Judges 3
1 And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Ale Yehowa gblẽ dukɔ aɖewo ɖe anyigba la dzi be yeado Israelvi siwo mekpɔ aʋawɔwɔ le Kanaanyigba dzi teƒe o la kpɔ.
2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:
Ewɔ esia be yeafia nu Israelviwo ƒe dzidzime ɖe sia ɖe tso aʋawɔwɔ ŋu, vevietɔ ame siwo mekpɔ aʋawɔwɔ teƒe kpɔ o.
3 five lord ships of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwell on mount Lebanon; from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
Ame siwo ganɔ anyigba la dzi kokoko woe nye Filistitɔwo ƒe du atɔ̃ me nɔlawo, Kanaantɔwo katã, Sidontɔwo kple Hivitɔwo, ame siwo nɔ Lebanon towo dzi, tso Baal Hermon to dzi yi ɖase Hamat mɔ nu.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Wonye dodokpɔ na Israel be woakpɔe ɖa be Israelviwo awɔ se siwo Yehowa de na Mose, wòde na wo dzi loo alo womawɔ wo dzi o mahã.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;
Ale Israel nɔ Kanaantɔwo, Hititɔwo, Hivitɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Amoritɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo dome.
6 and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Ke le esime Israelviwo natsrɔ̃ wo teƒe la, woɖe srɔ̃ tso wo dome. Israel ɖekakpuiwo ɖe dukɔ siawo ƒe ɖetugbiwo eye woawo hã ƒe ɖekakpuiwo ɖe Israel ɖetugbiwo. Eteƒe medidi hafi Israelviwo de asi dukɔ siawo ƒe mawuwo subɔsubɔ me o.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Ale Israelviwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume, elabena wotrɔ le Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la yome eye wosubɔ Baalwo kple aƒeliwo.
8 And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Ale Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe Israel ŋu vevie eye wòna Kusan Risataim si nye Aram Naharaim fia va ɖu wo dzi eye wonɔ eƒe dziɖuɖu te ƒe enyi.
9 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Ke esi Israel do ɣli na Yehowa la, ena Kaleb ƒe tɔɖiayɔvi, Otniel, ame si nye Kenaz, Kaleb nɔviŋutsu ƒe vi la ɖe wo tso futɔwo si me.
10 And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ɖiɖi ɖe Otniel dzi eye wòzu Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la na Israel. Esi wòkplɔ Israel ƒe aʋakɔ eye wowɔ aʋa kple Aram, Fia Kusan Risataim la, Yehowa kpe ɖe Israelviwo ŋu be woɖu dzi.
11 And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Ale Israelviwo nɔ ŋutifafa me ƒe blaene sɔŋ va se ɖe esime Otniel, Kenaz ƒe vi la ku.
12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
Israelviwo gawɔ nu si nye vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume. Esi wowɔ vɔ̃ sia ta la, Yehowa tsɔ Israel de Moab fia Eglon ƒe ŋusẽ te.
13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and they took possession of the city of palm-trees.
Amonitɔwo kple Amalekitɔwo kpe ɖe Moab fia la ŋu; woɖu Israelviwo dzi, eye woxɔ Yeriko, du si woyɔna be “Detiwo ƒe Du”
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
eya ta Israel nɔ Eglon, Moab fia la te ƒe wuienyi sɔŋ.
15 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.
Ke esi Israelviwo gado ɣli na Yehowa la, eɖo ɖela aɖe ɖe wo. Ɖela siae nye Ehud, Gera ƒe vi, tso Benyamin ƒe to la me, ame si nye mia wɔla. Israelviwo dɔe ɖo ɖe Moab fia Eglon gbɔ kple woƒe nudzɔdzɔ.
16 And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.
Hafi wòayi la, Ehud wɔ adekpui nuevee aɖe si didi mita afã. Eblae ɖe eƒe ɖusita ŋu eye wòdo awu ɖe edzi.
17 And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
Etsɔ nudzɔdzɔ yi na Moab Fia, Eglon, ame si lolo ŋutɔ.
18 And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.
Esi Ehud tsɔ nudzɔdzɔ na fia la la, egblɔ na Israelvi siwo tsɔ nuawo la be woatrɔ ayi aƒe.
19 But he turned from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O king. And he said, Be silent! And all that stood by him went out from him.
Ke Ehud ŋutɔ trɔ le Gilgal ƒe legbawo gbɔ yi ɖagblɔ na fia la be, “O fia, nya ɣaɣla tɔxɛ aɖe le asinye na wò.” Tete fia la gblɔ na eŋumewo katã be, “Mizi ɖoɖoe!” Ale wo katã do go le xɔa me.
20 And Ehud came to him; now he was sitting in the cool upper-chamber, which was for him alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. And he arose from the seat.
Ehud yi egbɔ le dziƒoxɔ dzi afi si eya ɖeka nɔ anyi ɖo le eƒe dzomeŋɔlifiasã me hegblɔ nɛ be, “Mexɔ gbedeasi tso Mawu gbɔ na wò” Esi Fia la tsi tsitre tso eƒe zi dzi la,
21 Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
Ehud ƒo eƒe miasi ɖe eƒe awu te heɖe adekpui si wòbla ɖe eƒe ɖusita ŋu la eye wònyrɔe ɖe fia la ƒe dɔ me.
22 and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.
Adekpui la ƒe didime blibo la ga la kple asiléƒe la siaa bu ɖe lãme na Fia Eglon hedo ɖe dzimegbe nɛ. Ehud meho aɖekpui la do goe o, eye eƒe lãmemi nye tsyɔ edzi.
23 And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
Ale Ehud do go ɖe akpata me hetu dziƒoxɔ la ƒe ʋɔtruwo eye wode ga wo me.
24 And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.
Esi fia la ƒe subɔlawo kpɔ be ʋɔa nɔ tutu la, wolala, elabena wobu be ɖewohĩ fia la nɔ tsileƒe.
25 And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened [them], and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.
Ke esi eteƒe didi, eye fia la medo go o la, dzika tso wo ƒo, ale wodi safui aɖe heʋu ʋɔ la, kasia wokpɔ fia la wòku, mlɔ anyigba.
26 And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Ehud si heto kpelegba siwo wokpa da ɖe Seira la ŋu.
27 And it came to pass when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
Esi wòɖo Efraim ƒe tonyigba dzi la, eku kpẽ. Tete Israelviwo ɖi tso towo dzi va kpe ta ɖe eŋu, eye eya ŋutɔ dze wo ŋgɔ.
28 And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.
Egblɔ na wo be, “Mikplɔm ɖo elabena Yehowa tsɔ míaƒe futɔwo, Moabtɔwo de asi na mí!” Aʋakɔ la yi ɖaxɔ afi si Moabtɔwo tsoa Yɔdan tɔsisi la le, eye woxe mɔ na woƒe tɔsisi la tsotso.
29 And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.
Wodze Moabtɔwo dzi eye wowu woƒe aʋawɔla sesẽ akpe ewo; wo dometɔ aɖeke mete ŋu si o.
30 And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
Ale Israel ɖu Moab dzi gbe ma gbe, eye ŋutifafa nɔ anyigba la dzi ƒe blaenyi sɔŋ.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.
Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la si kplɔ Ehud ɖo lae nye Samgar, Anat ƒe vi. Etsɔ nyikplɔti wu Filistitɔ alafa ade. Eya hã ɖe Israel.
