Sodniki 11
1 Torej Gileádec Jefte je bil mogočen hraber človek in bil je sin pocestnice; in Gileád je zaplodil Jefteja.
There was at that time Jephte the Galaadite, a most valiant man and a warrior, the son of a woman that was a harlot, and his father was Galaad.
2 Gileádova žena mu je rodila sinove in sinovi njegove žene so zrasli in pregnali Jefteja ter mu rekli: »Ne boš dedoval v hiši našega očeta, kajti ti si sin tuje ženske.«
Now Galaad had a wife of whom he had sons: who after they were grown up, thrust out Jephte, saying: Thou canst not inherit in the house of our father, because thou art born of another mother.
3 Potem je Jefte pobegnil pred svojimi brati in prebival v deželi Tob. Tam pa so bili k Jefteju zbrani praznoglavi možje in z njim odšli ven.
Then he fled and avoided them and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered to him needy men, and robbers, and they followed him as their prince.
4 In pripetilo se je tekom časa, da so Amónovi otroci začeli vojno zoper Izrael.
In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 Bilo je tako, da ko so Amónovi otroci začeli vojno zoper Izrael, so starešine iz Gileáda odšli, da Jefteja pripeljejo iz dežele Tob.
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
6 Jefteju so rekli: »Pridi in bodi naš poveljnik, da se bomo lahko borili z Amónovimi otroki.«
And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.
7 Jefte je rekel starešinam iz Gileáda: »Ali me niste sovražili in pregnali iz hiše mojega očeta? Zakaj ste prišli k meni sedaj, ko ste v stiski?«
And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father’s house, and now you are come to me constrained by necessity?
8 Starešine iz Gileáda so Jefteju rekli: »Zato se sedaj ponovno obračamo k tebi, da boš lahko šel z nami in se boril zoper Amónove otroke in boš naš poglavar nad vsemi prebivalci Gileáda.«
And the princes of Galaad said to Jephte: For this cause we are now come to thee, that thou mayst go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
9 Jefte je rekel starešinam iz Gileáda: »Če me ponovno privedete domov, da se borim zoper Amónove otroke in jih Gospod izroči pred menoj, ali bom vaš poglavar?«
Jephte also said to them: If you be come to me sincerely, that I should fight for you against the children of Ammon, and the Lord shall deliver them into my band, shall I be your prince?
10 Starešine iz Gileáda so rekli Jefteju: » Gospod bodi priča med nami, če ne storimo tako glede na tvoje besede.«
They answered him: The Lord who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised.
11 Potem je Jefte odšel s starešinami iz Gileáda in ljudstvo ga je postavilo za poglavarja in poveljnika nad njimi in Jefte je vse svoje besede izrekel pred Gospodom v Micpi.
Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad, and all the people made him their prince. And Jephte spoke all his words before the Lord in Maspha.
12 Jefte je poslal poslance h kralju Amónovih otrok, rekoč: »Kaj imaš z menoj, da si prišel zoper mene, da se boriš v moji deželi?«
And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?
13 Kralj Amónovih otrok je Jeftejevim poslancem odgovoril: »Ker je Izrael odvzel mojo deželo, ko so prišli gor iz Egipta, od Arnóna, celo do Jabóka in do Jordana. Sedaj torej ponovno miroljubno povrni te dežele.«
And he answered them: I Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the confines of the Arnon unto the Jaboc and the Jordan: now therefore restore the same peaceably to me.
14 Jefte je ponovno poslal poslance h kralju Amónovih otrok
And Jephte again sent word by them, and commanded them to say to the king of Ammon:
15 in mu rekel: »Tako govori Jefte: ›Izrael ni odvzel moábske dežele niti dežele Amónovih otrok,
Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 temveč ko je Izrael prišel gor iz Egipta in skozi divjino hodil do Rdečega morja in prišel do Kadeša,
But when they came up out of Egypt, he walked through the desert to the Red Sea and came into Cades.
17 potem je Izrael poslal poslance k edómskemu kralju, rekoč: ›Pusti mi, prosim te, iti skozi tvojo deželo.‹ Toda edómski kralj temu ni hotel prisluhniti. In na podoben način so poslali k moábskemu kralju. Toda ta ni hotel privoliti in Izrael je ostal v Kadešu.
And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would not condescend to his request. He sent also to the king of Moab, who likewise refused to give him passage. He abode therefore in Cades,
18 Potem so šli vzdolž skozi divjino in obkrožili edómsko deželo in moábsko deželo in prišli pri vzhodni strani moábske dežele in se utaborili na drugi strani Arnóna, toda niso prišli znotraj moábske meje, kajti Arnón je bil moábska meja.
And went round the land of Edom at the side, and the land of Moab: and came over against the east coast of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon: and he would not enter the bounds of Moab.
19 Izrael je poslal poslance k Sihónu, kralju Amoréjcev, hešbónskemu kralju. Izrael mu je rekel: ›Naj gremo, prosim te, skozi tvojo deželo na svoj kraj.‹
So Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and they said to him: Suffer me to pass through thy land to the river.
20 Toda Sihón ni zaupal Izraelu, da gre skozi njegovo pokrajino, temveč je Sihón zbral skupaj vse svoje ljudstvo, se utaboril v Jahacu in se boril zoper Izrael.
But he also despising the words of Israel, suffered him not to pass through his borders: but gathering an infinite multitude, went out against him to Jasa, and made strong opposition.
