Judges 12
1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house on you 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 to them, "I and my people had a dispute, and the people of Ammon were oppressing me greatly; and when I called you, you did not save me out of their hand.
Yeftha akawaambia, Mimi na watu wangu tulikuwa katika vita kubwa na wana wa Amoni. Nilipokuita, hukuniokoa kutoka kwao.
3 When I saw that you did not save me, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the people of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to 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 struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you 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 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No";
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 they said to him, "Now say 'Shibboleth;'" and he said "Sibboleth"; for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they seized him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-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 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city in Gilead.
Yeftha alikuwa mwamuzi juu ya Israeli kwa miaka sita. Ndipo Yeftha Mgileadi akafa, akazikwa katika moja ya miji ya Gileadi.
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Baada yake, Ibzani wa Bethlehemu akawa mwamuzi juu ya Israeli.
9 He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. 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 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
Ibzani alikufa na kuzikwa huko Bethlehemu.
11 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 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 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 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkey 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 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.
