Judges 3
1 Now these are the nations which YHWH left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Awurade gyaw aman bi wɔ asase no so a na ɔnam so pɛ sɛ ɔsɔ Israelfo a wɔnkɔɔ Kanaan ko no bi da hwɛ.
2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
Ɔyɛɛ saa de kyerɛɛ Israel nkyirimma a wɔnkɔɔ ɔko da no sɛnea wobenya akodi ho nimdeɛ.
3 namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
Saa aman no ni: Filistifo (wɔn a na wɔhyɛ Filistifo ahemfo baanum bi ase no), Kanaanfo nyinaa, Sidonfo, Hewifo a na wɔte Lebanon bepɔw no so fi Baal Hermon bepɔw ho de kosi Lebo Hamat.
4 They were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of YHWH, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Wogyaw saa nkurɔfo yi de sɔɔ Israelfo no hwɛe, pɛɛ sɛ wohu sɛ wobedi mmara a Awurade nam Mose so hyɛ maa wɔn agyanom no so ana.
5 The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Enti Israelfo no tenaa Kanaanfo, Hetifo, Amorifo, Perisifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo no mu.
6 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
Na wodii wɔn ho aware. Israelfo mmabarima no warewaree wɔn mmabea na wɔde Israelfo mmabea nso maa wɔn mmabarima aware. Na Israelfo no som wɔn anyame.
7 The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, and forgot YHWH their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Israelfo no yɛɛ nea ɛyɛ Awurade ani so bɔne. Wɔn werɛ fii Awurade wɔn Nyankopɔn, na wɔsom Baalim ahoni ne Asera nnua.
8 Therefore the anger of YHWH was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
Awurade abufuw mu yɛɛ den tiaa Israel nti, ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ Aramhene Kusan-Risataim nsam. Na Israelfo yɛɛ Kusan-Risataim nkoa mfirihyia awotwe.
9 When the children of Israel cried to YHWH, YHWH raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother; and he obeyed him.
Nanso Israelfo su frɛɛ Awurade no, oyii ɔbarima bi sɛ ogyefo maa wɔn. Ne din ne Otniel a ɔyɛ Kaleb nua kumaa Kenas babarima.
10 The Spirit of YHWH came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and YHWH delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
Awurade honhom baa ne so, enti ɔbɛyɛɛ Israel otemmufo. Ɔko tiaa Aramhene Kusan-Risataim na Awurade maa Otniel dii ne so nkonim.
11 The land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Enti asomdwoe baa asase no so mfirihyia aduanan. Na Kenas babarima Otniel wui.
12 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH: and YHWH strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of YHWH.
Bio, Israelfo no yɛɛ nea ɛyɛ Awurade ani so bɔne, na ɛno nti, Awurade de tumi hyɛɛ Moabhene Eglon nsa ma odii Israel so.
13 He gathered to him the people of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
Eglon boaboaa Amonfo ne Amalekfo ano ma wɔbɛkaa ne ho na wɔkɔtow hyɛɛ Israelfo so. Wodii wɔn so, faa kuropɔn Yeriko.
14 The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Israelfo no som Moabhene Eglon mfirihyia dunwɔtwe.
15 But when the children of Israel cried to YHWH, YHWH raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
Nanso Israelfo no su frɛɛ Awurade bio no, Awurade maa wɔn ogyefo. Ne din ne Ehud, Gera babarima a ɔyɛ abenkumma na ofi Benyamin abusuakuw mu. Israelfo no somaa Ehud sɛ ɔmfa wɔn sonkahiri sika nkɔma Moabhene Eglon.
16 Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, eighteen inches in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
Enti Ehud bɔɔ afoa anofanu a ne tenten yɛ nsateaa dunwɔtwe. Ɔde hyɛɛ ne srɛ nifa ho de siee nʼatade mu.
17 He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
Ɔde sonkahiri sika no brɛɛ Eglon a wayɛ kɛse tobonn no.
18 When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.
Ɔde sika no maa no wiee no, Ehud gyaa wɔn a na wɔso sika no kwan ma wɔkɔɔ fie.
19 But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." The king said, "Keep silence." All who stood by him went out from him.
Nanso bere a Ehud duu abo ahoni a ɛbɛn Gilgal no, ɔsan nʼakyi baa Eglon nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no se, “Mewɔ kokoamsɛm bi ka kyerɛ wo.” Enti ɔhene no maa nʼasomfo no nyinaa yɛɛ dinn na ɔmaa wɔn nyinaa fii ɔdan mu hɔ.
20 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, "I have a message from God to you, O king." He arose out of his seat.
Afei, Ehud kɔɔ Eglon nkyɛn. Na ɔte abansoro dan bi a emu dwo mu. Ehud ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Mewɔ asɛm bi a efi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn ka kyerɛ wo!” Bere a ɔhene Eglon sɔre fii nʼakongua mu ara pɛ,
21 And it happened as he rose up that Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly.
Ehud de ne nsa benkum twee afoa a ɔde ahyɛ ne srɛ nifa ho no de wɔɔ ɔhene no yafunu mu.
22 And the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.
Afoa no kɔɔ akyiri kosii sɛ ne bona no mpo wuraa ɔhene no srade mu maa ɛso katae. Enti Ehud gyaa afoa no wɔ yafunu no mu maa ne nsono tu gui.
23 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
Afei, Ehud totoo apon no mu foroo agyanan dan no, faa ne asuten no mu guan kɔe.
24 Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and look, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room."
Ehud kɔe akyi no, ɔhene asomfo no baa hɔ behuu sɛ wɔatoto apon a ɛkɔ aban no so no mu. Na wodwen sɛ ɔwɔ agyananbea hɔ,
25 They waited until they were ashamed; and look, he did not open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and look, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
enti wɔtwɛnee. Wɔtwɛn ara na ɔhene no mma no, ɛhaw wɔn ma wɔkɔhwehwɛɛ safe bi. Na wobuee pon no, wohuu sɛ wɔn wura awu da fam.
26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.
Bere a asomfo no retwɛn no, Ehud guan faa abo ahoni no so a ɔrekɔ Seira.
27 It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
Oduu Efraim bepɔw asase no so no, Ehud hyɛn torobɛnto kyerɛɛ ɔman no sɛ wɔmfa akode mmra. Enti odii Israelfo kuw bi anim sian bepɔw no.
28 He said to them, "Follow after me; for YHWH has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." They went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and did not allow a man to pass over.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munni mʼakyi. Awurade ama moadi Moabfo a wɔyɛ mo atamfo no so nkonim.” Enti wotu dii nʼakyi. Israelfo no faa asubɔnten Yordan baabi a ɛhɔ nnɔ a wofi Moab twa. Ɛno nti na obiara ntumi mfa hɔ ntwa Asubɔnten no.
29 They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
Wɔtow hyɛɛ Moabfo no so. Wokunkum wɔn dɔmmarima no bɛyɛ mpem du. Wɔn mu biara antumi anguan.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years. And Ehud judged them until he died.
Enti Israelfo dii Moabfo so nkonim saa da no, na asomdwoe baa asase no so mfirihyia aduɔwɔtwe.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who alone struck down six hundred men of the Philistines with an oxgoad. And he also saved Israel.
Ehud akyi no, Anat babarima Samgar gyee Israelfo. Ɔde nantwika abaa kum Filistifo ahansia.
