Laitloekkung 11
1 Giladi Jephthah khaw tatthai hlangrhalh la om tih anih te pumyoi nu kah a ca ni. Jephthah he Gilead loh a sak.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead brings forth Jephthah.
2 Gilead te a yuu loh a ca tongpa rhoek a sak pah daea yuu kah a ca la rhoeng uh hang. Te dongah Jephthah tea haek uh tih, “Nang he manua tloe ca la na om dongah a pa im khuikah he na pang mahpawh,” a ti na uh.
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of a strange woman.
3 Te dongah Jephthah loh a manuca rhoek kah mikhmuh lamloh yong tih Tob khohmuen ah kho a sak. Te vaengah hlang hoeng rhoek loh Jephthah taengah poep uh tih anih taengah pongpa uh.
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.
4 Te dongah khohnina pha lamkah long tah Ammon ca rhoek loh Israel te a vathoh thil uh.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 Ammon ca rhoek loh Israela vathoh thil vaengah tah Gilead kah a hamca rhoek te Tob kho lamkah Jephthah te loh hamla cet uh.
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:
6 Te vaengah Jephthah te, “Halo lamtah kaimih taengah rhalboei la om laeh, te daengah ni Ammon ca rhoek te m'vathoh thil thai pueng eh,” a ti uh.
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 Tedae Gilead kah a hamca rhoek te Jephthah loh, “Nangmih moenih a? Kai nan hmuhuet uh tih a pa im lamkah kai na haek uh te. Tahae ah nang taengkah puen na cak vaengah tah kai taengla balae nan loh uh,” a ti nah.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not all of you hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are all of you come unto me now when all of you are in distress?
8 Tedae Gilead kah a hamca rhoek loh Jephthah te, “Te cakhaw nang taengla ka mael uh coeng dongah kaimih taengah pongpa lamtah Ammon ca rhoek vathoh thil laeh. Te phoeiah Gilead khosa boeih soah kaimih kah a lu la na om mako,” a ti na uh.
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we return to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 Te dongah Gilead kah a hamca rhoek te Jephthah loh, “Ammon ca rhoek vathoh thil ham kai taengla na mael uh coeng tih amih te ni BOEIPA loh kai mikhmuh ah m'paek mak atah kai khaw nangmih taengaha lu la ka om bitni,” a ti nah.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If all of you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 Tedae Jephthah taengah Gilead kah a hamca rhoek loh, “Na ol bangla ka saii uh pawt atah ol aka ya la mamih laklo ah BOEIPA om ta,” a ti uh.
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words.
11 Te daengah Jephthah loh Gilead kah a hamca rhoek neh cet hmaih tih anih te amamih sokaha lu lam khaw, rhalboei lam khaw pilnam loh a khueh. Te dongah Mizpah kah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah Jephthah loh a ol te boeiha thui.
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.
12 Jephthah loh Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai taengah puencawna tueih tih, “Kai neh nangmih balae benbo benpang tih ka khohmuen vathoh thil ham kai taengla na pawk uh,” a ti nah.
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come against me to fight in my land?
13 Jephthah kah puencawn rhoek taengah Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai loh, “Egypt lamkah, Arnon lamkah halo vaengah ka khohmuen he Israel loh Jabbok neh Jordan duelaa loh. Te dongah te te rhoepnah neh ham bal laeh saeh,” a ti nah.
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.
14 Tedae Jephthah loh koepa khoep tih Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai taengah puencawna tueih.
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 Te vaengah anih te Jephthah loh a uen tih, “Moab khohmuen neh Ammon ca rhoek kah khohmuen te Israel loh a loh moenih.
And said unto him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 Egypt lamkah halo vaengah Israel he khosoek longah carhaek li la cet tih Kadesh la pawk.
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Te dongah Israel loh Edom manghai taengah puencawna tueih tih, 'Na khohmuen ah ng'kat sak mai,’ a ti nah. Tedae Edom manghai loh a hnatun pawt dongah Moab manghai taengah khawa tueih daea huem pah pawt dongah Israel tah Kadesh ah kho a sak.
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your 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.
18 Te dongah khosoek long cet tih Edom kho neh Moab kho tea hil daengah Moab kho kah khocuk la pawk. Arnon rhalvang ah rhaeh uh coeng dae Moab khorhi te Arnon la a om coeng dongah Moab khorhi ah kun uh voelpawh.
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.
19 Te phoeiah Israel loh Amori manghai neh Heshbon manghai Sihon taengah khaw puencawn rhoek te a tueih tih anih te Israel loh, “Nang khohmuen longah kamah hmuen te ka paan mai eh?,” a ti nah.
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land into my place.
20 Tedae Israel loh a khorhi longaha kat ham te Sihon loh a tangnah pawt dongah Sihon loh a pilnam te boeiha hueh. Te phoeiah Jahaz ah rhaeh uh tih Israel tea vathoh thil.
