Mpitsara 8
1 Le hoe o nte-Efraimeo ama’e, Ino o nanoe’o anay t’ie tsy kinanji’o, ihe nionjomb’eo hialy amy Midiane? Le nitrevohe’ iareo an-keloke.
And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.
2 Le hoe ty natoi’e, Ino ty nanoeko, te amy nanoe’oy? Tsy lombolombo te amo valòbo’ i Abiezereo hao ty fitsindroham-bahe’ i Efraime?
And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 Ie fa natolon’ Añahare am-pità’ areo i roandria’ i Midiane rey: t’i Orebe naho i Zeèbe? Aa le ino ty nilefeko mandikoatse i anahareoy? Niketrak’ amy zao ty haviñera’ iareo amy saontsi’ey.
The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.
4 Nomb’ am-pitsaha’ Iordaney mb’eo t’i Gidone le nitsake, ie rekets’ indaty telon-jato rey, nidazidazitse f’ie mbe nañoridañe avao.
And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.
5 Le hoe re amo nte-Sokoteo, Anjotso boko-mofo i lia-raike mañorik’ ahiy, fa mikolempañe hañoridaña’ay i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, mpanjaka’ i Midiane.
And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
6 Le hoe o roandria’ i Sokoteo: Am-pità’o hao ty fità’ i Zebàke naho i Tsalmonà hamahana’ay mofo o lahin-defo’oo?
And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your host?
7 Le hoe t’i Gidone, Aa ie fa natolo’ Iehovà an-tañako t’i Zebàke naho i Tsalmonà, le ho riateko am-patin-kivoke naho ropiteke ty nofo’ areo.
And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.
8 Boak’ao re nionjomb’e Penoele mb’eo le nahere’e am’ iereo i saontsiy; vaho nanoiñe aze manahake i natoi’ o lahilahi’ i Sokoteoy.
And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him.
9 Aa le hoe ty asa’e amo lahilahi’ i Penoeleo: Ie mibalik’ atoy am-panintsiñañe, le harotsako o fitalakesañ’ aboo.
And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Ie amy zao, te Karkore añe reketse lahin-defoñe va’e rai-ale-tsi-lime-arivo t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà. Izay ty nisisa’ i lia-rain-tatiñanañey, fa nikoromak’ an-kotakotak’ao ty lahindefo rai-hetse-tsi-ro’ ale.
And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.
11 Aa le nionjomb’ amy Lalam-Pimoneñ’ an-Kibohotsey t’i Gidone, atiñana’ i Nobà naho Iogbehà, vaho linafa’e i lia-raikey, amy te nierañerañe avao i firimboñañey.
And Gedeon went up by the way of them that lived in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he struck the host, and the host was secure.
12 Nilay añe t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà fe hinorida’ iereo naho tsinepake i mpanjaka roe rey, i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, vaho navalitsikota’e i valobohòkey.
And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.
13 Nibalik’ amy hotakotakey t’i Gidone, ana’ Ioase aolo’ ty fanjiriha’ i àndroy,
And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.
14 le tsinepa’e ty ajalahy boak’ amo nte-Sokoteo nañontane aze naho nampandrendreha’e o roandria’ i Sokote naho o talè’eo, ondaty fitompolo-fito’ amby.
And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
15 Nivotrak’ am’ ondati’ i Sokoteo re, nanao ty hoe: Ingo t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, o nañendaha’ areo ahio ami’ ty hoe: am-pità’o hao ty fità’ i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà hamahana’ay ondati’o màmakeo?
And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom you reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are faint?
16 Aa le nendese’e o roandria’ i rovaio, miharo fatike naho ropiteke vaho nanare’e amy rezay o lahilahi’ i Sokoteo.
And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.
17 Finofopòfo’e ka ty fitalakesañ’ abo’ i Penoele vaho navetra’e o lahilahi’ i rovaio.
And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and killed the men of the city.
