< Judges 10 >

1 And after Abimelech Thola the son of Phua rose up to save Israel, [being] the son of his father's brother, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Samir in mount Ephraim.
Abimelek wuo akyi no, Pua a ɔyɛ Dodo aseni no babarima Tola ba bɛgyee Israel. Na ɔfiri Isakar abusuakuo mu, nanso ɔtenaa Samir a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔ asase so.
2 And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Samir.
Ɔyɛɛ Israel so ɔtemmufoɔ mfeɛ aduonu mmiɛnsa. Ɔwuiɛ no wɔsiee no wɔ Samir.
3 And after him arose Jair of Galaad, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
Tola wuo akyi no, Yair a ɔfiri Gilead bɛyɛɛ Israel so ɔtemmufoɔ mfeɛ aduonu mmienu.
4 And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair's towns until this day in the land of Galaad.
Ne mmammarima aduasa tena wɔn mfunumu so kyinkyini, na wɔdi nkuro aduasa so wɔ Gilead asase so, a ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ wɔfrɛ hɔ Yair Nkuro.
5 And Jair died, and was buried in Rhamnon.
Yair wuiɛ na wɔsiee no Kamon.
6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Astaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Phylistines; and they forsook the Lord, and did not serve him.
Bio, Israelfoɔ yɛɛ Awurade ani so bɔne. Wɔsomm Baal ne Astoret ahoni ne Aram, Sidon, Moab, Amon ne Filistia anyame. Wɔtwee wɔn ho firii Awurade ho a wɔansom no koraa.
7 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hands of the Phylistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
Enti Awurade bo fuu Israelfoɔ, na ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ Filistifoɔ ne Amorifoɔ nsa,
8 And they afflicted and bruised the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorite in Galaad.
na wɔfirii aseɛ hyɛɛ wɔn so saa afe no. Wɔhyɛɛ Israelfoɔ a wɔwɔ Asubɔnten Yordan apueeɛ fam wɔ Amorifoɔ (wɔ Gilead) asase no so mfeɛ dunwɔtwe.
9 And the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight with Juda, and Benjamin, and with Ephraim; and the children of Israel were greatly afflicted.
Amorifoɔ no nso twaa Yordan kɔɔ atɔeɛ fam kɔto hyɛɛ Yuda, Benyamin ne Efraim so, Israelfoɔ kɔɔ ahokyere kɛseɛ mu.
10 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken God, and served Baalim.
Afei Israelfoɔ su frɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo, ɛfiri sɛ yɛatwe yɛn ho afiri yɛn Onyankopɔn ho na yɛasom Baal ahoni.”
11 And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Did I not [save you] from Egypt and from the Amorite, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Phylistines,
Awurade buaa sɛ, “Mannye mo amfiri Misraimfoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Amonfoɔ, Filistifoɔ
12 and from the Sidonians, and Amalec, and Madiam, who afflicted you? and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand?
Sidonfoɔ, Amalekfoɔ ne Maonfoɔ nsam? Ɛberɛ a wɔhyɛɛ mo so no, mosu frɛɛ me na megyee mo.
13 Yet you forsook me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you any more.
Nanso, moagya me akɔsom anyame foforɔ. Ɛno enti, merennye mo bio.
14 Go, and cry to the gods whom you have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction.
Monkɔsu nkyerɛ anyame a moafa wɔn no. Momma wɔnnye mo ɛberɛ a morehunu amaneɛ yi.”
15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do you to us according to all [that is] good in your eyes; only deliver us this day.
Nanso, Israelfoɔ no kɔɔ so srɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Yɛayɛ bɔne. Twe yɛn aso sɛdeɛ ɛfata. Nanso, gye yɛn firi yɛn atamfoɔ nsam ɛnnɛ.”
16 And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.
Na Israelfoɔ no too ananafoɔ anyame no guu nkyɛn bɛsom Awurade. Na Awurade ho yeraa no wɔ wɔn ahokyere no ho.
17 And the children of Ammon went up, and encamped in Galaad; and the children of Israel were gathered together and encamped on the hill.
Saa ɛberɛ no na Amonfoɔ asraadɔm aboa wɔn ho ano wɔ Gilead, sɛ wɔrekɔto ahyɛ Israel akodɔm so wɔ Mispa.
18 And the people the princes of Galaad said every man to his neighbour, Who [is] he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Galaad.
Na Gilead ntuanofoɔ no keka kyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Obiara a ɔbɛdi ɛkan ato ahyɛ Amonfoɔ so no, bɛyɛ deɛ ɔbɛdi Gileadfoɔ nyinaa so.”

< Judges 10 >