Mpitsara 21
1 Ie amy zao, fa nifanta e Mitspà añe o lahilahy ana’ Israeleo ami’ty hoe: Leo raik’ amantika tsy hanolotse ty anak’ ampela’e amy Beniamine ho vali’e.
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
2 Aa le nomb’e Betele mb’eo ondatio naho niambesatse añatrefan’ Añahare ampara’ te hariva vaho nampipoña-peo nangololoike ty rovetse
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
3 ami’ty hoe: Ry Iehovà, Andrianañahare’ Israele, Akore te nitendreke e Israele ao t’ie ho po-pifokoañe raike t’Israele te anito?
“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
4 Ie amy loak’ àndroy, nañaleñaleñe ondatio, le nandranjy kitrely vaho nañenga soroñe naho engam-panintsiñañe.
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 Le hoe ty enta’ o ana’ Israeleo: Ia amo hene fifokoa’ Israeleo hao ty tsy nimb’ amy fivori’ Iehovày mb’eo? Amy t’ie nititike do’e te ze tsy nionjoñe mb’ am-pivori-bei’ Iehovà e Mitspà ao ro havetrake.
The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
6 Aa ie naneñeñe i Beniamine rahalahi’ iareo o ana’ Israeleo le nanao ty hoe: Nifañito amy Israele ty fifokoañe raik’ anindroany.
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
7 Hatao akore ty hampanambalieñe o sisao, kanao nititik’ amy Iehovà tika te tsy hitolorañe o anak’ ampelan-tikañeo?
What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
8 Le hoe iereo: Ia amo fifokoa’ Israeleo ty tsy nimb’ amy Iehovà e Mitspà mb’eo? Toe tsy an-tobe’ Iabese-Gilade ao ty nimb’ am-pivoriy mb’eo.
So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
9 Amy te ie vinolily ondatio, inao, leo raik’ amo mpimone’ Iabese-Gilade tsy nizoeñe.
For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
10 Aa le nampihitrife’ i valobohòkey mb’eo ty rai-ale-tsi-ro’arivo amo fanalolahio vaho nafantok’ ama’e ty hoe: Akia, zamano an-dela-pibara o mpimone’ Iabese-Giladeo rekets’ o ampelao naho o ajajao.
So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
11 Le zao ty hanoe’ areo: ho mongore’ areo ze lahilahy naho ze rakemba fa nifandia-tihy ama’ ondaty.
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
12 Tendreke iareo amy zao amo mpimone’ Iabese-Giladeo ty somondrara efa-jato, tsy nahafohiñe ondaty, mboe tsy niolots’ aman-dahilahy, le nendese’ iareo mb’ an-tobe e Silò, an-tane Khanàne añe.
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
13 Le nirahe’ i fivoribey iabiy, ty hisaontsy amo ana’ i Beniamine am-bato Rimoneo, hikoike iareo an-kanintsiñe.
Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
14 Aa le nimpoly t’i Beniamine henane zay, vaho natolots’ iareo o somondrara’ Iabese-Gilade nirombahe’ iereo veloñeo; f’ie tsy nahaeneke.
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
15 Aa le nisolohoa’ ondatio t’i Beniamine amy jebañe nanoe’ Iehovà amo fifokoa’Israeleo.
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
16 Le hoe o talè’ i valobohòkeio: Hanoen-tika ino ka ty hanambalia’ o sisao kanao nimongoreñe amy Beniamine ze atao ampela?
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
17 Le hoe iareo: Tsy mete tsy ho lova’ i Beniamine o nahapolititseo, tsy mone ho mongotse am’ Israele ty fifokoañe raike.
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
18 Ie amy zao, tsy mete manolotse o anak’ ampelan-tikañeo ho vali’ iareo tika, amy titike nifantà’ o ana’ Israeleoy ami’ ty hoe: Fatse ty manolotse valy amy Beniamine.
But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
19 Le nitsaraeñe ty hoe: Inao! e Silò avara’ i Betele naho atiñanan-damoke miboak’ e Betele mb’e Sekeme mb’eo, vaho mañatimo i Lebonà mb’eo ty sabadidak’ amy Iehovà boa-taoñe.
“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20 Aa le nafanto’ iareo amo ana’ i Beniamineo ty hoe: Akia mietaha an-tanem-bahe ao;
So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
21 le mandrendreha naho miakatse mb’ eo o anak’ ampela’ i Silòo hitsinjak’ an-tsikidola, le miavota amo tanem-baheo songa hitsepake ty ho tañanjomba’e boak’ amo anak’ ampela’ i Silóo, vaho akia mb’ an-tane Beniamine añe.
and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 Ie amy zao, naho mb’ atoy o roae’eo ndra o rahalahi’eo hitoreo ama’ay, le hanoe’ay ty hoe, Iferenaiño, amy te tsy nañeneke o ampela rinambe’ay amy hotakotakeio songa hahazoa’ iareo valy; mbore tsy ho tinolo’ areo ka tsy mone ho nanan-kakeo henaneo.
When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
23 Aa le nanoe’ o ana’ i Beniamineo, nangala-baly nahaeneñe ty ia’ iareo amo nitsinjakeo; le nienga naho nimpoly mb’an-dova’ iareo añe naho namboatse rova vaho nimoneñe ao.
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
24 Aa le nienga boak’ ao amy zao o ana’Israeleo songa mb’ampifokoa’e mb’eo naho mb’ amo keleia’eo; sindre niavotse hirik’ ao namonje ty lova’e.
And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
25 Ie tañ’andro izay tsy amam-panjaka t’Israele; songa nanao ze natao’e ho mahity am-pihaino’e ao.
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
