Jueces 12
1 Entonces los hombres de Efraín se reunieron, tomaron las armas y se dirigieron a Zafon; y dijeron a Jefté: ¿Por qué fuiste a hacer la guerra contra los hijos de Amón sin enviarnos a que fuéramos contigo? Ahora pondremos tu casa en llamas sobre ti.
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 Y Jefté les dijo: Yo y mi gente estábamos en peligro, y los hijos de Amón fueron muy crueles con nosotros, y cuando envié por ti, no me diste ninguna ayuda contra ellos.
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 Entonces, cuando vi que no tenía ayuda de ti, arriesgue mi propia vida y fui contra los hijos de Amón, y el Señor los puso en mis manos. ¿por qué has venido ¿Este día 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 e hizo la guerra a Efraín; y los hombres de Galaad vencieron a Efraín.
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 Y los de Galaad tomaron los lugares de cruce del Jordán contra los efraimitas; y cuando alguno de los hombres de Efraín que había salido huyendo les pedía paso; Los hombres de Galaad le preguntaban: ¿Eres tú un efraimita? Y si él 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 Entonces le dijeron: Ahora, di Shibolet; y él dijo Sibolet, y no pudo decirlo de la manera correcta; luego lo tomaron y lo mataron en los cruces del Jordán; y en ese momento fueron ejecutados 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 Y Jefté fue juez de Israel por seis años. Y Jefté, el galaadita, murió, y lo enterraron en su pueblo, Mizpa 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 Y después de él, Ibzán de Belén fue juez de Israel.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
9 Tuvo treinta hijos y treinta hijas a quienes envió a otros lugares, y obtuvo treinta esposas de otros lugares para sus hijos. Y fue juez de Israel por 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 Ibzán, y lo enterraron en Belén.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Y después de él, Elón, el zebulonita, fue juez de Israel; y fue juez de Israel durante 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 el zebulonita, y lo enterraron en Ajalón, en la tierra de Zabulón.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Y después de él, Abdón, hijo de Hilel, de piratón, fue juez de Israel.
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 Tuvo cuarenta hijos y treinta nietos cada uno de los cuales montaba un asno; y fue juez de Israel durante 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, el hijo de Hillel, y lo enterraron en Piratón, en la tierra de Efraín, en la región montañosa 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].
