Mpitsara 11
1 Ary Jefta Gileadita dia lehilahy mahery sy zanaky ny vehivavy janga; ary Gileada no rainy niteraka azy.
And Jephthae the Galaadite [was] a mighty man; and he [was] the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthae to Galaad.
2 Ary ny vadin’ i Gileada dia niteraka zazalahy maro taminy; ary nony efa lehibe ireo zana-badiny ireo, dia nandroaka an’ i Jefta ka nanao taminy hoe: Tsy handova eto amin’ ny taranaky ny rainay ianao, fa zanaky ny vehivavy hafa.
And the wife of Galaad bore him sons; and the sons of his wife grew up, and they cast out Jephthae, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in the house of our father, for thou art the son of a concubine.
3 Ary Jefta nandositra ny rahalahiny ka nonina tany amin’ ny tany Toba; dia nisy olom-poana nivory teo amin’ i Jefta ka niaraka taminy.
And Jephthae fled from the face of his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and vain men gathered to Jephthae, and went out with him.
4 Ary nony ela, dia nanafika ny Zanak’ Isiraely ny taranak’ i Amona.
And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel,
5 Ary rehefa nanafika ny Isiraely ny taranak’ i Amona, dia nandeha ny loholon’ i Gileada haka an’ i Jefta hiala any amin’ ny tany Toba.
that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.
6 Ary hoy izy ireo taminy: Avia ho mpitarika anay ianao, hiadiantsika amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona.
And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.
7 Fa hoy Jefta tamin’ ny loholon’ i Gileada: Tsy efa nankahala ahy va ianareo ka nandroaka ahy hiala tao an-tranon’ ny raiko? Koa nahoana no mankaty amiko indray ianareo ankehitriny, nony azom-pahoriana?
And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, Did ye not hate me, and cast me out of my father's house, and banish me from you? and wherefore are ye come to me now when ye want me?
8 Dia hoy ny loholon’ i Gileada tamin’ i Jefta: Izany no iverenanay atỳ aminao ankehitriny, mba handehananao miaraka aminay, sy hiadianao amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona, ka dia ho lohany aminay mponina rehetra any Gileada ianao.
And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to thee, that thou shouldest go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
9 Dia hoy Jefta tamin’ ny loholon’ i Gileada: Raha ho entinareo mody indray aho mba hiady amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona, ka hatolotr’ i Jehovah eo anoloako ireny, dia izaho hoe no ho lohany aminareo?
And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, If ye turn me back to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord should deliver them before me, then will I be your head.
10 Dia hoy ny loholon’ i Gileada tamin’ i Jefta: Jehovah no ho vavolombelona amintsika, raha tsy hataonay araka izany teninao izany.
And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, The Lord be witness between us, if we shall not do according to thy word.
11 Dia nandeha Jefta niaraka tamin’ ny loholon’ i Gileada, ka dia nasandratry ny vahoaka ho lohany sy ho mpitarika azy izy; ary Jefta nilaza ny teniny rehetra teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah tao Mizpa.
And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha.
12 Dia naniraka olona Jefta nankamin’ ny mpanjakan’ ny taranak’ i Amona hanao hoe: Moa mifaninona akory izaho sy ianao, no tonga atỳ amiko hiady amin’ ny taniko ianao?
And Jephthae sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have I to do with thee, that thou hast come against me to fight in my land?
13 Dia hoy ny mpanjakan’ ny taranak’ i Amona tamin’ ny irak’ i Jefta: Satria nalain’ ny Isiraely ny taniko hatrany Arnona ka hatrany Jaboka ary hatrany Jordana, fony niakatra avy tany Egypta izy; koa avereno amin’ ny fihavanana ary izany ankehitriny.
And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthae, Because Israel took my land when he went up out of Egypt, from Arnon to Jaboc, and to Jordan: now then return them peaceably and I will depart.
