1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so , that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11 ¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Jefta nAaefraim
1 Aantu yaEfraim oyi ilongekidhile olugodhi. Oya tokola omulonga Jordan yu uka kuZafon noya ti kuJefta: “Omolwashike wa kondo oongamba wa ka kondja nAayammoni, nando ino tu lombwela, tu yeni nangoye? Otatu fike po egumbo lyoye.”
2 Ihe Jefta okwa ti kuyo: “Tse noshigwana shandje otwa li tu na oontamanana dha kwata miiti nAayammoni. Onde mu ithana, ihe ne inamu ya, mu hupithe ndje miikaha yawo. 3 Sho nda mono kutya inamu shi ninga, onda hupula omwenyo gwandje nonda tokola oongamba, ndi ke ya kondjithe, Omuwa nokwa pe ndje ompolo yoku ya sinda. Omolwashike mwa hala okukondjitha ndje ngashingeyi?” 4 Nena Jefta okwa gongele aalumentu ayehe yaGilead, a matukile Aaefraim, e te ya dhenge. (Aaefraim oya tile: “Ne Aagilead mu li muEfraim naManasse, one oontauki mwa za kuEfraim.”) 5 Aagilead oya kala poonkondo dhaJordan apehe mpoka hapu tokolwa, opo ya keelele Aaefraim, yaa taaguluke omulonga, yaa ye ondapo. Omuefraim kehe ngoka a hala okutaaguluka omulonga ta yi ondapo, sho a pula eziminino, nena Aagilead oya pula: “Ngoye Omuefraim?” Ngele ota ti: “Aawe”, 6 nena otaye mu lombwele e taa ti: “Tya ‘Shibbolet.’ ” Ngele ota ti: “Sibbolet”, oshoka ita vulu oku shi tumbula nawa, nena otaye mu kwata e taye mu dhipaga ponkondo ndjoka yaJordan. Pethimbo ndyoka Aaefraim omayuvi omilongo ne nagaali oya dhipagwa.
7 Jefta okwa wilike Israel omimvo hamano. Nena okwa mana oondjenda nokwa fumvikwa moshilando shaandjawo muGilead.
Ibzan, Elon naAbdon
8 Jefta sho a si, Ibzan Omubetlehem okwa wilike Israel. 9 Okwa li e na oyanamati omilongo ndatu naakadhona omilongo ndatu. Okwa hokanitha oyana aakadhona kaayeni nokwa tenyitha oyana aamati kaayeni. Ibzan okwa wilike Israel omimvo heyali. 10 Okwa si nduno nokwa fumvikwa puBetlehem.
11 Konima yaIbzan Elon Omusebulon okwa wilike Israel omimvo omulongo. 12 Oye a si nduno nokwa fumvikwa puAjalon moshilongo shaSebulon.
13 Elon okwa landulwa kuAbdon yaHillel gwokuPiraton. 14 Okwa li e na oyanamati omilongo ne naatekulumati omilongo ndatu, mboka ya li haa londo kuundoongi omilongo heyali. Abdon okwa wilike Israel omimvo hetatu. 15 Okwa si nokwa fumvikwa puPiraton moshitopolwa shaEfraim omevi lyoondundu lyAayamaleki.
