Judges 12
1 Then the Ephraimites were called up and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight the Ammonites without summoning us to go with you? We're going to burn your house down with you inside it!”
以法蓮人聚集，到了北方，對耶弗他說：「你去與亞捫人爭戰，為甚麼沒有招我們同去呢？我們必用火燒你和你的房屋。」
2 “I was a man with a great fight on my hands,” Jephthah replied. “I and my people were fighting the Ammonites. When I called on you for help, you didn't come and help save me from them.
耶弗他對他們說：「我和我的民與亞捫人大大爭戰；我招你們來，你們竟沒有來救我脫離他們的手。
3 When I realized that you weren't going to help, I took my life in my hands and went to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord made me victorious over them. So why have you come here today to attack me?”
我見你們不來救我，我就拚命前去攻擊亞捫人，耶和華將他們交在我手中。你們今日為甚麼上我這裏來攻打我呢？」
4 Jephthah summoned all of the men of Gilead and fought against the Ephraimites. The men of Gilead killed them because the Ephraimites taunted them, saying, “You Gileadites are nothing more than escapees living among Ephraim and Manasseh.”
於是耶弗他招聚基列人，與以法蓮人爭戰。基列人擊殺以法蓮人，是因他們說：「你們基列人在以法蓮、瑪拿西中間，不過是以法蓮逃亡的人。」
5 The Gileadites took control of the fords over the Jordan River that led to Ephraim's territory, and when an Ephraimite escapee from the battle would come and ask, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would question him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
基列人把守約旦河的渡口，不容以法蓮人過去。以法蓮逃走的人若說：「容我過去。」基列人就問他說：「你是以法蓮人不是？」他若說：「不是」，
6 they would tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he couldn't pronounce it right, and they'd grab him and kill him there at the Jordan fords. A total of 42,000 were killed at that time.
就對他說：「你說『示播列』。」以法蓮人因為咬不真字音，便說「西播列」。基列人就將他拿住，殺在約旦河的渡口。那時以法蓮人被殺的有四萬二千人。
7 Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.
耶弗他作以色列的士師六年。基列人耶弗他死了，葬在基列的一座城裏。
8 After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.
耶弗他以後，有伯利恆人以比讚作以色列的士師。
9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married off his daughters to men of other tribes, and he brought in thirty wives from other tribes to marry his sons. Ibzan led Israel as judge for seven years.
他有三十個兒子，三十個女兒；女兒都嫁出去了。他給眾子從外鄉娶了三十個媳婦。他作以色列的士師七年。
10 Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
以比讚死了，葬在伯利恆。
11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.
以比讚之後，有西布倫人以倫，作以色列的士師十年。
12 Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.
西布倫人以倫死了，葬在西布倫地的亞雅崙。
13 After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.
以倫之後，有比拉頓人希列的兒子押頓作以色列的士師。
14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight years.
他有四十個兒子，三十個孫子，騎着七十匹驢駒。押頓作以色列的士師八年。
15 Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
比拉頓人希列的兒子押頓死了，葬在以法蓮地的比拉頓，在亞瑪力人的山地。
