Bisisu 11
1 Yefeda da mae beda: iwane gasa bagade dadi gagui dunu esalu. E da Gilia: de sogega esalu. Ea ame da wadela: i hamosu uda (ea da: i hodo bidi lasu uda). Ea ada dio da Gilia: de.
[There was a man] from [the] Gilead [region] named Jephthah. He was a great warrior. His father was also named Gilead. But his mother was a prostitute.
2 Gilia: de da dunu mano eno esalu. Ilia da ea udadafa amoga lalelegei. Ilia da asigilaloba, Yefeda amo ilia diasuga sefasi. Ilia da ema amane sia: i, “Di da ninia ada ea nana liligi hame lamu. Bai di da wamomano. Di da uda eno ea mano.”
Gilead’s wife gave birth to several sons. When they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home, saying to him, “You are the son of a prostitute, [not the son of our mother]. So [when] our father [dies], you will not receive any of his property.”
3 Yefeda da yolali ilima hobeale, Dobe soge ganodini esalu. Amogawi, udigili esalebe dunu eno da ema gilisili, ilia da gilisili lalu.
So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he went to the Tob region. While he was there, some worthless men started to spend a lot of time with him.
4 Amo fa: no, A:mounaide dunu da Isala: ili dunuma gegemusa: misi.
Some time later, the Ammon people-group started to fight against the Israelis.
5 Amo hou da doaga: beba: le, Gilia: de soge ouligisu dunu da Yefeda bu oule misa: ne, Dobe sogega asi.
When that happened [DOU], the leaders of [the] Gilead [region] went to Jephthah to bring him back from the Tob region [to their area].
6 Ilia amane sia: i, “Ninia da A: mounaide dunu ilima noga: le gegemusa: gini, di da ninima bisili ilibi gaguma.”
They said to him, “Come [with us] and lead our army, and [help us to] fight against the men from the Ammon people-group!”
7 Be Yefeda da bu adole i, “Dilia da nama bagadewane higabeba: le, na ada ea diasuga sefasi dagoi. Amaiba: le, dilia da wali se nababeba: le, abuliba: le nama misibala: ?”
But Jephthah replied, “You hated me [RHQ] previously! You forced me to leave my father’s house! So why are you coming to me now, [asking me to help you] when you are experiencing trouble?”
8 Ilia da Yefedama bu adole i, “Ninia da di da nini A: mounaide dunuma gegemusa: ouligimu amola Gilia: de dunu huluane ilima ouligisu esalumu, amo hanaiba: le, wali dima misi.”
The leaders from Gilead replied, “[Yes, we are having trouble, and] that is the reason that we have come to you now. If you come with us and [help us to] fight against the Ammon people-group, [after we defeat them, we will appoint] you to be the leader of all us people in [the] Gilead [region].”
9 Yefeda da ilima amane sia: i, “Dilia da na amo na sogega A: mounaide dunu ilima gegemusa: oule ahoasea, amola Hina Gode da fidibiba: le, ninia da amo dunuma hasalasisia, na da dilima ouligisu dunu esalumu.”
Jephthah replied, “If I go back to Gilead with you to fight against the Ammon people-group, and if Yahweh helps us to defeat them, will you truly appoint me to be your leader?”
10 Ilia da bu adole i, “Defea! Hina Gode ba: ma: ne, ninia da di, ninia ouligisu hamoma: ne ilegele sia: sa.”
They replied, “Yahweh is listening to everything that we say. [So he will punish us] if we do not do everything that you tell us to do.”
11 Amaiba: le, Yefeda da Gilia: de ouligisu dunu amo sigi asi. Ilia da Yefeda ilia ouligisu amo hamoi. Yefeda ea musa: sia: i, amo huluane e da Misiba moilai amo ganodini, Hina Gode nabima: ne, bu sia: i.
So Jephthah went with them back to [the] Gilead [region], and the people appointed him to be their leader and the commander of their army. And Jephthah solemnly promised to Yahweh there at Mizpah [to serve him well].
