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 him, Why hast thou treated us thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chid 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 done now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes 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.
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then, when he had said that, their anger towards him abated.
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 came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing [them].
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 Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me: for they [are] faint, and I am pursuing 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 princes of Succoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy army?
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 said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
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 Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth 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 he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again 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.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew 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 went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for 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 when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 Nibalik’ amy hotakotakey t’i Gidone, ana’ Ioase aolo’ ty fanjiriha’ i àndroy,
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [had risen],
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 caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described to him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, [even] 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 came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye upbraided me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men [that are] weary?
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, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 Finofopòfo’e ka ty fitalakesañ’ abo’ i Penoele vaho navetra’e o lahilahi’ i rovaio.
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew 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.
Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children 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 he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay 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 first-born, Arise, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] 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.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man [is], [so is] his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels' necks.
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.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered 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 said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over 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 Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they [were] 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 answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast into it every man the ear-rings of his prey.
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 ear-rings that he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that [were] about their camels' necks.
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 made of it an ephod, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither astray after it: which thing became 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.
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they raised their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Aa le nisitake t’Ierobaale ana’ Ioase, nimoneñe añ’anjomba’e ao.
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 Nahatoly anadahy fitompolo am-bata’e t’i Gidone, fa nimaro ty vali’e.
And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten: 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 that [was] in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called 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 the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
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 as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went astray after Baalim, and made Baal-berith 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 from the hands of all their enemies on every side:
35 mbore tsy nanoe’ iereo vali-kare ty anjomba’ Ierobaale, toe i Gidone, ty amy ze hene soa nanoe’e e Israeleo.
Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely] Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
