Judges 8
1 Then the men of Ephraim sayde vnto him, Why hast thou serued vs thus that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chode with him sharply.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kau tangata ʻo ʻIfalemi kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻae meʻa ni kuo ke fai, naʻe ʻikai te ke ui ʻakimautolu, ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ke tauʻi ʻae kakai Mitiane?” Pea naʻa nau lea mālohi kiate ia.
2 To whom he said, What haue I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim better, then the vintage of Abiezer?
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā ia kuo fai ʻeau, ke fakatatau ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻekimoutolu? ʻIkai kuo lelei lahi hake ʻae tufi ʻoe toenga kālepi ʻo ʻIfalemi ʻi he ututaʻu kātoa ʻa ʻApiesa?
3 God hath deliuered into your handes the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? and when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.
Kuo tukuange ʻe he ʻOtua ki homou nima ʻae ongo ʻeiki ʻo Mitiane ko Olepi mo Siipi: pea ko e hā ia te u mafai ʻeau, ke fakatatau mo kimoutolu?” Pea hili ʻene lea ko ia kiate kinautolu, naʻe ʻosi leva ʻenau ʻita kiate ia.
4 And Gideon came to Iorden to passe ouer, hee, and the three hundreth men that were with him, weary, yet pursuing them.
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Kitione ki Sioatani, pea ʻalu ki he kauvai ʻe taha, ʻa ia, mo e kau tangata ʻe toko tolungeau naʻe ʻiate ia, naʻe vaivai kae tuli pē.
5 And he said vnto the men of Succoth, Giue, I pray you, morsels of bread vnto the people that follow me (for they be wearie) that I may follow after Zebah, and Zalmunna Kings of Midian.
Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he kau tangata ʻo Sukote, “ʻOku ou kole kiate kimoutolu, tuku mai ʻae ngaahi foʻi mā ki he kakai ʻoku muimui ʻiate au, he ʻoku nau vaivai, pea ʻoku ou tuli kia Sipa mo Salimuna, ko e ongo tuʻi ʻo Mitiane.”
6 And the princes of Succoth sayde, Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmunna nowe in thine hads, that we should giue bread vnto thine army?
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he houʻeiki ʻo Sukote, “He ʻoku ʻi ho nima ʻoʻou ʻae nima ʻo Sipa mo Salimuna koeʻuhi ke mau ʻatu ʻae mā ki hoʻo kau tau?”
7 Gideon then sayde, Therefore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will teare your flesh with thornes of the wildernes and with breers.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Kitione, “Ko ia ʻi he tuku ʻe Sihova ki hoku nima ʻa Sipa mo Salimuna, te u toki haha homou kakano ʻaki ʻae ngaahi ʻakau talatala ʻoe toafa mo e talatalaʻāmoa.”
8 And he went vp thence to Penuel, and spake vnto them likewise, and the men of Penuel answered him, as the men of Succoth answered.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hake mei ai ia ki Penieli, ʻo ne lea tatau pe kiate kinautolu: pea naʻe tali ia ʻe he kau tangata ʻo Penieli ʻo hangē ko hono tali ia ʻe he kau tangata ʻa Sukote.
9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Penuel, When I come againe in peace, I will breake downe this towre.
Pea naʻe lea ia ki he kau tangata ʻo Penieli, ʻo pehē, “ʻI heʻeku toe haʻu ʻi he melino, te u holoki hifo ʻae fale māʻolunga ni.”
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hostes with them, about fifteene thousande, all that were left of all the hostes of them of the East: for there was slaine an hundreth and twentie thousand men, that drew swordes.
Pea naʻe ʻi Kalikoa ʻa Sipa mo Salimuna, mo honau ngaahi tau, ko e kau tangata ʻe tokotaha mano mo e toko nima afe nai, ko hono kātoa ia naʻe toe ʻi he ngaahi tau ʻoe fānau kotoa pē ʻoe potu hahake: he naʻe tō ʻae tokotaha kilu mo e toko ua mano ʻi he kau tangata naʻe unuhi ʻae heletā.
11 And Gideon went through them that dwelt in Tabernacles on the East side of Nobah and Iogbehah, and smote the hoste: for the hoste was carelesse.
