Judges 3
1 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
Tala bikolo oyo Yawe atikaki mpo na komeka bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki na tango ya bitumba ya Kanana.
2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
Asalaki bango bongo, kaka mpo ete milongo ya sika ya bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki te na tango ya bitumba, bayeba nini yango bitumba.
3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Yawe atikaki kati na mokili yango bakonzi mitano ya bato ya Filisitia, bato nyonso ya Kanana, bato nyonso ya Sidoni mpe bato nyonso ya Evi, oyo bazalaki kovanda na bangomba ya Libani, wuta na ngomba ya Bala-Erimoni kino na Lebo-Amati.
4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
Bikolo wana etikalaki mpo na komeka bana ya Isalaele mpe kotala soki bakotosa mitindo oyo Yawe apesaki bakoko na bango na nzela ya Moyize.
5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Bana ya Isalaele bavandaki kati na bato ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi;
6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
babalaki bana basi na bango mpe babalisaki bana na bango ya basi epai ya bana na bango ya mibali, mpe basalelaki banzambe na bango.
7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Bana ya Isalaele basalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe; babosanaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe basalelaki banzambe Bala mpe Ashera.
8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Yawe asilikelaki bana ya Isalaele, mpe akabaki bango na maboko ya Kushani-Rishetayimi, mokonzi ya Arami. Bana ya Isalaele basalaki mibu mwambe na se ya bokonzi na ye.
9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
Bana ya Isalaele bagangaki epai ya Yawe, mpe Yawe abimiselaki bango mokangoli: Otinieli, mwana mobali ya Kenazi, leki ya Kalebi. Mpe Otinieli abikisaki bana ya Isalaele.
10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
Molimo na Yawe ayaki likolo na ye mpe akomaki elombe kati na bana ya Isalaele; bongo akendeki kobunda bitumba. Yawe akabaki Kushani-Rishetayimi, mokonzi ya Arami, na maboko ya Otinieli; mpe Otinieli alongaki ye.
11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
Sima na yango, mokili ekomaki na kimia mibu tuku minei kino tango Otinieli, mwana mobali ya Kenazi, akufaki.
12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Bana ya Isalaele basalaki lisusu mabe na miso ya Yawe. Likolo ya mabe yango, Yawe apesaki Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, bokonzi na likolo ya bana ya Isalaele.
13 After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
Egiloni asanganaki na bato ya Amoni mpe ya Amaleki, bayaki mpe babundisaki bana ya Isalaele, bongo babotolaki engumba ya nzete ya Mbila.
14 The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Bana ya Isalaele bazalaki na se ya bokonzi ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, mibu zomi na mwambe.
15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
Bana ya Isalaele bagangaki lisusu epai na Yawe, mpe Yawe apesaki bango mokangoli moko na kombo Ewudi, mwana mobali ya Gera, ya libota ya Benjame. Ewudi azalaki kosalela loboko ya mwasi. Bana ya Isalaele batindaki ye epai ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, mpo na kopesa ye mpako.
16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
Ewudi amisalelaki mopanga ya minu mibale, ya ndambo ya metele na molayi. Akangaki yango na loketo na ye, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, mpe abombaki yango na se ya bilamba na ye.
17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
Apesaki mpako epai ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, oyo azalaki moto ya nzoto minene.
18 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
Tango Ewudi asilisaki kopesa mpako, azongisaki bato nyonso oyo bamemaki yango.
19 But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
Kasi tango akomaki na esika ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo basala na mabanga, pembeni ya Giligali, azongaki epai ya mokonzi mpe alobaki na ye: — Mokonzi, nazali na sango ya sekele mpo na yo. Mokonzi azongisaki: — Kimia! Mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki pembeni na ye babimaki libanda.
20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
Bongo Ewudi apusanaki pene ya mokonzi Egiloni oyo azalaki ya kovanda na shambre ya likolo ya ndako na ye ya kopema. Alobaki na ye: — Nazali na liloba ya koyebisa yo kowuta na Nzambe.
21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
Ewudi asembolaki loboko na ye ya mwasi, akamataki mopanga oyo abombaki na loketo na ye, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, mpe atubaki yango na libumu ya mokonzi.
22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
Boye, ezala esimbelo ya mopanga, nyonso ekotaki, mpe mafuta ezipaki mopanga; pamba te Ewudi atikaki mopanga yango kati na libumu ya mokonzi.
23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
Ewudi abimaki na sima ya ndako, akangaki bikuke ya shambre ya likolo sima na ye mpe atiaki yango bibende.
24 After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
Tango akendeki, basali ya mokonzi bayaki na esika yango mpe bamonaki ete bikuke ya shambre ya likolo ya kokangama. Balobaki: — Tango mosusu mokonzi azali na zongo inene oyo ezali kati na shambre, na kati ya ndako.
25 So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
Basali bazelaki mingi, kino ekomaki kosala bango soni. Lokola mokonzi azalaki kaka kofungola te bikuke ya shambre ya likolo, bazwaki fungola mpe bafungolaki bango moko. Mpe tala, bamonaki nkolo na bango azali ya kokufa, alala na se.
26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
Wana balekisaki bongo ngonga, Ewudi abimaki; alekaki na esika oyo ezalaki na banzambe oyo basala na mabanga mpe akimaki na Seira.
27 On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
Tango akomaki kuna, abetaki kelelo na mokili ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, mpe bana ya Isalaele bakitaki elongo na ye, longwa na likolo na ngomba, mpe amitiaki na liboso mpo na kotambolisa bango.
28 “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
Alobaki na bango: — Bolanda ngai, pamba te Yawe akabi Moabi, monguna na bino, na maboko na bino. Balandaki ye mpe babotolaki bato ya Moabi bisika oyo bakatisaka Yordani na makolo. Bapesaki lisusu ata na moto moko te nzela ya kokatisa mayi.
29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
Na mokolo wana, babomaki bato ya Moabi pene nkoto zomi; bango nyonso bazalaki bambinga mpe bato ya makasi, ata moto moko te abikaki.
30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
Na mokolo wana, bana ya Isalaele balembisaki bato ya Moabi, mpe mokili ezalaki na kimia mibu tuku mwambe.
31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
Sima na Ewudi, Shamagari, mwana mobali ya Anati, ayaki mpe abomaki bato ya Filisitia nkama motoba na nzela ya nzete ya moke oyo batambolisaka na yango bangombe. Ye mpe abikisaki Isalaele.
