Bilombe 8
1 Mibali ya Efrayimi batunaki Jedeon: — Bizaleli ya boye elakisi nini epai na biso? Mpo na nini obengaki biso te tango okendeki kobundisa bato ya Madiani? Mpe basilikelaki ye makasi.
And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.
2 Kasi Jedeon azongiselaki bango: — Nasali nini oyo ekokani na oyo bino bosala? Boni, ndambo ya bambuma ya vino oyo etikalaki na sima mpo ete Efrayimi abuka yango ezali kitoko te koleka bambuma ya vino ya liboso ya Abiezeri?
And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?
3 Nzambe akabaki bakonzi ya bato ya Madiani, Orebi mpe Zeebi, na maboko na bino. Eloko nini ya lokumu ngai nasali oyo ekokani na oyo bino bosala? Liloba oyo ekitisaki kanda na bango.
God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
4 Jedeon elongo na basoda na ye nkama misato bakomaki na Yordani mpe bakatisaki yango. Atako balembaki, bakobaki kaka kolanda bato ya Madiani.
Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.
5 Tango bakomaki na mboka Sukoti, Jedeon asengaki na bato ya mboka: — Bopesa basoda na ngai mapa, pamba te basili kolemba na nzala. Nazali kolanda Zeba mpe Tsalimuna, bakonzi ya Madiani.
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
6 Kasi bakonzi ya mboka Sukoti bazongiselaki ye: — Boni, osili kozwa Zeba mpe Tsalimuna na se ya bokonzi na yo mpo ete biso topesa basoda na yo mapa?
But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?
7 Jedeon alobaki: — Lokola bolobi boye, tango Yawe akokaba, na maboko na ngai, Zeba mpe Tsalimuna, nakopasola-pasola misuni na bino na basende ya esobe mpe na singa ya nzube.
Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.
8 Wuta kuna, Jedeon amataki na mboka Penueli mpe asengaki epai ya bavandi na yango, ndenge kaka asengaki epai ya bato ya Sukoti. Kasi bato ya Penueli bazongiselaki ye ndenge kaka bato ya Sukoti basalaki.
So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.
9 Jedeon alobaki na bato ya Penueli: « Soki nakozonga na kimia mpe na bomoi, nakobuka ndako molayi na bino. »
So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.
10 Nzokande, Zeba mpe Tsalimuna bazalaki na Karikori elongo na basoda na bango, nkoto zomi na mitano. Oyo ezali nde motango nyonso ya basoda ya bato ya este oyo batikalaki. Pamba te basoda nkoto nkama moko na tuku mibale oyo bayebi kobunda na mopanga bakufaki.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.
11 Bongo, Jedeon akendeki na nzela ya bavandi ya bandako ya kapo, na ngambo ya este ya Noba mpe ya Yogibeka; abetaki mampinga ya banguna na mopanga mpe alongaki bango tango bazalaki kokanisa ete bazali na kimia.
And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.
12 Zeba mpe Tsalimuna, bakonzi mibale ya Madiani, bakimaki; kasi Jedeon alandaki mpe akangaki bango. Mpe apanzaki mampinga na bango nyonso.
And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.
13 Jedeon, mwana mobali ya Joasi, azongaki wuta na bitumba na nzela ya ngomba Eresi.
Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:
14 Akangaki elenge mobali moko kati na mibali ya mboka Sukoti, mpe atunaki ye mituna. Boye, elenge mobali yango akomelaki ye bakombo ya bakambi mpe ya bampaka tuku sambo na sambo ya engumba.
And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.
15 Jedeon akendeki epai ya bato ya mboka Sukoti mpe alobaki na bango: « Tala Zeba mpe Tsalimuna oyo bofingelaki ngai na koloba: ‹ Osili kotia na se ya bokonzi na yo Zeba mpe Tsalumuna mpo ete biso topesa lipa na basoda na yo, oyo basili kolemba? › »
So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?
16 Azwaki bampaka ya engumba Sukoti mpe abetisaki bango fimbu, na basende ya esobe mpe singa ya nzube.
Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.
17 Abukaki ndako molayi ya Penueli mpe abomaki mibali ya engumba.
And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.
