Judges 11
1 [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.
Jephthah, en Gileadit, var en stridsam hjelte, dock likväl enes skökos son; och Gilead hade födt Jephthah.
2 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.”
Men då Gileads hustru födde honom barn, och de samma barn vordo stor, drefvo de Jephthah ut, och sade till honom: Du skall intet arf taga i vårs faders huse; ty du äst ens annors qvinnos son.
3 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.
Då flydde han för sina bröder, och bodde i det landet Tob; och till honom församlade sig lösaktige män, och drogo ut med honom.
4 Some time later, the Ammon people-group started to fight against the Israelis.
Och någon tid derefter stridde Ammons barn med Israel.
5 When that happened [DOU], the leaders of [the] Gilead [region] went to Jephthah to bring him back from the Tob region [to their area].
Då nu Ammons barn så stridde med Israel, gingo de äldste af Gilead bort, till att hemta Jephthah utu Tobs lande;
6 They said to him, “Come [with us] and lead our army, and [help us to] fight against the men from the Ammon people-group!”
Och sade till honom: Kom, och var vår höfvitsman, att vi måge strida emot Ammons barn.
7 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?”
Men Jephthah sade till de äldsta af Gilead: Ären icke I de som mig haten, och hafven drifvit mig utu mins faders hus, och nu kommen I till mig, medan I ären i bedröfvelse?
8 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].”
De äldste i Gilead sade till Jephthah: Derföre komme vi nu igen till dig, att du skall gå med oss, och hjelpa oss strida emot Ammons barn; och vara vår höfvitsman öfver alla de som bo i Gilead.
9 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?”
Jephthah sade till de äldsta i Gilead: Om I hemten mig igen till att strida emot Ammons barn, och Herren gifver dem för mig, skall jag då vara edar höfvitsman?
10 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.”
De äldste af Gilead sade till Jephthah: Herren vare tillhörare emellan oss, om vi icke göre som du sagt hafver.
11 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].
Alltså gick då Jephthah med de äldsta af Gilead, och folket satte honom för höfvitsman och öfversta öfver sig; och Jephthah talade allt detta inför Herranom i Mizpa.
12 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?”
Då sände Jephthah bådskap till Konungen öfver Ammons barn, och lät säga honom: Hvad hafver du med mig att skaffa, att du kommer emot mig, till att strida emot mitt land?
13 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).”
Konungen öfver Ammons barn svarade Jephthas bådskap: Derföre, att Israel hafver tagit bort mitt land, då de drogo utur Egypten, allt ifrån Arnon intill Jabbok, och allt intill Jordan; så få mig nu det igen med frid.
14 [The messengers returned to Jephthah and told him what the king had said]. So Jephthah sent the messengers to the king again.
Jephthah sände åter bådskap till Ammons barnas Konung;
15 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.
Och lät säga honom: Så säger Jephthah: Israel hafver intet land borttagit, antingen ifrå de Moabiter, eller ifrån Ammons barn;
16 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].
Förty när de drogo utur Egypten, vandrade Israel genom öknena allt intill röda hafvet, och kom till Kades;
17 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].
Och sände bådskap till de Edomeers Konung, och sade: Låt mig draga igenom ditt land; men de Edomeers Konung tillstadde dem intet. Och sände han båd till Konungen öfver de Moabiter; han ville icke heller tillstädjat. Så blef Israel i Kades;
18 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].
Och vandrade i öknene, och drog omkring de Edomeers och Moabiters land, och kom östan på de Moabiters land, och lägrade sig på hinsidon Arnon; och kom intet in uti de Moabiters landsändar; ty Arnon är de Moabiters landamäre.
19 ‘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].”
Och Israel sände båd till Sihon, de Amoreers Konung, i Hesbon, och sade: Låt oss draga igenom ditt land in till mitt rum.
20 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.
Men Sihon betrodde icke Israel, att han skulle draga igenom hans landsändar; utan församlade allt sitt folk, och lägrade sig i Jahza, och stridde med Israel.
