¹Ary Jefta Gileadita dia lehilahy mahery sy zanaky ny vehivavy janga; ary Gileada no rainy niteraka azy.

¹And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he [is] son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah,

²Ary ny vadin'i Gileada dia niteraka zazalahy maro taminy; ary nony efa lehibe ireo zana-badiny ireo, dia nandroaka an'i Jefta ka nanao taminy hoe: Tsy handova eto amin'ny taranaky ny rainay ianao, fa zanaky ny vehivavy hafa.

²and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife`s sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman [art] thou.`

³Ary Jefta nandositra ny rahalahiny ka nonina tany amin'ny tany Toba; dia nisy olom-poana nivory teo amin'i Jefta ka niaraka taminy.

³And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.

⁴Ary nony ela, dia nanafika ny Zanak'Isiraely ny taranak'i Amona.

⁴And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,

⁵Ary rehefa nanafika ny Isiraely ny taranak'i Amona, dia nandeha ny loholon'i Gileada haka an'i Jefta hiala any amin'ny tany Toba.

⁵and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;

⁶Ary hoy izy ireo taminy: Avia ho mpitarika anay ianao, hiadiantsika amin'ny taranak'i Amona.

⁶and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.`

⁷Fa hoy Jefta tamin'ny loholon'i Gileada: Tsy efa nankahala ahy va ianareo ka nandroaka ahy hiala tao an-tranon'ny raiko? Koa nahoana no mankaty amiko indray ianareo ankehitriny, nony azom-pahoriana?

⁷And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, `Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?`

⁸Dia hoy ny loholon'i Gileada tamin'i Jefta: Izany no iverenanay atỳ aminao ankehitriny, mba handehananao miaraka aminay, sy hiadianao amin'ny taranak'i Amona, ka dia ho lohany aminay mponina rehetra any Gileada ianao.

⁸and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head — to all the inhabitants of Gilead.`

⁹Dia hoy Jefta tamin'ny loholon'i Gileada: Raha ho entinareo mody indray aho mba hiady amin'ny taranak'i Amona, ka hatolotr'i Jehovah eo anoloako ireny, dia izaho hoe no ho lohany aminareo?

⁹And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, `If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me — I, am I to you for a head?`

¹⁰Dia hoy ny loholon'i Gileada tamin'i Jefta: Jehovah no ho vavolombelona amintsika, raha tsy hataonay araka izany teninao izany.

¹⁰And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us — if according to thy word we do not so.`

¹¹Dia nandeha Jefta niaraka tamin'ny loholon'i Gileada, ka dia nasandratry ny vahoaka ho lohany sy ho mpitarika azy izy; ary Jefta nilaza ny teniny rehetra teo anatrehan'i Jehovah tao Mizpa.

¹¹And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh.

¹²Dia naniraka olona Jefta nankamin'ny mpanjakan'ny taranak'i Amona hanao hoe: Moa mifaninona akory izaho sy ianao, no tonga atỳ amiko hiady amin'ny taniko ianao?

¹²And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What — to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.`

¹³Dia hoy ny mpanjakan'ny taranak'i Amona tamin'ny irak'i Jefta: Satria nalain'ny Isiraely ny taniko hatrany Arnona ka hatrany Jaboka ary hatrany Jordana, fony niakatra avy tany Egypta izy; koa avereno amin'ny fihavanana ary izany ankehitriny.

¹³And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, `Because Israel took my land in his coming up out of Egypt, from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; and now, restore them in peace.`

¹⁴Ary Jefta naniraka olona indray nankany amin'ny mpanakan'ny taranak'i Amona

¹⁴And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,

¹⁵ka nanao taminy hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jefta: Ny Isiraely tsy naka ny tanin'i Moaba na ny tanin'ny taranak'i Amona.

¹⁵and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

¹⁶Fa fony niakatra avy tany Egypta ny Isiraely, dia nandeha nitety ny efitra hatramin'ny Ranomasina Mena izy ka tonga tany Kadesy.

¹⁶for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,

¹⁷Dia naniraka olona ny Isiraely nankany amin'ny mpanjakan'i Edoma ka nanao hoe: Aoka mba handeha hamaky ny taninao aho; fa tsy nety nihaino izany ny mpanjakan'i Edoma. Ary naniraka tany amin'ny mpanjakan'i Moaba koa izy; fa tsy nety koa izy; dia nitoetra tany Kadesy ny Isiraely.

¹⁷and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through thy land, and the king of Edom hearkened not; and also unto the king of Moab hath [Israel] sent, and he hath not been willing; and Israel abideth in Kadesh,

¹⁸Dia nandeha nitety ny efitra izy ka nanodidina ny tany Edoma sy ny tany Moaba, dia tonga teo atsinanan'i Moaba, ka nitoby teo an-dafin'i Arnona, fa tsy niditra teo anatin'ny faritanin'i Moaba; fa Arnona no fari-tanin'i Moaba.

¹⁸and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and cometh in at the rising of the sun of the land of Moab, and they encamp beyond Arnon, and have not come into the border of Moab, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab.

¹⁹Ary ny Isiraely dia naniraka olona tany amin'i Sihona, mpanjakan'ny Amorita, izay mpanjakan'i Hesbona; ary hoy ny Isiraely taminy: Aoka mba handeha hamaky ny taninao izahay hankany amin'ny fonenanay.

¹⁹`And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to him, Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land, unto my place,

²⁰Fa Sihona tsy natoky ny Isiraely hamaky ny fari-taniny, fa namory ny vahoakany rehetra izy, dia nitoby tany Jahaza ka niady tamin'ny Isiraely.

