Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 8
1 Efraim ƒe towo ƒe kplɔlawo do dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ ɖe Gideon ŋu, wobiae be, “Nu ka ta mèɖo du ɖe mí enumake esi nèho aʋa ɖe Midiantɔwo ŋu o?”
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
2 Ke Gideon ɖo eŋu be, “Ɖe Efraim ƒe wainxaxa mlɔetɔ menyo wu Abiezer ƒe wainxaxa blibo la oa?
But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
3 Mawu na mielé Oreb kple Zeb, Midiantɔwo ƒe aʋafiawo! Nu kae mewɔ si woatsɔ asɔ kple nu gã si miawo miewɔ?” Gideon ƒe nya siawo na Efraim ƒe viwo ƒe kplɔlawo ƒe dzi fa.
God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
4 Gideon tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la azɔ kple eƒe aʋawɔla alafa etɔ̃awo. Ɖeɖi te wo ŋu gake woganɔ futɔwo nyam kokoko.
Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
5 Esi wova ɖo Sukɔt la, Gideon gblɔ na Sukɔt ƒe amewo be ɖeɖi te yewo ŋu le Midian fiawo, Zeba kple Zalmuna nyanya me eya ta woana nuɖuɖu yewo.
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6 Ke Sukɔt ƒe kplɔlawo ɖo eŋu be “Ɖe miaƒe asi su Zeba kple Zalmuna dzi xoxoa? Ne míena nuɖuɖu mi eye miete ŋu lé wo o la, woatrɔ ava wu mí.”
But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
7 Gideon gblɔ na wo be, “Ne Aƒetɔ la tsɔ wo de asi nam la, ekema matrɔ ava eye matsɔ aŋɔka ƒe ŋuwo adze ŋuti na mi.”
“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
8 Ale Gideon tso eme yi ɖabia nuɖuɖu le Penuel eye woawo hã gblɔ abe Sukɔt ƒe amewo ke ene.
From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
9 Gideon gagblɔ na woawo hã be, “Ne aʋa siawo wɔwɔ nu tso la, matrɔ ava eye magbã mɔ sia aƒu anyi.”
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
10 Azɔ la Fia Zeba kple Fia Zalmuna kple woƒe aʋawɔla akpe wuiatɔ̃ va ɖo Karkor, ame mawo koe susɔ le aʋakɔ siwo tso ɣedzeƒe la me elabena wowu wo dometɔ akpe alafa ɖeka blaeve xoxo.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
11 Gideon trɔ azɔ to asimɔ si to Noba kple Yogbeha ƒe ɣedzeƒe eye wòdze Midiantɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ dzi esi womenɔ mɔ kpɔm na wo kura o.
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
12 Fia eveawo si gake Gideon kplɔ wo ɖo va se ɖe esime wòlé wo eye wòtsrɔ̃ aʋakɔ blibo la.
When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
13 Le esia megbe la, Gideon to mɔ si to Heres mɔ la gbɔ hetrɔ gbɔ.
After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
14 Elé ɖekakpui aɖe tso Sukɔt eye wòzi edzi be wòaŋlɔ Sukɔt ƒe kplɔlawo kple mawunua blaadre-vɔ-adreawo ŋkɔ na ye.
There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
15 Etrɔ va Sukɔt eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Mieɖu fewu le ŋunye be, nye asi masu Fia Zeba kple Fia Zalmuna dzi akpɔakpɔ o eye miegbe, miena nuɖuɖu mí o, le esime ɖeɖi te mía ŋu eye dɔ nɔ mía wum. Kpɔ ɖa, fia eveawoe nye esiawo.”
And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
16 Tete wòlé dumemetsitsiawo eye wòtsɔ aŋɔkawo kple ŋuwo fia nunya woe.
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
17 Emegbe la, Gideon yi Penuel hã, gbã mɔ la ƒu anyi eye wòwu ŋutsuwo katã le dua me.
He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
18 Le esia megbe la, Gideon bia Fia Zeba kple Fia Zalmuna be, “Ame siwo miewu le Tabɔr ɖe, aleke wole?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Wodo awu abe miawo ene tututu, abe fiaviŋutsuwo ene.”
