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 gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine 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 unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
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 delivered [me] not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto 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.”
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.
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 the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
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 said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and 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. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, 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 Beth-lehem 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, [whom] he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10 eye esi Ibzan la, woɖii ɖe Betlehem.
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11 Le Ibzan yome la, Elon Zebulontɔ zu ʋɔnudrɔ̃la na Israelviwo ƒe ewo.
And after him Elon, a 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 Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13 Ʋunudrɔ̃la si kplɔ Elon ɖo lae nye Abdon, Hilel ƒe vi, tso Piratɔn.
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a 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 nephews, that rode on threescore and ten 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 mount of the Amalekites.
