士師記 11
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師耶弗他
11 基列人耶弗他是個英勇的戰士，他父親名叫基列，母親是個妓女。 2 基列的妻子還生了幾個兒子，他們長大後，便把耶弗他趕出家門，說：「你是別的女人生的，你休想繼承我們父親的任何產業。」 3 耶弗他只好逃走，住在陀伯地區。有一群匪徒跟隨了他。
4 後來，亞捫人攻打以色列， 5 基列的眾長老就去陀伯請耶弗他， 6 對他說：「請你回來做統帥帶領我們對抗亞捫人。」 7 耶弗他說：「從前你們不是厭惡我，把我從父親家趕走的嗎？現在你們遭難，為什麼來找我？」 8 基列的眾長老說：「現在我們是來請你跟我們一起回去抵抗亞捫人，你可以做所有基列人的首領。」 9 耶弗他說：「如果我跟你們回去與亞捫人作戰，耶和華讓我打敗他們，我就真的可以做你們的首領嗎？」 10 基列的首領們說：「我們必聽從你的吩咐，有耶和華為我們作證。」 11 於是，耶弗他便跟他們一起回去。民眾擁立他做他們的首領和元帥。耶弗他在米斯巴將之前所說的話在耶和華面前重申一遍。
12 然後，他派遣使者去問亞捫王：「你與我有什麼相干？為什麼要攻打我的領土？」 13 亞捫王對他的使者說：「因為以色列人從埃及出來的時候佔據了我們的土地——從亞嫩河到雅博河，一直到約旦河。現在你們要乖乖地把這些土地還給我們。」 14 耶弗他再差遣使者去見亞捫王， 15 對他說：「以色列人並沒有佔據摩押和亞捫的土地。 16 當年以色列人離開埃及，經曠野渡過紅海來到加低斯， 17 然後派遣使者去見以東王，說，『求你讓我們經過你的領土。』以東王卻不答應。他們又派遣使者去見摩押王，摩押王也不答應。於是，以色列人就住在加低斯。 18 後來，他們走過曠野，繞過以東和摩押，到了摩押的東邊，在摩押的邊界亞嫩河東岸紮營，並沒有進入摩押境內。 19 以色列人派遣使者去見希實本的亞摩利王西宏，對他說，『求讓我們經過你的領土前往我們自己的土地。』 20 但西宏不信任以色列人，拒絕了他們的請求，並招聚全軍駐紮在雅雜，攻打他們。 21 但以色列的上帝耶和華幫助以色列人戰勝西宏和他的軍隊，佔領了他們所有的土地， 22 從亞嫩河直到雅博河，從曠野直到約旦河。 23 既然是以色列的上帝耶和華為祂的以色列子民趕走了亞摩利人，你憑什麼要奪取這塊土地？ 24 你擁有你們的神明基抹給你們的土地，我們也要擁有我們的上帝耶和華賜給我們的土地。 25 難道你比摩押王西撥的兒子巴勒更強嗎？他從未挑戰過以色列人，也未和以色列人交過戰。 26 三百年來，以色列人一直住在希實本及其周圍的鄉村、亞羅珥及其周圍的鄉村和亞嫩河沿岸一帶的城邑。在這期間，你們為什麼不收回這些土地呢？ 27 我們沒有得罪你們，你們卻攻打我們。願審判者耶和華今天在以色列人和亞捫人之間主持公道。」 28 可是，亞捫王不理會耶弗他派使者所傳的話。
29 那時，耶和華的靈降在耶弗他身上，他便經過基列和瑪拿西，來到基列的米斯巴，然後從那裡去迎戰亞捫人。 30 他向耶和華許願說：「如果你把亞捫人交在我手中， 31 讓我凱旋而歸，第一個從我家門出來迎接我的人必歸給你，我必把他獻給你作燔祭。」 32 於是，耶弗他率軍與亞捫人作戰，耶和華把敵人交在他手中， 33 他大敗敵軍，摧毀了從亞羅珥到米匿、遠至亞備勒·基拉明的二十座城。這樣，以色列人征服了亞捫人。
34 耶弗他返回自己在米斯巴的家，他的獨生女兒敲著鼓、跳著舞出來迎接他。 35 他一見自己的女兒，便撕裂衣服，說：「唉，我的女兒啊，你真讓我傷心欲絕！我向耶和華許了願，不能收回了！」 36 他女兒說：「父親啊，你既然向耶和華許了願，就照你許的願對待我吧！因為耶和華幫你打敗了敵軍亞捫人，為你報了仇。 37 但求你先給我兩個月的時間，讓我和同伴到山上去為我終身未嫁哀哭。」 38 耶弗他答應了，給了她兩個月的時間。於是，她便和同伴到山上為自己終身未嫁哀哭。 39 兩個月後，她回到父親那裡。她父親履行了自己所許的願。她終身未嫁。自此以後，在以色列有個習俗： 40 每年以色列的女子都去為基列人耶弗他的女兒哀哭四天。
Judges 11
Jubilee Bible 2000
11 ¶ Now Jephthah existed then, a Gileadite, a mighty man of valour, the son of a harlot unto whom Gilead had begat a son.
2 And Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they threw Jephthah out 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 vain men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.
4 ¶ And it came to pass after some days that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 And when the sons 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 thou shalt be our captain that we may fight with the sons 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? Why, therefore, are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, For this same reason we turn again to thee now that thou may go with us and fight against the sons of Ammon and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 Then Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the sons of Ammon and the LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Let the LORD hear between us, if we do not comply with thy words.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and prince over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
12 ¶ And Jephthah sent ambassadors unto the king of the sons 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 sons of Ammon replied unto the ambassadors of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok and unto the Jordan; now, therefore, restore those lands again peaceably.
14 Then Jephthah sent ambassadors again unto the king of the sons of Ammon,
15 saying unto him, Thus hath Jephthah said, Israel did not take land from Moab, nor land from the sons of Ammon,
