न्यायकर्ताहरू 11
1 गिलादी यिप्ता एक जना शक्तिशाली योद्धा थिए, तर तिनी एक जना वेश्याका छोरा थिए । गिलाद तिनका पिता थिए ।
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead became the father of Jephthah.
2 गिलादकी पत्नीले पनि तिनका निम्ति अरू छोराहरू जन्माइन् । जब तिनकी पत्नीकी छोराहरू हुर्के, तिनीहरूले यिप्तालाई घर छोड्न बाध्य पारे र तिनलाई भने, “हाम्रो परिवारबाट तैंले केही पनि पैतृक अंश पाउनेछैनस् । तँ अर्कै स्त्रीको छोरा होस् ।”
Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, "You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman."
3 यसैले यिप्ता आफ्ना दाजुभाइबाट भागे र तोब देशमा बसोबास गरे । हुर्दुङ्गे मानिसहरू यिप्तासँग मिले र उनीहरू आए र तिनीसँगै गए ।
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
4 केही दिनपछि, अम्मोनका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध सुरु गरे ।
It happened after a while, that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 जब अम्मोनका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध गरे, तब गिलादका एल्डरहरू तोब देशबाट यिप्तालाई फर्काएर ल्याउनको निम्ति त्यहाँ गए ।
It was so, that when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
6 तिनीहरूले यिप्तालाई भने, “आउनुहोस् र हाम्रो अगुवा हुनुहोस् ताकि हामी अम्मोनका मानिहरूसँग युद्ध लड्न सकौं ।”
and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the people of Ammon."
7 यिप्ताले गिलादका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “तपाईंहरूले मलाई हेला गर्नुभयो र मेरो पिताको घर छोडेर जान मलाई बाध्ये पार्नुभयो । अब तपाईंहरू समस्यामा पर्नुहुँदा चाहिं तपाईंहरू मकहाँ किन आउनुहुन्छ?”
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house, and sent me away from you? And why have you come to me now when you are in distress?"
8 गिलादका अगुवाहरूले यिप्तालाई भने, “त्यसकारण अब हामी तपाईंकहाँ फर्केका छौं । हामीसँग आउनुहोस् र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नुहोस्, र तपाईं नै गिलादमा बस्ने सबैका अगुवा हुनुहुनेछ ।”
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Not so. We have turned to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the people of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
9 यिप्ताले गिलादका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “अम्मोनका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नलाई तपाईंहरूले मलाई फेरि घर लानुभयो भने, र परमप्रभुले हामीलाई तिनीहरूमाथि विजय दिनुभयो भने, म तपाईंहरूका अगुवा हुनेछु ।”
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the people of Ammon, and Jehovah delivers them before me, shall I be your head?"
10 गिलादका अगुवाहरूले यिप्तालाई भने, “हामीले जस्तो भन्छौं त्यस्तै गरेनौं भने हाम्रा बिचमा परमप्रभु नै साक्षी हुनुहुन्छ!”
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do."
11 यसैले यिप्ता गिलादका अगुवाहरूसँग गए, र मानिसहरूले तिनलाई आफूमाथि अगुवा र कमाण्डर बनाए । जब यिप्ता मिस्पामा परमप्रभुको सामु थिए, तब तिनले आफूले गरेका सबै प्रतिज्ञाहरू दोहोर्याए ।
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.
12 अनि यिप्ताले अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाकहाँ यसो भनेर दूतहरू पठाए, “हाम्रा बिचमा के कुराले द्वन्द भएको हो? हाम्रो देश कब्जा गर्न सेनासित तपाईं किन आउनुभएको छ?”
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, "What have you to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?"
13 अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाले यिप्ताका दूतहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “किनभने जब इस्राएल मिश्रदेशबाट आए, तब तिनीहरूले मेरो देशलाई अर्नोनदेखि यब्बोक हुँदै यर्दनसम्म कब्जा गरे । अब शान्तिसित ती जमिन फिर्ता दिनुहोस् ।”
And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore it peaceably, and I will depart."
