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Hukom 11
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Hukom 11
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Si Jefta
11 Si Jefta nga taga-Gilead isa ka maayo nga soldado. Ang iya amay amo si Gilead kag ang iya iloy isa ka babayi nga nagabaligya sang iya lawas. 2 May mga anak si Gilead sa iya gid asawa. Kag sang nagdalagko sila, ginpalayas nila si Jefta. Siling nila, “Wala ka gid sing may mapanubli sa amon amay, tungod kay anak ka sa iban nga babayi.” 3 Gani nagpalagyo si Jefta sa ila kag nag-estar sa Tob, nga sa diin nag-upod sa iya ang isa ka grupo sang mga bugoy.
4 Sadto nga tion, nag-inaway ang mga Ammonhon kag mga Israelinhon. 5 Tungod sini, ginpasugat sang mga manugdumala sang Gilead si Jefta didto sa Tob. 6 Siling nila, “Panguluhi kami sa amon pagpakig-away sa mga Ammonhon.” 7 Pero nagsabat si Jefta, “Indi bala nga naakig kamo sa akon kag ginpalayas ninyo ako sa balay sang akon amay? Karon nga ara na kamo sa kalisod, mangayo kamo sang bulig sa akon?” 8 Pero nagsiling sila, “Kinahanglan ka namon. Sige na, mag-upod ka sa amon sa pagpakig-away sa mga Ammonhon, kag ikaw ang mangin pangulo sa Gilead.” 9 Nagsabat si Jefta, “Kon mag-upod gid man ako sa inaway kag padag-on ako sang Ginoo, ako gid bala ang himuon ninyo nga pangulo?” 10 Nagsabat sila, “Huo, ikaw ang himuon namon nga pangulo. Ang Ginoo mismo amo ang amon saksi.”
11 Gani nag-upod si Jefta sa ila, kag ginhimo siya sang mga taga-Gilead nga ila pangulo kag kumander. Kag didto sa Mizpa, sa presensya sang Ginoo, ginhambal ni Jefta ang iya mga promisa bilang pangulo.
12 Dayon nagpasugo si Jefta sang mga mensahero sa pagpamangkot sa hari sang mga Ammonhon kon ngaa ginasalakay nila ang Israel. 13 Amo ini ang sabat sang hari sang mga Ammonhon sa mga mensahero ni Jefta: “Sang pagguwa sang mga Israelinhon sa Egipto, ginsakop nila ang amon mga duta halin sa Arnon hasta sa Jabok, pakadto sa Suba sang Jordan. Gani karon, ibalik ninyo ini sa amon sing matawhay.”
14 Ginpabalik ni Jefta ang mga mensahero sa hari sang mga Ammonhon 15 sa pagsiling, “Wala kami nangagaw sang duta sang Moab ukon sang Ammon. 16 Sang maghalin sa Egipto ang amon mga katigulangan, nag-agi sila sa kamingawan pakadto sa Mapula nga Dagat hasta nakaabot sila sa Kadesh. 17 Dayon nagpadala sila sang mga mensahero sa hari sang Edom agod pangabayon nga kon puwede tugutan sila nga mag-agi sa ila duta, pero wala sila gintugutan. Amo man ini ang ginhimo sang hari sang Moab sa ila. Gani nagpabilin na lang sila sa Kadesh.
18 “Sang ulihi, nagpadayon sila sa pagpanglakaton sa kamingawan. Naglibot sila sa Edom kag Moab hasta nga nakaabot sila sa sidlangan sang Moab sa tabok sang Arnon nga ililigan sang tubig. Didto sila nagkampo, pero wala sila nagtabok sa Arnon tungod kay dulunan ato sang Moab.
