا لَنا وَتَختَتِنُوا، فَسَنَأْخُذُ ابْنَتَنا وَنَرْحَلُ.»

18 T heir words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

فَاسْتَحْسَنَ حَمُورُ وَشَكِيمُ هَذا الكَلامَ.

19 A nd the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was honored above all his family.

وَلَمْ يَتَرَدَّدِ الشّابُّ فِي فِعلِ ما طُلِبَ مِنْهُ، لِأنَّهُ فُتِنَ بِابْنَةِ يَعقُوبَ. وَكانَ شَكِيمُ ذا شأنٍ كَبيرٍ فِي بَيتِ أبِيهِ.

20 T hen Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their town and discussed the matter with the citizens, saying,

فَذَهَبَ حَمُورُ وَابْنُهُ شَكِيمُ إلَى بَوّابَةِ مَدِينَتِهِما. وَقالا لِرِجالِ المَدِينَةِ:

21 T hese men are peaceable with us; so let them dwell in the land and trade in it; for the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters for wives and let us give them our daughters.

«هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ طَيِّبُونَ مَعَنا. فَلْنَدَعْهُمْ يَسْتَقِرُّونَ فِي الأرْضِ وَيُتاجِرُونَ فِيها. فَها الأرْضُ تَتَّسِعُ لَهُمْ وَلَنا. وَلْنَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ بَناتِهِمْ، وَلْنُزَوِّجهُمْ مِنْ بَناتِنا.

22 B ut the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are.

غَيرَ أنَّ لِهَؤُلاءِ القَوْمِ شَرْطاً لِكَي يَسْتَقِرُّوا بَينَنا، وَيَكُونُوا شَعباً واحِداً مَعَنا. وَهُوَ أنْ يُختَتَنَ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنّا مِثلَهُمْ.

23 S hall not their cattle and their possessions and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell here with us.

سَتَكُونُ قُطْعانُهُمْ وَأملاكُهُمْ وَجَمِيعُ حَيواناتِهِمْ لَنا. لَكِنْ يَنبَغِي أنْ نُوافِقَ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمْ لِيَسْتَقِرُّوا بَينَنا.»

24 A nd all the people who went out of the town gate listened and heeded what Hamor and Shechem said; and every male was circumcised who was a resident of that town.

فَوافَقَ جَمِيعُ أهلُ المَدِينَةِ حَمُورَ وَابْنَهُ شَكِيمَ عَلَى رَأْيِهِما. وَاختَتَنَ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ أهلِ المَدِينَةِ.

25 B ut on the third day when were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city, and slew all the males.

وَفِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ كانَ رِجالُ المَدِينَةِ فِي ألَمٍ شَدِيدٍ. فَأخَذَ ابْنا يَعقُوبَ، شَمْعُونَ وَلاوِي، أخَوا دِينَةَ سَيفَيهِما، وَهاجَما أهلَ المَدِينَةِ السُّقَماءَ بِجَسارَةٍ. وَذَبَحا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِيها.

26 A nd they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and departed.

وَقَتَلا حَمُورَ وَابْنَهُ شَكِيمَ أيضاً. وَأخَذا دِينَةَ مِنْ بَيتِ شَكِيمَ، وَمَضَيا.

27 J acob’s sons came upon the slain and plundered the town, because there their sister had been defiled and disgraced.

وَأتَى أبناءُ يَعقُوبَ الآخَرُونَ عَلَى جُثَثِ القَتلِى، وَنَهَبُوا المَدِينَةَ، لِأنَّ شَكِيمَ اعتَدَى عَلَى أُختِهِمْ.

28 T hey took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the town and in the field;

وَأخَذُوا ماشِيَتَهُمْ وَبَقَرَهُمْ وَحَمِيرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ ما كانَ فِي المَدِينَةِ وَفِي الحُقُولِ.

29 A ll their wealth and all their little ones and their wives they took captive, making spoil even of all in the houses.

سَبَوا وَأخَذُوا كُلَّ ثَرْوَتِهِمْ وَنِسائِهِمْ وَأبْنائِهِمْ، وَكُلَّ ما فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ.

30 A nd Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have ruined me, making me infamous and embroiling me with the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! And we are few in number, and they will gather together against me and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my household.

فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ لِشَمْعُونَ وَلاوِي: «لَقَدْ أزْعَجْتُمانِي إذْ صِرْتُ مَكرُوهاً بَينَ قاطِنِي هَذِهِ البِلادِ مِنَ الكَنعانِيِّينَ وَالفِرِزِّيِّينَ. أنا وَعائِلَتِي قِلَّةٌ. لِهَذا أخشَى أنْ يَجتَمِعُوا عَلَينا، وَأنْ يُهاجِمُونا، فَيُدَمِّرُونا أنا وَأهلَ بَيتِي.»

31 A nd they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

فَقالا لَهُ: «أكانَ يُفْتَرَضُ فِينا أنْ نَرضَى أنْ تُعامَلَ أُختُنا كَساقِطَةٍ؟»