Xaakinnada 3
1 Haddaba kuwanu waa quruumihii Rabbigu u daayay inuu reer binu Israa'iil ku tijaabiyo, oo waxay ahaayeen in alla intii aan ogayn dagaalladii reer Kancaan oo dhan;
At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight.
2 inay reer binu Israa'iil ogaadaan oo uu iyaga baro dagaal ayan waxba ka aqoon jirin.
3 Oo kuwaasu waxay ahaayeen shantii amiir oo reer Falastiin, iyo reer Kancaan oo dhan, iyo reer Siidoon, iyo reer Xiwi, oo degganaa Buur Lubnaan, iyo tan iyo Buur Bacal Xermoon, iyo tan iyo meesha laga galo Xamaad.
[This is a list of] the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon [city], the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath.
4 Oo kuwaas waxaa loo daayay in reer binu Israa'iil lagu tijaabiyo, in la ogaado bal inay dhegaysanayaan amarradii Rabbiga oo uu ku amray awowayaashood oo uu Muuse soo faray iyo in kale.
Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.
5 Oo reer binu Israa'iil waxay dhex degeen reer Kancaan, kuwaas oo ahaa reer Xeed, iyo reer Amor, iyo reer Feris, iyo reer Xiwi, iyo reer Yebuus.
The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
6 Oo gabdhahoodiina way ka guursadeen, oo kuwoodiina wiilashoodii bay u guuriyeen, oo waxay u adeegeen ilaahyadoodii.
[Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people]. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups [to be their own wives], and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And [as a result] they started to worship the gods of those people-groups.
7 Oo reer binu Israa'iilna waxay sameeyeen wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku xun, oo Rabbiga Ilaahooda ahna way illoobeen, wayna u adeegeen Bacaliimkii iyo geedihii Asheeraah.
The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship [the idols that represented] the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
8 Sidaas daraaddeed cadhadii Rabbigu aad bay ugu kululaatay reer binu Israa'iil, oo wuxuu iyagii ka iibiyey boqorkii Mesobotamiya oo ahaa Kuushan Rishcaatayim; oo reer binu Israa'iil waxay Kuushan Rishcaatayim u adeegayeen siddeed sannadood.
Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years.
9 Oo markii reer binu Israa'iil ay Rabbiga u qayshadeen, Rabbigu wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil u kiciyey badbaadiye, kaasoo badbaadiyey, oo wuxuu ahaa Cotnii'eel ina Qenas oo ahaa Kaaleeb walaalkiisii yaraa.
But when they pleaded to Yahweh [to help them], he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz.
10 Oo kaas waxaa ku soo degay Ruuxa Rabbiga, oo wuxuu xukumi jiray reer binu Israa'iil. Dagaal buuna u baxay, oo Rabbiguna wuxuu gacantiisii u geliyey boqorkii Mesobotamiya oo ahaa Kuushan Rishcaatayim, oo isna wuu ka gacan sarreeyey Kuushan Rishcaatayim.
Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He [led an army that] fought against [the army of] Cushan, and defeated them.
11 Markaasaa dalkii xasilloonaa afartan sannadood. Oo Cotnii'eel ina Qenas wuu dhintay.
After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died.
12 Oo reer binu Israa'iil mar kalay sameeyeen wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku xun; markaasaa Rabbigu wuxuu xoog u yeelay oo reer binu Israa'iil ku diray boqorkii reer Moo'aab oo ahaa Cegloon, maxaa yeelay, waxay sameeyeen wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku xun.
After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled [the] Moab [area], to defeat the Israelis.
13 Oo isna wuxuu soo urursaday reer Cammoon iyo reer Camaaleq; kolkaasuu intuu tegey laayay reer binu Israa'iil, oo waxay qabsadeen magaaladii lahayd geedo timireedka.
Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured [Jericho, which was called] ‘The City of Palm Trees’.
14 Oo reer binu Israa'iil waxay boqorkii reer Moo'aab oo Cegloon ahaa u adeegayeen siddeed iyo toban sannadood.
Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years.
15 Laakiinse markii reer binu Israa'iil ay Rabbiga u qayshadeen, Rabbigu wuxuu u kiciyey badbaadiye, kaasoo ahaa Eehuud ina Geeraa, oo reer Benyaamiin, oo ahaa nin gurran. Isaga ayay reer binu Israa'iil hadiyad ugu soo dhiibeen Cegloon kii ahaa boqorkii reer Moo'aab.
