< Balam 3 >

1 Waliwo amawanga Mukama gaatazikiriza asobole okuyigiririzaako Abayisirayiri bonna abataamanya ntalo zonna ez’omu Kanani;
and these [the] nation which to rest LORD to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel [obj] all which not to know [obj] all battle Canaan
2 Kino kiyaambe Abayisirayiri ab’omulembe omuggya abatalwanangako okukuguka mu by’entalo.
except because to know generation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to learn: teach them battle except which to/for face: before not to know them
3 Ge gano: Abakungu abataano ab’Abafirisuuti, Abakanani bonna, Abasidoni, n’Abakiivi abaabeeranga ku lusozi Lebanooni, okuva ku lusozi Baalukerumoni okutuuka awayingirirwa mu Kamasi.
five lord Philistine and all [the] Canaanite and [the] Sidonian and [the] Hivite to dwell mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Lebanon from mountain: mount (Mount) Baal-hermon (Mount) Baal-hermon till Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath
4 Era gaalekebwawo okugezesa Abayisirayiri obanga baligondera amateeka ga Mukama ge yalagira bajjajjaabwe ng’ayita mu Musa.
and to be to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel to/for to know to hear: obey [obj] commandment LORD which to command [obj] father their in/on/with hand: power Moses
5 Abayisirayiri ne babeeranga wamu n’Abakanani, Abakiiti, Abamoli, Abakiivi n’aba Yebusi.
and son: descendant/people Israel to dwell in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite
6 Ne bawasanga abawala ab’omu mawanga ago era ne bafumbizanga bawala baabwe eri abalenzi b’omu mawanga ago ne basinzanga ne bakatonda baabwe.
and to take: marry [obj] daughter their to/for them to/for woman: wife and [obj] daughter their to give: give(marriage) to/for son: child their and to serve: minister [obj] God their
7 Abayisirayiri ne bakola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama, ne beerabira Mukama Katonda waabwe ne basinzanga Babaali ne Baasera.
and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to forget [obj] LORD God their and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal and [obj] [the] Asherah
8 Noolwekyo Mukama n’asunguwalira nnyo Abayisirayiri, kyeyava abawaayo okuwangulwa n’okufugibwa kabaka Kusanurisasaimu ow’e Mesopotamiya okumala emyaka munaana.
and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to sell them in/on/with hand: power Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim eight year
9 Naye Abayisirayiri bwe baalaajanira Mukama, kyeyava abawa omulwanyi omuzira okubanunula erinnya lye Osunieri azaalibwa Kenezi muto wa Kalebu.
and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to save to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to save them [obj] Othniel son: child Kenaz brother: male-sibling Caleb [the] small: young from him
10 Osunieri n’ajjula Omwoyo wa Mukama n’akulembera Abayisirayiri, n’alumba Kusanurisaseyimu kabaka w’e Mesopotamiya era n’amuwangula kubanga Mukama yamuwaayo mu mikono gya Osunieri.
and to be upon him spirit LORD and to judge [obj] Israel and to come out: come to/for battle and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power his [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia and be strong hand: power his upon Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim
11 Awo ne wayitawo emyaka ana ng’Abayisirayiri bali mu mirembe okutuusa ddala Osunieri mutabani wa Kenazi lwe yafa.
and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year and to die Othniel son: child Kenaz
12 Ate era Abayisirayiri ne bakola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama; kyeyava awa Eguloni kabaka wa Mowaabu amaanyi okubawangula olw’ebibi byabwe.
and to add: again son: descendant/people Israel to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to strengthen: strengthen LORD [obj] Eglon king Moab upon Israel upon for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD
13 Ne yegatta n’Abamoni n’Abamaleki ne balumba Abayisirayiri era ne babawambako ekibuga kyabwe eky’enkindu.
and to gather to(wards) him [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon and Amalek and to go: went and to smite [obj] Israel and to possess: take [obj] Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim
14 Abayisirayiri ne bafugibwa Egulooni kabaka wa Mowaabu emyaka kkumi na munaana.
and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Eglon king Moab eight ten year
15 Naye Abayisirayiri bwe baalaajanira Mukama, kyeyava abawa omulwanyi omuzira okubanunula ayitibwa Ekudi ow’enkonokono mutabani wa Gera ow’omu kika kya Benyamini; era oyo Abayisirayiri gwe baatuma okutwala ekirabo kyabwe eri Egulooni kabaka wa Mowaabu.
and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to/for them to save [obj] Ehud son: child Gera Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite man lefthanded hand right his and to send: depart son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with hand: by his offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab
16 Ekudi ne yeewesezza ekitala ekirina obwogi erudda n’erudda nga kiweza sentimita ana mu ttaano obuwanvu. N’akyesiba ku kisambi kye ekya ddyo munda mu ngoye ze.
