士師記 12
1 厄弗辣因人集合起來，過河到了匝豐，對依弗大說：「當你去攻打阿孟子民時，為什麼沒有召我們與你同去﹖我們要用火把你的房屋同你一起燒掉。」
A call went out to the men of Ephraim; they passed through Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass through to fight against the people of Ammon and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down over you.”
2 依弗大回來他們說：「我與我的人民同阿孟子民激戰的時候，我曾向你們求救，但你們沒有來救我們脫離他們的手。
Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were in a great conflict with the people of Ammon. When I called you, you did not rescue me from them.
3 我見你們沒人來援助，我就拼命猛攻阿孟子民，上主遂將他們交在我手中；那麼，你們為什麼今天上來攻擊我﹖」
When I saw that you did not rescue me, When I saw that you did not rescue me, I put my life in my own hand and passed through against the people of Ammon, and Yahweh gave me victory. Why have you come to fight against me today?”
4 於是依弗大召集基肋阿得所有的人同厄弗辣因作戰；基肋阿得人擊潰了厄弗辣因人。﹝因為厄弗辣因人曾說過：你基肋阿得人是從厄弗辣因跑出來的，散居在厄弗辣因人中，在默納協人中。﹞
Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and he fought against Ephraim. The men of Gilead attacked the men of Ephraim because they said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim—in Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 基肋阿得人為了反擊厄弗辣因人，先佔據了約但河渡口；逃跑的厄弗辣因人說：「容我過去罷! 」基肋阿得人就問：「你是厄弗辣因人嗎﹖」如果說：「不是。」
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim. When any of the survivors of Ephraim said, “Let me go over the river,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”
6 基肋阿得人就對他說：「你說『史波肋特! 』」如果他不能照樣說出，而說成「新波肋特，」就捉住他，在約但渡口殺了；在這種情形下，厄弗辣因人就死了四萬二千。
then they would say to him, “Say: Shibboleth,” and if he said “Sibboleth” (for he could not pronounce the word correctly), the Gileadites would seize him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
7 依弗大作以色列的民長共計六年；以後基肋阿得人依弗大死了，埋葬在基肋阿得本城。依貝贊民長
Jephthah served as a judge over Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 在他以後，有貝特肋恒人依貝贊作以色列民長。
After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem served as a judge over Israel.
9 他有三十個兒子，從外鄉娶了三十房媳婦。他作以色列民長七年。
He had thirty sons. He gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and he brought in thirty daughters of other men for his sons, from the outside. He judged Israel for seven years.
10 依貝贊死後，葬在貝特肋恒。厄隆民長
Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.
11 在他以後，有則步隆人厄隆作以色列民長，他作以色列民長十年。
After him Elon the Zebulunite served as judge over Israel. He judged Israel for ten years.
12 則步隆人厄隆死後，埋葬在則步隆的阿雅隆。阿貝冬民長
Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 在他以後，有丕辣通人希肋耳的兒子阿貝冬作以色列民長。
After him, Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite served as a judge over Israel.
14 他有四十個兒子，三十個孫子，騎著七十匹驢駒。他作以色列民長八年。
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons. They rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel for eight years.
15 丕辣通人希肋耳的兒子阿貝冬死後，埋葬在厄弗辣因的丕通，即在阿瑪肋克山地內。
Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the hill country of the Amalekites.
