Judges 12

1 The men of the tribe of Ephraim summoned their soldiers, and they crossed [the Jordan River] to [the town of] Zaphon [to talk with] Jephthah. They said to him, “(Why did you not ask us for help?/You should have requested us) to help your army fight the Ammon people-group. So we will burn down your house while you are in it.”

Y juntándose los varones de Efraím, pasaron hacia el aquilón, y dijeron a Jefté: ¿Por qué fuiste a hacer guerra contra los hijos de Ammón, y no nos llamaste que fuésemos contigo? Nosotros quemaremos a fuego tu casa contigo.

2 Jephthah replied, “The Ammon people-group were oppressing us greatly. When we were prepared to start to attack them, I requested you to come and help us, but you refused. My men and I defeated the Ammon people-group, but you did not help us.

Y Jefté les respondió: Yo tuve, y mi pueblo, una gran contienda con los hijos de Ammón: y llaméos, y no me defendisteis de sus manos.

3 When I saw that you would not help us, I was willing to be killed in the battle against the Ammon people-group. But Yahweh helped us to defeat them. [You did not help us when we requested it before], so (why have you come here today to fight against me?/you should not have come here today to fight against me.)” [RHQ]

Viendo pues que tú no me defendías, puse mi alma en mi palma, y pasé contra los hijos de Ammón, y Jehová los entregó en mi mano: ¿por qué pues habéis subido hoy contra mí para pelear conmigo?

4 Then Jephthah summoned the men of [the] Gilead [region] to fight [against the men of the tribe of] Ephraim. The men of the tribe of Ephraim said, “You men from [the] Gilead [region] are men who deserted us. Long ago you left us and moved to the area between our tribe and the tribe of Manasseh.” [Because of their saying that], the men of [the] Gilead [region] attacked the men of the tribe of Ephraim.

Y juntando Jefté a todos los varones de Galaad peleó contra Efraím; y los de Galaad hirieron a Efraím; porque habían dicho: Vosotros sois fugitivos de Efraím. Vosotros sois Galaaditas entre Efraím y Manasés.

5 The men of Gilead captured that (ford/place where people can walk across) at the Jordan [River] to go to the land where the tribe of Ephraim live. Whenever one of the soldiers from the tribe of Ephraim came to the ford to try to escape, he would say, “Let me cross the river.” Then the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from the tribe of Ephraim?” If he said “No,”

Y los Galaaditas tomaron los vados del Jordán, a Efraím; y era, que cuando alguno de los de Efraím, que huía, decía: ¿Pasaré? los varones de Galaad le preguntaban: ¿Eres tú Efrateo? y él respondía, No:

6 they would say to him, “Say the word ‘Shibboleth’.” The men of Ephraim could not pronounce that word correctly. So if the person from the tribe of Ephraim said ‘Sibboleth’, [they would know that he was lying and that he was really from the tribe of Ephraim, and] they would kill him there at the ford. So the men of Gilead killed 42,000 people from the tribe of Ephraim at that time.

Entonces decíanle: Ahora pues di Shibolet. Y él decía, Sibolet, porque no podían pronunciar así. Entonces echábanle mano, y degollábanle junto a los vados del Jordán. Y murieron entonces de los de Efraím cuarenta y dos mil.

7 Jephthah, the man from [the] Gilead [region], was a leader of the Israeli people for six years. Then he died and was buried in a town in [the] Gilead [region].

Y Jefté juzgó a Israel seis años, y murió Jefté Galaadita, y fue sepultado en las ciudades de Galaad.

8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.

Después de él juzgó a Israel Ibzán de Belén:

9 He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He forced all his daughters to marry men who were not in his clan, and brought women from outside his clan to marry his sons. He was the leader of the Israeli people for seven years.

El cual tuvo treinta hijos y treinta hijas, las cuales casó fuera, y tomó de fuera treinta hijas para sus hijos, y juzgó a Israel siete años.

10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

Y murió Ibzán, y fue sepultado en Belén.

11 After Ibzan died, a man named Elon, from the tribe of Zebulun, became the leader of the Israeli people. He was their leader for ten years.

Después de él juzgó a Israel Elón Zabulonita, el cual juzgó a Israel diez años.

12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.

Y murió Elón Zabulonita, y fue sepultado en Ajalón en la tierra de Zabulón.

13 After Elon died, a man named Abdon who was the son of Hillel, from Pirathon [city, in the area where the tribe of Ephraim live] became the leader of the Israeli people.

Después de él juzgó a Israel Abdón hijo de Illel Paratonita.

14 He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. Each of them had his own donkey on which to ride. Abdon was the leader of the Israeli people for eight years.

Este tuvo cuarenta hijos, y treinta hijos de hijos que cabalgaban sobre setenta asnos, y juzgó a Israel ocho años.

15 When Abdon died, he was buried in Pirathon, in the hilly area where the descendants of Amalek lived previously, [but now it is the area where the tribe of Ephraim lives].

Y murió Abdón hijo de Illel Paratonita, y fue sepultado en Paratón en la tierra de Efraím, en el monte de Amalec.