18 Le hoe re amy Zebake naho i Tsalmonà: Akore v’ondaty vinono’ areo e Taboreo? Le hoe ty toi’ iareo: Nihambañe ama’o iereo, vintañe raik’ amo anam-panjakao.
And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom you killed in Thabor? and they said, As you, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.
19 Le hoe re, Nilongoko iereo, anan-dreneko; amy te veloñe t’Iehovà, naho rinomba’ areo veloñe iereo le tsy ho vinonoko nahareo.
And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if you had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
20 Le hoe ty asa’e am’ Ietère tañoloñoloña’e: Miongaha vonò. Fe tsy nakare’ i ajalahiy ty fibara’e; amy t’ie nihembañe fa mbe tòra’e.
And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise and kill them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.
21 Le hoe t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, Miongaha le miambotraha ama’ay fa mira ami’ty lahilahy ty haozara’e. Aa le nitroatse t’i Gidone naho vinono’e t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmone vaho rinambe’e o saren-jirim-bolañe am-bozon-drameva’ iareoo.
And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise you and fall upon us, for your power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and killed Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
22 Le hoe o ana’ Israeleo amy Gidone: Mifehea anay, ihe naho i ana’oy, naho ty anan’ ana’o; fa rinomba’o am-pità’ i Midiane.
And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son; for you have saved us out of the hand of Madiam.
23 Hoe ty natoi’ i Gidone: Tsy ho feleheko, naho tsy ho fehe’ o anakoo, fa ho fehe’ Iehovà.
And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.
24 Le hoe t’i Gidone am’ iereo, Mihalaly ama’ areo iraho te songa hanolotse ahy o bangen-tsofiñe nikoahe’eo. (Toe nivolamena o bangen-tsofi’ iareoo amy t’ie nte Ismaele.)
And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do you give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.
25 Le hoe ty natoi’ iareo, Hatolo’ay an-joton-troke; Nalafi’ iareo eo amy zao ty lamba vaho songa nampipoke o bange kinopa’eo ze lahilahy.
And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
26 Arivo tsy fiton-jato sekele ty lanja’ o bange volamena nihalalie’eo, tsy añate’ izay o bange naho firavake vaho saroñe malo-mavo tamy mpanjaka’ i Midiane reio, le tsy tama’e ka o silisily nandravake ty vozon-drameva’eo.
And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
27 Nitsene efode ama’e t’i Gidone naho nitana’e e Ofrà, an-drova’e ao naho fonga nanao hakarapiloañe ama’e amy toetsey t’Israele; ie ni-fandrik’ amy Gidone naho amy hasavereña’ey.
And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went there a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling block to Gedeon and his house.
28 Aa le nampiambanèñe añatrefa’ o ana’ Israeleo t’i Midiane tsy nahafiandra ty añambone’e ka. Nitofa efa-polo taoñe faha’ i Gidone i taney.
And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.
29 Aa le nisitake t’Ierobaale ana’ Ioase, nimoneñe añ’anjomba’e ao.
And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.
30 Nahatoly anadahy fitompolo am-bata’e t’i Gidone, fa nimaro ty vali’e.
And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
31 Nisamak’ ana-dahy ho aze ka i sakeza’e e Sekeme añey, le natao’e Abimeleke ty añara’e.
And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
32 Nivilasy am-pahantera’e soa t’i Gidone ana’ Ioase, vaho nalentek’ an-kibori’ Ioase rae’e, e Ofrà’ o nte-Abiezereo.
And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.
33 Aa ie nihomake t’i Gidone le nandifike mb’ amo Baaleo indraike o ana’ Israeleo, vaho nanoe’ iareo ho ‘ndrahare’ iareo ty Baale-berite.
And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
34 Le tsy nitiahi’ o ana’ Israeleo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo nandrombake iareo am-pità’ o rafelahi’ iareo niariseho iareo mb’ etiam-beroañeo;
And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
35 mbore tsy nanoe’ iereo vali-kare ty anjomba’ Ierobaale, toe i Gidone, ty amy ze hene soa nanoe’e e Israeleo.
And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.
