1 And after Abimelech, there rose up to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir on mount Ephraim.
2 And he judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 And after him rose up Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
4 And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts; and they had thirty cities, which are called the villages of Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
6 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals, and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not.
7 And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold him into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
8 And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel in that year; 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 And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; and Israel was greatly distressed.
10 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served the Baals.
11 And Jehovah said to the children of Israel, Did I not {save you} from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12 The Zidonians also, and Amalek and Maon oppressed you, and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
13 But ye have forsaken me, and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
14 Go and cry to the gods that ye have chosen: let them save you in the time of your trouble.
15 And the children of Israel said to Jehovah, We have sinned. Do thou unto us according to all that is good in thy sight; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.
16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
17 And the children of Ammon were called together and encamped in Gilead; and the children of Israel gathered together and encamped in Mizpeh.
18 And the people, the chief men of Gilead, said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
1 Depois de Abimeleque, levantou-se para livrar a Israel, Tola, filho de Puá, filho de Dodô, homem de Issacar, que habitava em Samir, na região montanhosa de Efraim.
2 Ele julgou a Israel vinte e três anos, morreu, e foi sepultado em Samir.
3 Depois dele levantou-se Jair gileadita, que julgou a Israel vinte e dois anos.
4 Ele tinha trinta filhos que montavam em trinta jumentos, e que tinham trinta cidades que se chamam até hoje Havote-Jair, as quais estão na terra de Gileade.
5 Morreu Jair, e foi sepultado em Camom.
6 Tornaram os filhos de Israel a fazer o mal à vista de Jeová, e serviram aos baalins e às astarotes e aos deuses da Síria, de Sidom, de Moabe, dos filhos de Amom e dos filisteus; deixaram a Jeová, e não o serviram.
7 Acendeu-se a ira de Jeová contra Israel, e entregou-os na mão dos filisteus e dos filhos de Amom,
8 os quais esse mesmo ano começaram a vexá-los e oprimi-los. Por dezoito anos oprimiram a todos os filhos de Israel, que estavam além do Jordão na terra dos amorreus, que é em Gileade.
9 Passaram o Jordão os filhos de Amom para pelejar também contra Judá, contra Benjamim e contra a casa de Efraim, de sorte que Israel se viu mui angustiado.
10 Clamaram os filhos de Israel a Jeová, dizendo: Pecamos contra ti, porque deixamos o nosso Deus, e servimos aos baalins.
11 Respondeu Jeová aos filhos de Israel: Não vos livrei eu dos egípcios, dos amorreus, dos filhos de Amom e dos filisteus?
12 Também os sidônios, os amalequitas e os maonitas vos oprimiram; clamastes a mim, e livrei-vos 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 Disseram os filhos de Israel a Jeová: Pecamos; faze tu a nós tudo quanto te parecer bem: somente livra-nos hoje.
16 Eles tiraram do meio de si os deuses estranhos, e serviram a Jeová, que se angustiou em sua alma por causa da miséria de Israel.
17 Tendo-se ajuntado os filhos de Amom, acamparam-se em Gileade. Mas os filhos de Israel, tendo-se congregado, acamparam-se em Mispa.
18 O povo, os príncipes de Gileade, disseram uns aos outros: Quem começará a pelejar contra os filhos de Amom? Esse será por cabeça sobre todos os habitantes de Gileade.