Judges 12

1 and to cry man Ephraim and to pass Zaphon [to] and to say to/for Jephthah why? to pass to/for to fight in/on/with son: descendant/people Ammon and to/for us not to call: call to to/for to go: went with you house: home your to burn upon you in/on/with fire

The men of the tribe of Ephraim summoned their soldiers, and they crossed [the Jordan River] to [the town of] Zaphon [to talk with] Jephthah. They said to him, “(Why did you not ask us for help?/You should have requested us) to help your army fight the Ammon people-group. So we will burn down your house while you are in it.”

2 and to say Jephthah to(wards) them man strife to be I and people my and son: descendant/people Ammon much and to cry out [obj] you and not to save [obj] me from hand: power their

Jephthah replied, “The Ammon people-group were oppressing us greatly. When we were prepared to start to attack them, I requested you to come and help us, but you refused. My men and I defeated the Ammon people-group, but you did not help us.

3 and to see: see for nothing you (to save *L(abh)*) and to set: take [emph?] soul: life my in/on/with palm my and to pass [emph?] to(wards) son: descendant/people Ammon and to give: give them LORD in/on/with hand: power my and to/for what? to ascend: rise to(wards) me [the] day: today [the] this to/for to fight in/on/with me

When I saw that you would not help us, I was willing to be killed in the battle against the Ammon people-group. But Yahweh helped us to defeat them. [You did not help us when we requested it before], so (why have you come here today to fight against me?/you should not have come here today to fight against me.)” [RHQ]

4 and to gather Jephthah [obj] all human Gilead and to fight with Ephraim and to smite human Gilead [obj] Ephraim for to say survivor Ephraim you(m. p.) Gilead in/on/with midst Ephraim in/on/with midst Manasseh

Then Jephthah summoned the men of [the] Gilead [region] to fight [against the men of the tribe of] Ephraim. The men of the tribe of Ephraim said, “You men from [the] Gilead [region] are men who deserted us. Long ago you left us and moved to the area between our tribe and the tribe of Manasseh.” [Because of their saying that], the men of [the] Gilead [region] attacked the men of the tribe of Ephraim.

5 and to capture Gilead [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Ephraim and to be for to say survivor Ephraim to pass and to say to/for him human Gilead Ephraimite you(m. s.) and to say not

The men of Gilead captured that (ford/place where people can walk across) at the Jordan [River] to go to the land where the tribe of Ephraim live. Whenever one of the soldiers from the tribe of Ephraim came to the ford to try to escape, he would say, “Let me cross the river.” Then the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from the tribe of Ephraim?” If he said “No,”

6 and to say to/for him to say please Shibboleth and to say stream and not to establish: right to/for to speak: speak right and to grasp [obj] him and to slaughter him to(wards) ford [the] Jordan and to fall: kill in/on/with time [the] he/she/it from Ephraim forty and two thousand

they would say to him, “Say the word ‘Shibboleth’.” The men of Ephraim could not pronounce that word correctly. So if the person from the tribe of Ephraim said ‘Sibboleth’, [they would know that he was lying and that he was really from the tribe of Ephraim, and] they would kill him there at the ford. So the men of Gilead killed 42,000 people from the tribe of Ephraim at that time.

7 and to judge Jephthah [obj] Israel six year and to die Jephthah [the] Gileadite and to bury in/on/with city Gilead

Jephthah, the man from [the] Gilead [region], was a leader of the Israeli people for six years. Then he died and was buried in a town in [the] Gilead [region].

8 and to judge after him [obj] Israel Ibzan from Bethlehem Bethlehem

After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.

9 and to be to/for him thirty son: child and thirty daughter to send: marriage [the] outside [to] and thirty daughter to come (in): bring to/for son: child his from [the] outside and to judge [obj] Israel seven year

He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He forced all his daughters to marry men who were not in his clan, and brought women from outside his clan to marry his sons. He was the leader of the Israeli people for seven years.

10 and to die Ibzan and to bury in/on/with Bethlehem Bethlehem

When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

11 and to judge after him [obj] Israel Elon [the] Zebulunite and to judge [obj] Israel ten year

After Ibzan died, a man named Elon, from the tribe of Zebulun, became the leader of the Israeli people. He was their leader for ten years.

12 and to die Elon [the] Zebulunite and to bury in/on/with Aijalon in/on/with land: country/planet Zebulun

Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.

13 and to judge after him [obj] Israel Abdon son: child Hillel [the] Pirathon

After Elon died, a man named Abdon who was the son of Hillel, from Pirathon [city, in the area where the tribe of Ephraim live] became the leader of the Israeli people.

14 and to be to/for him forty son: child and thirty son: descendant/people son: descendant/people to ride upon seventy colt and to judge [obj] Israel eight year

He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. Each of them had his own donkey on which to ride. Abdon was the leader of the Israeli people for eight years.

15 and to die Abdon son: child Hillel [the] Pirathon and to bury in/on/with Pirathon in/on/with land: country/planet Ephraim in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] Amalekite

When Abdon died, he was buried in Pirathon, in the hilly area where the descendants of Amalek lived previously, [but now it is the area where the tribe of Ephraim lives].