¹Gileadlane Jefta oli vapper sõjamees, aga hooranaise poeg; Jefta isa oli Gilead.

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

²Gileadile sünnitas tema naine poegi; kui selle naise pojad kasvasid suureks, siis ajasid nad Jefta ära ja ütlesid temale: 'Sina ei saa pärisosa meie isakojas, sest sa oled teise naise poeg.'

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.

³Ja Jefta põgenes oma vendade eest ning elas Toobimaal; Jefta ümber kogunesid tühised mehed ja tegid koos temaga retki.

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.

⁴Mõne aja pärast hakkasid ammonlased Iisraeli vastu sõdima.

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

⁵Ja kui ammonlased sõdisid Iisraeli vastu, siis Gileadi vanemad läksid tooma Jeftat Toobimaalt.

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

⁶Nad ütlesid Jeftale: 'Tule ja ole meile juhiks, et me saaksime sõdida ammonlaste vastu!'

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

⁷Aga Jefta vastas Gileadi vanemaile: 'Eks te ole mind vihanud ja mind mu isakojast ära ajanud? Miks tulete minu juurde nüüd, kui teil on kitsas käes?'

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?

⁸Ja Gileadi vanemad ütlesid Jeftale: 'Me tuleme nüüd sellepärast taas sinu juurde, et sa tuleksid koos meiega ja sõdiksid ammonlaste vastu ning oleksid pealikuks meile kõigile Gileadi elanikele!'

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.

⁹Siis Jefta ütles Gileadi vanemaile: 'Kui te viite mind tagasi sõdima ammonlaste vastu ja Issand annab nad minu kätte, alles siis olen ma teie pealik.'

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?

¹⁰Ja Gileadi vanemad vastasid Jeftale: 'Issand olgu tunnistajaks meie vahel, kui me ei tee nõnda su sõna järgi!'

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

¹¹Siis Jefta läks koos Gileadi vanematega ning rahvas pani tema enesele pealikuks ja juhiks. Ja Jefta rääkis kõik oma sõnad Issanda ees Mispas.

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.

¹²Siis Jefta läkitas käskjalad ammonlaste kuningale ütlema: 'Mis on sinul minuga tegemist, et sa tuled mu juurde sõdima minu maa vastu?'

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?

¹³Ja ammonlaste kuningas vastas Jefta käskjalgadele: 'Sellepärast et Egiptusest tulles võttis Iisrael mu maa Arnonist kuni Jabboki ja Jordanini; anna see nüüd rahuga tagasi!'

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.

¹⁴Ja Jefta läkitas taas käskjalad ammonlaste kuninga juurde

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

¹⁵ning käskis temale öelda: 'Nõnda ütleb Jefta: Iisrael ei ole võtnud Moabimaad ega ammonlaste maad.

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

¹⁶Sest kui nad Egiptusest tulid, rändas Iisrael kõrbes kuni Kõrkjamereni ja jõudis Kaadesisse.

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

¹⁷Siis Iisrael läkitas käskjalad Edomi kuningale ütlema: Lase ma lähen su maast läbi! Aga Edomi kuningas ei võtnud seda kuulda. Ta läkitas käskjalad Moabi kuninga juurde, aga seegi ei nõustunud. Nii jäi Iisrael Kaadesisse.

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.

¹⁸Siis ta rändas kõrbes ja läks ümber Edomimaa ja Moabimaa ja tuli Moabimaa idapiirile ning lõi leeri üles teisel pool Arnonit ega tulnud Moabi maa-alale, sest Arnon on Moabi piiriks.

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.

¹⁹Seejärel läkitas Iisrael käskjalad emorlaste kuninga, Hesboni kuninga Siihoni juurde ning ütles temale: Lase meid minna oma maast läbi minu sihtkohta!

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.

²⁰Aga Siihon ei usaldanud Iisraeli, et see läheb tema maa-alast ainult läbi, vaid Siihon kogus kokku kogu oma rahva ja nad lõid leeri üles Jaasasse; ja ta sõdis Iisraeli vastu.

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.

