Livro dos Juízes 12

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Jefté, o galaadita, foi juiz em Israel durante seis anos; depois morreu, e foi sepultado em uma das cidades de 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 Depois de Jefté, foi juiz de Israel Ibsã, de Belém,	8 After him, Ibzan 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 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 Morreu e foi enterrado em Belém.	10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Depois dele, Elon, de Zabulon, foi juiz em Israel, e sua judicatura durou dez anos.	11 After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
12 Morreu, e foi enterrado em Ajalon, na terra de Zabulon.	12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Em seguida teve Israel por juiz Abdon, filho de Ilel, de Faraton.	13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, 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 from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for 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 he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.