Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you called us not, when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
Mibali ya Efrayimi batunaki Jedeon: — Bizaleli ya boye elakisi nini epai na biso? Mpo na nini obengaki biso te tango okendeki kobundisa bato ya Madiani? Mpe basilikelaki ye makasi.
2 And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Kasi Jedeon azongiselaki bango: — Nasali nini oyo ekokani na oyo bino bosala? Boni, ndambo ya bambuma ya vino oyo etikalaki na sima mpo ete Efrayimi abuka yango ezali kitoko te koleka bambuma ya vino ya liboso ya Abiezeri?
3 God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
Nzambe akabaki bakonzi ya bato ya Madiani, Orebi mpe Zeebi, na maboko na bino. Eloko nini ya lokumu ngai nasali oyo ekokani na oyo bino bosala? Liloba oyo ekitisaki kanda na bango.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Jedeon elongo na basoda na ye nkama misato bakomaki na Yordani mpe bakatisaki yango. Atako balembaki, bakobaki kaka kolanda bato ya Madiani.
5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Tango bakomaki na mboka Sukoti, Jedeon asengaki na bato ya mboka: — Bopesa basoda na ngai mapa, pamba te basili kolemba na nzala. Nazali kolanda Zeba mpe Tsalimuna, bakonzi ya Madiani.
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
Kasi bakonzi ya mboka Sukoti bazongiselaki ye: — Boni, osili kozwa Zeba mpe Tsalimuna na se ya bokonzi na yo mpo ete biso topesa basoda na yo mapa?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
Jedeon alobaki: — Lokola bolobi boye, tango Yawe akokaba, na maboko na ngai, Zeba mpe Tsalimuna, nakopasola-pasola misuni na bino na basende ya esobe mpe na singa ya nzube.
8 And he went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
Wuta kuna, Jedeon amataki na mboka Penueli mpe asengaki epai ya bavandi na yango, ndenge kaka asengaki epai ya bato ya Sukoti. Kasi bato ya Penueli bazongiselaki ye ndenge kaka bato ya Sukoti basalaki.
9 And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Jedeon alobaki na bato ya Penueli: « Soki nakozonga na kimia mpe na bomoi, nakobuka ndako molayi na bino. »
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Nzokande, Zeba mpe Tsalimuna bazalaki na Karikori elongo na basoda na bango, nkoto zomi na mitano. Oyo ezali nde motango nyonso ya basoda ya bato ya este oyo batikalaki. Pamba te basoda nkoto nkama moko na tuku mibale oyo bayebi kobunda na mopanga bakufaki.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelled in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
Bongo, Jedeon akendeki na nzela ya bavandi ya bandako ya kapo, na ngambo ya este ya Noba mpe ya Yogibeka; abetaki mampinga ya banguna na mopanga mpe alongaki bango tango bazalaki kokanisa ete bazali na kimia.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
Zeba mpe Tsalimuna, bakonzi mibale ya Madiani, bakimaki; kasi Jedeon alandaki mpe akangaki bango. Mpe apanzaki mampinga na bango nyonso.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
Jedeon, mwana mobali ya Joasi, azongaki wuta na bitumba na nzela ya ngomba Eresi.
14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described to him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even three score and seventeen men.
Akangaki elenge mobali moko kati na mibali ya mboka Sukoti, mpe atunaki ye mituna. Boye, elenge mobali yango akomelaki ye bakombo ya bakambi mpe ya bampaka tuku sambo na sambo ya engumba.
15 And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom you did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are weary?
Jedeon akendeki epai ya bato ya mboka Sukoti mpe alobaki na bango: « Tala Zeba mpe Tsalimuna oyo bofingelaki ngai na koloba: ‹ Osili kotia na se ya bokonzi na yo Zeba mpe Tsalumuna mpo ete biso topesa lipa na basoda na yo, oyo basili kolemba? › »
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.
Azwaki bampaka ya engumba Sukoti mpe abetisaki bango fimbu, na basende ya esobe mpe singa ya nzube.
17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Abukaki ndako molayi ya Penueli mpe abomaki mibali ya engumba.
