اَلْقُضَاة 10

١ 1 وَقَامَ بَعْدَ أَبِيمَالِكَ لِتَخْلِيصِ إِسْرَائِيلَ تُولَعُ بْنُ فُوَاةَ بْنِ دُودُو، رَجُلٌ مِنْ يَسَّاكَرَ، كَانَ سَاكِنًا فِي شَامِيرَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man from Issachar who lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim, arose to deliver Israel.

٢ 2 فَقَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ ثَلَاثًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَمَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي شَامِيرَ.

He judged Israel twenty-three years. He died and was buried in Shamir.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ قَامَ بَعْدَهُ يَائِيرُ ٱلْجِلْعَادِيُّ، فَقَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

He was followed by Jair the Gileadite. He judged Israel twenty-two years.

٤ 4 وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ وَلَدًا يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِينَ جَحْشًا، وَلَهُمْ ثَلَاثُونَ مَدِينَةً. مِنْهُمْ يَدْعُونَهَا «حَوُّوثَ يَائِيرَ» إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. هِيَ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

٥ 5 وَمَاتَ يَائِيرُ وَدُفِنَ فِي قَامُونَ.

Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

٦ 6 وَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَعَبَدُوا ٱلْبَعْلِيمَ وَٱلْعَشْتَارُوثَ وَآلِهَةَ أَرَامَ وَآلِهَةَ صِيدُونَ وَآلِهَةَ مُوآبَ وَآلِهَةَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَآلِهَةَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَتَرَكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَلَمْ يَعْبُدُوهُ.

The people of Israel added to the evil they had done in the sight of Yahweh and worshiped the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and no longer worshiped him.

٧ 7 فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَاعَهُمْ بِيَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَبِيَدِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

Yahweh burned with anger toward Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites.

٨ 8 فَحَطَّمُوا وَرَضَّضُوا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ. ثَمَانِي عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً. جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي جِلْعَادَ.

They crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year, and for eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

٩ 9 وَعَبَرَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ لِيُحَارِبُوا أَيْضًا يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَبَيْتَ أَفْرَايِمَ. فَتَضَايَقَ إِسْرَائِيلُ جِدًّا.

Then the Ammonites crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

١٠ 10 فَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: «أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِأَنَّنَا تَرَكْنَا إِلَهَنَا وَعَبَدْنَا ٱلْبَعْلِيمَ».

Then the people of Israel called out to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

١١ 11 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ وَٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ خَلَّصْتُكُمْ؟

Yahweh said to the people of Israel, “Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

١٢ 12 وَٱلصِّيدُونِيُّونَ وَٱلْعَمَالِقَةُ وَٱلْمَعُونِيُّونَ قَدْ ضَايَقُوكُمْ فَصَرَخْتُمْ إِلَيَّ فَخَلَّصْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ؟

and also from the Sidonians? The Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you; you called out to me, and I delivered you from their power.

١٣ 13 وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ تَرَكْتُمُونِي وَعَبَدْتُمْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. لِذَلِكَ لَا أَعُودُ أُخَلِّصُكُمْ.

Yet you abandoned me again and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not keep adding to the times I deliver you.

١٤ 14 اِمْضُوا وَٱصْرُخُوا إِلَى ٱلْآلِهَةِ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُمُوهَا، لِتُخَلِّصَكُمْ هِيَ فِي زَمَانِ ضِيقِكُمْ».

Go and call out to the gods that you have worshiped. Let them rescue you when you have trouble.”

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ: «أَخْطَأْنَا، فَٱفْعَلْ بِنَا كُلَّ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ. إِنَّمَا أَنْقِذْنَا هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ».

The people of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned. Do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please, rescue us this day.”

١٦ 16 وَأَزَالُوا ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةَ مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ وَعَبَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ، فَضَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ بِسَبَبِ مَشَقَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

They got rid of the foreign gods among them and they worshiped Yahweh. Then Yahweh could bear Israel's misery no longer.

١٧ 17 فَٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ وَنَزَلُوا فِي جِلْعَادَ، وَٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَزَلُوا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ.

Then Ammonites gathered together and set up camp in Gilead. The Israelites came together and set up their camp at Mizpah.

١٨ 18 فَقَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ رُؤَسَاءُ جِلْعَادَ ٱلْوَاحِدُ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «أَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي يَبْتَدِئُ بِمُحَارَبَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ رَأْسًا لِجَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ جِلْعَادَ».

The leaders of the people of Gilead said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight the Ammonites? He will become the leader over all those who are living in Gilead.”