< Judges 8 >

1 Then the descendants of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you acted toward us like this? When you went out to fight against the people of Midian, why did you not summon us [to help you]?” They rebuked Gideon severely.
Amalalu, Ifala: ime fi dunu da Gidionema amane sia: i, “Di da Midia: ne fi ilima gegemusa: ahoanoba, abuliba: le nini misa: ne hame wele sia: bela: ? Abuliba: le nini se nabima: ne agoane hamobela: ?” Ilia da da: i dione egai.
2 But Gideon replied, “I have done [RHQ] very little compared with what you have done! My small clan of descendants of Abiezer only started the battle, but [your very large group of] descendants of Ephraim [helped me to finish the task very well. It is like] the final grapes of the harvest being much better than the first grapes that are picked.
Be Gidione da ilima bu adole i, “Mae dawa: ma! Dilia hamoi hou da na hamoi bagade baligisa. Dilia fidisu da na fi dunu huluane ilia fidisu amo bagade baligisa.
3 God enabled you to defeat Oreb and Zeeb, the generals of the army from Midian. That is [RHQ] much more important than what I did!” After Gideon told them that, they no longer resented what he had done.
Dilia Gode Ea gasa lai dagoiba: le, Midia: ne ouligisu dunu aduna amo Oulebe amola Siebe fane legei dagoi. Na da dilia gasa bagade hou defele hamomu hamedei agoane ba: i.” E da amo sia: beba: le, Ifala: ime dunu ilia ougi bu gumi ba: i.
4 Then Gideon and his 300 men [went east and] crossed the Jordan [River]. Although they were very tired, they continued to pursue their enemies.
Gidione amola ea dadi gagui (ilia idi da 300) da Yodane Hano amoga doaga: le degei dagoi. Ilia da bagade helei ba: i, be mae fisili ilia ha lai dunu sefasilalu.
5 When they arrived at Succoth [town], Gideon said to the town leaders, “Please give my men some food! They are very tired. We are pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Ilia da Sagode moilaiga doaga: loba, Gidione da Sagode dunu ilima amane sia: i, “Ha: i manu ninima ima. Na dunu da bagade helebe. Na da Midia: ne fi hina bagade dunu aduna amo Siba amola Sa: lamana sefasilala.”
6 But the leaders of Succoth replied, “You have not caught [RHQ] Zebah and Zalmunna yet. So why should we give food to your troops [now? Catch them first, and then we will give you food].”
Be Sagode moilai ouligisu dunu da Gidionema bu adole i, “Ninia abuliba: le dia dadi gagui dunuma ha: i manu ima: bela: ? Di da wali Siba amola Sa: lamana hame gagui.”
7 Gideon replied, “[Because you said that], after Yahweh enables us to defeat Zebah and Zalmunna, we will return. And then we will make whips from thorns from the desert, and with them we will rip the flesh off your bones!”
Amaiba: le, Gidione da amane sia: i, “Defea! Hina Gode da na fidimuba: le, na da Siba amola Sa: lamana gagumu. Amasea, na da dili aya: gaga: nomei hafoga: i sogega lai amoga famu.”
8 From there, Gideon [and his 300 men] went to Peniel and asked for food there, but the people gave him the same answer.
Gidione da bu asili, Beniuele moilaiga doaga: i. E da Sagode moilai dunu amoga edegei defele Beniuele dunuma adole ba: i. Be Beniuele dunu da Sagode dunu ilia hou defele, ha: i manu hame imunu sia: i.
9 So he said to the men of Peniel, “After I defeat those kings, I will return and tear down this tower!”
Amaiba: le, Gidione da ilima amane sia: i, “Defea! Na da na ha lai ili hasalasili, hahawane bu misunu. Amalalu, na da dilia diasu gado gagagula heda: i amo mugulumu.”
10 By that time, Zebah and Zalmunna had gone to Karkor [town] with 15,000 troops. They were all that were left of the armies that had come from the east. 120,000 of their men had already been killed.
Siba amola Sa: lamana elea dadi gagui dunu huluane da Gago moilai bai bagadega gilisibi ba: i. Amo esoga, ilia hafoga: i soge dadi gagui dunu idi da 15,000 fawane ba: i. Eno dadi gagui dunu amo 120,000 da medole legei dagoi ba: i.
11 Gideon [and his men] went east along the road on which caravans travel. They went past Nobah and Jogbehah [villages] and arrived at the enemy camp by surprise.
