Mwet Nununku 10

1 Tukun misa lal Abimelech, Tola, wen natul Puah su ma natul Dodo, el tuyak in aksukosokyela mwet Israel. El mwet in sruf lal Issachar ac el muta in acn Shamir infulan eol in Ephraim.

After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 El kol mwet Israel ke lusen yac longoul tolu. Na el misa, ac pukpuki el in acn Shamir.

Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.

3 Tokol Tola, Jair, sie mwet Gilead, el kol mwet Israel yac longoul luo.

Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

4 Oasr wen tolngoul natul, ac oasr donkey tolngoul natulos elos kasrusr fac. Oasr siti tolngoul selos in acn Gilead, ac siti inge srakna pangpang siti sel Jair.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

5 Jair el misa, ac pukpuki el in acn Kamon.

When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

6 Mwet Israel elos sifilpa oru ma koluk ye mutun LEUM GOD ke elos alu nu sin Baal ac Astarte, oayapa god lun mwet Syria, mwet Sidon, mwet Moab, mwet Ammon, ac mwet Philistia. Elos forla liki LEUM GOD ac tia sifil alu nu sel.

And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

7 Na LEUM GOD El kasrkusrakak sin mwet Israel, ac El eisalosyang nu inpoun mwet Philistia ac mwet Ammon.

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

8 Ke lusen yac singoul oalkosr mwet inge elos akkeokye ac akongoiya mwet Israel su muta in facl lun mwet Amor kutulap in Infacl Jordan in acn Gilead.

who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

9 Na mwet Ammon elos fahsr sasla Infacl Jordan ac mweuni pac mwet in sruf lal Judah, sruf lal Benjamin, ac sruf lal Ephraim. Ouinge mwet Israel elos muta in ongoiya lulap.

The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.

10 Mwet Israel elos wowoyak nu sin LEUM GOD ac fahk, “Kut orekma koluk ye motom ke kut forla liki kom, God lasr, ac alu nu sin Baal.”

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

11 Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El fahk nu selos, “Mwet Egypt, mwet Amor, mwet Ammon, mwet Philistia,

The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

12 mwet Sidon, mwet Amalek, ac mwet Maon elos akkeokye kowos in pacl somla, ac kowos tuh wowoyak nu sik. Ya nga tuh tia molikowosla lukelos?

Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

13 A kowos tuh forla likiyu ac alu nu sin god saya. Ke ma inge, nga ac fah tia sifil moli kowos.

But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

14 Fahla ac wowoyak nu sin god kowos sulela ingan. Lela elos in moli kowos ke pacl kowos sun ongoiya.”

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

15 A mwet Israel elos fahk nu sin LEUM GOD, “Pwaye, kut orekma koluk. Oru kutena ma kom lungsum in oru nu sesr, tusruktu nunak munas, molikutla misenge.”

“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

16 Na elos sisla god lun mutunfacl saya su elos tuh alu nu se, ac elos alu nu sin LEUM GOD. Na El arulana pakomutalos mwet Israel, lah elos muta in ongoiya lulap.

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

17 Na mwet Ammon elos akoo in mweuni mwet Israel, ac elos tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos in acn Gilead. Mwet Israel elos fahsreni ac muta in acn Mizpah in acn Gilead pacna.

Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

18 Na mwet kol lun mwet Israel in kais sie sruf elos asiyuki sie sin sie ac fahk, “Su ac fah mwet kol lasr ke mweun se inge lain mwet Ammon? Mwet se na ma ac kol mweun se inge, el pa ac kol mwet nukewa in acn Gilead.”

And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”