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.

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 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.

“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 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?

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.

8 Og efter ham dømte Ibzan af Bethlehem Israel.

After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.

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.

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 Og Ibzan døde og blev begraven i Bethlehem.

Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

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

After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.

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

Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.

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

After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.

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

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight years.

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

Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.