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.”
Potem zebrali się mężczyźni Efraimici i wyruszyli na północ, po czym powiedzieli do Jeftego: Dlaczego poszedłeś walczyć przeciwko synom Ammona, a nas nie wezwałeś, abyśmy poszli z tobą? Spalimy ogniem twój dom nad tobą.
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.
I Jefte powiedział im: Ja i mój lud mieliśmy niemały spór z synami Ammona; i wzywałem was, lecz nie wybawiliście mnie z ich rąk.
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]
A widząc, że nie chcieliście mnie wybawić, naraziłem swoje życie i wyruszyłem na synów Ammona, a PAN wydał ich w moje ręce. Dlaczego więc przyszliście dziś do mnie, by walczyć ze mną?
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.
Zebrał więc Jefte wszystkich mężczyzn z Gileadu i walczył z Efraimem. I mężczyźni z Gileadu pobili Efraima, gdyż ci mówili: Wy, Gileadczycy, [którzy mieszkacie] między Efraimitami a Manassesytami, jesteście zbiegami z Efraima.
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,”
I Gileadczycy odebrali brody Jordanu Efraimowi. A gdy uciekający Efraimita mówił: Pozwólcie mi przejść, wtedy mężczyźni Gileadu pytali: Czy jesteś Efraimitą? A jeśli odpowiadał: Nie;
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.
Wtedy mówili do niego: Wymów teraz: szibbolet, a ten mówił: sibbolet, bo inaczej nie mógł wymówić. Wtedy chwytali go i zabijali przy brodach Jordanu. I poległo w tym czasie z Efraima czterdzieści dwa tysiące.
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].
A Jefte Gileadczyk sądził Izraela przez sześć lat. Potem umarł Jefte Gileadczyk i został pogrzebany w [jednym] z miast Gileadu.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Po nim sądził Izraela Ibsan z Betlejem.
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.
A miał trzydziestu synów i trzydzieści córek, które powydawał z domu [za mąż], a spoza domu sprowadził trzydzieści żon dla swoich synów. I sądził Izraela przez siedem lat.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Potem Ibsan umarł i został pogrzebany w Betlejem.
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.
A po nim sądził Izraela Elon Zebulonita. Sądził on Izraela przez dziesięć lat.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Potem Elon Zebulonita umarł i został pogrzebany w Ajjalonie, w ziemi Zebulona.
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.
A po nim sądził Izraela Abdon, syn Hillela, Piratończyk.
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.
Miał on czterdziestu synów i trzydziestu wnuków, którzy jeździli na siedemdziesięciu oślętach. Sądził on Izraela przez osiem lat.
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].
Potem umarł Abdon, syn Hillela, Piratończyk, i został pogrzebany w Piratonie, w ziemi Efraima, na górze Amalekitów.