21 Gospod, Izraelov Bog, je Sihóna in vse njegovo ljudstvo izročil v roko Izraelcev in ti so jih udarili. Tako je Izrael vzel v last vso deželo Amoréjcev, prebivalcev tiste dežele.
And the Lord delivered him with all his army into the hands of Israel, and he slew him, and possessed all the land of the Amorrhite the inhabitant of that country,
22 V last so vzeli vse pokrajine Amoréjcev, od Arnóna, celo do Jabóka in od divjine, celo do Jordana.
And all the coasts thereof from the Arnon to the Jaboc, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23 Tako je torej Gospod, Izraelov Bog, Amoréjce razlastil izpred svojega ljudstva Izraela in ti naj bi to vzel v last?
So the Lord the God of Israel destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him, and wilt thou now possess this land?
24 Ali ne boš vzel v last tega, kar ti tvoj bog Kemoš daje v last? Tako kogarkoli bo Gospod, naš Bog, napodil izpred nas, te bomo vzeli v last.
Are not those things which thy god Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the Lord our God hath obtained by conquest, shall be our possession:
25 In sedaj ali si ti kakorkoli boljši kakor Balák, Cipórjev sin, moábski kralj? Ali se je on kdaj prepiral zoper Izrael, ali se je kdaj boril zoper njih,
Unless perhaps thou art better than Balac the son of Sephor king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel and fought against him,
26 medtem ko je Izrael tristo let prebival v Hešbónu in njegovih mestih, v Aroêrju in njegovih mestih in v vseh mestih, ki so vzdolž ob pokrajinah Arnóna? Zakaj jih torej niste povrnili znotraj tega časa?
Whereas he hath dwelt in Hesebon, and the villages thereof, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in all the cities near the Jordan, for three hundred years. Why have you for so long a time attempted nothing about this claim?
27 Zato nisem grešil zoper tebe, temveč mi ti delaš krivico, da se vojskuješ zoper mene. Gospod, Sodnik, naj bo danes sodnik med Izraelovi otroci in Amónovimi otroci.‹«
Therefore I do not trespass against thee, but thou wrongest me by declaring an unjust war against me. The Lord be judge and decide this day between Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Vendar kralj Amónovih otrok ni prisluhnil Jeftejevim besedam, ki mu jih je poslal.
And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.
29 Potem je Gospodov Duh prišel nad Jefteja in ta je prečkal Gileád in Manáse in šel čez Micpo v Gileádu in iz Micpe v Gileádu prečkal k Amónovim otrokom.
Therefore the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephte, and going round Galaad, and Manasses, and Maspha of Galaad, and passing over from thence to the children of Ammon,
30 Jefte je prisegel zaobljubo Gospodu in rekel: »Če mi boš čisto gotovo izročil Amónove sinove v moje roke,
He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,
31 potem se bo zgodilo, da kdorkoli pride naprej od vrat moje hiše, da bi me srečal, ko se v miru vrnem od Amónovih otrok, bo zagotovo Gospodov in daroval ga bom za žgalno daritev.«
Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.
32 Tako je Jefte prešel preko k Amónovim otrokom, da se bori zoper njih in Gospod jih je izročil v njegove roke.
And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 Udaril jih je od Aroêrja, celo dokler ne prideš v Minít, celó dvajset mest in do ravnine vinogradov, z zelo velikim pokolom. Tako so bili Amónovi otroci podjarmljeni pred Izraelovimi otroci.
And he smote them from Aroer till you come to Mennith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is set with vineyards, with a very great slaughter: and the children of Ammon were humbled by the children of Israel.
34 Jefte je prišel v Micpo, k svoji hiši in glej, njegova hči je prišla ven, da ga sreča s tamburini in s plesi. Ona pa je bila njegov edini otrok. Poleg nje ni imel niti sina niti hčere.
And when Jephte returned into Maspha to his house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and with dances: for he had no other children.
35 Pripetilo se je, ko jo je zagledal, da je pretrgal svoja oblačila in rekel: »Ojoj, moja hči! Zelo si me potrla in ti si ena izmed tistih, ki me vznemirjajo, kajti svoja usta sem odprl h Gospodu in se ne morem obrniti nazaj.«
And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.
36 Rekla mu je: »Moj oče, če si svoja usta odprl h Gospodu, mi stori glede na to, kar je prišlo iz tvojih ust, kakor se je Gospod zate maščeval na tvojih sovražnikih, na Amónovih otrocih.«
And she answered him: My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the Lord, do unto me whatsoever thou hast promised, since the victory hath been granted to thee, and revenge of thy enemies.
37 Svojemu očetu je rekla: »Naj mi bo storjena ta stvar. Dva meseca me pusti samo, da lahko grem gor in dol po gorah in objokujem svoje devištvo, jaz in moje prijateljice.«
And she said to her father: Grant me only this which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions.
38 Rekel je: »Pojdi.« In za dva meseca jo je poslal proč in odšla je s svojimi družabnicami ter po gorah objokovala svoje devištvo.
And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.
39 Pripetilo se je ob koncu dveh mesecev, da se je vrnila k svojemu očetu, ki je z njo storil glede na svojo zaobljubo, ki jo je prisegel. Nobenega moškega ni spoznala. In to je bil zakon v Izraelu,
And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:
40 da so Izraelove hčere vsako leto odšle, da štiri dni v letu objokujejo hčer Gileádca Jefteja.
That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for four days.
