< Judges 12 >

1 And the men of Ephraim were called together, and went northward, and said unto Yiphthach, Wherefore didst thou pass over to fight against the children of 'Ammon, and didst not call for us to go with thee? thy house will we burn over thee with fire.
Og hver Mand af Efraim blev opbudt og drog over mod Norden, og de sagde til Jeftha: Hvorfor gik du over til at stride imod Ammons Børn og kaldte os ikke at gaa med dig? Vi ville brænde dit Hus over dig med Ild.
2 And Yiphthach said unto them, I and my people were greatly engaged in strife with the children of 'Ammon; and I called you, but ye helped me not out of their hand.
Og Jeftha sagde til dem: Jeg og mit Folk havde en svar Trætte med Ammons Børn; og jeg kaldte ad eder, men I frelste mig ikke af deres Haand.
3 And when I saw that ye helped me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over to the children of 'Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand; and why then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Der jeg saa, at du ikke vilde frelse, da satte jeg mit Liv i min Haand og drog over til Ammons Børn; og Herren gav dem i min Haand; og hvorfor komme I op til mig paa denne Dag at stride imod mig?
4 Then Yiphthach gathered together all the men of Gil'ad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gil'ad smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim: Gil'ad is in the midst, between Ephraim and Menasseh.
Og Jeftha samlede alle Mænd i Gilead og stred imod Efraim; og Mændene i Gilead sloge Efraim; thi de havde sagt: I Mænd af det Gilead, som ligger imellem Efraim og Manasse, ere Overløbere fra Efraim.
5 And the Gil'adites seized on the passages of the Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it came to pass, when the Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me pass over; that the men of Gil'ad said unto him, Art thou an Ephrathite? and if he said, No;
Thi Gileaditerne indtoge Jordanens Færgestæder overfor Efraim, og det skete, naar nogen af de undkomne af Efraim sagde: Jeg vil gaa over, da sagde Mændene af Gilead til ham: Er du en Efratiter? og han sagde: Nej.
6 Then said they unto him, Do say, Shibboleth; but when he said, Sibboleth, and was not able to pronounce it correctly, they laid hold of him and slew him on the passages of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Da sagde de til ham: Kære, sig: Sjibboleth, og han sagde: Sibboleth, og kunde saaledes ikke udtale det ret; saa grebe de ham og sloge ham ihjel ved Jordanens Færgestæder, og der faldt paa den samme Tid af Etraim to og fyrretyve Tusinde.
7 And Yiphthach judged Israel six years; and then died Yiphthach the Gil'adite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gil'ad.
Og Jeftha dømte Israel seks Aar; og Gileaditeren Jeftha døde og blev begraven i en af Stæderne udi Gilead.
8 And after him there judged Israel Ibzan of Beth-lechem.
Og efter ham dømte Ibzan af Bethlehem Israel.
9 And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in for his sons from abroad: and he judged Israel seven years.
Og han havde tredive Sønner, og tredive Døtre udstyrede han og indførte tredive Døtre til sine Sønner udenfra; og han dømte Israel syv Aar.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lechem.
Og Ibzan døde og blev begraven i Bethlehem.
11 And after him there judged Israel Elon the Zebulonite; and he judged Israel ten years.
Og efter ham dømte Sebuloniteren Elon Israel; og han dømte Israel ti Aar.
12 Then died Elon the Zebulonite, and was buried in Ayalon in the country of Zebulun.
Og Sebuloniteren Elon døde, og han blev begraven i Ajalon udi Sebulons Land.
13 And after him there judged Israel 'Abdon the son of Hillel the Pir'athonite.
Og efter ham dømte Pireathoniteren Abdon, Hillels Søn, Israel.
14 And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, that rode on seventy ass-colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
Og han havde fyrretyve Sønner og tredive Sønnesønner, som rede paa halvfjerdsindstyve Asenfoler; og han dømte Israel otte Aar.
15 Then died 'Abdon the son of Hillel the Pir'athonite, and was buried in Pir'athon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountain of the 'Amalekites.
Og Abdon, Pireathoniteren Hillels Søn døde; og han blev begraven i Pireathon udi Efraims Land paa Amalekiternes Bjerg.

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