< Judges 3 >
1 and these [the] nation which to rest LORD to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel [obj] all which not to know [obj] all battle Canaan
Nanzi izizwe ezatshiywa nguThixo ukuze abahlole bonke abako-Israyeli ababengazibonanga izimpi eKhenani
2 except because to know generation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to learn: teach them battle except which to/for face: before not to know them
(wenza lokhu ukuba azifundise izizukulwane zako-Israyeli ukulwiwa kwezimpi lezo ezazingazange zikubone ukulwa ngaphambilini):
3 five lord Philistine and all [the] Canaanite and [the] Sidonian and [the] Hivite to dwell mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Lebanon from mountain: mount (Mount) Baal-hermon (Mount) Baal-hermon till Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath
ababusi abahlanu bamaFilistiya, amaKhenani wonke, amaSidoni, lamaHivi ahlala ezintabeni zaseLebhanoni kusukela eNtabeni iBhali-Hemoni kusiya eLebho Hamathi.
4 and to be to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel to/for to know to hear: obey [obj] commandment LORD which to command [obj] father their in/on/with hand: power Moses
Babetshiyelwe ukuhlola abako-Israyeli ukuba kubonakale ukuthi bayayilalela na imilayo kaThixo, ayeyinike okhokho babo ngoMosi.
5 and son: descendant/people Israel to dwell in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite
Abako-Israyeli babehlala phakathi kwamaKhenani, lamaHithi, lama-Amori, lamaPherizi, lamaHivi kanye lamaJebusi.
6 and to take: marry [obj] daughter their to/for them to/for woman: wife and [obj] daughter their to give: give(marriage) to/for son: child their and to serve: minister [obj] God their
Bathatha amadodakazi awo aba ngomkabo njalo bendisela amadodakazi abo emadodaneni awo, bakhonza labonkulunkulu bawo.
7 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to forget [obj] LORD God their and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal and [obj] [the] Asherah
Abako-Israyeli benza okubi emehlweni kaThixo; bamkhohlwa uThixo uNkulunkulu wabo bakhonza oBhali labo-Ashera.
8 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to sell them in/on/with hand: power Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim eight year
Ulaka lukaThixo lwavuthela abako-Israyeli waze wabanikela ezandleni zikaKhushani-Rishathayimi inkosi yase-Aramu Naharayimu, lapho abantu bako-Israyeli ababangaphansi kombuso wayo iminyaka eyisificaminwembili.
9 and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to save to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to save them [obj] Othniel son: child Kenaz brother: male-sibling Caleb [the] small: young from him
Kodwa ekukhaleni kwabo kuThixo, wabalethela umhlengi, u-Othiniyeli indodana kaKhenazi, umnawakhe kaKhalebi, owabakhululayo.
10 and to be upon him spirit LORD and to judge [obj] Israel and to come out: come to/for battle and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power his [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia and be strong hand: power his upon Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim
Umoya kaThixo wehlela kuye, wasesiba ngumahluleli wako-Israyeli waya empini. UThixo wanikela uKhushani-Rishathayimi inkosi ye-Aramu ezandleni zika-Othiniyeli, wamnqoba.
11 and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year and to die Othniel son: child Kenaz
Ngakho ilizwe laba lokuthula iminyaka engamatshumi amane, u-Othiniyeli indodana kaKhenazi waze wafa.
12 and to add: again son: descendant/people Israel to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to strengthen: strengthen LORD [obj] Eglon king Moab upon Israel upon for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD
Abako-Israyeli baphinda benza okubi emehlweni kaThixo, kwathi ngenxa yokuthi babenze lobububi uThixo wanika u-Egiloni inkosi yaseMowabi amandla phezu kuka-Israyeli.
13 and to gather to(wards) him [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon and Amalek and to go: went and to smite [obj] Israel and to possess: take [obj] Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim
Esenze ama-Amoni lama-Amaleki amanyana laye, u-Egiloni wayahlasela u-Israyeli, basebethumba idolobho laMalala.
14 and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Eglon king Moab eight ten year
Abako-Israyeli babangaphansi kombuso ka-Egiloni inkosi yaseMowabi iminyaka elitshumi layisificaminwembili.
15 and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to/for them to save [obj] Ehud son: child Gera Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite man lefthanded hand right his and to send: depart son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with hand: by his offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab
Abako-Israyeli bakhala futhi kuThixo, wasebapha umhlengi u-Ehudi, indoda eyayilinxele indodana kaGera owakoBhenjamini. Abako-Israyeli bamthuma lesipho ku-Egiloni inkosi yaseMowabi.
16 and to make to/for him Ehud sword and to/for her two two-edged short cubit length her and to gird [obj] her from underneath: under to/for garment his upon thigh right his
U-Ehudi wayenze inkemba esika inxa zombili eyayingaba yingalo lengxenye ubude bayo, ayibophela ethangazini lakhe lwesokudla ngaphansi kwezigqoko zakhe.
