Jueces 12
1 Se reunieron los hombres de Efraím, y pasando a Safón dijeron a Jefté: “¿Por qué saliste a hacer la guerra contra los hijos de Ammón, sin llamarnos a nosotros para marchar contigo? Vamos a quemar tu casa sobre tu cabeza.”
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 Jefté les respondió: “Yo y mi pueblo estábamos luchando violentamente con los hijos de Ammón; y llamé a vosotros, pero no me librasteis de sus manos.
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 Mas viendo que no veníais a librarme, tomé mi vida en mi mano y marché contra los hijos de Ammón, y Yahvé les entregó en mi mano. ¿Por qué ahora subís contra mí para hacerme la guerra?”
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 Entonces Jefté reunió a todos los hombres de Galaad, y atacó a Efraím. Y los galaaditas derrotaron a los efraimitas, por cuanto estos decían: “Vosotros sois fugitivos de Efraím; Galaad está en medio de Efraím y Manasés.”
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 Los galaaditas cortaron a los efraimitas los vados del Jordán; y cuando los fugitivos de Efraím decían: “Quiero pasar”, le preguntaban los galaaditas: “¿Eres tú efraimita?” y cuando respondía: “No”
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 le decían: “Di: schibólet”; mas él decía: “sibólet”, pues no podía pronunciarlo bien. Entonces lo prendían y le degollaban junto a los vados del Jordán. Así murieron en aquel tiempo cuarenta y dos mil efraimitas.
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 Jefté juzgó a Israel seis años. Luego murió Jefté galaadita y fue sepultado en una de las ciudades de Galaad.
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 Después de él juzgó a Israel Abesán de Betlehem,
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 el cual tuvo treinta hijos. Casó, además a su treinta hijas con gente de afuera y trajo de fuera treinta hijas para sus hijos. Juzgó a Israel durante siete años.
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 Y murió Abesán y fue sepultado en Betlehem.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Después de él juzgó a Israel Elón de Zabulón, el cual juzgó a Israel por espacio de diez años.
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 Y murió Elón de Zabulón y fue sepultado en Ayalón, en la tierra de Zabulón.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Después de él juzgó a Israel Abdón, hijo de Hilel de Faratón,
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 el cual tuvo cuarenta hijos y treinta nietos, que cabalgaban sobre setenta pollinos. Juzgó a Israel por espacio de ocho años.
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 Y murió Abdón, hijo de Hilel de Faratón y fue sepultado en Faratón, en la tierra de Efraím, en la montaña de los amalecitas.
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].
