Dommer 11
1 Gileaditen Jefta var en dygtig Kriger. Han var Søn af en Skøge. Gilead avlede Jefta.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead became the father of Jephthah.
2 Men Gileads Hustru fødte ham Sønner, og da de voksede op, jog de Jefta bort med de Ord: »Du skal ikke have Arv og Lod i vor Faders Hus, thi du er en fremmed Kvindes Søn!«
Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, "You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman."
3 Jefta flygtede da for sine Brødre og bosatte sig i Landet Tob, hvor nogle daarlige Folk samlede sig om ham og deltog i hans Strejftog.
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
4 Efter nogen Tids Forløb angreb Ammoniterne Israel.
It happened after a while, that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 Og da Ammoniterne angreb Israel, drog Gileads Ældste hen for at hente Jefta hjem fra Landet Tob.
It was so, that when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
6 De sagde til Jefta: »Kom og vær vor Fører, at vi kan tage Kampen op med Ammoniterne!«
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the people of Ammon."
7 Jefta svarede Gileads Ældste: »Har I ikke hadet mig og jaget mig bort fra min Faders Hus? Hvorfor kommer I da til mig, nu I er i Nød?«
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house, and sent me away from you? And why have you come to me now when you are in distress?"
8 Men Gileads Ældste sagde til Jefta: »Derfor kommer vi jo nu tilbage til dig! Vil du drage med os og kæmpe med Ammoniterne, skal du være Høvding over os, over alle Gileads Indbyggere!«
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Not so. We have turned to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the people of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
9 Jefta svarede Gileads Ældste: »Dersom I fører mig tilbage, for at jeg skal kæmpe med Ammoniterne, og HERREN giver dem i min Magt, saa vil jeg være eders Høvding!«
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the people of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?"
10 Da sagde Gileads Ældste til Jefta: »HERREN hører Overenskomsten mellem os; visselig vil vi gøre, som du siger!«
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do."
11 Da drog Jefta med Gileads Ældste; og Folket gjorde ham til deres Høvding og Fører. Og alle sine Ord udtalte Jefta for HERRENS Aasyn i Mizpa.
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.
12 Derpaa sendte Jefta Sendebud til Ammoniternes Konge og lod sige: »Hvad er der dig og mig imellem, siden du er draget imod mig for at angribe mit Land?«
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, "What have you to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?"
13 Ammoniternes Konge svarede Jeftas Sendebud: »Jo, Israel tog mit Land, da de drog op fra Ægypten, lige fra Arnon til Jabbok og Jordan; giv det derfor tilbage med det gode!«
And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore it peaceably, and I will depart."
14 Men Jefta sendte atter Sendebud til Ammoniternes Konge
And the messengers returned to Jephthah, and Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the people of Ammon;
15 og lod sige: »Saaledes siger Jefta: Israel har ikke taget Moabs eller Ammoniternes Land!
and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon,
16 Men da de drog op fra Ægypten, vandrede Israel igennem Ørkenen til det røde Hav og kom derpaa til Kadesj.
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Da sendte Israel Sendebud til Edomiternes Konge og lod sige: Lad mig drage igennem dit Land! Men Edomiternes Konge ænsede det ikke. Ligeledes sendte de Bud til Moabiternes Konge, men han var heller ikke villig dertil. Israel blev da boende i Kadesj.
then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let me pass through your land.' But the king of Edom did not listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
18 Derpaa drog de igennem Ørkenen og gik uden om Edomiternes og Moabiternes, Land, og da de naaede Egnen østen for Moab, slog de Lejr hinsides Arnon; men de betraadte ikke Moabs Enemærker, thi Arnon er Moabs Grænse.
Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they did not come within the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
19 Israel sendte derpaa Sendebud til Kongen af Hesjbon, Amoriterkongen Sihon, og lod sige: Lad os drage igennem dit Land for at naa hen, hvor vi skal!
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, "Please let me pass through your land to our land.'
20 Men Sihon nægtede Israeliterne Tilladelse til at drage gennem hans Land; og Sihon samlede hele sin Hær, og de slog Lejr i Jaza og angreb Israel.
But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and camped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 Da gav HERREN, Israels Gud, Sihon og hele hans Hær i Israels Haand, saa at de slog dem. Og Israel underlagde sig hele det Land, Amoriterne boede i;
The LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 de underlagde sig hele Amoriternes Omraade fra Arnon til Jabbok og fra Ørkenen til Jordan.
They possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
23 Saaledes drev HERREN, Israels Gud, Amoriterne bort foran sit Folk Israel; og nu vil du underlægge dig deres Land!
So now the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
24 Ikke sandt, naar din Gud Kemosj driver nogen bort, saa tager du hans Land? Og hver Gang HERREN vor Gud driver nogen bort foran os, tager vi hans Land.
Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God has driven out from before us, we will possess.
25 Er du vel bedre end Zippors Søn, Kong Balak af Moab? Stredes han med Israel, eller indlod han sig i Kamp med dem,
And now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
26 da Israeliterne bosatte sig i Hesjbon med Smaabyer, i Aroer med Smaabyer og i alle Byerne langs Arnon nu har de boet der i 300 Aar? Hvorfor tilrev I eder dem ikke dengang?
While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why did you not liberate them within that time?
27 Det er ikke mig, der har forbrudt mig mod dig, men dig, der handler ilde mod mig ved at angribe mig. HERREN, Dommeren, vil i Dag dømme Israeliterne og Ammoniterne imellem!«
I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong by making war against me. The LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon."
28 Men Ammoniternes Konge ænsede ikke Jeftas Ord, som hans Sendebud overbragte.
However the king of the people of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Da kom HERRENS Aand over Jefta; og han drog igennem Gilead og Manasse; derpaa drog han til Mizpe i Gilead, og fra Mizpe i Gilead drog han mod Ammoniterne.
Then the Ruach of the LORD came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the people of Ammon.
30 Og Jefta aflagde HERREN et Løfte og sagde: »Dersom du giver Ammoniterne i min Haand,
Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If you will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hand,
31 saa skal den, som først kommer mig i Møde fra min Husdør naar jeg vender uskadt, tilbage fra Ammoniterne, tilfalde HERREN, og jeg vil ofre ham som Brændoffer!«
then it shall be that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, it shall be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."
32 Saa drog Jefta i Kamp mod Ammoniterne, og HERREN gav dem i hans Haand,
So Jephthah passed over to the people of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
33 saa at han tilføjede dem et stort Nederlag fra Aroer til Egnen ved Minnit, tyve Byer, og til Abel-Keramim. Saaledes bukkede Ammoniterne under for Israeliterne.
He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. So the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 Men da Jefta kom til sit Hjem i Mizpa, se, da kom hans Datter ham i Møde med Haandpauker og Dans. Hun var hans eneste Barn foruden hende havde han hverken Søn eller Datter.
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and look, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 Da han fik Øje paa hende, sønderrev han sine Klæder og raabte: »Ak, min Datter, du har bøjet mig dybt, og det er dig, der styrter mig i Ulykke! Thi jeg har aabnet min Mund for HERREN og kan ikke tage mit Ord tilbage!«
And it happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter. You have brought me very low. You have become a stumbling block in my sight. And you are among those who trouble me. For I have given my word to the LORD, and I can't break it."
36 Da svarede hun ham: »Fader, har du aabnet din Mund for HERREN, saa gør med mig, som dit Ord lød, nu da HERREN har skaffet dig Hævn over dine Fjender, Ammoniterne!«
She said to him, "My father, since you have given your word to the LORD; do to me as you promised, because the LORD has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the people of Ammon."
37 Men hun sagde til sin Fader: »En Ting maa du unde mig: Giv mig to Maaneders Frist, saa jeg kan gaa omkring i Bjergene for at begræde min Jomfrustand sammen med mine Veninder!«
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."
38 Han sagde: »Gaa!« og lod hende drage bort i to Maaneder; og hun gik bort med sine Veninder for at begræde sin Jomfrustand i Bjergene.
He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and wept because of her virginity on the mountains.
39 Da de to Maaneder var omme, vendte hun tilbage til sin Fader, og han fuldbyrdede det Løfte, han havde aflagt, paa hende; og hun havde ikke kendt Mand. Og det blev Skik i Israel,
It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to what he had vowed. And she was a virgin. It became a custom in Israel,
40 at Israels Døtre hvert Aar gaar hen for at klage over Gileaditen Jeftas Datter fire Dage om Aaret.
that the daughters of Israel went yearly four days in a year to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
