Judges 12
1 And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.
Watu wa Efraimu walitoka pamoja; nao wakapitia Zafoni, wakamwambia Yeftha, Kwa nini umetangulia kupigana na wana wa Amoni, wala hukutuita twende pamoja nawe? Tutachoma nyumba yako.
2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.
Yeftha akawaambia, Mimi na watu wangu tulikuwa katika vita kubwa na wana wa Amoni. Nilipokuita, hukuniokoa kutoka kwao.
3 And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Nilipoona ya kuwa hamkuniokoa, nikaweka uhai wangu na nguvu yangu mwenyewe, na kupita kipita ili kupigana na wana wa Amoni, na Bwana alinipa ushindi. Kwa nini mmekuja kupigana nami leo?”
4 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.
Yeftha akawakusanya watu wote wa Gileadi na akapigana na Efraimu. Watu wa Gileadi waliwaangamiza wana wa Efraimu kwa sababu walisema, “Ninyi Wagileadi ni wakimbizi katika Efraimu-katika Efraimu na Manase.”
5 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 unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Wagileadi waliteketeza ngome za Yordani zinaelekea Efraimu. Ikiwa yeyote kati ya waliopona wa Efraimu akisema, Nipe ruhusa niende juu ya mto; watu wa Gileadi wakamwambia, “Je, wewe ni Mwefraimu?” Ikiwa akasema, “Hapana,”
6 then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
basi watamwambia, Sema Shiboleth. Na kama akisema 'Sibboleth' (kwa maana hakuweza kutamka neno hilo kwa usahihi), Wagileadi watamkamata na kumwua kwenye mabwawa ya Yordani. Waefraimu elfu arobaini waliuawa wakati huo.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Yeftha alikuwa mwamuzi juu ya Israeli kwa miaka sita. Ndipo Yeftha Mgileadi akafa, akazikwa katika moja ya miji ya Gileadi.
8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
Baada yake, Ibzani wa Bethlehemu akawa mwamuzi juu ya Israeli.
9 And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Alikuwa na wana thelathini. Aliwapeleka binti thelathini katika ndoa, naye akaleta binti thelathini kutoka nje kwa ajili ya wanawe, Alikuwa mwamuzi wa Israeli kwa miaka saba.
10 And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
Ibzani alikufa na kuzikwa huko Bethlehemu.
11 And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
Baada yake, Eloni wa Zabuloni akawa mwamuzi juu ya Israeli. Akawaamua Israeli kwa miaka kumi.
12 And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
Eloni wa Zabuloni akafa, akazikwa huko Aiyaloni katika nchi ya Zabuloni.
13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
Baada ya huyo, Abdoni mwana wa Hileli, Mpirathoni, akawa mwamuzi juu ya Israeli.
14 And he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Alikuwa na wana arobaini na wajukuu thelathini. Walikuwa wakipanda punda sabini, naye akawaamua Israeli kwa miaka nane.
15 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.
Abdoni mwana wa Hileli, Mpirathoni, akafa, akazikwa huko Pirathoni katika nchi ya Efraimu, katika kilima cha Waamaleki.