²¹Aga Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, andis Siihoni ja kogu ta rahva Iisraeli kätte ja nad lõid neid; ja Iisrael päris kogu emorlaste maa, kes elasid seal maal.

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.

²²Nad pärisid kogu emorlaste maa-ala Arnonist kuni Jabbokini ja kõrbest kuni Jordanini.

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

²³Nii on siis nüüd Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, ajanud ära emorlased oma Iisraeli rahva eest, aga sina tahad pärida seda maad!

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

²⁴Kas sa ei peaks pärima seda, mis su jumal Kemos annab sulle pärida? Siis meie pärime kõik selle, mis Issand, meie Jumal, meie eest tühjendab.

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.

²⁵Kas sa oled siis nüüd tõesti parem kui Baalak, Sippori poeg, Moabi kuningas? Kas riidles tema Iisraeliga või sõdis nende vastu?

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?

²⁶Iisrael on elanud Hesbonis ja selle tütarlinnades, Aroeris ja selle tütarlinnades ja kõigis linnades, mis on Arnoni kallastel, kolmsada aastat. Miks te ei ole selle aja jooksul neid ära võtnud?

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?

²⁷Mina ei ole sinu vastu pattu teinud, sina aga teed mulle paha, et sõdid mu vastu. Issand, kohtumõistja, mõistku täna õigust Iisraeli laste ja ammonlaste vahel!'

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!

²⁸Aga ammonlaste kuningas ei kuulanud Jefta sõnu, mis see temale läkitas.

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

²⁹Siis tuli Jefta peale Issanda Vaim ja ta läks läbi Gileadi ja Manasse ning läks läbi Gileadi Mispa; ja Gileadi Mispast läks ta ammonlaste vastu.

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.

³⁰Ja Jefta andis Issandale tõotuse ning ütles: 'Kui sa tõesti annad ammonlased minu kätte,

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

³¹siis see, kes iganes väljub mu koja ustest mulle vastu, kui ma ammonlaste juurest pöördun rahuga tagasi, kuulugu Issandale ja ma ohverdan ta põletusohvriks!'

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.

³²Siis Jefta läks ammonlaste vastu, et nendega sõdida, ja Issand andis nad tema kätte.

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

³³Ja ta lõi neid väga suures tapluses Aroerist kuni Minniti teelahkmeni, kahtkümmend linna, ja kuni Aabel-Keramimini; nõnda alandati ammonlased Iisraeli laste ees.

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.

³⁴Kui Jefta tuli koju Mispasse, vaata, siis tuli ta tütar välja temale vastu trummidega ja ringtantsu tantsides. Ja see oli tema ainus laps, ei olnud tal peale selle poega ega tütart.

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.

³⁵Aga kui ta teda nägi, siis käristas ta oma riided lõhki ja ütles: 'Oh mu tütar, sa surud mind põlvili! Et sina oled see, kes tõukab mind õnnetusse! Aga ma olen avanud oma suu Issanda poole ega või taganeda.'

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.

³⁶Aga tütar ütles temale: 'Mu isa! Kui sa oled avanud oma suu Issanda poole, siis talita minuga, nagu sinu suust on välja tulnud, kui nüüd Issand on lasknud sind kätte maksta su vaenlastele ammonlastele!'

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.

³⁷Siis ta ütles oma isale: 'Lubatagu mulle seda: jäta mind veel kaheks kuuks, et saaksin minna ja käia mägedel ning nutta oma neitsipõlve, mina ja mu sõbrannad!'

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.

³⁸Ja tema vastas: 'Mine!' ja saatis ta ära kaheks kuuks. Siis ta läks, tema ja ta sõbrannad, ning nuttis mägedel oma neitsipõlve.

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.

³⁹Aga kahe kuu pärast tuli ta tagasi oma isa juurde ja see talitas temaga oma tõotuse kohaselt, mille ta oli andnud; tema ei saanudki meest tunda. Ja see sai Iisraelis tavaks,

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,

⁴⁰et igal aastal, neli päeva aastas, käisid Iisraeli tütred lauluga ülistamas gileadlase Jefta tütart.

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