Mpitsara 20
1 Aa le hene nienga mb’eo o ana’ Israeleo; nifanontoñe hoe ondaty raike i valobohòke boake Dane pake Bir’sebà naho an-tane Giladeiy, nimb’am’ Iehovà e Mitspà añe.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD at Mizpah.
2 Aa le niatreke i fivoribei’ ondatin’ Añahareoy o mpiaolo’ ondaty iabio, ze hene fifokoa’ Israele, lahin-defo efats-etse songa mpitàm-pibara.
And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. —
3 Jinanji’ o ana’ i Beniamineo ka te nionjom-be Mitspà mb’eo o ana’ Israeleo. Le hoe o ana’ Israeleo, Atalilio ama’ay o haloloañe zao.
Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah. — And the children of Israel said: 'Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?'
4 Aa le hoe ty natoi’ i nte-Levy vali’ i rakemba vinonoiy, Nimoake e Gebà’ i Beniamine iraho rekets’ i sakezakoy hialeñ’ ao.
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said: 'I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
5 Nitroatse hiatreatre amako amy haleñey ondati’ i Gebào, le ho naname ahy añariari’ i anjombay, hañoho-doza amako, fe nazi’ iareo i sakezakoy, ie mate henaneo.
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
6 Aa le rinambeko i sakezakoy naho tinoritoriko vaho nampisangitrifeko hanitsike ze fonga tane linova’ Israele; ty amy halò-tserehañe naho hagegeañe e Israele ao.
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and wantonness in Israel.
7 Aa ie henaneo ry ana’ Israeleo, inahareo iaby, taroño etoañe ty fanoroa’ areo, ty safiri’ areo.
Behold, ye are all here, children of Israel, give here your advice and council.'
8 Aa le songa niongake hoe ondaty raike i màroy nanao ty hoe, Leo raik’ aman-tika tsy homb’ añ’akiba’e mb’eo, naho tsy ama’ay ty hitsile mb’ an-kiboho’e añe.
And all the people arose as one man, saying: 'We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.
9 Fe zao ty hanoentika amy Gebà: ho tamè’ay an-kitsapake;
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
10 vaho hangalà’ay ondaty folo ami’ty zato boak’amy ze hene fifokoa’ Israele, naho zato ami’ty arivo, naho arivo ty añ’ale, hitoha vaty ho a ondaty ho mb’e Gebà’ i Beniamine añe hiatrek’ aze ty amy fonga hagegeañe nanoe’ iereo e Israeley.
and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the wantonness that they have wrought in Israel.'
11 Aa le nifanontoñe hañatreatre i rovay ondati’ Israele iabio, vinanditse h’ondaty raike.
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
12 Nahitri’ o fifokoa’ Israeleo ondaty hanitsike ty fifokoa’ i Beniamineo hañontane ty hoe: Ino ze o haloloañe nifetsak’ ama’ areo zao?
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying: 'What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?
13 Ie amy zao akaro indaty rey, o tsivokatse e Gebào, hañohofa’ay loza, hañaria’ay amy Israele o haloloañe zao. F’ie tsy hinao’ i Beniamine ty fiarañanaña’ o longo’e ana’ Israeleo.
Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows that are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.' But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
14 Te mone nifanontoñe e Gebà ao boak’ amo rova’eo o ana’ i Beniamineo hialy amo ana’ Israeleo.
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of their cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15 Vinolily tañ’ andro izay te ro’ale-tsi-eneñ’ arivo ty mpitàm-pibara amo ana’ i Beniamineo niboak’ amo rova’eo, mandikoatse o mpimoneñ’ e Gebào; nifiton-jato t’indaty ao.
And the children of Benjamin numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16 Fiton-jato am’ ondaty iabio ty ni-fitàn-kavia; songa nahafipiletse vato ami’ty treham-bolo le tsy nivio.
All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
17 Niaheñe ho efats-etse ondaty mpitàm-pibara’ Israeleo, (tsy ama’e t’i Beniamine); songa lahin-defoñe.
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.
