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.”
Men Efraims män församlade sig och drogo till Safon; och de sade till Jefta: »Varför drog du åstad till strid mot Ammons barn utan att kalla på oss till att tåga med dig? Nu vilja vi bränna upp ditt hus jämte dig själv i eld.
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.
Jefta svarade dem: »Jag och mitt folk lågo i svår fejd med Ammons barn; då manade jag eder att komma, men I villen icke frälsa mig ur deras hand.
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]
Och när jag såg att I icke villen frälsa mig, tog jag min själ i min hand och drog åstad mot Ammons barn, och HERREN gav dem i min hand. Varför haven I då nu dragit upp emot mig till att strida emot mig?»
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.
Och Jefta församlade alla Gileads män och gav sig i strid med Efraim. Och Gileads män slogo efraimiterna; dessa hade nämligen sagt: »Flyktingar ifrån Efraim ären I; Gilead är ett mellanting, varken Efraim eller Manasse.»
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,”
Och gileaditerna besatte vadställena över Jordan för efraimiterna. Då nu någon av de efraimitiska flyktingarna sade: »Låt mig komma över», frågade Gileads män honom: »Är du en efraimit?» Om han då svarade nej,
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.
så sade de till honom: »Säg 'schibbolet'.» Sade han då »sibbolet», därför att han icke nog lade sig vinn om att uttala ordet rätt, så grepo de honom och höggo ned honom där vid vadställena över Jordan. På detta sätt föllo vid det tillfället fyrtiotvå tusen efraimiter.
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].
Och Jefta var domare i Israel i sex år. Sedan dog gileaditen Jefta och blev begraven i en av Gileads städer.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Efter honom var Ibsan från Bet-Lehem domare i 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.
Han hade trettio söner, och trettio döttrar gifte han bort; han fick ock trettio döttrar genom att skaffa hustrur åt sina söner utifrån. Och han var domare i Israel i sju år.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Sedan dog Ibsan och blev begraven i Bet-Lehem.
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.
Efter honom var sebuloniten Elon domare i Israel; i tio år var han domare i Israel.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Sedan dog sebuloniten Elon och blev begraven i Ajalon, i Sebulons land.
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.
Efter honom var pirgatoniten Abdon, Hillels son, domare i 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.
Han hade fyrtio söner och trettio sonsöner, vilka plägade rida på sjuttio åsnor. Och han var domare i Israel i åtta år.
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].
Sedan dog pirgatoniten Abdon, Hillels son, och blev begraven i Pirgaton i Efraims land, i amalekiternas bergsbygd. Se Själ i Ordförkl. Se Schibbolet i Ordförkl.
