< Judges 12 >

1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”
Efraim abusuakuw no boaboaa asraafo ano twa kɔɔ Safon. Wɔde nkra yi kɔmaa Yefta: “Adɛn nti na woansoma ammɛka ankyerɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛboa mo nko ntia Amonfo? Yɛrebɛhyew wo ne wo fi nyinaa pasaa!”
2 Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.
Yefta buae se, “Mansotwe no mfiase no, mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moamma. Moammɛboa annye me wɔ Amonfo nsam.
3 When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”
Mede me nkwa too me nsam kɔkoe a monnka ho, nanso Awurade ma midii Amonfo so nkonim. Na adɛn nti na afei woaba sɛ wo ne me rebɛko?”
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
Efraimfo ntuanofo no buae se, “Gileadfo nyɛ nnipa biara sɛ aguanfo a wofi Efraim ne Manase.” Enti Yefta frɛɛ nʼakofo; wɔtow hyɛɛ Efraimfo so, dii wɔn so nkonim.
5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No;”
Yefta ko faa Yordan aworoe so. Bere biara a oguanfo bi a ofi Efraim pɛ sɛ ɔfa hɔ guan kɔ nʼakyi no, Gileadfo no bisa no se, “Wufi Efraim abusua mu ana?” Sɛ ɔbarima no bua se, “Dabi” a,
6 then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
wɔka kyerɛ no se, ɔnka “Sibolet.” Sɛ ofi Efraim a, ɔka, “Sibolet,” Efisɛ nnipa a wofi Efraim no ntumi nka saa asɛm no yiye. Sɛ ɛba saa a, na wɔakyere no akokum no wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan aworoe so hɔ. Enti Efraimfo mpem aduanan abien na wokunkum wɔn saa bere no.
7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
Yefta yɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe asia. Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Gilead nkurow no baako so.
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Yefta akyi no, Ibsan na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel. Ɔtenaa Betlehem.
9 He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
Na ɔwɔ mmabarima aduasa ne mmabea nso aduasa. Ɔmaa ne mmabea no wareware fii mmusua foforo mu. Ne mmabarima no de, ɔfaa mmabun aduasa fii mmusua foforo mu ma wɔbɛwarewaree wɔn. Ibsan buu Israel atɛn mfe ason.
10 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Betlehem.
11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
Ibsan akyi no, Elon a ofi Sebulon na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel. Obuu Israel atɛn mfe du.
12 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
Bere a owui no, wosiee no wɔ Ayalon, Sebulon asase so.
13 After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
Elon wu akyi no, Hilel babarima Abdon a ofi Piraton na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel.
14 He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
Onyaa mmabarima aduanan ne nananom aduasa a na wɔn mu biara tena mfurum so. Ɔyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel mfe awotwe.
15 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
Owu ma wosiee no wɔ Piraton wɔ Efraim asase a ɛwɔ Amalekfo bepɔw asase no so.

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