Книга Судей израилевых 11
1 И бяше Иеффай Галаадитянин силен крепостию: и той бысть сын жены блудницы, яже роди Галааду Иеффая.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.
2 И роди жена Галаадова сынов ему: и возмужаша сынове жены и изгнаша Иеффая, и рекоша ему: не наследиши в дому отца нашего, яко сын жены блудныя еси ты.
And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.
3 И отбеже Иеффай от лица братии своея и вселися в земли Тов: и собирахуся ко Иеффаю мужие праздни, и хождаху с ним.
So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.
4 И бысть по днех сих, и воеваша сынове Аммони на Израиля.
Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 И егда воеваша сынове Аммони на Израиля, и поидоша старейшины Галаадовы пояти Иеффая от земли Тов,
And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;
6 и рекоша ко Иеффаю: прииди и буди нам началник, и ополчимся на сыны Аммони.
And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.
7 И рече Иеффай старейшинам Галаадским: не вы ли возненавидесте мя, и изгнасте мя из дому отца моего, и отпустисте мя от себе? И почто приидосте ко мне ныне, егда нужду возиместе?
But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?
8 И рекоша старейшины Галаадстии ко Иеффаю: сего ради ныне приидохом к тебе, да пойдеши с нами, и ополчимся на сыны Аммони: и будеши нам князь всем живущым в Галааде.
And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.
9 И рече Иеффай ко старейшинам Галаадовым: аще возвращаете мя ополчитися на сыны Аммони, и предаст их Господь предо мною, и аз вам буду ли князь?
Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?
10 И рекоша старейшины Галаадстии ко Иеффаю: Господь да будет послух между нами, аще по слову твоему тако не сотворим.
And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.
11 И пойде Иеффай со старейшинами Галаадскими, и поставиша его людие над собою главу и князя: и глагола Иеффай вся словеса своя пред Господем в Массифе.
So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.
12 И посла Иеффай послы к царю сынов Аммоних, глаголя: что мне и тебе, яко пришел еси ко мне воевати на земли моей?
Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?
13 И рече царь сынов Аммоних к послом Иеффаевым: яко взя Израиль землю мою, егда изыде из Египта, от Арнона даже до Иавока и до Иордана: и ныне возврати ю с миром, и отиду.
And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.
14 И возвратишася послы ко Иеффаю. И приложи еще Иеффай, и посла послы к царю сынов Аммоних, и рекоша ему:
And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,
15 тако глаголет Иеффай: не взя Израиль земли Моавли и земли сынов Аммоних,
And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;
16 понеже егда исхождаше из Египта, пойде Израиль по пустыни до моря Чермнаго, и прииде до Кадиса:
But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the waste land to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;
17 и посла Израиль послы к царю Едомску, глаголя: да прейду сквозе землю твою: и не послуша царь Едомск: такожде посыла и к царю Моавску, и не восхоте: и седе Израиль в Кадисе:
Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.
18 и иде пустынею, и обыде землю Едомлю и землю Моавлю, и прииде на востоки солнца земли Моавли, и ополчися об ону страну Арнона, и не вниде в пределы Моавли, яко Арнон бяше предел Моавль:
Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.
19 и посла Израиль послы к Сиону царю Аморрейску, царю Есевонску, и рече к нему Израиль: да прейдем по земли твоей до места нашего:
And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let me now go through your land to my place.
20 и не восхоте Сион Израилю преити по пределом своим, и собра Сион вся люди своя, и ополчися во Иасе, и воева на Израиля:
But Sihon would not give way and let Israel go through his land; and Sihon got together all his people, and put his army in position in Jahaz, and made war on Israel.
21 и предаде Господь Бог Израилев Сиона и вся люди его в руки Израиля, и изби их:
And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them; so all the land of the Amorites, the people of that land, became Israel's.
22 и наследова Израиль всю землю Аморреа живущаго на земли той: и взя весь предел Аморрейск от Арнона даже до Иавока, и от пустыни до Иордана:
All the limit of the Amorites was theirs, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and from the waste land even to Jordan.
23 и ныне Господь Бог Израилев изгна Аморреа от лица людий Своих Израиля, и ты ли хощеши наследити его?
So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?
24 Ни, но елико даде в наследие тебе Хамос бог твой, сия да наследиши: а всех, ихже изгна Господь Бог наш от лица нашего, сия мы наследим:
Do you not keep the lands of those whom Chemosh your god sends out from before you? So we will keep all the lands of those whom the Lord our God sends out from before us.
25 и ныне еда лучший еси ты Валака сына Сепфорова, царя Моавля? Не бранию ли боряшеся со Израилем, или воюя воева его?
What! are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever take up a cause against Israel or make war against them?
26 Егда вселися Израиль во Есевоне и в пределех его, и во Ароире и в пределех его, и во всех градех, иже у Иордана, триста лет, и почто не избавил еси их во время оно?
While Israel was living in Heshbon and its daughter-towns and in Aroer and its daughter-towns and in all the towns which are by the side of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not get them back at that time?
27 Аз же не согреших тебе, и ты твориши со мною зло, воюя на мя: да судит Господь судяй днесь между сыны Израилевыми и между сыны Аммони.
So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 И не послуша царь сынов Аммоних словес Иеффаевых, яже посылаше к нему.
The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.
29 И бысть на Иеффаи Дух Господень, и прейде Галаада и Манассию, и прейде Стражбу Галаадову, и от Стражбы Галаадовы иде на ону страну сынов Аммоних.
Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he went through Gilead and Manasseh, and came to Mizpeh of Gilead; and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went over to the children of Ammon.
30 И обеща Иеффай обет Господеви и рече: аще преданием предаси сыны Аммони в руку мою,
And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,
31 и будет исходяй, иже аще изыдет из врат дому моего во сретение мне, егда возвращуся с миром от сынов Аммоних, и будет Господеви, и вознесу его во всесожжение.
Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.
32 И прииде Иеффай к сыном Аммоним воевати на ня: и предаде я Господь в руце его
So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.
33 и изби их от Ароира, дондеже приити в Мениф, двадесять градов, и даже до Авеля Виноградов, язвою великою зело. И покорени быша сынове Аммони пред лицем сынов Израилевых.
And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel.
34 И прииде Иеффай в Массифу в дом свой: и се, дщерь его исхождаше во сретение его с тимпаны и лики: и сия бяше единородна ему возлюбленна: и не бе ему сына, ни другия дщере, кроме ея.
Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
35 И бысть егда увиде ю сам, растерза ризы своя и рече: о, дщи моя, смущающи смутила мя еси: и ты ныне в претыкание была еси пред очима моима: аз бо отверзох уста моя на тя ко Господу и не возмогу вспять возвратити.
And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.
36 И рече к нему: отче, аще отверзл еси уста твоя ко Господу, сотвори мне, якоже изыде изо уст твоих, занеже сотвори тебе Господь месть врагом твоим от сынов Аммоних.
And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.
37 И рече ко отцу своему: сотвори, отче мой, сие слово: остави мя два месяца, да пойду и взыду на горы и плачуся девства моего аз и другини мои.
Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.
38 И рече: иди. И отпусти ю на два месяца: и иде сама и другини ея, и плакася девства своего на горах.
And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.
39 И бысть в конце двою месяцу, и возвратися ко отцу своему: и сотвори на ней обет свой, имже обещася: и сия не позна мужа. И бысть в повеление во Израили:
And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,
40 от дний до дний исхождаху дщери Израилевы плакати о дщери Иеффая Галаадитина четыри дни в лете.
For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.
