Judges 10

After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

وَقَامَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ أَبِيمَالِكَ تُولَعُ بْنُ فُوَاةَ بْنِ دُودُو مِنْ سِبْطِ يَسَّاكَرَ لإِنْقَاذِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَانَ هَذَا قَاطِناً فِي شَامِيرَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ،

He led^[a] Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

Jair

وَظَلَّ قَاضِياً لإِسْرَائِيلَ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي شَامِيرَ.

يائير

He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّى بَعْدَهُ قَضَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَائِيرُ الْجِلْعَادِيُّ طَوَالَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.^[b]

وَكَانَ لِيَائِيرَ ثَلاثُونَ ابْناً يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى ثَلاثِينَ جَحْشاً وَيَمْلِكُونَ ثَلاثِينَ مَدِينَةً فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ، وَهِيَ تُدْعَى حَوُّوثَ يَائِيرَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

Jephthah

ثُمَّ مَاتَ يَائِيرُ وَدُفِنَ فِي قَامُونَ.

يفتاح

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the Lord and no longer served him,

وَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرْتَكِبُونَ الإِثْمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلِيمَ وَعَشْتَارُوثَ وَآلِهَةَ أَرَامَ وَآلِهَةَ صِيدُونَ وَآلِهَةَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَآلِهَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَتَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ وَلَمْ يَعْبُدُوهُ.

he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,

وَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ،

who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

مُدَّةَ ثَمَانِي عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فَأَذَاقُوا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أَرْضِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ فِي جِلْعَادَ. شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ

The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

وَعَبَرَ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَسْبَاطِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَأَفْرَايِمَ، فَاعْتَرَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ ضِيقٌ عَظِيمٌ.

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”

فَاسْتَغَاثُوا بِالرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ لأَنَّنَا تَرَكْنَا إِلَهَنَا وَعَبَدْنَا الْبَعْلِيمَ».

The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

فَأَجَابَهُمُ الرَّبُّ: «أَلَمْ أُنْقِذْكُمْ مِنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَبَنِي عَمُّونَ وَالْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟

the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites^[c] oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?

وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَغَثْتُمْ بِي مِنَ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ وَالْعَمَالِقَةِ وَالْعَمُّونِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ ضَايَقُوكُمْ، أَلَمْ أُخَلِّصْكُمْ؟

But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ تَرَكْتُمُونِي وَعَبَدْتُمْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، لِهَذَا لَا أَعُودُ أُنْقِذُكُمْ،

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

فَهَيَّا اسْتَجِيرُوا بِالآلِهَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُمُوهَا لِتُخَلِّصَكُمْ فِي وَقْتِ ضِيْقِكُمْ».

But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.”

فَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا، فَافْعَلْ بِنَا مَا تَشَاءُ، وَلَكِنْ أَنْقِذْنَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ».

Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

وَأَزَالُوا الأَوْثَانَ الْغَرِيبَةَ مِنْ وَسَطِهِمْ وَعَبَدُوا الرَّبَّ، فَرَقَّ قَلْبُهُ لِمَشَقَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

فَاحْتَشَدَ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ وَعَسْكَرُوا فِي جِلْعَادَ، وَتَجَمَّعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.”

فَتَدَاوَلَ قَادَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «مَنْ يَبْدَأْ فِي شَنِّ الْهُجُومِ عَلَى الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ، يُصْبِحْ رَئِيساً عَلَى جَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ جِلْعَادَ».