Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim say to him, “What [is] this thing you have done to us—not to call for us when you went to fight with Midian?” And they strive with him severely;
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 and he says to them, “What have I now done like you? Are the gleanings of Ephraim not better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?
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 has given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hand; and what have I been able to do like you?” Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.
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 comes to the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him—wearied, yet pursuing—
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 says to the men of Succoth, “Please give cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing 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 heads of Succoth say, “Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we give bread to your host?”
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 And Gideon says, “Therefore—in YHWH’s giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand—I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.”
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 goes up there [to] Penuel, and speaks to them thus; and the men of Penuel answer 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 also speaks to the men of Penuel, saying, “In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.”
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 And Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] one hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.
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 goes up the way of those who dwell in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and strikes the camp, and the camp was confident;
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 Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursues after them, and captures the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he has caused all the camp to tremble.
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 And Gideon son of Joash turns back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,
Pea naʻe liu mai ʻa Kitione ko e foha ʻo Soasi mei he tau ʻoku teʻeki ai hopo hake ʻae laʻā.
14 and captures a young man of the men of Succoth, and asks him, and he describes to him the heads of Succoth, and its elderly—seventy-seven 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 comes to the men of Succoth and says, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom you reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand that we give bread to your men who [are] wearied?”
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 And he takes the elderly of the city, and [the] thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teaches the men of Succoth by 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 and he has broken down the Tower of Penuel, and slays the men of the city.
Pea naʻa ne tā ʻo holoki hifo ʻae fale māʻolunga ʻo Penieli, ʻo ne tāmateʻi ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo.
18 And he says to Zebah and to Zalmunna, “What manner of men [were they] whom you slew in Tabor?” And they say, “As you—so they, [each] one as the form of the king’s sons.”
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 says, “They [were] my brothers—sons of my mother; YHWH lives, if you had kept them alive—I would not kill 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 And he says to his firstborn Jether, “Rise, slay them”; and the young man has not drawn his sword, for he has been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.
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 And Zebah and Zalmunna say, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man—his might”; and Gideon rises, and slays Zebah and Zalmunna, and takes the crescents which [are] on the necks of their camels.
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 And the men of Israel say to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son, for you have saved us from 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 says to them, “I do not rule over you, nor does my son rule over you; YHWH rules over 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 And Gideon says to them, “Let me ask a petition of you, and each give to me the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.”
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 say, “We certainly give”; and they spread out the garment, and each casts the ring of his prey there;
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 rings of gold which he asked for is one thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] on the necks of their camels,
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 makes it into an ephod, and sets it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go whoring after it there, and it is for a snare to Gideon and to 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 And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land rests [for] forty years in the days 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 And Jerubba‘al son of Joash goes and dwells in his own house,
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Selupeali ko e foha ʻo Soasi ʻo nofo ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona.
30 and there have been seventy sons of Gideon, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;
Pea naʻe ʻia Kitione ʻae foha ʻe toko fitungofulu naʻe tupu ʻiate ia: he naʻe tokolahi hono uaifi.
31 and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, has borne to him—even she—a son, and he appoints his name Abimelech.
Pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻe he kaunanga naʻe ʻi Sikemi ʻae tama, ʻaia naʻa ne ui ko ʻApimeleki.
32 And Gideon son of Joash dies, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.
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 And it comes to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go whoring after the Ba‘alim, and set Ba‘al-Berith over them for a 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 sons of Israel have not remembered their God YHWH, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their surrounding enemies,
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 have they done kindness with the house of Jerubba‘al—Gideon—according to all the good which he did with 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.
