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1 Και συνήχθησαν οι άνδρες Εφραΐμ, και επέρασαν προς βορράν και είπαν προς τον Ιεφθάε, Διά τι επέρασας να πολεμήσης εναντίον των υιών Αμμών, και δεν εκάλεσας ημάς να έλθωμεν μετά σου; τον οίκον σου θέλομεν καύσει επάνω σου εν πυρί.
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 Και είπεν ο Ιεφθάε προς αυτούς, Εγώ και ο λαός μου ήλθομεν εις μεγάλην φιλονεικίαν μετά των υιών Αμμών· και σας έκραξα και δεν με εσώσατε εκ της χειρός αυτών·
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 και ιδών ότι δεν με εσώσατε, ερριψοκινδύνευσα την ζωήν μου και επέρασα εναντίον των υιών Αμμών, και ο Κύριος παρέδωκεν αυτούς εις την χείρα μου· διά τι λοιπόν ανέβητε προς εμέ σήμερον διά να με πολεμήσητε;
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 Τότε συνήθροισεν ο Ιεφθάε πάντας τους άνδρας της Γαλαάδ και επολέμησε τον Εφραΐμ· και επάταξαν οι άνδρες της Γαλαάδ τους Εφραϊμίτας, διότι είπαν, Φυγάδες του Εφραΐμ είσθε σεις οι Γαλααδίται, μεταξύ του Εφραΐμ και μεταξύ του Μανασσή.
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 Και επίασαν αι Γαλααδίται διαβάσεις του Ιορδάνου προ των Εφραϊμιτών· και οπότε τις εκ των Εφραϊμιτών φυγάδων έλεγε, Θέλω να περάσω, τότε οι άνδρες της Γαλαάδ έλεγον προς αυτόν, Μήπως είσαι Εφραϊμίτης; Εάν εκείνος έλεγεν, Ουχί,
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 τότε έλεγον προς αυτόν, Ειπέ λοιπόν Σχίββωλεθ· και εκείνος έλεγε Σίββωλεθ· διότι δεν ηδύνατο να προφέρη ούτω. Τότε επίανον αυτόν και εφόνευον αυτόν εις τας διαβάσεις του Ιορδάνου. Και έπεσον κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν τεσσαράκοντα δύο χιλιάδες Εφραϊμίται.
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 Και έκρινεν ο Ιεφθάε τον Ισραήλ εξ έτη. Και απέθανεν ο Ιεφθάε ο Γαλααδίτης και ετάφη εν πόλει τινί της Γαλαάδ.
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 Και μετ' αυτόν έκρινε τον Ισραήλ Αβαισάν ο εκ Βηθλεέμ.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 Και είχε τριάκοντα υιούς και τριάκοντα θυγατέρας, τας οποίας υπάνδρευσεν· έλαβε δε έξωθεν τριάκοντα νέας διά τους υιούς αυτού. Και έκρινε τον Ισραήλ επτά έτη.
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 Και απέθανεν ο Αβαισάν και ετάφη εν Βηθλεέμ.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Και μετ' αυτόν έκρινε τον Ισραήλ Αιλών ο Ζαβουλωνίτης· και έκρινε τον Ισραήλ δέκα έτη.
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 Και απέθανεν Αιλών ο Ζαβουλωνίτης και ετάφη εις Αιαλών εν τη γη Ζαβουλών.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Και μετ' αυτόν έκρινε τον Ισραήλ Αβδών, ο υιός του Ελλήλ, ο Πιραθωνίτης.
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 Και είχε τεσσαράκοντα υιούς και τριάκοντα εγγόνους, επιβαίνοντας επί εβδομήκοντα πωλάρια· και έκρινε τον Ισραήλ οκτώ έτη.
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 Και απέθανεν Αβδών ο υιός του Ελλήλ ο Πιραθωνίτης· και ετάφη εν Πιραθών εν γη Εφραΐμ, επί το όρος Αμαλήκ.
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].
