داوران 12

1 قبیلهٔ افرایم سپاه خود را در صافون جمع کرد و برای یفتاح این پیغام را فرستاد: «چرا از ما نخواستی تا آمده، تو را در جنگ با عمونی‌ها کمک کنیم؟ اکنون می‌آییم تا تو و خانه‌ات را بسوزانیم!»

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 یفتاح پاسخ داد: «من برای شما پیغام فرستادم که بیایید، ولی نیامدید. هنگامی که در تنگی بودیم شما ما را یاری نکردید.

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 پس من جان خود را به خطر انداخته، بدون شما به جنگ رفتم و به یاری خداوند بر دشمن پیروز شدم. حال دلیلی ندارد که شما با من بجنگید.»

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 یفتاح از این سخن افرایمی‌ها که گفته بودند، مردان جلعاد به افرایم و منسی خیانت کرده‌اند خشمناک شده، سپاه خود را بسیج نمود و به افرایم حمله برده، آنها را شکست داد.

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 مردان جلعاد تمام گذرگاههای رود اردن را گرفتند تا از فرار افرایمی‌ها جلوگیری کنند. هر وقت یکی از فراریان افرایم می‌خواست از رود اردن عبور کند، مردان جلعاد راه را بر او می‌بستند و از او می‌پرسیدند: «آیا تو از قبیلهٔ افرایم هستی؟» اگر می‌گفت: «نه!»

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 آنگاه از او می‌خواستند بگوید: «شبولت.» ولی او می‌گفت: «سبولت.» و از این راه می‌فهمیدند که او افرایمی است، زیرا افرایمی‌ها، «ش» را «س» تلفظ می‌کردند. پس او را می‌گرفتند و در کنار گذرگاههای اردن می‌کشتند. به این ترتیب چهل و دو هزار نفر افرایمی به دست مردم جلعاد کشته شدند.

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 یفتاح مدت شش سال رهبری اسرائیل را به عهده داشت. وقتی مرد او را در یکی از شهرهای جلعاد دفن کردند.

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].

8 رهبر بعدی، اِبصانِ بیت‌لحمی بود.

After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.

9 او سی پسر و سی دختر داشت. وی دختران خود را به عقد مردانی درآورد که خارج از قبیلهٔ او بودند و سی دختر بیگانه هم برای پسرانش به زنی گرفت. او هفت سال رهبر اسرائیل بود و بعد از مرگش او را در بیت‌لحم دفن کردند.

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.

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When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

11 پس از ابصان، ایلونِ زِبولونی مدت ده سال رهبری اسرائیل را به عهده گرفت. وقتی مرد او را در ایلون واقع در زبولون به خاک سپردند.

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.

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Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.

13 پس از او، عَبدون پسر هیلل فرعتونی رهبر اسرائیل شد.

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 او چهل پسر و سی نوه داشت که بر هفتاد الاغ سوار می‌شدند. عبدون مدت هشت سال رهبر اسرائیل بود.

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 پس از مرگش در فرعتون واقع در افرایم در کوهستان عمالیقی‌ها به خاک سپرده شد.

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].