Judges 12:1-15
12 Then olketa man lo Ephraim hipap tugeta and olketa akros go lo Zaphon,* and sei lo Jephthah: “Why nao iu no askem mifala taem iu go akros for faet againstim olketa Ammonite? Mifala bae bonem haos blo iu witim iu insaed.”
2 Bat Jephthah sei lo olketa: “Mi witim pipol blo mi, mifala insaed bigfala faet againstim olketa Ammonite. Mi askem iufala for helpem mi, bat iufala nating sevem mi from hand blo olketa.
3 Taem mi lukim dat iufala bae no sevem mi, mi disaed for putim laef* blo mi lo danger and go faet againstim olketa Ammonite, and Jehovah helpem mi for winim olketa. So why nao tuday iufala kam for faet againstim mi?”
4 Then Jephthah hipimap evri man lo Gilead and faetem olketa man lo Ephraim. Olketa man lo Gilead winim olketa lo Ephraim wea bin sei: “Iufala olketa Gileadite lo land lo Ephraim and Manasseh, iufala olketa man wea ranawe nomoa from Ephraim.”
5 Olketa lo Gilead tekovarem olketa ples for akrosim Jordan River, for stopem olketa lo Ephraim for no ranawe. Taem olketa trae for ranawe, olketa bae sei, “Mifala laek akros,” then olketa man lo Gilead bae askem each wan olsem, “Waswe, iu wanfala man lo Ephraim?” Taem hem bae sei, “Nomoa!”
6 olketa bae sei lo hem, “Plis talem disfala word Shibboleth.” Bat bae hem sei, “Sibboleth,” bikos hem no savve talem stret datfala word. Then olketa bae kasholem hem and killim hem dae lo olketa ples for akrosim Jordan River. So lo datfala taem, 42,000 man lo Ephraim nao dae.
7 Jephthah, datfala Gileadite hem judge lo Israel for sixfala year, then hem dae and olketa berem hem lo taon blo hem lo Gilead.
8 Bihaen lo hem, Ibzan, from Bethlehem nao judge lo Israel.
9 Hem garem 30-fala son and 30-fala dota. Hem letem olketa dota blo hem for maritim olketa man wea no lo famili laen blo hem, and hem tekem 30-fala gele for maritim olketa son blo hem. Hem judge lo Israel for sevenfala year.
10 Then Ibzan hem dae and olketa berem hem lo Bethlehem.
11 Bihaen lo hem, Elon, from tribe blo Zebulun hem kamap judge, and hem judge lo Israel for tenfala year.
12 Then Elon, datfala Zebulunite hem dae, and olketa berem hem lo Aijalon, lo land blo Zebulun.
13 Bihaen lo hem, Abdon, son blo Hillel, datfala Pirathonite hem judge lo Israel.
14 Hem garem 40-fala son and 30-fala granson, wea raedem 70-fala donkey. Hem judge lo Israel for eitfala year.
15 Then Abdon, son blo Hillel datfala Pirathonite hem dae, and olketa berem hem lo Pirathon lo land blo Ephraim, lo maunten blo olketa Amalekite.
