Abbootii Murtii 6
1 Israaʼeloonni fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjetan; innis dabarsee waggaa torbaaf harka Midiyaanotaatti isaan kenne.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 Israaʼeloonni sababii harki Midiyaanotaa isaanitti jabaateef tulluuwwan irratti, holqaa fi daʼannoo jabaa keessatti ofii isaaniitiif iddoo jiraatanii fi iddoo itti daʼatan qopheeffatan.
The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
3 Yeroo Israaʼeloonni midhaan facaafatan hunda Midiyaanonni, Amaaleqoonnii fi namoonni baʼa biiftuu kaan dhufanii isaan weeraru turan.
So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
4 Achis qubatanii midhaan hamma Gaazaatti jiru hundumaa balleessan; isaan waan lubbuu qabu hoolota, loon yookaan harroota tokko illee Israaʼelootaaf hin hambifne.
They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.
5 Akkuma tuuta hawwaannisaattis horii fi dunkaana isaanii fudhatanii isaan irra yaaʼan. Namootaa fi gaalawwan isaanii lakkaaʼuun hin dandaʼamu ture; isaanis biyya sana barbadeessuudhaaf weeraran.
For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
6 Sababii Midiyaanonni akka malee isaan hiyyoomsaniif Israaʼeloonni gargaarsa barbaacha gara Waaqayyootti iyyatan.
Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
7 Yeroo Israaʼeloonni sababii Midiyaanotaatiif gara Waaqayyootti iyyatanitti,
When the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,
8 inni raajii akkana jedhee dubbatu tokko isaaniif erge; “Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Ani biyya Gibxi, biyya garbummaatii baaseen isin fide.
The LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage.
9 Ani humna warra Gibxii fi harka cunqursitootaa jalaa isin furee fuula keessan duraas ariʼee isaan baasee biyya isaanii isinii kenneera.
I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.
10 Isiniinis, ‘Ani Waaqayyo Waaqa keessan; waaqota Amoorotaa kanneen isin biyya isaanii keessa jiraattan sanaa hin waaqeffatinaa’ jedheera. Isin garuu sagalee koo hin dhageenye.”
I said to you, “I am the LORD your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not listened to my voice.’”
11 Ergamaan Waaqayyoos ganda Ofraa jedhamu dhufee qilxuu Yooʼaash namicha sanyii Abiiʼezer sanaa jala taaʼe; Gidewoon ilmi Yooʼaash immoo akka Midiyaanonni hin argineef iddoo wayiniin itti cuunfamutti dhoksee qamadii dhaʼata ture.
The LORD’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 Ergamaan Waaqayyoos isatti mulʼatee, “Yaa loltuu goota nana, Waaqayyo si wajjin jira” jedheen.
The LORD’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
13 Gidewoon garuu akkana jedhee deebise; “Garuu yaa gooftaa, utuu Waaqayyo nu wajjin jiraatee wanni kun hundi maaliif nurra gaʼa? Dinqiiwwan isaa kanneen abbootiin keenya, ‘Waaqayyo biyya Gibxiitii nu baaseera’ jedhanii nutti himan sun hundi eessa jiru ree? Amma garuu Waaqayyo nu dhiisee harka Midiyaanotaatti dabarsee nu kenneera.”
Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
14 Waaqayyo gara Gidewoonitti garagalee, “Humna qabdu kanaan dhaqiitii harka Midiyaanotaa jalaa Israaʼeloota bilisa baasi. Anatu si ergaa jira mitii?” jedheen.
The LORD looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent you?”
15 Gidewoon garuu, “Yaa Gooftaa, gosti koo sanyii Minaasee keessaa baayʼee dadhabaa dha; anis maatii koo keessaa nama gad aanaa dha. Egaa ani akkamittin saba Israaʼel bilisoomsuu dandaʼa ree?” jedhee gaafate.
He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
16 Waaqayyos, “Ani si wajjin jira; atis Midiyaanota hunda walitti qabdee dhoofta” jedhee deebiseef.
The LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
17 Gidewoonis akkana jedhee deebise; “Yoo ani fuula kee duratti surraa argadhee jiraadhe, kan natti dubbachaa jiru dhugumaan siʼi taʼuu mallattoo na argisiisi.
He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
18 Maaloo hamma ani deebiʼee aarsaa koo fidee fuula kee duratti dhiʼeessutti hin deemin.” Waaqayyos, “Ani hamma ati deebitutti sin eega” jedheen.
Please do not go away until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you.” He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
19 Gidewoon gara mana isaa deemee ilmoo reʼee tokko qalee qopheessee daakuu iifii tokkoo fuudhee buddeena raacitii hin qabne tolche. Foon sanas gundoo irra kaaʼee bishaan foon sanaa immoo okkoteetti naqee fiduudhaan qilxuu jalatti aarsaa isaaf dhiʼeesse.
Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
20 Ergamaan Waaqaas, “Foonii fi Maxinoo kana fuudhiitii kattaa kana irra kaaʼi; bishaan isaa immoo dhangalaasi” jedhe. Gidewoonis akkasuma godhe.
The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” He did so.
21 Ergamaan Waaqayyoo sunis fiixee ulee harka isaa tureetiin foonii fi Maxinoo sana tuqe. Ibiddi kattaa keessaa baʼee foonii fi Maxinoo sana nyaate. Ergamaan Waaqayyoos fuula isaa duraa dhabame.
