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 the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, “Why have you passed over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and have not called on us to go with you? We burn your house with fire over you.”
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 Jephthah says to them, “I have been a man of great strife (I and my people) with the sons of Ammon, and I call you, and you have not saved me out of their hand,
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 I see that you are not a savior, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over to the sons of Ammon, and YHWH gives them into my hand—and why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
4 Derpaa samlede Jefta alle Gileads Mænd og angreb Efraimiterne; og Gileads Mænd slog Efraimiterne.
And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fights with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead strike Ephraim, because they said, “You Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim, in the midst of Ephraim—in the midst of 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 Gilead captures the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it has been, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim say, “Let me pass over,” and the men of Gilead say to him, “[Are] you an Ephraimite?” And he says, “No”;
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.
that they say to him, “Now say, Shibboleth”; and he says, “Sibboleth,” and is not prepared to speak right—and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty-two chiefs.
7 Jefta var Dommer i Israel i seks Aar. Saa døde Gileaditen Jefta og blev jordet i sin By i Gilead.
And Jephthah judged Israel [for] six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dies, and is buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
8 Efter ham var Ibzan fra Betlehem Dommer i Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judges Israel,
9 Han havde tredive Sønner; tredive Døtre giftede han bort, og tredive Svigerdøtre hjemførte han til sine Sønner.
and he has thirty sons, and thirty daughters he gave away [in marriage], and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons; and he judges Israel [for] seven years.
10 Han var Dommer i Israel i syv Aar. Saa døde Ibzan og blev jordet i Betlehem.
And Ibzan dies, and is buried in Beth-Lehem.
11 Efter ham var Zebuloniten Elon Dommer i Israel. Han var Dommer i Israel i ti Aar.
And after him Elon the Zebulunite judges Israel, and he judges Israel [for] ten years,
12 Saa døde Zebuloniten Elon og blev jordet i Ajjalon i Zebulons Land.
and Elon the Zebulunite dies, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.
13 Efter ham var Abdon, Hillels Søn, fra Pir'aton Dommer i Israel.
And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judges Israel,
14 Han havde fyrretyve Sønner og tredive Sønnesønner, som red paa halvfjerdsindstyve Æsler. Han var Dommer i Israel i otte Aar.
and he has forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy donkey-colts, and he judges 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 Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dies, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.
