< Judges 12 >

1 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.”
Ja Efraimin miehet kutsuttiin koolle, ja he lähtivät pohjoiseen päin ja sanoivat Jeftalle: "Miksi lähdit sotimaan ammonilaisia vastaan kutsumatta meitä tulemaan kanssasi? Me poltamme tulella sinun talosi pääsi päältä."
2 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.
Jefta vastasi heille: "Minulla ja minun kansallani oli kova taistelu ammonilaisten kanssa; silloin minä kutsuin teitä, mutta te ette tulleet auttamaan minua heidän käsistään.
3 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]
Ja kun minä näin, ettette tulleet auttamaan minua, panin minä henkeni kämmenelleni ja lähdin ammonilaisia vastaan, ja Herra antoi heidät minun käsiini. Miksi te olette nyt lähteneet minua vastaan, sotimaan minua vastaan?"
4 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.
Ja Jefta kokosi kaikki Gileadin miehet ja ryhtyi taisteluun Efraimia vastaan; ja Gileadin miehet voittivat efraimilaiset, jotka olivat sanoneet: "Te olette karkureita Efraimista; Gilead on Efraimin ja Manassen keskessä".
5 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,”
Ja gileadilaiset valtasivat efraimilaisten tieltä Jordanin kahlauspaikat. Kun sitten Efraimin pakolaiset sanoivat: "Antakaa minun mennä yli", kysyivät Gileadin miehet kultakin: "Oletko efraimilainen?" Jos hän vastasi: "En",
6 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.
niin he sanoivat hänelle: "Sano 'shibbolet'". Jos hän sanoi "sibbolet", kun ei osannut ääntää oikein, ottivat he hänet kiinni ja tappoivat Jordanin kahlauspaikoilla. Niin kaatui silloin Efraimista neljäkymmentäkaksi tuhatta.
7 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].
Ja Jefta oli tuomarina Israelissa kuusi vuotta; sitten gileadilainen Jefta kuoli, ja hänet haudattiin erääseen Gileadin kaupunkiin.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Hänen jälkeensä oli Ibsan, Beetlehemistä, tuomarina Israelissa.
9 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.
Hänellä oli kolmekymmentä poikaa, ja hän naitti kolmekymmentä tytärtänsä muualle ja toi muualta kolmekymmentä tyttöä pojilleen vaimoiksi. Ja hän oli tuomarina Israelissa seitsemän vuotta.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Sitten Ibsan kuoli, ja hänet haudattiin Beetlehemiin.
11 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.
Hänen jälkeensä oli sebulonilainen Eelon tuomarina Israelissa; hän oli tuomarina Israelissa kymmenen vuotta.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Sitten sebulonilainen Eelon kuoli, ja hänet haudattiin Aijaloniin, Sebulonin maahan.
13 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.
Hänen jälkeensä oli piratonilainen Abdon, Hillelin poika, tuomarina Israelissa.
14 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.
Hänellä oli neljäkymmentä poikaa ja kolmekymmentä pojanpoikaa, jotka ratsastivat seitsemälläkymmenellä aasilla; hän oli tuomarina Israelissa kahdeksan vuotta.
15 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].
Sitten piratonilainen Abdon, Hillelin poika, kuoli, ja hänet haudattiin Piratoniin, Efraimin maahan, amalekilaisten vuoristoon.

< Judges 12 >