< Judges 11 >
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.
Adapun Yefta, orang Gilead itu, adalah seorang pahlawan yang gagah perkasa, tetapi ia anak seorang perempuan sundal; ayah Yefta ialah Gilead.
2 And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.
Juga isteri Gilead melahirkan anak-anak lelaki baginya. Setelah besar anak-anak isterinya ini, maka mereka mengusir Yefta, katanya kepadanya: "Engkau tidak mendapat milik pusaka dalam keluarga kami, sebab engkau anak dari perempuan lain."
3 So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.
Maka larilah Yefta dari saudara-saudaranya itu dan diam di tanah Tob; di sana berkumpullah kepadanya petualang-petualang yang pergi merampok bersama-sama dengan dia.
4 Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Beberapa waktu kemudian bani Amon berperang melawan orang Israel.
5 And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;
Dan ketika bani Amon itu berperang melawan orang Israel, pergilah para tua-tua Gilead menjemput Yefta dari tanah Tob.
6 And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.
Kata mereka kepada Yefta: "Mari, jadilah panglima kami dan biarlah kita berperang melawan bani Amon."
7 But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?
Tetapi kata Yefta kepada para tua-tua Gilead itu: "Bukankah kamu sendiri membenci aku dan mengusir aku dari keluargaku? Mengapa kamu datang sekarang kepadaku, pada waktu kamu terdesak?"
8 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.
Kemudian berkatalah para tua-tua Gilead kepada Yefta: "Memang, kami datang kembali sekarang kepadamu, ikutilah kami dan berperanglah melawan bani Amon, maka engkau akan menjadi kepala atas kami, atas seluruh penduduk Gilead."
9 Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?
Kata Yefta kepada para tua-tua Gilead: "Jadi, jika kamu membawa aku kembali untuk berperang melawan bani Amon, dan TUHAN menyerahkan mereka kepadaku, maka akulah yang akan menjadi kepala atas kamu?"
10 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.
Lalu kata para tua-tua Gilead kepada Yefta: "Demi TUHAN yang mendengarkannya sebagai saksi antara kita: Kami akan berbuat seperti katamu itu."
11 So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.
Maka Yefta ikut dengan para tua-tua Gilead, lalu bangsa itu mengangkat dia menjadi kepala dan panglima mereka. Tetapi Yefta membawa seluruh perkaranya itu ke hadapan TUHAN, di Mizpa.
12 Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?
Kemudian Yefta mengirim utusan kepada raja bani Amon dengan pesan: "Apakah urusanmu dengan aku, sehingga engkau mendatangi aku untuk memerangi negeriku?"
13 And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.
Jawab raja bani Amon kepada utusan Yefta: "Orang Israel, ketika berjalan keluar dari Mesir, telah merampas tanahku, dari sungai Arnon sampai ke sungai Yabok dan sampai ke sungai Yordan. Maka sekarang, kembalikanlah semuanya itu dengan jalan damai."
14 And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,
Lalu Yefta mengirim pula utusan kepada raja bani Amon
15 And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;
dengan pesan: "Beginilah kata Yefta: orang Israel tidak merampas tanah orang Moab atau tanah bani Amon.
16 But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the waste land to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;
Sebab ketika berjalan keluar dari Mesir, orang Israel melalui padang gurun sampai ke Laut Teberau dan tiba di Kadesh.
17 Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.
Ketika itu orang Israel mengirim utusan kepada raja negeri Edom dengan permintaan: Izinkanlah kiranya kami berjalan melalui negerimu ini. Tetapi raja negeri Edom tidak mau mendengar. Mereka mengirim juga utusan kepada raja negeri Moab, tetapi raja ini menolak. Maka orang Israel tinggal di Kadesh.
18 Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.
Kemudian mereka berjalan melalui padang gurun, menempuh jalan keliling tanah Edom dan tanah Moab, lalu sampai ke sebelah timur tanah Moab, maka berkemahlah mereka di seberang sungai Arnon, dengan tidak masuk daerah Moab, sebab sungai Arnon itulah batas daerah Moab.
19 And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let me now go through your land to my place.
Lalu orang Israel mengirim utusan kepada Sihon, raja orang Amori, raja di Hesybon, dan orang Israel meminta kepadanya: Izinkanlah kiranya kami berjalan melalui negerimu ini sampai ke tempat yang kami tuju.
20 But Sihon would not give way and let Israel go through his land; and Sihon got together all his people, and put his army in position in Jahaz, and made war on Israel.
Tetapi Sihon tidak percaya kepada orang Israel yang hendak berjalan melalui daerahnya itu, maka dikumpulkannyalah seluruh rakyatnya. Ia berkemah di Yahas, lalu berperang melawan orang Israel.
21 And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them; so all the land of the Amorites, the people of that land, became Israel's.
Tetapi TUHAN, Allah Israel, menyerahkan Sihon dengan seluruh rakyatnya ke dalam tangan orang Israel, dan mereka dikalahkan, sehingga orang Israel menduduki seluruh negeri kepunyaan orang Amori, penduduk negeri itu.
