1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!"
2 Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand. 3 When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?"
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh." 5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No;" 6 then they said to him, "Now say ‘Shibboleth;’" and he said "Sibboleth"; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years. 10 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years. 15 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 以法莲人聚集起来， 过河到了撒分， 对耶弗他说： "你过去攻打亚扪人的时候， 为什么没有召我们与你同去呢？我们要用火烧掉你和你的房屋。"
2 耶弗他对他们说： "我和我的人民跟亚扪人激烈争战的时候， 我曾经呼求你们， 你们却没有来救我们脱离他们的手。
3 我见你们不来拯救我， 我就拚命上去攻击亚扪人， 耶和华就把他们交在我的手里。你们今日为什么上我这里来攻打我呢？"
4 于是耶弗他召集了基列所有的人， 与以法莲人争战； 基列人击杀了以法莲人， 因为以法莲人曾经说过： "你们基列人在以法莲和玛拿西中间， 不过是以法莲逃亡的人罢了。"
5 基列人占领约旦河的各渡口， 不容以法莲人过去。如果以法莲逃亡的人说： "让我过去吧。"基列人就问他： "你是以法莲人吗？"如果他说： "不是。"
6 基列人就对他说： "请说‘示播列’。"以法莲人因为发不出准确的字音， 就说成"西播列"； 基列人就把他捉住， 在约旦河的渡口那里杀了； 那时以法莲人死了四万二千人。
7 耶弗他治理以色列人共六年； 基列人耶弗他死了以后， 埋葬在基列的一座城里。
8 耶弗他之后， 有伯利恒人以比赞治理以色列人。
9 他有三十个儿子， 三十个女儿； 女儿都嫁到外面去， 又给他的儿子从外面娶了三十个女子作妻子。他治理以色列人共七年。
10 以比赞死了， 就埋葬在伯利恒。
11 以比赞之后， 有西布伦人以伦， 治理以色列人共十年。
12 西布伦人以伦死了以后， 就埋葬在西布伦地的亚雅仑。
13 以伦之后， 有比拉顿人希列的儿子押顿治理以色列人。
14 他有四十个儿子， 三十个孙子， 骑着七十头驴驹； 押顿治理以色列人共八年。
15 比拉顿人希列的儿子押顿死了， 埋葬在以法莲地， 就是在亚玛力人的山地。