Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 3
1 Ale Yehowa gblẽ dukɔ aɖewo ɖe anyigba la dzi be yeado Israelvi siwo mekpɔ aʋawɔwɔ le Kanaanyigba dzi teƒe o la kpɔ.
These are the nations which the Lord left, so that by them he might instruct Israel and all who had not known the wars of the Canaanites,
2 Ewɔ esia be yeafia nu Israelviwo ƒe dzidzime ɖe sia ɖe tso aʋawɔwɔ ŋu, vevietɔ ame siwo mekpɔ aʋawɔwɔ teƒe kpɔ o.
so that afterward their sons might learn to contend with their enemies, and to have a willingness to do battle:
3 Ame siwo ganɔ anyigba la dzi kokoko woe nye Filistitɔwo ƒe du atɔ̃ me nɔlawo, Kanaantɔwo katã, Sidontɔwo kple Hivitɔwo, ame siwo nɔ Lebanon towo dzi, tso Baal Hermon to dzi yi ɖase Hamat mɔ nu.
the five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who were living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
4 Wonye dodokpɔ na Israel be woakpɔe ɖa be Israelviwo awɔ se siwo Yehowa de na Mose, wòde na wo dzi loo alo womawɔ wo dzi o mahã.
And he left them, so that by them he might test Israel, as to whether or not they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he instructed to their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 Ale Israel nɔ Kanaantɔwo, Hititɔwo, Hivitɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Amoritɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo dome.
And so, the sons of Israel lived in the midst of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
6 Ke le esime Israelviwo natsrɔ̃ wo teƒe la, woɖe srɔ̃ tso wo dome. Israel ɖekakpuiwo ɖe dukɔ siawo ƒe ɖetugbiwo eye woawo hã ƒe ɖekakpuiwo ɖe Israel ɖetugbiwo. Eteƒe medidi hafi Israelviwo de asi dukɔ siawo ƒe mawuwo subɔsubɔ me o.
And they took their daughters as wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 Ale Israelviwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume, elabena wotrɔ le Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la yome eye wosubɔ Baalwo kple aƒeliwo.
And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, while serving the Baals and Ashtaroth.
8 Ale Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe Israel ŋu vevie eye wòna Kusan Risataim si nye Aram Naharaim fia va ɖu wo dzi eye wonɔ eƒe dziɖuɖu te ƒe enyi.
And the Lord, having become angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Mesopotamia, and they served him for eight years.
9 Ke esi Israel do ɣli na Yehowa la, ena Kaleb ƒe tɔɖiayɔvi, Otniel, ame si nye Kenaz, Kaleb nɔviŋutsu ƒe vi la ɖe wo tso futɔwo si me.
And they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, and he freed them, namely, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb.
10 Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ɖiɖi ɖe Otniel dzi eye wòzu Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la na Israel. Esi wòkplɔ Israel ƒe aʋakɔ eye wowɔ aʋa kple Aram, Fia Kusan Risataim la, Yehowa kpe ɖe Israelviwo ŋu be woɖu dzi.
And the Spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Syria, and he overwhelmed him.
11 Ale Israelviwo nɔ ŋutifafa me ƒe blaene sɔŋ va se ɖe esime Otniel, Kenaz ƒe vi la ku.
And the land was quiet for forty years. And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.
12 Israelviwo gawɔ nu si nye vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume. Esi wowɔ vɔ̃ sia ta la, Yehowa tsɔ Israel de Moab fia Eglon ƒe ŋusẽ te.
Then the sons of Israel resumed doing evil in the sight of the Lord, who strengthened Eglon, the king of Moab, against them because they did evil in his sight.
13 Amonitɔwo kple Amalekitɔwo kpe ɖe Moab fia la ŋu; woɖu Israelviwo dzi, eye woxɔ Yeriko, du si woyɔna be “Detiwo ƒe Du”
And he joined to him the sons of Ammon and the sons of Amalek. And he went forth and struck Israel, and he possessed the City of Palms.
14 eya ta Israel nɔ Eglon, Moab fia la te ƒe wuienyi sɔŋ.
And the sons of Israel served Eglon, the king of Moab, for eighteen years.
15 Ke esi Israelviwo gado ɣli na Yehowa la, eɖo ɖela aɖe ɖe wo. Ɖela siae nye Ehud, Gera ƒe vi, tso Benyamin ƒe to la me, ame si nye mia wɔla. Israelviwo dɔe ɖo ɖe Moab fia Eglon gbɔ kple woƒe nudzɔdzɔ.
And afterward, they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, called Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, who used either hand as well as the right hand. And the sons of Israel sent gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab, by him.
16 Hafi wòayi la, Ehud wɔ adekpui nuevee aɖe si didi mita afã. Eblae ɖe eƒe ɖusita ŋu eye wòdo awu ɖe edzi.
And he made for himself a two-edged sword, having a handle, reaching to the middle, the length of the palm of a hand. And he was girded with it under his cloak, on the right thigh.
