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.”
Aber die Männer von Ephraim versammelten sich und zogen nach Zaphon und sprachen zu Jephtah: Warum bist du wider die Kinder Ammon in den Streit gezogen und hast uns nicht gerufen, daß wir mit dir zögen? Wir wollen dein Haus samt dir mit Feuer verbrennen!
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.
Jephtah sprach zu ihnen: Ich und mein Volk hatten einen schweren Streit mit den Kindern Ammon, und ich schrie zu euch, aber ihr halfet mir nicht aus ihrer Hand.
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 bei euch keine Hilfe war, setzte ich mein Leben daran und zog hin wider die Kinder Ammon, und der HERR gab sie in meine Hand. Warum kommt ihr heute zu mir herauf, um wider mich zu streiten?
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.
Und Jephtah versammelte alle Männer von Gilead und stritt wider Ephraim. Und die Männer von Gilead schlugen Ephraim, weil sie gesagt hatten: Ihr seid ephraimitische Flüchtlinge; Gilead liegt zwischen 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,”
Und die Gileaditer besetzten die Furt des Jordan vor Ephraim. Wenn nun die flüchtenden Ephraimiter sprachen: Laß mich hinübergehen! so sprachen die Männer von Gilead: Bist du ein Ephraimiter? Wenn er dann antwortete: 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 sprachen sie zu ihm: Sage doch: Schibbolet! Sprach er alsdann «Sibbolet», weil er es nicht recht aussprechen konnte, so fingen sie ihn und töteten ihn an der Furt des Jordan, so daß zu der Zeit von Ephraim zweiundvierzigtausend fielen.
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].
Jephtah aber richtete Israel sechs Jahre lang. Dann starb Jephtah, der Gileaditer, und ward begraben in einer der Städte Gileads.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Nach ihm richtete Ibzan von Bethlehem das Volk 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.
Der hatte dreißig Söhne und entließ dreißig Töchter aus seinem Haus und nahm seinen Söhnen dreißig Töchter von auswärts und richtete Israel sieben Jahre lang.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Darnach starb Ibzan und ward zu 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 richtete Elon, ein Sebuloniter, das Volk Israel; der richtete Israel zehn Jahre lang.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Und Elon, der Sebuloniter, starb und ward begraben zu Ajalon im Lande Sebulon.
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 richtete Abdon, der Sohn Hillels, ein Piratoniter, das Volk 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.
Der hatte vierzig Söhne und dreißig Enkel, die auf siebzig Eselsfüllen ritten; der richtete Israel acht Jahre lang.
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].
Darnach starb Abdon, der Sohn Hillels, der Piratoniter, und ward begraben zu Piraton im Lande Ephraim auf dem Gebirge der Amalekiter.
