1 و َبَعْدَ أبِيمالِكَ جاءَ تُولَعُ بْنُ فُواةَ بْنِ دُودُو لِيُنقِذَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَكانَ يَنتَمِي إلَى قَبِيلَةِ يسّاكَرَ. وَقَدْ سَكَنَ فِي شامِيرَ، فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 و َقَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ ثَلاثاً وَعِشرِينَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ ماتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي شامِيرَ. القاضِي يائِير

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

3 و َجاءَ بَعدَهُ يائِيرُ الجِلْعادِيُّ. وَقَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ اثْنَتَينِ وَعِشرِينَ سَنَةً.

After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years.

4 و َكانَ لَهُ ثَلاثُونَ ابْناً، رَكِبُوا عَلَى ثَلاثِينَ حِماراً. وَكانَتْ لَهُمْ ثَلاثُونَ بَلْدَةً فِي أرْضِ جِلْعادَ. وَاسْمُها قُرَى جِلْعادَ حَتَّى يَومِنا هَذا.

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

5 و َماتَ يائِيرُ وَدُفِنَ فِي قامُونَ. العَمُّونِيُّونَ يُحارِبُونَ بَنِي إسْرائِيل

And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

6 و َفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. فَقَدْ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً زائِفَةً: البَعلَ وَعَشْتارُوثَ، وَآلِهَةَ أرامَ، وَآلِهَةَ صِيدُونَ، وَآلِهَةَ مُوآبَ، وَآلِهَةَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، وَآلِهَةَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَتَرَكُوا اللهَ وَلَمْ يَعْبُدُوهُ.

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.

7 ف َغَضِبَ اللهُ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَسَمَحَ لِلفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَالعَمُّونِيِّينَ بِأنْ يَغْزُوهُمْ.

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.

8 ف َسَحَقُوا وَقَمَعُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ. قَمَعُوا كُلَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ شَرْقَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ فِي أِرضِ الأمُورِيِّينَ، أي جِلْعادَ، مُدَّةَ ثَمانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةٍ.

They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites.

9 و َعَبَرَ العَمُونِّيونَ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ لِيُحارِبُوا بَنِي يَهُوذا أيضاً، بِالإضافَةِ إلَى بَنِي بَنْيامِيْنَ وَبَنِي أفْرايِمَ. فَكانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ فِي ضِيقٍ عَظِيمٍ.

The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

10 ف َصَرَخَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى اللهِ: «إلَيكَ أخطَأْنا، لِأنَّنا تَرَكْنا إلَهَنا، وَعَبَدْنا الإلَهَ الزّائِفَ بَعلَ.»

Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

11 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ: «ألَمْ أُنقِذْكُمْ مِنَ المِصْرِيِّينَ وَالأمُورِيِّينَ وَالعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالفِلِسْطِيِّينَ؟

The Lord said to the sons of Israel, “ Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?

12 ق َمَعَكُمُ الصَّيدُونِيُّونَ وَالعَمالِقَةُ وَالمَعُونِيّونَ، فَصَرَخْتُمْ مُستَنجِدِينَ بِي، فَخَلَّصْتُكُمْ مِنْ سَيطَرَتِهِمْ.

Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands.

13 ل َكِنَّكُمْ تَرَكتُمُونِي وَعَبَدْتُمْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى! وَلِهَذا فَإنِّي لَنْ أُخَلِّصَكُمْ ثانِيَةً.

Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you.

14 ا ذْهَبُوا وَاصرُخُوا مُستَنجِدِينَ بِالآلِهَةِ الَّتِي اختَرتُمُوها. فَلْتُنقِذْكُمْ هِيَ فِي وَقْتِ ضِيقِكُمْ.»

Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”

15 ف َقالَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ للهِ: «لَقَدْ أخطَأْنا! فافعَلْ بِنا كَما يَحلُو لَكَ، لَكِنْ أنقِذْنا الآنَ!»

The sons of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day.”

16 ف َأزالُوا الآلِهَةَ الغَرِيبَةَ مِنْ بَينِهِمْ، وَعَبَدُوا اللهَ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ رَضيَ تَماماً عَنْ إسرائيلَ. اختِيارُ يَفتاح

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

17 و َدُعِيَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ لِلاحتِشادِ لِلحَرْبِ، وَعَسْكَرُوا فِي جِلْعادَ. وَتَجَمَّعَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَعَسْكَرُوا فِي المِصْفاةِ.

Then the sons of Ammon were summoned and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

18 ف َقالَ قادَةُ قُوّاتِ جِلْعادَ أحَدُهُمْ لِلآخَرِ: «مَنْ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي سَيَقُودُنا فِي القِتالِ ضِدَّ العَمُّونِيِّينَ؟ سَنَجْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ رَئِيساً عَلَى جَمِيعِ سُكّانِ جِلْعادَ.»

The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”