Atemmufoɔ 12

1 Efraim abusuakuo no boaboaa akodɔm ano twa kɔɔ Safon. Wɔde nkra yi kɔmaa Yefta: “Adɛn enti na woansoma ammɛka ankyerɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛboa mo nko ntia Amonfoɔ? Yɛrebɛhye wo ne wo fie nyinaa pasaa!”

And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

2 Yefta buaa sɛ, “Mansotwe no ahyɛaseɛ no, mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moamma. Moammɛboa yɛn wɔ yɛne Amonfoɔ apereapereɛ no mu.

And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.

3 Mede me nkwa too me nsam kɔkoeɛ a monnka ho, nanso Awurade ma medii Amonfoɔ so nkonim. Na adɛn enti na afei woaba sɛ wo ne me rebɛko?”

And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?

4 Efraimfoɔ ntuanofoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Gileadfoɔ nyɛ nnipa biara sɛ adwanefoɔ a wɔfiri Efraim ne Manase.” Enti Yefta frɛɛ nʼakodɔm, wɔto hyɛɛ Efraimfoɔ so, dii wɔn so nkonim.

And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.

5 Yefta ko faa Yordan aworɔso. Ɛberɛ biara a odwanefoɔ bi a ɔfiri Efraim pɛ sɛ ɔfa hɔ dwane kɔ nʼakyi no, Gileadfoɔ no bisa no sɛ, “Wofiri Efraim abusua mu anaa?” Sɛ ɔbarima no bua sɛ, “Dabi” a,

And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.

6 wɔka kyerɛ no sɛ, ɔnka “Sibolet.” Sɛ ɔfiri Efraim a, ɔka, “Sibolet,” Ɛfiri sɛ, nnipa a wɔfiri Efraim no ntumi nka saa asɛm no yie. Sɛ ɛba saa a, na wɔakye no akɔkum no wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan aworɔso hɔ. Enti, Efraimfoɔ ɔpeduanan mmienu na wɔkunkumm wɔn saa ɛberɛ no.

Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce [it] rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

7 Yefta yɛɛ Israel so ɔtemmufoɔ mfeɛ nsia. Ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Gilead nkuro no baako so.

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.

8 Yefta akyi no, Ibsan na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel. Ɔtenaa Betlehem.

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 Na ɔwɔ mmammarima aduasa ne mmammaa nso aduasa. Ɔmaa ne mmammaa no warewaree firii mmusua foforɔ mu. Ne mmammarima no deɛ, ɔfaa mmaabunu aduasa firii mmusua foforɔ mu ma wɔbɛwarewaree wɔn. Ibsan buu Israel atɛn mfeɛ nson.

And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

10 Ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Betlehem.

And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

11 Ibsan akyi no, Elon a ɔfiri Sebulon na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel. Ɔbuu Israel atɛn mfeɛ edu.

And after him Elon, the Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

12 Ɛberɛ a ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Ayalon, Sebulon asase so.

And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Ajalon in the land of Zebulun.

13 Elon wuo akyi no, Hilel babarima Abdon a ɔfiri Piraton na ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel.

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.

14 Ɔnyaa mmammarima aduanan ne mmanananom aduasa a na wɔn mu biara tena mfunumu so. Ɔyɛɛ ɔtemmufoɔ wɔ Israel mfeɛ nwɔtwe.

And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.

15 Ɔwuiɛ ma wɔsiee no wɔ Piraton wɔ Efraim asase a ɛwɔ Amalekfoɔ bepɔ asase no so.

And Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.