Domarboken 11
1 Jephthah, en Gileadit, var en stridsam hjelte, dock likväl enes skökos son; och Gilead hade födt Jephthah.
At that time, there was a Gileadite, Jephthah, a very strong man and a fighter, the son of a kept woman, and he was born of Gilead.
2 Men då Gileads hustru födde honom barn, och de samma barn vordo stor, drefvo de Jephthah ut, och sade till honom: Du skall intet arf taga i vårs faders huse; ty du äst ens annors qvinnos son.
Now Gilead had a wife, from whom he received sons. And they, after growing up, cast out Jephthah, saying, “You cannot inherit in the house of our father, because you were born of another mother.”
3 Då flydde han för sina bröder, och bodde i det landet Tob; och till honom församlade sig lösaktige män, och drogo ut med honom.
And so, fleeing and avoiding them, he lived in the land of Tob. And men who were indigent and robbers joined with him, and they followed him as their leader.
4 Och någon tid derefter stridde Ammons barn med Israel.
In those days, the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
5 Då nu Ammons barn så stridde med Israel, gingo de äldste af Gilead bort, till att hemta Jephthah utu Tobs lande;
And being steadfastly attacked, the elders of Gilead traveled so that they might obtain for their assistance Jephthah, from the land of Tob.
6 Och sade till honom: Kom, och var vår höfvitsman, att vi måge strida emot Ammons barn.
And they said to him, “Come and be our leader, and fight against the sons of Ammon.”
7 Men Jephthah sade till de äldsta af Gilead: Ären icke I de som mig haten, och hafven drifvit mig utu mins faders hus, och nu kommen I till mig, medan I ären i bedröfvelse?
But he answered them: “Are you not the ones who hated me, and who cast me out of my father’s house? And yet now you come to me, compelled by necessity?”
8 De äldste i Gilead sade till Jephthah: Derföre komme vi nu igen till dig, att du skall gå med oss, och hjelpa oss strida emot Ammons barn; och vara vår höfvitsman öfver alla de som bo i Gilead.
And the leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “But it is due to this necessity that we have approached you now, so that you may set out with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be commander over all who live in Gilead.”
9 Jephthah sade till de äldsta i Gilead: Om I hemten mig igen till att strida emot Ammons barn, och Herren gifver dem för mig, skall jag då vara edar höfvitsman?
Jephthah also said to them: “If you have come to me so that I may fight for you against the sons of Ammon, and if the Lord will deliver them into my hands, will I truly be your leader?”
10 De äldste af Gilead sade till Jephthah: Herren vare tillhörare emellan oss, om vi icke göre som du sagt hafver.
They answered him, “The Lord who hears these things is himself the Mediator and the Witness that we shall do what we have promised.”
11 Alltså gick då Jephthah med de äldsta af Gilead, och folket satte honom för höfvitsman och öfversta öfver sig; och Jephthah talade allt detta inför Herranom i Mizpa.
And so Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and all the people made him their leader. And Jephthah spoke all his words, in the sight of the Lord, at Mizpah.
12 Då sände Jephthah bådskap till Konungen öfver Ammons barn, och lät säga honom: Hvad hafver du med mig att skaffa, att du kommer emot mig, till att strida emot mitt land?
And he sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, who said on his behalf, “What is there between you and me, that you would approach against me, so that you might lay waste to my land?”
13 Konungen öfver Ammons barn svarade Jephthas bådskap: Derföre, att Israel hafver tagit bort mitt land, då de drogo utur Egypten, allt ifrån Arnon intill Jabbok, och allt intill Jordan; så få mig nu det igen med frid.
And he responded to them, “It is because Israel took my land, when he ascended from Egypt, from the parts of Arnon, as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan. Now therefore, restore these to me with peace.”
14 Jephthah sände åter bådskap till Ammons barnas Konung;
And Jephthah again commissioned them, and he ordered them to say to the king of Ammon:
15 Och lät säga honom: Så säger Jephthah: Israel hafver intet land borttagit, antingen ifrå de Moabiter, eller ifrån Ammons barn;
“Jephthah says this: Israel did not take the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon.
16 Förty när de drogo utur Egypten, vandrade Israel genom öknena allt intill röda hafvet, och kom till Kades;
But when they ascended together from Egypt, he walked through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and he went into Kadesh.
17 Och sände bådskap till de Edomeers Konung, och sade: Låt mig draga igenom ditt land; men de Edomeers Konung tillstadde dem intet. Och sände han båd till Konungen öfver de Moabiter; han ville icke heller tillstädjat. Så blef Israel i Kades;
And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Permit me to pass through your land.’ But he was not willing to agree to his petition. Likewise, he sent to the king of Moab, who also refused to offer him passage. And so he delayed in Kadesh,
18 Och vandrade i öknene, och drog omkring de Edomeers och Moabiters land, och kom östan på de Moabiters land, och lägrade sig på hinsidon Arnon; och kom intet in uti de Moabiters landsändar; ty Arnon är de Moabiters landamäre.
and he circled around the side of the land of Edom and the land of Moab. And he arrived opposite the eastern region of the land of Moab. And he made camp across the Arnon. But he was not willing to enter the borders of Moab. (Of course, Arnon is the border of the land of Moab.)
19 Och Israel sände båd till Sihon, de Amoreers Konung, i Hesbon, och sade: Låt oss draga igenom ditt land in till mitt rum.
And so Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who was living at Heshbon. And they said to him, “Permit me to cross through your land as far as the river.”
20 Men Sihon betrodde icke Israel, att han skulle draga igenom hans landsändar; utan församlade allt sitt folk, och lägrade sig i Jahza, och stridde med Israel.