²⁰and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and they encamp in Jahaz, and fight with Israel;

²¹Ary Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, nanolotra an'i Sihona sy ny vahoakany rehetra teo an-tànan'ny Isiraely, ka namely azy ireo; dia azon'ny Isiraely ny tanin'ny Amorita rehetra, mponina tany amin'izany tany izany.

²¹and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land,

²²Dia nahazo ny tanin'ny Amorita rehetra izy hatrany Arnona, ka hatrany Jaboka ary hatramin'ny efitra ka hatrany Jordana.

²²and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan.

²³Koa ankehitriny, Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, efa nandroaka ny Amorita teo anoloan'ny Isiraely olony: ary ianao kosa va tahaka ny tany?

²³`And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldst possess it!

²⁴Moa tsy hotananao izay tany omen'i Kemosy andriamanitrao anao va? Atỳ izay tany rehetra omen'i Jehovah Andriamanitray anay dia mba hotananay kosa.

²⁴That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess — dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, — it we do possess.

²⁵Moa tsara noho Balaka, zanak'i Zipora, mpanjakan'i Moaba, va ianao? Nety nanohitra ny Isiraely na niady taminy akory va izy?

²⁵`And now, [art] thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?

²⁶Raha ny Isiraely nitoetra telon-jato taona tany Hesboala sy ny zana-bohiny ary tany Aroera sy ny zana-bohiny ary tany amin'ny tanàna rehetra eny amoron'i Arnona, nahoana no tsy nalainareo ny tany tamin'izany andro izany?

²⁶In Israel`s dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which [are] by the sides of Arnon three hundred years — and wherefore have ye not delivered them in that time?

²⁷Izaho tsy nanota taminao, fa ianao no manisy ratsy ahy, fa miady amiko;

²⁷And I — I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil — to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.`

²⁸Nefa tsy nohenoin'ny mpanjakan'ny taranak'i Amona ny tenin'i Jefta, izay nampitondrainy tany aminy.

²⁸And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,

²⁹Ary tonga tao amin'i Jefta ny Fanahin'i Jehovah, dia nandeha nitety an'i Gileada sy Manase izy; ka dia nitety an'i Mizpa any Gileada koa izy ka niala tany Mizpa any Gileada, dia nandroso nankany amin'ny taranak'i Amona.

²⁹and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon.

³⁰Ary Jefta nivoady tamin'i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Raha hatolotrao eo an-tanako tokoa ny taranak'i Amona,

³⁰And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand —

³¹dia ho an'i Jehovah Izay mivoaka amin'ny varavaran'ny tranoko hitsena ahy, rehefa miverina soa aman-tsara avy any amin'ny taranak'i Amona aho, ary hateriko ho fanatitra dorana izany.

³¹then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon — it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it — a burnt-offering.`

³²Dia nandeha Jefta nankany amin'ny taranak'i Amona hiady aminy: ary natolotr'i Jehovah teo an-tànany ireo.

³²And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,

³³Dia namely azy izy hatrany Aroera ka hatrany akaikin'i Minita sy hatrany Abela-keramima, dia tanàna roa-polo, ka be dia be no maty. Dia resy teo anoloan'ny Zanak'Isiraely ny taranak'i Amona.

³³and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards — a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.

³⁴Ary Jefta tonga tany Mizpa ho any an-tranony, ary, indro, nivoaka ny zananivavy nitondra ampongatapaka sy mpandihy hitsena azy; ary vavy tokany io, fa tsy nanana zanakalahy na zanakavavy afa-tsy io izy.

³⁴And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

³⁵Koa rehefa nahita azy Jefta, dia nandriatra ny fitafiany ka nanao hoe: Indrisy, ry zanako-vavy! Efa nampitanondrika ahy indrindra ianao, ary ianao no tonga nampidi-doza tamiko; fa izaho efa niloa-bava tamin'i Jehovah, ka tsy azoko afody intsony.

³⁵And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I — I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.`

³⁶Fa hoy ny zananivavy taminy: Ry dada ô, raha niloa-bava tamin'i Jehovah ary ianao, dia ataovy amiko araka izay naloaky ny vavanao, satria Jehovah efa namaly ny taranak'i Amona fahavalonao ho anao.

³⁶And she saith unto him, `My father — thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.`

³⁷Dia hoy koa izy tamin'ny rainy: Aoka izao no hatao amiko: aza maninona ahy aloha hatramin'ny roa volana mba handehandehanako hankeny amin'ny havoana hitomaniako, izaho sy ny namako, noho izaho mbola tsy nanambady akory.

³⁷And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity — I and my friends.`

³⁸Dia hoy kosa rainy: Mandehana ary. Dia nampandeha azy roa volana izy; ary dia nandeha razazavavy sy ny namany ka nitomany teny amin'ny havoana noho izy mbola tsy nanam-bady akory.

³⁸And he saith, `Go;` and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;

³⁹Ary rehefa tapitra ny roa volana, dia niverina tany amin'ny rainy izy; ary nataony taminy araka ny voadiny izay nataony; ary tsy mbola nahalala lahy izy. Ary tonga fanao tamin'ny Isiraelyny fandehanan'ny zazavavin'ny Isiraely isan-taona hankalaza ny zanakavavin'i Jefta Gileadita hefarana isan-taona.[Na: hitomany]

³⁹and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:

⁴⁰ny fandehanan'ny zazavavin'ny Isiraely isan-taona hankalaza ny zanakavavin'i Jefta Gileadita hefarana isan-taona.[Na: hitomany]

⁴⁰from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.