Domarboken 12
1 Och de af Ephraim skriade, och gingo norrut, och sade till Jephthah: Hvi drogst du i strid emot Ammons barn, och kallade icke oss, att vi hade mått dragit med dig? Vi vilje uppbränna ditt hus med dig i elde.
And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”
2 Jephthah sade till dem: Jag och mitt folk hade en stor sak med Ammons barn; och jag kallade på eder, men I hulpen mig intet utu deras händer.
And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.
3 Då jag nu såg, att ingen frälsare på färde var, satte jag mina själ i mina hand, och drog åstad emot Ammons barn, och Herren gaf dem i mina hand. Hvi kommen I nu hitupp till mig, till att strida emot mig?
And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”
4 Och Jephthah församlade alla män i Gilead, och stridde emot Ephraim; och de män i Gilead slogo Ephraim, derföre, att de sade: Ären I dock, I Gileaditer, ibland Ephraim och Manasse, såsom de der af Ephraim beskyddas måste?
And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 Och de Gileaditer togo in Jordans färjostad för Ephraim. När de nu sade: Vi äre ock de beskyddade af Ephraim, låt mig fara öfver; så sade de män af Gilead till honom: Äst du en Ephrait? När han nu svarade nej,
And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”
6 Så bådo de honom säga Schibboleth; så sade han Sibboleth, och kunde icke rätt säga det ut. Så togo de honom fatt, och dråpo honom vid färjostaden åt Jordan; så att på den tiden föllo af Ephraim tu och fyratio tusend.
they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.
7 Och Jephthah dömde Israel i sex år. Och Jephthah den Gileaditen blef död, och vardt begrafven i de städer i Gilead.
And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
8 Efter dessom dömde Ibzan af BethLehem Israel.
After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Han hade tretio söner, och tretio döttrar gifte han ut, och tretio döttrar tog han utanefter till sina söner; och dömde Israel i sju år;
He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.
10 Och blef död, och blef begrafven i BethLehem.
And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Efter dessom dömde Israel Elon, en Sebulonit, och dömde Israel i tio år;
After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
12 Och blef död, och vardt begrafven i Ajalon, uti Sebulons land.
And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Efter dessom dömde Israel Abdon, Hillels son, en Pirgathonit.
After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Han hade fyratio söner, och tretio sonasöner, som på sjutio åsnafålar redo. Han dömde Israel i åtta år;
And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.
15 Och blef död, och vardt begrafven i Pirgathon uti Ephraims lande, på de Amalekiters berg.
And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.
