1A efraimski možje so se zbrali in prešli na sever [Ali: v Zafon.], in reko Jeftu: Zakaj si se šel bojevat zoper Amonove sinove in nas nisi poklical, da idemo s teboj? Sežgemo hišo tvojo nad teboj z ognjem!
1And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.`
2Jefta jim reče: Jaz in ljudstvo moje smo bili v hudem sporu z Amonovimi sinovi, in ko sem vas klical, mi niste pomogli iz njih roke.
2And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,
3In videč, da mi niste v pomoč, sem izpostavil nevarnosti življenje svoje in šel proti Amonovim sinovom, in GOSPOD mi jih je dal v roko. Zakaj pa danes hodite gori k meni, da se bojujete z menoj?
3and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand — and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?`
4In Jefta zbere vse može iz Gileada in se vojskuje zoper Efraima. In gileadski možje udarijo Efraimce, ker so govorili: Begunci ste Efraimovi, vi Gileadovci, sredi Efraima in sredi Manaseja.
4And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite Ephraim, because they said, `Fugitives of Ephraim [are] ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim — in the midst of Manasseh.`
5In Gileadovci zasedejo jordanske brodove proti Efraimskim; in ko je bežečih Efraimskih kdo rekel: Daj, da grem na ono stran, mu vele možje iz Gileada: Si li Efraimec? in ako je rekel: Nisem,
5And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,` and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?` and he saith, `No;`
6mu velé: Reci: Šibolet! on pa je rekel: Sibolet, ker ni pazil na pravo izreko. Tedaj ga zgrabijo in umorijo ob jordanskih brodovih. In padlo jih je tisti čas iz Efraima dvainštirideset tisoč.
6that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;` and he saith, `Sibboleth,` and is not prepared to speak right — and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.
7Jefta pa je sodil Izraela šest let. Potem je umrl Jefta Gileadec in je bil pokopan v enem izmed, gileadskih mest.
7And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
8Po njem je sodil Izraela Ibzan iz Betlehema.
8And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel,
9Ta je imel trideset sinov, in je vdal iz hiše svoje trideset hčera in trideset jih je vzel sinovom svojim oddrugod; in sodil je Izraela sedem let.
9and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.
10In Ibzan je umrl in je bil pokopan v Betlehemu.
10And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem.
11In po njem je sodil Izraela Elon Zebulonovec; in sodil je Izraelu deset let.
11And after him Elon the Zebulunite judgeth Israel, and he judgeth Israel ten years,
12In Elon Zebulonovec je umrl in je bil pokopan v Ajalonu, v Zebulonovi deželi.
12and Elon the Zebulunite dieth, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.
13In po njem je sodil Izraelu Abdon, sin Hilelov, Piratončan.
13And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel,
14Ta je imel štirideset sinov in trideset vnukov, ki so jezdili na sedemdesetih osličih; in sodil je Izraelu osem let.In Abdon, sin Hilelov, Piratončan, je umrl in je bil pokopan v Piratonu v Efraimovi deželi, na gorovju Amalekovcev.
14and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.
15In Abdon, sin Hilelov, Piratončan, je umrl in je bil pokopan v Piratonu v Efraimovi deželi, na gorovju Amalekovcev.
15And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.