Pe naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Kitione ʻi he hala ʻokinautolu naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻi he potu hahake ki Nopa mo Sokipa, ʻo ne teʻia ʻae tau: he naʻe nofo fiemālie pē ʻae tau.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, hee followed after them, and tooke the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the hoste.
Pea ʻi he hola ʻa Sipa mo Salimuna, naʻe tuli ʻe ia ʻakinaua, ʻo ne maʻu ʻae ongo tuʻi ʻo Mitiane, ko Sipa mo Salimuna, ʻo ne veuveuki ʻa e tau kotoa.
13 So Gideon the sonne of Ioash returned from battel, the sunne being yet hie,
Pea naʻe liu mai ʻa Kitione ko e foha ʻo Soasi mei he tau ʻoku teʻeki ai hopo hake ʻae laʻā.
14 And tooke a seruant of the me of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Succoth and the Elders thereof, euen seuentie and seuen men.
Pea naʻa ne puke ʻae talavou ʻi he kakai ʻo Sukote, ʻo ne fehuʻi ʻiate ia: pea naʻa ne fakahā kiate ia ʻae houʻeiki ʻo Sukote, mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ia, ʻio, ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko fitungofulu ma toko fitu.
15 And he came vnto the men of Succoth, and sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should giue bread vnto thy weary men?
Pea naʻe haʻu ia ki he kau tangata ʻo Sukote, ʻo ne pehē, “Vakai kia Sipa mo Salimuna, ʻaia naʻa mou manuki ai kiate au, ʻo pehē, Ko eni, he ʻoku ʻi ho nima ʻae nima ʻo Sipa mo Salimuna, koeʻuhi ke mau ʻatu ai ha mā ki ho kau tangata ʻoku vaivai?”
16 Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes and breers, and did teare the men of Succoth with them.
Pea naʻa ne ʻave ʻae kau mātuʻa ʻoe kolo, mo e ngaahi ʻakau talatala ʻoe toafa, mo e talatalaʻāmoa, pea ne ako ʻaki ia ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo.
17 Also he brake downe the towre of Penuel, and slew the men of the citie.
Pea naʻa ne tā ʻo holoki hifo ʻae fale māʻolunga ʻo Penieli, ʻo ne tāmateʻi ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo.
18 Then saide he vnto Zebah and Zalmunna, What maner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? and they answered, As thou art, so were they: euery one was like the children of a King.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kia Sipa mo Salimuna, “Ko e kau tangata fē ʻakinautolu naʻa mou tāmateʻi ʻi Tepoa? Pea naʻa na pehēange, Hangē ko koe, naʻe pehē pe ʻakinautolu: naʻe ngalingali tuʻi ʻakinautolu taki taha kotoa pē.”
19 And he said, They were my brethren, euen my mothers children: as the Lord liueth, if ye had saued their liues, I would not slay you.
Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko hoku ngaahi kāinga ʻakinautolu, ʻio, ko e ngaahi fānau ʻa ʻeku faʻē: ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova, ka ne mo fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu, pehē ʻe ʻikai te u tāmateʻi ʻakimoua.”
20 Then he sayde vnto Iether his first borne sonne, Vp, and slay them: but the boy drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet yong.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kia Sesa ko hono ʻuluaki tupu, “Tuʻu hake, ʻo tāmateʻi ʻakinaua.” Ka naʻe ʻikai unuhi ʻene heletā ʻe he tamasiʻi: he naʻe manavahē ia, koeʻuhi naʻe kei siʻi ia.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna sayd, Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and tooke away the ornamentes, that were on their camels neckes.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sipa mo Salimuna, “Tuʻu ʻa koe, ʻo taaʻi ʻakimaua: he ʻoku hangē ko e tangata ʻoku pehē ʻene mālohi.” Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻa Kitione ʻo ne tāmateʻi ʻa Sipa mo Salimuna; ʻo ne toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻae ngaahi teunga naʻe ʻi he kia ʻo ʻena ongo kāmeli.
22 Then the men of Israel sayd vnto Gideon, Reigne thou ouer vs, both thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne: for thou hast deliuered vs out of the hand of Midian.
