Oiwana ei ya fyaala mo manga
1 Oiwana oyo tuu ei Omwene e i fiya po, opo Ye a yeleke Ovaisraeli nayo, aveshe ava inava shiiva oita aishe yomuKaanan, 2 opo omapupi Ovaisraeli e i shiive, oku va longa okulwa, vo aveke inava shiiva olwoodi nale: 3 eehamba nhano dOvafilisti nOvakaanan aveshe nOvasidoni nOvahevi, ava va kala keemhunda daLibanon okudja komhunda yaBaal-Hermon fiyo okomhito yokuya kuHamat. 4 Yo oya fyaala po, opo Ovaisraeli va yelekwe nayo, opo a shiive ngeenge tava ka pwilikina oipango yOmwene, oyo Ye e i lombwela ooxe nokanya kaMoses.
Otniel
5 Osho ngaha hano ovana vaIsrael va kala mokati kOvakaanan nOvaheti nOvaamori nOvaperesi nOvahevi nOvajebusi, 6 ndele vo va kufa ovana vavo oukadona va ninge ovalikadi vavo, novana vavo vene oukadona ve va yandja kovana vavo ovamati ndele va longela oikalunga yavo.
7 Novana vaIsrael va ninga eshi shii momesho Omwene, nOmwene Kalunga kavo ve mu dimbwa, ndele va longela ooBaal nomalupwelele mayapuki. 8 Onghee hano ehandu lOmwene la xwamena Ovaisraeli, ndele Ye okwe va landifa po momake aKusan Risataim, ohamba yaMesopotamia, novana vaIsrael va longela Kusan Risataim omido hetatu. 9 Ndelenee ovana vaIsrael eshi va kuwa kOmwene, Omwene okwa pendulila ovana vaIsrael omuxupifi ou e va xupifa nokutya, Otniel yaKenas, ondenge yaKaleb. 10 NOmhepo yOmwene ye uya kombada yaye, ndele ye okwa li omutokolipangeli wOvaisraeli ndele okwa fikama a ka homone. NOmwene okwa yandja momake aye Kusan-Risataim, ohamba yaMesopotamia, opo ye a taataa Kusan Risataim. 11 Opo nee oshilongo sha tulumukwa omido omilongo nhee. Ndele Otniel yaKenas okwa fya.
Ehud naSamgar
12 Novana vaIsrael ova ninga vali eshi shii momesho Omwene. Onghee hano Omwene okwa pameka Eglon, ohamba yaMoab, okulwifa Israel, shaashi vo ova ninga eshi shii momesho Omwene. 13 Ndele ye okwa ongela puye ovana vaAmmoni nOvaamaleki. Opo nee va fikama ndele va taataa Ovaisraeli, ndele va nangala oshilando shomilunga. 14 Novana vaIsrael va longela Eglon, ohamba yaMoab, omido omulongo nahetatu. 15 Ndelenee ovana vaIsrael eshi va kuwa kOmwene, Omwene e va pendulila Ehud yaGera Omukwabenjamin omuxupifi, omulumenhu wolumosho. Ovana vaIsrael ve mu tuma a twale oifendelwa kuEglon, ohamba yaMoab. 16 Ndele Ehud okwe liningila eongamukonda li neememo akushe, oule walo oludimbo limwe, ndele e li manga ponho yaye yokolulyo koshi yoikutu yaye. 17 Nokwa twala kuEglon, ohamba yaMoab, oifendela. Ndele Eglon okwa li omulumenhu a ondoka unene. 18 Ndele Ehud eshi a yandja oifendelwa, okwa shunifa ovanhu ava va humbata oifendelwa; 19 ndelenee ye mwene okwa aluka poihongwafano oyo i li muGilgal, ndele ta ti: “Akutu ohamba, ame ndi neenghundafana doiholekwa.” Opo winya ta ti: “Mweneni!” Ndele aveshe ava va li puye va dja po puye. 20 Ndele Ehud eshi e uya kuye, fimbo a li omutumba mondjuwo yomhepo italala yopombada, ei ya li ye i litongolela, Ehud ta ti: “Ndi nondjovo yaKalunga kwoove.” Ndele ye eshi a fikama kolukalwa laye, 21 Ehud okwa shitika eke laye lokolumosho, ndele okwa kwata eongamukonda la li ponho yokolulyo, ndele te li tu medimo laye, 22 la ya mo fiyo oshikwatelo, noinghene oya umhuka moshiveta, osheshi ye ina pweya mo eongamukonda medimo. 23 Opo nee Ehud okwa ya kehale, ndelenee okwa li a idila oivelo yondjuwo yopombada konima yaye nokwe i pata. 24 Opo tuu opo ye eshi a dja po, ovapiya vayo ve uya. Ndele vo eshi va mona oivelo yondjuwo yopombada ya patwa, vo va tya: Kashuude ye ta i koixwa mondjuwo yomhepo italala. 25 Ndele vo ova teelela fiyo va loloka. Ndelenee ye ina patulula oivelo yondjuwo yopombada! Ndele vo eshi va ka tala oshapi, ndele tava yeulula, omwene wavo okwa kangavala poshi a fya. 26 Ndelenee fimbo tava ongaonga natango, Ehud okwa ya onhapo nokwa koya oihongwafano nokwa ya onhapo kuSeira. 27 Ndele ye eshi a fika ko, okwa shika enghuma lodi omhedi keemhunda daEfraim novana vaIsrael va londoloka keemhunda pamwe naye, ye okwe va kwatela komesho. 28 Opo nee ye ta ti kuvo: “Shikulei nge, osheshi Omwene ta yandje ovatondadi veni Ovamoab momake eni.” Ndele vo ove mu shikula, ndele va teta ko Ovamoab keeshau daJordan ndele inava itavela nande oumwe a yauke mo. 29 Ndele mefimbo tuu linya va taataa Moab, ovalumenhu ngeno ve fike pomayovi omulongo, aveshe ovalumenhu ve neenghono naaveshe ve nonyati, inapa xupa nande umwe. 30 Osho ngaha hano Moab osha li shi nokufidimikwa koshi yeke lOvaisraeli, noshilongo sha tulumukwa omido omilongo hetatu.
