Judges 12
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.
Efraim abusuakuw no boaboaa asraafo ano twa kɔɔ Safon. Wɔde nkra yi kɔmaa Yefta: “Adɛn nti na woansoma ammɛka ankyerɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛboa mo nko ntia Amonfo? Yɛrebɛhyew wo ne wo fi nyinaa pasaa!”
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.
Yefta buae se, “Mansotwe no mfiase no, mefrɛɛ mo, nanso moamma. Moammɛboa annye me wɔ Amonfo nsam.
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?
Mede me nkwa too me nsam kɔkoe a monnka ho, nanso Awurade ma midii Amonfo so nkonim. Na adɛn nti na afei woaba sɛ wo ne me rebɛko?”
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.
Efraimfo ntuanofo no buae se, “Gileadfo nyɛ nnipa biara sɛ aguanfo a wofi Efraim ne Manase.” Enti Yefta frɛɛ nʼakofo; wɔtow hyɛɛ Efraimfo so, dii wɔn so nkonim.
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;
Yefta ko faa Yordan aworoe so. Bere biara a oguanfo bi a ofi Efraim pɛ sɛ ɔfa hɔ guan kɔ nʼakyi no, Gileadfo no bisa no se, “Wufi Efraim abusua mu ana?” Sɛ ɔbarima no bua se, “Dabi” a,
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.
wɔka kyerɛ no se, ɔnka “Sibolet.” Sɛ ofi Efraim a, ɔka, “Sibolet,” Efisɛ nnipa a wofi Efraim no ntumi nka saa asɛm no yiye. Sɛ ɛba saa a, na wɔakyere no akokum no wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan aworoe so hɔ. Enti Efraimfo mpem aduanan abien na wokunkum wɔn saa bere no.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Yefta yɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe asia. Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Gilead nkurow no baako so.
8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
Yefta akyi no, Ibsan na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel. Ɔtenaa Betlehem.
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.
Na ɔwɔ mmabarima aduasa ne mmabea nso aduasa. Ɔmaa ne mmabea no wareware fii mmusua foforo mu. Ne mmabarima no de, ɔfaa mmabun aduasa fii mmusua foforo mu ma wɔbɛwarewaree wɔn. Ibsan buu Israel atɛn mfe ason.
10 And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Betlehem.
11 And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
Ibsan akyi no, Elon a ofi Sebulon na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel. Obuu Israel atɛn mfe du.
12 And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
Bere a owui no, wosiee no wɔ Ayalon, Sebulon asase so.
13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
Elon wu akyi no, Hilel babarima Abdon a ofi Piraton na ɔbɛyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ 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.
Onyaa mmabarima aduanan ne nananom aduasa a na wɔn mu biara tena mfurum so. Ɔyɛɛ otemmufo wɔ Israel mfe awotwe.
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.
Owu ma wosiee no wɔ Piraton wɔ Efraim asase a ɛwɔ Amalekfo bepɔw asase no so.
