Xaakinnada 12
1 Oo raggii reer Efrayimna way is-urursadeen, oo waxay u gudbeen xagga woqooyi, oo waxay Yeftaah ku yidhaahdeen, Reer Cammoon inaad la dirirto intaad u soo gudubtay, maxaad noogu yeedhi weyday aannu ku raacnee? Gurigaagaannu kugu dul gubi doonnaa.
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 Yeftaahna wuxuu ku yidhi, Aniga iyo dadkayguba dagaal weyn baannu kula jirnay reer Cammoon, oo markaan idiin yeedhay igama aydnaan badbaadin gacantoodii.
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 Oo markaan arkay inaydnaan i badbaadinayn ayaan naftayda biimeeyey, oo waxaan u gudbay reer Cammoon, oo Rabbigu gacantayduu soo geliyey. Haddaba maxaad maanta iigu timaadeen inaad ila dirirtaan?
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 Markaasuu Yeftaah soo urursaday raggii reer Gilecaad oo dhan, oo wuxuu la diriray reer Efrayim; oo reer Gilecaadna way laayeen reer Efrayim, maxaa yeelay, waxay yidhaahdeen, Idinku fakad baad tihiin kuwiinnan reer Gilecaad oo ku dhex jira reer Efrayim iyo reer Manaseh.
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 Oo reer Gilecaadna waxay qabsadeen meelihii Webi Urdun laga gudbi jiray oo xagga reer Efrayim ahaa; oo markuu mid reer Efrayim ah oo cararay yidhaahdo, I daaya aan gudbee, waxaa dhici jirtay inay reer Gilecaad ku odhan jireen, Ma reer Efrayim baad tahay? Oo hadduu yidhaahdo, Maya,
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 waxay ku odhan jireen, Bal waxaad tidhaahdaa Shibboled, markaasuu odhan jiray, Sibboled, waayo, taas odhaahdeeda qummaati uma uu odhan karin; markaasay intay qabsadaan ku dili jireen meelihii Webi Urdun laga gudbi jiray; oo wakhtigaas waxaa reer Efrayim ka dhintay laba iyo afartan kun.
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 Oo Yeftaahna wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil xukumayay lix sannadood. Markaasuu Yeftaah oo ahaa reer Gilecaad dhintay, oo waxaa lagu aasay magaalooyinkii reer Gilecaad middood.
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 Isaga dabadiisna waxaa reer binu Israa'iil xukumi jiray Ibsaan oo ahaa reer Beytlaxam.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 Oo wuxuu lahaa soddon wiil, oo soddon gabdhoodna wuu bixiyey, soddon gabdhoodna wiilashiisuu dibadda uga keenay. Oo isna reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu xukumayay toddoba sannadood.
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.
10 Markaasuu Ibsaan dhintay, oo waxaa lagu aasay Beytlaxam.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Dabadiisna waxaa reer binu Israa'iil xukumi jiray Eeloon oo ahaa reer Sebulun; oo isna wuxuu reer Israa'iil xukumayay toban sannadood.
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.
12 Oo Eeloon oo reer Sebulun ahaana wuu dhintay, oo waxaa lagu aasay Ayaaloon oo ku taal dalka reer Sebulun.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Isaga dabadiisna waxaa reer binu Israa'iil xukumi jiray Cabdoon ina Hilleel oo ahaa reer Fircaatoon.
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 Oo isna wuxuu lahaa afartan wiil iyo soddon uu awowe u ahaa, oo fuuli jiray toddobaatan qayl dameer. Oo wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil xukumayay siddeed sannadood.
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 Oo Cabdoon ina Hilleel oo ahaa reer Fircaatoon wuu dhintay, oo waxaa lagu aasay Fircaatoon oo ku taal dalka reer Efrayim, kaasoo ahaa dalka buuraha leh oo reer Camaaleq.
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].
