Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.
Ndị Ifrem jụrụ Gidiọn ajụjụ sị ya, “Gịnị mere i ji meso anyị mmeso dị otu a? Ọ bụ gịnị mere i zighị ozi kpọ anyị mgbe ị gara ibuso ndị Midia agha?” Ha tara ya ụta nke ukwuu.
2 And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Ma Gidiọn zaghachiri ha sị, “Gịnị ka m rụpụtara e ji atụnyere nke unu. Ọ bụ na ntụtụkọta ihe ubi Ifrem adịghị mma karịa owuwe ihe ubi nke Abieza?
3 The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.
Chineke nyefere unu Oreb na Zeeb, ndị ndu Midia, nʼaka. Gịnị ka m rụpụtara a ga-eji tụnyere nke unu?” Okwu a mere ka ọnụma ha nʼebe ọ nọ dajụọ.
4 And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.
Nʼoge a, Gidiọn gabigara, gafee osimiri Jọdan, ya na narị ndị agha atọ so ya. Ike gwụrụ ha nke ukwuu ma ha nọgidere na-achụsi ndị iro ha ọsọ ike.
5 And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
Ọ sịrị ndị ikom Sukọt, “Nyetụnụ ndị agha m achịcha nʼihi na ike gwụrụ ha. Ana m na-achụso Zeba na Zalmuna, ndị eze Midia ọsọ.”
6 And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your host?
Ma ndịisi Sukọt sịrị, “Anyị ga-esi aṅaa nye ndị agha gị achịcha? Ijidela Zeba na Zalmuna nʼaka gị?”
7 And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.
Mgbe ahụ, Gidiọn zaghachiri, “Nʼihi nke a, mgbe Onyenwe anyị nyefere m Zeba na Zalmuna nʼaka, aga m eji ogwu na ụga na-epu nʼọzara dọkasịa unu ahụ.”
8 And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him.
O sitere nʼebe ahụ gaa Peniel rịọkwaa ndị obodo ahụ otu arịrịọ ahụ. Ma otu ụdị ọsịsa ahụ ndị Sukọt nyere ka ndị Peniel nyekwara.
9 And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
Ya mere, ọ gwara ndị ikom Peniel sị, “Mgbe m nwere mmeri lọta, aga m akwatu ụlọ elu a.”
10 And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.
Nʼoge a, Zeba na Zalmuna na puku ndị agha iri na ise fọdụụrụ ha nọ na Kako. Ndị a bụ naanị ndị agha fọdụrụ nʼime usuu ndị agha ndị Midia niile. Nʼihi na ọnụọgụgụ ndị agha e gburu egbu dị narị puku na iri puku abụọ.
11 And Gedeon went up by the way of them that lived in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he struck the host, and the host was secure.
Gidiọn rigoro site ụzọ ndị na-achị anụ ụlọ nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ obodo Nọba na Jogbeha, bịakwasị ndị agha ahụ na mberede nʼihi na ha nọ nʼatụghị egwu ihe ọbụla ime ha.
12 And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.
Zeba na Zalmuna, eze abụọ ndị Midia, gbapụrụ ọsọ, ma Gidiọn na ndị agha ya chụgidere ha ọsọ, jide ha. Ha gweriri ndị agha ha niile.
13 And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.
Emesịa, Gidiọn nwa Joash, sitere nʼokporoụzọ Heres lọta agha ahụ.
14 And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
Nʼebe ahụ ka Gidiọn nọ jide otu nwokorobịa onye Sukọt. O jụrụ ya ajụjụ, nwokorobịa ahụ depụtakwaara ya aha ndịisi obodo Sukọt. Ha dị iri asaa na asaa, ndị okenye obodo ahụ.
15 And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom you reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are faint?
Mgbe Gidiọn bịaruru obodo Sukọt, ọ gwara ha okwu sị, “Ngwa leenụ Zeba na Zalmuna ndị unu kparịrị m maka ha, kwuo sị, ‘Ijidela Zeba na Zalmuna nʼaka gị ugbu a nke mere na anyị ga-enye ndị ikom gị ike gwụrụ achịcha?’”
16 And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.
O jidere ndị okenye obodo ahụ, were ogwu na ụga taa ndị ikom Sukọt ahụhụ ime ka ha mara ihe.
17 And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and killed the men of the city.
Ọ kwaturu ụlọ elu Peniel gbukwaa ndị ikom obodo ahụ niile.
18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom you killed in Thabor? and they said, As you, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.
