Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 12
1 Efraim ƒe viwo ƒo ƒu aʋakɔ aɖe nu ɖe Zafɔn eye woɖo du ɖe Yefta be, “Nu ka ta mèyɔ mí be míakpe ɖe ŋuwò esi nèwɔ aʋa kple Amonitɔwo o? Míele dzo tɔ ge wò aƒe ɖe dziwò!”
And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.
2 Yefta ɖo eŋu be, “Meyɔ mi gake miegbe vava, esi míeɖo xaxa me la, miegbe miekpe ɖe mía ŋu o.
And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.
3 Metsɔ nye agbe ke; míawo ɖeɖe míewɔ aʋa la eye Yehowa kpe ɖe mía ŋu míeɖu futɔ la dzi. Ɖe wòhiã be miawɔ aʋa kpli mí le nu sia ta?”
And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
4 Yefta yɔ Gilead ŋutsuwo ƒo ƒu eye woyi ɖawɔ aʋa kple Efraimtɔwo. Gileadtɔwo wu wo elabena Efraimtɔwo gblɔ be, “Mi Gileadtɔwo la, mienye ame dzeaglãwo le Efraim kple Manase me.”
And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.
5 Gileadtɔwo xɔ Yɔdan tɔtsoƒe siwo ge ɖe Efraimnyigba dzi eye ne ame siwo tsi agbe le Efraimtɔwo dome gblɔ be, “Na matso tɔ la” la, ekema Gilead ŋutsuwo abiae be, “Efraimtɔe nènyea?” Ne eɖo eŋu be, “Ao” la,
And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
6 wogblɔna nɛ be, “Enyo, gblɔ be, ‘Tsibolet.’” Ekema ne amea gblɔ be, “Siblet” elabena mate ŋu ayɔ nya Tsibolet nyuie o la, wolénɛ wunɛ le Yɔdan ƒe tɔtsoƒe la. Wowu Efraimtɔ akpe blaene-vɔ-eve le ɣe ma ɣi me.
Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce [it] rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
7 Yefta nye Israelviwo ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ƒe ade. Esi Yefta, Gileadtɔ la ku la, woɖii ɖe Gilead duwo dometɔ ɖeka me.
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
8 Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la si kplɔ Yefta ɖo lae nye Ibzan, ame si nɔ Betlehem hedrɔ̃ ʋɔnu na Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Viŋutsu blaetɔ̃ kple vinyɔnu blaetɔ̃ nɔ esi. Etsɔ via nyɔnuwo na amedzroŋutsuwo woɖe eye wòkplɔ ɖetugbiwo tso dzronyigbawo dzi vɛ na via ŋutsuwo woɖe. Ibzan nye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la na Israel ƒe adre
And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10 eye esi Ibzan la, woɖii ɖe Betlehem.
And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
11 Le Ibzan yome la, Elon Zebulontɔ zu ʋɔnudrɔ̃la na Israelviwo ƒe ewo.
And after him Elon, the Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12 Esi Elon ku la, woɖii ɖe Aiyalon le Zebulonyigba dzi.
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Ajalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 Ʋunudrɔ̃la si kplɔ Elon ɖo lae nye Abdon, Hilel ƒe vi, tso Piratɔn.
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Viŋutsu blaene kple tɔgbuiyɔvi blaetɔ̃ nɔ esi. Ame blaadre siawo doa tedzi blaadre. Abdon nye Israel ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ƒe enyi.
And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.
15 Esi Abdon, Hilel vi ku la, woɖii ɖe Piratɔn le Efraimnyigba dzi, le Amalekitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.
And Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
