1 E depois de Abimeleque, se levantou, para livrar a Israel, Tola, filho de Puá, filho de Dodo, homem de Issacar; e habitava em Samir, na montanha de Efraim.

2 E julgou a Israel vinte e três anos; e morreu, e foi sepultado em Samir.

3 E depois dele se levantou Jair, gileadita, e julgou a Israel vinte e dois anos.

4 E tinha este trinta filhos, que cavalgavam sobre trinta jumentos; e tinham trinta cidades, a que chamaram Havote-Jair, até ao dia de hoje; as quais estão na terra de Gileade.

5 E morreu Jair, e foi sepultado em Camom.

6 Então tornaram os filhos de Israel a fazer o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, e serviram aos baalins, e a Astarote, e aos deuses da Síria, e aos deuses de Sidom, e aos deuses de Moabe, e aos deuses dos filhos de Amom, e aos deuses dos filisteus; e deixaram ao Senhor, e não o serviram.

7 E a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel; e vendeu-os nas mãos dos filisteus, e nas mãos dos filhos de Amom.

8 E naquele mesmo ano oprimiram e vexaram aos filhos de Israel; dezoito anos oprimiram a todos os filhos de Israel que estavam além do Jordão, na terra dos amorreus, que está em Gileade.

9 Até os filhos de Amom passaram o Jordão, para pelejar também contra Judá, e contra Benjamim, e contra a casa de Efraim; de modo que Israel ficou muito angustiado.

10 Então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, dizendo: Contra ti havemos pecado, visto que deixamos a nosso Deus, e servimos aos baalins.

11 Porém o Senhor disse aos filhos de Israel: Porventura dos egípcios, e dos amorreus, e dos filhos de Amom, e dos filisteus,

12 E dos sidônios, e dos amalequitas, e dos maonitas, que vos oprimiam, quando a mim clamastes, não vos livrei das suas mãos?

13 Contudo vós me deixastes a mim, e servistes a outros deuses; pelo que não vos livrarei mais.

14 Ide, e clamai aos deuses que escolhestes; que eles vos livrem no tempo do vosso aperto.

15 Mas os filhos de Israel disseram ao Senhor: Pecamos; faze-nos conforme a tudo quanto te parecer bem aos teus olhos; tão-somente te rogamos que nos livres nesta vez.

16 E tiraram os deuses alheios do meio de si, e serviram ao Senhor; então se angustiou a sua alma por causa da desgraça de Israel.

17 E os filhos de Amom se reuniram e se acamparam em Gileade; e também os de Israel se congregaram, e se acamparam em Mizpá.

18 Então o povo e os príncipes de Gileade disseram uns aos outros: Quem será o homem que começará a pelejar contra os filhos de Amom? Ele será por cabeça de todos os moradores de Gileade.

1 Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

2 He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.

3 And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge over Israel for twenty-two years.

4 And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

5 And at the death of Jair his body was put to rest in the earth in Kamon.

6 And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the Lord and were servants to him no longer.

7 And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

8 And that year the children of Israel were crushed under their yoke; for eighteen years all the children of Israel on the other side of Jordan, in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead, were cruelly crushed down.

9 And the children of Ammon went over Jordan, to make war against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great trouble.

10 Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

11 And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Were not the Egyptians and the Amorites and the children of Ammon and the Philistines

12 And the Zidonians and Amalek and Midian crushing you down, and in answer to your cry did I not give you salvation from their hands?

13 But, for all this, you have given me up and have been servants to other gods: so I will be your saviour no longer.

14 Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.

15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

16 So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

17 Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.

18 And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.