18 Aa le niongake vaho nionjomb’e Betele mb’eo o ana’ Israeleo, nañontane ze hatoron’ Añahare, ami’ty hoe, Ia ama’ay ty hionjon-kialy amo Ana’ i Beniamineo valoha’e? Le hoe t’Iehovà: Iehoda ty hiaolo.
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said: 'Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?' And the LORD said: 'Judah first.'
19 Aa le nañaleñaleñe o ana’ Israeleo nitobe ampiatrefañe i Gebà ey.
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20 Le nionjon-kialy amy Beniamine mb’eo o ana’ Israeleo; nalaha’ o nte-Israleo amo nte-Gebao ty hotakotake.
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.
21 Niakatse boake Gebà amy zao o ana’i Beniamineo vaho narotsa’ iareo an-tane amy andro zay t’indaty ro-ale-tsi-ro-arivo amo ana’ Israeleo.
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.
22 Nifañosike ondatio, o ana’ Israeleo, vaho nalaha’ iareo amy toetse nilahara’ iareo tamy andro valoha’eiy indraike hihotakotake.
And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
23 Aa le nionjoñe mb’eo o ana’ Israeleo nirovetse añatrefa’ Iehovà ampara’ te haleñe, le nihalaly am’ Iehovà ami’ty hoe, Aa vaho harineako amañ’aly indraike hao o ana’ i Beniamine rahalahikoo? Le hoe t’Iehovà, Mionjona mb’ ama’e.
And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even; and they asked of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?' And the LORD said: 'Go up against him.'
24 Aa le niharinea’ o ana’ Israeleo o ana’ i Beniamineo amy andro faharoey.
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
25 Le niavotse hiatreke iareo boake Gebà t’i Beniamine amy andro faha-roey vaho rinotsa’e an-tane indraike o ana’ Israeleo ty lahindefoñe rai-ale-tsi-valoarivo songa mpitàm-pibara.
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
26 Nionjomb’e Betele mb’eo o ana’ Israeleo naho ondaty iabio le nangololoike ty rovetse naho niambesatse añatrefa’ Iehovà, naho nililitse amy andro zay ampara’ te haleñe vaho nañenga soroñe naho engam-panintsiñañe añatrefa’ Iehovà.
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD.
27 Le nañontanea’ o ana’ Israleo t’Iehovà (amy te tao i vatam-pañinan’Añaharey tañ’ andro izay;
And the children of Israel asked of the LORD — for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
28 vaho nijohañe añatrefa’e t’i Pinekase ana’i Elazare ana’ i Aharone fahe-zay) ami’ty hoe: Mbe hionjo hifandraparapak’ amo ana’ i Beniamine rahalahikoo hao iraho? Le hoe t’Iehovà: Mionjona amy t’ie hatoloko am-pità’o te hamaray.
and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days — saying: 'Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?' And the LORD said: 'Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand.'
29 Aa le niarikatohe’ Israele mpamandroñe ty Gebà.
And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
30 Le nionjoñe haname o ana’ i Beniamineo o ana’Israeleo amy andro fahateloy vaho nidadañe niatreke i Gebà manahake i nanoe’ey.
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 Aa le niavotse hiatrek’ ondatio o ana’ i Beniamineo, le nasitak’ amy rovay; toe nigarabiñ’ aly naho namono an-damoke ey nanahak’ i añey, amy mionjomb’e Betele mb’eoy naho amy mb’e Gebà mb’eoy, naho an-tetekey, ondati’ nte’ Israele telo-polo varañe.
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill of the people, as at other times, in the field, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, about thirty men of Israel.
32 Le hoe ty asa’o ana’ i Beniamineo: Fa mibaibay aolon-tikañe eo iereo manahake tam-baloha’ey; ami’ty nanoa’ o ana’ Israeleo ty hoe: Antao hitriban-day hanitake iereo amy rovay mb’an-damoke mb’eo.
And the children of Benjamin said: 'They are smitten down before us, as at the first.' But the children of Israel said: 'Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.'
