Hakim-hakim 11
1 Yefta adalah seorang prajurit yang gagah berani. Ia tinggal di Gilead. Ayahnya bernama Gilead tetapi ibunya seorang pelacur.
[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.
2 Ayahnya itu mempunyai juga anak-anak lelaki yang lain dari istrinya yang sah. Setelah anak-anak itu dewasa, mereka mengusir Yefta dari rumah. Kata mereka kepadanya, "Kau tidak akan mendapat warisan apa-apa dari ayah kami, sebab kau anak dari wanita lain."
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.”
3 Karena itu Yefta berpisah dari saudara-saudaranya lalu pergi dan tinggal di daerah Tob. Di sana segerombolan penjahat bergabung dengan dia lalu mereka pergi merampok.
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.
4 Beberapa waktu kemudian orang Israel diserang oleh orang Amon.
Some time later, the Ammon people-group started to fight against the Israelis.
5 Ketika hal itu terjadi, para pemuka Israel di Gilead pergi dan mengajak Yefta meninggalkan daerah Tob.
When that happened [DOU], the leaders of [the] Gilead [region] went to Jephthah to bring him back from the Tob region [to their area].
6 Mereka berkata, "Pimpinlah kami melawan orang Amon."
They said to him, “Come [with us] and lead our army, and [help us to] fight against the men from the Ammon people-group!”
7 Tetapi Yefta menjawab, "Bukankah kalian sangat membenci saya? Kalian telah mengusir saya dari rumah ayah saya. Mengapa sekarang pada waktu kalian dalam kesukaran, kalian datang kepada saya?"
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?”
8 Mereka menjawab, "Kami datang karena kami ingin supaya kau memimpin seluruh penduduk Gilead untuk memerangi bangsa Amon sekarang juga."
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].”
9 Sahut Yefta, "Kalau kalian mengajak saya kembali ke Gilead untuk memerangi bangsa Amon, dan TUHAN memberi kemenangan kepada kita, sayalah yang akan menjadi penguasa atas kalian."
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?”
10 Mereka menjawab, "Kami setuju. Tuhanlah saksinya."
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.”
11 Maka berangkatlah Yefta bersama-sama dengan para pemimpin Gilead. Kemudian penduduk Gilead mengangkatnya menjadi penguasa dan pemimpin. Dan di hadapan TUHAN di Mizpa, Yefta mengajukan tuntutan-tuntutan kepada penduduk Gilead.
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].
12 Setelah itu Yefta mengutus orang kepada raja Amon untuk mengatakan begini, "Apa kesalahan kami sehingga kalian memerangi negeri kami?"
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?”
13 Raja bangsa Amon menjawab utusan-utusan itu, "Ketika umat Israel datang dari Mesir, mereka mengambil tanah kami, mulai dari Sungai Arnon sampai ke Sungai Yabok dan Sungai Yordan. Sekarang kembalikanlah itu secara damai."
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).”
14 Lalu Yefta mengutus lagi orang-orang kepada raja Amon
[The messengers returned to Jephthah and told him what the king had said]. So Jephthah sent the messengers to the king again.
15 untuk menjawab begini, "Umat Israel sama sekali tidak merampas tanah orang Moab atau tanah orang Amon.
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.
16 Ketika orang Israel meninggalkan Mesir, mereka menuju ke Teluk Akaba melalui padang pasir lalu sampai di Kades.
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].
17 Kemudian mereka mengutus orang kepada raja Edom untuk minta izin melewati negerinya. Tetapi ia tidak mengizinkan mereka. Kemudian mereka meminta hal yang sama kepada raja Moab, tetapi ia pun tidak mengizinkan mereka melewati daerahnya. Karena itu umat Israel tinggal di Kades.
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].
18 Kemudian mereka meneruskan perjalanan melalui padang pasir, tetapi tidak melewati daerah Edom dan Moab, melainkan mengambil jalan keliling sampai tiba di sebelah timur Moab, di seberang Sungai Arnon. Mereka berkemah di sana, tetapi tidak menyeberangi sungai itu, karena daerah itu termasuk wilayah Moab.
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].
19 Sesudah itu umat Israel mengutus orang kepada Sihon, raja Amori di Hesybon untuk minta izin melewati daerah Amori, karena mereka hendak ke daerah mereka sendiri.
‘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].”
20 Tetapi Sihon tidak mengizinkan mereka sebab ia tidak percaya bahwa mereka hanya mau lewat saja. Ia malah mengerahkan seluruh angkatan perangnya lalu bermarkas di Yahas kemudian menyerang Israel.
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.
21 Tetapi TUHAN, Allah Israel, memberikan kepada umat Israel kemenangan atas Sihon beserta angkatan perangnya. Demikianlah umat Israel mendapatkan semua tanah-tanah orang Amori yang tinggal di negeri itu.
