Dommer 12

1 Og hver Mand af Efraim blev opbudt og drog over mod Norden, og de sagde til Jeftha: Hvorfor gik du over til at stride imod Ammons Børn og kaldte os ikke at gaa med dig? Vi ville brænde dit Hus over dig med Ild.

And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did thou pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

2 Og Jeftha sagde til dem: Jeg og mit Folk havde en svar Trætte med Ammons Børn; og jeg kaldte ad eder, men I frelste mig ikke af deres Haand.

And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon, and when I called you, ye did not save me out of their hand.

3 Der jeg saa, at du ikke vilde frelse, da satte jeg mit Liv i min Haand og drog over til Ammons Børn; og Herren gav dem i min Haand; og hvorfor komme I op til mig paa denne Dag at stride imod mig?

And when I saw that ye did not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed opposite the sons of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?

4 Og Jeftha samlede alle Mænd i Gilead og stred imod Efraim; og Mændene i Gilead sloge Efraim; thi de havde sagt: I Mænd af det Gilead, som ligger imellem Efraim og Manasse, ere Overløbere fra Efraim.

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.

5 Thi Gileaditerne indtoge Jordanens Færgestæder overfor Efraim, og det skete, naar nogen af de undkomne af Efraim sagde: Jeg vil gaa over, da sagde Mændene af Gilead til ham: Er du en Efratiter? og han sagde: Nej.

And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are thou an Ephraimite? If he said, No,

6 Da sagde de til ham: Kære, sig: Sjibboleth, og han sagde: Sibboleth, og kunde saaledes ikke udtale det ret; saa grebe de ham og sloge ham ihjel ved Jordanens Færgestæder, og der faldt paa den samme Tid af Etraim to og fyrretyve Tusinde.

then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth, and he said Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right, then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

7 Og Jeftha dømte Israel seks Aar; og Gileaditeren Jeftha døde og blev begraven i en af Stæderne udi Gilead.

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

8 Og efter ham dømte Ibzan af Bethlehem Israel.

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 Og han havde tredive Sønner, og tredive Døtre udstyrede han og indførte tredive Døtre til sine Sønner udenfra; og han dømte Israel syv Aar.

And he had thirty sons. And he sent abroad thirty daughters, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

10 Og Ibzan døde og blev begraven i Bethlehem.

And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

11 Og efter ham dømte Sebuloniteren Elon Israel; og han dømte Israel ti Aar.

And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years.

12 Og Sebuloniteren Elon døde, og han blev begraven i Ajalon udi Sebulons Land.

And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

13 Og efter ham dømte Pireathoniteren Abdon, Hillels Søn, Israel.

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

14 Og han havde fyrretyve Sønner og tredive Sønnesønner, som rede paa halvfjerdsindstyve Asenfoler; og han dømte Israel otte Aar.

And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who rode on seventy donkey colts, and he judged Israel eight years.

15 Og Abdon, Pireathoniteren Hillels Søn døde; og han blev begraven i Pireathon udi Efraims Land paa Amalekiternes Bjerg.

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