19 “Dayon nagpadala sila sang mga mensahero kay Sihon nga hari sang mga Amornon (nga nagahari sa Heshbon) agod magpangabay nga kon puwede tugutan sila nga mag-agi sa ila duta agod makaabot sila sa ila lugar. 20 Pero wala magsalig si Sihon sa ila. Sa baylo, gintipon niya ang iya mga soldado sa Jahaz kag ginsalakay ang mga Israelinhon. 21 Pero ginpapierdi sila sang Ginoo, ang Dios sang Israel, sa mga Israelinhon. Gani ginsakop sang mga Israelinhon ang tanan nga kadutaan sang mga Amornon nga nagaestar sa sadto nga lugar: 22 halin sa Arnon hasta sa Jabok, kag halin sa kamingawan hasta sa Suba sang Jordan.
23 “Gani ang Ginoo, ang Dios sang Israel, amo ang nagtabog sa mga Amornon kag naghatag sang ila duta sa mga Israelinhon. Kag karon gusto ninyo nga kuhaon ini? 24 Angkuna ninyo ang ginahatag sa inyo ni Kemosh nga inyo dios. Kag angkunon man namon ang ginahatag sa amon sang Ginoo nga amon Dios. 25 Ano, mas maayo ka pa kay Haring Balak sang Moab, nga anak ni Zipor? Wala gani sila nagpakigbais sa Israel parte sa duta ukon nagpakig-away sa ila. Indi bala? 26 Mga 300 na ka tuig nga nagaestar ang mga Israelinhon sa Heshbon kag sa Aroer, kag sa mga baryo sa palibot nila, pati sa mga banwa sa higad sang Arnon. Ngaa subong lang ninyo nadumduman nga kuhaon ini? 27 Wala kami sing may malain nga ginhimo sa inyo, pero kamo malain ang inyo ginahimo sa amon tungod kay gusto ninyo nga magpakig-away sa amon. Ang Ginoo amo ang maghukom sa aton kon sin-o sa aton ang husto.”
28 Pero wala gid ginsapak sang hari sang mga Ammonhon ang mensahi ni Jefta.
29 Karon, gin-gamhan si Jefta sang Espiritu sang Ginoo. Naglibot siya sa bug-os nga Gilead kag sa Manase sa pagtipon sang mga soldado. Pagkatapos nagbalik siya sa Mizpa nga sakop sang Gilead. Kag halin didto ginsalakay niya ang mga Ammonhon. 30 Nagpanumpa si Jefta sa Ginoo. Siling niya, “Kon sigurado nga ipapierdi mo sa akon ining mga Ammonhon, 31 ihalad ko bilang halad nga ginasunog sa imo ang una nga magguwa sa akon balay sa pagsugata sa akon pagpauli halin sa inaway.”
32 Nagpakig-away si Jefta sa mga Ammonhon, kag ginpadaog siya sang Ginoo. 33 Napierdi nila ang mga Ammonhon, kag damo gid ang ila ginpatay. Nasakop nila ang 20 ka banwa halin sa Aroer pakadto sa palibot sang Minit hasta sa Abel Keramim.
Ang Anak ni Jefta
34 Sang magpauli si Jefta sa Mizpa, ginsugata siya sang iya anak nga babayi nga nagasaot samtang nagatukar sang tamborin. Bugtong siya nga anak ni Jefta. 35 Sang makita siya ni Jefta, gin-gisi ni Jefta ang iya bayo sa kasubo, kag nagsiling, “Anak ko, ginpasubo mo gid ako tungod kay nakapanumpa ako sa Ginoo nga ihalad ko sa iya ang una nga magsugata sa akon, kag indi ko na ini mabawi.”
