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Judges 11
Maori Bible
Judges 11
Maori Bible
11 Na he tangata marohirohi a Iepeta Kireari, he tama na tetahi wahine kairau: a na Kireara hoki a Iepeta.
2 A i whanau etahi tama ma Kireara raua ko tana wahine; a, no te kaumatuatanga ake o nga tama a tana wahine, ka peia e ratou a Iepeta: i mea ki a ia, Kahore he tukunga iho mou i te whare o to tatou papa; he tama hoki koe na te wahine ke.
3 Na ka rere a Iepeta i ona teina, a noho ana i te whenua o Topo: na ka huihui etahi tangata wairangi ki a Iepeta, a haere tahi ana ratou.
4 A roa iho, na ka whawhai nga tamariki a Amona ki a Iharaira.
5 A, i te whawhaitanga a nga tamariki a Amona ki a Iharaira, na ka haere nga kaumatua o Kireara ki te tiki i a Iepeta i te whenua o Topo.
6 A ka mea ki a Iepeta, Haere mai, a ko koe hei rangatira hoia mo matou, kia whawhai ai tatou ki nga tamariki a Amona.
7 Na ka mea a Iepeta ki nga kaumatua o Kireara, kahore ianei koutou i kino ki ahau, i pei i ahau i roto i te whare o toku papa? a he aha koutou i haere mai ai ki ahau i a koutou ka hemanawa nei?
8 Na ka mea nga kaumatua o Kireara ki a Iepeta, Koia matou ka tahuri atu nei ki a koe inaianei, kia haere ai koe i a matou ki te whawhai ki nga tamariki a Amona, a ko koe hei upoko mo matou, mo nga tangata katoa hoki o Kireara.
9 Na ka mea a Iepeta ki nga kaumatua o Kireara, Ki te whakahokia atu ahau e koutou ki te whawhai ki nga tamariki a Amona, a ka homai ratou e Ihowa ki ahau, tera ranei ahau e waiho hei upoko mo koutou?
10 Na ka mea nga kaumatua o Kireara ki a Iepeta, Ko Ihowa hei kaititiro i waenganui i a tatou; he pono e rite ki tau kupu ta matou e mea ai.
11 Na ka haere tahi a Iepeta ratou ko nga kaumatua o Kireara, a ka meinga ia e te iwi hei upoko, hei rangatira mo ratou: a ka korerotia e Iepeta ana kupu katoa ki te aroaro o Ihowa ki Mihipa.
12 Katahi ka tono tangata atu a Iepeta ki te kingi o nga tamariki a Amona, hei mea, He aha tau i haere mai ai koe ki ahau, ki toku whenua whawhai ai?
13 Na ka mea te kingi o nga tamariki a Amona ki nga tangata a Iepeta, Na Iharaira hoki i tango toku whenua i tona haerenga ake i Ihipa, i Aronona atu a tae noa ki Iapoko, ki Horano: na ata whakahokia mai aua wahi.
14 Na ka tono tangata ano a Iepeta ki te kingi o nga tamariki a Amona:
15 Hei mea ki a ia, Ko te kupu tenei a Iepeta, Kihai i tangohia e Iharaira te whenua o Moapa, te whenua ranei o nga tamariki a Amona:
16 Engari i to Iharaira haerenga ake i Ihipa, a ka haereerea te koraha a tae noa ki te Moana Whero, a ka tae ki Karehe;
17 Na ka tono tangata a Iharaira ki te kingi o Eroma, hei mea, Tukua ahau kia tika atu ma tou whenua; na kihai te kingi o Eroma i rongo. I tono ano ia ki te kingi o Moapa: a kihai tera i pai. Na ka noho a Iharaira ki Karehe.
18 Katahi ratou ka haere puta noa i te koraha; taiawhiotia ana e ratou te whenua o Eroma, me te whenua o Moapa, a ka tae mai ki te taha ki te rawhiti o te whenua o Moapa, ka noho ki tera taha o Aranona, kihai hoki i haere ki roto ki te rohe o Moapa: ko Aranona hoki te rohe o Moapa.
19 Na ka tono tangata a Iharaira ki a Hihona kingi o nga Amori, kingi o Hehepona; a ka mea a Iharaira ki a ia, Tukua matou kia tika atu ma tou whenua ki toku wahi.
20 Heoi kihai a Hihona i tuku i a Iharaira kia tika ma tona rohe: na huihuia ana e Hihona tona iwi katoa, a noho ana ki Iahata; na, ko tana whawhaitanga kia Iharaira.
