Giudici 12

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ed ecco nascere una sedizione nella tribù di Efraim: gli Efraimiti, passati verso il settentrione, dissero a Iefte: « Perchè andando a combattere contro i figli di Ammon non ci hai voluto chiamare, affinchè potessimo venir teco? Per questo daremo fuoco alla 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 avevamo una gran contesa coi figli d'Ammon, ed io vi chiamai a recarmi aiuto, ma non voleste venire.	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 Visto ciò, ponendo a repentaglio la mia vita, andai contro i figli d'Ammon, che il Signore mi diede nelle mani. Quando ho meritato che voi insorgeste contro di me a farmi 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 Allora Iefte, radunati tutti gli uomini di Galaad, combattè contro Efraim. I Galaaditi sconfissero Efraim, chè aveva detto: « Galaad è un fuggitivo d'Efraim e abita in mezzo tra Efraim e Manasse ».	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 occuparono i guadi del Giordano, pei quali doveva ripassare Efraim, e quando qualche Efraimita fuggitivo vi giungeva e diceva: « Mi raccomando: lasciatemi passare! i Galaaditi gli dicevano: « Sei tu Efraimita? » Rispondendo egli: « Non lo sono »,	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 egli replicavano: « Di' dunque Scibboleth » (che vuol dir spiga); ma rispondendo egli « Sibboleth », non sapendo dire spiga colla sua giusta lettera, subito lo prendevano e lo scannavano al passo medesimo del Giordano. Così in quel tempo perirono di Efraim quarantadue mila uomini.	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 E Iefte Galaadita giudicò Israele per sei anni, e morì e fu sepolto nella sua città di Galaad.	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 Iefte giudicò Israele Abesan di Betlemme.	8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Egli ebbe trenta figli, e altrettante figlie che mandò a marito fuori di casa ove prese altrettante fanciulle come spose dei suoi figli. Egli giudicò 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 e morì e fu sepolto in Betlemme.	10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 A lui succedette Ahialon di Zàbulon, il quale giudicò Israele per dieci anni,	11 After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
12 e morì e fu sepolto in Zàbulon.	12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Dopo di lui giudicò Israele Abdon, figlio d'Illel di Faraton.	13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Egli ebbe quaranta figli e da questi trenta nipoti, i quali cavalcavano settanta asinelli. Egli giudicò 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 e morì e fu sepolto a Faraton, nel paese di Efraim, sul monte di Amalec.	15 And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.