Jefta ta taataa Ovaefraim
1 Ndelenee ovalumenhu vomuEfraim va ongalekwa ndele va tauluka omulonga waJordan ya yuka kuSafon, nde tava pula Jefta, tava ti: “Omolwashike wa ya u ka lwife ovana vaAmmoni ndele ino tu ifana tu yeni pamwe? Fye ohatu ka tomeka nomundilo eumbo loye.” 2 Ndelenee Jefta okwe va lombwela: “Fye novanhu vange va li ve nolwoodi linene novana vaAmmoni, ndele ame nde mu ifana, ndelenee nye inamu tu kwafa tu xupifwe momake avo 3 Naame eshi nda mona kutya nye itamu kwafa ame nde liekelela, ndele nda ya kovana vaAmmoni. NOmwene okwe va yandja meke lange. Omolwashike hano nye mwa homona nge paife mu lwife nge?” 4 Opo nee Jefta okwa shiva ovalumenhu aveshe vomuGilead a lwe naEfraim. Novalumenhu Ovagilead va taataa Efraim shaashi vo va tile: “Ovagilead nye ovainhapo vomuEfraim mu li mokati kaEfraim nomeni laManasse.” 5 NOvagilead va nangala peeshau daJordan. Novainhapo Ovaefraim, eshi tava ti: Ame nda hala okutauluka, ovalumenhu Ovagilead tava pula: “Ove Omuefraim?” Oye ngeenge ta ti: “Ahowe.” 6 Opo nee tave mu pula: “Tya Shibbolet.” Ndele okwa tya: “Sibbolet”, shaashi ina lungama e shi tumbule nawa; opo nee ve mu kwata ndele ve mu dipaa peeshau daJordan. Osho ngaha hano mefimbo linya ovalumenhu Ovaefraim ve fike pomayovi omilongo nhee naavali va dipawa. 7 Ndele Jefta okwa pangela Israel omido hamano. Ndele Jefta, Omugilead, okwa fya nokwa pakwa moshilando shimwe shomoilando yomuGilead.
Ovatokolipangeli Ibsan, Elon naAbdon
8 Ndele konima yaye Ibsan wokuBetlehem a pangela Israel. 9 Ye okwa li e novana ovamati omilongo nhatu ndele a hombolifa ovana vaye oukadona koilongo omilongo nhatu, nokwa kongela ovana vaye ovamati oukadona omilongo nhatu koilongo. Ndele a pangela Israel omido heyali. 10 Ndele Ibsan okwa fya nokwa pakwa mu Betlehem. 11 Ndele konima yaye Elon wokuSebulon okwa pangela Israel. Ndele ye okwa pangela Israel omido omulongo.
12 Ndele Elon wokuSebulon okwa fya nokwa pakwa muAijalon, moshilongo shaSebulon. 13 Ndele konima yaye Abdon yaHillel, Omupiratoni, okwa pangela Israel. 14 Nokwa li e novana ovamati omilongo nhee novatekulu omilongo nhatu, ava va londa keendongi omilongo heyali. Ndele ye okwa pangela Israel omido hetatu. 15 Ndele Abdon yaHillel, Omupiratoni, okwa fya nokwa pakwa muPiraton moshilongo shaEfraim, keemhunda dOvaamaleki.
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.
