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

¹Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of 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.

²Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, “You shall not inherit in our father’s house; for you are the son of another woman.”

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

³Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

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

⁴It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against 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.

⁵It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;

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

⁶and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of 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?

⁷Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you 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.

⁸The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over 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?

⁹Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?”

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

¹⁰The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.”

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.

¹¹Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.

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?

¹²Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, “What have you to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against 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.

¹³The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan: now therefore restore that territory again peaceably.”

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

¹⁴Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of 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 he said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn’t take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

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

¹⁶but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds , and came 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.

¹⁷then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel stayed 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.

¹⁸Then they went 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 they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn’t come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was 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.

¹⁹Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to 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.

²⁰But Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against 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.

²¹Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

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

²²They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.

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

²³So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?

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

²⁴Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

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

²⁵Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever 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?

²⁶While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn’t you recover them within that time?

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

²⁷I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.”

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

²⁸However the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent 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.

²⁹Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on 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.

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

³⁰Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of 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 shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.”

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

³²So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered 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.

³³He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children 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.

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

³⁵It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can’t go 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.

³⁶She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of 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.

³⁷She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”

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.

³⁸He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

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]

³⁹It happened 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 was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,

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

⁴⁰that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.