Abbootii Murtii 6
1 Israaʼeloonni fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjetan; innis dabarsee waggaa torbaaf harka Midiyaanotaatti isaan kenne.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and 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.
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
3 Yeroo Israaʼeloonni midhaan facaafatan hunda Midiyaanonni, Amaaleqoonnii fi namoonni baʼa biiftuu kaan dhufanii isaan weeraru turan.
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they 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.
And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou comest to Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor 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 cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
6 Sababii Midiyaanonni akka malee isaan hiyyoomsaniif Israaʼeloonni gargaarsa barbaacha gara Waaqayyootti iyyatan.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
7 Yeroo Israaʼeloonni sababii Midiyaanotaatiif gara Waaqayyootti iyyatanitti,
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites,
8 inni raajii akkana jedhee dubbatu tokko isaaniif erge; “Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Ani biyya Gibxi, biyya garbummaatii baaseen isin fide.
That the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth from 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.
And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all that 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.”
And I said to you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed 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.
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 Ergamaan Waaqayyoos isatti mulʼatee, “Yaa loltuu goota nana, Waaqayyo si wajjin jira” jedheen.
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
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.”
And Gideon said to him, O my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then hath all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 Waaqayyo gara Gidewoonitti garagalee, “Humna qabdu kanaan dhaqiitii harka Midiyaanotaa jalaa Israaʼeloota bilisa baasi. Anatu si ergaa jira mitii?” jedheen.
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
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.
And he said to him, O my Lord, how shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor 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.
And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite 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.
And he said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.
18 Maaloo hamma ani deebiʼee aarsaa koo fidee fuula kee duratti dhiʼeessutti hin deemin.” Waaqayyos, “Ani hamma ati deebitutti sin eega” jedheen.
Depart not from here, I pray thee, until I come to thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou comest again.
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.
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put 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.
And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And 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 angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed from his sight.
22 Gidewoon yommuu akka ergamaa Waaqayyoo arge beeketti, “Wayyoo, yaa Waaqayyo Gooftaa! Ani ifaan ifatti ergamaa Waaqayyoo argeeraatii!” jedhe.
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
23 Waaqayyo garuu, “Nagaan siif haa taʼu! Hin sodaatin, ati hin duutuutii” jedheen.
And the LORD said to him, Peace be to thee; fear not: thou shalt 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 Jehovahshalom: to this day it is yet 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.
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Take thy father’s young bull, even the second bull of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove 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.”
And build an altar to the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt 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 said to him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that 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!
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered upon 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.
And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath 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 thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove 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.”
And Joash said to all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death by morning: if he is a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast 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 called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown 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 were gathered together, and went 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 Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was called after 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.
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was called after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and 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,
And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
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 floor; and if the dew shall be on the fleece only, and it shall be dry upon all the earth besides, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
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.
And it was so: for he rose early on the next morning, and pressed the fleece, 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.”
And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make a test, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
40 Waaqnis halkan sana akkasuma godhe. Rifeensa hoolaa sana qofatu goggogaa ture; lafti guutuun fixeemsaan haguugamee ture.
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
