Shoftim 11:1-11:33
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| יא:א וְיִפְתָּח הַגִּלְעָדִי, הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל, וְהוּא, בֶּן-אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה; וַיּוֹלֶד גִּלְעָד, אֶת-יִפְתָּח. | 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. |
| ב וַתֵּלֶד אֵשֶׁת-גִּלְעָד לוֹ, בָּנִים; וַיִּגְדְּלוּ בְנֵי-הָאִשָּׁה וַיְגָרְשׁוּ אֶת-יִפְתָּח, וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֹא-תִנְחַל בְּבֵית-אָבִינוּ--כִּי בֶּן-אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת, אָתָּה. | 2 And Gilead's wife bore 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.' |
| ג וַיִּבְרַח יִפְתָּח מִפְּנֵי אֶחָיו, וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ טוֹב; וַיִּתְלַקְּטוּ אֶל-יִפְתָּח אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים, וַיֵּצְאוּ עִמּוֹ. | 3 Then 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. |
| ד וַיְהִי, מִיָּמִים; וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ בְנֵי-עַמּוֹן, עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 4 And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. |
| ה וַיְהִי, כַּאֲשֶׁר-נִלְחֲמוּ בְנֵי-עַמּוֹן עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל; וַיֵּלְכוּ זִקְנֵי גִלְעָד, לָקַחַת אֶת-יִפְתָּח מֵאֶרֶץ טוֹב. | 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. |
| ו וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְיִפְתָּח--לְכָה, וְהָיִיתָה לָּנוּ לְקָצִין; וְנִלָּחֲמָה, בִּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן. | 6 And they said unto Jephthah: 'Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.' |
| ז וַיֹּאמֶר יִפְתָּח, לְזִקְנֵי גִלְעָד, הֲלֹא אַתֶּם שְׂנֵאתֶם אוֹתִי, וַתְּגָרְשׁוּנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי; וּמַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלַי, עַתָּה, כַּאֲשֶׁר, צַר לָכֶם. | 7 And 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?' |
| ח וַיֹּאמְרוּ זִקְנֵי גִלְעָד אֶל-יִפְתָּח, לָכֵן עַתָּה שַׁבְנוּ אֵלֶיךָ, וְהָלַכְתָּ עִמָּנוּ, וְנִלְחַמְתָּ בִּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן; וְהָיִיתָ לָּנוּ לְרֹאשׁ, לְכֹל יֹשְׁבֵי גִלְעָד. | 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: 'Therefore are we returned 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.' |
| ט וַיֹּאמֶר יִפְתָּח אֶל-זִקְנֵי גִלְעָד, אִם-מְשִׁיבִים אַתֶּם אוֹתִי לְהִלָּחֵם בִּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן, וְנָתַן יקוק אוֹתָם, לְפָנָי--אָנֹכִי, אֶהְיֶה לָכֶם לְרֹאשׁ. | 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.' |
| י וַיֹּאמְרוּ זִקְנֵי-גִלְעָד, אֶל-יִפְתָּח: יקוק, יִהְיֶה שֹׁמֵעַ בֵּינוֹתֵינוּ--אִם-לֹא כִדְבָרְךָ, כֵּן נַעֲשֶׂה. | 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: 'The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.' |
| יא וַיֵּלֶךְ יִפְתָּח עִם-זִקְנֵי גִלְעָד, וַיָּשִׂימוּ הָעָם אוֹתוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם לְרֹאשׁ וּלְקָצִין; וַיְדַבֵּר יִפְתָּח אֶת-כָּל-דְּבָרָיו לִפְנֵי יקוק, בַּמִּצְפָּה. | 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpah. |
| יב וַיִּשְׁלַח יִפְתָּח מַלְאָכִים, אֶל-מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי-עַמּוֹן לֵאמֹר: מַה-לִּי וָלָךְ, כִּי-בָאתָ אֵלַי לְהִלָּחֵם בְּאַרְצִי. | 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 unto me to fight against my land?' |
| יג וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי-עַמּוֹן אֶל-מַלְאֲכֵי יִפְתָּח, כִּי-לָקַח יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-אַרְצִי בַּעֲלוֹתוֹ מִמִּצְרַיִם, מֵאַרְנוֹן וְעַד-הַיַּבֹּק, וְעַד-הַיַּרְדֵּן; וְעַתָּה, הָשִׁיבָה אֶתְהֶן בְּשָׁלוֹם. | 13 And 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 cities peaceably.' |
| יד וַיּוֹסֶף עוֹד, יִפְתָּח; וַיִּשְׁלַח, מַלְאָכִים, אֶל-מֶלֶךְ, בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן. | 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon; |
| טו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ, כֹּה אָמַר יִפְתָּח: לֹא-לָקַח יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-אֶרֶץ מוֹאָב, וְאֶת-אֶרֶץ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן. | 15 and he said unto him: 'Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon. |
| טז כִּי, בַּעֲלוֹתָם מִמִּצְרָיִם; וַיֵּלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר עַד-יַם-סוּף, וַיָּבֹא קָדֵשָׁה. | 16 But when they came up from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh; |
| יז וַיִּשְׁלַח יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְאָכִים אֶל-מֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם לֵאמֹר אֶעְבְּרָה-נָּא בְאַרְצֶךָ, וְלֹא שָׁמַע מֶלֶךְ אֱדוֹם, וְגַם אֶל-מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב שָׁלַח, וְלֹא אָבָה; וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּקָדֵשׁ. | 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 hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not; and Israel abode in Kadesh. |
