¹Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead had begotten Jephthah.

¹A Jefta Gileádsky bol udatný muž a bol synom ženy smilnice, a Gileád splodil Jeftu.

²And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons were grown, they expelled Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

²Ale aj žena Gileádova porodila Gileádovi synov. A keď dorástli synovia ženini, zahnali Jeftu a povedali mu: Nebudeš dediť v dome nášho otca, lebo si ty syn inej ženy.

³Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And vain men were gathered to Jephthah, and they made expeditions with him.

³Preto utiekol Jefta pred svojimi bratmi a býval v zemi Tóbe. A posberali sa k Jeftovi zaháľčiví mužovia a vychádzavali s ním.

⁴And it came to pass after some time, that the children of Ammon fought with Israel.

⁴A stalo sa po čase, že synovia Ammonovi bojovali s Izraelom.

⁵And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

⁵A stalo sa, keď bojovali synovia Ammonovi s Izraelom, že prišli starší kraja Gileáda, aby doviedli Jeftu zo zeme Tóba.

⁶And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon.

⁶A riekli Jeftovi: Poď a budeš nám kniežaťom, a budeme bojovať proti synom Ammonovým.

⁷And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come to me now when ye are in trouble?

⁷A Jefta povedal starším Gileáda: Či nie ste to vy, ktorí ste ma nenávideli a zahnali ste ma z domu môjho otca? A tedy prečo ste prišli ku mne teraz, keď vám je úzko?

⁸And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we have returned to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be head over all of us the inhabitants of Gilead.

⁸Na to riekli starší Gileáda Jeftovi: Práve preto sme sa teraz vrátili k tebe, pojdeš s nami a budeš bojovať proti synom Ammonovým a budeš nám hlavou, všetkým obyvateľom Gileáda.

⁹And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye take me back to fight against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah give them up before me, shall I be your head?

⁹Vtedy povedal Jefta starším Gileáda: Jestli ma vrátite, aby som bojoval proti synom Ammonovým, a Hospodin ich vydá predo mnou, či vám ja budem hlavou?

¹⁰And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words!

¹⁰A starší Gileáda riekli Jeftovi: Hospodin bude svedkom medzi nami, jestli by sme neučinili tak, podľa tvojho slova.

¹¹Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

¹¹Vtedy išiel Jefta so staršími Gileáda, a ľud ho učinil hlavou nad sebou a kniežaťom. A Jefta hovoril všetky svoje slová pred Hospodinom v Micpe.

¹²And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight against my land?

¹²Potom poslal Jefta poslov ku kráľovi synov Ammonových s odkazom: Čo ja mám s tebou, že si prišiel ku mne, aby si bojoval proti mojej zemi?

¹³And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok and unto the Jordan; and now restore it peaceably.

¹³A kráľ synov Ammonových povedal poslom Jeftovým: Lebo Izrael vzal moju zem, keď išiel hore z Egypta, od Arnona až po Jabok a až po Jordán, preto teraz vráť mi tie kraje v pokoji.

¹⁴And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,

¹⁴A Jefta poslal znova poslov ku kráľovi synov Ammonových

¹⁵and said to him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.

¹⁵a riekol mu: Takto hovorí Jefta: Izrael nevzal zeme Moábovej ani zeme synov Ammonových.

¹⁶But when they came up from Egypt, then Israel walked through the wilderness as far as the Red sea, and came to Kadesh.

¹⁶Ale keď išli hore z Egypta, išiel Izrael púšťou až k Rudému moru a prišiel do Kádeša.

¹⁷And 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. And they also sent to the king of Moab; and he would not. And Israel abode in Kadesh.

¹⁷Odtiaľ poslal Izrael poslov ku kráľovi Edoma a povedal mu: Dovoľ mi, prosím, žeby som prešiel cez tvoju zem: Ale kráľ Edoma nechcel počuť. A poslal i ku kráľovi Moábovmu. Ale nechcel ani ten. A tak zostal Izrael v Kádeši.

¹⁸And they walked through the wilderness, and went round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east of the land of Moab, and encamped beyond the Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab.

¹⁸Potom išiel púšťou. A keď obišiel zem Edomovu i zem Moábovu, prišiel od východu slnca k zemi Moábovej a táborili za Arnonom a nevošli na územie Moábovo, lebo Arnon bol hranicou Moábovou.

¹⁹And 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 unto my place.

¹⁹A Izrael poslal poslov k Síchonovi, kráľovi, Amoreja, ku kráľovi Chešbona, a Izrael mu riekol: Nech prejdeme, prosím, cez tvoju zem až na svoje miesto!

²⁰But Sihon trusted not Israel, to let him pass through his border, and Sihon gathered all his people, and they encamped in Jahzah; and he fought with Israel.

²⁰Lež Síchon neveril Izraelovi, aby bol dovolil prejsť cez svoje územie. Ale Síchon shromaždil všetok svoj ľud, a položili sa táborom v Johse, a bojoval s Izraelom.

²¹And Jehovah the God of Israel gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; and Israel took possession of the whole land of the Amorites, who dwelt in that country.

²¹Avšak Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, dal Síchona i všetok jeho ľud do ruky Izraelovej, a porazili ich, a Izrael zaujal celú zem Amoreja do dedičstva, obyvateľa tej zeme.

²²And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness unto the Jordan.