14 Ary Jefta naniraka olona indray nankany amin’ ny mpanakan’ ny taranak’ i Amona
And Jephthae again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,
15 ka nanao taminy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jefta: Ny Isiraely tsy naka ny tanin’ i Moaba na ny tanin’ ny taranak’ i Amona.
and said to him, Thus says Jephthae, Israel took not the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;
16 Fa fony niakatra avy tany Egypta ny Isiraely, dia nandeha nitety ny efitra hatramin’ ny Ranomasina Mena izy ka tonga tany Kadesy.
for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the sea of Siph, and came to Cades.
17 Dia naniraka olona ny Isiraely nankany amin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Edoma ka nanao hoe: Aoka mba handeha hamaky ny taninao aho; fa tsy nety nihaino izany ny mpanjakan’ i Edoma. Ary naniraka tany amin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Moaba koa izy; fa tsy nety koa izy; dia nitoetra tany Kadesy ny Isiraely.
And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I will pass, if it please thee, by thy land: and the king of Edom complied not: and [Israel] also sent to the king of Moab, and he did not consent; and Israel sojourned in Cades.
18 Dia nandeha nitety ny efitra izy ka nanodidina ny tany Edoma sy ny tany Moaba, dia tonga teo atsinanan’ i Moaba, ka nitoby teo an-dafin’ i Arnona, fa tsy niditra teo anatin’ ny faritanin’ i Moaba; fa Arnona no fari-tanin’ i Moaba.
And [they] journeyed in the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab: and they came by the east of the land of Moab, an encamped in the country beyond Arnon, and came not within the borders of Moab, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab.
19 Ary ny Isiraely dia naniraka olona tany amin’ i Sihona, mpanjakan’ ny Amorita, izay mpanjakan’ i Hesbona; ary hoy ny Isiraely taminy: Aoka mba handeha hamaky ny taninao izahay hankany amin’ ny fonenanay.
And Israel sent messengers to Seon king of the Amorite, king of Esbon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, by thy land to our place.
20 Fa Sihona tsy natoky ny Isiraely hamaky ny fari-taniny, fa namory ny vahoakany rehetra izy, dia nitoby tany Jahaza ka niady tamin’ ny Isiraely.
And Seon did not trust Israel to pass by his coast; and Seon gathered all his people, and they encamped at Jasa; and he set the battle in array against Israel.
21 Ary Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, nanolotra an’ i Sihona sy ny vahoakany rehetra teo an-tànan’ ny Isiraely, ka namely azy ireo; dia azon’ ny Isiraely ny tanin’ ny Amorita rehetra, mponina tany amin’ izany tany izany.
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Seon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who dwelt in that land,
22 Dia nahazo ny tanin’ ny Amorita rehetra izy hatrany Arnona, ka hatrany Jaboka ary hatramin’ ny efitra ka hatrany Jordana.
from Arnon and to Jaboc, and from the wilderness to Jordan.
23 Koa ankehitriny, Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, efa nandroaka ny Amorita teo anoloan’ ny Isiraely olony: ary ianao kosa va tahaka ny tany?
And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before his people Israel, and shalt thou inherit his [land]?
24 Moa tsy hotananao izay tany omen’ i Kemosy andriamanitrao anao va? Atỳ izay tany rehetra omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitray anay dia mba hotananay kosa.
Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chamos thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the [land of] all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you?
25 Moa tsara noho Balaka, zanak’ i Zipora, mpanjakan’ i Moaba, va ianao? Nety nanohitra ny Isiraely na niady taminy akory va izy?
And now art thou any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,
26 Raha ny Isiraely nitoetra telon-jato taona tany Hesboala sy ny zana-bohiny ary tany Aroera sy ny zana-bohiny ary tany amin’ ny tanàna rehetra eny amoron’ i Arnona, nahoana no tsy nalainareo ny tany tamin’ izany andro izany?
when [Israel] dwelt in Esebon and in its coasts, and in the land of Aroer and in its coasts, and in all the cities by Jordan, three hundred years? and wherefore didst thou not recover them in that time?
27 Izaho tsy nanota taminao, fa ianao no manisy ratsy ahy, fa miady amiko;
And now I have not sinned against thee, but thou wrongest me in preparing war against me: may the Lord the Judge judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Nefa tsy nohenoin’ ny mpanjakan’ ny taranak’ i Amona ny tenin’ i Jefta, izay nampitondrainy tany aminy.
