< Waamuzi 3 >
1 Haya ndiyo mataifa Bwana aliyoyaacha ili kuwajaribu Waisraeli wote ambao hawakujua vita vyovyote vya Kanaani
and these [the] nation which to rest LORD to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel [obj] all which not to know [obj] all battle Canaan
2 (alifanya hivi ili tu kuwafundisha wazao wa Waisraeli ambao hawakuwa wamejua vita hapo awali):
except because to know generation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to learn: teach them battle except which to/for face: before not to know them
3 wafalme watano wa Wafilisti, Wakanaani wote, Wasidoni, Wahivi waishio katika milima ya Lebanoni kuanzia Mlima wa Baal-Hermoni hadi Lebo-Hamathi.
five lord Philistine and all [the] Canaanite and [the] Sidonian and [the] Hivite to dwell mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Lebanon from mountain: mount (Mount) Baal-hermon (Mount) Baal-hermon till Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath
4 Waliachwa ili kuwajaribu Waisraeli kuona kama wangetii amri za Bwana, alizokuwa amewapa baba zao kwa mkono wa Mose.
and to be to/for to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel to/for to know to hear: obey [obj] commandment LORD which to command [obj] father their in/on/with hand: power Moses
5 Waisraeli wakaishi miongoni mwa Wakanaani, Wahiti, Waamori, Waperizi, Wahivi na Wayebusi.
and son: descendant/people Israel to dwell in/on/with entrails: among [the] Canaanite [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite
6 Wakawaoa binti zao, nao wakawatoa binti zao waolewe na wana wa hayo mataifa, na kuitumikia miungu yao.
and to take: marry [obj] daughter their to/for them to/for woman: wife and [obj] daughter their to give: give(marriage) to/for son: child their and to serve: minister [obj] God their
7 Waisraeli wakafanya maovu machoni pa Bwana, wakamsahau Bwana Mungu wao na kutumikia Mabaali na Maashera.
and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to forget [obj] LORD God their and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal and [obj] [the] Asherah
8 Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya Israeli, hivyo akawauza na kuwatia mikononi mwa Kushan-Rishathaimu mfalme wa Aramu-Naharaimu ambaye Israeli walikuwa chini yake wakimtumikia kwa muda wa miaka minane.
and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to sell them in/on/with hand: power Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim eight year
9 Waisraeli walipomlilia Bwana, yeye akawainulia mwokozi, Othnieli mwana wa Kenazi, ndugu mdogo wa Kalebu, ambaye aliwaokoa.
and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to save to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to save them [obj] Othniel son: child Kenaz brother: male-sibling Caleb [the] small: young from him
10 Roho wa Bwana akaja juu yake, hivyo akawa mwamuzi wa Israeli, akaenda vitani. Bwana akamtia Kushan-Rishathaimu mfalme wa Aramu mikononi mwa Othnieli, naye akamshinda.
and to be upon him spirit LORD and to judge [obj] Israel and to come out: come to/for battle and to give: give LORD in/on/with hand: power his [obj] Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim king Mesopotamia and be strong hand: power his upon Cushan-rishathaim Cushan-rishathaim
11 Hivyo nchi ikawa na amani kwa muda wa miaka arobaini, mpaka Othnieli mwana wa Kenazi alipofariki.
and to quiet [the] land: country/planet forty year and to die Othniel son: child Kenaz
12 Waisraeli wakafanya maovu mbele za Bwana tena, kwa kuwa walifanya maovu hayo Bwana akamtia nguvu Egloni mfalme wa Moabu dhidi ya Israeli.
and to add: again son: descendant/people Israel to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to strengthen: strengthen LORD [obj] Eglon king Moab upon Israel upon for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD
13 Egloni akawataka Waamoni na Waamaleki waungane naye, akaja kuishambulia Israeli, nao wakatwaa Mji wa Mitende
and to gather to(wards) him [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon and Amalek and to go: went and to smite [obj] Israel and to possess: take [obj] Ir-hatmarim [the] Ir-hatmarim
14 Waisraeli wakawa chini ya Egloni mfalme wa Moabu kwa muda wa miaka kumi na minane.
and to serve son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Eglon king Moab eight ten year
15 Waisraeli wakamlilia tena Bwana, naye akawapa mwokozi: Ehudi, mtu wa shoto, mwana wa Gera, Mbenyamini. Waisraeli wakatuma kwa Egloni mfalme wa Moabu ushuru kwa mkono wa Ehudi.
and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD and to arise: raise LORD to/for them to save [obj] Ehud son: child Gera Benjaminite [the] Benjaminite man lefthanded hand right his and to send: depart son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with hand: by his offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab
16 Basi Ehudi alikuwa ametengeneza upanga wenye ukatao kuwili, urefu wake ni kama dhiraa moja, akaufunga upanga huo ndani ya nguo yake kwenye paja lake la mkono wa kuume.
