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.”
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 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.
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 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?”
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 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.”
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 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,”
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 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 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 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.
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 Pagkatapos niya, naglingkod bilang isang hukom sa buong Israel si Ibzan ng Bethlehem.
After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
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 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 Namatay si Ibzan at inilibing sa Bethlehem.
When he died, 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 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 Namatay si Elon ang Zabulonita at inilibing sa Ayalon sa lupain ng Zabulun.
Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
13 Pagkatapos niya, naglingkod bilang isang hukom sa buong Israel si Abdon na anak ni Hillel na taga-Piraton.
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 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.
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 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.
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].
