Iigwana mbyoka ya hupile moshilongo
1 Omuwa okwe ethele iigwana yimwe mevi, a makele Aaisraeli mboka inaa pitila miita muKaanan. 2 Okwe shi ningi ashike, opo a longe epipi kehe lyAaisraeli okuhinga iita, unene tuu mboka inaaya kondja nkene ya valwa. 3 Osho mevi mwa kala iilando itano yAafilisti, Aakaanana ayehe, Aasidoni nAahevi mboka ya kala koondundu dhaLibanon okuza kondundu Baal Hermon sigololo eelo lyaHamat. 4 Oyo ya li emakelo lyaIsrael okutala tuu, Israel ngele ota vulika kiipango mbyoka Omuwa e yi pele oohekulu ya pitile muMoses. 5 Ano Israel okwa kala mokati kAakaanana, Aaheti, Aayamori, Aaperesi, Aahevi nAayebusi. 6 Oya hokanathana naantu yiigwana mbyoka e taa longele iikalunga yawo.
Otniel
7 Oshigwana shaIsrael osha dhimbwa Omuwa Kalunga kasho. Oya yono kuye e taa longele iikalunga yaBaal naAsheera. 8 Omuwa a geele Israel e te etha omukwaniilwa Kushan Rishataim gwaMesopotamia oku ya sinda noku ya pangela omimvo hetatu. 9 Nena Aaisraeli oya kugu kOmuwa nokwe ya tumine ekanda ndyoka lye ya mangulula. Oye nee Otniel, omuna gwondenge yaKaleb Kenas. 10 Ombepo yOmuwa ye mu lambele e ta ningi omuwiliki muIsrael. Otniel okwa yi kiita, Omuwa nokwe mu sinditha omukwaniilwa gwaMesopotamia. 11 Oshilongo sha kala mevululuko omimvo omilongo ne, opo nduno Otniel a mana oondjenda dhe.
Ehud
12 Oshigwana shaIsrael osha yonununa ishewe kOmuwa. Molwashika Omuwa okwa nkondopaleke Eglon, omukwaniilwa gwaMoab, e vule Israel. 13 Eglon okwa hangana nAayammoni nAayamaleki. Oya dhenge Israel e taa sindi Jeriko, oshilando shomilunga. 14 Eglon okwa pangele Aaisraeli omimvo omulongo nahetatu.
15 Nena Aaisraeli oya kugu kOmuwa nokwe ya tumine omulumentu, e ya mangulule. Oye Ehud, omulumentu gwolumoho, omuna gwaGera, mezimo lyaBenjamin. Oshigwana shaIsrael osha tumu Ehud komukwaniilwa Eglon gwaMoab e na ombalagelo yomukwaniilwa. 16 Ehud okwi ihambulile omwele gwa tsa e gu zala miiteta kombinga yokolulyo. 17 Okwa kutha omagano gaEglon, ngoka a li omunenenene. 18 Ehud sho e mu pe omagano, okwa lombwele aalumentu mboka ya li ya humbata omagano, ya shune kegumbo. 19 Ehud mwene okwa galukile piihongwamenka mbyoka ya li muGilgal a shuna kuEglon e ta ti: “Nkeyama, ondi na oshiholekwa okukundathana nangoye.”
Omukwaniilwa okwa lombwele aapiya ye: “Natu ikalele.” Ayehe noya zi mo.
20 Omukwaniilwa manga a kuutumba metala mezile lyaalofu, Ehud okwa yi kuye e ta ti: “Ondi ku nine elaka lya zi kuKalunga.” Omukwaniilwa okwa thikama po. 21 Ehud okwa hiti olumoho lwe miiteta kombinga yokolulyo e ta homonona mo omwele e te gu mbwangula mela lyaEglon. 22 Omwele aguhe gwa ningine mo noshikwatelo, oofu nodha mbathuka mo. Ehud ine gu kutha mo, ogwa mbandukile kombunda. 23 Nena Ehud okwa piti mo e edhile omiyelo noku dhi pata 24 e ta yi. Aapiya sho ye ya, oya mono omiyelo dha patwa. Oya dhiladhila, omukwaniilwa omo e li owala moshinyanga shokombanda kokandjugo. 25 Oya tegelele, ngaashi taa dhiladhila, ihe sho inee egulula omiyelo, oya kutha iipatululo noya patulula. Oya adha omukwaniilwa a kangawala a sa, a lala polupanda.
26 Ehud okwa yi nale, manga ya tegelela. A pitilila nale iihongwamenka. Onkee a fafagula sigo oSeira. 27 Sho a thiki kevi lyokoondundu dhaEfraim, okwa hiki epoli, i ithane Aaisraeli kiita. Nena okwe ya kwatele komeho ya kuluka ya zi koondundu. 28 Okwa ti: “Landulii ndje! Omuwa okwe mu pe esindano, mu sinde aatondi yeni Aamoabi.” Osho ngaaka oya landula Ehud e taa kwata ehala mpoka Aamoabi ya li ye na okutaaguluka omulonga Jordan noinaa pitika nando omuntu gumwe a taaguluke. 29 Uuna ndoka oya dhipaga aakwiitalela Aamoabi konyala omayuvi omulongo; inapu hupa nondhi. 30 Uuna ndoka Aaisraeli oya sindi Moab, moshilongo nomwa kala ombili omimvo omilongo hetatu.
Shamgar
31 Omuwiliki a landula ko oye Shamgar, omuna gwaAnat, ngoka a mangulula Israel, sho a dhipaga Aafilisti omathele gahamano negonga.
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.
