Dommernes 12
1 Efraimitarne baud ut mannskapet sitt, og for nordetter, og sagde til Jefta: «Kvi sende du’kje bod etter oss då du for av stad og vilde strida mot ammonitarne? No vil me setja eld på husi dine og brenna deg inne.»
AND the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
2 «Eg og folket mitt låg i ein hard strid med ammonitarne, svara Jefta; «då ropa eg på dykk, men de hjelpte meg ikkje imot deim;
And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
3 og då eg såg at de ikkje vilde hjelpa, våga eg livet, og for imot ammonitarne, og Herren gav deim i henderne mine. Kvi kjem de so no farande og vil slåst med meg?»
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4 So samla han alle Gileads-mennerne, og stridde mot Efraim. Og Gileads-mennerne hogg efraimitarne ned, for di dei hadde sagt: De er rømingar frå Efraim! Gilead ligg midt i Efraim, midt i Manasse.»
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
5 Dei stengde vadi yver Jordan for efraimitarne, og kvar gong det kom ein efraimit som hadde rømt ifrå slaget og vilde sleppa yver, spurde dei: «Er du efraimit?» Han svara: «Nei.»
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
6 «Seg: sjibbolet!» sagde dei. Då sagde han: «Sibbolet; » for han kunde ikkje segja det rett. So greip dei honom, og drap honom innmed vadet. Den gongen fall det tvo og fyrti tusund mann av Efraims-ætti.
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
7 Jefta styrde Israel i seks år. So døydde Jefta frå Gilead, og vart gravlagd i ein av Gileads-byarne.
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 Etter honom var Ibsan frå Betlehem styrar i Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
9 Han hadde tretti søner; tretti døtter gifte han burt, og tretti sonekonor henta han heim; han styrde Israel i sju år.
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10 So døydde Ibsan, og vart gravlagd i Betlehem.
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11 Etter honom var Elon av Sebulons-ætti styrar i Israel. Han styrde Israel i ti år.
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12 So døydde Elon av Sebulons-ætti, og vart gravlagd i Ajjalon i Sebulonslandet.
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13 Etter honom var Abdon Hillelsson frå Piraton styrrar i Israel.
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Han hadde fyrti søner og tretti sonesøner; dei reid på sytti asenfolar. Han styrde Israel i åtte år.
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15 So døydde Abdon Hillelsson frå Piraton, og vart gravlagd i Piraton i Efraimsland, på Amaleksfjell.
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