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
19 Gideon do ɣli be, “Nɔvinyewo kokoko woanye! Meka atam be, ne menye ɖe miewu wo o la, anye ne nyemawu mi o.”
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
20 Azɔ Gideon ɖe gbe na Via ŋutsu tsitsitɔ, Yeter, be wòawu wo. Ke Yeter metsi o eya ta enɔ vɔvɔ̃m be yeawu wo.
So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
21 Zeba kple Zalmuna gblɔ na Gideon be, “Wò ŋutɔ wu mí elabena ŋutsue wɔa ŋutsu ƒe dɔ!” Ale Gideon wu wo eye wòɖe kɔgɛwo le kɔ na woƒe kposɔwo.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
22 Israelviwo gblɔ na Gideon be, “Ɖu fia ɖe mía dzi, wò ŋutɔ, viwò ŋutsuwo kple wò tɔgbuiyɔviwo elabena èɖe mí tso Midiantɔwo ƒe asi me.”
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
23 Ke Gideon ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Nye ŋutɔ loo alo vinye ŋutsu aɖeke maɖu fia ɖe mia dzi o. Yehowa aɖu fia ɖe mia dzi.”
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
24 Egblɔ na wo be, “Nu ɖeka le asinye, mabia mi, eyae nye be mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe natsɔ sikatogɛ ɖeka nam le eƒe afunyinuawo dome.” Enye Ismaeltɔwo ƒe kɔnu be woade sikatogɛwo.
Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 Woɖo eŋu be, “Míana wo kple dzidzɔ.” Ale woɖo avɔ ɖe anyigba eye wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe da sikatogɛ si nɔ eƒe afunyinuwo me la ɖe edzi.
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
26 Sikatogɛ siwo wòbia la ƒe kpekpeme va le kilogram wuiasiekɛ kple afã, ke womebu atsyɔ̃ɖonuwo, dzonu xɔasiwo kple awu dzĩ si Midian fiawo dona alo kɔga siwo wodena na woƒe kposɔwo la ɖe eme o.
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
27 Gideon tsɔ sika la wɔ kɔmewu eye wòtsɔe da ɖe Ofra, si nye wo dedu la me. Israel katã de asi awu la subɔsubɔ me le afi ma eye wòva zu mɔ na Gideon kple eƒe ƒome la.
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
28 Ale Israelviwo bɔbɔ Midiantɔwo ɖe anyi eye womegafɔ ta dzi kpɔ o. Ale ŋutifafa nɔ anyigba la dzi ƒe blaene sɔŋ le Gideon ƒe agbenɔɣi.
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
29 Yerubaal, Yoas ƒe vi, trɔ yi ɖanɔ wo de.
and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
30 Viŋutsu blaadre nɔ esi elabena eɖe srɔ̃ geɖewo.
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
31 Ahiãvi aɖe hã nɔ esi le Sekem, ame si ha dzi ŋutsu aɖe nɛ, si wòna ŋkɔe be Abimelek.
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
32 Gideon, Yoas ƒe vi, tsi, zu amegãɖeɖi aɖe hafi ku. Woɖii ɖe fofoa, Yoas ƒe yɔdo me le Ofra le Abiezritɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 Esi Gideon ku teti ko la, Israelviwo gadze Baalwo yome. Woli Baal Berit anyi abe woƒe mawu ene eye
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
34 Israelviwo meɖo ŋku Yehowa, woƒe Mawu, ame si ɖe wo tso futɔ siwo ƒo xlã wo la ƒe asiwo me dzi o.
The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
35 Nenema ke wogbe dɔmenyowɔwɔ na Yerubaal, ame si tso Gideon ƒe ƒome la me togbɔ be Gideon wɔ nu nyui geɖewo na wo hã.
They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