12 Amalalu, Yefeda da sia: adole iasu dunu amo A: mone hina bagade ema asunasi. Ilia ema amane adole ba: i, “Di da abuliba: le ninima gegesala: ? Di da abuliba: le ninima gegemusa: ninia soge ganodini golili sa: i?”
Jephthah sent some messengers to the king of the Ammon people-group. They asked the king, “What have we [done to make you angry, with the result] that your army is coming to fight [against the people] in our land?”
13 A: mounaide hina bagade da Yefeda ea asunasi adole iasu dunuma bu adole i, “Isala: ili dunu da Idibidi soge fisili, ga asili, ilia da na soge amo ea defei da Anone Hano asili Ya: boge Hano amola Yodane Hano amoga doaga: i, amo soge Isala: ili dunu da wamolai. Dilia amo soge bu mae gegenane, nama bu ima.”
The king replied, “[We have come to fight against you Israelis because] you took our land when you came here from Egypt. You took all our land east of the Jordan [River], from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. So if you now give it back to us, there (will be peace between us/we will not fight against you).”
14 Be Yefeda da eno adole iasu dunu A: mounaide hina bagade ema asunasi.
[The messengers returned to Jephthah and told him what the king had said]. So Jephthah sent the messengers to the king again.
15 Ilia da ema amane sia: i, “Dia sia: i amo Isala: ili dunu da Moua: be soge amola A: mone soge wamolai da ogogosa.
They said to him, “This is what Jephthah says: ‘It is not [true] that we Israelis took the land from the Moab people-group and the Ammon people-group.
16 Hou da agoane ba: i. Isala: ili dunu da Idibidi soge fisili, ilia da hafoga: i wadela: i soge amo ganodini asili, Maga: me Hano Wayabo amoga doaga: i. Asili, ilia da Ga: idese sogega doaga: i.
When the Israeli people came out of Egypt, they walked through the desert to the Red Sea, and then [walked across it and traveled to Kadesh town at the border of the Edom region].
17 Amalalu, ilia da Idome hina bagade ema sia: adola masa: ne dunu asunasi. Ilia da Isala: ili dunu da ea soge amoga golili sa: ili baligimusa: adole ba: i. Be Idome hina bagade da ilia sia: hame nabi. Amalalu, ilia da Moua: be hina bagade amane adole ba: i. Be e amola da ilia logo ga: i dagoi. Amaiba: le, Isala: ili dunu da Ga: idese amoga bu esalu.
They sent messengers to the king of the Edom people-group, to say to him, “Please allow us Israelis to walk across your land.” But the king of the Edom people-group refused. Later we sent the same message to the king of the Moab people-group, but he also refused to allow the Israelis to go through his land. So the Israelis stayed at Kadesh [for a long time].
18 Amalalu, ilia da wadela: i hafoga: i soge amo ganodini bu ahoanu, ilia da Idome soge amola Moua: be soge mae golili sa: ili, la: ididili asili, ilia da Anone Hano na: iyadodili (Moua: be soge amo eso mabe la: idiga diala) amoga doaga: i. Ilia da amoga abula moilai gaguli esalu be Anone Hano hame degei. Bai amo hano da Moua: be soge ea eso mabe defei galu.
Then the Israelis went into the desert and walked outside the borders of the Edom and Moab regions. They walked east of the Moab region, east of the Arnon [River, which is the eastern border of the Moab region]. They did not cross that river to enter [the] Moab [region].
19 Amalalu, Isala: ili dunu da A: moulaide hina bagade Hesiabone moilai bai bagade ganodini esalu ea dio amo Saihone ema sia: adola ahoasu dunu asunasi. Ilia da ilia soge amoga doaga: musa: , ea soge golili sa: ili, baligimusa: adole ba: i.
‘Then the Israelis sent a message to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city]. They asked him, “Will you please allow us Israeli people to cross through your land to arrive at the land to which we [are going].”
20 Be Saihone da “hame mabu” sia: i. E da ea dadi gagui dunu huluane gilisili, Ya: iha: se sogega fiafiale fi. Amalalu, e da Isala: ili dunuma doagala: i.
But Sihon did not trust the Israelis; [he thought that they would steal some of the things in his land]. So he gathered all his troops and they set up their tents at Jahaz [village] and then they attacked the Israelis.
