Judges 11
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.
गिलादी यिप्ता एक जना शक्तिशाली योद्धा थिए, तर तिनी एक जना वेश्याका छोरा थिए । गिलाद तिनका पिता थिए ।
2 And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.
गिलादकी पत्नीले पनि तिनका निम्ति अरू छोराहरू जन्माइन् । जब तिनकी पत्नीकी छोराहरू हुर्के, तिनीहरूले यिप्तालाई घर छोड्न बाध्य पारे र तिनलाई भने, “हाम्रो परिवारबाट तैंले केही पनि पैतृक अंश पाउनेछैनस् । तँ अर्कै स्त्रीको छोरा होस् ।”
3 So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.
यसैले यिप्ता आफ्ना दाजुभाइबाट भागे र तोब देशमा बसोबास गरे । हुर्दुङ्गे मानिसहरू यिप्तासँग मिले र उनीहरू आए र तिनीसँगै गए ।
4 Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
केही दिनपछि, अम्मोनका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध सुरु गरे ।
5 And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;
जब अम्मोनका मानिसहरूले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध गरे, तब गिलादका एल्डरहरू तोब देशबाट यिप्तालाई फर्काएर ल्याउनको निम्ति त्यहाँ गए ।
6 And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.
तिनीहरूले यिप्तालाई भने, “आउनुहोस् र हाम्रो अगुवा हुनुहोस् ताकि हामी अम्मोनका मानिहरूसँग युद्ध लड्न सकौं ।”
7 But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?
यिप्ताले गिलादका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “तपाईंहरूले मलाई हेला गर्नुभयो र मेरो पिताको घर छोडेर जान मलाई बाध्ये पार्नुभयो । अब तपाईंहरू समस्यामा पर्नुहुँदा चाहिं तपाईंहरू मकहाँ किन आउनुहुन्छ?”
8 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.
गिलादका अगुवाहरूले यिप्तालाई भने, “त्यसकारण अब हामी तपाईंकहाँ फर्केका छौं । हामीसँग आउनुहोस् र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नुहोस्, र तपाईं नै गिलादमा बस्ने सबैका अगुवा हुनुहुनेछ ।”
9 Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?
यिप्ताले गिलादका अगुवाहरूलाई भने, “अम्मोनका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्नलाई तपाईंहरूले मलाई फेरि घर लानुभयो भने, र परमप्रभुले हामीलाई तिनीहरूमाथि विजय दिनुभयो भने, म तपाईंहरूका अगुवा हुनेछु ।”
10 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.
गिलादका अगुवाहरूले यिप्तालाई भने, “हामीले जस्तो भन्छौं त्यस्तै गरेनौं भने हाम्रा बिचमा परमप्रभु नै साक्षी हुनुहुन्छ!”
11 So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.
यसैले यिप्ता गिलादका अगुवाहरूसँग गए, र मानिसहरूले तिनलाई आफूमाथि अगुवा र कमाण्डर बनाए । जब यिप्ता मिस्पामा परमप्रभुको सामु थिए, तब तिनले आफूले गरेका सबै प्रतिज्ञाहरू दोहोर्याए ।
12 Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?
अनि यिप्ताले अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाकहाँ यसो भनेर दूतहरू पठाए, “हाम्रा बिचमा के कुराले द्वन्द भएको हो? हाम्रो देश कब्जा गर्न सेनासित तपाईं किन आउनुभएको छ?”
13 And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.
अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाले यिप्ताका दूतहरूलाई जवाफ दिए, “किनभने जब इस्राएल मिश्रदेशबाट आए, तब तिनीहरूले मेरो देशलाई अर्नोनदेखि यब्बोक हुँदै यर्दनसम्म कब्जा गरे । अब शान्तिसित ती जमिन फिर्ता दिनुहोस् ।”
14 And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,
फेरि यिप्ताले अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए,
15 And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;
र तिनले भने, “यिप्ता यसो भन्छन्: इस्राएलले मोआब देश र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका देशलाई लिएको थिएन,
16 But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the waste land to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;
तर तिनीहरू मिश्रदेशबाट आए, र इस्राएल उजाड-स्थान हुँदै लाल समुद्रमा र कादेशमा गए ।
17 Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.
