1 و َدُعِيَ بَنُو أفْرايِمَ لِلاجْتِماعِ لِلقِتالِ. فَعَبَرُوا إلَى صافُونَ، وَقالُوا لِيَفْتاحَ: «لِماذا ذَهَبْتَ لِمُقاتَلَةِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ وَلَمْ تَدْعُنا إلَى الذَّهابِ مَعَكَ؟ سَنُحرِقُ بَيتَكَ عَلَيكَ!»

¶ And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together towards the Aquilon and said unto Jephthah, Why didst thou go over to fight against the sons of Ammon and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

2 ف َقالَ يَفْتاحُ لَهُمْ: «كُنْتُ وَشَعبِي فِي صِراعٍ شَدِيدٍ مَعَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ. دَعَوْتُكُمْ، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُنقِذُونِي مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمْ.

And Jephthah replied unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon, and when I called you, ye did not defend me from their hands.

3 و َلَمّا رَأيتُ أنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُنقِذُونِي، قَرَّرتُ أنْ أتَصَرَّفَ بِنَفْسِي، وَهاجَمْتُ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، فَأعانَنِي اللهُ عَلَى هَزِيمَتِهِمْ. فَلِماذا خَرَجْتُمُ اليَومَ لِكَي تُقاتِلُونِي؟»

Seeing, therefore, that ye did not defend me, I put my life in my hands and went over against the sons of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up against me this day to fight with me?

4 ث ُمَّ جَمَعَ يَفْتاحُ كُلَّ رِجالِ جِلْعادَ وَحارَبُوا بَنِي أفْرايِمَ. وَهَزَمَ رِجالُ جِلْعادَ رِجالَ أفْرايِمَ. فَهُمْ كَانُوا يُهينُونَ الجِلْعادِيّينَ بِقَولِهِم: «ما أنتُمُ إلّا طَرِيدُونَ مِنْ أفْرايِمَ. فَجِلْعادُ لا هِيَ مِنْ أفْرايِمَ وَلا مِنْ مَنَسَّى!»

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they had said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim; ye are Gileadites among Ephraim and Manasseh.

5 و َاسْتَولَى الجِلْعادِيُّونَ عَلَى مَعابِرِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنّ لِيَمْنَعُوا رِجالَ أفْرايِمَ مِنَ العُبُورِ. وَعِندَما كانَ أيٌّ مِنَ النّاجِينَ مِنْ أفْرايِمَ يَقُولُ: «أُريدُ أنْ أعبُرَ.» كانَ الجِلعادِيُّونَ يَسْألُونَهُ: «هَلْ أنْتَ مِنْ بَنِي أفْرايِمَ؟» فَيَقُولُ: «لا!»

And the Gileadites took the passages of the Jordan from Ephraim; and it was such that when any of those of Ephraim who had escaped would say, May I pass? The men of Gilead would ask them, Art thou an Ephrathite? If he said, No;

6 ف َيَقُولُونَ لَهُ: «قُلْ: شِبُّولَتْ.» فَيَقُولُ: «سِبُّولَتْ» فَيَلْفِظُ الكَلِمَةَ بِشَكلٍ خاطِئٍ، فَيَمسِكُونَهُ وَيَقْتُلُونَهُ عِنْدَ مَعابِرِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ. فَقُتِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، اثْنانِ وَأربَعُونَ ألْفاً مِنْ بَنِي أفْرايِمَ.

then they would say unto him, Now say Shibboleth. And he would say Sibboleth; for he could not pronounce it the same. Then they would take him and slay him at the passages of the Jordan. And at that time forty-two thousand of those of Ephraim fell.

7 و َقَضَى يَفْتاحُ لإسْرائِيلَ مُدَّةَ سِتِّ سَنَواتٍ. ثُمَّ ماتَ يَفْتاحُ الجِلْعادِيُّ، وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ جِلْعادَ. القاضِي إبْصان

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

8 و َبَعْدَ يَفْتاحَ قَضَى لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إبْصانُ، وَهُوَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيتِ لَحْمٍ،

¶ After him Ibzan, of Bethlehem, judged Israel,

9 و َكانَ لَهُ ثَلاثُونَ ابْناً وَثَلاثُوْنَ بِنْتاً زَوَّجَهُنَّ مِنْ خارِجِ قَبِيلَتِهِ، وَجَلَبَ ثَلاثِينَ بِنتاً مِنْ خارِجِ قَبِيلَتِهِ زَوجاتٍ لِأبْنائِهِ. وَقَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ سَبْعَ سَنَواتٍ.

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

10 ث ُمَّ ماتَ إبْصانُ وَدُفِنَ فِي بَيتَ لَحْمَ. القاضِي إيلُون

Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.

11 و َبَعْدَ إبْصانَ قَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ إيلُونُ الزَّبُولُونِيُّ. وَقَدْ قَضَى مُدَّةَ عَشْرِ سَنَواتٍ.

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

12 ث ُمَّ ماتَ إيلُونُ الزَّبُولُونِيُّ، وَدُفِنَ فِي إيلُونَ، فِي أرْضِ زَبُولُونَ. القاضِي عَبْدُون

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

13 و َبَعْدَ إيلُونَ قَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ عَبْدُونُ بْنُ هِلِّيلَ الفِرْعَتُونِيُّ.

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

14 و َكانَ لَهُ أربَعُونَ ابْناً وَثَلاثُونَ حَفِيداً يَركَبُونَ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ حِماراً. وَقَضَى لإسْرائِيلَ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ.

And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons that rode on seventy he asses, and he judged Israel eight years.

15 ث ُمَّ ماتَ عَبْدُونُ بْنُ هِلِّيلَ الفِرْعَتُونِيُّ، وَدُفِنَ فِي فِرْعَتُونَ فِي أرْضِ أفْرايِمَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ العَمالِيِقِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

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