Jij 11
1 Alò, Jephthé, Galaadit la, te yon gèrye plen kouraj. Li te fis a yon pwostitiye. Galaad se te papa a Jephté
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 Madanm a Galaad te ba li fis yo; epi lè fis sa yo te vin grandi, yo te kouri dèyè Jephthé, mete li deyò e te di li: “Ou p ap fè eritaj lakay papa nou, paske ou se fis a yon lòt fanm.”
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drave out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of another woman.
3 Konsa, Jephthé te sove ale devan frè li yo, pou li te viv nan peyi Tob la. Sanzave yo te rasanble yo antoure Jephthé e yo te konn ale andeyò avèk li.
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
4 Li te vin rive apre yon tan ke fis Ammon yo te goumen kont Israël.
And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 Lè fis Ammon yo te goumen kont Israël, ansyen nan Galaad yo te ale jwenn Jephthé nan peyi Tob la.
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 Konsa, yo te di a Jephthé: “Vin fè chèf sou nou pou nou kab goumen kont fis Ammon yo.”
and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 Jephthé te reponn a ansyen Galaad yo: “Èske nou pa t rayi mwen e chase mwen lwen lakay papa m? Poukisa, koulye a, nou vin devan m lè nou nan pwoblèm nan?”
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 Ansyen Galaad yo te di a Jephthé: “Se pou rezon sa a ke nou gen tan retounen bò kote ou, pou ou kapab ale avèk nou, goumen avèk fis Ammon yo e vin chèf sou tout pèp Galaad la.”
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon, and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 Pou sa, Jephthé te di a ansyen Galaad yo: “Si nou reprann mwen pou m kab goumen kont fis Ammon yo, epi SENYÈ a livre yo nan men m, èske mwen va devni chèf an tèt nou?”
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 Ansyen a Galaad yo te di a Jephthé: “SENYÈ a se temwen antre nou. Anverite, nou va fè sa ou mande nou fè a.”
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.
11 Konsa, Jephthé te ale avèk ansyen Galaad yo, e pèp la te fè li chèf sou yo. Konsa, Jephthé te pale tout pawòl li yo devan SENYÈ a nan Mitspa.
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.
12 Jephthé te voye mesaje a wa a fis Ammon yo. Li te di: “Kisa ki gen antre ou menm avèk mwen menm, pou nou vin kote m pou goumen kont peyi mwen?”
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?
13 Wa a fis Ammon yo te di a mesaje Jephthé yo: “Akoz Israël te pran peyi mwen lè yo te vin monte sòti an Egypte, jis soti nan Arnon pou rive Jabbok avèk Jourdain an. Konsa, remèt mwen yo koulye a, nan lapè.”
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
14 Men Jephthé te voye mesaje yo ankò vè wa a fis Ammon yo.
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 Li te di li yo: “Konsa pale Jephthé: “Israël pa t pran peyi Moab, ni peyi fis Ammon yo.
and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 Paske, lè yo te monte sòti an Egypte, Israël te pase nan dezè a pou rive nan Lamè Wouj e te vin Kadès.
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Alò, Israël te voye mesaje yo vè wa Édom an, pou te di: ‘Souple, lese nou travèse peyi nou an,’ men wa a Édom an te refize koute. Ankò, yo te voye wa Moab la, men li pa t dakò. Konsa, Israël te rete Kadès.
then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Epi yo te pase nan dezè a pou evite peyi Édom avèk Moab la. Yo te rive nan lizyè lès a Moab la e yo te fè kan an lòtbò Arnon an, men yo pa t antre nan teren Moab la, paske Arnon an se te lizyè Moab.
Then he walked 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 they pitched on the other side of Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 Konsa, Israël te voye mesaje a Sihon yo, wa Amoreyen yo, ak wa a Hesbon an. Israël te di li: “Souple, kite nou pase nan teritwa pa ou a pou rive nan plas nou.”
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.
20 Men Sihon pa t mete konfyans an Israël pou pase nan teritwa pa li a. Pou sa, Sihon te ranmase tout pèp li a, e te fè kan nan Jahats pou te goumen avèk Israël.
