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.
But behold there arose a sedition in Ephraim. And passing towards the north, they said to Jephte: When thou wentest to fight against the children of Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us, that we might go with thee? Therefore we will burn thy 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 at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called you to assist me, and you would not do it.
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 when I saw this, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What have I deserved, that you should rise up to fight 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.
Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated Ephraim, because he had said: Galaad is a fugitive of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim and Manasses.
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 Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one of the number of Ephraim came thither in the flight, and said: I beseech you let me pass: the Galaadites said to him: Art thou not an Ephraimite? 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 asked him: Say then, Scibboleth, which is interpreted, An ear of corn. But he answered, Sibboleth, not being able to express an ear of corn by the same letter. Then presently they took him and killed him in the very passage of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.
7 Jefta dømte Israel i seks år; og gileaditten Jefta døde og blev begravet i en av Gileads byer.
And Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel six years: and he died, and was buried in his city of Galaad.
8 Efter ham var Ibsan fra Betlehem dommer i Israel.
After him Abesan 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 as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel seven years:
10 Og Ibsan døde og blev begravet i Betlehem.
And he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Efter ham var sebulonitten Elon dommer i Israel; han dømte Israel i ti år.
To him succeeded Ahialon a Zabulonite: and he judged Israel ten years:
12 Og sebulonitten Elon døde og blev begravet i Ajalon i Sebulons land.
And he died, and was buried in Zabulon.
13 Efter ham var piratonitten Abdon, Hillels sønn, dommer i Israel.
After him Abdon, the son of Illel, a Pharathonite, 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 of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel 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 was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of Amalech.