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.
22 Wilayah Amori itu mereka duduki mulai dari Arnon di sebelah selatan, sampai ke sebelah utara Sungai Yabok, dan dari padang pasir di sebelah timur, sampai ke Sungai Yordan sebelah barat.
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].
23 Jadi TUHAN, Allah Israel, itulah yang mengusir orang-orang Amori untuk kepentingan umat TUHAN.
‘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]?
24 Dan sekarang ini apakah engkau mau mengambilnya kembali? Tanah yang diberikan oleh Kamos, dewamu itu, kepadamu bolehlah tetap kalian miliki. Tetapi apa yang telah diberikan TUHAN, Allah kami kepada kami, akan kami pertahankan.
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!
25 Kau kira kau lebih baik dari Balak anak Zipor, raja Moab? Balak tidak pernah menantang atau berperang dengan kami.
(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]!
26 Tiga ratus tahun lamanya Israel menduduki Hesybon dan Aroer serta desa-desa di sekelilingnya, dan semua kota-kota di tepi Sungai Arnon. Dan mengapa selama itu kau tidak mengambilnya kembali?
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]?
27 Tidak, kami tidak bersalah kepadamu. Engkaulah yang bersalah karena menyerang kami. Tuhanlah hakim yang hari ini memutuskan perkara ini antara bangsa Israel dan bangsa Amon."
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.’”
28 Tetapi raja Amon tidak menghiraukan pesan dari Yefta itu.
But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah.
29 Kemudian Roh TUHAN menguasai Yefta. Maka pergilah Yefta mengunjungi daerah Gilead dan Manasye kemudian kembali ke Mizpa di Gilead. Dari situ ia meneruskan perjalanannya ke wilayah bangsa Amon.
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.
30 Yefta membuat janji ini kepada TUHAN, "Kalau TUHAN mengizinkan saya mengalahkan orang Amon,
There Jephthah made a solemn promise to Yahweh. He said, “If you will enable my army to defeat [IDM] the Ammon people-group,
31 dan saya kembali dengan selamat, maka siapa pun yang pertama-tama keluar dari rumah saya untuk menyambut saya, akan saya persembahkan sebagai kurban bakaran kepada TUHAN."
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].”
32 Lalu Yefta menyeberangi Sungai Yordan untuk memerangi orang Amon, dan TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadanya.
Then Jephthah [and his men] went from Mizpah to attack the Ammon people-group, and Yahweh enabled his army to defeat them.
33 Yefta menggempur mereka habis-habisan dari Aroer sampai ke daerah sekitar Minit--seluruhnya dua puluh kota--dan sampai sejauh Abel-Keramim. Banyak sekali orang Amon yang mati, sehingga kalahlah mereka terhadap orang Israel.
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.
34 Ketika Yefta kembali ke Mizpa, anak gadisnya datang menyambut dia dengan menari sambil memukul rebana. Itulah anaknya yang satu-satunya.
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.
35 Begitu Yefta melihatnya, Yefta menjadi sangat sedih sehingga ia mengoyak-ngoyak bajunya, sambil berkata, "Aduh anakku, hancurlah hatiku! Mengapakah harus kau yang menjadikan hatiku pedih? Aku telah bersumpah kepada TUHAN, dan aku tak dapat lagi menariknya kembali!"
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.”
36 Lalu kata gadis itu kepada Yefta, "Ayah sudah bersumpah kepada TUHAN, dan TUHAN telah memperkenankan Ayah membalas kejahatan orang-orang Amon, musuh Ayah itu. Jadi, apa yang telah Ayah janjikan, hendaklah ayah jalankan."
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.”
37 "Hanya," kata gadis itu selanjutnya, "saya mohon satu hal: Berilah saya waktu dua bulan untuk jalan-jalan di pegunungan bersama-sama dengan kawan-kawan saya. Di sana saya akan menangisi nasib saya, sebab saya akan meninggal semasa masih perawan."
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.”
38 Ayahnya mengizinkannya, lalu melepaskannya pergi. Gadis itu dan kawan-kawannya pergi ke pegunungan untuk bersedih hati di sana, karena ia akan meninggal sebelum menikah dan mempunyai anak.
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.
39 Setelah lewat dua bulan, ia kembali kepada ayahnya, lalu ayahnya melakukan apa yang telah dijanjikannya kepada TUHAN. Maka meninggallah gadis itu semasa masih perawan. Itulah asal mulanya mengapa di kalangan orang Israel, biasanya
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.
40 anak-anak gadis pergi selama empat hari setiap tahun untuk bersedih hati mengenangkan anak Yefta di Gilead.
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.