18 Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you slew at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
Jedeon atunaki Zeba mpe Tsalimuna: — Mibali oyo bobomaki na Tabori, bazalaki ndenge nini? Bazongisaki: — Bakokanaki na yo mpe bazalaki lokola bana ya bakonzi.
19 And he said, They were my brothers, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Jedeon alobaki na bango lisusu: — Bato wana bazalaki bandeko na ngai ya mibali, bana ya mama na ngai penza. Na Kombo na Yawe, soki bobikisaki bango, ngai mpe nalingaki koboma bino te.
20 And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Mpe apesaki mitindo na Yeteri, mwana na ye ya liboso ya mobali: « Telema mpe boma bango! » Kasi elenge mobali abimisaki mopanga na ye te, pamba te azalaki nanu elenge mpe azalaki na somo.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
Zeba mpe Tsalimuna balobaki: « Telema mpe boma biso yo moko, pamba te likambo oyo ekoki na bato ya mitema makasi. » Boye, Jedeon atelemaki mpe abomaki bango. Akamataki bamedayi ya wolo oyo ezalaki na bakingo ya bashamo na bango.
22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.
Bana ya Isalaele balobaki na Jedeon: — Zala mokonzi na biso, yo moko, mwana na yo ya mobali mpe koko na yo ya mobali, pamba te obikisi biso na loboko ya bato ya Madiani.
23 And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
Kasi Jedeon alobaki na bango: — Nakozala mokonzi na bino te, ezala ata mwana na ngai ya mobali. Yawe nde akozala mokonzi na bino.
24 And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Jedeon abakisaki: — Nalingi kosenga bino eloko moko: Kati na biloko oyo bino bosili kozwa na bitumba, tika ete moko na moko kati na bino apesa ngai eloko ya litoyi. Pamba te banguna na biso bazalaki kolata biloko ya matoyi mpo ete bazali bana ya Isimaeli.
25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
Bana ya Isalaele bazongisaki: — Tokopesa yango. Batandaki elamba na mabele, moko na moko abwakaki eloko na ye ya litoyi, oyo ewutaki na bomengo ya bitumba.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
Biloko ya matoyi ya wolo, oyo Jedeon asengaki ezalaki ya bakilo pene tuku mibale, longola bamedayi ya wolo oyo ezalaki lokola sanza ya ndambo, biloko ya matoyi oyo ediembelaka, bilamba ya talo ya motane makasi oyo bakonzi ya Madiani balataki mpe mayaka oyo ezalaki na bakingo ya bashamo na bango.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
Jedeon asalelaki yango ekeko oyo atiaki na Ofira, engumba na ye. Bana ya Isalaele bakomaki kokende kofukama liboso ya ekeko yango, mpe ekomaki motambo monene mpo na Jedeon mpe libota na ye.
28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
Boye, bato ya Madiani bakitisamaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele mpe batombolaki lisusu mito na bango te. Na tango nyonso oyo Jedeon azalaki na bomoi, mokili etikalaki na kimia mibu tuku minei.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelled in his own house.
Yerubali, mwana mobali ya Joasi, azongaki na ndako na ye mpe avandaki kuna.
30 And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Jedeon azalaki na bana tuku sambo oyo bawutaki na mokongo na ye, pamba te azalaki na basi ebele.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
Makangu na ye, oyo azalaki kovanda na Sishemi, abotelaki ye mpe mwana mobali oyo bapesaki kombo « Abimeleki. »
32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Jedeon, mwana mobali ya Joasi, akufaki na kimobange ya esengo, mpe bakundaki ye kati na kunda ya Joasi, na Ofira, mboka ya libota ya Abiezeri.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
Sima na kufa ya Jedeon, bana ya Isalaele bazongelaki kosambela banzambe Bala. Bakomisaki Bala-Beriti nzambe na bango.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
Bana ya Isalaele babosanaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango, oyo akangolaki bango na maboko ya banguna na bango.
35 Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed to Israel.
Bazongisaki ata bolamu moko te na libota ya Yerubali oyo elakisi Jedeon, mpo na bolamu nyonso oyo asalelaki Isalaele.
