Giudici 12

BIBBIA CEI 1974	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ora gli uomini di Efraim si radunarono, passarono il fiume verso Zafon e dissero a Iefte: "Perché sei andato a combattere contro gli Ammoniti e non ci hai chiamati con te? Noi bruceremo te e la tua casa".	1 And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”
2 Iefte rispose loro: "Io e il mio popolo abbiamo avuto grandi lotte con gli Ammoniti; quando vi ho chiamati in aiuto, non siete venuti a liberarmi dalle loro mani.	2 And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.
3 Vedendo che voi non venivate in mio aiuto, ho esposto al pericolo la vita, ho marciato contro gli Ammoniti e il Signore me li ha messi nelle mani. Perché dunque siete venuti oggi contro di me a muovermi guerra?".	3 And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”
4 Iefte, radunati tutti gli uomini di Gàlaad, diede battaglia ad Efraim; gli uomini di Gàlaad sconfissero gli Efraimiti, perché questi dicevano: "Voi siete fuggiaschi di Efraim; Gàlaad sta in mezzo a Efraim e in mezzo a Manàsse".	4 And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 I Galaaditi intercettarono agli Efraimiti i guadi del Giordano; quando uno dei fuggiaschi di Efraim diceva: "Lasciatemi passare", gli uomini di Gàlaad gli chiedevano: "Sei un Efraimita?". Se quegli rispondeva: "No",	5 And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”
6 i Galaaditi gli dicevano: "Ebbene, di' 'Scibbolet'", e quegli diceva 'Sibbolet', non sapendo pronunciare bene. Allora lo afferravano e lo uccidevano presso i guadi del Giordano. In quella occasione perirono quarantaduemila uomini di Efraim.	6 they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.
7 Iefte fu giudice d'Israele per sei anni. Poi Iefte, il Galaadita, morì e fu sepolto nella sua città in Gàlaad.	7 And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
8 Dopo di lui fu giudice d'Israele Ibsan di Betlemme.	8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Egli ebbe trenta figli, maritò trenta figlie e fece venire da fuori trenta fanciulle per i suoi figli. Fu giudice d'Israele per sette anni.	9 He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.
10 Poi Ibsan morì e fu sepolto a Betlemme.	10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Dopo di lui fu giudice d'Israele Elon, lo Zabulonita; fu giudice d'Israele per dieci anni.	11 After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
12 Poi Elon, lo Zabulonita, morì e fu sepolto ad Aialon, nel paese di Zàbulon.	12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Dopo di lui fu giudice d'Israele Abdon, figlio di Illel, di Piraton.	13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Ebbe quaranta figli e trenta nipoti, i quali cavalcavano settanta asinelli. Fu giudice d'Israele per otto anni.	14 And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.
15 Poi Abdon, figlio di Illel, il Piratonita, morì e fu sepolto a Piraton, nel paese di Efraim, sul monte Amalek.	15 And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.