जब इस्राएलले यसो भनेर एदोमका राजालाई दूतहरू पठाए, ‘कृपया हामीलाई तपाईंको देशबाट भएर जान दिनुहोस्,’ एदोमका राजाले सुनेनन् । तिनीहरूले मोआबका राजाकहाँ पनि दूतहरू पठाए, तर तिनले इन्कार गरे । यसरी इस्राएलचाहिं कादेशमा नै बसे ।
18 Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.
त्यसपछि तिनीहरू उजाड-स्थानबाट गए र एदोम र मोआबको देशबाट टाढा गए, र तिनीहरू मोआब देशको पूर्वी ठाउँ हुँदै हिंडे र तिनीहरूले अर्नोनको अर्कोपट्टि छाउनी हाले । तर तिनीहरू मोआबको सिमानाभित्र गएनन्, किनकि अर्नोनचाहिं मोआबको सिमानामा थियो ।
19 And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let me now go through your land to my place.
इस्राएलले हेश्बोनमा राज्य गर्ने एमोरीहरूका राजा सीहोनकहाँ दूतहरू पठाए । इस्राएलले उनलाई भने, ‘कृपया हामीलाई आफ्नो देशमा जानलाई तपाईंको देशको बाटो भएर जान दिनुहोस् ।’
20 But Sihon would not give way and let Israel go through his land; and Sihon got together all his people, and put his army in position in Jahaz, and made war on Israel.
तर आफ्नो सिमानाभित्रबाट जानको निम्ति सीहोनले इस्राएलमाथि विश्वास गरेनन् । यसैले सीहोनले आफ्ना सबै सेना जाम्मा गरे र उनले तिनीहरूलाई यहसामा लगे, र त्यहाँ उनले इस्राएलको विरुद्ध युद्ध गरे ।
21 And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them; so all the land of the Amorites, the people of that land, became Israel's.
तब इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले सीहोन र तिनका सारा मानिसलाई इस्राएलको हातमा दिनुभयो र तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई परास्त गरे । यसैले इस्राएलले एमोरीहरूको देशको सबै जमिन अधिकार गरे ।
22 All the limit of the Amorites was theirs, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and from the waste land even to Jordan.
तिनीहरूले एमोरीहरूका सिमानाभित्र अर्नोनदेखि यब्बोकसम्म, र उजाड-स्थानदेखि यर्दनसम्म हरेक कुरामा अधीन गरे ।
23 So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?
यसरी इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले आफ्ना मानिस इस्राएलको सामुबाट एमोरीहरूलाई खेद्नुभएको हो, र के तपाईं अब उनीहरूको देशमाथि अधिकार गर्नुहुन्छ?
24 Do you not keep the lands of those whom Chemosh your god sends out from before you? So we will keep all the lands of those whom the Lord our God sends out from before us.
के तपाईंहरूका देवता कमोशले तपाईंहरूलाई जुन देश दिन्छन्, त्यही तपाईंहरू लिनुहुन्छ होइन र? यसैले हाम्रा परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले जुन देश हामीलाई दिनुभएको छ, त्यो हामी अधिकार गर्छौं ।
25 What! are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever take up a cause against Israel or make war against them?
के अब तपाईं मोआबका राजा, सिप्पोरका छोरा बालकभन्दा असल हुनुहुन्छ र? के तिनले इस्राएलसँग बहस गर्ने आँट गरे?
26 While Israel was living in Heshbon and its daughter-towns and in Aroer and its daughter-towns and in all the towns which are by the side of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not get them back at that time?
जब इस्राएल हेश्बोन र त्यसका गाउँहरू, र अरोएर र त्यसका गाउँहरू, र अर्नोनका किनारका सबै सहरहरूमा तिन सय वर्षसम्म बसोबास गर्दा, तपाईंहरूले किन त्यस बेला ती फिर्ता लिनुभएन?
