Книга Судей израилевых 11
1 И бяше Иеффай Галаадитянин силен крепостию: и той бысть сын жены блудницы, яже роди Галааду Иеффая.
[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 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.
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 И отбеже Иеффай от лица братии своея и вселися в земли Тов: и собирахуся ко Иеффаю мужие праздни, и хождаху с ним.
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 И бысть по днех сих, и воеваша сынове Аммони на Израиля.
Some time later, the Ammon people-group started to fight against the Israelis.
5 И егда воеваша сынове Аммони на Израиля, и поидоша старейшины Галаадовы пояти Иеффая от земли Тов,
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 и рекоша ко Иеффаю: прииди и буди нам началник, и ополчимся на сыны Аммони.
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 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 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 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.
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 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?
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 И рекоша старейшины Галаадстии ко Иеффаю: Господь да будет послух между нами, аще по слову твоему тако не сотворим.
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 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 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 И посла Иеффай послы к царю сынов Аммоних, глаголя: что мне и тебе, яко пришел еси ко мне воевати на земли моей?
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 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.
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 И возвратишася послы ко Иеффаю. И приложи еще Иеффай, и посла послы к царю сынов Аммоних, и рекоша ему:
[The messengers returned to Jephthah and told him what the king had said]. So Jephthah sent the messengers to the king again.
15 тако глаголет Иеффай: не взя Израиль земли Моавли и земли сынов Аммоних,
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 понеже егда исхождаше из Египта, пойде Израиль по пустыни до моря Чермнаго, и прииде до Кадиса:
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 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:
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 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 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 и посла Израиль послы к Сиону царю Аморрейску, царю Есевонску, и рече к нему Израиль: да прейдем по земли твоей до места нашего:
‘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 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 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 и предаде Господь Бог Израилев Сиона и вся люди его в руки Израиля, и изби их:
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 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:
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 и ныне Господь Бог Израилев изгна Аморреа от лица людий Своих Израиля, и ты ли хощеши наследити его?
‘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 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:
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 и ныне еда лучший еси ты Валака сына Сепфорова, царя Моавля? Не бранию ли боряшеся со Израилем, или воюя воева его?
(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 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?
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 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.
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 И не послуша царь сынов Аммоних словес Иеффаевых, яже посылаше к нему.
But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah.
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 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 И обеща Иеффай обет Господеви и рече: аще преданием предаси сыны Аммони в руку мою,
There Jephthah made a solemn promise to Yahweh. He said, “If you will enable my army to defeat [IDM] the Ammon people-group,
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.
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 И прииде Иеффай к сыном Аммоним воевати на ня: и предаде я Господь в руце его
Then Jephthah [and his men] went from Mizpah to attack the Ammon people-group, and Yahweh enabled his army to defeat them.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 И рече: иди. И отпусти ю на два месяца: и иде сама и другини ея, и плакася девства своего на горах.
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 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:
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 от дний до дний исхождаху дщери Израилевы плакати о дщери Иеффая Галаадитина четыри дни в лете.
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.
