اَلْقُضَاة 10

١ 1 وَقَامَ بَعْدَ أَبِيمَالِكَ لِتَخْلِيصِ إِسْرَائِيلَ تُولَعُ بْنُ فُوَاةَ بْنِ دُودُو، رَجُلٌ مِنْ يَسَّاكَرَ، كَانَ سَاكِنًا فِي شَامِيرَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

After Abimelech, a leader rose up in Israel, Tola, the son of Puah, the paternal uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who lived in Shamir on mount Ephraim.

٢ 2 فَقَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ ثَلَاثًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَمَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي شَامِيرَ.

And he judged Israel for twenty-three years, and he died and was buried at Shamir.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ قَامَ بَعْدَهُ يَائِيرُ ٱلْجِلْعَادِيُّ، فَقَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

After him succeeded Jair, a Gileadite, who judged Israel for twenty-two years,

٤ 4 وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ وَلَدًا يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِينَ جَحْشًا، وَلَهُمْ ثَلَاثُونَ مَدِينَةً. مِنْهُمْ يَدْعُونَهَا «حَوُّوثَ يَائِيرَ» إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. هِيَ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ.

having thirty sons sitting upon thirty young donkeys, and who were leaders of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havvoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, even to the present day, in the land of Gilead.

٥ 5 وَمَاتَ يَائِيرُ وَدُفِنَ فِي قَامُونَ.

And Jair died, and he was buried in the place which is called Kamon.

٦ 6 وَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَعَبَدُوا ٱلْبَعْلِيمَ وَٱلْعَشْتَارُوثَ وَآلِهَةَ أَرَامَ وَآلِهَةَ صِيدُونَ وَآلِهَةَ مُوآبَ وَآلِهَةَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَآلِهَةَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَتَرَكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَلَمْ يَعْبُدُوهُ.

But the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, joining new sins to old, and they served idols, the Baals and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria and Sidon, and of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines. And they abandoned the Lord, and they did not worship him.

٧ 7 فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَاعَهُمْ بِيَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَبِيَدِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

And the Lord, becoming angry against them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines and the sons of Ammon.

٨ 8 فَحَطَّمُوا وَرَضَّضُوا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ. ثَمَانِي عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً. جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي جِلْعَادَ.

And they were afflicted and vehemently oppressed for eighteen years, all who were living beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorite, which is in Gilead,

٩ 9 وَعَبَرَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ لِيُحَارِبُوا أَيْضًا يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَبَيْتَ أَفْرَايِمَ. فَتَضَايَقَ إِسْرَائِيلُ جِدًّا.

to such a great extent that the sons of Ammon, crossing over the Jordan, laid waste to Judah and Benjamin and Ephraim. And Israel was exceedingly afflicted.

١٠ 10 فَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: «أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِأَنَّنَا تَرَكْنَا إِلَهَنَا وَعَبَدْنَا ٱلْبَعْلِيمَ».

And crying out to the Lord, they said: “We have sinned against you. For we have forsaken the Lord our God, and we have served the Baals.”

١١ 11 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ وَٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ خَلَّصْتُكُمْ؟

And the Lord said to them: “Did not the Egyptians, and the Amorites, and the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines,

١٢ 12 وَٱلصِّيدُونِيُّونَ وَٱلْعَمَالِقَةُ وَٱلْمَعُونِيُّونَ قَدْ ضَايَقُوكُمْ فَصَرَخْتُمْ إِلَيَّ فَخَلَّصْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ؟

and also the Sidonians, and Amalek, and Canaan, oppress you, and so you cried out to me, and I rescued you from their hand?

١٣ 13 وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ تَرَكْتُمُونِي وَعَبَدْتُمْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. لِذَلِكَ لَا أَعُودُ أُخَلِّصُكُمْ.

And yet you have forsaken me, and you have worshipped foreign gods. For this reason, I will not continue to free you any more.

١٤ 14 اِمْضُوا وَٱصْرُخُوا إِلَى ٱلْآلِهَةِ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُمُوهَا، لِتُخَلِّصَكُمْ هِيَ فِي زَمَانِ ضِيقِكُمْ».

Go, and call upon the gods whom you have chosen. Let them free you in the time of anguish.”

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ: «أَخْطَأْنَا، فَٱفْعَلْ بِنَا كُلَّ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ. إِنَّمَا أَنْقِذْنَا هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ».

And the sons of Israel said to the Lord: “We have sinned. You may repay us in whatever way pleases you. Yet free us now.”

١٦ 16 وَأَزَالُوا ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةَ مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ وَعَبَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ، فَضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ بِسَبَبِ مَشَقَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And saying these things, they cast out all the idols of the foreign gods from their regions, and they served the Lord God. And he was touched by their miseries.

١٧ 17 فَٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ وَنَزَلُوا فِي جِلْعَادَ، وَٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَزَلُوا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ.

And then the sons of Ammon, shouting out together, pitched their tents in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together against them, and they made camp at Mizpah.

١٨ 18 فَقَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ رُؤَسَاءُ جِلْعَادَ ٱلْوَاحِدُ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «أَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي يَبْتَدِئُ بِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ رَأْسًا لِجَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ جِلْعَادَ».

And the leaders of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever among us will be the first to begin to contend against the sons of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Gilead.”