Mga Hukom 12

1 Isang panawagan ang lumabas para sa kalalakihan ng Efraim; dumaan sila sa Zafon at sinabi kay Jefta, “Bakit ka dadaan para makipaglaban sa mga tao ng Ammon at hindi kami tinawag para sumama sa iyo? Susunugin namin ang iyong bahay kasama ka.”

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 Sinabi ni Jefta sa kanila, “Ako at ang aking mga tao ay nasa isang matinding alitan sa mga tao ng Ammon. Nang tinawag ko kayo, hindi ninyo ako iniligtas mula sa kanila.

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 Nang makita ko na hindi ninyo ako iniligtas, inilagay ko ang aking buhay sa aking sariling lakas at dumaan laban sa mga tao ng Ammon, at binigyan ako ni Yahweh ng tagumpay. Bakit kayo dumating para makipaglaban sa akin ngayon?”

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 Sama-samang tinipon ni Jefta ang lahat ng kalalakihan ng Galaad at nakipaglaban sa Efraim. Sinalakay ng kalalakihan ng Galaad ang kalalakihan ng Efraim dahil sinabi nila, “Kayong mga taga-Galaad ay mga pugante sa Efraim—sa Efraim at Manases.”

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 Nabihag ng mga taga-Galaad ang mga tawiran ng Jordan na patungong Efraim. Kapag sinabi ng sinumang mga nakaligtas ng Efraim, “Hayaan mo akong tumawid sa ibayo ng ilog,” sasabihin ng kalalakihan ng Galaad sa kaniya, “Isa ka ba sa mga taga-Efraim?” Kung sinabi niyang, “Hindi,”

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 Sa ganun sasabihin nila sa kaniya, “Sabihing: “Shibolet.” At kung sinabi niyang “Sibolet” (dahil hindi niya mabigkas ang salita ng tama), huhulihin at papatayin siya ng mga taga-Galaad sa tawiran ng Jordan. Apatnapu't dalawang libong taga-Efraim ang namatay sa panahong iyon.

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 Naglingkod si Jefta bilang isang hukom sa buong Israel sa loob ng anim na taon. Pagkatapos namatay si Jefta na taga-Galaad at inilibing sa isa sa mga lungsod sa Galaad.

And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.

8 Pagkatapos niya, naglingkod bilang isang hukom sa buong Israel si Ibzan ng Bethlehem.

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 Nagkaroon siya ng tatlumpung anak na lalaki. Pinamigay niya ang tatlumpung anak na babae sa pag-aasawa, at nagdala siya ng tatlumpung anak na babae ng ibang kalalakihan para sa kaniyang mga anak na lalaki, mula sa labas. Naging hukom siya sa Israel sa loob ng pitong taon.

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 Namatay si Ibzan at inilibing sa Bethlehem.

And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

11 Pagkatapos niya, naglingkod bilang hukom sa buong Israel si Elon na taga-Zebullun. Naging hukom siya sa Israel sa loob ng sampung taon.

After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.

12 Namatay si Elon ang Zabulonita at inilibing sa Ayalon sa lupain ng Zabulun.

And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.

13 Pagkatapos niya, naglingkod bilang isang hukom sa buong Israel si Abdon na anak ni Hillel na taga-Piraton.

After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

14 Mayroon siyang apatnapung anak na lalaki at tatlumpung apong lalaki. Sumakay sila sa pitumpung asno, at naging hukom siya sa Israel sa loob ng walong taon.

And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.

15 Namatay si Abdon na anak na lalaki ni Hillel na taga-Piraton at inilibing sa Piraton sa lupain ng Efraim ang burol na bansa ng mga Amalekita.

And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.