¹And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

¹[Ny hatezeran'ny Efraima tamin'i Jefta, sy ny niadian'i Jefta taminy] Ary nivory ny lehilahy amin'ny Efraima, dia nandeha nianavaratra ka nanao tamin'i Jefta hoe: Nahoana no nandeha niady tamin'ny taranak'i Amona ianao ka tsy mba niantso anay hiaraka aminao? Hodoranay amin'ny afo ny tranonao sy ianao. [Na: nankany Zafona]

²And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

²Fa hoy Jefta taminy: Izaho sy ny oloko efa nanana ady mafy tamin'ny taranak'i Amona; ary niantso anareo aho, fa tsy namonjy ahy tamin'ny tànany ianareo.

³And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

³Ary rehefa hitako fa tsy namonjy ahy ianareo, dia nanao ny aiko tsy ho zavatra aho ka nandeha niady tamin'ny taranak'i Amona, ary natolotr'i Jehovah teo an-tanako izy, koa nahoana ianareo no miakatra atỳ amiko anio hila ady amiko?

⁴Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

⁴Ary Jefta dia namory ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Gileada ka niady tamin'ny Efraima; ary dia namely ny Efraima ny lehilahy amin'ny Gileada, satria hoy ireo: Hianareo Gileadita dia mpandositra avy amin'ny Efraima ao amin'ny taranak'i Efraima sy Manase.

⁵And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

⁵Dia novonjen'ny Gileada ny fitàna any Jordana mankany amin'ny Efraima; ary nony niteny ny mpandositra avy amin'ny Efraima nanao hoe: Aoka mba hita aho; dia hoy ny lehilahy amin'ny Gileada taminy: Efraimita va ianao? ary raha hoy izy: Tsia,

⁶Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

⁶dia hoy izy ireo taminy: Tonony ary ny hoe Shiboleta; fa hoy kosa izy: Siboleta, satria tsy nahay nanonona izany marina izy. Dia nisambotra azy ireo ka namono azy teo amin'ny fitàna ao Jordana; ary nahafatesana roa arivo sy efatra alina ny Efraimita tamin'izany andro izany.

⁷And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

⁷Dia nitsara ny Isiraely enin-taona Jefta. Ary maty Jefta Gileadita ka nalevina tao amin'ny tanana anankiray any Gileada.

⁸And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

⁸[Ny tantaran'Ibzana sy Elona ary Abdona] Ary Ibzana, avy any Betlehema, no nitsara ny Isiraely nandimby an'i Jefta.

⁹And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

⁹Ary izy nanana zanakalahy telo-polo sy zanakavavy telo-polo, izay nampanambadiny tany ivelany, ary zazavavy telo-polo kosa no nampidiriny ho an'ny zananilahy. Ary nitsara ny Isiraely fito taona izy.

¹⁰Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.

¹⁰Dia maty Ibzana ka nalevina tany Betlehema.

¹¹And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

¹¹Ary Elona Zebolonita no nitsara ny Isiraely nandimby azy; ary nitsara ny Isiraely folo taona izy.

¹²And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

¹²Dia maty Elona Zebolonita ka nalevina tany Aialona ao amin'ny tanin'ny Zebolona.

¹³And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

¹³Ary Abdona, zanak'i Elela, avy any Piratona, no nitsara ny Isiraely nandimby azy.

¹⁴And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

¹⁴Ary nanana zanakalahy efa-polo sy zafy telo-polo izay nitaingina zana-boriky fito-polo izy, ary nitsara ny Isiraely valo taona.Dia maty Abdona, zanak'i Elela, avy any Piratona, ka nalevina tany Piratona, any amin'ny tanin'ny Efraima any amin'ny tany havoan'ny Amalekita.

¹⁵And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

¹⁵Dia maty Abdona, zanak'i Elela, avy any Piratona, ka nalevina tany Piratona, any amin'ny tanin'ny Efraima any amin'ny tany havoan'ny Amalekita.