16 but 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 hear them. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab, but he would not consent either; therefore Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and came by the side of the rising of the sun to the land of Moab; they pitched their camp on the other side of Arnon and did not enter 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 did not trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together and pitched camp in Jahaz and fought against Israel.
21 But 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 Amorite that inhabited that land.
22 And they possessed all the border of the Amorites from Arnon even unto Jabbok and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.
23 So now the LORD God of Israel has expelled the Amorites from before his people Israel and should thou possess it?
24 If Chemosh thy god should expel anyone for you, would thou not possess it? So whoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 Art thou better now in any thing than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Peradventure did he ever strive against Israel? Peradventure did he ever fight against them?
26 Furthermore, Israel has dwelt in Heshbon and her towns and in Aroer and her towns and in all the cities that are along by the coasts of Arnon, for three hundred years. Why, therefore, did ye not recover them within that time?
27 Therefore, I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me; let the LORD, who is the Judge, judge this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.
28 But the king of the sons of Ammon did not hear the reasons of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 ¶ Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and passed through Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went unto the sons of Ammon.
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the sons of Ammon into my hands,
31 whoever comes forth of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer them up for a burnt offering.
32 So Jephthah went over unto the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even unto Minnith twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons 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 those 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 has proceeded out of thy mouth, forasmuch as the LORD has taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the sons of Ammon.
37 And she said again 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 companions.
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 had never known a man. From here came the custom in Israel
40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, four days in a year.
Judges 11
New King James Version
Jephthah
11 Now (A)Jephthah the Gileadite was (B)a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. 2 Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have (C)no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of (D)Tob; and (E)worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.
4 It came to pass after a time that the (F)people of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 Then they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”
7 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, (G)“Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in [a]distress?”
8 (H)And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have (I)turned[b] again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be (J)our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
9 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?”
