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.”
Kemudian suku Efraim mengerahkan pasukannya. Mereka menyeberangi sungai Yordan, pergi ke kota Zafon, dan berkata kepada Yefta, “Mengapa kamu tidak memanggil kami waktu kamu menyeberangi sungai Yordan untuk berperang dengan bangsa Amon? Kami akan membakarmu beserta rumahmu!”
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.
Jawab Yefta, “Waktu kami berselisih dengan bangsa Amon, saya memanggil kalian. Tetapi kalian tidak membantu melepaskan kami dari tekanan 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 saya menyadari bahwa kalian tidak akan menolong saya, saya mempertaruhkan nyawa dan maju melawan bangsa Amon. TUHAN membuat saya menang atas mereka. Lalu mengapa sekarang kalian datang menyerang saya?”
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.
Dalam pertengkaran hari itu, orang Efraim menghina orang Gilead, “Kalian, orang-orang Gilead, hanya orang buangan dari suku Efraim yang menumpang tinggal di pinggir wilayah Efraim dan Manasye!” Maka Yefta mengumpulkan seluruh pasukan Gilead untuk menyerang. Mereka pun menang atas suku Efraim.
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,”
Orang Gilead merebut tempat-tempat penyeberangan sungai Yordan untuk mencegat orang Efraim yang hendak lewat. Ketika orang Efraim yang mencoba kabur berkata, “Biarkan aku menyeberang,” maka orang Gilead bertanya, “Apakah kamu orang Efraim?” Kalau dia 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.
mereka akan menyuruh dia mengucapkan “Syibolet.” Jika orang itu mengucapkan “Sibolet,” dengan logat Efraim, maka orang Gilead akan menangkap dia dan membunuhnya di tempat penyeberangan. Pada waktu itu 42.000 orang Efraim mati dibunuh.
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 menjadi pembela Israel selama enam tahun. Lalu dia meninggal dan dikuburkan di kota Mispa, di Gilead.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Setelah Yefta, Ibsan dari Betlehem menjadi pembela 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.
Ibsan memiliki tiga puluh anak laki-laki dan tiga puluh anak perempuan. Dia mengurus pernikahan untuk semua anaknya itu dengan pasangan dari marga lain. Ibsan menjadi pembela Israel selama tujuh tahun,
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
lalu dia meninggal dan 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.
Setelah Ibsan, Elon orang Zebulon menjadi pembela bangsa Israel selama sepuluh tahun.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Kemudian Elon meninggal dan dikuburkan di Ayalon, di wilayah 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.
Setelah itu, seorang dari Piraton, yaitu Abdon anak Hilel, menjadi pembela bangsa 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.
Dia memiliki empat puluh anak laki-laki dan tiga puluh cucu laki-laki. Mereka masing-masing memiliki keledai tunggangan sendiri-sendiri. Abdon menjadi pembela bangsa Israel selama delapan tahun.
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].
Lalu Abdon meninggal dan dikuburkan di Piraton, di wilayah perbukitan Efraim yang dulu dikuasai oleh orang Amalek.
