1 Então, foram convocados os homens de Efraim, e passaram para Zafom, e disseram a Jefté: Por que foste combater contra os filhos de Amom e não nos chamaste para ir contigo? Queimaremos a tua casa, estando tu dentro dela. 2 E Jefté lhes disse: Eu e o meu povo tivemos grande contenda com os filhos de Amom; chamei-vos, e não me livrastes das suas mãos. 3 Vendo eu que não me livráveis, arrisquei a minha vida e passei contra os filhos de Amom, e o Senhor os entregou nas minhas mãos; por que, pois, subistes, hoje, contra mim, para me combaterdes? 4 Ajuntou Jefté todos os homens de Gileade e pelejou contra Efraim; e os homens de Gileade feriram Efraim, porque este dissera: Fugitivos sois de Efraim, vós, gileaditas, que morais no meio de Efraim e Manassés. 5 Porém os gileaditas tomaram os vaus do Jordão que conduzem a Efraim; de sorte que, quando qualquer fugitivo de Efraim dizia: Quero passar; então, os homens de Gileade lhe perguntavam: És tu efraimita? Se respondia: Não; 6 então, lhe tornavam: Dize, pois, chibolete; quando dizia sibolete, não podendo exprimir bem a palavra, então, pegavam dele e o matavam nos vaus do Jordão. E caíram de Efraim, naquele tempo, quarenta e dois mil.

7 Jefté, o gileadita, julgou a Israel seis anos; e morreu e foi sepultado numa das cidades de Gileade.

8 Depois dele, julgou a Israel Ibsã, de Belém. 9 Tinha este trinta filhos e trinta filhas; a estas, casou fora; e, de fora, trouxe trinta mulheres para seus filhos. Julgou a Israel sete anos. 10 Então, faleceu Ibsã e foi sepultado em Belém.

11 Depois dele, veio Elom, o zebulonita, que julgou a Israel dez anos. 12 Faleceu Elom, o zebulonita, e foi sepultado em Aijalom, na terra de Zebulom.

13 Depois dele, julgou a Israel Abdom, filho de Hilel, o piratonita. 14 Tinha este quarenta filhos e trinta netos, que cavalgavam setenta jumentos. Julgou a Israel oito anos. 15 Então, faleceu Abdom, filho de Hilel, o piratonita; e foi sepultado em Piratom, na terra de Efraim, na região montanhosa dos amalequitas.

1 And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they 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 thy 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 saved me not out of their hand. 3 And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah 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 are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. 5 And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, 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 laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim 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 he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 11 And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, 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 hill-country of the Amalekites.

1 The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We're going to burn down your house over your head."

2 Jephthah answered, "I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn't save me out of their hands.

3 When I saw that you wouldn't help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?"

4 Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh."

5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he replied, "No,"

6 they said, "All right, say 'Shibboleth.'" If he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

7 Jephthah led "Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead.

8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.

10 Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years.

12 Then Elon died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

13 After him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel.

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.

15 Then Abdon son of Hillel died and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.