Hakim-hakim 12

1 Pada waktu itu suku Efraim bersiap-siap untuk bertempur, lalu pergi menyeberangi Sungai Yordan menuju ke Zafon. Mereka berkata kepada Yefta, "Mengapa engkau pergi memerangi bangsa Amon tanpa mengajak kami? Sekarang kami akan membakar engkau dan seisi rumahmu."

And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”

2 Berkatalah Yefta, "Antara orang Amon dan kami orang Gilead ada perselisihan yang hebat. Kalian sudah saya panggil untuk membantu membebaskan saya dari orang-orang Amon itu, tetapi kalian tidak datang.

And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.

3 Jadi, setelah saya yakin bahwa kalian tidak akan datang membantu saya, saya nekad pergi memerangi orang-orang Amon itu, sekalipun saya harus mati. Lalu TUHAN memberikan kepada saya kemenangan atas mereka. Mengapa sekarang kalian datang menyerang saya?"

And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”

4 Kemudian Yefta mengumpulkan semua orang Gilead, lalu mereka memerangi dan mengalahkan orang Efraim. (Orang Gilead yang tinggal di Efraim dan Manasye telah dituduh oleh orang Efraim bahwa mereka telah memisahkan diri dari Efraim, sukunya.)

And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”

5 Orang-orang Gilead yang sedang berperang itu, menduduki tempat-tempat penyeberangan di Sungai Yordan, supaya dapat mencegat orang-orang Efraim yang mau lari. Pada waktu seorang Efraim, yang hendak melarikan diri, minta izin untuk menyeberang, orang Gilead bertanya kepadanya, "Apakah kau orang Efraim?" Kalau ia menjawab, "Bukan,"

And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”

6 mereka menyuruh dia mengucapkan kata "Syibolet". Ia akan mengatakan "Sibolet" karena tidak dapat mengucapkan kata itu dengan tepat. Lalu mereka akan menangkapnya dan membunuhnya di salah satu tempat penyeberangan itu. Maka terbunuhlah 42.000 orang Efraim pada waktu itu.

they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.

7 Enam tahun lamanya Yefta memimpin orang Israel. Kemudian ia meninggal lalu dimakamkan di kampung halamannya yaitu di kota Mizpa di Gilead.

And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.

8 Setelah Yefta, umat Israel dipimpin oleh Ebzan dari Betlehem.

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 Ebzan mempunyai tiga puluh anak lelaki dan tiga puluh anak perempuan. Anak-anaknya yang perempuan itu dikawinkannya dengan orang-orang dari suku lain, dan ia mengambil tiga puluh gadis dari suku lain untuk anak-anaknya yang lelaki. Tujuh tahun lamanya Ebzan memimpin umat Israel,

He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.

10 kemudian ia meninggal dan dimakamkan di Betlehem.

And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

11 Setelah Ebzan, umat Israel dipimpin oleh Elon dari suku Zebulon sepuluh tahun lamanya.

After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.

12 Kemudian ia meninggal lalu dimakamkan di Ayalon di wilayah Zebulon.

And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.

13 Setelah Elon, umat Israel dipimpin oleh Abdon anak Hilel dari Piraton.

After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

14 Anaknya yang lelaki ada empat puluh orang, dan cucu-cucunya yang lelaki ada tiga puluh orang. Mereka masing-masing memiliki seekor keledai tunggangan. Delapan tahun lamanya umat Israel dipimpin oleh Abdon.

And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.

15 Kemudian ia meninggal lalu dimakamkan di Piraton di wilayah Efraim di daerah pegunungan orang Amalek.

And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.