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.
After Abimelech, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 Ɔyɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe aduonu abiɛsa. Owui no, wosiee no wɔ Samir.
He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 Tola wu akyi no, Yair a ofi Gilead bɛyɛɛ Israel so temmufo mfe aduonu abien.
After him Jair, the Gileadite, arose. He judged Israel 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.
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 Yair wui na wosiee no Kamon.
Jair died, and was 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.
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.
7 Enti Awurade bo fuw Israelfo, na ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ Filistifo ne Amorifo nsa,
Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the children 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.
They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, 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.
The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was very distressed.
10 Afei Israelfo su frɛɛ Awurade se, “Yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo, efisɛ yɛatwe yɛn ho afi yɛn Nyankopɔn ho na yɛasom Baal ahoni.”
The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”
11 Awurade buae se, “Mannye mo amfi Misraimfo, Amorifo, Amonfo, Filistifo,
Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “Didn’t I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12 Sidonfo, Amalekfo ne Maonfo nsam? Bere a wɔhyɛɛ mo so no, musu frɛɛ me na migyee mo.
The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
13 Nanso moagyaw me akɔsom anyame foforo. Ɛno nti, merennye mo bio.
Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.
14 Munkosu nkyerɛ anyame a moafa wɔn no. Momma wonnye mo bere a morehu amane yi.”
Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”
15 Nanso Israelfo no kɔɔ so srɛɛ Awurade se, “Yɛayɛ bɔne. Twe yɛn aso sɛnea ɛfata. Nanso gye yɛn fi yɛn atamfo nsam nnɛ.”
The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.”
16 Na Israelfo no tow ananafo anyame no guu nkyɛn bɛsom Awurade. Na Awurade ho yeraw no wɔ wɔn ahokyere no ho.
They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for 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.
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped 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.”
The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
