Giudici 12

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ed ecco che nacque sedizione nella tribù di Ephraim: perocché passati questi verso settentrione andarono a dire a Jephte: Per qual motivo andando a combattere contro i figliuoli di Ammon non hai voluto invitarci, perchè venissimo teco? Ora noi darem 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 Rispose egli loro: Io, e il mio popolo eravamo a gran contesa co' figliuoli di Ammon: e io vi chiamai, affinchè mi recaste aiuto, e non voleste farlo.	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 Lo che avendo veduto posi a repentaglio la mia vita, e andai contro i figliuoli di Ammon, e il Signore li diede nelle mie mani. Ho io meritato, che voi vi moviate 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 E radunati presso di sé tutti quelli di Galaad, venne alle mani con que' di Ephraim: e i Galaaditi sconfissero gli Ephraimiti, i quali avean detto: Galaad è un fuggitivo di Ephraim, che sta in mezzo tra Ephraim 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 E i Galaaditi posero guardie a' guadi del Giordano, pei quali dovean ripassare que' di Ephraim. E allorché vi giungeva alcuno de' molti fuggitivi, e diceva: Vi prego di lasciarmi passare: dicevano a lui i Galaaditi: Se’ tu forse Ephratheo? E rispondendo egli: Nol 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 Gli replicavano: Di' adunque Scibboleth, che vuol dire spiga. E quegli pronunziava, Sibboleth: non sapendo esprimere il nome di spiga colla giusta sua lettera. E immediatamente lo pigliavano, e lo scannavano al passo medesimo del Giordano. E perirono in quel tempo quaranta due mila uomini di Ephraim.	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 Così Jephte di Galaad governò 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 lui fu giudice d'Israele Abesan di Bethlehem:	8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Il quale ebbe trenta figli, e altrettante figliuole, le quali maritò mandandole fuori della sua gente, e altrettante fanciulle di fuori condusse in sua casa spose de' suoi figliuoli. Ei 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 E morì, e fu sepolto in Bethlehem.	10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 E a lui succedette Ahialon Zabulonita, e fu giudice d'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 Zabulon.	12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Dopo di lui fu giudice d'Israele Abdon, figliuolo di Illel di Pharathon:	13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 II quale ebbe quaranta figliuoli, e da questi trenta nipoti, i quali cavalcarono settanta asini giovani, ed ei 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 E morì, e fu sepolto a Pharathon nel paese di Ephraim sul monte Amalec.	15 And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.