Jasi Vahere 3

1 Hagi ko'ma Kenani mopafima ha'ma hu'naza zama onke'naza Israeli vahetmima rezamaheno kenaku, Ra Anumzamo'a mago'a vahera zamatrege'za Kenani mopafina mani'naze.

At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight.

2 Hagi Israeli vahe'ma efore hutere hu'za henkama esaza vahetami Ra Anumzamo'a ha'ma hanaza avu'avaza rempi huzaminaku Kenani mopafi vahera zamahenatitre vagaore'ne.

3 Ama'na kumatmimpi nemaniza vahetami zamatrege'za mani'naze. Faifu'a kumapima nemani'za Filistia vaheki, maka Kenani vaheki, Saidoni vaheki, Hivi vahe'ma Lebanoni agonamofoma Bal-Hermoniti'ma vuno Hamat kumate'ma uhanati'nea vahe'mokizmi ozamahe zamatrege'za mani'naze.

[This is a list of] the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon [city], the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath.

4 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'ma Mosesema ami'nea kasegea avaririgahazafi ovaririgosazafi huno Israeli vahe'ma rezamaheno kesigu Ra Anumzamo'a ana vahera zamatrege'za mani'naze.

Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.

5 E'ina hazageno Kenani vahe'ene, Hiti vahe'ene, Amori vahe'ene, Perisi vahe'ene Hivi vahe'ene, Jebusi vahe'mokizmi amu'nompi Israeli vahera mani'naze.

The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.

6 Ana'ma nehu'za Israeli vahe'mo'za zamagri mofa'ne ara e'neri'za, ete zamagra mofa'nea zamatrazage'za zamagri mofavreramintera vea omeneri'za unemrazageno, havi anumzazmirera monora ome hunte'naze.

[Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people]. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups [to be their own wives], and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And [as a result] they started to worship the gods of those people-groups.

7 Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofo avufina kefo zamavu'zmava nehu'za, Ra Anumzamofona zamagekani nente'za, Bali havi anumzante'ene Asera havi anumzamofo amema'are monora hunte'naze.

The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship [the idols that represented] the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.

8 E'ina hazageno Ra Anumzamo'a Israeli vahe'tminkura tusi arimpa ahezamanteno Mesopotemia Kini ne' Kusan-risataimi azampi zamavarentegeno ha' eme huzamanteno zamazeri haviza nehuno, zamavareno kina ome huzmantege'za 8'a zagegafufi Kusan-risataimi kazokzo eri'za vahe umani'naze.

Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years.

9 Hianagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofontega zamazama hinogura krafa hazageno, Ra Anumzamo'a zamazama hu' nera, Kalepi negana Kenazi ne'mofo, Otnielina azeri oti'ne.

But when they pleaded to Yahweh [to help them], he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz.

10 Ra Anumzamofo Avamumo'a agri'ene emani'negeno, Israeli vahe'mokizmi keaga refko hu kva vahera mani'ne. Hagi Otnieli'ma Mesopotemia vahe'ene ha' ome nehigeno, Ra Anumzamo'a kini ne' Kusan-risataimina azampi avrentegeno aheno hara azeri agatere'ne.

Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He [led an army that] fought against [the army of] Cushan, and defeated them.

11 Ana higeno 40'a kafufina ha'huzana omanege'za, fru hu'za Israeli vahe'mo'za mani'nazageno, Kenazi ne'mofo Otnieli'a fri'ne.

After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died.

12 Ete mago'ene Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofo avufina kefo avu'avara hazageno, Ra Anumzamo'a Moapu kini ne' Eklonina hankavea amigeno Israeli vahera hara eme huzmagatereno kegava huzmante'ne. Na'ankure zamagra Ra Anumzamofo avufina kefo zamavu'zamava hu'naze.

After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled [the] Moab [area], to defeat the Israelis.

13 Hagi Ekloni'a Amoni vahe'ene Ameleki vahe'enena kehige'za azageno Israeli vahera hara ome huzamante'za tofegna zafamoke hu'nea Jeriko rankuma zamahe'za hanare'naze.

Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured [Jericho, which was called] ‘The City of Palm Trees’.

14 Hagi ana hazageno Israeli vahe'mo'za 18ni'a kafuzagefi Moapu kini ne' Ekloni kazokzo eri'za vahera mani'naze.

Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years.

15 Hianagi Israeli vahe'mo'zama Ra Anumzamofontegama zamaza hinogu'ma krafagema hazageno'a, ha' vahe zamazampinti'ma zamazama hu' nera Benzameni nagapinti Gera nemofo hoga azane ne' Ehuti azeri oti'ne. Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za kafure kafure'ma kini ne'ma takesi zagoma nemizaza huno Moapu kini ne' Ekloni ome ami'nogu ana zantamina Ehutina nemi'za huntazageno erino vu'ne.

