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.

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

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.”

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.'

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.

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

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

⁴Mõne aja pärast hakkasid ammonlased Iisraeli vastu sõdima.

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;

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

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

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

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?”

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?'

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.”

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!'

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?”

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.'

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

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

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.

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

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?”

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

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.”

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

¹⁴Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;

¹⁴Ja Jefta läkitas taas käskjalad ammonlaste kuninga juurde

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,

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

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;

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.’

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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?

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?

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.”

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!'

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

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

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.

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.

³⁰Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.”

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.'

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.”

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!'

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.”

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!'

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

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

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,

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,

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

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