Fakamaau 11
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1Pea ko Sefita ko e tangata Kiliati, ko e tangata toʻa lahi, pea ko e tama ia ʻae fefine angahala: pea ko e foha ʻo Kiliati ʻa Sefita.
1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
2Pea naʻe fanauʻi ʻe he uaifi ʻo Kiliati ʻae ngaahi tama; pea naʻe tupu hake ʻae ngaahi tama ʻa hono uaifi, pea naʻa nau kapusi ʻa Sefita, ʻonau pehē kiate ia, “ʻE ʻikai te ke hoko koe ki ha meʻa ʻi he fale ʻo ʻetau tamai: he ko e tama koe ʻae fefine kehe.”
2And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
3Pea naʻe hola ai ʻa Sefita mei hono ngaahi kāinga, pea nofo ia ʻi he fonua ko Topi: pea naʻe kātoa kia Sefita ʻae kau tangata launoa, ʻonau ʻalu fano mo ia.
3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
4Pea fuoloaange mo ʻene hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe te u tau ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ki ʻIsileli.
4Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
5Pea ʻi he te u tau ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ki ʻIsileli, pea pehē, naʻe ʻalu ʻae kau mātuʻa ʻo Kiliati ke ʻomi ʻa Sefita mei he fonua ko Topi:
5and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6Pea naʻa nau pehē kia Sefita, “Haʻu koe, ʻo hoko ko homau ʻeikitau, koeʻuhi ketau tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni.”
6“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
7Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sefita ki he kau mātuʻa ʻo Kiliati, “ʻIkai naʻa mou fehiʻa kiate au, pea kapusi au mei he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai? Pea ko e hā kuo mou haʻu ai kiate au ʻi hoʻomou tuʻutāmaki?”
7Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
8Pea pehē ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻo Kiliati kia Sefita, “Ko ia ʻoku mau toe kumi ni kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke tau ō, pea tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, pea ke hoko ko homau ʻeiki ʻi he kakai kotoa pē ʻo Kiliati.”
8They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
9Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sefita ki he kau mātuʻa ʻo Kiliati, “Kapau ʻoku mou ʻave au ki hoku fonua ke u tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, pea tukuange ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ʻi hoku ʻao, te u hoko moʻoni ai ko homou ʻeiki?”
9But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
10Pea pehē ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻo Kiliati kia Sefita, “Ke ʻafio ʻe Sihova kiate kitaua, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te mau fai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo lea.”
10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
11Pea naʻe toki ʻalu ʻa Sefita mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo Kiliati, pea fakanofo ia ʻe he kakai ko e pule mo e ʻeikitau kiate kinautolu: pea naʻe fai ʻe Sefita ʻene ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi Misipa.
11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
12¶ Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Sefita ʻae kau talafekau ki he tuʻi ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā haʻo kau kiate au koeʻuhi kuo ke haʻu ai ke tauʻi au ʻi hoku fonua?”
12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
13Pea naʻe lea ʻae tuʻi ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ki he kau talafekau ʻa Sefita, ʻo pehē, “Ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻaoa ʻe ʻIsileli hoku fonua, ʻi heʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite, mei ʻAlanoni ʻo aʻu ki Sapoki, pea hoko ki Sioatani: ko ia ke ke toe tuku mai fiemālie pē ʻae ngaahi fonua ko ia.”
13The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
14Pea naʻe toe fekau ʻe Sefita ʻae kau talafekau ki he tuʻi ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAmoni:
14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
15Pea ne pehē kiate ia, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sefita, “Naʻe ʻikai faʻaoa ʻe ʻIsileli ʻae fonua ʻo Moape, pe ko e fonua ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAmoni:
15to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
16Ka ʻi he ʻalu hake ʻa ʻIsileli mei ʻIsipite, pea fononga ʻo ʻasi ʻi he toafa mo e tahi Kulokula, pea hoko ki Ketesi;
16But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
17Naʻe fekau ai ʻe ʻIsileli ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻItomi, ʻo pehē, ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ke u ʻalu ʻi ho fonua: ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga ki ai ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻItomi. Pea naʻe pehē pe ʻenau fekau ki he tuʻi ʻo Moape: ka naʻe ʻikai loto ia ki ai: pea naʻe nofo pe ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi Ketesi.
17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
18Naʻa nau ʻalu ai pe ʻi he toafa, pea foliaki ʻae fonua ko ʻItomi, pea mo e fonua ʻo Moape, ʻonau hoko ʻo ofi ki he fonua ʻo Moape ʻi he potu hopoʻangalaʻā, pea ʻapitanga ʻi he potu ʻe taha ʻo ʻAlanoni, ka naʻe ʻikai hoko ki loto ʻi he veʻe fonua ʻo Moape: he ko e ngataʻanga ʻo Moape ʻa ʻAlanoni.
18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
19Pea naʻe fekau ʻe ʻIsileli ʻae kau talafekau kia Sihoni ko e tuʻi ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, ko e tuʻi ʻo Hesiponi: pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIsileli kiate ia, ʻOku mau kole kiate koe, ke ke tuku ke mau ʻalu atu ʻi ho fonua ki hoku potu.
19And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
20Ka naʻe ʻikai tui ʻa Sihoni ke tuku ʻa ʻIsileli ke ʻalu ʻi hono fonua: ka naʻe tānaki ʻe Sihoni hono kakai kotoa pē ʻo ʻapitanga ʻi Sehasi, ke tauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli.