10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, (K)“The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.” 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him (L)head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words (M)before the Lord in Mizpah.
12 Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, (N)“What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?”
13 And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, (O)“Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from (P)the Arnon as far as (Q)the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably.”
14 So Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, 15 and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: (R)‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon; 16 for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and (S)came to Kadesh. 17 Then (T)Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let me pass through your land.” (U)But the king of Edom would not heed. And in like manner they sent to the (V)king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel (W)remained in Kadesh. 18 And they (X)went along through the wilderness and (Y)bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 Then (Z)Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, “Please (AA)let us pass through your land into our place.” 20 (AB)But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together, encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And the Lord God of Israel (AC)delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they (AD)defeated[c] them. Thus Israel gained possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country. 22 They took possession of (AE)all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23 ‘And now the Lord God of Israel has [d]dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel; should you then possess it? 24 Will you not possess whatever (AF)Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever (AG)the Lord our God takes possession of before us, we will possess. 25 And now, are you any better than (AH)Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them? 26 While Israel dwelt in (AI)Heshbon and its villages, in (AJ)Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time? 27 Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the Lord, (AK)the Judge, (AL)render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon.’ ” 28 However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which Jephthah sent him.
Jephthah’s Vow and Victory
29 Then (AM)the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah (AN)made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands, 31 then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, (AO)shall surely be the Lord’s, (AP)and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
32 So Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he [e]defeated them from Aroer as far as (AQ)Minnith—twenty cities—and to [f]Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
Jephthah’s Daughter
34 When Jephthah came to his house at (AR)Mizpah, there was (AS)his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he (AT)tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I (AU)have [g]given my word to the Lord, and (AV)I cannot [h]go back on it.”
36 So she said to him, “My father, if you have given your word to the Lord, (AW)do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because (AX)the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon.” 37 Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and [i]bewail my virginity, my [j]friends and I.”
38 So he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains. 39 And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he (AY)carried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She [k]knew no man.
And it became a custom in Israel 40 that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to [l]lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
Footnotes
- Judges 11:7 trouble
- Judges 11:8 returned
- Judges 11:21 Lit. struck
- Judges 11:23 driven out
- Judges 11:33 Lit. struck
- Judges 11:33 Lit. Plain of Vineyards
- Judges 11:35 Lit. opened my mouth
- Judges 11:35 Lit. take it back
- Judges 11:37 lament
- Judges 11:37 companions
- Judges 11:39 Remained a virgin
- Judges 11:40 commemorate
Juízes 11
Nova Traduҫão na Linguagem de Hoje 2000
Jefté
11 Jefté, da região de Gileade, era um soldado valente. O seu pai se chamava Gileade, e a sua mãe era uma prostituta. 2 A esposa de Gileade também teve filhos. Quando cresceram, eles expulsaram Jefté, dizendo:
— Você não vai herdar nada do nosso pai porque é filho de outra mulher.
3 Jefté fugiu dos seus irmãos e foi morar na terra de Tobe. Lá alguns homens ordinários se juntaram a ele, e andavam juntos.
4 Algum tempo depois os amonitas foram guerrear contra o povo de Israel. 5 Quando isso aconteceu, os chefes de Gileade foram buscar Jefté na terra de Tobe 6 e disseram:
— Venha com a gente e seja o nosso chefe na guerra contra os amonitas.
7 Jefté respondeu:
— Eu sei que vocês me odeiam; e odeiam tanto, que me fizeram sair da casa do meu pai. Como é que vocês vêm me pedir ajuda, agora que estão em dificuldade?
8 — Nós viemos falar com você porque queremos que comande todo o povo de Gileade na luta contra os amonitas! — responderam eles.
9 Jefté disse:
— Se me levarem de volta para casa a fim de lutar contra os amonitas, e se o Senhor Deus me der a vitória, eu serei o governador de vocês. Está certo?
