Judges 12

1 `Lo! forsothe discencioun roos in Effraym; for whi thei, that passiden ayens the north, seiden to Jepte, Whi yedist thou to batel ayens the sones of Amon, and noldist clepe vs, that we schulden go with thee? Therfor we schulen brenne thin hows.

and to cry man Ephraim and to pass Zaphon [to] and to say to/for Jephthah why? to pass to/for to fight in/on/with son: descendant/people Ammon and to/for us not to call: call to to/for to go: went with you house: home your to burn upon you in/on/with fire

2 To whiche he answeride, Greet strijf was to me and to my puple ayens the sones of Amon, and Y clepide you, that ye schulden `yyue help to me, and ye nolden do.

and to say Jephthah to(wards) them man strife to be I and people my and son: descendant/people Ammon much and to cry out [obj] you and not to save [obj] me from hand: power their

3 `Which thing Y siy, and puttide my lijf in myn hondis; and Y passide to the sones of Amon, and `the Lord bitook hem in to myn hondis; what haue Y disseruyd, that ye ryse togidere ayens me in to batel?

and to see: see for nothing you (to save *L(abh)*) and to set: take [emph?] soul: life my in/on/with palm my and to pass [emph?] to(wards) son: descendant/people Ammon and to give: give them LORD in/on/with hand: power my and to/for what? to ascend: rise to(wards) me [the] day: today [the] this to/for to fight in/on/with me

4 Therfor whanne alle the men of Galaad weren clepid to hym, he fauyt ayens Effraym; and the men of Galaad smytiden Effraym; for he seide, Galaad is `fugitif ether exilid fro Effraym, and dwellith in the myddis of Effraym and of Manasses.

and to gather Jephthah [obj] all human Gilead and to fight with Ephraim and to smite human Gilead [obj] Ephraim for to say survivor Ephraim you(m. p.) Gilead in/on/with midst Ephraim in/on/with midst Manasseh

5 And the men of Galaad ocupieden the forthis of Jordan, bi whiche Effraym schulden turne ayen. And whanne a man fleynge of the noumbre of Effraym hadde come to tho forthis, and hadde seid, Y biseche, that thou suffre me passe; men of Galaad seiden to hym, Whether thou art a man of Effraym? And whanne he seide, Y am not,

and to capture Gilead [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Ephraim and to be for to say survivor Ephraim to pass and to say to/for him human Gilead Ephraimite you(m. s.) and to say not

6 thei axiden hym, Seie thou therfor Sebolech, `whiche is interpretid, `an eer of corn. Which answeride, Thebolech, and myyte not brynge forth an eer of corn bi the same lettre. And anoon thei strangeliden hym takun in thilke passyng of Jordan; and two and fourti thousynde of Effraym felden doun in that tyme.

and to say to/for him to say please Shibboleth and to say stream and not to establish: right to/for to speak: speak right and to grasp [obj] him and to slaughter him to(wards) ford [the] Jordan and to fall: kill in/on/with time [the] he/she/it from Ephraim forty and two thousand

7 And so Jepte, `a man of Galaad, demyde Israel sixe yeer; and he `was deed, and biried in his citee Galaad.

and to judge Jephthah [obj] Israel six year and to die Jephthah [the] Gileadite and to bury in/on/with city Gilead

8 Abethsan of Bethleem, that hadde thretti sones, and so many douytris, demyde Israel aftir Jepte;

and to judge after him [obj] Israel Ibzan from Bethlehem Bethlehem

9 whiche douytris he sente out, and yaf to hosebondis, and he took wyues to hise sones of the same noumbre, and brouyte in to hys hows; which demyde Israel seuene yeer;

and to be to/for him thirty son: child and thirty daughter to send: marriage [the] outside [to] and thirty daughter to come (in): bring to/for son: child his from [the] outside and to judge [obj] Israel seven year

10 and he `was deed, and biried in Bethleem.

and to die Ibzan and to bury in/on/with Bethlehem Bethlehem

11 Whos successour was Hailon of Zabulon; and he demyde Israel ten yeer;

and to judge after him [obj] Israel Elon [the] Zebulunite and to judge [obj] Israel ten year

12 and he was deed, and biried in Zabulon.

and to die Elon [the] Zebulunite and to bury in/on/with Aijalon in/on/with land: country/planet Zebulun

13 Aftir hym Abdon, the sone of Ellel, of Pharaton, demyde Israel;

and to judge after him [obj] Israel Abdon son: child Hillel [the] Pirathon

14 which Abdon hadde fourti sones, and of hem thretti sones, stiynge on seuenti coltis of femal assis, `that is, mulis, and he demyde Israel eiyte yeer;

and to be to/for him forty son: child and thirty son: descendant/people son: descendant/people to ride upon seventy colt and to judge [obj] Israel eight year

15 and he `was deed, and biried in Pharaton, in the loond of Effraym, in the hil of Amalech.

and to die Abdon son: child Hillel [the] Pirathon and to bury in/on/with Pirathon in/on/with land: country/planet Ephraim in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] Amalekite