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.”
Es wurden aber die Ephraimiten aufgeboten; sie zogen nordwärts und ließen dem Jephtha sagen: »Warum bist du zum Krieg gegen die Ammoniter ausgezogen, ohne uns zur Teilnahme am Feldzuge aufzufordern? Nun wollen wir dir dein Haus über dem Kopf in Brand stecken!«
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.
Jephtha erwiderte ihnen: »Ich und mein Volk haben einen schweren Streit mit den Ammonitern gehabt, und ich habe euch um Hilfe angerufen, aber ihr habt mir keinen Beistand gegen sie geleistet.
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]
Als ich nun sah, daß du mir nicht zu Hilfe kommen wolltest, setzte ich mein Leben aufs Spiel und zog gegen die Ammoniter zu Felde, und der HERR gab sie in meine Gewalt. Warum zieht ihr also jetzt gegen mich heran, um Händel mit mir anzufangen?«
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.
Darauf bot Jephtha alle Männer von Gilead auf und griff die Ephraimiten an, und diese wurden von den Gileaditern geschlagen; sie hatten nämlich die Behauptung ausgesprochen: »Flüchtige Ephraimiten seid ihr; Gilead liegt nämlich in der Mitte von Ephraim und Manasse.«
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,”
Die Gileaditer aber hatten die Jordanfurten nach Ephraim zu besetzt. Sooft nun flüchtige Ephraimiten baten: »Laßt mich hinüber!«, fragten die Männer von Gilead den Betreffenden, ob er ein Ephratiter sei; antwortete er dann mit nein,
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.
so forderte man ihn auf, das Wort »Schibboleth« auszusprechen. Sagte er dann »Sibboleth«, weil ihm die richtige Aussprache unmöglich war, so ergriffen sie ihn und machten ihn an den Jordanfurten nieder. So kamen damals 42000 Ephraimiten ums Leben.
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].
Jephtha aber war sechs Jahre lang Richter in Israel; dann starb Jephtha, der Gileaditer, und wurde in einer der Städte Gileads begraben.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Nach ihm war Ibzan aus Bethlehem Richter in Israel.
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.
Er hatte dreißig Söhne, und dreißig Töchter verheiratete er nach auswärts, und dreißig Töchter führte er seinen Söhnen von auswärts als Gattinnen zu. Nachdem er sieben Jahre lang als Richter in Israel gewaltet hatte,
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
starb Ibzan und wurde in Bethlehem begraben.
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.
Nach ihm war Elon aus dem Stamme Sebulon Richter in Israel und zwar zehn Jahre lang.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Als Elon aus Sebulon dann starb, wurde er in Ajjalon im Lande Sebulon begraben.
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.
Nach ihm war Abdon aus Pirathon, der Sohn Hillels, Richter in Israel.
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.
Er hatte vierzig Söhne und dreißig Enkel, die auf siebzig Eselsfüllen ritten. Nachdem er acht Jahre lang Richter in Israel gewesen war,
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].
starb Abdon aus Pirathon, der Sohn Hillels, und wurde zu Pirathon im Lande Ephraim am Amalekiterberge begraben.