| יח וַיֵּלֶךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר, וַיָּסָב אֶת-אֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם וְאֶת-אֶרֶץ מוֹאָב, וַיָּבֹא מִמִּזְרַח-שֶׁמֶשׁ לְאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב, וַיַּחֲנוּן בְּעֵבֶר אַרְנוֹן; וְלֹא-בָאוּ בִּגְבוּל מוֹאָב, כִּי אַרְנוֹן גְּבוּל מוֹאָב. | 18 Then he walked 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 they pitched on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. |
| יט וַיִּשְׁלַח יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְאָכִים, אֶל-סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ-הָאֱמֹרִי מֶלֶךְ חֶשְׁבּוֹן; וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל, נַעְבְּרָה-נָּא בְאַרְצְךָ עַד-מְקוֹמִי. | 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 unto my place. |
| כ וְלֹא-הֶאֱמִין סִיחוֹן אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל, עֲבֹר בִּגְבֻלוֹ, וַיֶּאֱסֹף סִיחוֹן אֶת-כָּל-עַמּוֹ, וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּיָהְצָה; וַיִּלָּחֶם, עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. |
| כא וַיִּתֵּן יקוק א-לקי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-סִיחוֹן וְאֶת-כָּל-עַמּוֹ, בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל--וַיַּכּוּם; וַיִּירַשׁ, יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֵת כָּל-אֶרֶץ הָאֱמֹרִי, יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַהִיא. | 21 And the LORD, 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. |
| כב וַיִּירְשׁוּ, אֵת כָּל-גְּבוּל הָאֱמֹרִי--מֵאַרְנוֹן, וְעַד-הַיַּבֹּק, וּמִן-הַמִּדְבָּר, וְעַד-הַיַּרְדֵּן. | 22 And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan. |
| כג וְעַתָּה יקוק א-לקי יִשְׂרָאֵל, הוֹרִישׁ אֶת-הָאֱמֹרִי, מִפְּנֵי, עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְאַתָּה, תִּירָשֶׁנּוּ. | 23 So now the LORD, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them? |
| כד הֲלֹא אֵת אֲשֶׁר יוֹרִישְׁךָ, כְּמוֹשׁ אֱלֹהֶיךָ--אוֹתוֹ תִירָשׁ; וְאֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יקוק א-לקינוּ, מִפָּנֵינוּ--אוֹתוֹ נִירָשׁ. | 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. |
| כה וְעַתָּה, הֲטוֹב טוֹב אַתָּה, מִבָּלָק בֶּן-צִפּוֹר, מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב: הֲרוֹב רָב עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל, אִם-נִלְחֹם נִלְחַם בָּם. | 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? |
| כו בְּשֶׁבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן וּבִבְנוֹתֶיהָ וּבְעַרְעוֹר וּבִבְנוֹתֶיהָ, וּבְכָל-הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר עַל-יְדֵי אַרְנוֹן, שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת, שָׁנָה--וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא-הִצַּלְתֶּם, בָּעֵת הַהִיא. | 26 While 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? |
| כז וְאָנֹכִי, לֹא-חָטָאתִי לָךְ, וְאַתָּה עֹשֶׂה אִתִּי רָעָה, לְהִלָּחֶם בִּי: יִשְׁפֹּט יקוק הַשֹּׁפֵט, הַיּוֹם, בֵּין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבֵין בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן. | 27 I therefore 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.' |
| כח וְלֹא שָׁמַע, מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, אֶל-דִּבְרֵי יִפְתָּח, אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח אֵלָיו. | 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. |
| כט וַתְּהִי עַל-יִפְתָּח רוּחַ יקוק, וַיַּעֲבֹר אֶת-הַגִּלְעָד וְאֶת-מְנַשֶּׁה; וַיַּעֲבֹר, אֶת-מִצְפֵּה גִלְעָד, וּמִמִּצְפֵּה גִלְעָד, עָבַר בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן. | 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. |
| ל וַיִּדַּר יִפְתָּח נֶדֶר לַיקוק, וַיֹּאמַר: אִם-נָתוֹן תִּתֵּן אֶת-בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, בְּיָדִי. | 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said: 'If Thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, |
| לא וְהָיָה הַיּוֹצֵא, אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִדַּלְתֵי בֵיתִי לִקְרָאתִי, בְּשׁוּבִי בְשָׁלוֹם, מִבְּנֵי עַמּוֹן--וְהָיָה, לַיקוק, וְהַעֲלִיתִיהוּ, עֹלָה. | 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, it shall be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.' |
| לב וַיַּעֲבֹר יִפְתָּח אֶל-בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, לְהִלָּחֶם בָּם; וַיִּתְּנֵם יקוק, בְּיָדוֹ. | 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hand. |
| לג וַיַּכֵּם מֵעֲרוֹעֵר וְעַד-בֹּאֲךָ מִנִּית עֶשְׂרִים עִיר, וְעַד אָבֵל כְּרָמִים, מַכָּה, גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד; וַיִּכָּנְעוּ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 33 And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. |
