Livro dos Juízes 12

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Os efraimitas, tendo-se sublevado, passaram a Safon e disseram a Jefté: Por que saíste a combater os amonitas, sem nos chamar para irmos contigo? Por isso vamos queimar a tua casa.	1 But behold there arose a sedition in Ephraim. And passing towards the north, they said to Jephte: When thou wentest to fight against the children of Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us, that we might go with thee? Therefore we will burn thy house.
2 Jefté respondeu: Eu e meu povo tivemos graves contendas com os amonitas; chamei-vos e vós não me livrastes de suas mãos.	2 And he answered them: I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called you to assist me, and you would not do it.
3 Vendo que não podia contar convosco, arrisquei a minha vida marchando {sozinho} contra os amonitas, e o Senhor entregou-os nas minhas mãos. Por que, pois, viestes contender comigo?	3 And when I saw this, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What have I deserved, that you should rise up to fight against me?
4 Jefté reuniu todos os homens de Galaad e combateu contra Efraim. Os habitantes de Galaad derrotaram os de Efraim, que lhes haviam dito: Vós sois fugitivos de Efraim que habitais entre Efraim e Manassés!	4 Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated Ephraim, because he had said: Galaad is a fugitive of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim and Manasses.
5 Galaad ocupou os vaus do Jordão, e cada vez que um fugitivo de Efraim queria passar, perguntavam-lhe: És tu efraimita? Ele respondia: Não.	5 And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one of the number of Ephraim came thither in the flight, and said: I beseech you let me pass: the Galaadites said to him: Art thou not an Ephraimite? If he said: I am not:
6 Pois bem, diziam eles então, dize: Chibólet. E ele dizia: Sibólet, não podendo pronunciar corretamente. Prendiam-no logo e o degolavam junto aos vaus do Jordão. Naquele dia pereceram quarenta e dois mil homens de Efraim.	6 They asked him: Say then, Scibboleth, which is interpreted, An ear of corn. But he answered, Sibboleth, not being able to express an ear of corn by the same letter. Then presently they took him and killed him in the very passage of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.
7 Jefté, o galaadita, foi juiz em Israel durante seis anos; depois morreu, e foi sepultado em uma das cidades de Galaad.	7 And Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel six years: and he died, and was buried in his city of Galaad.
8 Depois de Jefté, foi juiz de Israel Ibsã, de Belém,	8 After him Abesan of Bethlehem judged Israel:
9 o qual teve trinta filhos; casou suas trinta filhas fora de sua família, e mandou vir de fora trinta jovens para os seus filhos. Julgou Israel durante sete anos.	9 He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel seven years:
10 Morreu e foi enterrado em Belém.	10 And he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Depois dele, Elon, de Zabulon, foi juiz em Israel, e sua judicatura durou dez anos.	11 To him succeeded Ahialon a Zahnlonite: and he judged Israel ten years:
12 Morreu, e foi enterrado em Ajalon, na terra de Zabulon.	12 And he died, and was buried in ZahnIon.
13 Em seguida teve Israel por juiz Abdon, filho de Ilel, de Faraton.	13 After him Abdon, the son of Illel, a Pharathonite, judged Israel:
14 Teve quarenta filhos e trinta netos, que montavam em setenta jumentinhos. Julgou Israel durante oito anos.	14 And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel eight years:
15 Depois disso, Abdon, filho de Ilel, de Faraton, morreu e foi sepultado em Faraton, na terra de Efraim, na montanha dos amalecitas.	15 And he died, and was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of Amalech.