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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_him/it thus he_says Yiftāḩ not it_has_taken Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) DOM the_land of_Mōʼāⱱ and_DOM the_land of_the_people of_ˊAmmōn.
OET (OET-RV) to tell him, “Yiftah wants you to know that Israel didn’t take land from Moab nor from you Ammonites.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
and=he/it_said
The verb said is singular. It refers to Jephthah, and it means that Jephthah said this to the king of Ammon through his messengers. However, since a group of messengers actually spoke these words to the king, it might be more natural in your language to use the pronoun “they” with a plural verb. Alternate translation: “and they said”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יִפְתָּ֑ח לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶת־אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן
thus he/it_had_said Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) not he/it_had_taken Yisrael DOM earth/land Mōʼāⱱ and=DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “Jephthah says that Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the sons of Ammon”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶת־אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן
not he/it_had_taken Yisrael DOM earth/land Mōʼāⱱ and=DOM earth/land sons_of ˊAmmōn
Jephthah recognizes that the Ammonite king is speaking of land that formerly belonged partly to Ammon and partly to Moab. It appears that at this time, the Moabites were either allies or subjects of the Ammonites, and so the Ammonite king regards the Moabites’ interests as his own. The author assumes that his readers will have this knowledge and so he does not explain it as background information. But you could indicate it in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Israel did not take any land from you Ammonites or from your allies the Moabites”
11:12-28 Jephthah initially tried to solve the problem by diplomatic rather than military means (cp. Deut 20:10-11).
• Unlike the nomadic, marauding Midianites of Gideon’s day, the Ammonites were a settled tribe whose territory lay to the east of Israel’s holdings in Transjordan (east of the Jordan); Rabbah was the Ammonite capital. The Ammonites, like the Moabites (both descendants of Lot) and the Edomites (Esau’s descendants), were to be left alone, as their territories were assigned to them by the Lord (Deut 2:16-23).
• Contrary to the Ammonite king’s contention, the Amorites, not Ammon or Moab, lived between the Arnon and Jabbok rivers at the time of the conquest. In response to Sihon’s refusal to let Israel pass, the Lord had given the land of the Amorite kings Sihon and Og to Israel. The Ammonite king had no legitimate quarrel with Israel.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_him/it thus he_says Yiftāḩ not it_has_taken Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) DOM the_land of_Mōʼāⱱ and_DOM the_land of_the_people of_ˊAmmōn.
OET (OET-RV) to tell him, “Yiftah wants you to know that Israel didn’t take land from Moab nor from you Ammonites.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.