ዮፍታሔና ኤፍሬም
1የኤፍሬም ሰዎች ኀይላቸውን አሰባስበው ወደ ጻፎን በመሻገር ዮፍታሔን፣ “አሞናውያንን ለመውጋት ስትወጣ አብረንህ እንድንሄድ ያልጠራኸን ለምንድን ነው? ቤትህን በላይህ ላይ እናቃጥለዋለን አሉት።”
2ዮፍታሔም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “እኔና ሕዝቤ ከአሞናውያን ጋር ከፍተኛ ትግል ገጥመን በነበረበት ጊዜ ጠርቼያችሁ ከእጃቸው አላዳናችሁኝም፤ 3እኔም እንደማትረዱኝ በተረዳሁ ጊዜ በሕይወቴ ቈርጬ አሞናውያንን ለመውጋት ተሻገርሁ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ድሉን ሰጠኝ። ታዲያ ዛሬ እኔን ለመውጋት የመጣችሁት ለምንድን ነው?”
4ከዚያም ዮፍታሔ የገለዓድን ሰዎች አሰባስቦ ከኤፍሬም ጋር ተዋጋ። ኤፍሬማውያን ገለዓዳውያንን፣ “እናንተ ገለዓዳውያን ከኤፍሬምና ከምናሴ የከዳችሁ ናችሁ” ይሏቸው ስለ ነበር በብርቱ መቷቸው። 5ገለዓዳውያን ወደ ኤፍሬም የሚያሻግሩትን የዮርዳኖስን መልካዎች ያዙ። ታዲያ አምልጦ የሚሸሽ አንድ ኤፍሬማዊ ለመሻገር በሚጠይቃቸው ጊዜ፣ የገለዓድ ሰዎች “አንተ ኤፍሬማዊ ነህ?” ብለው ይጠይቁታል፤ ያም ሰው፣ “አይደለሁም” ብሎ ከመለሰላቸው፣ 6እስቲ “ሺቦሌት” በል ይሉታል፤ ቃሉን በትክክል ማለት ሳይችል ቀርቶ “ሲቦሊት” ካለ፣ ይዘው እዚያው እመልካው ላይ ይገድሉታል። በዚያ ጊዜም አርባ ሁለት ሺሕ ኤፍሬማውያን ተገደሉ።
7ዮፍታሔ በእስራኤል ላይ ለስድስት ዓመት ፈራጅ12፥7 በዚህ እንዲሁም በቍጥር 8-14 ላይ ባለው ክፍል በትውፊት መሳፍንት ይባላል። ሆነ። ገለዓዳዊው ዮፍታሔ ሞተ፤ ከገለዓድም ከተሞች በአንዲቱ ተቀበረ።
ኢብጻን፣ ኤሎም፣ ዔብዶን
8ከዮፍታሔ ቀጥሎ የቤተ ልሔሙ ኢብጻን በእስራኤል ላይ ፈራጅ ሆነ። 9እርሱም ሠላሳ ወንዶችና ሠላሳ ሴቶች ልጆች ነበሩት። ሴቶች ልጆቹንም ከጐሣው ውጭ ለሆኑ ሰዎች ዳራቸው፤ ከጐሣው ውጭ የሆኑ ሠላሳ ልጃገረዶች አምጥቶ ከወንዶች ልጆቹ ጋር አጋባቸው። ኢብጻን በእስራኤል ላይ ሰባት ዓመት ፈራጅ ሆነ። 10ኢብጻን ሞተ፤ በቤተ ልሔምም ተቀበረ።
11ከእርሱም በኋላ ዛብሎናዊው ኤሎም በእስራኤል ላይ ዐሥር ዓመት ፈራጅ ሆነ። 12ከዚያም ኤሎም ሞተ፤ በዛብሎን ምድር በኢያሎን ተቀበረ።
13ከኤሎም ቀጥሎ የጲርዓቶናዊው የሂሌል ልጅ ዓብዶን በእስራኤል ፈራጅ ሆነ። 14እርሱም በሰባ አህዮች ላይ የሚቀመጡ አርባ ወንዶች ልጆችና ሠላሳ ወንዶች የልጅ ልጆች ነበሩት፤ በእስራኤልም ላይ ስምንት ዓመት ፈራጅ ሆነ። 15ከዚያም የሂሌል ልጅ ዓብዶን ሞተ፤ ኰረብታማ በሆነው በአማሌቃውያን አገር በኤፍሬም ምድር በጲርዓቶን ተቀበረ።
1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.12.1 gathered…: Heb. were called 2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? 4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. 7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. 9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.12.14 nephews: Heb. sons’ sons 15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