Then the LORD’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the LORD’s angel departed out of his sight.
22 Gidewoon yommuu akka ergamaa Waaqayyoo arge beeketti, “Wayyoo, yaa Waaqayyo Gooftaa! Ani ifaan ifatti ergamaa Waaqayyoo argeeraatii!” jedhe.
Gideon saw that he was the LORD’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Because I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”
23 Waaqayyo garuu, “Nagaan siif haa taʼu! Hin sodaatin, ati hin duutuutii” jedheen.
The LORD said to him, “Peace be to you! Do not be afraid. You shall not die.”
24 Kanaafuu Gidewoon Waaqayyoof achitti iddoo aarsaa ijaaree, “Waaqayyo Nagaa dha” jedhee moggaase. Iddoon aarsaa kun hamma harʼaatti lafa Abiiʼezerootaa irra iddoo Ofraa jedhamu dhaabateera.
Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 Waaqayyo halkanuma sana akkana isaan jedhe; “Karra loon abbaa keetii keessaa korma lammaffaa kan waggaa torba guute tokko fuudhi. Iddoo aarsaa kan abbaan kee Baʼaaliif tolche diigi; utubaa Aasheeraa kan isa bira dhaabames jigsi.
That same night, the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.
26 Fiixee gaara kanaa irrattis Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif iddoo aarsaa bareedaa isaa tolchi. Qoraan utubaa Aasheeraa kan jigsite sanattis fayyadamii korma lammaffaa sana aarsaa gubamu godhiitii dhiʼeessi.”
Then build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
27 Gidewoonis hojjettoota isaa keessaa nama kudhan fudhatee akkuma Waaqayyo isatti hime sana godhe. Garuu waan maatii isaatii fi namoota magaalaa sana jiraatan sodaateef guyyaa adiin gochuu irra halkan filate.
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.
28 Ganama barii yommuu namoonni magaalaa sanaa hirribaa kaʼanitti iddoon aarsaa Baʼaal diigamee, utubaan Aasheeraas kufee kormi lammaffaan iddoo aarsaa haaraa tolfame sana irratti qalamee ture!
When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
29 Isaanis, “Eenyutu waan kana hojjete?” jedhanii wal gaafatan. Yommuu gad fageenyaan qoratanittis, “Gidewoon ilma Yooʼaashitu waan kana godhe” jedhan.
They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”
30 Namoonni magaalaa sanaas Yooʼaashiin, “Ilma kee gad baasi. Inni sababii iddoo aarsaa Baʼaal diigee utubaa Aasheeraas jigseef ajjeefamuu qaba” jedhan.
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”
31 Yooʼaash garuu saba aariidhaan guutamee isa marse sanaan akkana jedhe; “Isin Baʼaaliif falmuu barbaaddu? Isas oolchuu feetuu? Namni isaaf falmu yoo jiraate inni ganama haa duʼu! Baʼaal utuu dhugumaan Waaqa taʼee yommuu namni tokko iddoo aarsaa isaa diigu inni of irraa dhowwuu dandaʼa ture.”
Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!”
32 Kanaafuu isaan sababii inni iddoo aarsaa isaa jalaa diigeef, “Baʼaal mataan isaa haa falmatu” jechuudhaan Gidewooniin, “Yerub-Baʼaal” jedhanii waaman.
Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.”
33 Ergasiis Midiyaanonni hundi, Amaaleqoonnii fi namoonni karaa baʼa biiftuu humna isaanii walitti dabalatanii Yordaanos ceʼuudhaan Sulula Yizriʼeel keessa qubatan.
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
34 Hafuurri Waaqayyoos dhufee Gidewoon irra buʼe; innis akka Abiiʼezeroonni isa duukaa buʼaniif waamuuf malakata afuufe.
But the LORD’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
35 Guutummaa Minaasee keessas ergamoota ergate; isaanis isa duukaa buʼuuf walitti qabaman; akkasumas gara Aasheer, Zebuuloonii fi Niftaalemitti ergate; isaanis jara simachuuf gad yaaʼan.
He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together to follow him. He sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 Gidewoonis Waaqaan akkana jedhe; “Yoo ati akkuma waadaa galtetti harka kootiin Israaʼel furte,
Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
37 kunoo, ani wayyaa rifeensa hoolaa irraa hojjetame tokko oobdii irra nan diriirsa. Yoo rifeensa hoolaa sana qofa irra fixeensi buʼee lafti immoo goggogaa taʼe, ani akka ati akkuma jette sana harka kootiin Israaʼel furtu nan beeka.”
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
38 Wanni sunis akkasuma taʼe. Gidewoonis guyyaa itti aanu ganamaan kaʼe; yeroo inni wayyaa rifeensa hoolaa irraa hojjetame sana micciirettis bishaan waciitii guutuutu keessaa cuunfame.
It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 Kana irratti Gidewoon Waaqaan, “Natti hin dheekkamin. Amma illee waan tokkon si gaafadha. Akka ani rifeensa hoolaa sana irratti yaalii biraa godhuuf naa eeyyami. Amma immoo rifeensa sana goggogsiitii fixeensa lafatti uffisi.”
Gideon said to God, “Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
40 Waaqnis halkan sana akkasuma godhe. Rifeensa hoolaa sana qofatu goggogaa ture; lafti guutuun fixeemsaan haguugamee ture.
God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