18 Jedeon atunaki Zeba mpe Tsalimuna: — Mibali oyo bobomaki na Tabori, bazalaki ndenge nini? Bazongisaki: — Bakokanaki na yo mpe bazalaki lokola bana ya bakonzi.
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.
19 Jedeon alobaki na bango lisusu: — Bato wana bazalaki bandeko na ngai ya mibali, bana ya mama na ngai penza. Na Kombo na Yawe, soki bobikisaki bango, ngai mpe nalingaki koboma bino te.
And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.
20 Mpe apesaki mitindo na Yeteri, mwana na ye ya liboso ya mobali: « Telema mpe boma bango! » Kasi elenge mobali abimisaki mopanga na ye te, pamba te azalaki nanu elenge mpe azalaki na somo.
Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
21 Zeba mpe Tsalimuna balobaki: « Telema mpe boma biso yo moko, pamba te likambo oyo ekoki na bato ya mitema makasi. » Boye, Jedeon atelemaki mpe abomaki bango. Akamataki bamedayi ya wolo oyo ezalaki na bakingo ya bashamo na bango.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.
22 Bana ya Isalaele balobaki na Jedeon: — Zala mokonzi na biso, yo moko, mwana na yo ya mobali mpe koko na yo ya mobali, pamba te obikisi biso na loboko ya bato ya Madiani.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.
23 Kasi Jedeon alobaki na bango: — Nakozala mokonzi na bino te, ezala ata mwana na ngai ya mobali. Yawe nde akozala mokonzi na bino.
But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.
24 Jedeon abakisaki: — Nalingi kosenga bino eloko moko: Kati na biloko oyo bino bosili kozwa na bitumba, tika ete moko na moko kati na bino apesa ngai eloko ya litoyi. Pamba te banguna na biso bazalaki kolata biloko ya matoyi mpo ete bazali bana ya Isimaeli.
Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 Bana ya Isalaele bazongisaki: — Tokopesa yango. Batandaki elamba na mabele, moko na moko abwakaki eloko na ye ya litoyi, oyo ewutaki na bomengo ya bitumba.
And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.
26 Biloko ya matoyi ya wolo, oyo Jedeon asengaki ezalaki ya bakilo pene tuku mibale, longola bamedayi ya wolo oyo ezalaki lokola sanza ya ndambo, biloko ya matoyi oyo ediembelaka, bilamba ya talo ya motane makasi oyo bakonzi ya Madiani balataki mpe mayaka oyo ezalaki na bakingo ya bashamo na bango.
The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.
27 Jedeon asalelaki yango ekeko oyo atiaki na Ofira, engumba na ye. Bana ya Isalaele bakomaki kokende kofukama liboso ya ekeko yango, mpe ekomaki motambo monene mpo na Jedeon mpe libota na ye.
And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
28 Boye, bato ya Madiani bakitisamaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele mpe batombolaki lisusu mito na bango te. Na tango nyonso oyo Jedeon azalaki na bomoi, mokili etikalaki na kimia mibu tuku minei.
So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.
29 Yerubali, mwana mobali ya Joasi, azongaki na ndako na ye mpe avandaki kuna.
And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.
30 Jedeon azalaki na bana tuku sambo oyo bawutaki na mokongo na ye, pamba te azalaki na basi ebele.
Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.
31 Makangu na ye, oyo azalaki kovanda na Sishemi, abotelaki ye mpe mwana mobali oyo bapesaki kombo « Abimeleki. »
And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.
32 Jedeon, mwana mobali ya Joasi, akufaki na kimobange ya esengo, mpe bakundaki ye kati na kunda ya Joasi, na Ofira, mboka ya libota ya Abiezeri.
And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 Sima na kufa ya Jedeon, bana ya Isalaele bazongelaki kosambela banzambe Bala. Bakomisaki Bala-Beriti nzambe na bango.
And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.
34 Bana ya Isalaele babosanaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango, oyo akangolaki bango na maboko ya banguna na bango.
And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;
35 Bazongisaki ata bolamu moko te na libota ya Yerubali oyo elakisi Jedeon, mpo na bolamu nyonso oyo asalelaki Isalaele.
And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.
