Atemmufo 12
1 Efraim abusuakuw no boaboaa asraafo ano twa kɔɔ Safon. Wɔde nkra yi kɔmaa Yefta: “Adɛn nti na woansoma ammɛka ankyerɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛboa mo nko ntia Amonfo? Yɛrebɛhyew wo ne wo fi nyinaa pasaa!”
And it was summoned [the] man of Ephraim and it passed over Zaphon towards and they said to Jephthah why? - did you pass over - to wage war against [the] people of Ammon and us not you summoned to go with you house your we will burn over you with fire.
2 Yefta buae se, “Mansotwe no mfiase no, mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moamma. Moammɛboa annye me wɔ Amonfo nsam.
And he said Jephthah to them a man of strife I was I and people my and [the] people of Ammon exceedingly and I summoned you and not you delivered me from hand their.
3 Mede me nkwa too me nsam kɔkoe a monnka ho, nanso Awurade ma midii Amonfo so nkonim. Na adɛn nti na afei woaba sɛ wo ne me rebɛko?”
And I saw that not you ([were] a deliverer *L(abh)*) and I put! life my in palm my and I passed over! against [the] people of Ammon and he gave them Yahweh in hand my and why? have you come up against me the day this to fight against me.
4 Efraimfo ntuanofo no buae se, “Gileadfo nyɛ nnipa biara sɛ aguanfo a wofi Efraim ne Manase.” Enti Yefta frɛɛ nʼakofo; wɔtow hyɛɛ Efraimfo so, dii wɔn so nkonim.
And he gathered Jephthah all [the] men of Gilead and he fought with Ephraim and they attacked [the] men of Gilead Ephraim for they had said [are] fugitives of Ephraim you O Gilead in [the] midst of Ephraim in [the] midst of Manasseh.
5 Yefta ko faa Yordan aworoe so. Bere biara a oguanfo bi a ofi Efraim pɛ sɛ ɔfa hɔ guan kɔ nʼakyi no, Gileadfo no bisa no se, “Wufi Efraim abusua mu ana?” Sɛ ɔbarima no bua se, “Dabi” a,
And it captured Gilead [the] fords of the Jordan to Ephraim and it was that they said [the] fugitives of Ephraim let me pass over and they said to him [the] men of Gilead ¿ an Ephrathite [are] you and he said - no.
6 wɔka kyerɛ no se, ɔnka “Sibolet.” Sɛ ofi Efraim a, ɔka, “Sibolet,” Efisɛ nnipa a wofi Efraim no ntumi nka saa asɛm no yiye. Sɛ ɛba saa a, na wɔakyere no akokum no wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan aworoe so hɔ. Enti Efraimfo mpem aduanan abien na wokunkum wɔn saa bere no.
And they said to him say please Shibboleth and he said Sibboleth and not he gave attention to speak right and they seized him and they slaughtered him to [the] fords of the Jordan and it fell at the time that of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
7 Yefta yɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe asia. Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Gilead nkurow no baako so.
And he judged Jephthah Israel six years and he died Jephthah the Gileadite and he was buried in [the] cities of Gilead.
8 Yefta akyi no, Ibsan na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel. Ɔtenaa Betlehem.
And he judged after him Israel Ibzan from Beth-lehem.
9 Na ɔwɔ mmabarima aduasa ne mmabea nso aduasa. Ɔmaa ne mmabea no wareware fii mmusua foforo mu. Ne mmabarima no de, ɔfaa mmabun aduasa fii mmusua foforo mu ma wɔbɛwarewaree wɔn. Ibsan buu Israel atɛn mfe ason.
And it belonged to him thirty sons and thirty daughters he sent away the outside towards and thirty daughters he brought for sons his from the outside and he judged Israel seven years.
10 Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Betlehem.
And he died Ibzan and he was buried in Beth-lehem.
11 Ibsan akyi no, Elon a ofi Sebulon na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel. Obuu Israel atɛn mfe du.
And he judged after him Israel Elon the Zebulunite and he judged Israel ten years.
12 Bere a owui no, wosiee no wɔ Ayalon, Sebulon asase so.
And he died Elon the Zebulunite and he was buried in Aijalon in [the] land of Zebulun.
13 Elon wu akyi no, Hilel babarima Abdon a ofi Piraton na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel.
And he judged after him Israel Abdon [the] son of Hillel the Pirathonite.
14 Onyaa mmabarima aduanan ne nananom aduasa a na wɔn mu biara tena mfurum so. Ɔyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel mfe awotwe.
And it belonged to him forty sons and thirty sons of sons [who] rode on seventy donkeys and he judged Israel eight years.
15 Owu ma wosiee no wɔ Piraton wɔ Efraim asase a ɛwɔ Amalekfo bepɔw asase no so.
And he died Abdon [the] son of Hillel the Pirathonite and he was buried at Pirathon in [the] land of Ephraim in [the] hill country of the Amalekite[s].