33 Ie amy zao hene niongak’ an-toe’e eo o ana’ Israeleo naho nijohañe am-piriritañe i Baale Tamare ey; le niboroboñak’ amo toe’eo amy zao o mpivandroñeo, naho boak’ an-kivo’ i Gebà ao.
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar; and the liers-in-wait of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.
34 Aa le rai-ale amo jinoboñe amy ze hene ana’ Israele ty naname i Gebà, naho nifandrapake an’ aly; fe namoea’ i Beniamine te nitotofen-kankàñe.
And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.
35 Aa le linafa’ Iehovà añatrefa’ Israele t’i Beniamine; le nanjamañe nte-Beniamine ro’ ale-tsi-lime-arivo-tsi-zato o ana’ Israeleo, songa mpitàm-pibara.
And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men; all these drew the sword.
36 Nioni’ o nte-Beniamineo amy zao t’ie gioke, ie nanao te tsy hahafitroatse amy Beniamine o ana’ Israeleo; fe niantofa’ iereo o mpamandroñe najado’ iareo marine i Gebào.
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah. —
37 Aa le nipirirìtse mb’eo o namandroñeo, nipitsike ty lay mb’e Gebà mb’eo; nikovovoke mb’eo o namandroñeo, nandafa i rova iabiy an-dela-pibara.
And the liers-in-wait hastened, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew forth, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
38 Ie amy zao ty viloñe tinendre añivo’ o ana’ Israeleo naho o namandroñeo, le t’ie hampionjoñe hatoeñe mandrahoñe boak’ an-drova ao.
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait, that they should make a great beacon of smoke rise up out of the city. —
39 Aa le nitolik’ amy hotakotakey o ana’ Israeleo, ie fa niorotse nandafa naho namono ondaty telopolo varañe t’i Beniamine, le natao’ iereo ty hoe: toe mifitak’ aolon-tikañe eo iereo manahak’ i fifandraparapahañe valoha’ey.
And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said: 'Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.'
40 Fe nioro-pionjoñe boak’ an-drova ao i rahon-katoeñe mijoalay, le nitolike o nte-Beniamineo: vaho hehe te nionjoñe an-katoeñe mb’an-dikerañe ey ty famorototoañe i rovay.
But when the beacon began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.
41 Nitolik’ amy zao ka o ana’ Israeleo vaho niroreke o nte-Beniamineo, fa naharendreke te nizo hankàñe.
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.
42 Aa le niambohoa’ iareo o ana’ Israeleo, nimb’ ampatrambey mb’eo, fe nañoridañe iareo i aliy, nanjamañe boak’ am-boho ka o niavotse o rovao.
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the city destroyed them in the midst of the men of Israel.
43 Le hinoro’ iareo o nte-Beniamineo naho nañinjake tsy am-pitofàñe, vaho maro ty nandialià’ iareo pak’ e Gebà mb’am-panjirihan’ andro mb’eo.
They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
44 Le rai-ale-tsi-valo-arivo ty nihotrak’ amo nte-Beniamineo; songa fanalolahy.
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
45 Nitolike iereo le nilay mb’ am-patrambey mb’eo mb’amy vato’ i Rimoney mb’eo; aa le tsinindro’ iareo an-dalañe mb’eo t’indaty lime-arivo, naho nangoroñe iareo pake Gidome añe vaho nandafa ondaty ro-arivo.
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.
46 Aa le nte-Beniamine ro-ale-tsi-lime-arivo ty nikorovoke tañ’ andro izay, songa mpitàm-pibara, ondaty maozatse.
So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
47 Fe nitolike naho nitriban-day mb’am-Bato Rimone am-patrambey mb’eo ty lahindefo enenjato nipalitse am-Bato Rimone ao efa-bolañe.
But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
48 Nitolike mb’amo ana’ i Beniamineo amy zao o ana’ Israeleo le linafa’e an-dela-pibara iaby o rova’eo naho o añombe’eo ze fonga nioni’ iareo; vaho fonga namiañañ’ afo ze rova nizoeñe.
And the men of Israel turned back upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found; moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