Gidione da logo amo hafoga: i soge bega: Nouba moilai amola Yogebiha moilaiga eso mabadi la: ididili dialu, amo logoga asi. E da hedolowane Siba amola Sa: lamana ilia dadi gagui wa: i ilima doagala: le, ilia da fofogadigi.
12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, but Gideon’s men pursued them and captured them and all their warriors.
Midia: ne hina bagade dunu aduna amo Siba amola Sa: lamana da hobea: i. Be Gidione da elama doagala: le bobogele, ela gagulaligi. Amalalu, ela dadi gagui dunu huluane da beda: iba: le, hobea: i
13 After that, Gideon and his men [took Zebah and Zalmunna with them and] started to return, going through Heres Pass.
Gidione da hasaliba: le, bu misini, Helese fago ahoasu amoga asili,
14 There he captured a young man from Succoth, and demanded that he write down the names of all of the leaders in the town. The young man wrote down seventy-seven names.
e da Sagode moilai goi amo gaguli, ema ea fi dunu ilia hou adole ba: i. Amo goi da Sagode moilai ouligisu dunu bagade 77amo ilia dio dedei.
15 Then Gideon and his men returned to Succoth and said to those leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you made fun of me and said ‘You have not [RHQ] caught Zebah and Zalmunna yet! After you catch them, we will give your exhausted men some food.’”
Amalalu, Gidione da Sagode dunu ilima asili, amane sia: i, “Siba amola Sa: lamana da goea. Na da amo dunu hame gaguiba: le, dilia da na dadi gagui dunu hele nababe, ilima ha: i manu imunu higa: i.”
16 Then Gideon’s men took the town leaders and whipped them with whips made from briers from the desert, to teach them [that they deserved to be punished for not giving them any food].
Amalalu e da hafoga: i soge aya: gaga: nomei liligi lale, amoga Sagode ouligisu dunu se ima: ne fasu.
17 Then [they went to] Peniel and tore down the tower, and killed all the men in the town.
Amola e da diasu gagagula gado heda: i, Beniuele moilaiga mugululi amola Beniuele dunu medole legei dagoi.
18 Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “The men you killed near Tabor [Mountain], what did they look like?” They replied, “They were like you; they all looked like they were sons of a king.”
Amalalu, Gidione da Siba amola Sa: lamana elama amane adole ba: i, “Alia da Da: ibo moilaiga dunu medole legei. Alia da nowa dunu medole legebela: ?” Ela bu adole i, “Ilia da di agoane ba: i. Huluane da hina bagade ea mano defele agoane ba: i.”
19 Gideon replied, “They were my brothers! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, I would not kill you if you had not killed them.”
Gidione da amane sia: i, “Ilia da nolalalia galu, na: medafa ea mano. Na da dafawane sia: sa. Alia da amo hame medole legei ganiaba, na da ali amola hame medole legela: loba.”
20 Then he turned to his oldest son, Jether. He said to him, “Kill them!” But Jether was only a boy, and he was afraid, so he did not pull out his dagger [to kill them].
Amalalu, e da ea magobo mano ea dio amo Yeda, amoma amane sia: i, “Defea! Dia ela medole legema!” Be amo goi da ea gegesu gobihei bagade hame duga: le gagui. E da hame asigilaiba: le, beda: i.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Do not ask a young boy to do the work that a man should do!” So Gideon killed both of them. Then he took the gold ornaments from the necks of their camels.
Amalalu, Siba amola Sa: lamana da Gidionema amane sia: i, “Defea! Disu ani medole legema. Dunudafa da dunudafa ea hawa: hamosu hamomu da defea.” Amaiba: le, Gidione da Siba amola Sa: lamana medole legei dagoi. E da liligi noga: i amo ela ga: mele ilia galogoa amoga gisa: gisi dialu amo lai dagoi.
22 Then a group of Israeli men [came to] Gideon and said to him, “You be our ruler! [We want] you and your son and your grandsons [to] be our rulers, because you rescued us from the Midian army.”
Amalalu, Isala: ili dunu huluane da Gidionema amane sia: i, “Di amola hobea digaga fi da ninima ouligisuwane esalumu da defea. Di da nini amo Midia: ne dunu iliga gaga: i dagoi.”
23 But Gideon replied, “No, I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.”
Be Gidione da bu adole i, “Na da dilima ouligisuwane hame esalumu. Amola nagofe da dilima ouligisuwane hame esalumu. Be Hina Gode Hi fawane da dilima Hina ba: mu.”
