Jefutha ne Baifureimi
1 Bathu be Ifureimi bakadana balume babo be ngwa ngono bakatjulukila ku Zafoni ngono bakadwa Jefutha bakati, “Ini wayenda kunogwa ne Baamoni usatidana tikayenda nawe? Towokupisila mu ng'umba nge moto.” 2 Ngono Jefutha kabadwa kati, “Imi ne bathu bangu takabe mu ngwa hwulu kwazo ne Baamoni, ndakati ndimudana amuzondisunungula mu maboko abo. 3 Ndakati ndibona musingadibhatshe, ndikalonga butjilo gwangu mu mbatsha, ndikatjuluka kunogwa ne Baamoni, ngono Yahwe bakabalonga mu maboko angu. Ngono nasi ini mabuya kugwa nami?”
4 Ipapo Jefutha kakubunganya balume bose be Giliyadi kagwa ne Baifureimi. Bagiliyadi bakababulaya ngobe Baifureimi bakabe bati, “Imwi Bagiliyadi mu batizhi be Ifureimi ne Manase.” 5 Bagiliyadi bakatolela Baifureimi maambuko wose e Jorodani, ngono kwakabe kuti mmwe we batizhi be Ifureimi ezha eti, “Imani nditjuluke,” balume be Giliyadi banowobe bembhuzwa beti, “Apa u N'ifureimi kene?” Ha eti, “Aa,” 6 banowobe bendwa beti, uti, “Shibholeti.” Ngono apa eti, “Sibholeti,” ngoti e konegwa ngo dana zubanana, banombhata be mbulayila pa maambuko e Jorodani. Ngono kukabulawa Baifureimi bali zwiwulu zwili makumi manna ana zwibili (42 000) mu tjibaka itjetjo.
7 Jefutha wakabe ntungamili we Iziraela kwe makole ali tathatu. Jefutha we Giliyadi kafa, ngono kabiganyigwa mu nzi uwe mu Giliyadi.
Ibizani na Eloni na Abidoni
8 Shule kukwe, Ibizani we Bhetelehema katungamila Iziraela. 9 Wakabe ana bakololo bali makumi matatu (30) ne bakololokadzi bali makumi matatu (30). Kalobodza bakololokadzi babe kuzhe kwe ludzi gugwe, ngono bakololo babe bakalobola Baanadi bali makumi matatu (30) kube bakadzi kudwa ku ludzi gu kuzhe. Izibani wakatungamila Iziraela kwe makole ali tendeka. 10 Kudwapo Izibani kafa ngono kabiganyiwa mu Bhetelehema.
11 Shule kukwe, Eloni we N'zibuloni katungamila Iziraela kwe makole ali gumi (10). 12 Kudwapo Eloni kafa, ngono kabiganyiwa mu Aijaloni mu shango ye Zibuluni.
13 Shule kukwe, Abhidoni nkololo wa Hileli kudwa ku Piratoni katungamila Iziraela. 14 Wakabe ana bakololo bali makumi manna (40) ne zwizekugwana zwili makumi matatu (30), bakabe tatha madonki ali makumi ali tendeka (70). Wakatungamila Iziraela kwe makole ali zhanakadzi. 15 Kudwapo Abhidoni nkololo wa Hileli kafa, ngono kabiganyigwa ku Piratoni mu Ifureimi, mu shango ye matuthu ye Baamaleki.
1 And 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. 2 And 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. 3 And 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? 4 Then 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. 5 And 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; 6 Then 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. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. 9 And 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. 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11 ¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.