Richter 12
1 Und Ephraims Mannen wurden zusammengerufen und zogen hin nach Mitternacht, und sie sprachen zu Jephthach: Warum bist du hingezogen, zu streiten wider die Söhne Ammons, und hast uns nicht gerufen, daß wir mit dir zögen? Dein Haus verbrennen wir über dir mit Feuer.
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.”
2 Und Jephthach sprach zu ihnen: Ein Mann des Haders war ich sehr, ich und mein Volk und die Söhne Ammons, und ich schrie zu euch, aber ihr halfet mir nicht aus ihrer Hand.
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.
3 Und ich sah, daß du uns nicht halfest, und ich nahm meine Seele in meine Hand und zog hinüber wider die Söhne Ammons, und Jehovah gab sie in meine Hand, und warum zieht ihr nun heute herauf, wider mich zu streiten?
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]
4 Und Jephthach brachte alle Männer Gileads zusammen und sie stritten mit Ephraim, und die Männer Gileads schlugen Ephraim; weil sie sagten: Entkommene Ephraims seid ihr, Gilead ist inmitten Ephraims und inmitten Menaschehs.
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.
5 Und Gilead besetzte die Furten des Jordan vor Ephraim; und es geschah, wenn die Entkommenen Ephraims sprachen: Laßt mich hinüber, so sprachen zu ihm die Männer von Gilead: Bist du ein Ephraimite? Und wenn er sagte: Nein,
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,”
6 Da sagten sie zu ihm: Sprich doch: Schibboleth. Sprach er aber Sibboleth und konnte es nicht richtig reden, so ergriffen sie ihn und schlachteten ihn an den Furten des Jordans. Und es fielen zu selbiger Zeit von Ephraim zweiundvierzigtausend.
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.
7 Und Jephthach richtete Israel sechs Jahre. Und Jephthach, der Gileaditer, starb und ward begraben in den Städten Gileads.
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].
8 Und nach ihm richtete Israel Ibzan von Bethlechem.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 Und er hatte dreißig Söhne; und dreißig Töchter entließ er hinaus und dreißig Töchter brachte er seinen Söhnen von draußen, und richtete Israel sieben Jahre.
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.
10 Und Ibzan starb und ward in Bethlechem begraben.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Und nach ihm richtete Israel Elon, der Sebuluniter, und er richtete Israel zehn Jahre.
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.
12 Und Elon, der Sebuluniter, starb und ward begraben in Aijalon, im Lande Sebulun.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Und nach ihm richtete Israel Abdon, Hillels Sohn, der Pirathoniter.
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.
14 Und er hatte vierzig Söhne und dreißig Söhne seiner Töchter, die auf siebzig Eselfüllen ritten, und richtete Israel acht Jahre.
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.
15 Und Abdon, der Sohn Hillels, der Pirathoniter, starb und ward begraben in Pirathon, im Lande Ephraim, auf dem Gebirge des Amalekiters.
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].
