Lawkcengkung 10
1 Abimelek hnukkhu Isarelnaw ka rungngang hanlah Issakhar miphun thung e Dodo capa, Puah capa Tola a tâco teh Ephraim mon Shamir vah ao.
After Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo became the leader to rescue the Israeli people [from their enemies]. He belonged to the tribe of Issachar, but he lived in Shamir [city] in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim live.
2 Kum 23 touh thung Isarelnaw a uk teh, hat hnukkhu hoi a due. Shamir vah a pakawp awh.
He ruled the Israeli people for 23 years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
3 Ahni hnukkhu Gilead tami lawkcengkung Jair a tâco. Kum 22 touh thung Isarel hah a uk.
After Tola died, Jair, from [the] Gilead [region], became the Israelis’ leader, and he ruled them for 22 years.
4 A capa 30 touh lacanaw dawk ouk kâcui e a tawn. Gilead ram dawk kaawm e kho 30 touh hai a tawn. Hahoi atu totouh Havath Jair telah ati awh.
He had thirty sons, and each of them had his own donkey to ride on. They each controlled a different town in [the] Gilead [region]. That region is still named ‘The Towns of Jair’.
5 Hahoi Jair teh a due toe. Kamon vah a pakawp awh.
When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon [city].
6 Isarelnaw ni BAWIPA mithmu vah yonnae bout a sak awh. Baal hoi Ashtaroth, Siria cathut hoi Sidon cathut, Moab cathut, Ammon cathutnaw e a thaw hoiyah Filistinnaw e cathut thaw hah a tawk awh. Jehovah a pahnawt awh teh, a thaw tawk awh hoeh toe.
Again the Israelis did things that Yahweh said were wrong/evil. They worshiped [the idols of their god] Baal and [their goddess] Astarte. They also worshiped the gods of the Aram, Sidon, Moab, and Ammon people-groups, and the gods of the Philistia people-group. They abandoned Yahweh and stopped worshiping him.
7 Hahoi BAWIPA ni Isarelnaw taranlahoi a lungkhuek teh Filistin hoi Ammonnaw e kut dawk koung a yo.
So Yahweh was very angry with them, and he allowed the Philistia and Ammon people-groups to defeat [IDM] the Israelis.
8 Jordan palang namran Amor catounnaw e ram Gilead ram kaawm e Isarel catoun kaawm e pueng hah hatnae kum hoi kamtawng teh kum 18 touh thung a rektap awh.
In that same year, those people started to oppress the Israelis who lived in [the] Gilead [region] on the east side of the Jordan [River]. That was where the Amor people-group also lived. were They caused the Israelis who lived in that region to suffer for 18 years.
9 Ammon miphunnaw ni hai Jordan palang a raka awh teh, Judah miphun, Benjamin miphun, Ephraim miphunnaw a tuk awh teh, Isarelnaw teh puenghoi a reithai awh.
Then the people of the Ammon people-group crossed the Jordan [River] to fight against the people of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. They caused the Israelis’ lives to be very miserable.
10 Hahoi Isarelnaw ni, mamae BAWIPA pahnawt awh teh BAWIPA koe yon awh toe. Baal cathut e thaw ka tawk awh toe telah BAWIPA koe a hram awh.
So the Israelis cried out to Yahweh, saying “We have sinned against you. We have abandoned you, and we have been worshiping [the idols of their god] Baal.”
11 BAWIPA ni Isarelnaw koe Izipnaw hoi Amornaw, Ammonnaw hoi Filistinnaw thung hoi kai ni na rungngang awh nahoehmaw.
Yahweh answered them, saying, “When the people of Egypt, and the Amor and Ammon and Philistia people-groups
12 Sidonnaw, Ameleknaw, Moannaw ni hai na rektap awh navah, kai na kaw awh teh, a kut dawk hoi na rungngang awh.
and the Sidon and Amalek and Maon people-groups were cruel to you, you cried out to me, and then I rescued you.
13 Hatei, nangmouh ni kai na pahnawt awh teh, alouke cathutnaw e thaw na tawk takhai dawkvah, kai ni bout na rungngang awh mahoeh toe.
But now you have abandoned me again, and you have been worshiping other gods. So I will not rescue you again.
14 Na kârawi awh e cathut koe hram awh lawih khe. Ama ni na reithainae tueng dawk na rungngang naseh, telah atipouh.
You have chosen those gods [to be the ones that you worship]. So call to them to help you. Allow them to rescue you when you have a lot of trouble!”
15 Isarelnaw niyah, BAWIPA koe ka payonae awh toe. Nang nama ni ahawi na tie lahoi kaimouh ka tak dawk sak nateh, atu vai touh dueng mah kaimouh na rungngang ei hottelah atipouh.
But the Israeli people said to Yahweh, “Truly we have sinned. Punish us in whatever way you wish to, but please rescue us now!”
16 Hottelah alouke cathutnaw a pahnawt awh teh, BAWIPA e thaw a tawk awh. Hahoi teh, Isarelnaw ni rucatnae kecu dawk a lungpataw awh.
Then the Israelis threw away the [idols of the] gods that belonged to other people-groups, and they worshiped Yahweh again. He saw that they were suffering very much, and he felt sorry [IDM] for them.
17 Hahoi Ammonnaw ni cungtalah a kamkhueng awh teh, Gilead vah a roe awh. Hahoi Isarelnaw ni king a kamkhueng awh teh, Mizpah vah a roe awh.
The Ammon people-group gathered to fight [against the Israelis], and they set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region]. The Israeli men also gathered and set up their tents at Mizpah, [which was a city in Gilead].
18 Gilead kahrawikungnaw tami buet touh hoi buet touh a kâdei awh teh, apinimaw Ammonnaw hmaloe a tuk han, hote tami teh Gilead kho lathueng vah kahrawikung lah awm seh atipouh.
The Israeli leaders said, “Who will lead our soldiers to attack the Ammon people-group? The one who will lead us will become the leader of all us who live in this Gilead [region].”
