Съдии 12
1 Тогава Ефремовите мъже се събраха и, като преминаха към север, рекоха на Ефтая: Ти защо отиде да воюваш против амонците, а нас не повика да дойдем с тебе? Ние ще изгорим къщата ти с огън, и тебе в нея.
The men of the tribe of Ephraim summoned their soldiers, and they crossed [the Jordan River] to [the town of] Zaphon [to talk with] Jephthah. They said to him, “(Why did you not ask us for help?/You should have requested us) to help your army fight the Ammon people-group. So we will burn down your house while you are in it.”
2 А Ефтай им рече: Аз и людете ми имахме голям спор с амонците; и аз ви повиках, и вие не ме избавихте от ръката им.
Jephthah replied, “The Ammon people-group were oppressing us greatly. When we were prepared to start to attack them, I requested you to come and help us, but you refused. My men and I defeated the Ammon people-group, but you did not help us.
3 И като видях, че не ме избавихте, турих в опасност живота си, като отидох против амонците; и Господ ги предаде в ръката ми. И сега защо сте дошли при денес да се биете против мене?
When I saw that you would not help us, I was willing to be killed in the battle against the Ammon people-group. But Yahweh helped us to defeat them. [You did not help us when we requested it before], so (why have you come here today to fight against me?/you should not have come here today to fight against me.)” [RHQ]
4 Тогава Ефтай събра всичките галаадски мъже, та се би против Ефрема; и галаадските мъже поразиха ефремците, защото тия рекоха: Бежанци от Ефрема сте вие, галаадци, живеещи между ефремците и манасийците!
Then Jephthah summoned the men of [the] Gilead [region] to fight [against the men of the tribe of] Ephraim. The men of the tribe of Ephraim said, “You men from [the] Gilead [region] are men who deserted us. Long ago you left us and moved to the area between our tribe and the tribe of Manasseh.” [Because of their saying that], the men of [the] Gilead [region] attacked the men of the tribe of Ephraim.
5 Галаадците взеха бродовете на Иордан към Ефремовата земя; и когато някой от ефремските бежанци кажеше: Оставете ме да премина, тогава галаадските мъже му казваха: Ти ефремец ли си?
The men of Gilead captured that (ford/place where people can walk across) at the Jordan [River] to go to the land where the tribe of Ephraim live. Whenever one of the soldiers from the tribe of Ephraim came to the ford to try to escape, he would say, “Let me cross the river.” Then the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from the tribe of Ephraim?” If he said “No,”
6 Ако речеше: Не съм, тогава му думаха: Речи Шиболет, а той казваше: Сиболет, защото не можеше да го произнесе право. Тогава го хващаха, та го заколваха при бродовете на Иордан. И в онова време паднаха от Ефрема четиридесет и две хиляди души.
they would say to him, “Say the word ‘Shibboleth’.” The men of Ephraim could not pronounce that word correctly. So if the person from the tribe of Ephraim said ‘Sibboleth’, [they would know that he was lying and that he was really from the tribe of Ephraim, and] they would kill him there at the ford. So the men of Gilead killed 42,000 people from the tribe of Ephraim at that time.
7 И Ефтай съди Израиля шест години. Тогава Ефтай, галаадецът, умря, и бе погребан в един от галаадските градове.
Jephthah, the man from [the] Gilead [region], was a leader of the Israeli people for six years. Then he died and was buried in a town in [the] Gilead [region].
8 А подир него, Ивцан от Витлеем стана съдия в Израиля.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 Той имаше тридесет сина, и тридесет дъщери, които омъжиха навън; и взе от вън тридесет дъщери за синовете си. И съди Израиля седем години.
He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He forced all his daughters to marry men who were not in his clan, and brought women from outside his clan to marry his sons. He was the leader of the Israeli people for seven years.
10 И Ивцан умря, и бе погребан във Витлеем.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 След него, завулонецът Елон стана съдия в Израиля, и съди Израиля десет години.
After Ibzan died, a man named Elon, from the tribe of Zebulun, became the leader of the Israeli people. He was their leader for ten years.
12 И Елон завулонецът умря, и бе погребан в Еалон в Завулоновата земя.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 А след него, Авдон, син на пиратонеца Илела, стана съдия в Израиля.
After Elon died, a man named Abdon who was the son of Hillel, from Pirathon [city, in the area where the tribe of Ephraim live] became the leader of the Israeli people.
14 Той имаше четиридесет сина и тридесет внуци, които яздеха на седемдесет ослета; и съди Израиля осем години.
He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. Each of them had his own donkey on which to ride. Abdon was the leader of the Israeli people for eight years.
15 И Авдон, син на пиратонеца Илела, умря, и бе погребан в Пиратон в Ефремовата земя, на амаликската хълмиста страна.
When Abdon died, he was buried in Pirathon, in the hilly area where the descendants of Amalek lived previously, [but now it is the area where the tribe of Ephraim lives].
