Giudici 12
1 OR gli Efraimiti, adunatisi a grida, passarono verso il Settentrione, e dissero a Iefte: Perchè sei tu passato per combattere contro a' figliuoli di Ammon, e non ci hai chiamati per andar teco? noi bruceremo col fuoco la tua casa, e te insieme.
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!”
2 E Iefte disse loro: Il mio popolo ed io abbiamo avuta gran contesa co' figliuoli di Ammon; ed io v'ho chiamati, ma voi non mi avete liberato dalle lor mani.
“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.
3 Laonde, veggendo che voi non [mi] liberavate, io ho messa la mia vita nella palma della mia mano, e son passato agli Ammoniti; e il Signore me li ha dati nelle mani; perchè dunque siete voi oggi saliti a me, per farmi guerra?
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?”
4 E Iefte adunò tutti i Galaaditi, e combattè contro ad Efraim; e i Galaaditi percossero Efraim; perciocchè dicevano: Voi [siete] degli scampati di Efraim; Galaad [è] in mezzo di Efraim e di Manasse.
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.”
5 E i Galaaditi occuparono i passi del Giordano a que' di Efraim; e quando alcuno di que' di Efraim che scampavano diceva: [Lascia] ch'io passi, i Galaaditi gli dicevano: [Sei] tu di Efraim? E s'egli diceva:
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,”
6 No, [i Galaaditi] gli dicevano: Deh! di' Scibbolet; ma egli diceva: Sibbolet; e non accertava a profferir dirittamente. Ed essi lo prendevano, e lo scannavano a' passi del Giordano. Così in quel tempo caddero [morti] di Efraim quarantaduemila [uomini].
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.
7 E Iefte Galaadita giudicò Israele sei anni; poi morì, e fu seppellito nella città di Galaad.
Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.
8 E, DOPO lui, Ibsan, da Bet-lehem, giudicò Israele.
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.
9 Ed ebbe trenta figliuoli, e mandò fuori trenta figliuole [a marito], a menò trenta fanciulle di fuori a' suoi figliuoli [per mogli]; e giudicò Israele sett'anni.
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.
10 Poi Ibsan morì, e fu seppellito in Bet-lehem.
Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 E, dopo lui, Elon Zabulonita fu Giudice d'Israele; e giudicò Israele dieci anni.
After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.
12 Poi Elon Zabulonita morì, e fu seppellito in Aialon, nel paese di Zabulon.
Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.
13 E, dopo lui, Abdon, figliuolo di Hillel, Piratonita, giudicò Israele.
After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.
14 Ed ebbe quaranta figliuoli, e trenta figliuoli di figliuoli, i quali cavalcavano settant'asinelli; e giudicò Israele ott'anni.
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight years.
15 Poi Abdon, figliuolo di Hillel, Piratonita, morì, e fu seppellito in Piraton, nel paese di Efraim, nel monte degli Amalechiti.
Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
