Judges 12
1 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.”
Mgbe ahụ, ndị Ifrem kpọkọtara ndị agha ha na Zafọn zigara Jefta ozi sị ya, “Gịnị mere ị kpọghị anyị ka anyị bịa nyere gị aka ịlụso ndị Amọn agha? Anyị na-abịa iwere ọkụ irechapụ gị na ezinaụlọ gị.”
2 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.
Jefta zaghachiri ha sị, “Akpọrọ m unu mgbe mụ na ndị m na ndị Amọn na-ese okwu dị ukwu ma unu jụrụ ịbịa. Unu azọpụtaghị m site nʼaka ha.
3 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?”
Mgbe m hụrụ na unu achọghị inyere anyị aka, e tinyere m ndụ m nʼaka m, gabiga nʼofe nke ọzọ ibuso ndị Amọn agha. Ma Onyenwe anyị nyeere m aka imeri ha. Ugbu a, nʼihi gịnị ka unu ji bịa ịlụso m ọgụ taa?”
4 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.”
Jefta kpọkọtara ndị ikom Gilead pụọ buso ndị Ifrem agha. Ndị Gilead tidara ha nʼala nʼihi na ndị Ifrem sịrị, “Ndị gbapụrụ agbapụ site nʼIfrem na Manase ka unu bụ.”
5 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,”
Ọ nọchiri akụkụ Jọdan dị ndị agha Ifrem nʼazụ, ebe ndị agha Ifrem nwere ike isi gbapụ. Mgbe ọbụla onye agha Ifrem ọbụla gbapụrụ ọsọ chọọ ịgafe osimiri ahụ, ndị agha Gilead ga-ejide ya jụọ ya sị, “Ị bụ onye Ifrem?” Ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ ekwuo na ya abụghị onye Ifrem,
6 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.
ha sịrị, “Ọ dị mma, kpọọ, ‘Shibolet.’” Ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ akpọ, “Sibolet,” nʼihi na ọ kpọpụtaghị mkpụrụ okwu ahụ nke ọma, ha na-akpụrụ ya gbuo ya na ngabiga mmiri Jọdan. Ọ bụ ọnụọgụgụ iri puku anọ, na puku abụọ ndị Ifrem ka e gburu mgbe ahụ.
7 And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
Jefta duuru ndị Izrel afọ isii. Mgbe ọ nwụrụ, e liri ya nʼotu obodo Gilead.
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Onye ikpe ọzọ Izrel nwere bụ Ibzan onye bi na Betlehem.
9 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.
O nwere iri ụmụ ndị ikom atọ na iri ụmụ ndị inyom atọ. O kenyere ndị ikom ikwu ọzọ ụmụ ya ndị inyom. Otu a kwa, o sikwa nʼikwu ọzọ lụtara ụmụ ya ndị ikom iri ndị inyom atọ. O kpere Izrel ikpe afọ asaa.
10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
Ibzan nwụrụ, e lie ya na Betlehem.
11 After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
Onye ọzọ kpere Izrel ikpe bụ Elọn, onye Zebụlọn. O kpere Izrel ikpe afọ iri.
12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
Emesịa, Elọn nwụrụ, e lie ya nʼAijalon, nʼime ala Zebụlọn.
13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Onye ọzọ kpere Izrel ikpe bụ Abdon nwa Hilel, onye Piraton.
14 And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.
O nwere iri ụmụ ndị ikom anọ na iri ụmụ ụmụ atọ ndị na-agba iri ịnyịnya ibu asaa. O kpere ụmụ Izrel ikpe afọ asatọ.
15 And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.
Mgbe ahụ, Abdon nwa Hilel nwụrụ, e lie ya na Piraton ala dị nʼIfrem, nʼobodo ugwu ndị Amalek.