14 फेरि यिप्ताले अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए,
And the messengers returned to Jephthah, and Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the people of Ammon;
15 र तिनले भने, “यिप्ता यसो भन्छन्: इस्राएलले मोआब देश र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका देशलाई लिएको थिएन,
and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon,
16 तर तिनीहरू मिश्रदेशबाट आए, र इस्राएल उजाड-स्थान हुँदै लाल समुद्रमा र कादेशमा गए ।
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 जब इस्राएलले यसो भनेर एदोमका राजालाई दूतहरू पठाए, ‘कृपया हामीलाई तपाईंको देशबाट भएर जान दिनुहोस्,’ एदोमका राजाले सुनेनन् । तिनीहरूले मोआबका राजाकहाँ पनि दूतहरू पठाए, तर तिनले इन्कार गरे । यसरी इस्राएलचाहिं कादेशमा नै बसे ।
then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let me pass through your land.' But the king of Edom did not listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
18 त्यसपछि तिनीहरू उजाड-स्थानबाट गए र एदोम र मोआबको देशबाट टाढा गए, र तिनीहरू मोआब देशको पूर्वी ठाउँ हुँदै हिंडे र तिनीहरूले अर्नोनको अर्कोपट्टि छाउनी हाले । तर तिनीहरू मोआबको सिमानाभित्र गएनन्, किनकि अर्नोनचाहिं मोआबको सिमानामा थियो ।
Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they did not come within the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
19 इस्राएलले हेश्बोनमा राज्य गर्ने एमोरीहरूका राजा सीहोनकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए । इस्राएलले उनलाई भने, ‘कृपया हामीलाई आफ्नो देशमा जानलाई तपाईंको देशको बाटो भएर जान दिनुहोस् ।’
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, "Please let me pass through your land to our land.'
20 तर आफ्नो सिमानाभित्रबाट जानको निम्ति सीहोनले इस्राएलमाथि विश्वास गरेनन् । यसैले सीहोनले आफ्ना सबै सेना जाम्मा गरे र उनले तिनीहरूलाई यहसामा लगे, र त्यहाँ उनले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध गरे ।
But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and camped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 तब इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले सीहोन र तिनका सारा मानिसलाई इस्राएलको हातमा दिनुभयो र तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई परास्त गरे । यसैले इस्राएलले एमोरीहरूको देशको सबै जमिन अधिकार गरे ।
Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 तिनीहरूले एमोरीहरूका सिमानाभित्र अर्नोनदेखि यब्बोकसम्म, र उजाड-स्थानदेखि यर्दनसम्म हरेक कुरामा अधीन गरे ।
They possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
23 यसरी इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले आफ्ना मानिस इस्राएलको सामुबाट एमोरीहरूलाई खेद्नुभएको हो, र के तपाईं अब उनीहरूको देशमाथि अधिकार गर्नुहुन्छ?
So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
24 के तपाईंहरूका देवता कमोशले तपाईंहरूलाई जुन देश दिन्छन्, त्यही तपाईंहरू लिनुहुन्छ होइन र? यसैले हाम्रा परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले जुन देश हामीलाई दिनुभएको छ, त्यो हामी अधिकार गर्छौं ।
Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Jehovah our God has driven out from before us, we will possess.
25 के अब तपाईं मोआबका राजा, सिप्पोरका छोरा बालकभन्दा असल हुनुहुन्छ र? के तिनले इस्राएलसँग बहस गर्ने आँट गरे?
And now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
26 जब इस्राएल हेश्बोन र त्यसका गाउँहरू, र अरोएर र त्यसका गाउँहरू, र अर्नोनका किनारका सबै सहरहरूमा तिन सय वर्षसम्म बसोबास गर्दा, तपाईंहरूले किन त्यस बेला ती फिर्ता लिनुभएन?
While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why did you not liberate them within that time?
27 मैले तपाईंहरूलाई केही गलत गरेको छैनँ, तर तपाईंहरूले मलाई आक्रमण गरेर मेरो खराबी गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ । न्यायकर्ता परमप्रभुले नै आज इस्राएलका मानिस र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका बिचमा निर्णय गर्नुहुनेछ ।”
I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong by making war against me. Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon."
28 तर अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाले यिप्ताले पठाएका चेतावनीलाई इन्कार गरे ।
However the king of the people of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 तब परमप्रभुको आत्मा यिप्तामाथि आउनुभयो, र तिनी गिलाद र मनश्शेबाट भएर गए, र गिलादको मिस्पाबाट भएर तिनी अम्मोनका मानिसहरूकहाँ पुगे ।
Then the Spirit of Jehovah came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the people of Ammon.
