Liber Iudicum, 10
1. Post Abimelech surrexit dux ad salvandum Israel Thola fi lius Phua filii Dodo, vir de Issachar, qui habitavit in Samir montis Ephraim.
1. After Abim'elech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Pu'ah, son of Dodo, a man of Is'sachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of E'phraim.
2. Et iudicavit Israel viginti et tribus annis mortuusque ac sepultus est in Samir.
2. And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died, and was buried at Shamir.
3. Huic successit Iair Galaadites, qui iudicavit Israel per viginti et duos annos
3. After him arose Ja'ir the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
4. habens triginta filios sedentes super triginta pullos asinarum, et ipsis erant triginta civitates, quae appellatae sunt Havoth Iair (id est villae Iair) usque in praesentem diem, in terra Galaad.
4. And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty asses; and they had thirty cities, called Hav'voth-ja'ir to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5. Mortuusque est Iair ac sepultus in Camon.
5. And Ja'ir died, and was buried in Kamon.
6. Filii autem Israel peccatis veteribus iungentes nova fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini et servierunt Baalim et Astharoth et diis Syriae ac Sidonis et Moab et filiorum Ammon et Philisthim; dimiseruntque Dominum et non colebant eum.
6. And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Ba'als and the Ash'taroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD, and did not serve him.
7. Contra quos iratus tradidit eos in manu Philisthim et filiorum Ammon.
7. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,
8. Afflictique sunt et vehementer oppressi per annos decem et octo omnes filii Israel, qui habitabant trans Iordanem in terra Amorraei in Galaad;
8. and they crushed and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
9. in tantum ut filii Ammon Iordanem transirent ad pugnandum etiam contra Iudam et Beniamin et domum Ephraim; afflictusque est Israel nimis.
9. And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of E'phraim; so that Israel was sorely distressed.
10. Et clamantes filii Israel ad Dominum dixerunt: “Peccavimus tibi, quia dereliquimus Deum nostrum et servivimus Baalim”.
10. And the people of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Ba'als."
11. Quibus locutus est Dominus: “Numquid non Aegyptii et Amorraei filiique Ammon et Philisthim,
11. And the LORD said to the people of Israel, "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines?
12. Sidonii quoque et Amalec et Madian oppresserunt vos, et clamastis ad me, et erui vos de manu eorum?
12. The Sido'nians also, and the Amal'ekites, and the Ma'onites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
13. Et tamen reliquistis me et coluistis deos alienos; idcirco non addam ut ultra vos liberem.
13. Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.
14. Ite et invocate deos, quos elegistis: ipsi vos liberent in tempore angustiae!”.
14. Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress."
15. Dixeruntque filii Israel ad Dominum: “Peccavimus; redde tu nobis, quidquid tibi placet, tantum nunc libera nos”.
15. And the people of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day."
16. Quae dicentes omnia de finibus suis alienorum deorum idola proiecerunt et servierunt Domino, qui doluit super miseriis Israel.
16. So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.
17. Itaque filii Ammon convocati in Galaad fixere tentoria; contra quos congregati filii Israel in Maspha castrametati sunt.
17. Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead; and the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
18. Dixeruntque populus, principes Galaad, singuli ad proximos suos: “Qui primus contra filios Ammon coeperit dimicare, erit dux omnium habitatorum Galaad”.
18. And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man that will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
