Judges 10
1 After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
Baada ya Abimeleki, Tola mwana wa Pua mwana wa Dodo, mtu wa Isakari, aliyeishi huko Shamiri, katika nchi ya vilima ya Efraimu, akainuka kuokoa Israeli.
2 Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
Akaamua Israeli kwa miaka ishirini na mitatu. Ndipo akafa, naye akazikwa huko Shamiri.
3 Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
Baada yake akafuatiwa na Yairi, Mgileadi, ambaye aliamua Israeli kwa miaka ishirini na miwili.
4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
Alikuwa na wana thelathini waliopanda punda thelathini. Nao walikuwa na miji thelathini iliyoko Gileadi, inayoitwa Hawoth-Yairi mpaka leo.
5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
Yairi akafa, naye akazikwa huko Kamoni.
6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
Wana wa Israeli wakatenda tena maovu machoni pa Bwana. Wakaabudu Mabaali na Maashtorethi, miungu ya Aramu, miungu ya Sidoni, miungu ya Moabu, miungu ya Waamoni na miungu ya Wafilisti. Kwa kuwa Waisraeli walimwacha Bwana wala hawakuendelea kumtumikia,
7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
hivyo hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya Israeli, naye akawatia mikononi mwa Wafilisti na Waamoni,
8 who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
ambao waliwaonea na kuwatesa mwaka ule. Kwa miaka kumi na minane wakawatesa Waisraeli wote upande wa mashariki ya Mto Yordani katika Gileadi, nchi ya Waamori.
9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
Waamoni nao wakavuka Yordani ili kupigana na Yuda, Benyamini na nyumba ya Efraimu, nayo nyumba ya Israeli ikawa katika taabu kubwa.
10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
Ndipo Waisraeli wakamlilia Bwana wakasema, “Tumetenda dhambi dhidi yako, kumwacha Mungu wetu na kutumikia Mabaali.”
11 The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
Bwana akawaambia, “Wakati Wamisri, Waamori, Waamoni, Wafilisti,
12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
Wasidoni, Waamaleki na Wamaoni walipowaonea na ninyi mkanililia na kuomba msaada, je, sikuwaokoa kutoka mikononi mwao?
13 But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Lakini ninyi mmeniacha mimi na kutumikia miungu mingine, kwa hiyo sitawaokoa tena.
14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
Nendeni mkaililie ile miungu mlioichagua. Hiyo miungu na iwaokoe mnapokuwa katika taabu!”
15 “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
Lakini Waisraeli wakamwambia Bwana, “Tumetenda dhambi. Ututendee lile unaloona kuwa jema kwako, lakini twakusihi utuokoe sasa.”
16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
Nao wakaiondoa hiyo miungu migeni katikati yao nao wakamtumikia Bwana. Naye akahuzunika kwa sababu ya taabu ya Israeli.
17 Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
Ndipo Waamoni wakaitwa vitani na kupiga kambi huko Gileadi, Waisraeli wakakusanyika na kupiga kambi huko Mispa.
18 And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
Viongozi wa watu wa Gileadi wakaambiana wao kwa wao, “Yeyote yule atakayeanzisha mashambulizi dhidi ya Waamoni atakuwa kiongozi wa wote wakaao Gileadi.”
