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Judges 11
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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.
Juízes 11
Nova Versão Transformadora
Juízes 11
Nova Versão Transformadora
Jefté se torna juiz de Israel
11 Jefté era um guerreiro corajoso. Era filho de Gileade, mas sua mãe era uma prostituta. 2 A esposa de Gileade teve muitos filhos, e quando esses meios-irmãos cresceram, expulsaram Jefté, dizendo: “Você não receberá parte alguma da herança de nosso pai, pois é filho de outra mulher”. 3 Então Jefté fugiu de seus irmãos e foi viver na terra de Tobe. Em pouco tempo, passou a chefiar um bando de desocupados que se uniram a ele.
4 Por essa época, os amonitas começaram a guerrear contra Israel. 5 Quando os amonitas atacaram, os líderes de Gileade mandaram buscar Jefté na terra de Tobe. 6 “Venha e seja nosso comandante!”, disseram. “Ajude-nos a lutar contra os amonitas!”
7 Mas Jefté lhes disse: “Não são vocês os mesmos que me odiavam e que me expulsaram da casa de meu pai? Por que me chamam agora que estão em apuros?”.
8 “Porque precisamos de você”, responderam os líderes. “Se você nos comandar na batalha contra os amonitas, nós o proclamaremos governante de todo o povo de Gileade.”
9 Jefté lhes disse: “Quer dizer que se eu for com vocês e o Senhor me der a vitória sobre os amonitas, governarei todo o povo?”.
10 Os líderes de Gileade responderam: “O Senhor é nossa testemunha de que faremos exatamente como você disse”.
11 Então Jefté foi com os líderes de Gileade, e o povo o fez governante e comandante do exército. Em Mispá, na presença do Senhor, Jefté repetiu o que tinha dito aos líderes.
12 Jefté enviou mensageiros ao rei de Amom para perguntar: “Por que você saiu para guerrear contra minha terra?”.
13 O rei de Amom respondeu aos mensageiros de Jefté: “Quando saíram do Egito, os israelitas roubaram minhas terras desde o rio Arnom até o rio Jaboque, e até o Jordão. Agora, devolva-nos pacificamente esse território”.
14 Jefté enviou a seguinte mensagem em resposta ao rei amonita:
15 “Assim diz Jefté: Israel não roubou terra alguma de Moabe nem de Amom. 16 Quando o povo de Israel veio do Egito e chegou a Cades, depois de atravessar o mar Vermelho,[a] 17 enviou mensageiros ao rei de Edom e pediu: ‘Deixe-nos passar por sua terra’. Contudo, seu pedido foi negado. Então fizeram o mesmo pedido ao rei de Moabe, mas ele também não os deixou passar. Por isso, o povo de Israel ficou em Cades.
18 “Depois, passaram pelo deserto, contornando Edom e Moabe. Acompanharam a divisa de Moabe a leste e acamparam do outro lado do rio Arnom. Em momento algum atravessaram o Arnom para entrar em Moabe, pois o Arnom era a divisa de Moabe.
19 “Então Israel enviou mensageiros a Seom, rei dos amorreus, que governava em Hesbom, e pediu: ‘Deixe-nos passar por sua terra, para chegarmos ao nosso destino’. 20 O rei Seom, porém, não confiava em Israel o suficiente para deixar o povo passar por seu território. Em vez disso, mobilizou seu exército em Jaza e atacou Israel. 21 Mas o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, entregou o rei Seom nas mãos de seu povo, que derrotou os amorreus. Israel tomou posse de toda a terra dos amorreus que viviam naquela região, 22 desde o Arnom até o Jaboque, e desde o deserto até o Jordão.
23 “Como você vê, foi o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, que tirou a terra dos amorreus e a entregou a Israel. Por que, então, haveríamos de devolvê-la? 24 Fique com o que seu deus Camos lhe der, e nós ficaremos com o que o Senhor, nosso Deus, nos der. 25 Acaso você é melhor que Balaque, filho de Zipor, rei de Moabe? Ele tentou disputar esses territórios com Israel? Entrou em guerra contra os israelitas?
26 “Israel vive aqui há trezentos anos. Habita em Hesbom e nos povoados ao redor, até Aroer e seus povoados, e todas as cidades às margens do rio Arnom. Por que, até agora, vocês não fizeram esforço algum para reaver esse território? 27 Portanto, não pequei contra você. Pelo contrário, você fez mal ao me atacar. Que o Senhor, o Juiz, decida hoje qual de nós está certo: Israel ou Amom”.
28 Mas o rei de Amom não deu atenção à mensagem de Jefté.
O voto de Jefté
29 Então o Espírito do Senhor veio sobre Jefté. Ele atravessou o território de Gileade e Manassés, incluindo Mispá em Gileade, e dali avançou contra os amonitas. 30 Jefté fez um voto ao Senhor: “Se entregares os amonitas em minhas mãos, 31 darei ao Senhor o que sair primeiro de minha casa quando eu regressar vitorioso. Eu o oferecerei como holocausto”.
32 Jefté saiu com seu exército para combater os amonitas, e o Senhor os entregou em suas mãos. 33 Ele aniquilou os amonitas e destruiu vinte cidades, desde Aroer até os arredores de Minite, chegando até Abel-Queramim. Assim, os israelitas derrotaram os amonitas.
34 Quando Jefté voltou para casa em Mispá, sua filha saiu ao seu encontro, tocando tamborim e dançando. Era sua única filha; ele não tinha nenhum outro filho nem filha. 35 Quando Jefté a viu, rasgou as próprias roupas e gritou. “Ah, minha filha! Você acabou comigo! Trouxe desgraça sobre mim! Fiz um voto ao Senhor e não posso voltar atrás!”.
36 Ela disse: “Pai, se fez um voto ao Senhor, faça comigo o que prometeu, pois o Senhor lhe deu grande vitória sobre seus inimigos, os amonitas. 37 Mas, primeiro, permita que eu ande pelos montes e chore com minhas amigas por dois meses, pois morrerei virgem”.
38 “Pode ir”, disse Jefté, e deixou que ela se ausentasse por dois meses. Ela e suas amigas foram para os montes e lamentaram, pois ela jamais teria filhos. 39 Quando ela voltou para casa, seu pai cumpriu o voto que havia feito, e ela morreu sem ter tido relações com homem algum.
Por isso, tornou-se costume em Israel 40 as moças israelitas saírem por quatro dias todos os anos para lamentar o destino da filha de Jefté, de Gileade.
Footnotes
- 11.16 Em hebraico, mar de juncos.
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
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