nyayiyon 12:1-15
12 fir epraim ke aadmi ikattha huye aur nadi paar kar saapon* aaye. unhonne yiptah se kaha, “jab tu ammoniyon se ladne gaya to toone hamein kyon nahin bulaya?+ ab hum tujhe aur tere ghar ko jala daaleinge.”
2 lekin yiptah ne unse kaha, “ammoniyon se meri aur mere aadmiyon ki dushmani thi. unse ladne ke liye mainne tumhein bulaya tha, magar tumne hamari madad nahin ki.
3 jab tum nahin aaye, to main apni jaan hatheli par rakhkar unse ladne nikaal pada+ aur yahova ne unhein mere haath kar diya. fir aaj tum kyon aaye ho? aur kyon mujhse ladna chahte ho?”
4 tab yiptah ne gilad ke saare aadmiyon ko ikattha kar+ epraim ke logon se yuddh kiya aur unhein hara diya. ye vahi epraimi the jo unse kaha karte the, “hey giladiyo, bhale hi tum manashshe aur epraim ke logon ke beech rehte ho, magar epraimiyon ki nazar mein tum kuch bhi nahin.”*
5 gilad ke logon ne jaakaar epraim ke saamnevale ghaaton par kabza kar liya+ taaki koi bhi epraimi, nadi paar karke bhaag na sake. agar koi epraimi ghaat par aakaar kehta, “mujhe us paar jaana hai,” tab gilad ke aadmi usse poochhte, “kya tu epraimi hai?” agar woh javab deta “nahin”
6 to woh use kehte “shibbolet bolkar bata.” magar woh us shabd ko theek se nahin bol paata aur kehta “sibbolet.” tab gilad ke aadmi vahin yardan ke ghaat par use maar daalte. us din 42,000 epraimi maare gaye.
7 gilad ka yiptah chhe: saal tak israel ka nyayi raha. iske baad uski maut ho gayi aur use uske shehar mein dafnaya gaya jo gilad mein tha.
8 yiptah ke baad ibsan israel ka nyayi bana+ jo betlehem ka rehnevala tha.
9 uske 30 bete aur 30 betiyaan thi. usne apni betiyonn ki shaadi apne kul se baahar karvayi aur apne beton ke liye woh doosre kul se 30 bahuyen laaya. ibsan saat saal tak israel ka nyayi raha.
10 fir uski maut ho gayi aur use betlehem mein dafnaya gaya.
11 uske baad elon israel ka nyayi bana. woh jabooloon gotra se tha aur usne das saal tak israel ka nyay kiya.
12 fir elon ki maut ho gayi aur use jabooloon ke ilake mein, ayyalon mein dafnaya gaya.
13 elon ke baad abdon ne israel ka nyay kiya, jo piraton ke nivasi hillel ka beta tha.
14 abdon ke 40 bete aur 30 pote the aur unke paas savaari karne ke liye 70 gadhe the. abdon aath saal tak israel ka nyayi raha.
15 iske baad piraton ke nivasi hillel ke bete abdon ki maut ho gayi. use piraton mein dafnaya gaya, jo epraim ke ilake mein amalekiyon+ ke pahad par tha.
kai footnote
^ ya shaayad, “nadi paar kar uttar ki taraf.”
^ shaa., “tum woh log ho jo epraim se bhaag aaye the.”
