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 say to him, “What [is] this thing you have done to us—not to call for us when you went to fight with Midian?” And they strive with him severely;
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 says to them, “What have I now done like you? Are the gleanings of Ephraim not better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?
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.
God has given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hand; and what have I been able to do like you?” Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.
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 Gideon comes to the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him—wearied, 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 says to the men of Succoth, “Please give cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”
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 heads of Succoth say, “Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we 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 Gideon says, “Therefore—in YHWH’s giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand—I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.”
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 goes up there [to] Penuel, and speaks to them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.
9 Aa le hoe ty asa’e amo lahilahi’ i Penoeleo: Ie mibalik’ atoy am-panintsiñañe, le harotsako o fitalakesañ’ aboo.
And he also speaks to the men of Penuel, saying, “In my turning back in peace, I 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 Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] one hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing 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 Gideon goes up the way of those who dwell in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and strikes the camp, and the camp was confident;
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 Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursues after them, and captures the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he has caused all the camp to tremble.
13 Nibalik’ amy hotakotakey t’i Gidone, ana’ Ioase aolo’ ty fanjiriha’ i àndroy,
And Gideon son of Joash turns back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,
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 captures a young man of the men of Succoth, and asks him, and he describes to him the heads of Succoth, and its elderly—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 he comes to the men of Succoth and says, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom you reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand that we give bread to your men who [are] wearied?”
16 Aa le nendese’e o roandria’ i rovaio, miharo fatike naho ropiteke vaho nanare’e amy rezay o lahilahi’ i Sokoteo.
And he takes the elderly of the city, and [the] thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teaches the men of Succoth by them,
17 Finofopòfo’e ka ty fitalakesañ’ abo’ i Penoele vaho navetra’e o lahilahi’ i rovaio.
and he has broken down the Tower of Penuel, and slays 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 says to Zebah and to Zalmunna, “What manner of men [were they] whom you slew in Tabor?” And they say, “As you—so they, [each] one as the form of the king’s sons.”
19 Le hoe re, Nilongoko iereo, anan-dreneko; amy te veloñe t’Iehovà, naho rinomba’ areo veloñe iereo le tsy ho vinonoko nahareo.
And he says, “They [were] my brothers—sons of my mother; YHWH lives, if you had kept them alive—I would not kill 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 says to his firstborn Jether, “Rise, slay them”; and the young man has not drawn his sword, for he has been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.
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 Zebah and Zalmunna say, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man—his might”; and Gideon rises, and slays Zebah and Zalmunna, and takes the crescents which [are] 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 say to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
23 Hoe ty natoi’ i Gidone: Tsy ho feleheko, naho tsy ho fehe’ o anakoo, fa ho fehe’ Iehovà.
And Gideon says to them, “I do not rule over you, nor does my son rule over you; YHWH rules 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 Gideon says to them, “Let me ask a petition of you, and each give to me the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.”
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 say, “We certainly give”; and they spread out the garment, and each casts the ring of his prey there;
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 rings of gold which he asked for is one thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] 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 Gideon makes it into an ephod, and sets it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go whoring after it there, and it is for a snare to Gideon and to 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 Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land rests [for] forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Aa le nisitake t’Ierobaale ana’ Ioase, nimoneñe añ’anjomba’e ao.
And Jerubba‘al son of Joash goes and dwells in his own house,
30 Nahatoly anadahy fitompolo am-bata’e t’i Gidone, fa nimaro ty vali’e.
and there have been seventy sons of Gideon, coming out of his loin, 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, who [is] in Shechem, has borne to him—even she—a son, and he appoints his 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 Gideon son of Joash dies, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.
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 comes to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go whoring after the Ba‘alim, and set Ba‘al-Berith over them for a 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 sons of Israel have not remembered their God YHWH, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their surrounding enemies,
35 mbore tsy nanoe’ iereo vali-kare ty anjomba’ Ierobaale, toe i Gidone, ty amy ze hene soa nanoe’e e Israeleo.
neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubba‘al—Gideon—according to all the good which he did with Israel.
