Juízes 12

1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!"

2 Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand. 3 When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?"

4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh." 5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No;" 6 then they said to him, "Now say ‘Shibboleth;’" and he said "Sibboleth"; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.

7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.

8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years. 10 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

13 After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years. 15 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.

Ko Iepeta me ngā Tāngata o Ēparaima

1 Nā, ka huihuia ngā tāngata o Ēparaima, ā, ka haere ki te raki, ka mea ki a Iepeta, "He aha koe i haere ai ki te whawhai ki ngā tamariki a Āmona, ā, kīhai i karanga i a mātou kia haere tahi tātou? Ka tahuna e mātou tōu whare i runga i a koe ki te ahi."

2 Nā, ka mea a Iepeta ki a rātou, "He nui tā mātou whawhai ko tōku iwi ki ngā tamariki a Āmona; ā, i tāku karangatanga atu ki a koutou, kīhai koutou i whakaora i ahau i roto i tō rātou ringa. 3 Ā, nō tōku kitenga kīhai koutou i whakaora i ahau, whakamomori atu ana ahau ki te mate, ā, haere ana ki ngā tamariki a Āmona, nā, hōmai ana rātou e Ihowā ki tōku ringa; ā, he aha rā koutou i haere mai ai ki ahau ināianei, whawhai ai?"

4 Kātahi ka huihuia e Iepeta ngā tāngata katoa o Kireara, ā, ka whawhai ki a Ēparaima; ā, patua iho a Ēparaima e ngā tāngata o Kireara mō tā rātou kī, "He rerenga koutou, e ngā Kireari, nō Ēparaima, i roto i ngā Ēparaimi, i roto i ngā Mānahi." 5 Nā, ka nohoia e ngā Kireari ngā whitinga mō ngā Ēparaimi i Horano, ā, i te meatanga a ngā rerenga o ngā Ēparaimi, "Kia whiti atu ahau," nā, ka mea ngā tāngata o Kireara ki a ia, "Nō Ēparaima koe?" Ā, nō tāna kīanga, "Kāhore," 6 kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, "Tēnā, whakahuatia, ‘Hiporete.’ " Nā, ko tāna meatanga, "Iporete," kāhore hoki i taea e ia te tikanga o te whakahua. Nā, hopukia ana ia e rātou, ā, patua iho ki ngā whitinga o Horano. Ā, e whā tekau mā rua mano o ngā Ēparaimi i hinga i taua wā.

7 Ā, e ono ngā tau i whakarite ai a Iepeta mō Īharaira. Nā, ka mate a Iepeta Kireari, ā, tanumia ana ki tētahi o ngā pā o Kireara.

Ko Ipitana, ko Erono, ko Aparono

8 Ā, i muri i a ia nā Ipitana i whakarite a Īharaira; nō Pēterehema ia. 9 Ā, e toru tekau āna tama, e toru tekau hoki āna tamāhine; ko ēnei i tonoa e ia ki waho, e toru tekau anō hoki ngā tamāhine i tangohia mai e ia i waho mā āna tama. Ā, e whitu ngā tau i whakarite ai ia mō Īharaira. 10 Nā, ka mate a Ipitana, ā, ka tanumia ki Pēterehema.

11 Ā, i muri i a ia nā Erono Hepuroni i whakarite a Īharaira; ā, kotahi tekau ngā tau i whakarite ai ia mō Īharaira. 12 Nā, ka mate a Erono Hepuroni, ā, tanumia ana ki Aitarona ki te whenua o Hepurona.

13 Ā muri iho i a ia, nā Aparono tama a Hirere o Piratono i whakarite a Īharaira. 14 Ā, e whā tekau āna tama, e toru tekau hoki ngā tama a āna tama; e whitu tekau ngā kūao kāihe i eke ai rātou; ā, e waru ngā tau i whakarite ai ia mō Īharaira. 15 Nā, ka mate a Aparono tama a Hirere o Piratono, ā, ka tanumia ki Piratono ki te whenua o Ēparaima, ki te whenua pukepuke o ngā Amareki.