Pea naʻe pehē ai ʻe he kau tangata ʻo ʻIsileli kia Kitione, “Ke ke pule koe kiate kimautolu, ʻa koe mo ho foha, mo e foha ʻo ho foha: he kuo ke fakamoʻui ʻakimautolu mei he nima ʻo Mitiane.”
23 And Gideon sayde vnto them, I will not reigne ouer you, neither shall my childe reigne ouer you, but the Lord shall reigne ouer you.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Kitione kiate kinautolu, “ʻE ʻikai te u pule kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻe ʻikai pule ʻa hoku foha kiate kimoutolu: ko Sihova ko ia ia ʻe pule kiate kimoutolu.”
24 Againe Gideon sayd vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue mee euery man the earings of his pray (for they had golden earings because they were Ismaelites)
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Kitione kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ou fie fai atu ʻeku kole kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke mou tuku mai kiate au ʻae ngaahi mama kuo mou maʻu ʻi he vete.” (He naʻa nau ʻai ʻae hau koula, he ko e kau ʻIsimeʻeli ʻakinautolu.)
25 And they answered, Wee will giue them. And they spred a garment, and did cast therein euery man the earings of his pray.
Pea naʻe pehēange ʻekinautolu, “Te mau ʻatu fiemālie pe ia.” Pea naʻa nau folahi ʻae kofu pea naʻe sī ki ai taki taha ʻe he tangata ʻae ngaahi hau mei heʻene meʻa.
26 And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of golde, beside collers and iewels, and purple rayment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the cheynes that were about their camels neckes.
Pea ko hono mamafa ʻoe ngaahi hau koula ʻaia naʻa ne kole, ko e [sikeli ]koula ʻe taha afe mo e fitungeau: ka ʻoku lau kehe ʻae ngaahi teunga, mo e ngaahi kahoa, mo e ngaahi kofu lanumoana naʻe ʻi he ongo tuʻi ʻo Mitiane, pea mo e ngaahi kahoa naʻe ʻi he kia ʻo ʻenau fanga kāmeli.
27 And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his citie: and all Israel went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideon and his house.
Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻe Kitione ʻae ʻefoti pea naʻe tuku ia ki he kolo, ʻaia ko Ofila: pea naʻe ʻalu ki ai ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻo fai angahala: pea naʻe hoko ʻae meʻa ko ia ko e tauhele kia Kitione, pea ki hono fale.
28 Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeeres in the dayes of Gideon.
Naʻe pehē ʻae fakamoʻulaloa ʻo Mitiane ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko ia naʻe ʻikai tenau toe hiki hake honau ʻulu. Pea naʻe nofo fiemālie pe ʻae fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Kitione.
29 Then Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went, and dwelt in his owne house.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Selupeali ko e foha ʻo Soasi ʻo nofo ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona.
30 And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.
Pea naʻe ʻia Kitione ʻae foha ʻe toko fitungofulu naʻe tupu ʻiate ia: he naʻe tokolahi hono uaifi.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.
Pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻe he kaunanga naʻe ʻi Sikemi ʻae tama, ʻaia naʻa ne ui ko ʻApimeleki.
32 So Gideon the sonne of Ioash dyed in a good age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Ioash his father in Ophrah, of the father of ye Ezrites.
Pea naʻe pekia ʻa Kitione ko e foha ʻo Soasi kuo aʻu ʻa hono taʻu, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻo ʻene tamai ko Soasi, ʻi Ofila ʻoe kakai ʻApiesa.
33 But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God.
Pea kuo pekia leva ʻa Kitione naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe toe tafoki ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻonau muimui holi kovi kia Peali, ʻonau ʻotua ʻaki ʻa Peali-Piliti.
34 And the children of Israel remembred not the Lord their God, which had deliuered the out of the hands of all their enemies on euery side.
Pea naʻe ʻikai manatuʻi ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli kia Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻa ne fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu mei he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili ʻi he potu kotoa pē.
35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierubbaal, or Gideon, according to al the goodnesse which he had shewed vnto Israel.
Pea naʻe ʻikai tenau fakahā ʻae ʻofa ki he fale ʻo Selupeali, ʻaia ko Kitione, ʻo hangē ko e ngāue lelei ʻaia naʻe fakahā ʻe ia ki ʻIsileli.