But he, too, despising the words of Israel, would not permit him to cross through his borders. Instead, gathering an innumerable multitude, he went out against him at Jahaz, and he resisted strongly.
21 Men Herren Israels Gud gaf Sihon, med allt hans folk, i Israels händer, så att de slogo dem; alltså tog Israel in allt de Amoreers land, som då i samma land bodde;
But the Lord delivered him, with his entire army, into the hands of Israel. And he struck him down, and he possessed all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that region,
22 Och togo alla de Amoreers landsändar in, ifrån Arnon allt intill Jabbok, och ifrån öknene intill Jordan.
with all its parts, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
23 Så hafver nu Herren Israels Gud fördrifvit de Amoreer för sino folke Israel; och du vill nu taga dem in.
Therefore, it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who overthrew the Amorites, by means of his people Israel fighting against them. And now you wish to possess his land?
24 Hafver din gud Chemos några fördrifvit, dem må du intaga, och låta oss intaga alla dem som Herren vår Gud för oss fördrifvit hafver.
Are not the things that your god Chemosh possesses owed to you by right? And so, what the Lord our God has obtained by victory falls to us as a possession.
25 Menar du, att du bättre rätt hafver, än Balak, Zipors son, de Moabiters Konung? Trätte icke han och stridde emot Israel?
Or are you, perhaps, better than Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab? Or are you able to explain what his argument was against Israel, and why he fought against him?
26 Så ändock Israel nu i trehundrad år bott hafver i Hesbon och dess döttrar, i Aroer och dess döttrar, och i alla städer, som ligga vid Arnon; hvi friaden I det icke på den tiden?
And though he has lived in Heshbon, and its villages, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in all the cities near the Jordan for three hundred years, why have you, for such long a time, put forward nothing about this claim?
27 Jag hafver intet brutit emot dig, och du gör så illa emot mig, att du strider emot mig. Herren döme i dag emellan Israel och Ammons barn.
Therefore, I am not sinning against you, but you are doing evil against me, by declaring an unjust war against me. May the Lord be the Judge and the Arbiter this day, between Israel and the sons of Ammon.”
28 Men Ammons barnas Konung skötte intet efter de Jephthahs ord, som han böd honom till.
But the king of the sons of Ammon was not willing to agree to the words of Jephthah that he commissioned by the messengers.
29 Då kom Herrans Ande öfver Jephthah, och han drog igenom Gilead och Manasse, och igenom Mizpe, som i Gilead ligger, och ifrå Mizpe, som i Gilead ligger, inpå Ammons barn.
Therefore, the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Jephthah, and circling around Gilead, and Manasseh, and also Mizpah of Gilead, and crossing from there to the sons of Ammon,
30 Och Jephthah lofvade Herranom ett löfte, och sade: Gifver du Ammons barn i mina hand;
he made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you will deliver the sons of Ammon into my hands,
31 Hvad som helst utu mins hus dörr kommer emot mig, när jag med frid igenkommer ifrån Ammons barn, det skall höra Herranom till; och jag skall offra det till bränneoffer.
whoever will be the first to depart from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, the same will I offer as a holocaust to the Lord.”
32 Så drog Jephthah in på Ammons barn till att strida på dem; och Herren gaf dem i hans händer.
And Jephthah crossed to the sons of Ammon, so that he might fight against them. And the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 Och han slog dem, allt ifrån Aroer intilldess man kommer till Minnith, tjugu städer, och intill vingårdaplatsen, en mägtig stor slagtning. Och vordo så Ammons barn nedtryckte för Israels barn.
And he struck them down from Aroer, as far as the entrance to Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is covered with vineyards, in an exceedingly great slaughter. And the sons of Ammon were humbled by the sons of Israel.
34 Då nu Jephthah kom till Mizpa till sitt hus, si, då gick hans dotter ut emot honom, med pipande och dansande, och hon var enda barn, och han hade eljest ingen son eller dotter.
But when Jephthah returned to Mizpah, to his own house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and dances. For he had no other children.
35 Och som han fick se henne, ref han sin kläder, och sade: Aj! min dotter, du gör mig en hjertans sorg, och bedröfvar mig; ty jag hafver öppnat min mun inför Herranom, och kan icke kalla det tillbaka.
And upon seeing her, he tore his garments, and he said: “Alas, my daughter! You have cheated me, and you yourself have been cheated. For I opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do nothing else.”
36 Men hon sade: Min fader, hafver du öppnat din mun inför Herranom, så gör med mig såsom utaf din mun gånget är, efter Herren hafver hämnats på dina fiendar. Ammons barn.
And she answered him, “My father, if you have opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me whatever you have promised, since victory has been granted to you, as well as vengeance against your enemies.”
37 Och hon sade till sin fader: Allenast beder jag dig om ett, att du unner mig två månader, att jag går neder på bergen, och begråter min jungfrudom med mina leksystrar.
And she said to her father: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions.”
38 Han sade: Gack; och lät henne gå i två månader. Så gick hon bort med sina leksystrar, och begret sin jungfrudom på bergen.
And he answered her, “Go.” And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.
39 Och efter två månader kom hon igen till sin fader, och han gjorde henne såsom han lofvat hade; och hon hade intet skaffa haft med någrom man.
And when the two months expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her just as he had vowed, though she knew no man. From this, the custom grew up in Israel, and the practice has been preserved,
40 Och en sedvänja kom upp i Israel, att Israels döttrar gingo årliga till, och begreto Jephthahs den Gileaditens dotter, fyra dagar om året.
such that, after each year passes, the daughters of Israel convene as one, and they lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, for four days.
