Mpitsara 11
1 Ary Jefta Gileadita dia lehilahy mahery sy zanaky ny vehivavy janga; ary Gileada no rainy niteraka azy.
At that time, there was a Gileadite, Jephthah, a very strong man and a fighter, the son of a kept woman, and he was born of Gilead.
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.
Now Gilead had a wife, from whom he received sons. And they, after growing up, cast out Jephthah, saying, “You cannot inherit in the house of our father, because you were born of another mother.”
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 so, fleeing and avoiding them, he lived in the land of Tob. And men who were indigent and robbers joined with him, and they followed him as their leader.
4 Ary nony ela, dia nanafika ny Zanak’ Isiraely ny taranak’ i Amona.
In those days, the sons of Ammon fought against 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.
And being steadfastly attacked, the elders of Gilead traveled so that they might obtain for their assistance Jephthah, 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 him, “Come and be our leader, and fight against 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?
But he answered them: “Are you not the ones who hated me, and who cast me out of my father’s house? And yet now you come to me, compelled by necessity?”
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 leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “But it is due to this necessity that we have approached you now, so that you may set out with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be commander over all who live in Gilead.”
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?
Jephthah also said to them: “If you have come to me so that I may fight for you against the sons of Ammon, and if the Lord will deliver them into my hands, will I truly be your leader?”
10 Dia hoy ny loholon’ i Gileada tamin’ i Jefta: Jehovah no ho vavolombelona amintsika, raha tsy hataonay araka izany teninao izany.
They answered him, “The Lord who hears these things is himself the Mediator and the Witness that we shall do what we have promised.”
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 so Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and all the people made him their leader. And Jephthah spoke all his words, in the sight of the Lord, at Mizpah.
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 he sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, who said on his behalf, “What is there between you and me, that you would approach against me, so that you might lay waste to 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 he responded to them, “It is because Israel took my land, when he ascended from Egypt, from the parts of Arnon, as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan. Now therefore, restore these to me with peace.”
14 Ary Jefta naniraka olona indray nankany amin’ ny mpanakan’ ny taranak’ i Amona
And Jephthah again commissioned them, and he ordered them to say to the king 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.
“Jephthah says this: Israel did not take the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons 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.
But when they ascended together from Egypt, he walked through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and he went into Kadesh.
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 he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Permit me to pass through your land.’ But he was not willing to agree to his petition. Likewise, he sent to the king of Moab, who also refused to offer him passage. And so he delayed in Kadesh,
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 he circled around the side of the land of Edom and the land of Moab. And he arrived opposite the eastern region of the land of Moab. And he made camp across the Arnon. But he was not willing to enter the borders of Moab. (Of course, Arnon is the border of the land 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 so Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who was living at Heshbon. And they said to him, “Permit me to cross through your land as far as the river.”
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.
But he, too, despising the words of Israel, would not permit him to cross through his borders. Instead, gathering an innumerable multitude, he went out against him at Jahaz, and he resisted strongly.
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.
But the Lord delivered him, with his entire army, into the hands of Israel. And he struck him down, and he possessed all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that region,
22 Dia nahazo ny tanin’ ny Amorita rehetra izy hatrany Arnona, ka hatrany Jaboka ary hatramin’ ny efitra ka hatrany Jordana.
with all its parts, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
23 Koa ankehitriny, Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, efa nandroaka ny Amorita teo anoloan’ ny Isiraely olony: ary ianao kosa va tahaka ny tany?
Therefore, it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who overthrew the Amorites, by means of his people Israel fighting against them. And now you wish to possess 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.
Are not the things that your god Chemosh possesses owed to you by right? And so, what the Lord our God has obtained by victory falls to us as a possession.
25 Moa tsara noho Balaka, zanak’ i Zipora, mpanjakan’ i Moaba, va ianao? Nety nanohitra ny Isiraely na niady taminy akory va izy?
Or are you, perhaps, better than Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab? Or are you able to explain what his argument was against Israel, and why he fought against 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?
And though he has lived in Heshbon, and its villages, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in all the cities near the Jordan for three hundred years, why have you, for such long a time, put forward nothing about this claim?
27 Izaho tsy nanota taminao, fa ianao no manisy ratsy ahy, fa miady amiko;
Therefore, I am not sinning against you, but you are doing evil against me, by declaring an unjust war against me. May the Lord be the Judge and the Arbiter this day, between Israel and the sons 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 sons of Ammon was not willing to agree to the words of Jephthah that he commissioned by the messengers.
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.
Therefore, the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Jephthah, and circling around Gilead, and Manasseh, and also Mizpah of Gilead, and crossing from there to the sons of Ammon,
30 Ary Jefta nivoady tamin’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Raha hatolotrao eo an-tanako tokoa ny taranak’ i Amona,
he made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you will deliver the sons of Ammon into my hands,
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.
whoever will be the first to depart from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, the same will I offer as a holocaust to the Lord.”
32 Dia nandeha Jefta nankany amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona hiady aminy: ary natolotr’ i Jehovah teo an-tànany ireo.
And Jephthah crossed to the sons of Ammon, so that he might fight against them. And the Lord delivered them into his hands.
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 struck them down from Aroer, as far as the entrance to Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is covered with vineyards, in an exceedingly great slaughter. And the sons of Ammon were humbled by the sons 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.
But when Jephthah returned to Mizpah, to his own house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and dances. For he had no other children.
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 upon seeing her, he tore his garments, and he said: “Alas, my daughter! You have cheated me, and you yourself have been cheated. For I opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do nothing else.”
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 answered him, “My father, if you have opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me whatever you have promised, since victory has been granted to you, as well as vengeance against your enemies.”
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: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with 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 answered her, “Go.” And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.
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 when the two months expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her just as he had vowed, though she knew no man. From this, the custom grew up in Israel, and the practice has been preserved,
40 ny fandehanan’ ny zazavavin’ ny Isiraely isan-taona hankalaza ny zanakavavin’ i Jefta Gileadita hefarana isan-taona.
such that, after each year passes, the daughters of Israel convene as one, and they lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, for four days.