²²A tak zaujali celé územie Amoreja od Arnona až po Jabok do dedičstva a od púšte až po Jordán.

²³And now Jehovah the God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou take possession of it?

²³Nuž tak teraz Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, vyhnal Amoreja zpred tvári svojho ľudu Izraela, a ty tedy chceš zaujať jeho zem do dedičstva?

²⁴Dost not thou possess what Chemosh thy god puts thee in possession of? and whatever Jehovah our God has dispossessed before us, that will we possess.

²⁴Či azda nie je tak, že národ, ktorý ti dá vyhnať Kámoš, tvoj boh, toho zem zaujmeš do dedičstva, a ktorýkoľvek národ vyženie Hospodin, náš Bôh, zpred našej tvári, toho zem zaujmeme my do dedičstva?

²⁵And now art thou indeed better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive with Israel? did he ever fight against them?

²⁵A teraz čože? Či si ty ozaj lepší ako bol Balák, syn Cipporov, kráľ Moába? Či sa azda pravotil s Izraelom? A či snáď bojoval kedy proti nim, proti Izraelovi?

²⁶While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its dependent villages, and in Aroer and its dependent villages, and in all the cities that are along the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years -- why did ye not recover [them] within that time?

²⁶Kým doteraz býval Izrael v Chešbone a v jeho mestečkách, v Aroere a v jeho mestečkách a vo všetkých mestách, ktoré sú popri Arnone, toto už tristo rokov, nuž prečože ste ich nevytrhli v tom čase?

²⁷So I have not sinned against thee, but it is thou who doest me wrong in making war against me. Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon!

²⁷Ani ja som sa neprehrešil proti tebe, ale ty mi robíš zlé chcúc bojovať proti mne. Nech súdi Hospodin sudca dnes medzi synmi Izraelovými a medzi synmi Ammonovými!

²⁸But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.

²⁸Ale nepočul kráľ synov Ammonových na slová Jeftu, ktoré poslal k nemu.

²⁹Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed to Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.

²⁹Vtedy sostúpil Duch Hospodinov na Jeftu, a prešiel Gileádom a Manassesom a prešiel cez Micpu v Gileáde a z Micpy v Gileáde prešiel k synom Ammonovým.

³⁰And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt without fail give the children of Ammon into my hand,

³⁰A Jefta sľúbil Hospodinovi sľub a povedal: Ak istotne dáš synov Ammonových do mojej ruky,

³¹then shall that which cometh forth from the door of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

³¹vtedy bude, že to, čo vyjde zo dverí môjho domu oproti mne, keď sa navrátim v pokoji od synov Ammonových, bude Hospodinovo, a budem to obetovať zápalnou obeťou.

³²And Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah gave them into his hand.

³²A tak prešiel Jefta k synom Ammonovým, aby bojoval proti nim, a Hospodin ich dal do jeho ruky.

³³And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, twenty cities, even unto Abel-Cheramim, with a very great slaughter; and the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

³³A zbil ich od Aroera až potiaľ, ako ideš do Minníta, dvadsať miest, a až po Ábel-vinice porážkou, veľmi velikou, a tak boli zohnutí synovia Ammonovi pred synmi Izraelovými.

³⁴And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambours and with dances; and she was an only child: besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

³⁴A keď prišiel Jefta do Micpy vracajúc sa do svojho domu, hľa, jeho dcéra mu išla von oproti s bubny a kolotancami, a bola len ona jediná; nemal krome nej ani syna ani dcéry.

³⁵And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, 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 Jehovah, and I cannot go back.

³⁵A stalo sa, keď ju uvidel, že roztrhnul svoje rúcha a povedal: Ach, moja dcéra, veľmi si ma zohla a si jednou z tých, ktorí mi pôsobia trápenie, a ja, pretože som otvoril svoje ústa sľúbiac Hospodinovi sľub, nebudem môcť odvolať.

³⁶And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to Jehovah, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as Jehovah has taken vengeance for thee upon thine enemies, upon the children of Ammon.

³⁶A ona mu riekla: Môj otče, otvoril si svoje ústa sľúbiac Hospodinovi sľub, nuž učiň mi podľa toho, čo vyšlo z tvojich úst, keďže ti dal Hospodin, aby si sa pomstil na svojich nepriateľoch, na synoch Ammonových.

³⁷And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go and descend to the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

³⁷A ešte povedala svojmu otcovi: Dovoľ, nech sa mi učiní táto vec. Nechaj ma dva mesiace, aby som odišla a sišla na vrchy a plakala nad svojím panenstvom, ja i moje priateľky.

³⁸And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

³⁸A riekol: Iď. A poslal ju na dva mesiace. A tedy odišla ona i jej priateľky a plakala nad svojím panenstvom na vrchoch.

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on her the vow that he had vowed; and she had known no man. And it became a fixed custom in Israel,

³⁹A stalo sa po dvoch mesiacoch, že sa navrátila ku svojmu otcovi, ktorý vykonal pri nej svoj sľub, ktorý sľúbil. A ona nepoznala muža. A stalo sa to pevnou obyčajou v Izraelovi,

⁴⁰that from year to year the daughters of Israel go to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

⁴⁰že z roka na rok chodievajú dcéry Izraelove, aby spievaly dcére Jeftu Gileádskeho štyri dni v roku.