Judges 21
1 When the Israeli men gathered at Mizpah [before the battle started], they vowed, “None of us will ever allow one of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin!”
Isala: ili dunu da Misiba moilaiga musa: gilisiliba, ilia da Hina Gode ba: ma: ne, gasa bagade sema hamosu, amane, “Ninia uda mano amo Bediamini dunu da hamedafa lamu.”
2 But now the Israelis went to Bethel and they cried loudly to Yahweh all day, until the sun went down.
Amalalu, ilia da Bedele moilaiga asili, amola Gode ba: ma: ne eso amo ganodini fili, asili daeya ha: giwane didiga: lalu.
3 They kept saying, “Yahweh, God of us Israeli people, [it is as though] one of the tribes of us Israelis does not exist any more! (Why has this happened to us?/It is terrible that this has happened to us!)” [RHQ]
Ilia amane disu, “Isala: ili Hina Gode! Amo hou da abuliba: le doaga: bela: ? Abuliba: le Bediamini fi da Isala: ili sogega gadenenewane fisi dagoi ba: sala: ?”
4 Early the next morning the people built an altar. Then they completely burned some sacrifices [on the altar], and also offered other sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God.
Golale, hahabedafa ilia da gilisili Hahawane Gilisili Olofole gobele salasu amola ohe hodo amo oloda, ilia hamoi, amo da: iya gogo gobele sali.
5 Then, because they had vowed that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah [to help fight the men of the tribe of Benjamin] would be killed, they asked among themselves, “Were there any of the tribes of Israel who did not come to Mizpah to meet with us in the presence of Yahweh?”
Ilia da amane adole ba: i, “Isala: ili fi amo ganodini, sosogo fi afae da Misiba sogega Godema gilisisu amoga hame misibala: ?” (Ilia da musa: gasa bagade sema hamosu. Amo nowa fi da Misiba moilai gilisisu amoga hame misi ganiaba, ilia da amo dunu ili medole legela: loba.)
6 The Israelis felt sorry for their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin. They said, “Today one of our Israeli tribes (has disappeared/no longer exists).
Isala: ili dunu da bu ilia olalali Bediamini dunu ilima asigi galu. Ilia da amane sia: i, “Wali eso, Isala: ili fi afadafa da fisi dagoi.
7 Yahweh heard us solemnly declare that we would not allow any of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin. What can we do to make certain that the men of the tribe of Benjamin who were not killed will have wives?”
Ninia da Bediamini dunu esala, amoga uda ima: ne adi hamoma: bela: ? Bai ninia Hina Godema sema bagade hamoi dagoi, amo ninia uda mano ilima hamedafa imunu.”
8 Then [one of] them asked, “What group from any of the tribes of Israel did not send any men here to Mizpah?”
Ilia da nowa gilisisu da Misiba gilisisuga hame misi, amo adole ba: loba, dunu da Ya: ibese moilai Gilia: de soge ganodini esalu, amo da hame misi ilia da nabi.
9 [They realized that] when the soldiers were counted, there was no one from Jabesh-Gilead [city] who had come there.
Amola ilia da dadi gagui gilisima: ne dio wele sia: noba, Ya: ibese dunu da hame misi.
10 So all the Israelis decided to send 12,000 very good soldiers to Jabesh-Gilead to kill the people there with their swords, even to kill the married women and children.
Amaiba: le, ilia da 1,200 gasa bagade dunu amo Ya: ibese moilaiga asunasi. Ilia da ilima amane sia: i, “Ya: ibese dunu huluane, uda amola mano medole legema.
11 [They told this to those men]: “This is what you must do: You must kill every man in Jabesh-Gilead. You must also kill every married woman. [But do not kill the unmarried women].”
Dunu huluane, dunu mano amola uda huluane amo da dunuma fi, amo huluane medole legema.”
12 So those soldiers [went to Jabesh-Gilead and killed all the men, married women, and children. But they] found 400 unmarried young women there. So they brought them to their camp at Shiloh, in Canaan, [across the river from the Gilead area that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin].
Ya: ibese moilai ganodini, ilia da a: fini amola uda mano amo da dunuma hame gilisili golai, 400 agoane ba: i. Ilia da amo Siailou abula moilai Ga: ina: ne soge ganodini, amoga oule misi.
13 Then all the Israelis [who had gathered] sent a message to the 600 men who were at Rimmon Rock. They said that they would like to make peace with them.
Amalalu, Isala: ili gilisisu da Bediamini dunu amo da Limone Gelega esalu, ilima sia: adole iasi. Ilia da gegesu fisili, olofole gousa: su hamoma: ne sia: i.