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.
21 Te vaengah Israel Pathen, BOEIPA loh Sihon neh a pilnam boeih te Israel kut aha paek. Te dongah amih te Israel loh a tloek tih Amori khohmuen neh khohmuen kah khosa hlang te boeiha pang.
And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they stroke them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 Te dongah Amori khorhi te Arnon lamloh Jabbok due, khosoek lamloh Jordan duela boeiha pang uh.
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh a pilnam Israel mikhmuh ah Amoria haek coeng dongah anih te nang loh na haek aya?
So now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it?
24 Na pathen Khemosh loh nang m'pang sak te na pang mahpawt a? BOEIPA ka Pathen loh kaimih mikhmuh ah m'paek boeih te tah ka pang uh van ni ta.
Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 Nang tah Moab manghai Zippor capa Balak lakah na hoeikhang khaw na hoeikhang coeng a? Israel te na ho na ho tih vathoh khaw na vathoh thil.
And now are you 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,
26 Israel loh Heshbon neh a khobuel ah khaw, Aroer neh a khobuel ah khaw, Arnon tuikaeng kah khopuei boeih ah khaw, kum ya thum kho ana sak uh coeng. Te vaeng tue ah balae tih na lat uh pawh?
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 all of you not recover them within that time?
27 Te dongah kai he nang taengah ka tholh moenih. Nang long ni kai vathoh thil ham kai taengah boethae na saii. Laitloek tue vaengah tah Israel ca rhoek laklo neh Ammon ca rhoek laklo ah BOEIPA loh laitloek nawn saeh,” a ti nah.
Wherefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Tedae Jephthah loh a taenglaa tah olka te Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai loh hnatun pawh.
Nevertheless the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Te vaengah BOEIPA Mueihla te Jephthah dongah om. Te dongah Gilead neh Manasseh te a poeng tih Gilead Mizpeha poeng. Gilead Mizpeh lamloh Ammon ca rhoek pataenga khal bal pueng.
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.
30 Te dongah Jephthah loh BOEIPA taengah olcaeng neh a caeng tih, “Ammon ca rhoek te ka kut ah nan paek la nan paek atah,
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If you shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Ammon ca rhoek taeng lamloh sading la ka bal vaengah kai doe ham ka im thohkhaih lamkah ha moe tih aka pawk te BOEIPA ham om saeh lamtah hmueihhlutnah la ka tloeng eh?,” a ti nah.
Then it shall be, that whatsoever comes out 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.
32 Te dongah Ammon ca rhoek te vathoh thil ham Jephthaha caeh vaengah Ammon te BOEIPA loh Jephthah kut aha paek.
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
33 Te dongah Aroer lamloh Minnith na kun phai kah khopuei pakul neh Abelkeramim duelaa tloek. Te dongah Ammon ca rhoek te Israel ca rhoek kah mikhmuh ah hmasoe len neh muep kunyun uh.
And he stroke them from Aroer, even till you 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.
34 Jephthah te Mizpah kah amah im laa mael vaengah anih doe ham a canu mai loh kamrhing neh lamnah neh tarha ha thoeng pah. Anih bueng oingaih cangloeng tih a ca tongpa huta khaw a taengah om pawh.
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.
35 A hmuh vaengah a himbai tea phen tih, “Ya-oe, ka canu, nang loh kai nan det nan det tih nang ngawn tah kai lawn lam ni na om coeng. Tedae kai loh BOEIPA taengah ka ka ka ang coeng dongah hnukpoh ham tah ka coeng voel moenih,” a ti nah.
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
36 Tedae anih te, “A pa, BOEIPA taengah na ka na ang atah na ka lamkah aka thoeng bangla kai taengah saii mai. Na thunkha so, Ammon ca rhoek soah tawnlohnah khaw BOEIPA loh nang hama saii coeng,” a ti nah.
And she said unto him, My father, if you have opened your mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth; forasmuch as the LORD has taken vengeance for you of your enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 Te phoeiah a napa te, “He ol he kai ham hang rhoi mai. Hla nit khuiah a hoenghoep ah ka pongpa dae eh, tlang ah ka dong si lamtah ka cuemnah he kamah neh ka tanu rhoek loh ka rhah uh dae eh,” a ti nah.
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 mourn for my virginity, I and my fellows.
38 “Cet,” a ti nah tih hla nit khuiah a tueih. Te dongaha canu te a tanu rhoek neh cet uh tih a cuemnah tlang aha rhah thil.
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.
39 Hla nita thok vaengah a napa taengla bal tih a olcaeng neh a caeng tangtae tea canu taengaha saii pah. Te dongah anih loh tongpaa ming pawt te Israel khuiah oltlueh pakhat la a om pah.
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,
40 Te khohnin lamlong tah Israel nu rhoek te kum khat ah cet uh tih hnin li khui Giladi Jephthah canu tea thoelh uh.
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
