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.”

Los hombres de Efraín se reunieron y pasaron hacia el norte, y dijeron a Jefté: “¿Por qué pasaste a luchar contra los hijos de Amón y no nos llamaste para que fuéramos contigo? Quemaremos con fuego tu casa a tu alrededor”.

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.

Jefté les dijo: “Yo y mi pueblo tuvimos una gran disputa con los hijos de Amón, y cuando os llamé, no me salvasteis de su mano.

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]

Cuando vi que ustedes no me salvaban, puse mi vida en mi mano y pasé contra los hijos de Amón, y el Señor los entregó en mi mano. ¿Por qué, pues, has subido hoy a pelear contra mí?”

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.

Entonces Jefté reunió a todos los hombres de Galaad y luchó contra Efraín. Los hombres de Galaad golpearon a Efraín, porque dijeron: “Ustedes son fugitivos de Efraín, los galaaditas, en medio de Efraín y en medio de Manasés.”

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,”

Los galaaditas tomaron los vados del Jordán contra los efraimitas. Cuando un fugitivo de Efraín decía: “Déjame pasar”, los hombres de Galaad le decían: “¿Eres efraimita?”. Si respondía: “No”;

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.

entonces le decían: “Ahora di ‘Shibboleth’;” y él decía “Sibboleth”; pues no lograba pronunciarlo correctamente, entonces lo agarraban y lo mataban en los vados del Jordán. En ese momento cayeron cuarenta y dos mil de Efraín.

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].

Jefté juzgó a Israel durante seis años. Luego murió Jefté el Galaadita, y fue enterrado en las ciudades de Galaad.

8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.

Después de él, Ibzán de Belén juzgó a 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.

Tenía treinta hijos. Envió a sus treinta hijas fuera de su clan, y trajo treinta hijas de fuera de su clan para sus hijos. Juzgó a Israel durante siete años.

10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

Ibzán murió y fue enterrado en Belén.

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.

Después de él, Elón Zabulonita juzgó a Israel; y juzgó a Israel durante diez años.

12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.

Elón de Zabulón murió y fue enterrado en Ajalón, en la tierra de Zabulón.

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.

Después de él, Abdón, hijo de Hilel el piratonita, juzgó a 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.

Tenía cuarenta hijos y treinta hijos de hijos que montaban en setenta asnos. Juzgó a Israel durante ocho años.

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].

Abdón hijo de Hilel, el piratonita, murió y fue enterrado en Piratón, en la tierra de Efraín, en la región montañosa de los amalecitas.