21 Be Isala: ili ilia Hina Gode da fidibiba: le, ilia da Saihone amola ea dadi gagui dunu hasali. Amalalu, Isala: ili dunu da A: moulaide dunu huluane amo sogega esalu ilia soge huluane lai dagoi.
But Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], enabled the Israeli army to defeat [IDM] Sihon and his army. Then they (took possession of/started to live in) all the land where the Amor people-group had lived.
22 Ilia da A: moulaide soge huluane gesowale fi. Soge defei da gagoe (south) Anone Hano amola gagoe (north) da Ya: boge Hano. Eso mabadili alalo da hafoga: i wadela: i soge amola eso dabe la: idi alalo da Yodane Hano.
The Israelis took all the land that belonged to the Amor people-group, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north], and from the desert [in the east] to the Jordan [River in the west].
23 Amaiba: le, Hina Gode Hisu da Ea fi dunu (Isala: ili fi) amo soge ili gesowale fima: ne, A:moulaide dunu sefasi dagoi.
‘It was Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], who forced the Amor people-group to leave as the Israelis advanced. So do you now think that you can force the Israelis to leave [RHQ]?
24 Di da amo soge bu samogema: bela: ? Hame mabu! Dia ‘gode’ liligi amo Gimose da soge dilima i, amo dia gagumu da defea. Be liligi amola soge huluane amo ninia Hina Gode da ninima i, amo huluane ninia da gagumu.
You take the land that your god Chemosh has given to you. And we will live in the land that Yahweh our God has given to us!
25 Moua: be hina bagade amo Bela: ge (Sibo egefe) e da Isala: ili fi ilima gegemusa: logebela: ? Hame mabu! E da eso afaega ninima gegebela: ? Hame mabu! Di da ea hou baligisa amo dawa: sala: ?
(You are no/Are you) better than Zippor’s son Balak, who was the king of the Moab people-group? He never [RHQ] quarreled with the Israeli people, and he never started to fight against us [RHQ]!
26 Isala: ili dunu da ode 300 amoga Hesiabone, Aloue amola eno moilai amo sisiga: sa moilai Anone Hano bega: diala, amo ganodini esalu. Di da abuliba: le amo ode ganodini amo soge bu hame samogebela: ?
For 300 years the Israeli people have lived in Heshbon and Aroer [cities in your region], and in the surrounding towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon [River]. Why have you people of the Ammon people-group not taken back those cities during all those years [RHQ]?
27 Hame mabu! Na da dima wadela: le hame hamoi. Di da nama gegemusa: dawa: beba: le, wadela: le hamosa. Hina Gode Hisu da fofada: su dunu. E da wali eso Isala: ili dunu da moloi o A: mounaide dunu da moloi, Hi fawane da sia: mu.”
We have not sinned against you, but you are sinning against me by attacking me [and my army]. I trust that Yahweh, the great judge, will decide whether we Israelis are right, or whether you people of the Ammon people-group are right.’”
28 Be A: mounaide hina bagade da Yefeda ea adole iasisu amo hame nabi.
But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah.
29 Amalalu, Hina Gode Ea A: silibu da Yefeda amoma aligila sa: i. E da asili, Gilia: de soge amola Mana: se soge baligili, Misiba moilai (Gilia: de soge ganodini) amoga buhagi. Amalalu, e da A: mone sogega asi.
Then the Spirit of Yahweh took control of Jephthah. Jephthah went through [the] Gilead [region] and through the area where the tribe of Manasseh lived, [to enlist/gather men for his army]. [He finally gathered them together] in Mizpah [city] in [the] Gilead [region] to fight against the Ammon people-group.
30 E da Hina Godema amane sia: i, “Dia fidimuba: le, na da A: mounaide dunu fane legesea,
There Jephthah made a solemn promise to Yahweh. He said, “If you will enable my army to defeat [IDM] the Ammon people-group,
31 na da na diasuga bu masea, adi liligi nama yosia: musa: na diasu logoga masea, na da amo Dima gobele salasu hamoma: ne gobele salimu.”
when I return from the battle, I will sacrifice to you the first person who comes out of my house [to greet me]. It will be a sacrifice that will be completely burned [on the altar].”