10 Eles responderam:
— Sim. Nós faremos como você diz. O Senhor é a nossa testemunha.
11 Aí Jefté foi com os chefes de Gileade, e o povo o colocou como governador e chefe. E em Mispa, na presença do Senhor, Jefté fez o povo jurar que faria tudo o que havia sido dito.
12 Então Jefté enviou mensageiros ao rei dos amonitas. Os mensageiros disseram:
— O que é que vocês têm contra mim? Por que invadiram o meu país?
13 O rei dos amonitas respondeu:
— Quando os israelitas saíram do Egito, tomaram a minha terra, desde o rio Arnom até os rios Jaboque e Jordão. Agora, sem luta, vocês devem devolver a minha terra.
14 Jefté mandou outros mensageiros ao rei dos amonitas 15 com a seguinte resposta:
— O povo de Israel não tomou a terra de Moabe nem a terra de Amom. 16 Quando os israelitas saíram do Egito, foram pelo deserto até o golfo de Ácaba e daí até Cades. 17 Eles mandaram mensageiros ao rei dos edomitas, pedindo licença para passar pelas suas terras, mas ele não deixou. Então os israelitas pediram a mesma coisa ao rei de Moabe, porém ele também não deixou. Por isso os israelitas ficaram em Cades.
18 — Eles foram pelo deserto. Rodearam a terra dos edomitas e dos moabitas e chegaram até a parte leste de Moabe, no outro lado do rio Arnom. Acamparam ali, mas não atravessaram o rio porque estava na fronteira de Moabe. 19 Aí os israelitas mandaram mensageiros a Seom, o rei amorreu de Hesbom, e pediram licença para atravessar aquele país a fim de poderem chegar à sua terra. 20 Mas Seom não deixou. Levou todo o seu exército, acampou em Jasa e atacou o povo de Israel. 21 Mas o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, fez com que os israelitas derrotassem Seom e todos os seus homens. E assim os israelitas conquistaram toda a terra que era dos amorreus. 22 Tomaram toda a terra dos amorreus: desde o rio Arnom, ao Sul, até o rio Jaboque, ao Norte; e, desde o deserto, a Leste, até o rio Jordão, a Oeste. 23 Assim, foi o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, quem expulsou os amorreus para o seu povo, os israelitas. 24 E agora vocês querem tentar tomar a terra de volta? Podem ficar com tudo o que Quemos, o deus de vocês, lhes deu.
Mas nós vamos ficar com tudo o que o Senhor, nosso Deus, conquistou para nós. 25 Você pensa que é melhor do que Balaque, filho de Zipor, que era rei de Moabe? Será que alguma vez ele desafiou Israel? Quando foi que ele guerreou contra nós? 26 Durante trezentos anos o povo de Israel morou em Hesbom e Aroer. Morou também nas cidades vizinhas e em todas as outras cidades das margens do rio Arnom. Por que foi que vocês não tomaram essas cidades de volta durante todo esse tempo? 27 Não! Eu não fiz nada de errado contra vocês. Vocês é que fazem mal, querendo lutar contra mim. O Senhor é o juiz. Ele decidirá hoje entre os israelitas e os amonitas.
28 Mas o rei dos amonitas não quis ouvir a mensagem que Jefté havia mandado. 29 Então o Espírito do Senhor dominou Jefté, e ele atravessou Gileade e Manassés e voltou para Mispa, em Gileade. Dali foi para Amom 30 e prometeu ao Senhor o seguinte:
— Se fizeres com que eu vença os amonitas, 31 eu queimarei em sacrifício aquele que sair primeiro da minha casa para me encontrar quando eu voltar da guerra. Eu o oferecerei em sacrifício a ti.
32 Então Jefté atravessou o rio para lutar contra os amonitas, e o Senhor lhe deu a vitória. 33 Ele derrotou os amonitas desde Aroer até perto de Minite — vinte cidades ao todo — e continuou até Abel-Queramim. Houve uma grande matança, e os israelitas derrotaram os amonitas.