and to make to/for him Ehud sword and to/for her two two-edged short cubit length her and to gird [obj] her from underneath: under to/for garment his upon thigh right his
17 N’atwalira Egulooni kabaka wa Mowaabu ekirabo. Egulooni yali musajja munene nnyo.
and to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab and Eglon man fat much
18 Awo bwe yamala okuwaayo ekirabo, n’agobawo abajja bakyetisse.
and to be like/as as which to end: finish to/for to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute and to send: depart [obj] [the] people to lift: bear [the] offering: tribute
19 Ekudi n’akoma awaali amayinja amoole kumpi ne Girugaali n’addayo eri Egulooni n’amugamba nti, “Nnina obubaka obw’ekyama gy’oli.” Kabaka n’agobawo bonna be yali nabo era ne bamuviira.
and he/she/it to return: turn back from [the] idol which with [the] Gilgal and to say word secrecy to/for me to(wards) you [the] king and to say to silence and to come out: come from upon him all [the] to stand: appoint upon him
20 Awo kabaka bwe yali ng’atudde bw’omu mu nnyumba ye, mu kisenge ekya waggulu ekiweweevu, Ekudi n’amusemberera era n’amugamba nti, “Nnina obubaka obuva eri Katonda gy’oli.” Kabaka n’asituka mu ntebe ye.
and Ehud to come (in): come to(wards) him and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with upper room [the] cool which to/for him to/for alone him and to say Ehud word God to/for me to(wards) you and to arise: rise from upon [the] throne
21 Ekudi n’asowolayo ekitala kye n’omukono ogwa kkono ng’akiggya ku kisambi kye ekya ddyo n’akisogga kabaka mu lubuto;
and to send: reach Ehud [obj] hand left his and to take: take [obj] [the] sword from upon thigh right his and to blow her in/on/with belly: abdomen his
22 ekitala kyonna n’ekiti kyakyo ne kimubuliramu, amasavu ne gakibuutikira era n’atayinza na kukisowolamu. Ebyenda bya kabaka ne biyiika.
and to come (in): come also [the] hilt after [the] flame and to shut [the] fat about/through/for [the] flame for not to draw [the] sword from belly: abdomen his and to come out: issue [the] refuse [to]
23 Ekudi n’asibawo oluggi oluyingira mu kisenge ekya waggulu, n’afulumira mu mulyango ogw’emanju.
and to come out: come Ehud [the] porch [to] and to shut door [the] upper room about/through/for him and to lock
24 Bwe yali nga yakafuluma abaweereza ba kabaka ne bajja. Bwe baalaba nga enzigi nsibe ne balowooza nti, “Kabaka ateekwa okuba ng’agenze manju.”
and he/she/it to come out: come and servant/slave his to come (in): come and to see: see and behold door [the] upper room to lock and to say surely to cover he/she/it [obj] foot his in/on/with chamber [the] cool
25 Bwe baakoowa okulindirira ne baddira ekisumuluzo ne basumululawo, baagenda okulaba ng’omulambo gwa mukama waabwe gugudde bugazi mu kisenge.
and to twist: anticipate till be ashamed and behold nothing he to open door [the] upper room and to take: take [obj] [the] key and to open and behold lord their to fall: kill land: soil [to] to die
26 Mu kiseera kye baamala nga balindirira kabaka okuggulawo Ekudi mwe yaddukira n’ayita ku mayinja amoole n’atuuka e Seyiri.
and Ehud to escape till to delay they and he/she/it to pass [obj] [the] idol and to escape [the] Seirah [to]
27 Bwe yatuuka mu kitundu eky’ensozi ekya Efulayimu n’akiyitamu nga bw’afuuwa ekkondeere, Abayisirayiri ne bamwegattako ye nga abakulembeddemu.
and to be in/on/with to come (in): come he and to blow in/on/with trumpet in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to go down with him son: descendant/people Israel from [the] mountain: hill country and he/she/it to/for face: before their
28 N’abagamba nti, “Mungoberere kubanga Mukama abawadde obuwanguzi ku balabe bammwe Abamowaabu.” Ne bamugoberera ne bawamba ekifo awasomokerwa ekyali kyolekedde aba Mowaabu ku mugga Yoludaani; Abayisirayiri ne bataganya muntu yenna kusomoka.
and to say to(wards) them to pursue after me for to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [obj] Moab in/on/with hand: power your and to go down after him and to capture [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Moab and not to give: allow man: anyone to/for to pass
29 Ne batta ku basajja abalwanyi abazira aba Mowaabu mutwalo mulamba; teri n’omu ku bo yasimattuka.
and to smite [obj] Moab in/on/with time [the] he/she/it like/as ten thousand man all rich and all man strength and not to escape man: anyone
30 Bwe batyo Abayisirayiri ne bajeemulula Abamowaabu ku lunaku olwo. Okuva ku olwo ensi n’ebaamu emirembe okumala emyaka kinaana.
and be humble Moab in/on/with day [the] he/she/it underneath: owning hand: owner Israel and to quiet [the] land: country/planet eighty year
31 Omukulembeze eyaddira Ekudi mu bigere ye Samugali mutabani wa Anasi era naye yanunula Abayisirayiri. Ye wuuyo eyatta abasajja Abafirisuuti lukaaga nga yeeyambisa omuwunda gwe bagobesa ente nga zirima.
and after him to be Shamgar son: child Anath and to smite [obj] Philistine six hundred man in/on/with oxgoad [the] cattle and to save also he/she/it [obj] Israel

< Balam 3 >