30 यिप्ताले परमप्रभुसँग एउटा बाकल गरे र भने, “तपाईंले मलाई अम्मोनका मानिसहरूमाथि विजय दिनुभयो भने,
Jephthah made a vow to Jehovah, and said, "If you will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hand,
31 अम्मोनका मानिसहरूबाट म शान्तमा फर्केर आउँदा मेरा घरको ढोकाहरूबाट मलाई भेट्न जेसुकै कुरा बाहिर आए पनि त्यो परमप्रभुको हुनेछ, र त्यसलाई म होमबलिको रूपमा चढाउनेछु ।”
then it shall be that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."
32 यसैले अम्मोनीहरूसँग युद्ध गर्न यिप्ता तिनीहरूकहाँ गए, र परमप्रभुले उनलाई विजय दिनुभयो ।
So Jephthah passed over to the people of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.
33 तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे र अरोएरदेखि मिन्नीतसम्म बिसवटा सहर र हाबिल-करमीमसम्म ठुलो सङ्ख्यामा मारे । यसरी अम्मोनका मानिसहरूलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको अधीनमा पारे ।
He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. So the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 यिप्ता आफ्नो घर मिस्पामा आए र त्यहाँ तिनकी छोरी तिनलाई भेट्न खैंजडी बजाउँदै र नाच्दै बाहिर आइन् । यिनी तिनकी एक मात्र छोरी थिइन्, र यिनीबाहेक तिनको अरू छोरा वा छोरी थिएन ।
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and look, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 तिनले उनलाई देख्नेबित्तिकै, तिनले आफ्ना लुगाहरू च्याते र भने, “ओहो, मेरी छोरी! तिमीले मलाई दुःखले चुर पारेकी छ्यौ, र मलाई कष्ट दिने एउटा कारण तिमी भएकी छ्यौ! किनकि मैले परमप्रभुसँग एउटा भाकल गरेको छु, र मेरो भाकलबाट म पछि हट्न सक्दिनँ ।”
And it happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter. You have brought me very low. You have become a stumbling block in my sight. And you are among those who trouble me. For I have given my word to Jehovah, and I can't break it."
36 उनले तिनलाई भनिन्, “मेरा बुबा, तपाईंले परमप्रभुसँग भाकल गर्नुभएको छ, तपाईंले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको हरेक कुरा मलाई गर्नुहोस्, किनभने परमप्रभुले तपाईंका शत्रु अम्मोनीहरूसँग बदला लिनुभएको छ ।”
She said to him, "My father, since you have given your word to Jehovah; do to me as you promised, because Jehovah has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the people of Ammon."
37 उनले आफ्नो बुबालाई भनिन्, “मेरो निम्ति यो प्रतिज्ञा पुरा होस् । मलाई दुई महिनाको लागि मात्र छोडिदिनुहोस्, ताकि म र मेरा सहेलीहरू तल पहाडहरूमा जान र आफ्नो कुमारी अवस्थाको मृत्युको निम्ति शोक पाऊँ ।”
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."
38 तिनले भने, “जाऊ ।” तिनले उनलाई दुई महिनाको निम्ति पठाइदिए । उनी र उनका सहेलीहरू तिनीसँग बिदा भए, र तिनीहरूले उनको कुमारी अवस्थाको मृत्युको निम्ति पहाडहरूमा शोक गरे ।
He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and wept because of her virginity on the mountains.
39 दुई महिनाको अन्त्यमा उनी आफ्ना बुबाकहाँ फर्किन्, र आफूले गरेको भाकलअनुसार तिनले उनलाई गरे । यति बेलासम्म उनले कुनै मानिससित सहवास गरेकी थिइनन्, र इस्राएलमा एउटा यस्तो प्रचलन बन्यो,
It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to what he had vowed. And she was a virgin. It became a custom in Israel,
40 कि हरेक वर्ष इस्राएलका छोरीहरूले चार दिनसम्म गिलादी यिप्ताकी छोरीको कथालाई दोहोर्याउने गर्थे ।
that the daughters of Israel went yearly four days in a year to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
