Atemmufo 10

1 Abimelek wu akyi no, Pua a ɔyɛ Dodo aseni no babarima Tola ba begyee Israel. Na ofi Isakar abusuakuw mu, nanso ɔtenaa Samir a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔw asase no so.

And there rises after Abimelech, to save Israel, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he is dwelling in Shamir, in the hill-country of Ephraim,

2 Ɔyɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe aduonu abiɛsa. Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Samir.

and he judges Israel [for] twenty-three years, and he dies, and is buried in Shamir.

3 Tola wu akyi no, Yair a ofi Gilead bɛyɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe aduonu abien.

And there rises Jair the Gileadite after him, and he judges Israel [for] twenty-two years,

4 Na ne mmabarima aduasa tena wɔn mfurum so kyinkyin, na wodi nkurow aduasa so wɔ Gilead asase so, a ebesi nnɛ wɔfrɛ hɔ Yair Nkurow.

and he has thirty sons riding on thirty donkey-colts, and they have thirty cities (they call them Havoth-Jair to this day), which [are] in the land of Gilead;

5 Yair wui na wosiee no Kamon.

and Jair dies, and is buried in Kamon.

6 Bio, Israelfo yɛɛ Awurade ani so bɔne. Wɔsom Baal ne Astoret ahoni ne Aram, Sidon, Moab, Amon ne Filisti anyame. Wɔtwee wɔn ho fii Awurade ho a wɔansom no koraa.

And the sons of Israel add to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and serve the Ba‘alim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake YHWH, and have not served Him;

7 Enti Awurade bo fuw Israelfo, na ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ Filistifo ne Amorifo nsa,

and the anger of YHWH burns against Israel, and He sells them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon,

8 na wofii ase hyɛɛ wɔn so saa afe no. Wɔhyɛɛ Israelfo a wɔwɔ Asubɔnten Yordan apuei fam wɔ Amorifo (wɔ Gilead) asase no so mfe dunwɔtwe.

and they crush and oppress the sons of Israel in that year; [and for] eighteen years—all the sons of Israel [who] are beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which [is] in Gilead.

9 Amorifo no nso twaa Yordan kɔɔ atɔe fam kɔtow hyɛɛ Yuda, Benyamin ne Efraim so, Israelfo kɔɔ ahokyere kɛse mu.

And the sons of Ammon pass over the Jordan to also fight against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel has great distress.

10 Afei Israelfo su frɛɛ Awurade se, “Yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo, efisɛ yɛatwe yɛn ho afi yɛn Nyankopɔn ho na yɛasom Baal ahoni.”

And the sons of Israel cry to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have even forsaken our God, and serve the Ba‘alim.”

11 Awurade buae se, “Mannye mo amfi Misraimfo, Amorifo, Amonfo, Filistifo,

And YHWH says to the sons of Israel, “[Have I] not [saved you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

12 Sidonfo, Amalekfo ne Maonfo nsam? Bere a wɔhyɛɛ mo so no, musu frɛɛ me na migyee mo.

And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and you cry to Me, and I save you out of their hand;

13 Nanso moagyaw me akɔsom anyame foforo. Ɛno nti, merennye mo bio.

and you have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I do not add to save you.

14 Munkosu nkyerɛ anyame a moafa wɔn no. Momma wonnye mo bere a morehu amane yi.”

Go and cry to the gods on which you have fixed; they save you in the time of your tribulation.”

15 Nanso Israelfo no kɔɔ so srɛɛ Awurade se, “Yɛayɛ bɔne. Twe yɛn aso sɛnea ɛfata. Nanso gye yɛn fi yɛn atamfo nsam nnɛ.”

And the sons of Israel say to YHWH, “We have sinned, do to us according to all that is good in Your eyes; only please deliver us this day.”

16 Na Israelfo no tow ananafo anyame no guu nkyɛn bɛsom Awurade. Na Awurade ho yeraw no wɔ wɔn ahokyere no ho.

And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve YHWH, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

17 Saa bere no na Amonfo asraafo aboa wɔn ho ano wɔ Gilead, sɛ wɔrekɔtow ahyɛ Israel asraafo so wɔ Mispa.

And the sons of Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.

18 Na Gilead ntuanofo no keka kyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Obiara a obedi kan atow ahyɛ Amonfo so no bɛyɛ nea obedi Gileadfo nyinaa so.”

And the people—heads of Gilead—say to one another, “Who [is] the man that begins to fight against the sons of Ammon? He is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.”