32 Amalalu, Yefeda da A: mounaide dunuma gegemusa: , hano degei dagoi. Amola Hina Gode da fidibiba: le, e da A: mounaide dunu hasali dagoi.
Then Jephthah [and his men] went from Mizpah to attack the Ammon people-group, and Yahweh enabled his army to defeat them.
33 E da ilima doagala: i. E da Aloue moilai amola soge amo da Minidi moilai sisiga: i, amola moilai bai bagade huluane da20amoma doagala: le, A:mounaide dunu sefasili, A:ibele Gelamimi moilai bai bagadega doaga: i. Isala: ili dunu da A: mounaide dunu hasali amola ilia da A: mounaide dunu osea: i medole legei.
Jephthah and his men killed them, from Aroer [city] all the way to the area around the city of Minnith. They destroyed 20 cities, as far as [the city of] Abel Keramim. So the Israelis [completely] defeated the Ammon people-group.
34 Yefeda da Misiba moilaiga buhagili, idiwi da ilibu dusa amola gagafola, hahawane ema yosia: musa: manebe ba: i. E da ea mano afadafa fawane esalu.
When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, his daughter was the first one to come out of the house to meet him. She was [joyfully] playing a tambourine and dancing. She was his only child; he had no sons and no other daughters.
35 Yefeda da idiwi ba: beba: le, se bagade nabi. E da ea abula gadelale, amane sia: i, “Nadiwi! Na da diba: le se bagadedafa naba! Bai na da Hina Godema dafawane hamomusa: ilegele sia: i dagoiba: le, bu afadenemu da hamedei galebe.”
When Jephthah saw his daughter, he tore his clothes [to show that he was very sad about what he was going to do]. He said to her, “My daughter, you have caused me to become very sad [DOU] because I made a solemn promise to Yahweh [to sacrifice the first one who came out of my house], and I must do what I promised.”
36 Idiwi da ema bu adole i, “Na ada! Di da Hina Godema amane hamoma: ne ilegele sia: i dagoi. Hina Gode da dia ha lai dunu amo A: mounaide dunu amo fane legei dagoi. Amaiba: le, di da dia musa: Godema sia: i amo hou nama hamomu da defea.
His daughter said, “My father, you made a solemn promise to Yahweh. So you must do to me what you promised, because [you said that you would do that if] Yahweh helped you to defeat our enemies, the Ammon people-group.”
37 Be na da liligi afadafa dima edegesa. Na da oubi aduna amoga agolo soge ganodini ahoanumu amola na na: iyado huluane gilisili dimu da defeala: ? Bai na da dunuma hamedafa fimu.”
Then she also said, “But allow me to do one thing. (First/before you do what you promised), allow me to go up into the hilly area and wander around for two months. Since I will never be married [and have children], allow me and my friends to go and cry together.”
38 Yefeda da amane sia: i, “Defea! Di masa! Oubi aduna amoga agoane hamoma.” Amalalu, e amola ea na: iyado a: fini eno ilia da agolo sogega asili, dinanu. Bai e da dunuga mae lale, mano mae lalelegele bogomu dawa: beba: le dinanu.
Jephthah replied, “All right, you may go.” So she left for two months. She and her friends stayed in the hills and they cried for her because she would never be married.
39 Oubi aduna uduli, e da ea ada ema buhagili, ea eda e Hina Godema ilegele sia: i defele ema hamoi dagoi. Yefeda idiwi da dunuma gilisili mae golale bogoi. Isala: ili dunu da amo dawa: beba: le, agoane hou hamonana.
After two months, she returned to her father Jephthah, and he did to her what he had vowed. So his daughter never was married. Because of that, the Israelis now have a custom.
40 Ode huluane ganodini, Isala: ili a: fini huluane da sogega asili, eso biyadu amoga Yefeda (Gilia: de dunu) ea idiwi amo dawa: le, dinana.
Every year the young Israeli women go [into the hills] for four days to remember [and cry about what happened to] the daughter of Jephthah.
