Judges 1
1 And it comes to pass after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel ask of YHWH, saying, “Who goes up for us to the Canaanite, at the commencement, to fight against it?”
Baada ya kifo cha Yoshua, wana wa Israeli walimuuliza Yahweh wakisema, “Ni nani atawashambulia kwanza Wakanaani kwa ajili yetu, ili kupigana nao?
2 And YHWH says, “Judah goes up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”
Yahweh akasema, “Yuda atawashambulia. Tazama, nimewapa kumiliki nchi hii.
3 And Judah says to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me into my lot, and we fight against the Canaanite—and I have gone, even I, with you into your lot”; and Simeon goes with him.
Watu wa Yuda wakawaambia wana wa Simeoni, ndugu zao, “Njoo pamoja nasi katika eneo letu ambalo tumepewa ili kwa pamoja tupigane na Wakanaani. Na sisi pia tutakwenda nanyi katika eneo mlilopewa.” Basi kabila la Simeoni wakaenda pamoja nao.
4 And Judah goes up, and YHWH gives the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they strike them in Bezek—ten thousand men;
Watu wa Yuda wakashinda, na Bwana akawapa ushindi juu ya Wakanaani na Waperizi. Wakawaua watu elfu kumi huko Bezeki.
5 and they find Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fight against him, and strike the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
Wakamkuta Adoni Bezeki huko Bezeki, nao wakapigana naye na kuwashinda Wakanaani na Waperizi.
6 And Adoni-Bezek flees, and they pursue after him, and seize him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes,
Lakini Adoni Bezeki akamkimbilia, wakamfuata na kumshika, nao wakavikata vidole gumba na vidole vyake vikubwa.
7 and Adoni-Bezek says, “Seventy kings—their thumbs and their great toes cut off—have been gathering under my table; as I have done so God has repaid to me”; and they bring him to Jerusalem, and he dies there.
Adoni Bezek akasema, “Wafalme sabini, ambao na vidole gumba vyako na vidole vikubwa vilivyokatwa, walikusanya chakula chao chini ya meza yangu. Kama nilivyofanya, hata hivyo Mungu amefanya kwangu.” Wakamleta Yerusalemu, naye akafa huko.
8 And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and strike it by the mouth of the sword, and they have sent the city into fire;
Watu wa Yuda wakapigana dhidi ya jiji la Yerusalemu na kulichukua. Walishambulia kwa makali ya upanga na wakauwasha mji kwa moto.
9 and afterward the sons of Judah have gone down to fight against the Canaanite inhabiting the hill-country, and the south, and the low country;
Baada ya hayo, watu wa Yuda walikwenda kupigana na Wakanaani waliokaa mlimani, Negebu, na magharibi mwa milima.
10 and Judah goes to the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron [was] formerly Kirjath-Arba), and they strike Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Yuda akaenda dhidi ya Wakanaani waliokaa Hebroni (jina la Hebroni hapo awali ilikuwa Kiriath-arba), nao wakamshinda Sheshai, Ahimani na Talmai.
11 And he goes there to the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir [was] formerly Kirjath-Sepher),
Kutoka huko watu wa Yuda walipigana na wenyeji wa Debiri (jina la Debiri hapo awali ilikuwa Kiriath-seferi).
12 and Caleb says, “He who strikes Kirjath-Sepher and has captured it—then I have given my daughter Achsah to him for a wife.”
Kalebu akasema, Yeyote atakayeivamia Kiriath-seferi na kuichukua, nitampa Aksa, binti yangu, awe mkewe.
13 And Othniel son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, captures it, and he gives his daughter Achsah to him for a wife.
Otinieli, mwana wa Kenazi, ndugu mdogo wa Kalebu, akaiteka Debiri, naye Kalebu akampa Aksa, binti yake, awe mkewe.
14 And it comes to pass in her coming in, that she persuades him to ask from her father the field, and she comes down off the donkey, and Caleb says to her, “What do you [want]?”
Ndipo Aksa alifika kwa Othnieli, naye akamsihi amuombe baba yake ampe shamba. Alipokuwa akishuka katika punda wake, Kalebu akamwuliza, “Nikufanyie nini?”
15 And she says to him, “Give a blessing to me; when you have given me the south land—then you have given springs of water to me”; and Caleb gives the upper springs and the lower springs to her.
Akamwambia, Nibariki. Kwa kuwa umenipa nchi ya Negebu, nipe pia chemchemi za maji. Kwa hiyo Kalebu akampa chemchemi za juu na chemchemi za chini.
16 And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah [to] the wilderness of Judah, which [is] in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.
Kizazi cha Mkeeni shemeji yake na Musa, walikwenda kutoka mji wa Mitende pamoja na watu wa Yuda, mpaka jangwa la Yuda, ambalo liko Negevu, kuishi na watu wa Yuda karibu na Arad.
17 And Judah goes with his brother Simeon, and they strike the Canaanite inhabiting Zephath, and devote it; and [one] calls the name of the city Hormah.
Nao watu wa Yuda wakaenda pamoja na wana wa Simeoni ndugu zao, wakawaangamiza Wakanaani waliokaa Zefathi, wakaiharibu kabisa. Mji uliitwa Horma.
18 And Judah captures Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border;
Watu wa Yuda pia waliiteka Gaza na nchi iliyoizunguka, Ashkeloni na nchi iliyoizunguka, na Ekron na nchi iliyoizunguka.
