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.

After Abimelech, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. 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, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

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

After him Jair, the Gileadite arose, and he 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 donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

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

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.

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.

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

Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children 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 troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

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

The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was very distressed.

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

The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”

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

Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “Didn’t I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

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

The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.

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

Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.

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

Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”

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

The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.”

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

They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

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

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped 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 princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”