Dommer 12
1 Derpaa stævnedes Efraimiterne sammen, og de drog nordpaa; og de sagde til Jefta: »Hvorfor drog du i Kamp mod Ammoniterne uden at opfordre os til at gaa med? Nu brænder vi Huset af over Hovedet paa dig!«
And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”
2 Men Jefta svarede dem: »Jeg og mit Folk var i Krig, og Ammoniterne trængte os haardt; da sendte jeg Bud efter eder, men I hjalp mig ikke imod dem;
And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.
3 og da jeg saa, at ingen kom mig til Hjælp, vovede jeg Livet og drog mod Ammoniterne, og HERREN gav dem i min Haand. Hvorfor drager I da nu i Kamp imod mig?«
And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”
4 Derpaa samlede Jefta alle Gileads Mænd og angreb Efraimiterne; og Gileads Mænd slog Efraimiterne.
And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 Og Gileaditerne afskar Efraimiterne fra Jordans Vadesteder. Hver Gang saa en af de efraimitiske Flygtninge sagde: »Lad mig komme over!« spurgte Gileads Mænd: »Er du Efraimit?« Og naar han svarede: »Nej!«
And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”
6 sagde de til ham: »Sig Sjibbolet!« Og naar han da sagde Sibbolet, fordi han ikke kunde udtale Ordet rigtigt, greb de ham og huggede ham ned ved Jordans Vadesteder. Ved den Lejlighed faldt 42 000 Efraimiter.
they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.
7 Jefta var Dommer i Israel i seks Aar. Saa døde Gileaditen Jefta og blev jordet i sin By i Gilead.
And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
8 Efter ham var Ibzan fra Betlehem Dommer i Israel.
After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Han havde tredive Sønner; tredive Døtre giftede han bort, og tredive Svigerdøtre hjemførte han til sine Sønner.
He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.
10 Han var Dommer i Israel i syv Aar. Saa døde Ibzan og blev jordet i Betlehem.
And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Efter ham var Zebuloniten Elon Dommer i Israel. Han var Dommer i Israel i ti Aar.
After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
12 Saa døde Zebuloniten Elon og blev jordet i Ajjalon i Zebulons Land.
And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Efter ham var Abdon, Hillels Søn, fra Pir'aton Dommer i Israel.
After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Han havde fyrretyve Sønner og tredive Sønnesønner, som red paa halvfjerdsindstyve Æsler. Han var Dommer i Israel i otte Aar.
And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.
15 Saa døde Abdon, Hillels Søn, fra Pir'aton og blev jordet i Pir'aton i Efraims Land paa Amalekiterbjerget.
And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.
