Laitloekkung 12

1 Ephraim hlang neh tlangpuei la aka kat te a hueh tih Jephthah taengah, “Ammon ca rhoek vathoh thil ham na kat vaengah balae tih nang neh aka pongpa hmaih ham kaimih khaw nang khue pawh. Te dongah na im neh namah te hmai neh kang hoeh uh ni,” a ti nah.

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

2 Tedae amih te Jephthah loh, “Kai tah ka pilnam neh pilnu Ammon ca rhoek kah tuituknah khuikah hlang la ka om tih nangmih te kan doek dae kai he amih kut lamloh nan khang uh moenih.

And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

3 Khangnah na khueh pawt te ka hmuh van vaengah tah ka kut dongkah ka hinglu ka khuen tih Ammon ca rhoek te ka paan. Te vaengah amih te BOEIPA loh ka kut dongah m'paek. Balae tih kai vathoh thil ham tihnin atah kai taengla na lo uh kanoek,” a ti nah.

And when I saw that ye delivered [me] not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

4 Te dongah Jephthah loh Gilead hlang boeih tea coi tih Ephraim tea tloek. Ephraim lakli ah khaw, Manasseh lakli ah khaw, “Gilead nang he Ephraim hlangyong ni,” a ti uh dongah Ephraim te Gilead hlang rhoek loh a tloek uh.

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.

5 Ephraim te Jordan lamkai ah Gilead loh a mah tiha om vaengah Ephraim hlangyong rhoek loh, “Ng'kat sak uh mai,” a ti na uh. Te dongah anih te Gilead hlang rhoek loh, “Nang Ephraim a?,” a ti nah hatah, “Moenih,” a ti nah.

And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

6 Tedae anih te, “Thingpae ti mai,” a ti na uh dongah hmantang la a thui ham coeng pawt tih, “Cangyang ni,” a ti. Te phoeiah anih tea tuuk uh tih Jordan lamkai aha ngawn uh. Te vaeng hnin ah Ephraim thawng sawmli panit te a cungku sak.

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

7 Jephthah loh Israel te kum rhuk lai a tloek pah. Giladi Jephthah he a duek vaengah Gilead khopuei aha up uh.

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.

8 Anih hnukah Israel te Bethlehem kah Ibzan loh lai a tloek pah.

And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

9 Anih te capa sawmthuma om pah hatah canu sawmthum te kholong laa tueih tih kholong nu sawmthum te a ca rhoek hama loh pah. Anih long khaw Israel ham kum rhih lai a tloek pah.

And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, [whom] he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

10 Ibzana duek phoeiah Bethlehem aha up uh.

Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

11 Anih hnukah Israel he Zebulon Elon loh lai a tloek pah. Te dongah kum rha khuiah tah Israel ham lai a tloek.

And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

12 Zebulon Elon khaw duek tih Zebulun khohmuen Aijalon aha up uh.

And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

13 Anih hnukah Israel te Pirathon Hillel capa Abdon loh lai a tloek pah.

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

14 Anih ham laak sawmrhih dongah aka ngol capa sawmli neha ca rhoek kah a ca sawmthum om. Te vaengah Israel te kum rhet lai a tloek pah.

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

15 Pirathon Hillel capa Abdona duek vaengah Amalek tlang kah Ephraim khohmuen Pirathon aha up uh.

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.