Dommernes 12

1 Efra'ims menn blev kalt til våben og drog mot nord; og de sa til Jefta: Hvorfor sendte du ikke bud efter oss da du drog avsted for å stride mot Ammons barn? Nu vil vi sette ild på huset du bor i.

And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”

2 Da sa Jefta til dem: Jeg og mitt folk lå i en hård strid med Ammons barn; da kalte jeg på eder, men I hjalp mig ikke mot dem;

And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.

3 og da jeg så at I ikke vilde hjelpe, satte jeg mitt liv på spill og drog avsted mot Ammons barn, og Herren gav dem i min hånd. Hvorfor kommer I da farende mot mig idag og vil stride mot mig?

And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”

4 Derefter samlet Jefta alle Gileads menn og stred imot Efra'im, og Gileads menn slo Efra'im; for de hadde sagt: Rømlinger fra Efra'im er I gileaditter midt i Efra'im og midt i Manasse.

And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”

5 Og gileadittene stengte vadestedene over Jordan for Efra'im; og hver gang det kom en efra'imitt som hadde flyktet fra slaget og sa: La mig slippe over, da sa Gileads menn til ham: Er du en efra'imitt? Han svarte: Nei.

And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”

6 Da sa de til ham: Si sjibbolet! Men han sa sibbolet, for han kunde ikke uttale det riktig. Så grep de ham og slo ham ihjel ved Jordans vadesteder; og det falt dengang to og firti tusen av Efra'im.

they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.

7 Jefta dømte Israel i seks år; og gileaditten Jefta døde og blev begravet i en av Gileads byer.

And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.

8 Efter ham var Ibsan fra Betlehem dommer i Israel.

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 Han hadde tretti sønner; tretti døtre giftet han bort, og tretti døtre førte han hjem som hustruer for sine sønner; og han dømte Israel i syv år.

He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.

10 Og Ibsan døde og blev begravet i Betlehem.

And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

11 Efter ham var sebulonitten Elon dommer i Israel; han dømte Israel i ti år.

After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.

12 Og sebulonitten Elon døde og blev begravet i Ajalon i Sebulons land.

And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.

13 Efter ham var piratonitten Abdon, Hillels sønn, dommer i Israel.

After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

14 Han hadde firti sønner og tretti sønnesønner, som red på sytti asenfoler; han dømte Israel i åtte år.

And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.

15 Og piratonitten Abdon, Hillels sønn, døde og blev begravet i Piraton i Efra'ims land, på Amalekitter-fjellet.

And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.