Judges 11
1 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.
Giladi Jephthah khaw tatthai hlangrhalh la om tih anih te pumyoi nu kah a ca ni. Jephthah he Gilead loh a sak.
2 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."
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.
3 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.
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.
4 It happened after a while, that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.
Te dongah khohnina pha lamkah long tah Ammon ca rhoek loh Israel te a vathoh thil uh.
5 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;
Ammon ca rhoek loh Israela vathoh thil vaengah tah Gilead kah a hamca rhoek te Tob kho lamkah Jephthah te loh hamla cet uh.
6 and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the people of Ammon."
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.
7 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?"
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.
8 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."
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.
9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the people of Ammon, and YHWH delivers them before me, shall I be your head?"
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.
10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "YHWH shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do."
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.
11 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 YHWH in Mizpah.
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.
12 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?"
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.
13 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."
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.
14 And the messengers returned to Jephthah, and Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the people of Ammon;
Tedae Jephthah loh koepa khoep tih Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai taengah puencawna tueih.
15 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,
Te vaengah anih te Jephthah loh a uen tih, “Moab khohmuen neh Ammon ca rhoek kah khohmuen te Israel loh a loh moenih.
16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
Egypt lamkah halo vaengah Israel he khosoek longah carhaek li la cet tih Kadesh la pawk.
17 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.
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.
18 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.
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.
19 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.'
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.
20 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.
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.
21 YHWH, 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.
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.
22 They possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
Te dongah Amori khorhi te Arnon lamloh Jabbok due, khosoek lamloh Jordan duela boeiha pang uh.
23 So now YHWH, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh a pilnam Israel mikhmuh ah Amoria haek coeng dongah anih te nang loh na haek aya?
24 Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever YHWH our God has driven out from before us, we will possess.
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.
25 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?
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.
26 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?
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?
27 I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong by making war against me. YHWH, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon."
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.
28 However the king of the people of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Tedae Jephthah loh a taenglaa tah olka te Ammon ca rhoek kah manghai loh hnatun pawh.
29 Then the Spirit of YHWH 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.
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.
30 Jephthah made a vow to YHWH, and said, "If you will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hand,
Te dongah Jephthah loh BOEIPA taengah olcaeng neh a caeng tih, “Ammon ca rhoek te ka kut ah nan paek la nan paek atah,
31 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 YHWH's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."
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.
32 So Jephthah passed over to the people of Ammon to fight against them; and YHWH delivered them into his hand.
Te dongah Ammon ca rhoek te vathoh thil ham Jephthaha caeh vaengah Ammon te BOEIPA loh Jephthah kut aha paek.
33 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.
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.
34 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.
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.
35 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 YHWH, and I can't break it."
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.
36 She said to him, "My father, since you have given your word to YHWH; do to me as you promised, because YHWH has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the people of Ammon."
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.
37 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."
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.
38 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.
“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.
39 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,
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.
40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly four days in a year to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
Te khohnin lamlong tah Israel nu rhoek te kum khat ah cet uh tih hnin li khui Giladi Jephthah canu tea thoelh uh.
