Judges 3
1 And these [are] the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;
Tala bikolo oyo Yawe atikaki mpo na komeka bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki na tango ya bitumba ya Kanana.
2 (only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel's knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —
Asalaki bango bongo, kaka mpo ete milongo ya sika ya bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki te na tango ya bitumba, bayeba nini yango bitumba.
3 five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;
Yawe atikaki kati na mokili yango bakonzi mitano ya bato ya Filisitia, bato nyonso ya Kanana, bato nyonso ya Sidoni mpe bato nyonso ya Evi, oyo bazalaki kovanda na bangomba ya Libani, wuta na ngomba ya Bala-Erimoni kino na Lebo-Amati.
4 and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Bikolo wana etikalaki mpo na komeka bana ya Isalaele mpe kotala soki bakotosa mitindo oyo Yawe apesaki bakoko na bango na nzela ya Moyize.
5 And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
Bana ya Isalaele bavandaki kati na bato ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi;
6 and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;
babalaki bana basi na bango mpe babalisaki bana na bango ya basi epai ya bana na bango ya mibali, mpe basalelaki banzambe na bango.
7 and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.
Bana ya Isalaele basalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe; babosanaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe basalelaki banzambe Bala mpe Ashera.
8 And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;
Yawe asilikelaki bana ya Isalaele, mpe akabaki bango na maboko ya Kushani-Rishetayimi, mokonzi ya Arami. Bana ya Isalaele basalaki mibu mwambe na se ya bokonzi na ye.
9 and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them — Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother;
Bana ya Isalaele bagangaki epai ya Yawe, mpe Yawe abimiselaki bango mokangoli: Otinieli, mwana mobali ya Kenazi, leki ya Kalebi. Mpe Otinieli abikisaki bana ya Isalaele.
10 and the Spirit of Jehovah is upon him, and he judgeth Israel, and goeth out to battle, and Jehovah giveth unto his hand Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram, and strong is his hand against Chushan-Rishathaim;
Molimo na Yawe ayaki likolo na ye mpe akomaki elombe kati na bana ya Isalaele; bongo akendeki kobunda bitumba. Yawe akabaki Kushani-Rishetayimi, mokonzi ya Arami, na maboko ya Otinieli; mpe Otinieli alongaki ye.
11 and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,
Sima na yango, mokili ekomaki na kimia mibu tuku minei kino tango Otinieli, mwana mobali ya Kenazi, akufaki.
12 and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;
Bana ya Isalaele basalaki lisusu mabe na miso ya Yawe. Likolo ya mabe yango, Yawe apesaki Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, bokonzi na likolo ya bana ya Isalaele.
13 and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;
Egiloni asanganaki na bato ya Amoni mpe ya Amaleki, bayaki mpe babundisaki bana ya Isalaele, bongo babotolaki engumba ya nzete ya Mbila.
14 and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Bana ya Isalaele bazalaki na se ya bokonzi ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, mibu zomi na mwambe.
15 And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man — shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;
Bana ya Isalaele bagangaki lisusu epai na Yawe, mpe Yawe apesaki bango mokangoli moko na kombo Ewudi, mwana mobali ya Gera, ya libota ya Benjame. Ewudi azalaki kosalela loboko ya mwasi. Bana ya Isalaele batindaki ye epai ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, mpo na kopesa ye mpako.
16 and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;
Ewudi amisalelaki mopanga ya minu mibale, ya ndambo ya metele na molayi. Akangaki yango na loketo na ye, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, mpe abombaki yango na se ya bilamba na ye.
17 and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.
Apesaki mpako epai ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, oyo azalaki moto ya nzoto minene.
18 And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,
Tango Ewudi asilisaki kopesa mpako, azongisaki bato nyonso oyo bamemaki yango.
19 and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, 'A secret word I have unto thee, O king;' and he saith, 'Hush!' and go out from him do all those standing by him.
Kasi tango akomaki na esika ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo basala na mabanga, pembeni ya Giligali, azongaki epai ya mokonzi mpe alobaki na ye: — Mokonzi, nazali na sango ya sekele mpo na yo. Mokonzi azongisaki: — Kimia! Mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki pembeni na ye babimaki libanda.
20 And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, 'A word of God I have unto thee;' and he riseth from off the throne;
Bongo Ewudi apusanaki pene ya mokonzi Egiloni oyo azalaki ya kovanda na shambre ya likolo ya ndako na ye ya kopema. Alobaki na ye: — Nazali na liloba ya koyebisa yo kowuta na Nzambe.
21 and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;
Ewudi asembolaki loboko na ye ya mwasi, akamataki mopanga oyo abombaki na loketo na ye, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, mpe atubaki yango na libumu ya mokonzi.
22 and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.
Boye, ezala esimbelo ya mopanga, nyonso ekotaki, mpe mafuta ezipaki mopanga; pamba te Ewudi atikaki mopanga yango kati na libumu ya mokonzi.
23 And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it];
Ewudi abimaki na sima ya ndako, akangaki bikuke ya shambre ya likolo sima na ye mpe atiaki yango bibende.
24 and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'
Tango akendeki, basali ya mokonzi bayaki na esika yango mpe bamonaki ete bikuke ya shambre ya likolo ya kokangama. Balobaki: — Tango mosusu mokonzi azali na zongo inene oyo ezali kati na shambre, na kati ya ndako.
25 And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth — dead.
Basali bazelaki mingi, kino ekomaki kosala bango soni. Lokola mokonzi azalaki kaka kofungola te bikuke ya shambre ya likolo, bazwaki fungola mpe bafungolaki bango moko. Mpe tala, bamonaki nkolo na bango azali ya kokufa, alala na se.
26 And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.
Wana balekisaki bongo ngonga, Ewudi abimaki; alekaki na esika oyo ezalaki na banzambe oyo basala na mabanga mpe akimaki na Seira.
27 And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them;
Tango akomaki kuna, abetaki kelelo na mokili ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, mpe bana ya Isalaele bakitaki elongo na ye, longwa na likolo na ngomba, mpe amitiaki na liboso mpo na kotambolisa bango.
28 and he saith unto them, 'Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;' and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.
Alobaki na bango: — Bolanda ngai, pamba te Yawe akabi Moabi, monguna na bino, na maboko na bino. Balandaki ye mpe babotolaki bato ya Moabi bisika oyo bakatisaka Yordani na makolo. Bapesaki lisusu ata na moto moko te nzela ya kokatisa mayi.
29 And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,
Na mokolo wana, babomaki bato ya Moabi pene nkoto zomi; bango nyonso bazalaki bambinga mpe bato ya makasi, ata moto moko te abikaki.
30 and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land resteth eighty years.
Na mokolo wana, bana ya Isalaele balembisaki bato ya Moabi, mpe mokili ezalaki na kimia mibu tuku mwambe.
31 And after him hath been Shamgar son of Anath, and he smiteth the Philistines — six hundred men — with an ox-goad, and he saveth — he also — Israel.
Sima na Ewudi, Shamagari, mwana mobali ya Anati, ayaki mpe abomaki bato ya Filisitia nkama motoba na nzela ya nzete ya moke oyo batambolisaka na yango bangombe. Ye mpe abikisaki Isalaele.
