1Zvino varume vaEfuremu vakaungana, vakapfuurira kurutivi rwokumusoro, vakati kuna Jefuta, Wakapfuurireiko kundorwa navana vaAmoni, ukasatidana isu kuti tiendewo newe? Tichapisa imba yako pamusoro pako nomoto.
1And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they 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 thy house upon thee with fire.
2Jefuta akati kwavari, Ini navanhu vangu takanga tichitambudzika kwazvo navana vaAmoni; zvino panguva yandakakudanai, imwi hamuna kundiponesa pamaoko avo.
2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.
3Zvino ndakati ndichiona kuti hamuna kundiponesa, handina kurangarira upenyu hwangu, asi ndakapfuura ndikandorwa navana vaAmoni, Jehovha akavaisa muruoko rwangu; zvino makwirireiko nhasi kwandiri kuzorwa neni?
3And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4Ipapo Jefuta akaunganidza varume vose veGiriyadhi, akarwa naEfuremu, nekuti vakati, Muri vanhu vakatiza kuna Efuremu, imwi vaGiriyadhi, muchigara pakati paEfuremu, napakati paManase.
4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.
5Ipapo vaGiriyadhi vakandogarira mazambuko aJoridhani paiyambukira vaEfuremu. Zvino kana mumwe wavakatiza kuna Efuremu akati, Nditenderei kuti ndiyambuke, varume veGiriyadhi ndokuti kwaari, Uri muEfuremu here? Kana akati, Kwete,
5And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
6ipapo vakati kwaari, Zvino chiti, Shibhoreti; iye ndokuti, Sibhoreti, nokusagona kureva kwazvo; ipapo vakamubata, vakamuuraya pamazambuko aJoridhani, nenguva iyo vaEfuremu vane zviuru zvina makumi mana nezviviri vakaurawa.
6then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
7Jefuta akatonga Isiraeri makore matanhatu. Ipapo Jefuta muGiriyadhi akafa, akavigwa mune rimwe ramaguta aGiriyadhi .
7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
8Shure kwake Ibhuzani weBheterehemu wakatonga Isiraeri.
8And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
9Iye wakange ana vanakomana vana makumi matatu; vanasikana vake vana makumi matatu akavatuma vakandowanikwa kumwe, akandotorazve kumwe vamwe vanasikana vana makumi matatu vakawanikwa navanakomana vake. Iye akatonga Isiraeri makore manomwe.
9And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10Ibhuzani akafa, akavigwa paBheterehemu.
10And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11Shure kwake Eroni muZebhuruni wakatonga Isiraeri; akatonga Isiraeri makore ane gumi.
11And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12Eroni muZebhuruni akafa, akavigwa paAjaroni, panyika yaZebhuruni.
12And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13Shure kwake Abhidhoni mwanakomana waHireri, muPiratoni, wakatonga Isiraeri.
13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14Iye wakange ana vanakomana vana makumi mana, navazukuru vana makumi matatu, vaitasva vana vembongoro vana makumi manomwe; iye akatonga Isiraeri makore masere.
14And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15Abhidhoni mwanakomana waHireri, muPiratoni, akafa, akavigwa paPiratoni, panyika yaEfuremu, panyika yamakomo yavaAmareki.
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.