Judges 21

21 ¹Di men of Israel don swear for Mizpah say: "None of us go give im daughter to Benjamin make she marry am." ²Di people come Bethel, dem sidon dia for front of our Papa till evening, dey cry loud and dey weep well-well. ³Dem say, "Why, our Papa, God of Israel, dis kind thing take happen for Israel—say one tribe don comot for Israel today?"

⁴Di people wake up early di next day, dem build one altar for dia, dem come offer burnt offering and peace offering. ⁵Den di people of Israel ask, "Which one for all di tribes of Israel no come up to di assembly, to our Papa?" Because dem don swear big oath say anybody wey no come up to our Papa for Mizpah, dem must kill am for sure. ⁶Di Israel people belle dey pain dem for dia brother Benjamin. Dem say, "Today one tribe don cut comot from Israel. ⁷How we go take get wives for di people wey survive, since we don swear by our Papa say we no go give dem our daughters?" ⁸Den dem ask, "Which one for di tribes of Israel no come up to our Papa for Mizpah?" Nobody from Jabesh-gilead come di camp, to di assembly. ⁹Because when dem count di people, no even one person for di people wey dey live for Jabesh-gilead dey dia. ¹⁰So di assembly send 12,000 of dem bravest fighters go dia, dem give order say: "Go strike di people wey dey live for Jabesh-gilead with sword, including women and pikin dem. ¹¹Do dis: kill finish every man, and every woman wey don sleep with man." ¹²For inside di people of Jabesh-gilead, dem find 400 young virgin girls wey never sleep with man, dem come bring dem to di camp for Shiloh, wey dey inside di land of Canaan.

¹³Den di whole community send message to di people of Benjamin wey dey for di rock of Rimmon, dem come declare peace to dem. ¹⁴Benjamin come back dat time; dem give dem di women wey dem keep alive from Jabesh-gilead—but e still no reach for all of dem. ¹⁵Di people belle dey pain dem for Benjamin, because our Papa don make gap for di tribes of Israel. ¹⁶Di elders of di assembly say, "How we go take get wives for di people wey survive, since dem don wipe out di women of Benjamin?" ¹⁷Dem say, "Di people wey survive for Benjamin need inheritance, so dat one tribe no go rub comot from Israel. ¹⁸We no fit give dem our daughters make dem marry, because di people of Israel don swear say, 'Curse dey on top anybody wey give wife to Benjamin.'" ¹⁹Dem say, "E get one feast wey dem dey do every year for our Papa for Shiloh, wey dey north of Bethel, for east side of di road wey dey go up from Bethel to Shechem, and for south of Lebonah." ²⁰So dem give di people of Benjamin instruction say, "Go hide una self for inside di vineyards. ²¹Dey watch—when di young women of Shiloh come out to dance, rush comot from di vineyards, make each man grab one wife for imself from di young women of Shiloh, den go di land of Benjamin. ²²When dia fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we go tell dem, Show dem favour because of us, since we no capture wife for each of dem for battle, and una self no give dem wives—if not, una for dey guilty now."

²³So di sons of Benjamin do dis: dem take wives, one for each of dem, from di dancers wey dem grab, dem go back to dia inheritance, dem build di cities again, dem come dey live dia. ²⁴Dat time di people of Israel comot from dia, each man go im tribe and im family; each person comot from dia go im inheritance. ²⁵For dose days, no king dey for Israel; everybody just dey do wetin dem see as correct for dia own eye.