Mgbe ahụ, ọ jụrụ Zeba na Zalmuna, “Ndị ikom dị aṅaa ka unu gburu na Taboa?” Ha zara sị ya, “Ha nwere ụdịdị ka gị onwe gị, onye ọbụla nwere ụdịdị dịka nwa eze.”
19 And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if you had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
Gidiọn zaghachiri sị, “Ndị ahụ bụ ụmụnne m ndị ikom, ndị nke nne m mụrụ. Ugbu a, Onyenwe anyị nʼonwe ya maara na a sị na unu egbughị ha, agaraghị m egbu unu.”
20 And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise and kill them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.
O chigharịrị gwa Jeta, ọkpara ya, sị ya, “Gbuo ha!” Ma Jeta amịpụtaghị mma, nʼihi na ọ bụ naanị nwokorobịa. Ọ tụrụ egwu igbu ha.
21 And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise you and fall upon us, for your power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and killed Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
Zeba na Zalmuna, gwara Gidiọn okwu sị, “Jiri aka gị gbuo anyị. ‘A hụ dimkpa, a hụ ike ya.’” Nʼihi nke a, Gidiọn were aka ya gbuo ha, chịkọrọkwa ihe olu niile ha nyakwasịrị ịnyịnya kamel ha nʼolu.
22 And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son; for you have saved us out of the hand of Madiam.
Mgbe ahụ, ndị Izrel gwara Gidiọn sị ya, “Bịa ka ị bụrụ eze anyị! Gị na ụmụ gị ndị ikom, na ezinaụlọ gị niile, ga-abụ ndị ga-achị, nʼihi na ị gbapụtala anyị site nʼaka usuu ndị agha Midia.”
23 And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.
Ma Gidiọn gwara ha okwu sị, “Mụ onwe m na ụmụ m agaghị abụ eze unu, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke bụ eze unu.”
24 And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do you give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.
Ọ sịrị, “Enwere m otu arịrịọ m ga-arịọ unu. Onye ọbụla nʼime unu nye m ọlantị site nʼoke unu nwetara site nʼihe nkwata nʼagha.” (Ọ bụ omenaala ndị Ishmel niile iyi ọlantị ọlaedo.)
25 And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
Ha jiri obi ụtọ kwenye, gbasaa akwa nʼala, tinyechaa ọlantị ha nʼime ya. Onye ọbụla nʼime ha mere nke a.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
Ịdị arọ nke ọlantị ọlaedo ndị a bụ otu puku na narị shekel asaa, na-agụnyeghị ihe ịchọ mma ndị ọzọ, na ihe olu, na uwe odo odo ndị eze Midia na-eyi, na ihe olu dị nʼolu ịnyịnya kamel ha.
27 And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went there a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling block to Gedeon and his house.
Gidiọn jiri ọlaedo ahụ niile kpụọ efọọd debe ya nʼOfra, nʼobodo nke aka ya. Ma mgbe na-adịghị anya, ụmụ Izrel niile malitere ịgbaso na ife ihe ahụ ofufe. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọ ghọọrọ Gidiọn na ezinaụlọ ya ihe ịma nʼọnya.
28 And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.
Otu a ka Midia si ghọọ ndị Izrel meriri emeri. Midia eweliteghị isi ya ọzọ. Nʼihi nke a, Izrel biri nʼudo iri afọ anọ, nʼụbọchị niile Gidiọn dị ndụ.
29 And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.
Jerub-Baal, nwa Joash laghachiri nʼụlọ nke aka ya, biri nʼebe ahụ.
30 And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
Ọ mụtakwara iri ụmụ ndị ikom asaa, nʼihi na ọ lụrụ ọtụtụ ndị inyom.
31 And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
O nwekwara iko nwanyị nʼobodo Shekem, onye mụtaara ya nwa nwoke aha ya bụ Abimelek.
32 And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.
Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, Gidiọn nwa Joash, nwụrụ, mgbe ọ kasịrị nka nke ukwu. E liri ya nʼili nna ya Joash nʼobodo Ofra, nʼala Abieza.
33 And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
Ọ dịghị anya ka Gidiọn nwụsịrị, ụmụ Izrel laghachiri azụ bido ife chi Baal. Ha guzobere Baal-Berit ka ọ bụrụ chi ha.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
Ma ụmụ Izrel echetaghị Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha, onye napụtara ha site nʼaka ndị iro ha niile gbara ha gburugburu.
35 And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.
Ha ekwesighịkwa ntụkwasị obi nye ezinaụlọ Jerub-Baal (ya bụ Gidiọn) dịka ezi ihe niile o mere ha si dị.
