न्यायियों 12
1 १ तब एप्रैमी पुरुष इकट्ठे होकर सापोन को जाकर यिप्तह से कहने लगे, “जब तू अम्मोनियों से लड़ने को गया तब हमें संग चलने को क्यों नहीं बुलवाया? हम तेरा घर तुझ समेत जला देंगे।”
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 २ यिप्तह ने उनसे कहा, “मेरा और मेरे लोगों का अम्मोनियों से बड़ा झगड़ा हुआ था; और जब मैंने तुम से सहायता माँगी, तब तुम ने मुझे उनके हाथ से नहीं बचाया।
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 ३ तब यह देखकर कि तुम मुझे नहीं बचाते मैं अपने प्राणों को हथेली पर रखकर अम्मोनियों के विरुद्ध चला, और यहोवा ने उनको मेरे हाथ में कर दिया; फिर तुम अब मुझसे लड़ने को क्यों चढ़ आए हो?”
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 ४ तब यिप्तह गिलाद के सब पुरुषों को इकट्ठा करके एप्रैम से लड़ा, एप्रैम जो कहता था, “हे गिलादियों, तुम तो एप्रैम और मनश्शे के बीच रहनेवाले एप्रैमियों के भगोड़े हो,” और गिलादियों ने उनको मार लिया।
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 ५ और गिलादियों ने यरदन का घाट उनसे पहले अपने वश में कर लिया। और जब कोई एप्रैमी भगोड़ा कहता, “मुझे पार जाने दो,” तब गिलाद के पुरुष उससे पूछते थे, “क्या तू एप्रैमी है?” और यदि वह कहता, “नहीं,”
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 ६ तो वे उससे कहते, “अच्छा, शिब्बोलेत कह,” और वह कहता, “सिब्बोलेत,” क्योंकि उससे वह ठीक से बोला नहीं जाता था; तब वे उसको पकड़कर यरदन के घाट पर मार डालते थे। इस प्रकार उस समय बयालीस हजार एप्रैमी मारे गए।
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 ७ यिप्तह छः वर्ष तक इस्राएल का न्याय करता रहा। तब यिप्तह गिलादी मर गया, और उसको गिलाद के किसी नगर में मिट्टी दी गई।
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].
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 ९ और उसके तीस बेटे हुए; और उसने अपनी तीस बेटियाँ बाहर विवाह दीं, और बाहर से अपने बेटों का विवाह करके तीस बहू ले आया। और वह इस्राएल का न्याय सात वर्ष तक करता रहा।
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.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
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.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
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 १४ और उसके चालीस बेटे और तीस पोते हुए, जो गदहियों के सत्तर बच्चों पर सवार हुआ करते थे। वह आठ वर्ष तक इस्राएल का न्याय करता रहा।
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 १५ तब पिरातोनी हिल्लेल का पुत्र अब्दोन मर गया, और उसको एप्रैम के देश के पिरातोन में, जो अमालेकियों के पहाड़ी देश में है, मिट्टी दी गई।
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].
