Mwet Nununku 8
1 Na mwet Ephraim elos fahk nu sel Gideon, “Efu ku kom tia pangon kut ke kom som mweuni mwet Midian? Efu kom ku orekut ouinge?” Elos arulana multikin nu sel Gideon.
And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.
2 Na el fahk nu selos, “Ma nga tuh orala tia apkuran nu ke ma kowos orala. Finne ma na srisrik kowos mwet in sruf lal Ephraim orala an, yohk liki na ma nukewa mwet in ota lal Abiezer elos orala.
And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 Saya pacna, ke ku lun God kowos tuh uniya leum luo lun mwet Midian ah, Oreb ac Zeeb. Mea nga tuh orala yohk liki ma kowos orala inge?” Ke el fahkla ma inge, elos tila toasr sel.
The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.
4 In pacl se inge, Gideon ac mwet tolfoko lal ah tuku nu Infacl Jordan ac fahsr alukela. Elos arulana totola, tusruktu elos srakna ukwe mwet lokoalok lalos.
And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.
5 Ke elos sun acn Sukkoth, Gideon el fahk nu sin mwet in acn sac, “Nunak munas, sang kutu bread an nu sin mwet luk inge. Elos arulana totola, ac nga srakna ukwe tokosra luo lun mwet Midian: Zebah ac Zalmunna.”
And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
6 Na mwet kol lun acn Sukkoth elos fahk nu sel, “Efu ku kut in sang mongo nu sin mwet mweun lom an? Kom soenna sruokilya Zebah ac Zalmunna.”
And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your host?
7 Na Gideon el topuk nu selos, “Fin ouingan, LEUM GOD El fin ase Zebah ac Zalmunna nu inpouk, nga ac fah use kokul ac mah fakfuk yen mwesis uh ac sang sringil kowos.”
And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.
8 Na Gideon el som nu Penuel ac ngisre mwet we oana ke el tuh ngisre mwet Sukkoth ah, ac mwet we elos topkol oapana mwet Sukkoth ah.
And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him.
9 Na Gideon el fahk nu sin mwet Penuel, “Ke nga ac kutangla foloko, nga ac kunausya tower se inge!”
And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Zebah ac Zalmunna eltal muta in acn Karkor wi mwet mweun laltal. Siofok longoul tausin mwet mweun lalos misa, ac singoul limekosr na tausin srakna moul.
And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.
11 Gideon el ut sisken yen mwesis kutulap in Nobah ac Jogbehah, ac mweuni mwet lokoalok lalos inge in lukma.
And Gedeon went up by the way of them that lived in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he struck the host, and the host was secure.
12 Zebah ac Zalmunna, tokosra luo lun mwet Midian, elos kaing, tusruktu Gideon el ukwaltal ac sruokoltal uh, na mwet mweun nukewa laltal ah fohsak.
And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.
13 Ke Gideon el folok liki mweun ah, el ut ke Innek In Utyak Nu Heres.
And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.
14 In pacl se inge el sruokya mwet fusr Sukkoth se ac siyuk inen mwet kol lun acn Sukkoth. Na mwet fusr sac simusla inen mwet itngoul itkosr ac sang nu sel Gideon.
And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
15 Na Gideon el folokla nu yurin mwet Sukkoth ac fahk, “Kowos esam ke kowos tuh srunga kasreyu? Kowos tuh fahk mu kowos ac tia ase mwe mongo nu sin mwet luk inge, ke sripen nga soenna sruokilya Zebah ac Zalmunna. Liye, eltal a inge!”
And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom you reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are faint?
16 Na el eis kokul ac mwe fakfuk in acn mwesis uh sang akkeokye mwet kol lun Sukkoth.
And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.
17 El oayapa kunausya tower in acn Penuel ac uniya mwet we.
And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and killed the men of the city.
18 Na Gideon el siyuk sel Zebah ac Zalmunna, “Fuka luman mwet komtal tuh uniya in acn Tabor ah?” Eltal topuk nu sel ac fahk, “Elos oana kom. Elos nukewa oana luman wen nutin tokosra uh.”
And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom you killed in Thabor? and they said, As you, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.
19 Na Gideon el fahk, “Elos ma wiuk, ma nutin nina kiuk ah. Nga fulahk nu sumtal, komtal funu tia onelosi, nga lukun tia pac uni komtal uh.”
And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if you had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
20 Na el forang nu sel Jether, wen se omeet natul ah, ac fahk, “Oneltalu!” Tusruktu tulik sac tiana faisak cutlass natul ah, mweyen el srakna fusr, oru el sangeng.
And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise and kill them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.
21 Na Zebah ac Zalmunna fahk nu sel Gideon, “Fahsru sifacna unikuti. Fal sie mukul in orekma in mukul.” Na Gideon el oneltalu, ac eisla mwe naweyuk liki inkwawen camel natultal ah.
And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise you and fall upon us, for your power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and killed Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
22 Tukun ma inge, mwet Israel elos fahk nu sel Gideon, “Kom in leum facsr — kom ac fwil nutum an — mweyen kom molikutla liki mwet Midian.”
And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son; for you have saved us out of the hand of Madiam.
23 Ac Gideon el fahk nu selos, “Nga ac fah tia leum fowos, oayapa wen nutik ac fah tia leum fowos. LEUM GOD El fah leum fowos.”
And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.
24 Na el sifilpa fahk, “Nga ke siyuk ma se suwos. Kais sie suwos in ase nu sik yaring ma kowos eisla sin mwet Midian.” (Mweyen mwet Midian elos oana mwet forfor yen mwesis wialos uh, elos sracsra yaring.)
And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do you give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.
25 Ac elos topuk nu sel, “Kut insewowo in asot ma inge nu sum.” Elos laknelik nuknuk se, ac kais sie selos sang ma oasr sel.
And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
26 Toasriyen yaring gold ma orekeni inge yohk liki paun angngaul, sayen na mwe naweyuk ac walwal ac nuknuk sroninmutuk lun tokosra luo ah, ku mwe yun ke kwawen camel natultal ah.
And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
27 Na Gideon el orala sie ma sruloala ke gold ma el eisani inge, ac el filiya in acn sel sifacna, Ophrah. Mwet Israel nukewa elos forla liki God, ac elos som ac alu nu ke ma sruloala se inge, su kwasrip se nu sel Gideon ac sou lal.
And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went there a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling block to Gedeon and his house.
28 Ouinge mwet Israel elos kutangla mwet Midian, ac mwet Midian elos tia sifil orek lokoalok nu selos. Acn Israel muta in misla ke lusen yac angngaul, nwe ke pacl se Gideon el misa.
And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.
29 Gideon el folokla nu in acn sel ac muta we.
And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.
30 Oasr wen itngoul natul, mweyen pus mutan kial.
And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
31 Oasr pac mutan kulansap se kial in acn Shechem, ac el oswela pac wen se nu sel Gideon, ac Gideon el sang inel Abimelech.
And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
32 Gideon, wen natul Joash, el misa ke el arulana matu, ac elos piknilya yurin papa tumal in acn Ophrah, acn sin ota lal Abiezer.
And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.
33 Tukun Gideon el misa, mwet Israel elos sifilpa forla liki God ac alu nu sin Baal. Elos eisal Baal-lun-Wuleang tuh elan god lalos.
And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
34 Elos tia sifil kulansap nu sin LEUM GOD lalos, su tuh molelosla liki mwet lokoalok nukewa lalos su raunelosla.
And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
35 Ac elos tia pac akilen sou lal Gideon ke orekma wo puspis el tuh oru nu selos ah.
And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.