24 Then he said, “I request only one thing. I request that each of you give me one earring from the things you captured after the battle.” [All the men descended from Ishmael wore gold earrings.]
E da eno amane sia: i “Na da dilima afae fawane edegesa. Dilia gedu bagedigi Midia: ne dunu ilima lai, amo huluane nama ima.” (Midia: ne dunu da hafoga: i soge dunu fi huluane defele gouli gedu bagedigili salasu.)
25 They replied, “We will be glad to give earrings to you!” So they spread a cloth [on the ground], and each man threw on it one gold earring that he had taken [from a man he had killed in the battle].
Dunu huluane da bu adole i, “Ninia da hahawane amo liligi dima imunuyo.” Ilia da abula ligisili, dunu huluane da amo da: iya geabagedigisu ilia lai ligisi.
26 The weight of all the earrings was (43 pounds/19.4 kg.). That did not include other things [that they gave to Gideon]—the other ornaments or the pendants or the clothes that the kings of Midian wore or the gold chains that were on the necks of their camels.
Gidione da gouli gedu bagedigi lai dagoi. Ilia dioi defei da 210 gilogala: me gadenene doaga: i. Ilia da eno liligi Gidionema i, amo bagedigi, gisa: gini sali amola ogaya: i abula musa: Midia: ne hina bagade dunu da gasi salasu amola gehea: la ilia da ga: mele ea galogoa ga: si.
27 Gideon made/decorated a sacred vest from the gold, and later he put it in his hometown, Ophrah. But soon the Israeli people started to worship the vest. So it became like a trap [MET] for the people, [causing them to worship it instead of worshiping only God].
Gidione da amo gouli lale, ogogosu ‘gode’ agoaila loboga hamone, ea moilaidafa Ofala amo ganodini bugisi. Isala: ili dunu huluane iliawa da Gode fisili, Ofala moilai bai bagadega amo loboga hamoi liligima sia: ne gadomusa: asi. Amo liligi da Gidione amola ea sosogo fi ilima sani agoane ba: i.
28 That is how the Israelis defeated the people from Midian. The people of Midian did not become strong enough to attack Israel again. So while Gideon was alive, there was peace in the land for 40 years.
Amaiba: le, Isala: ili dunu da Midia: ne dunu ili hasalasi amola fa: no Midia: ne dunu da gasa hame ba: i. Amalalu, ode 40 eno amoga, Isala: ili dunu da olofosu ba: i. Amo ode 40 gidigili, Gidione da bogoi dagoi.
29 Gideon went back home to live there.
Gidione da hina: moilaidafa amoga buhagili esalu.
30 He had many wives, and they bore him seventy sons.
E da uda bagohame lale, dunu mano 70agoane lalelegei.
31 He also had a slave wife in Shechem [town], who bore him a son whom he named Abimelech.
E da uda eno lai. Amo da gidisedagi uda e da Siegeme moilaiga lai. Amo uda da dunu mano lalelegei. Gidione da amo manoma Abimelege dio asuli.
32 Gideon died when he was very old. They buried his body in the grave where his father Joash was buried, at Ophrah, in the land belonging to the descendants of Abiether.
Gidione (Youa: se egefe) da ode bagohame gidigili bogoi. Ilia da ea da: i hodo amo ea eda Youa: se ea bogoi uli dogosu Ofala moilai bai bagade (Abiese fi ilia moilai) amoga dialu, amo ganodini sali.
33 But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelis [stopped worshiping God and started worshiping the images of the god Baal, like] [MET] adultresses [leave their husbands and go to sleep with other men]. They made a [statue of a] new god called Baal-Berith.
Gidione da bogoloba, Isala: ili dunu ilia da bu Gode fisili, Ba: ile ema nodone sia: ne gadoi. Ilia da ema ‘Ba: ile da Gousa: su Hamoi’ dio asuli, amola e da ilia ‘gode’dafa ilia da sia: su.
34 They forgot about Yahweh, the one who had rescued them from all their enemies that surrounded them.
Ilia Hina Godedafa da ilima sisiga: i ha lai dunu ilima gaga: i dagoi. Be amo mae dawa: le, ilia da Hina Godema hawa: hamosu yolesi dagoi.
35 And even though Gideon had done many good things for the Israelis, they were not kind to Gideon’s family.
Amola Gidione da Isala: ili dunu fidima: ne, hawa: hamosu ida: iwane hamoi. Be ilia da Gidione ea sosogo fi ilima hame nodoi.

< Judges 8 >