1 En die manne van Efraim is saamgeroep en het oorgetrek na Safon toe en vir Jefta gesê: Waarom het u deurgetrek om teen die kinders van Ammon te veg en ons nie geroep om saam met u te trek nie? Ons sal u huis bo u met vuur verbrand.

2 Maar Jefta sê vir hulle: Ek en my volk het 'n hewige twis met die kinders van Ammon gehad, en ek het julle opgeroep, maar julle het my nie uit hulle hand verlos nie.

3 En toe ek sien dat jy nie help nie, het ek my lewe gewaag en deurgetrek na die kinders van Ammon; en die HERE het hulle in my hand gegee. Waarom het julle dan vandag teen my opgetrek om teen my oorlog te voer?

4 Daarop versamel Jefta al die manne van G¡lead om teen Efraim te veg; en die manne van G¡lead het Efraim verslaan, omdat hulle gesê het: Julle, Gileadiete, is vlugtelinge van Efraim, in die midde van Efraim en Manasse.

5 En G¡lead het die Efraimiete van die Jordaan-driwwe afgesny; en as die vlugtelinge van Efraim sê: Ek wil deurgaan -- dan vra die manne van G¡lead vir hom: Is jy 'n Efraimiet? As hy sê: Nee,

6 dan vra hulle hom: Sê bietjie: Sjibbolet! En as hy sê: Sibbolet! en nie ag gee om dit reg uit te spreek nie, dan gryp hulle hom en maak hom by die Jordaan-driwwe dood. So het daar dan in die tyd van Efraim twee en veertig duisend man geval.

7 En Jefta het Israel ses jaar lank gerig; en Jefta, die Gileadiet, het gesterwe en is begrawe in een van die stede van G¡lead.

8 En n hom het Ebsan, uit Betlehem, Israel gerig.

9 En hy het dertig seuns gehad, en dertig dogters het hy uitgehuwelik en van buite af dertig dogters vir sy seuns ingebring; en hy het Israel sewe jaar lank gerig.

10 En Ebsan het gesterwe en is begrawe in Betlehem.

11 En n hom het Elon, die Sebuloniet, Israel gerig; en hy het Israel tien jaar lank gerig.

12 En Elon, die Sebuloniet, het gesterwe en is begrawe in Ajalon, in die land S,bulon.

13 En n hom het Abdon, die seun van Hillel, die Pireatoniet, Israel gerig.

14 En hy het veertig seuns en dertig kleinseuns gehad wat op sewentig jong esels gery het; en hy het Israel agt jaar lank gerig.

15 En Abdon, die seun van Hillel, die Pireatoniet, het gesterwe en is begrawe in P¡reaton, in die land Efraim, op die gebergte van die Amalekiete.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 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.