But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh [to help them]. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money.

16 Ana higeno Ehuti'a tarega kaziga asane bainati kazina zaza'amo'a 50'a sentemita hu'nea tro huno tamaga kaziga amote anakiteno za'za ke'na'a antanino refite'ne.

Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes.

17 Hagi Ekloni'a ra avufgane ne' mani'neankino, Ehuti'a ana takesi zagone maka zantamina erino Eglonina ome ami'ne.

He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man.

18 Hagi ana takesi zantamima amiteno'a, ana zantamima azama hu'za eri'za vu'naza vahera eme huzamantege'za vu'naze.

Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money.

19 Hianagi Ehuti'a Gilgali tavaonte'ma havi anumzama tro'ma hunte'nazareti ete rukrehe huno Ekloninte eno amanage hu'ne, Ekloniga oku'a nanekeka'a erigante'na oe, higeno Ekloni'a eri'za vahe'agura huno, amafintira maka atiramiho, hige'za maka eri'za vahe'amo'za atirami vagare'naze.

When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, [he told the other men to go on, but] he himself turned around and went back [to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace], he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room.

20 Hagi Eglonima zasi'ma e'neria noma'afi agrake'ma manigeno'a, Ehuti'a amanage hu'ne, Anumzamofontegati oku nanekeka'a eri'na e'noe. Anage higeno tra'aretira oti'ne.

Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair,

21 Hagi Ehuti'a tarega kazigama asane bainati kazima tamaga kaziga amote'ma anakinte'nea kazina avazu huno, Ekloni rimpa reragufe'ne.

Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.

22 Ana bainati kazimofo nena'amo'ene asana'amo'enena Eglonina rimpafi ufresupanegeno afovamo'a herafiramino bainati kazina refite'ne.

He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. [He left it there, with] the handle buried in the king’s fat.

23 Ehuti'a ana kazina eriokasi Ekloni avufgafi me'negeno netreno, agu'ati kafana erinegino, marerino nomofo agofetu'ma zasi'ma e'nerizareti takaureno fre'ne.

Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.

24 Ehuti'ma vutegeno'a, Ekloni eri'za vahe'mo'za eme kazana anaga kaziga nomofo kafana erigi'negeno, zamagesama antahi'zana agu'afinka rifa nereno mani'ne hu'za hu'naze.

After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”

25 Anage hu'za nentahiza kafante avega ante'naze. Hianagi kafana ame huno onagige'za kafante kinofira eri'za ana kafana anagi'za kazana, kvazmimo'a frino mopafi mase'nege'za ke'naze.

So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead.

26 Hagi kini ne' eri'za vahe'mo'zama kafante avega ante'za mani'nazageno, Ehuti'a freno havere taga hu'za trohunte'naza havi anumzamofo amema'a me'nea kumara agatereno Seira vu'ne.

Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived.

27 Hagi ana'ma huteno'a Israeli vahe'mofo mopafima ufreno Efraemi agonafima nevuno'a, ufe rege'za Israeli vahe'mo'za nentahi'za eme atru hazageno, ha' hunaku zamavareno ugota huno agra urami'ne.

There he blew a trumpet [to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab]. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down [toward the Jordan river], with Ehud leading them.

28 Anama uneramino'a amanage huno hu'ne, navaririta viho, na'ankure Ra Anumzamo'a ha' vahetamia Moapu vahera tamagri tamazampi avrente'neankita zamahegahaze. Anage hige'za Israel vahe'mo'za Ehutina avariri'za Jodani tima takama nehazare Moapu vahe'enena hara ome hu'za magore hu'za ozamatre zamahehana hu'naze.

He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could [kill any people from Moab who tried to] cross the river [to escape].

29 Ana hapina Moapu hankavenentake ha' vahe'tmina Israeli vahe'mo'za 10tauseni'a vahe zamahehna nehu'za zamatrage'za ofre'naze.

At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.

30 E'ina hu'za Israeli vahe'mo'za Moapu vahera, zamahe vagarazageno 80'a kafufina hahu'zana omanege'za, Israeli vahe'mo'za knare hu'za mani'naze.

On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years.

31 Ehuti amefira Anati nemofo Samgari efore huno bulimakao afu reneharia ronku hu'nea azotareti 600'a Filistia vahera zamahe hana huno Israeli vahera zamagu'vazi'ne.

After Ehud [died], Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis [from the Philistines. In one battle] he killed 600 Philistines with an (ox goad/sharp wooden pole).