Judges 12

1 And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass 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.

Derpå stævnedes Efraimierne sammen, og de drog nordpå; og de sagde til Jefta: "Hvorfor drog du i Kamp mod Ammoniterne uden at opfordre os til at gå med? Nu brænder vi Huset af over Hovedet på dig!"

2 And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.

Men Jeffa svarede dem: "Jeg og mit Folk var i Krig, og Ammoniterne trængte os hårdt; da sendte jeg Bud efter eder, men I hjalp mig ikke imod dem;

3 And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?

og da jeg så, at ingen kom mig til Hjælp, vovede jeg Livet og drog mod Ammoniterne, og HERREN gav dem i min Hånd. Hvorfor drager I da nu i Kamp imod mig?"

4 And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.

Derpå samlede Jefta alle Gileads Mænd og angreb Efraimiterne; og Gileads Mænd slog Efraimiterne.

5 And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.

Og Gileaditerne afskar Efraimiterne fra Jordans Vadesteder. Hver Gang så en af de efraimitiske Flygtninge sagde: "Lad mig komme over!" spurgte Gileads Mænd: "Er du Efraimit?" Og når han svarede: "Nej!"

6 Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce [it] rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

sagde de til ham: "Sig Sjibbolet!" Og når 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 42000 Efraimiter.

7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.

Jefta var Dommer i Israel i seks År. Så døde Gileaditen Jefta og blev jordet i sin By i Gilead.

8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Efter ham var Ibzan fra Betlehem Dommer i Israel.

9 And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

Han havde tredive Sønner; tredive Døtre giftede han bort, og tredive Svigerdøtre hjemførte han til sine Sønner.

10 And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

Han var Dommer i Israel i syv År. Så døde Ibzan og blev jordet i Betlehem.

11 And after him Elon, the Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

Efter ham var Zebuloniten Elon Dommer i Israel. Han var Dommer i Israel i ti År.

12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Ajalon in the land of Zebulun.

Så døde Zebuloniten Elon og blev jordet i Ajjalon i Zebulons Land.

13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.

Efter ham var Abdon, Hillels Søn, fra Piraton Dommer i Israel.

14 And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.

Han havde fyrretyve Sønner og tredive Sønnesønner, som red på halvfjerdsindstyve Æsler. Han var Dommer i Israel i otte År.

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.

Så døde Abdon, Hillels Søn, fra Piraton og blev jordet i Piraton i Efraims Land på Amalekiterbjerget.