20But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
21Pea naʻe tukuange ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻa Sihoni mo hono kakai kotoa pē ki he nima ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻa nau taaʻi ʻakinautolu: pea naʻe maʻu ʻe ʻIsileli ʻae fonua kotoa pē ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, ko e kakai ʻoe fonua.
21Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
22Pea naʻa nau maʻu ʻae ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, mei ʻAlanoni ʻo aʻu atu ki Sapoki, pea mei he toafa ʻo hoko ki Sioatani.
22seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23Ko ia ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli kuo ne kapusi ʻae kakai ʻAmoni, mei he ʻao ʻo hono kakai ko ʻIsileli, pea ʻoku lelei ke ke maʻu ia ʻe koe?
23Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
24ʻIkai te ke maʻu ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Kimosi ko ho ʻotua kiate koe? Ko ia ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻe kapusi ʻe Sihova ko homau ʻOtua mei homau ʻao, ko kinautolu te mau maʻu.
24Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
25Pea ko eni, ʻoku ke lelei hake koe ʻia Pelaki ko e foha ʻo Sipoa ko e tuʻi ʻo Moape? Naʻe fekuki ia mo ʻIsileli pe ʻikai? Pe naʻa ne tauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli?
25Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
26Naʻe nofo ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi Hesiponi mo hono ngaahi kolo, pea ʻi ʻAloeli mo hono ngaahi kolo, pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻoku tuʻu ʻi hono ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻoe fonua ʻo ʻAlanoni, ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungeau? Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai te mou toe maʻu ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi kuonga ko ia?
26For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
27Ko ia naʻe ʻikai te u fai angahala kiate koe, ka ʻoku ke fai kovi kiate au ʻi hoʻo fie tauʻi au: ko Sihova ko e fakamaau, ke fakamaau ʻe ia he ʻaho ni koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mo e fānau ʻa ʻAmoni.”
27I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
28Ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻae tuʻi ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Sefita, ʻaia naʻa ne fekau kiate ia.
28But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
29¶ Pea naʻe hoko ʻae Laumālie ʻo Sihova kia Sefita, pea naʻe ʻalu atu ia ʻi Kiliati, mo Manase, pea ʻalu atu ʻi Misipa ʻo Kiliati, pea ʻalu ʻi Misipa ʻo Kiliati ʻo hoko atu ki he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni.
29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
30Pea naʻe lea ʻa Sefita ʻaki ʻae fuakava kia Sihova, ʻo ne pehē, “Kapau te ke tukuange moʻoni ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ki hoku nima,
30Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
31pea ʻe pehē, ko ia ʻe hū kituʻa mei he matapā ʻo hoku fale ke fakafetaulaki kiate au ʻi heʻeku liu mai ʻi he fiemālie mei he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, ʻe ʻa Sihova moʻoni ia, pea te u ʻatu ia ko e feilaulau tutu.”
31then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
32¶ Pea naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Sefita ki he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu: pea naʻe tukuange ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ki hono nima.
32So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
33Pea ne taaʻi ʻakinautolu mei ʻAloeli, ʻo hoko atu ki Minite, ko e kolo ʻe uofulu, ʻo aʻu atu ki he toafa ʻoe ngoue vaine, ʻi he tā lahi ʻaupito. Pea naʻe pehē hono fakavaivai ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
33With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
34¶ Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Sefita ki hono fale ʻi Misipi, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu kituʻa hono ʻofefine mo e ngaahi kihiʻi lali tatangi mo e meʻe ke fakafetaulaki kiate ia: pea ko hono ʻofefine pe taha ia; naʻe ʻikai hano foha pe ʻofefine ka ko ia pe.
34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
35Pea ʻi heʻene mamata kiate ia, naʻa ne haehae hono kofu, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOiauē, hoku ʻofefine! Kuo ke fakavaivai ʻaupito au, ko e tokotaha koe ʻokinautolu ʻoku fakamamahi kiate au: he kuo faai hoku ngutu kia Sihova, pea ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa foki kimui.”
35As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
36Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻA ʻeku tamai, kapau kuo ke lea ʻaki ho ngutu kia Sihova, ke ke fai kiate au ʻo hangē ko ia kuo haʻu mei ho ngutu; he kuo fai ʻe Sihova ʻae totongi maʻau ki ho ngaahi fili, ʻio, ʻae fānau ʻa ʻAmoni.”
36“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
37Pea pehē ʻe ia ki heʻene tamai, “Tuku ke fai ʻae meʻa ni koeʻuhi ko au: tuku au ʻi he māhina ʻe ua, ke u feʻaluʻaki ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga ʻo tēngihia hoku tāupoʻou, ʻeau mo hoku kau fefine.”
37She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
38Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “ʻAlu.” Pea naʻa ne fekau ia ke ʻalu ʻi he māhina ʻe ua: pea ʻalu ia mo hono kau fefine, ʻo tēngihia hono tāupoʻou ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga.
38“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
39Pea ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe māhina ʻe ua, naʻe pehē, naʻe liu mai ia ki heʻene tamai, pea naʻa ne fai kiate ia ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene fuakava naʻa ne fai: pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ha tangata.
39After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
40Pea naʻe fai maʻu ʻae anga ko ia ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻi he ʻalu ʻae ngaahi ʻofefine ʻi ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fā ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē tukufakaholo ke tēngihia ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Sefita ko e tangata Kiliati.
40that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
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