¹And 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.

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 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.

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 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?

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?

⁴And 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, 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 he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in 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.

¹⁰And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.

¹⁰Dia maty Ibzana ka nalevina tany Betlehema.

¹¹And after him Elon, the 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 Ajalon in the land of Zebulun.

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

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

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

¹⁴And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy 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 hill-country 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.