Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him: 'Why hast thou served us thus, that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Midian?' And they did chide with him sharply.
Ephraim ni nang ni Midiannaw na tuk navah, Bangkongmaw kaimanaw hai na kaw awh hoeh vaw. Kaimouh bangmaw ka sak telah thouk a kâoun awh.
2 And he said unto them: 'What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Gideon ni nangmouh ni na sak e patetlah kai ni bangmaw ka sak. Abiezer misur khi e hlakvah Ephraim misur pâkhueng e ahawihnawn.
3 God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?' Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
Cathut ni Midiannaw e ransabawi Oreb hoi Zeeb teh nangmae kut dawk na poe toung nahoehmaw. Nangmouh ni na sak awh e patetlah kai ni bangmaw ka sak tie lawk bout a dei pouh e lawk ahnimouh ni a thai torei teh a lungupti awh.
4 And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
Gideon ni Jordan tui koe a pha awh torei teh, ama koe kaawm e tami 300 touh ni pueng hoi tawn nalaihoi a pâlei teh Jordan a raka awh.
5 And he said unto the men of Succoth: 'Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'
Sukkoth khonaw hanelah kai ka hnukkâbangnaw hah vaiyei poe haw. Ahnimouh teh nget a tawn awh toe, Midian siangpahrang Zebah hoi Zalmunna hah atu ka pâlei awh atipouh.
6 And the princes of Succoth said: 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thine army?'
Sukkoth bawinaw ni Zebah hoi Zalmunna hah na kut dawk kaawm tangcoung e patetlah maw ransanaw hah vaiyei ka poe han vaw telah ati awh.
7 And Gideon said: 'Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.'
Gideon ni hete hno kecu dawk BAWIPA ni Zebah hoi Zalmunna ka kut dawk na poe toteh kahrawng kawthaknaw hoi na tak dawk kâpawnrayak lah na hem han telah atipouh.
8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
Hahoi Penuel kho lah a cei teh, hot patetvanlah, ahnimouh koe a dei pouh eiteh, Penuelnaw ni hai Sukkoth khonaw ni a dei e patetlah a dei pouh awh.
9 And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying: 'When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower.'
Gideon ni kai karoum lahoi bout ka tho toteh, hete imrasang heh he ka raphoe han atipouh.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Hahoi tahloi ka patuem e tami 120000 a due awh toe. Kanîtholae ransanaw thung dawk e ka cawi rae 15000 tabang a hrawi teh Zebah hoi Zalmunna teh Kakor kho ao awh.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
Gideon ni Nobah kho hoi Jobehah kanîtholah im dawk kho ka sak e naw a cei teh a roenae rim hah ring laipalah onae tueng dawk ransanaw hah a tuk awh.
12 And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
Zebah hoi Zalmunna a yawng roi toteh Gideon ni a pâlei teh rim a raphoe pouh. Midian siangpahrang kahni touh Zebah hoi Zalmunna a man awh teh, ransanaw pueng teh koung a kayei awh.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
Hahoi, Joash capa Gideon teh kanîtho hoehnahlan tarantuknae koehoi bout a ban teh,
14 And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.
Sukkoth kho e thoundoun buet touh a man awh teh lawk a pacei. Ahni niyah Sukkoth kho e kaawm bawinaw a lungkahanaw e tami min 77 touh a dei pouh.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'
Gideon ni Sukkoth khonaw koe a cei teh, Zebah hoi Zalmunna teh khenhaw! hete taminaw ni maw Zebah Zalmunna teh na kut dawk kaawm e patetlah a tha a tawn nah vaiyei na poe han maw na ka tet ni teh, na ka pacekpahlek e khe atipouh.
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Hahoi kho dawk e a lungkahanaw a kaw teh, kahrawngum e kawthak hoi Sukkoth kho e taminaw hah a hem.
17 And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Penuel kho imrasang hai a raphoe pouh awh teh, khocanaw hai be a thei awh.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna: 'Where are the men whom ye slew at Tabor?' And they answered: 'As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king.'
