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.”

Entonces los varones de Efraín fueron convocados, cruzaron hacia Safón y dijeron a Jefté: ¿Por qué fuiste a luchar contra los hijos de Amón y no nos llamaste para ir contigo? ¡Incendiaremos tu casa contigo dentro!

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 respondió: Yo y mi pueblo tuvimos una gran contienda contra los hijos de Amón. Los convoqué a ustedes, pero no me [auxiliaron para] librarnos 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 defenderían, arriesgué mi vida y pasé contra los hijos de Amón. Yavé los entregó en mi mano. ¿Por qué se levantan 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 varones de Galaad y peleó contra Efraín. Y los hombres de Galaad derrotaron a Efraín, porque [éstos] dijeron: ¡Ustedes, los galaaditas, son fugitivos de Efraín, en medio de Efraín y 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 capturaron los vados del Jordán que están frente a Efraín. Y sucedía que cuando cualquiera de los fugitivos de Efraín decía: Voy a pasar, los hombres de Galaad le preguntaban: ¿Eres tú efrateo? Y si él 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: Dí ahora, Shibolet. Y él decía Sibolet, porque no podía pronunciar así. Entonces le echaban mano y lo degollaban en los vados del Jordán. Y en aquel tiempo cayeron 42.000 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 seis años. Jefté galaadita murió y fue sepultado en una de 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 30 hijos y 30 hijas a las cuales casó afuera. Tomó de afuera 30 mujeres para sus hijos. Y juzgó a Israel siete años.

10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

Ibzán murió y fue sepultado 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 diez años.

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

Elón zabulonita murió y fue sepultado 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, 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.

Éste tuvo 40 hijos y 30 nietos, que cabalgaban sobre 70 asnos. Y juzgó a Israel 8 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 piratonita, murió y fue sepultado en Piratón en la tierra de Efraín, en la región montañosa de los amalecitas.