But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthae, which he sent to him.
29 Ary tonga tao amin’ i Jefta ny Fanahin’ i Jehovah, dia nandeha nitety an’ i Gileada sy Manase izy; ka dia nitety an’ i Mizpa any Gileada koa izy ka niala tany Mizpa any Gileada, dia nandroso nankany amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona.
And the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthae, and he passed over Galaad, and Manasse, and passed by the watch-tower of Galaad to the other side of the children of Ammon.
30 Ary Jefta nivoady tamin’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Raha hatolotrao eo an-tanako tokoa ny taranak’ i Amona,
And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
31 dia ho an’ i Jehovah Izay mivoaka amin’ ny varavaran’ ny tranoko hitsena ahy, rehefa miverina soa aman-tsara avy any amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona aho, ary hateriko ho fanatitra dorana izany.
then it shall come to pass that whosoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord's: I will offer him up for a whole-burnt-offering.
32 Dia nandeha Jefta nankany amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona hiady aminy: ary natolotr’ i Jehovah teo an-tànany ireo.
And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand.
33 Dia namely azy izy hatrany Aroera ka hatrany akaikin’ i Minita sy hatrany Abela-keramima, dia tanàna roa-polo, ka be dia be no maty. Dia resy teo anoloan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely ny taranak’ i Amona.
And he smote them from Aroer till [one] comes to Arnon, in number twenty cities, and as far as Ebelcharmim, with a very great destruction: and the children of Ammon were straitened before the children of Israel.
34 Ary Jefta tonga tany Mizpa ho any an-tranony, ary, indro, nivoaka ny zananivavy nitondra ampongatapaka sy mpandihy hitsena azy; ary vavy tokany io, fa tsy nanana zanakalahy na zanakavavy afa-tsy io izy.
And Jephthae came to Massepha to his house; and behold, his daughter came forth to meet him with timbrels and dances; and she was his only child, he had not another son or daughter.
35 Koa rehefa nahita azy Jefta, dia nandriatra ny fitafiany ka nanao hoe: Indrisy, ry zanako-vavy! Efa nampitanondrika ahy indrindra ianao, ary ianao no tonga nampidi-doza tamiko; fa izaho efa niloa-bava tamin’ i Jehovah, ka tsy azoko afody intsony.
And it came to pass when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, thou hast indeed troubled me, and thou wast the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against thee to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
36 Fa hoy ny zananivavy taminy: Ry dada ô, raha niloa-bava tamin’ i Jehovah ary ianao, dia ataovy amiko araka izay naloaky ny vavanao, satria Jehovah efa namaly ny taranak’ i Amona fahavalonao ho anao.
And she said to him, Father, hast thou opened thy mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as [the word] went out of thy mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for thee on thine enemies of the children of Ammon.
37 Dia hoy koa izy tamin’ ny rainy: Aoka izao no hatao amiko: aza maninona ahy aloha hatramin’ ny roa volana mba handehandehanako hankeny amin’ ny havoana hitomaniako, izaho sy ny namako, noho izaho mbola tsy nanambady akory.
And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
38 Dia hoy kosa rainy: Mandehana ary. Dia nampandeha azy roa volana izy; ary dia nandeha razazavavy sy ny namany ka nitomany teny amin’ ny havoana noho izy mbola tsy nanam-bady akory.
And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains.
39 Ary rehefa tapitra ny roa volana, dia niverina tany amin’ ny rainy izy; ary nataony taminy araka ny voadiny izay nataony; ary tsy mbola nahalala lahy izy. Ary tonga fanao tamin’ ny Isiraely
And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man:
40 ny fandehanan’ ny zazavavin’ ny Isiraely isan-taona hankalaza ny zanakavavin’ i Jefta Gileadita hefarana isan-taona.
and it was an ordinance in Israel, [That] the daughters of Israel went from year to year to bewail the daughter of Jephthae the Galaadite for four days in a year.
