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?”
And the men of Ephraim said to him: What is this that thou meanest to do, that thou wouldst not call us when thou wentest to fight against Madian? and they chid him sharply and almost offered violence.
2 Ke Gideon ɖo eŋu be, “Ɖe Efraim ƒe wainxaxa mlɔetɔ menyo wu Abiezer ƒe wainxaxa blibo la oa?
And he answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages 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.
The Lord hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.
4 Gideon tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la azɔ kple eƒe aʋawɔla alafa etɔ̃awo. Ɖeɖi te wo ŋu gake woganɔ futɔwo nyam kokoko.
And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men, that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled.
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.
And he said to the men of Soccoth: Give, I beseech you, bread to the people that is with me, for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana the kings of Madian.
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.”
The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy 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.”
And he said to them: When the Lord therefore shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.
8 Ale Gideon tso eme yi ɖabia nuɖuɖu le Penuel eye woawo hã gblɔ abe Sukɔt ƒe amewo ke ene.
And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.
9 Gideon gagblɔ na woawo hã be, “Ne aʋa siawo wɔwɔ nu tso la, matrɔ ava eye magbã mɔ sia aƒu anyi.”
He said therefore to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy 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.
But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword, were slain.
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 Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobe and Jegbaa, and smote the camp of the enemies, who were secure, and suspected no hurt.
12 Fia eveawo si gake Gideon kplɔ wo ɖo va se ɖe esime wòlé wo eye wòtsrɔ̃ aʋakɔ blibo la.
And Zebee and Salmana fled, and Gedeon pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion.
13 Le esia megbe la, Gideon to mɔ si to Heres mɔ la gbɔ hetrɔ gbɔ.
And returning from the battle before the sun rising,
14 Elé ɖekakpui aɖe tso Sukɔt eye wòzi edzi be wòaŋlɔ Sukɔt ƒe kplɔlawo kple mawunua blaadre-vɔ-adreawo ŋkɔ na ye.
He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy-seven men.
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 he came to Soccoth and said to them: Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana, are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.
16 Tete wòlé dumemetsitsiawo eye wòtsɔ aŋɔkawo kple ŋuwo fia nunya woe.
So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.
17 Emegbe la, Gideon yi Penuel hã, gbã mɔ la ƒu anyi eye wòwu ŋutsuwo katã le dua me.
And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew 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.”
And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as 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.”
He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, 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.
And he said to Jether his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.
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.
And Zebee and Salmana said: Do thou rise, and run upon us: because the strength of a man is according to his age: Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned.
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.”
And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son’s son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.
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.”
And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but 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.
And he said to them: I desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.
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.
They answered: We will give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils.
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.
And the weight of the earlets that he requested, was a thousand seven hundred sicles of gold, besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple raiment which the kings of Madian were went to use, and besides the golden chains that were about the camels’ necks.
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.
And Gedeon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gedeon and to all his house.
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.
But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their beads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided.
29 Yerubaal, Yoas ƒe vi, trɔ yi ɖanɔ wo de.
So Jerobaal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house.
30 Viŋutsu blaadre nɔ esi elabena eɖe srɔ̃ geɖewo.
And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.
31 Ahiãvi aɖe hã nɔ esi le Sekem, ame si ha dzi ŋutsu aɖe nɛ, si wòna ŋkɔe be Abimelek.
And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was 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.
And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the family of Ezri.
33 Esi Gideon ku teti ko la, Israelviwo gadze Baalwo yome. Woli Baal Berit anyi abe woƒe mawu ene eye
But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be 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.
And they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about:
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.
Neither did they shew mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done to Israel.