21 Na ka homai e Ihowa, e te Atua o Iharaira a Hihona me tona iwi katoa ki te ringa o Iharaira: na patua iho ratou, a tangohia ana e Iharaira te whenua katoa o nga Amori i noho ki taua whenua.
22 I tangohia hoki e ratou nga rohe katoa o nga Amori; i Aranona ki Iapoko, i te koraha ki Horano.
23 Na kua peia nei e Ihowa, e te Atua o Iharaira nga Amori i te aroaro o tana iwi, o Iharaira, a me riro ranei i a koe?
24 E kore ianei koe e mau ki nga wahi i whakawhiwhia ki a koe e tou atua, e Kemoho? a ka riro mai hoki i a matou to te hunga e peia ana e Ihowa, e to matou Atua, i to matou aroaro.
25 He nui ake ranei tou pai i to Paraka tama a Tiporo kingi o Moapa? i mea ranei ia ki te tohe ki a Iharaira, ki te whawhai ranei ki a ratou?
26 I a Iharaira e noho ana i Hehepona, i ona pa ririki, i Aroere hoki, i ona pa ririki, i nga pa katoa ano i nga taha o Aranona, e toru rau nga tau; he aha hoki te tangohia ai e koutou i taua wa?
27 Na kahore oku hara ki a koe; engari e he ana tau mahi ki ahau, tau whawhai ki ahau: ma Ihowa, ma te kaiwhakawa e whakawa aianei nga tamariki a Iharaira me nga tamariki a Amona.
28 Heoi kihai i rongo te kingi o nga tamariki a Amona ki nga kupu a Iepeta i tukua atu ai ki a ia.
29 Na ka tau te wairua o Ihowa ki runga ki a Iepeta, a ka haere ia puta noa i Kireara, i Manahi, i haere hoki puta noa i Mihipe o Kireara, a haere ana i Mihipe o Kireara ki nga tamariki a Amona.
30 Na ka oatitia he oati e Iepeta ki a Ihowa: i mea ia, Ki te tino homai e koe nga tama a Amona ki toku ringa,
31 Na, ko te mea e puta mai ana i nga tatau o toku whare ki te whakatau i ahau, ina hoki ora mai ahau i nga tama a Amona, ma Ihowa tena, ka whakaekea ano e ahau hei tahunga tinana.
32 Na ka haere a Iepeta ki nga tamariki a Amona ki te whawhai ki a ratou; a ka homai ratou e Ihowa ki tona ringa.
33 Na tukitukia ana ratou e ia, i Aroere atu a tae noa koe ki Miniti, e rua tekau nga pa, ki te mania ano i nga mara waina; he nui rawa te patunga. Na kua hinga nga tamariki a Amona i nga tamariki a Iharaira.
34 Na ka haere a Iepeta ki tona whare ki Mihipa, na, ko te putanga mai o tana tamahine ki te whakatau i a ia, me te timipera, me te kanikani. Ko tana huatahi ia; kahore atu hoki ana tama, tamahine ranei, ko ia anake.
35 A, no tona kitenga i a ia, na ka haea ona kakahu, ka mea, Aue, e taku tamahine, kua pehia rawatia ahau e koe ki raro, kei roto hoki koe i te hunga e raru ai ahau: kua puaki hoki toku mangai ki a Ihowa, e kore ano e taea te hoki.
36 Na ka mea tera ki a ia, E toku papa, kua puaki nei tou mangai ki a Ihowa, meatia ki ahau nga mea i puta mai i tou mangai, mo ta Ihowa tohenga i te utu mou i ou hoariri, i nga tamariki a Amona.
37 I mea ano ia ki tona papa, Kia meatia tenei mea ki ahau, waiho noa iho ahau, kia rua nga marama, a ka piki ahau, ka heke i nga maunga tangi ai ki toku wahinetanga, matou ko oku hoa.
38 Ano ra ko ia, Haere. Na ka unga atu ia e ia, kia rua nga marama: heoi haere ana ia, ratou ko ona hoa, a tangihia ana e ia tona wahinetanga i runga i nga maunga.
39 A, no te takanga o nga marama e rua, na, ka hoki ia ki tona papa, a meatia ana e ia ki a ia tana i oati ai: kihai hoki taua kotiro i mohio ki te tane. Na ka waiho hei tikanga i roto i a Iharaira,
40 Kia haere nga tamahine a Iharaira i ia tau, i ia tau, ki te tangi i te kotiro a Iepeta Kireari: e wha nga ra i roto i te tau.
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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