22 All the limit of the Amorites was theirs, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and from the waste land even to Jordan.
Demikianlah dimiliki orang Israel seluruh daerah orang Amori itu, dari sungai Arnon sampai ke sungai Yabok dan dari padang gurun sampai ke sungai Yordan.
23 So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?
Maka sekarang TUHAN, Allah Israel, telah merebut milik orang Amori, bagi Israel, umat-Nya. Apakah engkau hendak memiliki pula tanah mereka itu?
24 Do you not keep the lands of those whom Chemosh your god sends out from before you? So we will keep all the lands of those whom the Lord our God sends out from before us.
Bukankah engkau akan memiliki apa yang diberi oleh Kamos, allahmu? Demikianlah kami memiliki segala yang direbut bagi kami oleh TUHAN, Allah kami.
25 What! are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever take up a cause against Israel or make war against them?
Lagipula, apakah engkau lebih baik dari Balak bin Zipor, raja Moab? Pernahkah ia menuntut hak kepada orang Israel atau pernahkah ia berperang melawan mereka?
26 While Israel was living in Heshbon and its daughter-towns and in Aroer and its daughter-towns and in all the towns which are by the side of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not get them back at that time?
Ketika orang Israel diam di Hesybon dengan segala anak kotanya, di Aroer dengan segala anak kotanya, dan di segala kota sepanjang kedua tepi sungai Arnon selama tiga ratus tahun, mengapa pada waktu itu engkau tidak melepaskan kota-kota itu?
27 So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
Jadi aku tidak bersalah terhadap engkau, tetapi engkau berbuat jahat terhadap aku dengan berperang melawan aku. TUHAN, Hakim itu, Dialah yang menjadi hakim pada hari ini antara orang Israel dan bani Amon."
28 The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.
Tetapi raja bani Amon tidak mendengarkan perkataan yang disampaikan kepadanya oleh utusan-utusan Yefta.
29 Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he went through Gilead and Manasseh, and came to Mizpeh of Gilead; and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went over to the children of Ammon.
Lalu Roh TUHAN menghinggapi Yefta; ia berjalan melalui daerah Gilead dan daerah Manasye, kemudian melalui Mizpa di Gilead, dan dari Mizpa di Gilead ia berjalan terus ke daerah bani Amon.
30 And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,
Lalu bernazarlah Yefta kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Jika Engkau sungguh-sungguh menyerahkan bani Amon itu ke dalam tanganku,
31 Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.
maka apa yang keluar dari pintu rumahku untuk menemui aku, pada waktu aku kembali dengan selamat dari bani Amon, itu akan menjadi kepunyaan TUHAN, dan aku akan mempersembahkannya sebagai korban bakaran."
32 So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.
Kemudian Yefta berjalan terus untuk berperang melawan bani Amon, dan TUHAN menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tangannya.
33 And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel.
Ia menimbulkan kekalahan yang amat besar di antara mereka, mulai dari Aroer sampai dekat Minit--dua puluh kota banyaknya--dan sampai ke Abel-Keramim, sehingga bani Amon itu ditundukkan di depan orang Israel.
34 Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
Ketika Yefta pulang ke Mizpa ke rumahnya, tampaklah anaknya perempuan keluar menyongsong dia dengan memukul rebana serta menari-nari. Dialah anaknya yang tunggal; selain dari dia tidak ada anaknya laki-laki atau perempuan.
35 And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.
Demi dilihatnya dia, dikoyakkannyalah bajunya, sambil berkata: "Ah, anakku, engkau membuat hatiku hancur luluh dan engkaulah yang mencelakakan aku; aku telah membuka mulutku bernazar kepada TUHAN, dan tidak dapat aku mundur."
36 And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.
Tetapi jawabnya kepadanya: "Bapa, jika engkau telah membuka mulutmu bernazar kepada TUHAN, maka perbuatlah kepadaku sesuai dengan nazar yang kauucapkan itu, karena TUHAN telah mengadakan bagimu pembalasan terhadap musuhmu, yakni bani Amon itu."
37 Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.
Lagi katanya kepada ayahnya: "Hanya izinkanlah aku melakukan hal ini: berilah keluasan kepadaku dua bulan lamanya, supaya aku pergi mengembara ke pegunungan dan menangisi kegadisanku bersama-sama dengan teman-temanku."
38 And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.
Jawab Yefta: "Pergilah," dan ia membiarkan dia pergi dua bulan lamanya. Maka pergilah gadis itu bersama-sama dengan teman-temannya menangisi kegadisannya di pegunungan.
39 And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,
Setelah lewat kedua bulan itu, kembalilah ia kepada ayahnya, dan ayahnya melakukan kepadanya apa yang telah dinazarkannya itu; jadi gadis itu tidak pernah kenal laki-laki. Dan telah menjadi adat di Israel,
40 For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.
bahwa dari tahun ke tahun anak-anak perempuan orang Israel selama empat hari setahun meratapi anak perempuan Yefta, orang Gilead itu.