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.
Then the Ephraimites were called up and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight the Ammonites without summoning us to go with you? We're going to burn your house down with you inside it!”
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;
“I was a man with a great fight on my hands,” Jephthah replied. “I and my people were fighting the Ammonites. When I called on you for help, you didn't come and help save me from them.
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?
When I realized that you weren't going to help, I took my life in my hands and went to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord made me victorious over them. So why have you come here today to attack 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.
Jephthah summoned all of the men of Gilead and fought against the Ephraimites. The men of Gilead killed them because the Ephraimites taunted them, saying, “You Gileadites are nothing more than escapees living among 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.
The Gileadites took control of the fords over the Jordan River that led to Ephraim's territory, and when an Ephraimite escapee from the battle would come and ask, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would question him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
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 tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he couldn't pronounce it right, and they'd grab him and kill him there at the Jordan fords. A total of 42,000 were killed at that time.
7 Jefta dømte Israel i seks år; og gileaditten Jefta døde og blev begravet i en av Gileads byer.
Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.
8 Efter ham var Ibsan fra Betlehem dommer i Israel.
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.
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 thirty daughters. He married off his daughters to men of other tribes, and he brought in thirty wives from other tribes to marry his sons. Ibzan led Israel as judge for seven years.
10 Og Ibsan døde og blev begravet i Betlehem.
Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Efter ham var sebulonitten Elon dommer i Israel; han dømte Israel i ti år.
After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.
12 Og sebulonitten Elon døde og blev begravet i Ajalon i Sebulons land.
Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.
13 Efter ham var piratonitten Abdon, Hillels sønn, dommer i Israel.
After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.
14 Han hadde firti sønner og tretti sønnesønner, som red på sytti asenfoler; han dømte Israel i åtte år.
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight years.
15 Og piratonitten Abdon, Hillels sønn, døde og blev begravet i Piraton i Efra'ims land, på Amalekitter-fjellet.
Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