21 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.
Men Herren Israels Gud gaf Sihon, med allt hans folk, i Israels händer, så att de slogo dem; alltså tog Israel in allt de Amoreers land, som då i samma land bodde;
22 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].
Och togo alla de Amoreers landsändar in, ifrån Arnon allt intill Jabbok, och ifrån öknene intill Jordan.
23 ‘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]?
Så hafver nu Herren Israels Gud fördrifvit de Amoreer för sino folke Israel; och du vill nu taga dem in.
24 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!
Hafver din gud Chemos några fördrifvit, dem må du intaga, och låta oss intaga alla dem som Herren vår Gud för oss fördrifvit hafver.
25 (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]!
Menar du, att du bättre rätt hafver, än Balak, Zipors son, de Moabiters Konung? Trätte icke han och stridde emot Israel?
26 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]?
Så ändock Israel nu i trehundrad år bott hafver i Hesbon och dess döttrar, i Aroer och dess döttrar, och i alla städer, som ligga vid Arnon; hvi friaden I det icke på den tiden?
27 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.’”
Jag hafver intet brutit emot dig, och du gör så illa emot mig, att du strider emot mig. Herren döme i dag emellan Israel och Ammons barn.
28 But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah.
Men Ammons barnas Konung skötte intet efter de Jephthahs ord, som han böd honom till.
29 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.
Då kom Herrans Ande öfver Jephthah, och han drog igenom Gilead och Manasse, och igenom Mizpe, som i Gilead ligger, och ifrå Mizpe, som i Gilead ligger, inpå Ammons barn.
30 There Jephthah made a solemn promise to Yahweh. He said, “If you will enable my army to defeat [IDM] the Ammon people-group,
Och Jephthah lofvade Herranom ett löfte, och sade: Gifver du Ammons barn i mina hand;
31 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].”
Hvad som helst utu mins hus dörr kommer emot mig, när jag med frid igenkommer ifrån Ammons barn, det skall höra Herranom till; och jag skall offra det till bränneoffer.
32 Then Jephthah [and his men] went from Mizpah to attack the Ammon people-group, and Yahweh enabled his army to defeat them.
Så drog Jephthah in på Ammons barn till att strida på dem; och Herren gaf dem i hans händer.
33 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.
Och han slog dem, allt ifrån Aroer intilldess man kommer till Minnith, tjugu städer, och intill vingårdaplatsen, en mägtig stor slagtning. Och vordo så Ammons barn nedtryckte för Israels barn.
34 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.
Då nu Jephthah kom till Mizpa till sitt hus, si, då gick hans dotter ut emot honom, med pipande och dansande, och hon var enda barn, och han hade eljest ingen son eller dotter.
35 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.”
Och som han fick se henne, ref han sin kläder, och sade: Aj! min dotter, du gör mig en hjertans sorg, och bedröfvar mig; ty jag hafver öppnat min mun inför Herranom, och kan icke kalla det tillbaka.
36 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.”
Men hon sade: Min fader, hafver du öppnat din mun inför Herranom, så gör med mig såsom utaf din mun gånget är, efter Herren hafver hämnats på dina fiendar. Ammons barn.
37 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.”
Och hon sade till sin fader: Allenast beder jag dig om ett, att du unner mig två månader, att jag går neder på bergen, och begråter min jungfrudom med mina leksystrar.
38 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.
Han sade: Gack; och lät henne gå i två månader. Så gick hon bort med sina leksystrar, och begret sin jungfrudom på bergen.
39 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.
Och efter två månader kom hon igen till sin fader, och han gjorde henne såsom han lofvat hade; och hon hade intet skaffa haft med någrom man.
40 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.
Och en sedvänja kom upp i Israel, att Israels döttrar gingo årliga till, och begreto Jephthahs den Gileaditens dotter, fyra dagar om året.
