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?”
The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “What is this you have done to us? You did not call us when you went to fight against Midian.” Then they had a violent argument with him.
2 Ke Gideon ɖo eŋu be, “Ɖe Efraim ƒe wainxaxa mlɔetɔ menyo wu Abiezer ƒe wainxaxa blibo la oa?
He said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim's grapes better than the full 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 given you victory over the princes of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb! What have I accomplished compared to you?” Their anger toward him died down when he said this.
4 Gideon tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la azɔ kple eƒe aʋawɔla alafa etɔ̃awo. Ɖeɖi te wo ŋu gake woganɔ futɔwo nyam kokoko.
Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over it, he and the three hundred men who were with him. They were exhausted, yet they still kept up the 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.
He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am 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.”
Then the officials said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand? Why should we 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.”
Gideon said, “When Yahweh has given us victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will tear your skin with the desert thorns and briers.”
8 Ale Gideon tso eme yi ɖabia nuɖuɖu le Penuel eye woawo hã gblɔ abe Sukɔt ƒe amewo ke ene.
He went up from there to Peniel and spoke to the people there in the same way, but the men of Peniel answered him just as the men of Succoth 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 spoke also to the men of Peniel and said, “When I come again in peace, I will pull 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, about fifteen thousand men, all who remained out of the entire army of the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men who drew the sword.
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.
Gideon went up the road taken by tent dwellers, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack.
12 Fia eveawo si gake Gideon kplɔ wo ɖo va se ɖe esime wòlé wo eye wòtsrɔ̃ aʋakɔ blibo la.
Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and as Gideon pursued them, he captured the two kings of Midian—Zebah and Zalmunna—and set their whole army into a panic.
13 Le esia megbe la, Gideon to mɔ si to Heres mɔ la gbɔ hetrɔ gbɔ.
Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle going through the pass of Heres.
14 Elé ɖekakpui aɖe tso Sukɔt eye wòzi edzi be wòaŋlɔ Sukɔt ƒe kplɔlawo kple mawunua blaadre-vɔ-adreawo ŋkɔ na ye.
He caught a young man of Succoth and questioned him. The young man wrote down the names of seventy-seven officials 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.”
Gideon came to the men of Succoth and said, “Look at Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you mocked me and said, 'Have you already conquered Zebah and Zalmunna? We do not know that we should give bread to your army.'”
16 Tete wòlé dumemetsitsiawo eye wòtsɔ aŋɔkawo kple ŋuwo fia nunya woe.
Gideon took the elders of the city, and he punished the men of Succoth with the desert thorns and briers.
17 Emegbe la, Gideon yi Penuel hã, gbã mɔ la ƒu anyi eye wòwu ŋutsuwo katã le dua me.
Then he pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of that 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.”
Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they. Every one of them looked like 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.”
Gideon said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, 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.
He said to Jether (his firstborn), “Get up and kill them!” But the young man did not draw his sword for he was afraid, because he was still a young 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.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up yourself and kill us! For as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon rose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. He also took off the crescent-shaped ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
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 men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us out of 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.”
Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither will my son rule over you. Yahweh will 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.
Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you: Every one of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” (The Midianites had golden 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.
They answered, “We are glad to give them to you.” They spread out a cloak and every man threw on it the earrings from his plunder.
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 golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that was worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their 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.
Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in 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.
So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel and they did not raise their heads up again. So the land had peace for forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Yerubaal, Yoas ƒe vi, trɔ yi ɖanɔ wo de.
Jerub Baal, son of Joash, went and lived in his own house.
30 Viŋutsu blaadre nɔ esi elabena eɖe srɔ̃ geɖewo.
Gideon had seventy sons who were his descendants, 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.
His concubine, who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, and Gideon gave him the name 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.
Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the clan of Abiezer.
33 Esi Gideon ku teti ko la, Israelviwo gadze Baalwo yome. Woli Baal Berit anyi abe woƒe mawu ene eye
It came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, the people of Israel turned again and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals. They made Baal-Berith 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 people of Israel did not remember to honor Yahweh, their God, who had rescued them from the hand 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 keep their promises to the house of Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon), in return for all the good he had done in Israel.