But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh [to help them]. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money.
16 Oo Eehuudna wuxuu samaystay seef laba af leh, oo dhererkeedu yahay dhudhun, oo wuxuu ku xidhay meel dharkiisa ka hoosaysa oo ah bowdadiisa midig.
Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes.
17 Oo wuxuu hadiyaddii u dhiibay boqorkii reer Moo'aab oo ahaa Cegloon; Cegloonna wuxuu ahaa nin aad u buuran.
He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man.
18 Oo markuu dhammeeyey bixintii hadiyadda ayuu diray dadkii hadiyadda siday.
Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money.
19 Laakiinse Eehuud wuxuu ka soo noqday dhagaxyadii qorqornaa Gilgaal agteeda, oo wuxuu yidhi, Boqorow, anigu waxaan kuu wadaa farriin qarsoon. Markaasuu yidhi, Iska aamus. Oo dadkii hareerihiisa taagnaa oo dhammuna dibadday uga baxeen isagii.
When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, [he told the other men to go on, but] he himself turned around and went back [to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace], he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room.
20 Markaasaa Eehuud u yimid isagii; oo isna wuxuu keligiis fadhiyey qowladdii uu ku laydhsan jiray, markaasaa Eehuud wuxuu ku yidhi, Waxaan farriin kaaga wadaa Ilaah. Markaasuu ka soo kacay kursigiisii.
Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair,
21 Oo Eehuudna wuxuu soo bixiyey gacantiisii bidix, oo wuxuu seeftii kala soo baxay dhinaca bowdadiisii midig, markaasuu Cegloon caloosha kaga muday,
Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
22 oo xataa daabkiina waa galay afkii dabadiis, oo seefta afkeediina waxaa qariyey xaydhii, waayo, seeftii kama uu soo bixin calooshiisii; oo uus baa ka yimid.
He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. [He left it there, with] the handle buried in the king’s fat.
23 Markaasaa Eehuud wuxuu u baxay xagga qolqolka, oo uu soo xidhay qowladda albaabbadeedii, wuuna qufulay.
Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.
24 Haddaba markuu tegey waxaa yimid addoommadii Cegloon, markaasay intay wax fiiriyeen arkeen albaabbadii qowladda oo qufulan; kolkaasay waxay isyidhaahdeen, Hubaal wuu isku deday qowladdiisa uu ku laydhsado.
After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”
25 Oo way sugeen ilaa ay isla yaabeen; oo bal eeg isna albaabbadii qowladda ma uu furin, sidaas daraaddeed furahay qaadeen oo albaabbaday fureen, oo markaasay arkeen sayidkoodii oo dhulka ku dhacay oo meyd ah.
So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead.
26 Eehuudna waa baxsaday intay sugayeen, oo wuxuu dhaafay dhagaxyadii qorqornaa, oo wuxuu u fakaday xagga Seciiraah.
Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived.
27 Oo markuu yimid dalkii buuraha lahaa oo reer Efrayim ayuu afuufay buun, oo reer binu Israa'iilna isagay kala dhaadhaceen dalkii buuraha lahaa, oo isna wuu hor socday.
There he blew a trumpet [to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab]. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down [toward the Jordan river], with Ehud leading them.
28 Oo wuxuu ku yidhi, I soo raaca, waayo, Rabbigu gacantiinnuu soo geliyey reer Moo'aab oo cadaawayaashiinnii ah. Oo iyana isagay ka daba dhaadhaceen, oo waxay reer Moo'aab ka qabsadeen meeshii webiga Urdun laga gudbi jiray, oo ninna uma ay oggolaan inuu ka gudbo.
He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could [kill any people from Moab who tried to] cross the river [to escape].
29 Oo markaasay reer Moo'aab ka laayeen rag toban kun ku dhow, kuwaas oo ahaa kuwo xoog wada leh, oo xataa nin keliyuhu kama baxsan.
At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.
30 Sidaasay reer Moo'aab ku hoos galeen reer binu Israa'iil; dalkiina wuu xasilloonaa siddeetan sannadood.
On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years.
31 Oo isagii ka dibna waxaa kacay Shamgar ina Canaad, kaasoo reer Falastiin lix boqol oo nin kaga laayay usha dibida lagu shuqeeyo, oo isaguna reer Israa'iil wuu badbaadiyey.
After Ehud [died], Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis [from the Philistines. In one battle] he killed 600 Philistines with an (ox goad/sharp wooden pole).
