1 Nå kom mennene fra Efraim sammen, tok opp våpen og dro over til Safon. De sa til Jefta: Hvorfor dro du for å føre krig mot ammonittene uten å sende bud til oss for å bli med? Nå vil vi sette fyr på huset ditt over deg.

Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

2 Og Jefta svarte dem: Jeg og mitt folk var i fare, og ammonittene var svært grusomme mot oss. Da jeg sendte bud til dere, ga dere meg ingen hjelp mot dem.

And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.

3 Så da jeg så at det ikke var noen hjelp å få fra dere, satte jeg livet på spill og dro over mot ammonittene, og Herren ga dem i mine hender. Hvorfor har dere så kommet opp til meg i dag for å føre krig mot meg?

So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?

4 Da samlet Jefta alle mennene fra Gilead og førte krig mot Efraim; og Gileads menn seiret over Efraim.

Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.

5 Gileadittene tok kontroll over vadestedene ved Jordan mot efraimittene. Når noen av Efraims menn forsøkte å flykte og sa: La meg gå over, spurte Gileads menn: Er du en efraimitt? Og hvis han svarte: Nei,

And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

6 sa de til ham: Si Shibbolet. Hvis han sa Sibbolet, og ikke kunne uttale det riktig, tok de ham og drepte ham ved vadestedene ved Jordan. På den tiden ble førtito tusen efraimitter drept.

Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.

7 Nå var Jefta dommer i Israel i seks år. Jefta gileaditten døde, og kroppen hans ble lagt til hvile i hans by, Mispa i Gilead.

Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.

8 Etter ham var Ibsan fra Betlehem dommer i Israel.

And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.

9 Han hadde tretti sønner og tretti døtre som han sendte bort, og han fikk tretti koner fra andre steder for sønnene sine. Han var dommer i Israel i sju år.

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

10 Ibsan døde, og kroppen hans ble lagt til hvile i Betlehem.

And Ibzan came to his death and his body was put to rest at Beth-lehem.

11 Etter ham var Elon fra Sebulon dommer i Israel; han var dommer i Israel i ti år.

And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years.

12 Elon sebulonitten døde, og kroppen hans ble lagt til hvile i Aijalon i Sebulons land.

And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

13 Etter ham var Abdon, sønn av Hillel, fra Piraton dommer i Israel.

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

14 Han hadde førti sønner og tretti sønnesønner som red på sytti unge esler; og han var dommer i Israel i åtte år.

He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.

15 Abdon, sønn av Hillel, døde, og kroppen hans ble lagt til hvile i Piraton i Efraims land, i amalekittenes fjellområde.

And Abdon, the son of Hillel, came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.