A filha de Jefté
34 Quando Jefté voltou para a sua casa, em Mispa, a sua filha saiu ao seu encontro, dançando e tocando pandeiro. Era filha única; ele não tinha mais nenhuma filha ou filho. 35 Quando Jefté a viu, ficou desesperado, rasgou as suas roupas e disse:
— Ah! Minha filha! Você está partindo o meu coração! Por que tem de ser você quem me vai fazer sofrer? Eu fiz uma promessa a Deus, o Senhor, e não posso voltar atrás.
36 Ela respondeu:
— Se o senhor fez uma promessa ao Senhor Deus, faça de mim o que prometeu. Pois o Senhor Deus deixou que o senhor se vingasse dos nossos inimigos, os amonitas.
37 E continuou:
— Só peço uma coisa: deixe que eu vá com as minhas amigas pelos montes e chore durante dois meses porque nunca chegarei a ser mãe.
38 E o pai deixou que ela fosse por dois meses. Então ela e as suas amigas saíram pelas montanhas, chorando porque ela nunca chegaria a ser mãe. 39 Depois dos dois meses, ela voltou para o pai. E ele fez o que havia prometido a Deus. Assim ela morreu virgem. Daí veio o costume de as mulheres israelitas 40 saírem durante quatro dias, todos os anos, para chorar pela filha de Jefté, o gileadita.
Књига о судијама 11
New Serbian Translation
Јефтај
11 Јефтај, Галађанин, је био силни ратник. Био је син блуднице, а Галад му је био отац. 2 Али Галаду је његова жена родила синове. Кад су одрасли, они су отерали Јефтаја с речима: „Ти немаш наследства у дому нашег оца јер си син друге жене.“ 3 Јефтај је побегао од своје браће и населио се у земљи Тов. Ту су се неке ништарије окупиле око њега, па су с њим пљачкале.
4 Након извесног времена, Амон је заратио против Израиља. 5 Кад су Амонци заратили против Израиља, старешине галадске дођу да врате Јефтаја из земље Тов. 6 Рекли су Јефтају: „Дођи и буди нам војвода, да ратујемо против Амонаца.“
7 Јефтај одговори старешинама галадским: „Нисте ли ме ви мрзели и отерали ме из дома мога оца? Зашто долазите к мени сад кад сте у невољи?“
8 Старешине Галада рекоше Јефтају: „Зато смо се сада вратили к теби. Ако пођеш с нама и ратујеш против Амонаца, бићеш главар нама и свим становницима Галада.“
9 Јефтај одговори старешинама Галада: „Ако ме одведете натраг да ратујем против Амонаца, и ако ми их Господ преда, хоћу ли вам бити главар?“
10 Галадске старешине одговоре Јефтају: „Нека Господ буде сведок међу нама; учинићемо како си рекао.“ 11 Јефтај је отишао са старешинама Галада, а народ га је поставио себи за главара и војводу. Јефтај је поновио све своје услове пред Господом у Миспи.
12 Онда је послао гласнике амонском цару рекавши: „Шта имаш против мене, те си дошао к мени да ратујеш против моје земље?“
13 Амонски цар одговори Јефтајевим гласницима: „По изласку из Египта, Израиљ је узео моју земљу од Арнона до Јордана и Јавока. Зато ми је сад врати милом.“
14 Јефтај је поново послао гласнике амонском цару 15 и рекао му:
„Овако каже Јефтај: Израиљ није узео ни моавску земљу, ни земљу Амонаца. 16 По изласку из Египта, Израиљ је ишао кроз пустињу до Црвеног мора и дошао у Кадис. 17 Израиљ је послао гласнике цару Едома рекавши: ’Дозволи ми да прођем кроз твоју земљу.’ Међутим, едомски цар није хтео да га послуша. Послао је гласнике и моавском цару, али ни он није дао свој пристанак. Тако је Израиљ остао у Кадису.
