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

¹Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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.

²And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

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

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

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

⁴And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

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

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

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

⁶and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

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?

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

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.

⁸And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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?

⁹And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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

¹⁰And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.

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.

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

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?

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

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.

¹³And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.

¹⁴A Jefta poslal znova poslov ku kráľovi synov Ammonových

¹⁴And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;

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

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

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

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

¹⁷then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

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.

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 came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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!

¹⁹And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.

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.

²⁰But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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.

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

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

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

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

²³So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?

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?

²⁴Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

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?

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

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?

²⁶While Israel dwelt 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; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?

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!

²⁷I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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

²⁸Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

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.

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

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

³⁰And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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.

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

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

³²So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

³⁷And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

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

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

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,

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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

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