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.”
Dikerahkanlah orang Efraim, lalu mereka bergerak ke Zafon. Dan mereka berkata kepada Yefta: "Mengapa engkau bergerak untuk memerangi bani Amon dengan tidak memanggil kami untuk maju bersama-sama dengan engkau? Sebab itu kami akan membakar rumahmu bersama-sama kamu!"
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.
Tetapi jawab Yefta kepada mereka: "Aku dan rakyatku telah terlibat dalam peperangan yang hebat dengan bani Amon; lalu aku memanggil kamu, tetapi kamu tidak datang menyelamatkan aku dari tangan mereka.
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]
Ketika kulihat, bahwa tidak ada yang datang menyelamatkan aku, maka aku mempertaruhkan nyawaku dan aku pergi melawan bani Amon itu, dan TUHAN menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tanganku. Mengapa pada hari ini kamu mendatangi aku untuk berperang melawan aku?"
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.
Kemudian Yefta mengumpulkan semua orang Gilead, lalu mereka berperang melawan suku Efraim. Dan orang-orang Gilead mengalahkan suku Efraim itu. Sebab orang-orang itu mengatakan: "Kamulah orang-orang yang telah lari dari suku Efraim!" --kaum Gilead itu ada di tengah-tengah suku Efraim dan suku Manasye--.
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,”
Untuk menghadapi suku Efraim itu, maka orang Gilead menduduki tempat-tempat penyeberangan sungai Yordan. Apabila dari suku Efraim ada yang lari dan berkata: "Biarkanlah aku menyeberang," maka orang Gilead berkata kepadanya: "Orang Efraimkah engkau?" Dan jika ia menjawab: "Bukan,"
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.
maka mereka berkata kepadanya: "Coba katakan dahulu: syibolet." Jika ia berkata: sibolet, jadi tidak dapat mengucapkannya dengan tepat, maka mereka menangkap dia dan menyembelihnya dekat tempat-tempat penyeberangan sungai Yordan itu. Pada waktu itu tewaslah dari suku Efraim empat puluh dua ribu orang.
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].
Yefta memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel enam tahun lamanya. Kemudian matilah Yefta, orang Gilead itu, lalu dikuburkan di sebuah kota di daerah Gilead.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Sesudah dia, maka Ebzan dari Betlehem memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang 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.
Ia mempunyai tiga puluh anak laki-laki. Tiga puluh anaknya perempuan dikawinkannya ke luar kaumnya dan tiga puluh anak perempuan diambilnya dari luar kaumnya untuk anak-anaknya lelaki itu. Ia memerintah atas orang Israel tujuh tahun lamanya.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Kemudian matilah Ebzan, lalu dikuburkan di Betlehem.
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.
Sesudah dia, maka Elon orang Zebulon memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel. Ia memerintah atas orang Israel sepuluh tahun lamanya.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Kemudian matilah Elon, orang Zebulon itu, lalu dikuburkan di Ayalon, di tanah Zebulon.
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.
Sesudah dia, maka Abdon bin Hilel, orang Piraton, memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang 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.
Ia mempunyai empat puluh anak laki-laki dan tiga puluh cucu laki-laki, yang mengendarai tujuh puluh ekor keledai jantan. Ia memerintah atas orang Israel delapan tahun lamanya.
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].
Kemudian matilah Abdon bin Hilel, orang Piraton itu, lalu dikuburkan di Piraton, di tanah Efraim, di pegunungan orang Amalek.
