Sodniki 11
1 Torej Gileádec Jefte je bil mogočen hraber človek in bil je sin pocestnice; in Gileád je zaplodil Jefteja.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
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.«
And Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a another woman.
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 Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered worthless men to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
4 In pripetilo se je tekom časa, da so Amónovi otroci začeli vojno zoper Izrael.
And it came to pass in process of time, that 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 it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
6 Jefteju so rekli: »Pridi in bodi naš poveljnik, da se bomo lahko borili z Amónovimi otroki.«
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with 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 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? and why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?
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 elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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?«
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 Starešine iz Gileáda so rekli Jefteju: » Gospod bodi priča med nami, če ne storimo tako glede na tvoje besede.«
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
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.
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
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 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou hast come against me to fight in 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 the king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and to Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 Jefte je ponovno poslal poslance h kralju Amónovih otrok
And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon:
15 in mu rekel: »Tako govori Jefte: ›Izrael ni odvzel moábske dežele niti dežele Amónovih otrok,
And said to him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not 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 Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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.
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken to it. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
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.
Then they went along 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 encamped on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border 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.‹
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land to my place.
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 Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his land: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
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 God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 V last so vzeli vse pokrajine Amoréjcev, od Arnóna, celo do Jabóka in od divjine, celo do Jordana.
And they possessed all the land of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan.
23 Tako je torej Gospod, Izraelov Bog, Amoréjce razlastil izpred svojega ljudstva Izraela in ti naj bi to vzel v last?
So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
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.
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
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,
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
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?
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that are along by the banks of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
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 have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Vendar kralj Amónovih otrok ni prisluhnil Jeftejevim besedam, ki mu jih je poslal.
But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
30 Jefte je prisegel zaobljubo Gospodu in rekel: »Če mi boš čisto gotovo izročil Amónove sinove v moje roke,
And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail 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.«
Then it shall be, that whatever cometh out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’S, and I will offer it for a burnt offering.
32 Tako je Jefte prešel preko k Amónovim otrokom, da se bori zoper njih in Gospod jih je izročil v njegove roke.
So Jephthah 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, even till thou comest to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before 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 Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
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 it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot go back.
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 said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thy enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
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, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and 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 said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon 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 it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 da so Izraelove hčere vsako leto odšle, da štiri dni v letu objokujejo hčer Gileádca Jefteja.
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