19 and YHWH is with Judah, and he occupies the hill-country, but not to dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, for they have chariots of iron.
Yahweh alikuwa pamoja na watu wa Yuda na wakaimiliki nchi ya milima, lakini hawakuweza kuwatoa wenyeji wa kwenye bonde kwa sababu walikuwa na magari ya chuma.
20 And they give Hebron to Caleb, as Moses has spoken, and he dispossesses the three sons of Anak there.
Hebroni alipewa Kalebu (kama Musa alivyosema), naye akawafukuza kutoka huko wana watatu wa Anaki.
21 And the sons of Benjamin have not dispossessed the Jebusite inhabiting Jerusalem; and the Jebusite dwells with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, until this day.
Lakini wana wa Benyamini hawakuwafukuza Wayebusi waliokaa Yerusalemu. Basi Wayebusi wakakaa na watu wa Benyamini huko Yerusalemu hata leo.
22 And the house of Joseph goes up—even they—to Beth-El, and YHWH [is] with them;
Nyumba ya Yusufu ilijiandaa kuishambulia Betheli, na Yahweh alikuwa pamoja nao.
23 and the house of Joseph causes [men] to spy out Beth-El (and the name of the city [was] formerly Luz),
Walipeleka watu kuipeleleza Betheli (jiji lililoitwa Luzu).
24 and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, “Please show us the entrance of the city, and we have done kindness with you.”
Wapelelezi waliona mtu akitoka nje ya jiji, wakamwambia, “Tafadhali tuonyeshe jinsi ya kuingia ndani ya jiji, na tutakutendea mema.”
25 And he shows them the entrance of the city, and they strike the city by the mouth of the sword, and they have sent the man and all his family away;
Aliwaonyesha njia ya kuingia kwenye mji. Waliuteka mji kwa makali ya upanga, lakini wakamuacha mtu huyo na ndugu zake wote waondoke.
26 and the man goes to the land of the Hittites, and builds a city, and calls its name Luz—it [is] its name to this day.
Na mtu huyo akaenda nchi ya Wahiti, akajenga mji, akauita Luzu, ambalo jina lake hata leo.
27 And Manasseh has not occupied Beth-Shean and its towns, and Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Iblaim and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in that land;
Watu wa Manase hawakuwafukuza watu waliokuwa katika miji ya Bethsheani na vijiji vyake, au Taanaki na vijiji vyake, au wale waliokaa Dori na vijiji vyake, wala wale waliokaa Ibleamu na vijiji vyake, wala walioshi Megido na vijiji vyake, kwa sababu Wakanaani walikuwa wameamua kuishi katika nchi hiyo.
28 and it comes to pass, when Israel has been strong, that he sets the Canaanite to forced labor, and has not utterly dispossessed it.
Israeli ipokuwa na nguvu, waliwalazimisha Wakanaani wawatumikie kwa kazi ngumu, lakini hawakuwafukuza kabisa.
29 And Ephraim has not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwells in its midst, in Gezer.
Efraimu hakuwafukuza Wakanaani waliokaa Gezeri; kwa hiyo Wakanaani wakakaa kati yao.
30 Zebulun has not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwells in its midst, and they become forced labor.
Zebuloni hakuwafukuza watu wa Kitroni, wala watu waliokuwa Nahaloli; na Wakanaani wakaendelea kuishi pamoja nao; lakini Zabuloni akawalazimisha Wakanaani wawatumikie kwa kazi ngumu.
31 Asher has not dispossessed the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Sidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob;
Asheri hakuwafukuza watu wanaoishi Aka, au watu wanaoishi Sidoni, au wale wanaoishi Alabu, Akzib, Helba, Afeka, au Rehobu.
32 and the Asherite dwells in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, for it has not dispossessed them.
Kwa hiyo kabila ya Asheri iliishi kati ya Wakanaani (waliokaa katika nchi hiyo), kwa sababu hawakuwafukuza.
33 Naphtali has not dispossessed the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh, and the inhabitants of Beth-Anath, and he dwells in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh and of Beth-Anath were for forced labor for them.
Na kabila la Naftali halikuwafukuza watu waliokuwa wakiishi Bethshemeshi, wala waliokuwa wakiishi Bethanathi. Kwa hiyo kabila la Naftali liliishi kati ya Wakanaani (watu waliokuwa wakiishi katika nchi hiyo). Hata hivyo, wenyeji wa Bethshemeshi na Bethanathi walilazimishwa kufanya kazi ngumu kwa Naphthali.
34 And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not permitted them to go down to the valley;
Waamori waliwalazimisha kabila la Dani kuishi katika nchi ya kilima, hawakuwaruhusu kuja bondeni.
35 and the Amorite is desirous to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, and the hand of the house of Joseph is heavy, and they are for forced labor;
Basi Waamori waliishi katika mlima wa Heresi, huko Aiyaloni, na Shaalbimu, lakini nguvu za kijeshi za nyumba ya Yusufu ziliwashinda, nao wakalazimishwa kuwatumikia kwa kazi ngumu.
36 and the border of the Amorite [is] from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.
Mpaka wa Waamori ulikuwa kutoka kilima cha Akrabimu huko Sela hadi nchi ya vilima.
