Judges 3
1 And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Awurade gyaa aman bi wɔ asase no so a na ɔnam so pɛ sɛ ɔsɔ Israelfoɔ a wɔnkɔɔ Kanaan ko no bi da hwɛ.
2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:
Ɔyɛɛ saa de kyerɛɛ Israel nkyirimma a wɔnkɔɔ ɔko da no sɛdeɛ wɔbɛnya akodie ho nimdeɛ.
3 five lord ships of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwell on mount Lebanon; from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
Saa aman no nie: Filistifoɔ (wɔn a na wɔhyɛ Filistifoɔ ahemfo baanum bi ase no), Kanaanfoɔ nyinaa, Sidonfoɔ, Hewifoɔ a na wɔte Lebanon bepɔ no so firi Baal Hermon bepɔ ho de kɔsi Lebo Hamat.
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Wɔgyaa saa nkurɔfoɔ yi de sɔɔ Israelfoɔ no hwɛeɛ, pɛɛ sɛ wɔhunu sɛ wɔbɛdi mmara a Awurade nam Mose so hyɛ maa wɔn agyanom no so anaa.
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;
Enti, Israelfoɔ no tenaa Kanaanfoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ no mu.
6 and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Na wɔdii wɔn ho awadeɛ. Israelfoɔ mmammarima no warewaree wɔn mmammaa ɛnna wɔde Israelfoɔ mmammaa nso maa wɔn mmammarima awadeɛ. Na Israelfoɔ no somm wɔn anyame.
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Israelfoɔ no yɛɛ deɛ ɛyɛ Awurade ani so bɔne. Wɔn werɛ firii Awurade wɔn Onyankopɔn, na wɔsomm Baalim ahoni ne Asera afɔrebukyia.
8 And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Awurade abufuo mu yɛɛ den tiaa Israel enti, ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ Aramhene Kusan-Risataim nsam. Na Israelfoɔ yɛɛ Kusan-Risataim nkoa mfirinhyia nwɔtwe.
9 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Nanso, Israelfoɔ su frɛɛ Awurade no, ɔyii ɔbarima bi sɛ ɔgyefoɔ maa wɔn. Ne din ne Otniel a ɔyɛ Kaleb nua kumaa Kenas babarima.
10 And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
Awurade honhom baa ne so, enti ɔbɛyɛɛ Israel ɔtemmufoɔ. Ɔko tiaa Aramhene Kusan-Risataim na Awurade maa Otniel dii ne so nkonim.
11 And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Enti, asomdwoeɛ baa asase no so mfirinhyia aduanan. Na Kenas babarima Otniel wuiɛ.
12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
Bio, Israelfoɔ no yɛɛ deɛ ɛyɛ Awurade ani so bɔne, na ɛno enti, Awurade de tumi hyɛɛ Moabhene Eglon nsa ma ɔdii Israel so.
13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and they took possession of the city of palm-trees.
Eglon boaboaa Amonfoɔ ne Amalekfoɔ ano ma wɔbɛkaa ne ho na wɔkɔto hyɛɛ Israelfoɔ so. Wɔdii wɔn so, faa kuropɔn Yeriko.
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Israelfoɔ no somm Moabhene Eglon mfirinhyia dunwɔtwe.
15 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.
Nanso Israelfoɔ no su frɛɛ Awurade bio no, Awurade maa wɔn ɔgyefoɔ. Ne din ne Ehud, Gera babarima a ɔyɛ abenkumma na ɔfiri Benyamin abusuakuo mu. Israelfoɔ no somaa Ehud sɛ ɔmfa wɔn apeatoɔ sika nkɔma Moabhene Eglon.
16 And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.
Enti, Ehud bɔɔ sekan anofanu a ne tenten yɛ nsateakwaa dunwɔtwe. Ɔde hyɛɛ ne srɛ nifa ho de siee nʼatadeɛ mu.
17 And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
Ɔde apeatoɔ sika no brɛɛ Eglon a wayɛ kɛse twɔfee no.
18 And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.
Ɔde sika no maa no wieeɛ no, Ehud gyaa wɔn a na wɔso sika no kwan ma wɔkɔɔ fie.
19 But he turned from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O king. And he said, Be silent! And all that stood by him went out from him.
Nanso, ɛberɛ a Ehud duruu aboɔ ahoni a ɛbɛn Gilgal no, ɔsane nʼakyi baa Eglon nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mewɔ kokoamsɛm bi meka kyerɛ wo.” Enti ɔhene no maa nʼasomfoɔ no nyinaa yɛɛ dinn na ɔmaa wɔn nyinaa firii ɛdan mu hɔ.
20 And Ehud came to him; now he was sitting in the cool upper-chamber, which was for him alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. And he arose from the seat.
Afei, Ehud kɔɔ Eglon nkyɛn. Na ɔte aborɔsan dan bi a emu dwoɔ mu. Ehud ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mewɔ asɛm bi a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn ka kyerɛ wo!” Ɛberɛ a ɔhene Eglon sɔre firii nʼakonnwa mu ara pɛ,
21 Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
Ehud de ne nsa benkum twee sekan a ɔde ahyɛ ne srɛ nifa ho no de wɔɔ ɔhene no yafunu mu.
22 and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.
Sekan no kɔɔ akyiri kɔsii sɛ nʼabona no mpo wuraa ɔhene no sradeɛ mu maa ɛso kataeɛ. Enti, Ehud gyaa sekan no wɔ yafunu no mu maa ne nsono tu guiɛ.
23 And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
Afei, Ehud totoo apono no mu foroo agyanan dan no, faa ne nsuseneeɛ no mu dwane kɔeɛ.
24 And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.
Ehud kɔeɛ akyi no, ɔhene asomfoɔ no baa hɔ bɛhunuu sɛ, apono a ɛkɔ aborɔsan no so no, wɔatoto mu. Na wɔdwene sɛ ɔwɔ agyananbea hɔ,
25 And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened [them], and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.
enti, wɔtwɛneeɛ. Wɔtwɛneeɛ ara na ɔhene no mma no, ɛhaa wɔn ma wɔkɔpɛɛ safoa bi. Na wɔbuee ɛpono no, wɔhunuu sɛ wɔn wura awu da fam.
26 And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
Ɛberɛ a asomfoɔ no retwɛn no, Ehud dwane faa aboɔ ahoni no so a ɔrekɔ Seira.
27 And it came to pass when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
Ɔduruu Efraim bepɔ asase no so no, Ehud hyɛnee totorobɛnto kyerɛɛ ɔman no sɛ wɔmfa akodeɛ mmra. Enti, ɔdii Israelfoɔ kuo bi anim sianee bepɔ no.
28 And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monni mʼakyi. Awurade ama moadi Moabfoɔ a wɔyɛ mo atamfoɔ no so nkonim.” Enti, wɔtu dii nʼakyi. Israelfoɔ no faa asubɔnten Yordan baabi a ɛhɔ nnɔ a wɔfiri Moab tware. Ɛno enti na obiara ntumi mfa hɔ ntwa Asubɔnten no.
29 And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.
Wɔto hyɛɛ Moabfoɔ no so. Wɔkunkumm wɔn nnɔmmarima no bɛyɛ ɔpedu. Wɔn mu biara antumi annwane.
30 And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
Enti, Israelfoɔ dii Moabfoɔ so nkonim saa ɛda no, na asomdwoeɛ baa asase no so mfirinhyia aduɔwɔtwe.
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.
Ehud akyi no, Anat babarima Samgar gyee Israelfoɔ. Ɔde nantwika abaa kumm Filistifoɔ aha nsia.
