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.
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 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.
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 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?
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 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?
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 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,
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 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 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 Och Jephthah dömde Israel i sex år. Och Jephthah den Gileaditen blef död, och vardt begrafven i de städer i Gilead.
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 Efter dessom dömde Ibzan af BethLehem Israel.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
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 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 Och blef död, och blef begrafven i BethLehem.
When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Efter dessom dömde Israel Elon, en Sebulonit, och dömde Israel i tio år;
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 Och blef död, och vardt begrafven i Ajalon, uti Sebulons land.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Efter dessom dömde Israel Abdon, Hillels son, en Pirgathonit.
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 Han hade fyratio söner, och tretio sonasöner, som på sjutio åsnafålar redo. Han dömde Israel i åtta år;
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 Och blef död, och vardt begrafven i Pirgathon uti Ephraims lande, på de Amalekiters berg.
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].