27 So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
मैले तपाईंहरूलाई केही गलत गरेको छैनँ, तर तपाईंहरूले मलाई आक्रमण गरेर मेरो खराबी गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ । न्यायकर्ता परमप्रभुले नै आज इस्राएलका मानिस र अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका बिचमा निर्णय गर्नुहुनेछ ।”
28 The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.
तर अम्मोनका मानिसहरूका राजाले यिप्ताले पठाएका चेतावनीलाई इन्कार गरे ।
29 Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he went through Gilead and Manasseh, and came to Mizpeh of Gilead; and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went over to the children of Ammon.
तब परमप्रभुको आत्मा यिप्तामाथि आउनुभयो, र तिनी गिलाद र मनश्शेबाट भएर गए, र गिलादको मिस्पाबाट भएर तिनी अम्मोनका मानिसहरूकहाँ पुगे ।
30 And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,
यिप्ताले परमप्रभुसँग एउटा बाकल गरे र भने, “तपाईंले मलाई अम्मोनका मानिसहरूमाथि विजय दिनुभयो भने,
31 Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.
अम्मोनका मानिसहरूबाट म शान्तमा फर्केर आउँदा मेरा घरको ढोकाहरूबाट मलाई भेट्न जेसुकै कुरा बाहिर आए पनि त्यो परमप्रभुको हुनेछ, र त्यसलाई म होमबलिको रूपमा चढाउनेछु ।”
32 So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.
यसैले अम्मोनीहरूसँग युद्ध गर्न यिप्ता तिनीहरूकहाँ गए, र परमप्रभुले उनलाई विजय दिनुभयो ।
33 And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel.
तिनले तिनीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे र अरोएरदेखि मिन्नीतसम्म बिसवटा सहर र हाबिल-करमीमसम्म ठुलो सङ्ख्यामा मारे । यसरी अम्मोनका मानिसहरूलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको अधीनमा पारे ।
34 Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
यिप्ता आफ्नो घर मिस्पामा आए र त्यहाँ तिनकी छोरी तिनलाई भेट्न खैंजडी बजाउँदै र नाच्दै बाहिर आइन् । यिनी तिनकी एक मात्र छोरी थिइन्, र यिनीबाहेक तिनको अरू छोरा वा छोरी थिएन ।
35 And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.
तिनले उनलाई देख्नेबित्तिकै, तिनले आफ्ना लुगाहरू च्याते र भने, “ओहो, मेरी छोरी! तिमीले मलाई दुःखले चुर पारेकी छ्यौ, र मलाई कष्ट दिने एउटा कारण तिमी भएकी छ्यौ! किनकि मैले परमप्रभुसँग एउटा भाकल गरेको छु, र मेरो भाकलबाट म पछि हट्न सक्दिनँ ।”
36 And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.
उनले तिनलाई भनिन्, “मेरा बुबा, तपाईंले परमप्रभुसँग भाकल गर्नुभएको छ, तपाईंले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको हरेक कुरा मलाई गर्नुहोस्, किनभने परमप्रभुले तपाईंका शत्रु अम्मोनीहरूसँग बदला लिनुभएको छ ।”
37 Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.
उनले आफ्नो बुबालाई भनिन्, “मेरो निम्ति यो प्रतिज्ञा पुरा होस् । मलाई दुई महिनाको लागि मात्र छोडिदिनुहोस्, ताकि म र मेरा सहेलीहरू तल पहाडहरूमा जान र आफ्नो कुमारी अवस्थाको मृत्युको निम्ति शोक पाऊँ ।”
38 And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.
तिनले भने, “जाऊ ।” तिनले उनलाई दुई महिनाको निम्ति पठाइदिए । उनी र उनका सहेलीहरू तिनीसँग बिदा भए, र तिनीहरूले उनको कुमारी अवस्थाको मृत्युको निम्ति पहाडहरूमा शोक गरे ।
39 And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,
दुई महिनाको अन्त्यमा उनी आफ्ना बुबाकहाँ फर्किन्, र आफूले गरेको भाकलअनुसार तिनले उनलाई गरे । यति बेलासम्म उनले कुनै मानिससित सहवास गरेकी थिइनन्, र इस्राएलमा एउटा यस्तो प्रचलन बन्यो,
40 For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.
कि हरेक वर्ष इस्राएलका छोरीहरूले चार दिनसम्म गिलादी यिप्ताकी छोरीको कथालाई दोहोर्याउने गर्थे ।
