1 Então se congregaram os homens de Efraim e passando até Zafom, disseram a Jefté: Porque passaste a pelejar contra os filhos de Amom, e não nos chamaste para irmos contigo? por isso queimaremos a fogo a tua casa contigo.
2 Respondeu-lhes Jefté: Eu e o meu povo tivemos uma grande contenda com os filhos de Amom; chamei-vos, porém não me livraveis da sua mão.
3 Quando vi que não me livrastes, arrisquei a vida, passei contra os filhos de Amom, e Jeová mos entregou nas mãos: porque subistes contra mim hoje, para me fazerdes guerra?
4 Assim reuniu Jefté todos os homens de Gileade, e pelejou contra Efraim, que foi ferido pelos de Gileade, porque este dissera: Sois fugitivos de Efraim, vós gileaditas, que morais no meio de Efraim e no meio de Manassés.
5 Os gileaditas apoderaram-se dos vaus do Jordão contra os efraimitas; quando algum dos fugitivos de Efraim dizia: Deixai-me passar, perguntavam-lhe os homens de Gileade: És tu efraimita? Se ele respondia: Não;
6 replicavam-lhe eles: Dize Cibolete. Se ele dizia Sibolete, não conseguindo pronunciar bem, pegavam dele, e o degolavam aos vaus do Jordão. De Efraim caíram naquele tempo quarenta e dois mil homens.
7 Jefté julgou a Israel seis anos. Morreu Jefté gileadita, e foi sepultado numa das cidades de Gileade.
8 Depois dele Ibsã de Betlém julgou Israel.
9 Tinha trinta filhos, e trinta filhas que casou fora, e de fora trouxe trinta mulheres para seus filhos. Julgou a Israel sete anos.
10 Morreu Ibsã, e foi sepultado em Betlém.
11 Sucedeu-lhe Elom, zebulonita, que julgou a Israel dez anos.
12 Morreu, e foi sepultado em Aijalom na terra de Zebulom.
13 Depois dele Abdom, filho de Hilel, piratonita, julgou a Israel.
14 Tinha quarenta filhos e trinta netos que montavam em setenta jumentos. Julgou a Israel oito anos.
15 Morreu Abdom, filho de Hilel, piratonita, e foi sepultado em Piratom, na terra de Efraim, na região montanhosa dos amalequitas.
1 Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.
2 And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.
3 So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?
4 Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.
5 And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;
6 Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.
7 Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.
8 And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.
9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.
10 And Ibzan came to his death and his body was put to rest at Beth-lehem.
11 And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 And after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, was judge of Israel.
14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
15 And Abdon, the son of Hillel, came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.