1 And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass 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.
2 And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.
3 And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
4 And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, {and} in the midst of Manasseh.
5 And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
6 Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce {it} rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in {one of} the cities of Gilead.
8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10 And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
11 And after him Elon, the Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Ajalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.
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.
1 Os efraimitas, tendo-se sublevado, passaram a Safon e disseram a Jefté: Por que saíste a combater os amonitas, sem nos chamar para irmos contigo? Por isso vamos queimar a tua casa.
2 Jefté respondeu: Eu e meu povo tivemos graves contendas com os amonitas; chamei-vos e vós não me livrastes de suas mãos.
3 Vendo que não podia contar convosco, arrisquei a minha vida marchando {sozinho} contra os amonitas, e o Senhor entregou-os nas minhas mãos. Por que, pois, viestes contender comigo?
4 Jefté reuniu todos os homens de Galaad e combateu contra Efraim. Os habitantes de Galaad derrotaram os de Efraim, que lhes haviam dito: Vós sois fugitivos de Efraim que habitais entre Efraim e Manassés!
5 Galaad ocupou os vaus do Jordão, e cada vez que um fugitivo de Efraim queria passar, perguntavam-lhe: És tu efraimita? Ele respondia: Não.
6 Pois bem, diziam eles então, dize: Chibólet. E ele dizia: Sibólet, não podendo pronunciar corretamente. Prendiam-no logo e o degolavam junto aos vaus do Jordão. Naquele dia pereceram quarenta e dois mil homens de Efraim.
7 Jefté, o galaadita, foi juiz em Israel durante seis anos; depois morreu, e foi sepultado em uma das cidades de Galaad.
8 Depois de Jefté, foi juiz de Israel Ibsã, de Belém,
9 o qual teve trinta filhos; casou suas trinta filhas fora de sua família, e mandou vir de fora trinta jovens para os seus filhos. Julgou Israel durante sete anos.
10 Morreu e foi enterrado em Belém.
11 Depois dele, Elon, de Zabulon, foi juiz em Israel, e sua judicatura durou dez anos.
12 Morreu, e foi enterrado em Ajalon, na terra de Zabulon.
13 Em seguida teve Israel por juiz Abdon, filho de Ilel, de Faraton.
14 Teve quarenta filhos e trinta netos, que montavam em setenta jumentinhos. Julgou Israel durante oito anos.
15 Depois disso, Abdon, filho de Ilel, de Faraton, morreu e foi sepultado em Faraton, na terra de Efraim, na montanha dos amalecitas.