Zebah hoi Zalmunna koevah Tabor kho dawk e na thei e naw tami nâyittouh maw ka phat telah ati. Ahnimouh ni nang nama patet doeh. Siangpahrang capa hoi koung a kâvan awh atipouh.
19 And he said: 'They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.'
Ahnimouh ni ka hmaunawngha anu e capa doeh, BAWIPA a hring e patetlah ahnimouh teh pâhlung awh pawiteh kai ni na thet awh mahoeh ei atipouh.
20 And he said unto Jether his first-born: 'Up, and slay them.' But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Hahoi a camin Jether koevah, thaw nateh thet haw atipouh. Hatei ahni ni a tahloi rayu hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a naw rah ni teh a taki.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.' And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
Hathnukkhu hoi Zebah hoi Zalmunna ni nang nama thaw nateh na thet leih. Bangkongtetpawiteh tongpa na tho e patetlah na thayung hai te lah doeh ao rah atipouh. Hahoi Gideon ni a thaw teh, Zebah hoi Zalmunna teh a thei teh, ahnimae kalauk lahuen dawk awi sak e dingyin hah a rading pouh.
22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon: 'Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.'
Hot patetlah Isarelnaw niyah Gideon koe nang nama ni na uk awh leih, na capa hoi na ca catoun ditouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Midiannaw e kut dawk hoi na rungngang toe atipouh awh.
23 And Gideon said unto them: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.'
Hateiteh, Gideon ni kai ni na uk awh mahoeh. Ka capa ni hai na uk awh mahoeh. BAWIPA ni na uk awh han atipouh.
24 And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.' — For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.
Gideon ni nangmouh koe hno buet touh hei han ka ngai. Tami pueng ni na tarannaw kut dawk e na lae hnâpacapnaw hah be na poe haw atipouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tarannaw teh Ishmael miphun lah ao awh dawkvah sui hnâpacap koung a tawn awh.
25 And they answered: 'We will willingly give them.' And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
Ahnimouh ni lungthocalah hoi na poe han atipouh awh. Hahoi hni a phai pouh awh teh taminaw pueng ni amamouh ni a la awh e hnâpacapnaw hah a poe awh.
26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Sui hnâpacap a hei e naw teh Shekel 17000 touh a pha. Dingyin hoi laikaw, Midian siangpahrangnaw ni a kâkhu awh e hni paling hoi kalauk ni a lahuen dawk awi e naw hai bout a hmu sin.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Israel went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Gideon ni a poe awh e sui hoi Ephod a sak teh a onae Ophrah kho vah a ta. Hote hmuen koe Isarelnaw pueng ni a yon awh. Gideon hoi imthungkhunaw hanelah hai karap lah ao.
28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Hot patetlah Midiannaw teh Isarel catounnaw koe a sung awh teh kâroe thai awh hoeh toe. Hahoi Gideon a hring na thung hote ram teh kum 40 touh thung karoumcalah ao.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
Joash capa Jerubbaal teh a cei teh ama im vah ao.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.
Gideon ni a ma thung hoi ka tâcawt e capa 70 touh a tawn. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a yu moi a pap dawkvah.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
Shekhem kho kaawm e ado ni hai capa a khe teh a min lah Abimelek a phung.
32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Joash capa Gideon a matawng toteh a due teh, Abiezrit tami Ophrah kho e Joash tangkom dawk a pakawp awh.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
Joash capa Gideon a due tahma hoi Isarel catounnaw Baal cathut koe a kâyo awh dawkvah, Baalberith hah a cathut lah a ta awh.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
A tengpam e tarannaw kut dawk hoi ka rasat e amamae BAWIPA Cathut hah a pahnim awh.
35 neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.
Isarelnaw lathueng vah hawinae ka sak e Jerubbaal (Gideon) imthungkhu koe boehai pahrennae kamnuek sak ngai awh hoeh.