17 and to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab and Eglon man fat much
Wasethula isipho ku-Egiloni inkosi yaseMowabi, owayengumuntu oqatha kakhulu.
18 and to be like/as as which to end: finish to/for to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute and to send: depart [obj] [the] people to lift: bear [the] offering: tribute
Emva kokuba u-Ehudi esesethule isipho, walaya abantu ababesithwele ukuba bazihambele.
19 and he/she/it to return: turn back from [the] idol which with [the] Gilgal and to say word secrecy to/for me to(wards) you [the] king and to say to silence and to come out: come from upon him all [the] to stand: appoint upon him
Ezithombeni eduze leGiligali yena uqobo wabuyela emuva, wathi, “Oh nkosi, ngilelizwi lakho eliyimfihlo.” Inkosi yathi, “Thula!” Zonke izikhonzi zayo zasuka kuyo.
20 and Ehud to come (in): come to(wards) him and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with upper room [the] cool which to/for him to/for alone him and to say Ehud word God to/for me to(wards) you and to arise: rise from upon [the] throne
U-Ehudi wayilanda isihlezi yodwa ekamelweni langaphezulu elipholileyo endlini yayo yobukhosi wathi, “Ngilelizwi lakho elivela kuNkulunkulu.” Kwathi inkosi isukuma esihlalweni sayo,
21 and to send: reach Ehud [obj] hand left his and to take: take [obj] [the] sword from upon thigh right his and to blow her in/on/with belly: abdomen his
u-Ehudi wafinyelela ngesandla sakhe senxele, wahwatsha inkemba ethangazini lakhe kwesokudla wayithela esiswini senkosi.
22 and to come (in): come also [the] hilt after [the] flame and to shut [the] fat about/through/for [the] flame for not to draw [the] sword from belly: abdomen his and to come out: issue [the] refuse [to]
Inkemba yatshona yasala ngesilanda, amathumbu akhe agcwala phansi. U-Ehudi kayingcothulanga inkemba, idanga layemboza.
23 and to come out: come Ehud [the] porch [to] and to shut door [the] upper room about/through/for him and to lock
U-Ehudi waphuma phandle, wavala iminyango yekamelo langaphezulu wayihluthulela.
24 and he/she/it to come out: come and servant/slave his to come (in): come and to see: see and behold door [the] upper room to lock and to say surely to cover he/she/it [obj] foot his in/on/with chamber [the] cool
Esehambile kweza izinceku zathola iminyango yekamelo langaphezulu ihluthulelwe. Zathi, “Kutsho ukuthi iye ngaphandle ekamelweni elingaphakathi kwendlu.”
25 and to twist: anticipate till be ashamed and behold nothing he to open door [the] upper room and to take: take [obj] [the] key and to open and behold lord their to fall: kill land: soil [to] to die
Zalinda zaze zakhathazeka, kodwa ngoba ingasavulanga iminyango yekamelo lelo, zathatha ikhiye zayivula. Lapho-ke zabona inkosi yazo iwele phansi, isifile.
26 and Ehud to escape till to delay they and he/she/it to pass [obj] [the] idol and to escape [the] Seirah [to]
Zisalindile, u-Ehudi wasuka wahamba. Wedlula eduzane lezithombe wabalekela eSeyira.
27 and to be in/on/with to come (in): come he and to blow in/on/with trumpet in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to go down with him son: descendant/people Israel from [the] mountain: hill country and he/she/it to/for face: before their
Esefike lapho wakhalisa icilongo elizweni lezintaba lako-Efrayimi, abako-Israyeli basebesehla laye ezintabeni, yena ebakhokhele.
28 and to say to(wards) them to pursue after me for to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [obj] Moab in/on/with hand: power your and to go down after him and to capture [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Moab and not to give: allow man: anyone to/for to pass
Wabalaya wathi, “Ngilandelani, ngoba uThixo usenikele uMowabi, isitha senu, ezandleni zenu.” Ngakho behlela laye phansi bemlandela, kwathi sebethumbe amazibuko eJodani ayewelela eMowabi, kabaze bavumela muntu ukuba achaphele ngaphetsheya.
29 and to smite [obj] Moab in/on/with time [the] he/she/it like/as ten thousand man all rich and all man strength and not to escape man: anyone
Ngalesosikhathi babulala amaMowabi ayengaba zinkulungwane ezilitshumi, wonke ayeqinile elamandla; akukho muntu owaphunyukayo.
30 and be humble Moab in/on/with day [the] he/she/it underneath: owning hand: owner Israel and to quiet [the] land: country/planet eighty year
Ngalolosuku iMowabi yanqotshwa yi-Israyeli, ilizwe laselisiba lokuthula iminyaka engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili.
31 and after him to be Shamgar son: child Anath and to smite [obj] Philistine six hundred man in/on/with oxgoad [the] cattle and to save also he/she/it [obj] Israel
Emva kuka-Ehudi kwaba loShamigari indodana ka-Anathi owabulala amaFilistiya angamakhulu ayisithupha ngesijujo senkabi. Laye wamkhulula u-Israyeli.