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.
The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they argued with him fiercely.
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.
He said to them, "What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes 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.
God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger subsided toward him, when he had said that.
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.
Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted and famished.
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.”
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 after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
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.”
The princes of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"
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.”
Gideon said, "Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."
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.
He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 Na Gideon el fahk nu sin mwet Penuel, “Ke nga ac kutangla foloko, nga ac kunausya tower se inge!”
He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again 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.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the Kedemites; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
11 Gideon el ut sisken yen mwesis kutulap in Nobah ac Jogbehah, ac mweuni mwet lokoalok lalos inge in lukma.
And Gideon went up by the way of those who dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, opposite Zebah, and struck the army, when the army was unsuspecting.
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.
Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire army.
13 Ke Gideon el folok liki mweun ah, el ut ke Innek In Utyak Nu Heres.
Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
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.
He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the officials of Succoth, and its 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!”
He came to the men of Succoth, and said, "Look Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?"
16 Na el eis kokul ac mwe fakfuk in acn mwesis uh sang akkeokye mwet kol lun Sukkoth.
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he threshed the men of Succoth.
17 El oayapa kunausya tower in acn Penuel ac uniya mwet we.
He broke down the tower of Penuel, 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.”
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled 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.”
He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill 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.
He said to Jether his firstborn, "Get up, and kill them." But the youth did not draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
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.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise up yourself, and kill us, for a man is judged by his strength." Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
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.”
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian."
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.”
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over 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.)
Gideon said to them, "I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings from his plunder." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
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.
They answered, "We will willingly give them." They spread a garment, and every one of them threw an earring from his plunder.
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.
The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
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.
Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to 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.
So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and did not become a threat again. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Gideon el folokla nu in acn sel ac muta we.
Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
30 Oasr wen itngoul natul, mweyen pus mutan kial.
Gideon had seventy sons conceived from 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.
His secondary wife who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him 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.
Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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.
It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
34 Elos tia sifil kulansap nu sin LEUM GOD lalos, su tuh molelosla liki mwet lokoalok nukewa lalos su raunelosla.
The children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
35 Ac elos tia pac akilen sou lal Gideon ke orekma wo puspis el tuh oru nu selos ah.
neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