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 SENYÈ a, Bondye a Israël la, te meteSihon avèk tout pèp li a nan men Israël la, e yo te genyen yo. Konsa, Israël la te vin posede tout teren a Amoreyen yo, pèp a peyi sila yo.
And the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 Epi yo te vin posede tout teren a Amoreyen yo, soti nan Arnon an, jis rive nan Jabbok la, e soti nan dezè a jis rive nan Jourdain an.
And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 Depi alò, SENYÈ a te chase Amoreyen yo, Li te fè yo sòti nan teren an devan pèp Israël la, èske koulye a, ou menm ap vin antre pou posede li?
So now the LORD, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?
24 Èske nou pa posede deja sa ke Kemosch, dye pa nou an, te bannou pou posede a? Konsa nenpòt sa ke SENYÈ a te chase devan nou, nou va posede li.
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
25 Alò, èske ou pi bon ke Balak, fis a Tsippor a, wa Moab la? Èske li te janm fè traka pou Israël, oswa èske li te janm goumen kont yo?
And now art thou 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 Pandan Israël te rete Hesbon avèk bouk pa li yo, nan Aroër avèk bouk pa li yo ak nan vil ki arebò Arnon an, pandan twa-san ane, poukisa nou pa t rekouvri yo pandan tan sa a?
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?
27 Konsa, mwen pa t peche kont nou, men nou te fè m tò lè nou te fè lagè kont mwen. Ke SENYÈ a, Jij la, jije jodi a antre fis Israël yo ak fis a Ammon yo.”
I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest 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 Men wa a fis Ammon yo te refize koute mesaj ke Jephthé te voye ba li a.
Howbeit the king of the children Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Alò, Lespri SENYÈ a te vini sou Jephthé. Li te pase travèse Galaad avèk Manassé, epi li te pase travèse Mitspé nan Galaad pou te rive vè fis Ammon yo.
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 Jephthé te fè yon ve bay SENYÈ a, e te di: “Si Ou va vrèman ban mwen fis Ammon yo nan men m,
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into mine hand,
31 konsa, li va rive ke nenpòt sa ki sòti nan pòt lakay mwen pou rankontre mwen lè m retounen anpè soti nan fis Ammon yo, li va pou SENYÈ a. Epi mwen va ofri li kòm yon ofrann brile.”
then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32 Konsa, Jephthé te travèse vè fis Ammon yo pou goumen kont yo; epi SENYÈ a te mete yo nan men li.
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
33 Li te frape yo avèk yon trè gran masak soti nan Aroër jis rive nan antre Minnith, ven vil e jis rive nan Abel-Keramim. Konsa, fis Ammon yo te jete ba devan fis Israël yo.
And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 Lè Jephthé te rive vè kay li nan Mitspa, men vwala, fi li a te vin parèt pou rankontre li avèk tanbouren ak dans. Alò, li te sèl pitit li. Sof ke li menm, li pa t gen ni fis ni fi.
And Jephthah came to Mizpah 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 Lè li te wè li, li te chire rad li e te di: “Anmwey, pitit mwen, ou mete m ba nèt e ou pami sila yo ki twouble m yo. Paske, mwen te bay pawòl mwen a SENYÈ a, e mwen p ap kab reprann li.”
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
36 Konsa li te di li: “Papa m, ou te bay pawòl ou a SENYÈ a. Fè avè m sa ou te di a, akoz SENYÈ a te fè vanjans sou lènmi ou yo, fis a Ammon yo.”
And she said unto him, My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 Li te di a papa li: “Sèlman, kite bagay sa a fèt; lese mwen pou kont mwen pandan de mwa, pou mwen kapab ale nan mòn yo pou m kab kriye akoz ke m toujou vyèj, mwen menm avèk zami mwen yo.
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
38 Epi li te reponn: “Ale.” Konsa, li te voye li sòti pandan de mwa. Li te ale avèk zanmi li yo pou te kriye sou mòn yo akoz li te vyèj.
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39 Nan fen de mwa yo, li te retounen vè papa li ki te aji ak li selon ve ke li te fè a. Li pa t gen relasyon avèk gason. Konsa, sa te vin yon koutim an Israël,
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 had not known man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 pou fi a Israël yo te ale chak ane pandan kat jou an memwa fi Jephthé la, Galaadit la.
that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
