士师记 12
1 以法莲人聚集，到了北方，对耶弗他说：“你去与亚扪人争战，为什么没有招我们同去呢？我们必用火烧你和你的房屋。”
Then the Ephraimites were called up and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight the Ammonites without summoning us to go with you? We're going to burn your house down with you inside it!”
2 耶弗他对他们说：“我和我的民与亚扪人大大争战；我招你们来，你们竟没有来救我脱离他们的手。
“I was a man with a great fight on my hands,” Jephthah replied. “I and my people were fighting the Ammonites. When I called on you for help, you didn't come and help save me from them.
3 我见你们不来救我，我就拚命前去攻击亚扪人，耶和华将他们交在我手中。你们今日为什么上我这里来攻打我呢？”
When I realized that you weren't going to help, I took my life in my hands and went to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord made me victorious over them. So why have you come here today to attack me?”
4 于是耶弗他招聚基列人，与以法莲人争战。基列人击杀以法莲人，是因他们说：“你们基列人在以法莲、玛拿西中间，不过是以法莲逃亡的人。”
Jephthah summoned all of the men of Gilead and fought against the Ephraimites. The men of Gilead killed them because the Ephraimites taunted them, saying, “You Gileadites are nothing more than escapees living among Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 基列人把守约旦河的渡口，不容以法莲人过去。以法莲逃走的人若说：“容我过去。”基列人就问他说：“你是以法莲人不是？”他若说：“不是”，
The Gileadites took control of the fords over the Jordan River that led to Ephraim's territory, and when an Ephraimite escapee from the battle would come and ask, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would question him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
6 就对他说：“你说‘示播列’。”以法莲人因为咬不真字音，便说“西播列”。基列人就将他拿住，杀在约旦河的渡口。那时以法莲人被杀的有四万二千人。
they would tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he couldn't pronounce it right, and they'd grab him and kill him there at the Jordan fords. A total of 42,000 were killed at that time.
7 耶弗他作以色列的士师六年。基列人耶弗他死了，葬在基列的一座城里。
Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.
8 耶弗他以后，有伯利恒人以比赞作以色列的士师。
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.
9 他有三十个儿子，三十个女儿；女儿都嫁出去了。他给众子从外乡娶了三十个媳妇。他作以色列的士师七年。
He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married off his daughters to men of other tribes, and he brought in thirty wives from other tribes to marry his sons. Ibzan led Israel as judge for seven years.
10 以比赞死了，葬在伯利恒。
Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 以比赞之后，有西布伦人以伦，作以色列的士师十年。
After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.
12 西布伦人以伦死了，葬在西布伦地的亚雅 。
Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.
13 以伦之后，有比拉顿人希列的儿子押顿作以色列的士师。
After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.
14 他有四十个儿子，三十个孙子，骑着七十匹驴驹。押顿作以色列的士师八年。
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight years.
15 比拉顿人希列的儿子押顿死了，葬在以法莲地的比拉顿，在亚玛力人的山地。
Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
