Juges 12

1 Les hommes d'Ephraïm crièrent, et ils passèrent au nord, et ils dirent à Jephté: Pourquoi donc es-tu allé combattre les fils d'Amnion, sans nous convoquer pour marcher avec toi? Nous mettrons le feu à ta maison, sur toi.

Then the Ephraimites were called up and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight the Ammonites without summoning us to go with you? We're going to burn your house down with you inside it!”

2 Et Jephté leur dit: Nous faisions une violente guerre aux fils d'Ammon, moi et mon peuple; je vous ai appelés, mais vous ne m'avez point délivré de leurs mains.

“I was a man with a great fight on my hands,” Jephthah replied. “I and my people were fighting the Ammonites. When I called on you for help, you didn't come and help save me from them.

3 Ainsi, j'ai vu que vous ne me sauveriez pas; j'ai confié ma vie à mes mains; j'ai attaqué les fils d'Ammon, et le Seigneur me les a livré. Pourquoi donc aujourd'hui venez-vous me combattre?

When I realized that you weren't going to help, I took my life in my hands and went to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord made me victorious over them. So why have you come here today to attack me?”

4 Jephté réunit ensuite tous les hommes de Galaad, et il livra bataille à Ephraïm; et les hommes de Galaad vainquirent ceux d'Ephraïm, qui avaient dit: Vous, gens de Galaad, vous êtes des fugitifs d'Ephraïm; vous demeurez au milieu d'Ephraïm et au milieu de Manassé.

Jephthah summoned all of the men of Gilead and fought against the Ephraimites. The men of Gilead killed them because the Ephraimites taunted them, saying, “You Gileadites are nothing more than escapees living among Ephraim and Manasseh.”

5 Galaad s'empara avant Ephraïm des gués du Jourdain; et les fuyards d'Ephraïm dirent: Laissez-nous passer; or, à chacun, les hommes de Galaad disaient: N'es-tu pas d'Ephraïm? et il répondait: Non.

The Gileadites took control of the fords over the Jordan River that led to Ephraim's territory, and when an Ephraimite escapee from the battle would come and ask, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would question him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”

6 Et ils lui disaient: Prononce épi; et il le prononçait mal; alors, ils le saisissaient, et le tuaient près du gué du Jourdain. En ce jour-là, quarante-deux mille hommes d'Ephraïm tombèrent.

they would tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he couldn't pronounce it right, and they'd grab him and kill him there at the Jordan fords. A total of 42,000 were killed at that time.

7 Ensuite, Jephté jugea Israël six ans, et il mourut, et il fut enseveli dans sa ville de Galaad.

Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.

8 Après lui, Abessan de Bethléem jugea Israël.

After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.

9 Il avait trente fils et trente filles; et il maria celles-ci hors de sa demeure, et il y amena du dehors trente filles pour ses fils; et il jugea Israël sept ans.

He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married off his daughters to men of other tribes, and he brought in thirty wives from other tribes to marry his sons. Ibzan led Israel as judge for seven years.

10 Abessan mourut, et il fut enseveli à Bethléem.

Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

11 Après lui, Elon, le Zabulonien, jugea Israël dix ans.

After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.

12 Il mourut, et il fut enseveli dans la ville d'Elon, en la terre de Zabulon.

Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.

13 Après lui, Abdon, fils d'Ellel, le Pharathonien, jugea Israël.

After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.

14 Il avait quarante fils et trente petits-fils qui montaient sur soixante- dix poulains.

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight years.

15 Abdon, fils d'Ellel, mourut, et il fut enseveli à Pharathon en la terre d'Ephraïm, sur la montagne d'Amalec.

Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.