18 Настављајући пустињом, Израиљ је заобишао едомску и моавску земљу и дошао источно од моавске земље. Утаборили су се с друге стране Арнона. У моавске пределе нису ступали, јер је Арнон граница Моаву.
19 Израиљ је послао гласнике Сихону, аморејском цару, цару Есевона, рекавши му: ’Дозволи нам да прођемо кроз твоју земљу и дођемо на своје одредиште.’ 20 Али Сихон није веровао Израиљу да хоће само да пређе преко његовог подручја. Сихон је сабрао сву своју војску, утаборио се у Јаси и ступио у рат против Израиља.
21 Господ, Бог Израиљев, је предао Сихона и сву његову војску Израиљу у руке, те је Израиљ освојио сву земљу Аморејаца који су живели у тој земљи. 22 Освојили су сву област Аморејаца, од Арнона до Јавока, и од пустиње до Јордана.
23 Сад кад је Господ, Бог Израиљев, изгнао Аморејце пред својим народом, Израиљем, ти би хтео да нас изгнаш? 24 Зар ти не држиш у поседу оно што ти је дао Хамос, бог твој? Тако ћемо и ми задржати све оно што нам је Господ, Бог наш, дао да освојимо. 25 Да ниси можда бољи од Валака, сина Сефоровог, цара моавског? Да ли се он спорио са Израиљем? Да ли је он ратовао с њима? 26 Кад се Израиљ пре три стотине година населио у Есевону и његовим насељима, у Ароиру и његовим насељима, и у свим градовима уз Арнон, зашто их тада нисте отели? 27 Нисам ја теби скривио, него ти мени чиниш неправду ратујући против мене. Нека Господ, Судија, данас пресуди између Израиљаца и Амонаца.“
28 Али цар Амонаца се није обазирао на поруку коју му је Јефтај послао.
29 Тада Дух Господњи сиђе на Јефтаја, те он прође преко подручја Галада и Манасије настављајући преко Миспе галадске, и од Миспе галадске дође на Амонце. 30 Ту се Јефтај заветовао Господу, рекавши: „Ако предаш Амонце у моје руке, 31 ко први изађе на врата моје куће да ме дочека кад се вратим у миру од Амонаца, припашће Господу, и тога ћу принети на жртву свеспалницу.“
32 Јефтај оде к Амонцима да ратује против њих и Господ их предаде у његове руке. 33 Тукао их је од Ароира до Минита, двадесет градова – и до Авел-Керамима. Био је то велики пораз. Тако су Амонци били понижени пред Израиљцима.
34 Кад се Јефтај вратио својој кући у Миспу, у сусрет му изађе његова ћерка играјући уз бубњеве. Она му је била јединица; осим ње није имао других синова и ћерки. 35 Кад ју је Јефтај угледао, раздерао је своју одећу и закукао: „Јао, ћерко моја! У какав си ме јад бацила! Зар баш ти да ми донесеш несрећу! Заветовао сам се Господу и не могу порећи завет.“
36 Она му одговори: „Оче мој, својим устима си се заветовао Господу; учини са мном како си рекао, јер ти је Господ дао да се осветиш својим непријатељима, Амонцима.“ 37 Она још рече своме оцу: „Нека ми се дозволи ово: пусти ме на два месеца да идем по горама с мојим другарицама, да оплачем своје девичанство.“
38 Он одговори: „Иди!“ Пустио ју је на два месеца. Она је отишла са својим другарицама и оплакивала своје девичанство на горама. 39 Када су се навршила два месеца, вратила се своме оцу, а он је извршио над њом завет којим се заветовао. И никада није упознала човека.
Отуда обичај у Израиљу 40 да сваке године Израиљеве девојке одлазе и оплакују ћерку Јефтаја Галађанина, четири дана у години.
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