Judges 11

وَكَانَ يَفْتَاحُ الْجِلْعَادِيُّ جَبَّارَ بَأْسٍ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ امْرَأَةٍ زَانِيَةٍ. وَجِلْعَادُ وَلَدَ يَفْتَاحَ.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

ثُمَّ وَلَدَتِ امْرَأَةُ جِلْعَادَ لَهُ بَنِينَ. فَلَمَّا كَبِرَ بَنُو الْمَرْأَةِ طَرَدُوا يَفْتَاحَ، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لاَ تَرِثْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِينَا لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ابْنُ امْرَأَةٍ أُخْرَى».

And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

فَهَرَبَ يَفْتَاحُ مِنْ وَجْهِ إِخْوَتِهِ وَأَقَامَ فِي أَرْضِ طُوبٍ. فَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَى يَفْتَاحَ رِجَالٌ بَطَّالُونَ وَكَانُوا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُ.

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

وَكَانَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ أَنَّ بَنِي عَمُّونَ حَارَبُوا إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

وَلَمَّا حَارَبَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ذَهَبَ شُيُوخُ جِلْعَادَ لِيَأْتُوا بِيَفْتَاحَ مِنْ أَرْضِ طُوبٍ.

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

وَقَالُوا لِيَفْتَاحَ: «تَعَالَ وَكُنْ لَنَا قَائِدًا فَنُحَارِبَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ».

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

فَقَالَ يَفْتَاحُ لِشُيُوخِ جِلْعَادَ: «أَمَا أَبْغَضْتُمُونِي أَنْتُمْ وَطَرَدْتُمُونِي مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي؟ فَلِمَاذَا أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيَّ الآنَ إِذْ تَضَايَقْتُمْ؟»

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

فَقَالَ شُيُوخُ جِلْعَادَ لِيَفْتَاحَ: «لِذلِكَ قَدْ رَجَعْنَا الآنَ إِلَيْكَ لِتَذْهَبَ مَعَنَا وَتُحَارِبَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَتَكُونَ لَنَا رَأْسًا لِكُلِّ سُكَّانِ جِلْعَادَ».

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

فَقَالَ يَفْتَاحُ لِشُيُوخِ جِلْعَادَ: «إِذَا أَرْجَعْتُمُونِي لِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَدَفَعَهُمُ الرَّبُّ أَمَامِي فَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَكُمْ رَأْسًا».

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

فَقَالَ شُيُوخُ جِلْعَادَ لِيَفْتَاحَ: «الرَّبُّ يَكُونُ سَامِعًا بَيْنَنَا إِنْ كُنَّا لاَ نَفْعَلُ هكَذَا حَسَبَ كَلاَمِكَ».

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

فَذَهَبَ يَفْتَاحُ مَعَ شُيُوخِ جِلْعَادَ، وَجَعَلَهُ الشَّعْبُ عَلَيْهِمْ رَأْسًا وَقَائِدًا. فَتَكَلَّمَ يَفْتَاحُ بِجَمِيعِ كَلاَمِهِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

فَأَرْسَلَ يَفْتَاحُ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَلِكِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ يَقُولُ: «مَا لِي وَلَكَ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ إِلَيَّ لِلْمُحَارَبَةِ فِي أَرْضِي؟»

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

فَقَالَ مَلِكُ بَنِي عَمُّونَ لِرُسُلِ يَفْتَاحَ: «لأَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ أَخَذَ أَرْضِي عِنْدَ صُعُودِهِ مِنْ مِصْرَ، مِنْ أَرْنُونَ إِلَى الْيَبُّوقِ وَإِلَى الأُرْدُنِّ. فَالآنَ رُدَّهَا بِسَلاَمٍ».

And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

وَعَادَ أَيْضًا يَفْتَاحُ وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَلِكِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:

وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هكَذَا يَقُولُ يَفْتَاحُ: لَمْ يَأْخُذْ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَرْضَ مُوآبَ وَلاَ أَرْضَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ،

And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

لأَنَّهُ عِنْدَ صُعُودِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ سَارَ فِي الْقَفْرِ إِلَى بَحْرِ سُوفٍ وَأَتَى إِلَى قَادَشَ.

But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

وَأَرْسَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَلِكِ أَدُومَ قَائِلاً: دَعْنِي أَعْبُرْ فِي أَرْضِكَ. فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ مَلِكُ أَدُومَ. فَأَرْسَلَ أَيْضًا إِلَى مَلِكِ مُوآبَ فَلَمْ يَرْضَ. فَأَقَامَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي قَادَشَ.

Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

وَسَارَ فِي الْقَفْرِ وَدَارَ بِأَرْضِ أَدُومَ وَأَرْضِ مُوآبَ وَأَتَى مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى أَرْضِ مُوآبَ وَنَزَلَ فِي عَبْرِ أَرْنُونَ، وَلَمْ يَأْتُوا إِلَى تُخْمِ مُوآبَ لأَنَّ أَرْنُونَ تُخْمُ مُوآبَ.

Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ رُسُلاً إِلَى سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ، مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ: دَعْنِي أَعْبُرْ فِي أَرْضِكَ إِلَى مَكَانِي.