31 Konima yaye Samgar yaAnat e uya. Ye okwa dipaa ovalumenhu omafele ahamano Ovafilisti neonga lokushovelifa eengobe. Naye yo okwa mangulula Israel.
1-2 And the Lord had another reason for letting these enemies stay. The Israelites needed to learn how to fight in war, just as their ancestors had done. Each new generation would have to learn by fighting 3 the Philistines and their five rulers, as well as the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites that lived in the Lebanon Mountains from Mount Baal-Hermon to Hamath Pass.
4 Moses had told the Israelites what the Lord had commanded them to do, and now the Lord was using these nations to find out if Israel would obey. 5-6 But they refused. And some of them even married Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who lived all around them. That's how they started worshiping foreign gods.
Othniel
7 The Israelites sinned against the Lord by forgetting him and worshiping idols of Baal and Astarte. 8 This made the Lord angry, so he let Israel be defeated by King Cushan Rishathaim of northern Syria, who ruled Israel eight years and made everyone pay taxes. 9 The Israelites begged the Lord for help, and so he chose Othniel to rescue them. Othniel was the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz. 10 The Spirit of the Lord took control of Othniel, and he led Israel in a war against Cushan Rishathaim. The Lord let Othniel win, 11 and Israel was at peace until Othniel died about 40 years later.
Ehud
12 Once more the Israelites started disobeying the Lord. So he let them be defeated by King Eglon of Moab, 13 who had joined forces with the Ammonites and the Amalekites to attack Israel. Eglon and his army captured Jericho. 14 Then he ruled Israel for 18 years and forced the Israelites to pay heavy taxes.
15-16 The Israelites begged the Lord for help, and the Lord chose Ehud from the Benjamin tribe to rescue them. They put Ehud in charge of taking the taxes to King Eglon, but before Ehud went, he made a double-edged dagger. Ehud was left-handed, so he strapped the dagger to his right thigh, where it was hidden under his robes.
17-18 Ehud and some other Israelites took the taxes to Eglon, who was a very fat man. As soon as they gave the taxes to Eglon, Ehud said it was time to go home.
19-20 Ehud went with the other Israelites as far as the statues at Gilgal. Then he turned back and went upstairs to the room where Eglon had his throne. Ehud said, “Your Majesty, I need to talk with you in private.”
Eglon replied, “Don't say anything yet!” His officials left the room, and Eglon stood up as Ehud came closer.
“Yes,” Ehud said, “I have a message for you from God!” 21 Ehud pulled out the dagger with his left hand and shoved it so far into Eglon's stomach 22-23 that even the handle was buried in his fat. Ehud left the dagger there. Then after closing and locking the doors to the room, he climbed through a window onto the porch 24 and left.
When the king's officials came back and saw that the doors were locked, they said, “The king is probably inside relieving himself.” 25 They stood there waiting until they felt foolish, but Eglon still didn't open the doors. Finally, they unlocked the doors and found King Eglon lying dead on the floor. 26 But by that time, Ehud had already escaped past the statues.
Ehud went to the town of Seirah 27-28 in the hill country of Ephraim and started blowing a trumpet as a signal to call the Israelites together. When they came, he shouted, “Follow me! The Lord will help us defeat the Moabites.”
The Israelites followed Ehud down to the Jordan valley, and they captured the places where people cross the river on the way to Moab. They would not let anyone go across, 29 and before the fighting was over, they killed about 10,000 Moabite warriors—not one escaped alive.
30 Moab was so badly defeated that it was a long time before they were strong enough to attack Israel again. And Israel was at peace for 80 years.
Shamgar
31 Shamgar the son of Anath was the next to rescue Israel. In one battle, he used a sharp wooden pole to kill 600 Philistines.