36 Nagsabat ang anak ni Jefta, “Tay, nakapanumpa ka sa Ginoo. Gani tumana ang ginsumpa mo, kay ginpadaog kamo sang Ginoo sa inyo mga kaaway nga mga Ammonhon. 37 Pero may isa lang ako ka butang nga ipangabay sa imo: tuguti ako nga sa duha ka bulan makalibot-libot ako sa mga bukid agod magpangasubo upod sang akon mga amiga, kay mapatay ako nga indi makapamana.” 38 Gintugutan siya ni Jefta. Gani sa sulod sang duha ka bulan, naglibot-libot siya sa mga bukid kaupod sang iya mga amiga agod magpangasubo, tungod kay mapatay siya nga indi makapamana. 39 Pagkaligad sang duha ka bulan, nagbalik siya sa iya amay. Kag gintuman ni Jefta ang iya ginsumpa sa Ginoo, kag napatay ang iya anak nga isa ka birhen. Amo ini ang ginsuguran sang kinabatasan sang Israel 40 nga sa kada tuig, nagalibot-libot sa mga bukid ang mga dalaga sang Israel kag nagapangasubo sa sulod sang apat ka adlaw bilang pagdumdom sa anak nga babayi ni Jefta nga taga-Gilead.
Judges 11
New International Version
Judges 11
New International Version
11 Jephthah(A) the Gileadite was a mighty warrior.(B) His father was Gilead;(C) his mother was a prostitute.(D) 2 Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.” 3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob,(E) where a gang of scoundrels(F) gathered around him and followed him.
4 Some time later, when the Ammonites(G) were fighting against Israel, 5 the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites.”
7 Jephthah said to them, “Didn’t you hate me and drive me from my father’s house?(H) Why do you come to me now, when you’re in trouble?”
8 The elders of Gilead said to him, “Nevertheless, we are turning to you now; come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be head(I) over all of us who live in Gilead.”
9 Jephthah answered, “Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me—will I really be your head?”
10 The elders of Gilead replied, “The Lord is our witness;(J) we will certainly do as you say.” 11 So Jephthah went with the elders(K) of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated(L) all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.(M)
12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: “What do you have against me that you have attacked my country?”
13 The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon(N) to the Jabbok,(O) all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably.”
14 Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king, 15 saying:
“This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab(P) or the land of the Ammonites.(Q) 16 But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea[a](R) and on to Kadesh.(S) 17 Then Israel sent messengers(T) to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’(U) but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab,(V) and he refused.(W) So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
18 “Next they traveled through the wilderness, skirted the lands of Edom(X) and Moab, passed along the eastern side(Y) of the country of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon.(Z) They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was its border.
19 “Then Israel sent messengers(AA) to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(AB) and said to him, ‘Let us pass through your country to our own place.’(AC) 20 Sihon, however, did not trust Israel[b] to pass through his territory. He mustered all his troops and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.(AD)
21 “Then the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and his whole army into Israel’s hands, and they defeated them. Israel took over all the land of the Amorites who lived in that country, 22 capturing all of it from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the desert to the Jordan.(AE)
23 “Now since the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over? 24 Will you not take what your god Chemosh(AF) gives you? Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us,(AG) we will possess. 25 Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor,(AH) king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them?(AI) 26 For three hundred years Israel occupied(AJ) Heshbon, Aroer,(AK) the surrounding settlements and all the towns along the Arnon. Why didn’t you retake them during that time? 27 I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. Let the Lord, the Judge,(AL) decide(AM) the dispute this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites.(AN)”
28 The king of Ammon, however, paid no attention to the message Jephthah sent him.
29 Then the Spirit(AO) of the Lord came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah(AP) of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.(AQ) 30 And Jephthah made a vow(AR) to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph(AS) from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.(AT)”
32 Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands. 33 He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith,(AU) as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.
34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing(AV) to the sound of timbrels!(AW) She was an only child.(AX) Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes(AY) and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.(AZ)”
36 “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised,(BA) now that the Lord has avenged you(BB) of your enemies,(BC) the Ammonites. 37 But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.”
38 “You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. 39 After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin.
From this comes the Israelite tradition 40 that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
Footnotes
- Judges 11:16 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Judges 11:20 Or however, would not make an agreement for Israel
Judges 11
King James Version
Judges 11
King James Version
11 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 And 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:
6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 And 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 into my place.
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 And the Lord 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.
22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Then the Spirit of the Lord 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.
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 And 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 the Lord, and I cannot go back.
36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39 And 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 no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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