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

وَلَمْ يَأْمَنْ سِيحُونُ لإِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْبُرَ فِي تُخْمِهِ، بَلْ جَمَعَ سِيحُونُ كُلَّ شَعْبِهِ وَنَزَلُوا فِي يَاهَصَ وَحَارَبُوا إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

فَدَفَعَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ سِيحُونَ وَكُلَّ شَعْبِهِ لِيَدِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَضَرَبُوهُمْ، وَامْتَلَكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ كُلَّ أَرْضِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ.

And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

فَامْتَلَكُوا كُلَّ تُخْمِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ أَرْنُونَ إِلَى الْيَبُّوقِ وَمِنَ الْقَفْرِ إِلَى الأُرْدُنِّ.

And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

وَالآنَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ طَرَدَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَفَأَنْتَ تَمْتَلِكُهُ؟

So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

أَلَيْسَ مَا يُمَلِّكُكَ إِيَّاهُ كَمُوشُ إِلهُكَ تَمْتَلِكُ؟ وَجَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا مِنْ أَمَامِنَا فَإِيَّاهُمْ نَمْتَلِكُ.

Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

وَالآنَ فَهَلْ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَالاَقَ بْنِ صِفُّورَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ؟ فَهَلْ خَاصَمَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ حَارَبَهُمْ مُحَارَبَةً

And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

حِينَ أَقَامَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي حَشْبُونَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَعَرُوعِيرَ وَقُرَاهَا وَكُلِّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي عَلَى جَانِبِ أَرْنُونَ ثَلاَثَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَسْتَرِدَّهَا فِي تِلْكَ الْمُدَّةِ؟

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

فَأَنَا لَمْ أُخْطِئْ إِلَيْكَ. وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ بِي شَرًّا بِمُحَارَبَتِي. لِيَقْضِ الرَّبُّ الْقَاضِي الْيَوْمَ بَيْنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ».

Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ مَلِكُ بَنِي عَمُّونَ لِكَلاَمِ يَفْتَاحَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ.

Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

فَكَانَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى يَفْتَاحَ، فَعَبَرَ جِلْعَادَ وَمَنَسَّى وَعَبَرَ مِصْفَاةَ جِلْعَادَ، وَمِنْ مِصْفَاةِ جِلْعَادَ عَبَرَ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

وَنَذَرَ يَفْتَاحُ نَذْرًا لِلرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ دَفَعْتَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ لِيَدِي،

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

فَالْخَارِجُ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ بَيْتِي لِلِقَائِي عِنْدَ رُجُوعِي بِالسَّلاَمَةِ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ يَكُونُ لِلرَّبِّ، وَأُصْعِدُهُ مُحْرَقَةً».

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

ثُمَّ عَبَرَ يَفْتَاحُ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ. فَدَفَعَهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِيَدِهِ.

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

فَضَرَبَهُمْ مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ إِلَى مَجِيئِكَ إِلَى مِنِّيتَ، عِشْرِينَ مَدِينَةً، وَإِلَى آبَلِ الْكُرُومِ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً جِدًّا. فَذَلَّ بَنُو عَمُّونَ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

ثُمَّ أَتَى يَفْتَاحُ إِلَى الْمِصْفَاةِ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَإِذَا بِابْنَتِهِ خَارِجَةً لِلِقَائِهِ بِدُفُوفٍ وَرَقْصٍ. وَهِيَ وَحِيدَةٌ. لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ابْنٌ وَلاَ ابْنَةٌ غَيْرَهَا.

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

وَكَانَ لَمَّا رَآهَا أَنَّهُ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَقَالَ: «آهِ يَا بِنْتِي! قَدْ أَحْزَنْتِنِي حُزْنًا وَصِرْتِ بَيْنَ مُكَدِّرِيَّ، لأَنِّي قَدْ فَتَحْتُ فَمِي إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَلاَ يُمْكِنُنِي الرُّجُوعُ».

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «يَا أَبِي، هَلْ فَتَحْتَ فَاكَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ؟ فَافْعَلْ بِي كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ فِيكَ، بِمَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ لَكَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ».

And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

ثُمَّ قَالَتْ لأَبِيهَا: «فَلْيُفْعَلْ لِي هذَا الأَمْرُ: اتْرُكْنِي شَهْرَيْنِ فَأَذْهَبَ وَأَنْزِلَ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ وَأَبْكِيَ عَذْرَاوِيَّتِي أَنَا وَصَاحِبَاتِي».

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

فَقَالَ: «اذْهَبِي». وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى شَهْرَيْنِ. فَذَهَبَتْ هِيَ وَصَاحِبَاتُهَا وَبَكَتْ عَذْرَاوِيَّتَهَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

وَكَانَ عِنْدَ نِهَايَةِ الشَّهْرَيْنِ أَنَّهَا رَجَعَتْ إِلَى أَبِيهَا، فَفَعَلَ بِهَا نَذْرَهُ الَّذِي نَذَرَ. وَهِيَ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ رَجُلاً. فَصَارَتْ عَادَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

أَنَّ بَنَاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَذْهَبْنَ مِنْ سَنَةٍ إِلَى سَنَةٍ لِيَنُحْنَ عَلَى بِنْتِ يَفْتَاحَ الْجِلْعَادِيِّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي السَّنَةِ.

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.