1 N ow Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

وَخَرَجَتْ دِينَةُ ابْنَةُ لَيئَةَ وَيَعقُوبَ لِتَرَى بَناتِ تِلْكَ المَنطَقَةِ.

2 A nd when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.

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

3 H is soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman.

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

4 S o Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

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

5 A nd Jacob heard that he 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 T hen Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

وَخَرَجَ حَمُورُ، أبو شَكِيمَ، إلَى يَعقُوبَ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ.

7 A nd the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing 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 B ut Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

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

9 A nd make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves.

صاهِرُونا. زَوِّجُونا مِنْ بَناتِكُمْ، وَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ بَناتِنا.

10 S o you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”

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

11 T hen Shechem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.

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 say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”

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

13 B ut the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

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

14 A nd they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach 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 on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is 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 we will become one people.

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

17 B ut if you will not heed us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone.”

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

18 A nd their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

فَاسْتَحْسَنَ حَمُورُ وَشَكِيمُ هَذا الكَلامَ.

19 S o the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.

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

20 A nd Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:

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

21 “ These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it. For indeed the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us as 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 O nly on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

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

23 W ill not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

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

24 A nd all who went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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

25 N ow it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed 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 from Shechem’s house, and went out.

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

27 T he sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.

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

28 T hey took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field,

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

29 a nd all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.

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

30 T hen Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

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 B ut they said, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?”

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