and to make to/for him Ehud sword and to/for her two two-edged short cubit length her and to gird [obj] her from underneath: under to/for garment his upon thigh right his
17 Akamkabidhi ushuru Egloni mfalme wa Moabu, ambaye alikuwa mtu mnene sana.
and to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute to/for Eglon king Moab and Eglon man fat much
18 Baada ya Ehudi kumkabidhi ule ushuru, wale watu waliokuwa wameubeba huo ushuru aliwaruhusu waende zao.
and to be like/as as which to end: finish to/for to present: bring [obj] [the] offering: tribute and to send: depart [obj] [the] people to lift: bear [the] offering: tribute
19 Yeye mwenyewe akafuatana nao hadi kwenye sanamu ya kuchora kwenye mawe karibu na Gilgali, ndipo yeye akarudi, akafika kwa Egloni na kusema, “Ee Mfalme, ninao ujumbe wa siri kwa ajili yako.” Mfalme akasema, “Nyamazeni kimya!” Nao wale waliomhudumia wote wakamwacha, wakatoka nje.
and he/she/it to return: turn back from [the] idol which with [the] Gilgal and to say word secrecy to/for me to(wards) you [the] king and to say to silence and to come out: come from upon him all [the] to stand: appoint upon him
20 Ndipo Ehudi akamsogelea alipokuwa ameketi peke yake kwenye chumba cha juu cha jumba lake la kifalme la majira ya kiangazi, na kusema, “Ninao ujumbe kutoka kwa Mungu kwa ajili yako.” Mfalme alipokuwa anainuka kutoka kwenye kiti chake,
and Ehud to come (in): come to(wards) him and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with upper room [the] cool which to/for him to/for alone him and to say Ehud word God to/for me to(wards) you and to arise: rise from upon [the] throne
21 Ehudi akaunyoosha mkono wake wa kushoto na kuufuta ule upanga aliokuwa ameufunga kwenye paja lake la kulia, akamdunga Mfalme Egloni tumboni mwake.
and to send: reach Ehud [obj] hand left his and to take: take [obj] [the] sword from upon thigh right his and to blow her in/on/with belly: abdomen his
22 Hata mpini nao ukazama tumboni pamoja na upanga wenyewe, nao upanga ukatokea mgongoni mwake. Ehudi hakuuchomoa huo upanga, nayo mafuta yakashikamana juu ya upanga.
and to come (in): come also [the] hilt after [the] flame and to shut [the] fat about/through/for [the] flame for not to draw [the] sword from belly: abdomen his and to come out: issue [the] refuse [to]
23 Ehudi akatoka nje barazani; akamfungia milango ya chumba cha juu na kuifunga kwa funguo.
and to come out: come Ehud [the] porch [to] and to shut door [the] upper room about/through/for him and to lock
24 Baada ya kuondoka, watumishi wakaja na kukuta milango ya chumba cha juu imefungwa kwa funguo. Wakasema, “Bila shaka amejipumzisha kwenye chumba cha ndani cha nyumba yake ya majira ya kiangazi.”
and he/she/it to come out: come and servant/slave his to come (in): come and to see: see and behold door [the] upper room to lock and to say surely to cover he/she/it [obj] foot his in/on/with chamber [the] cool
25 Wakangoja hata wakawa na fadhaa, basi wakati hakufungua milango ya chumba, wakachukua funguo na kuifungua. Tazama wakaona bwana wao amelala sakafuni, amekufa.
and to twist: anticipate till be ashamed and behold nothing he to open door [the] upper room and to take: take [obj] [the] key and to open and behold lord their to fall: kill land: soil [to] to die
26 Walipokuwa wangali wanangoja, Ehudi akatoroka, akapita hapo kwenye sanamu ya kuchora kwenye mawe na kukimbilia Seira.
and Ehud to escape till to delay they and he/she/it to pass [obj] [the] idol and to escape [the] Seirah [to]
27 Alipofika huko, akapiga tarumbeta katika nchi ya vilima ya Efraimu, nao Waisraeli wakateremka pamoja naye kutoka vilimani, yeye akiwa anawaongoza.
and to be in/on/with to come (in): come he and to blow in/on/with trumpet in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to go down with him son: descendant/people Israel from [the] mountain: hill country and he/she/it to/for face: before their
28 Akawaagiza, “Nifuateni, kwa kuwa Bwana amewatia Moabu, adui zenu, mikononi mwenu.” Kwa hiyo wakateremka wakamfuata, wakavishika vivuko vya Yordani kuelekea Moabu, wala hawakuacha mtu yeyote kuvuka.
and to say to(wards) them to pursue after me for to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [obj] Moab in/on/with hand: power your and to go down after him and to capture [obj] ford [the] Jordan to/for Moab and not to give: allow man: anyone to/for to pass
29 Wakati huo wakawaua Wamoabu watu waume wapatao 10,000 ambao wote walikuwa wenye nguvu na mashujaa; hakuna mtu yeyote aliyetoroka.
and to smite [obj] Moab in/on/with time [the] he/she/it like/as ten thousand man all rich and all man strength and not to escape man: anyone
30 Siku ile Moabu wakashindwa na Israeli, nayo nchi ikawa na amani kwa miaka themanini.
and be humble Moab in/on/with day [the] he/she/it underneath: owning hand: owner Israel and to quiet [the] land: country/planet eighty year
31 Baada ya Ehudi akaja Shamgari mwana wa Anathi, aliyewapiga Wafilisti 600 kwa fimbo iliyochongoka ya kuongozea ngʼombe. Naye pia akawaokoa Waisraeli.
and after him to be Shamgar son: child Anath and to smite [obj] Philistine six hundred man in/on/with oxgoad [the] cattle and to save also he/she/it [obj] Israel