14 So the men came back from Rimmon Rock. The Israelis gave to them the women from Jabesh-Gilead whom they had not killed. But there were [only 400 women. But there were] not enough women [for those 600 men].
Bediamini dunu da bu misini, Isala: ili fi eno da Ya: ibese uda mano ilia hame medole legei amo ilima i. Be ilima iabe idi da defele hame ba: i.
15 The Israelis [still] felt sorry for the men of the tribe of Benjamin, because Yahweh had (decimated/almost wiped out) one of the Israeli tribes.
Hina Gode da Isala: ili fi ilia habelegele fi afadafa, amo da afafai dagoiba: le, ilia da Bediamini dunuma asigi galu.
16 The Israeli leaders said, “We have killed all the married women of the tribe of Benjamin. Where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive?
Amaiba: le, ilia ouligisu dunu da amane sia: i, “Uda eno da Bediamini fi ganodini hame esala. Ninia da habodane ilia uda lamusa: ilima ima: bela: ?
17 These men must have wives to give birth to children, in order that their families will continue. If that does not happen, all the people of one of the tribes of Israel will die.
Isala: ili da fi fagoyale gala. Afadafa fisimu da hamedei. Bediamini fi esaloma: ne, ninia logo hogoi helemu da defea.
18 But we cannot allow our daughters to marry these men, because we vowed that Yahweh will curse anyone who gives one of his daughters to become a wife of any man of the tribe of Benjamin.”
Be ilia da ninia uda mano lamu da hamedei. Bai ninia da sema bagade hamoi. Nowa da ea uda mano Bediamini dunuma iasea, ninia da ema gagabusu aligima: ne ilegei dagoi.”
19 Then [one of] them (had an idea/thought of something that they could do). He said, “Every year there is a festival to honor Yahweh at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel and east of the road that extends from Bethel to Shechem, and it is south of Lebonah [city].”
Amalalu, ilia da agoane dawa: i, “Hina Gode Ea Lolo Nasu Siailou moilaiga da gadenesa galebe.” (Siailou da Bedelehemega gagoe (north) gala. E da Lebouna amoga gagoe (south) amola logo amo da Bedele fisili Siegeme doaga: sa amo ea eso mabe la: idiga gala.)
20 So the Israeli leaders told the men of the tribe of Benjamin, “[When it is the time for that festival], go to Shiloh and hide in the vineyards.
Ilia da Bediamini dunuma amane sia: i, “Dilia waini efe sogebi amo ganodini wamoaligili, ouesaloma.
21 Keep watching for the young women to come out of the city to dance. [When they come out], all of you should run out of the vineyards. Each of you can seize one of the young women of Shiloh. Then you can all return to your homes [with those women].
Siailou a: fini ilia da lolo nasu ganodini gosa: musa: masea, dilia waini efe aligisu fisili, dilia afae afae uda lamusa: ha: giwane gagulaligima. Amola amo uda dilia Bediamini sogega bu oule masa.
22 If their fathers or brothers come to us and complain [about what you have done], we will say to them, ‘Be kind to the men of the tribe of Benjamin. When we fought them, we did not leave any women alive to become their wives, and you did not give those young women to the men from the tribe of Benjamin. [They stole them]. So you will not be guilty, [even though you said that you would not allow any of your daughters to marry one of them].’”
Be ilia eda o olalali da dilima sia: ga gegemusa: masea, ilima amane sia: ma, ‘Ninia da amo a: fini ili lamu da defeala: ? Bai ninia da gegesu ganodini amo a: fini hame lai. Amola dilia da amo uda mano ninima udigili hame iba: le, dilia sema hamoi amo hame wadela: lesiba: le, gagabusu aligima: ne dilima hame dialumu.’”
23 So that is what the men of the tribe of Benjamin did. [They went to Shiloh at the time of the festival]. And when the young women were dancing, each man caught one of them and took her away and married her. Then they took their wives back to the land that God had given to them. They rebuilt their cities [that had been burned down], and they lived there.
Bediamini dunu da ilia sia: i defele hamoi. Ilia da afae afae Siailou a: fini amo da siogolalu amo lale, gisawane asi. Ilia da ilia sogega asili, ilia moilai bu gaguli, fi galu.
24 The other Israelis went to their homes in the areas where their tribes and clans lived, the areas that God had allotted to them.
Amola Isala: ili fi dunu eno da fisili asili, ilia fi amola sosogo fi da ilia sogedafa amoga buhagi.
25 At that time, the Israeli people did not have a king. Everyone did what they themselves thought was right.
Amo esoha, Isala: ili soge ganodini da hina bagade dunu hame esalu. Dunu huluane da afae afae hi hanaiga fawane hamosu. Sia: Ama Dagoi