17 Etsɔ nudzɔdzɔ yi na Moab Fia, Eglon, ame si lolo ŋutɔ.
And he offered the gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceedingly fat.
18 Esi Ehud tsɔ nudzɔdzɔ na fia la la, egblɔ na Israelvi siwo tsɔ nuawo la be woatrɔ ayi aƒe.
And when he had presented the gifts to him, he followed out his companions, who had arrived with him.
19 Ke Ehud ŋutɔ trɔ le Gilgal ƒe legbawo gbɔ yi ɖagblɔ na fia la be, “O fia, nya ɣaɣla tɔxɛ aɖe le asinye na wò.” Tete fia la gblɔ na eŋumewo katã be, “Mizi ɖoɖoe!” Ale wo katã do go le xɔa me.
And then, returning from Gilgal where the idols were, he said to the king, “I have a secret word for you, O king.” And he ordered silence. And when all those who were around him had departed,
20 Ehud yi egbɔ le dziƒoxɔ dzi afi si eya ɖeka nɔ anyi ɖo le eƒe dzomeŋɔlifiasã me hegblɔ nɛ be, “Mexɔ gbedeasi tso Mawu gbɔ na wò” Esi Fia la tsi tsitre tso eƒe zi dzi la,
Ehud entered to him. Now he was sitting alone in a summer upper room. And he said, “I have a word from God to you.” And immediately he rose up from his throne.
21 Ehud ƒo eƒe miasi ɖe eƒe awu te heɖe adekpui si wòbla ɖe eƒe ɖusita ŋu la eye wònyrɔe ɖe fia la ƒe dɔ me.
And Ehud extended his left hand, and he took the dagger from his right thigh. And he thrust it into his abdomen
22 Adekpui la ƒe didime blibo la ga la kple asiléƒe la siaa bu ɖe lãme na Fia Eglon hedo ɖe dzimegbe nɛ. Ehud meho aɖekpui la do goe o, eye eƒe lãmemi nye tsyɔ edzi.
so strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out.
23 Ale Ehud do go ɖe akpata me hetu dziƒoxɔ la ƒe ʋɔtruwo eye wode ga wo me.
Then Ehud carefully closed the doors of the upper room. And securing the bars,
24 Esi fia la ƒe subɔlawo kpɔ be ʋɔa nɔ tutu la, wolala, elabena wobu be ɖewohĩ fia la nɔ tsileƒe.
he departed by a back exit. And the servants of the king, entering, saw that the doors of the upper room were closed, and they said, “Perhaps he is emptying his bowels in the summer room.”
25 Ke esi eteƒe didi, eye fia la medo go o la, dzika tso wo ƒo, ale wodi safui aɖe heʋu ʋɔ la, kasia wokpɔ fia la wòku, mlɔ anyigba.
And after waiting a long time, until they were embarrassed, and seeing that no one opened the door, they took the key, and opening it, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Ehud si heto kpelegba siwo wokpa da ɖe Seira la ŋu.
But Ehud, while they were in confusion, escaped and passed by the place of the idols, from which he had returned. And he arrived at Seirath.
27 Esi wòɖo Efraim ƒe tonyigba dzi la, eku kpẽ. Tete Israelviwo ɖi tso towo dzi va kpe ta ɖe eŋu, eye eya ŋutɔ dze wo ŋgɔ.
And immediately he sounded the trumpet on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel descended with him, he himself advancing at the front.
28 Egblɔ na wo be, “Mikplɔm ɖo elabena Yehowa tsɔ míaƒe futɔwo, Moabtɔwo de asi na mí!” Aʋakɔ la yi ɖaxɔ afi si Moabtɔwo tsoa Yɔdan tɔsisi la le, eye woxe mɔ na woƒe tɔsisi la tsotso.
And he said to them: “Follow me. For the Lord has delivered our enemies, the Moabites, into our hands.” And they descended after him, and they occupied the fords of the Jordan, which cross over to Moab. And they did not permit anyone to cross.
29 Wodze Moabtɔwo dzi eye wowu woƒe aʋawɔla sesẽ akpe ewo; wo dometɔ aɖeke mete ŋu si o.
And so, they struck down the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and robust men. None of them were able to escape.
30 Ale Israel ɖu Moab dzi gbe ma gbe, eye ŋutifafa nɔ anyigba la dzi ƒe blaenyi sɔŋ.
And Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was quiet for eighty years.
31 Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la si kplɔ Ehud ɖo lae nye Samgar, Anat ƒe vi. Etsɔ nyikplɔti wu Filistitɔ alafa ade. Eya hã ɖe Israel.
After him, there was Shamgar, the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred men of the Philistines with a plowshare. And he also defended Israel.
