1Ke tsena ditjhaba tseo Jehova a di siileng ho leka Baiseraele ka tsona, e leng Baiseraele bohle ba sa kang ba tseba dintwa tsohle tsa Kanana;
2Ke hore feela meloko ea bara ba Iseraele e tsebe, ho ba ruta ntoa, le bona ba neng ba sa tsebe letho ka eona pele;
3Bana ke likhosana tse hlano tsa Bafilista le Bakanana bohle le Basidone le Bahife ba neng ba lula Thabeng ea Lebanone, ho tloha Thabeng ea Baale-Hermone ho ea fihla moo ho eang teng Hamathe.
4Ba ne ba lokela ho leka Baiseraele ka bona, ho tseba hore na ba tla mamela litaelo tsa Jehova tseo a neng a li laetse bo-ntat’a bona ka Moshe.
5Bana ba Iseraele ba aha hara Bakanana, le Bahethe, le Baamore, le Baperise, le Bahife, le Bajebuse.
6Ba nka barali ba bona hore e be basali ba bona, ’me ba nehelana ka barali ba bona ho bara ba bona ’me ba sebeletsa melimo ea bona.
7Bana ba Iseraele ba etsa ho leng hobe mahlong a Jehova, ’me ba lebala Jehova Molimo oa bona, ’me ba sebeletsa bo-Baale le lihlahla.
8Yaba bohale ba Jehova bo tukela Baiseraele, mme a ba rekisetsa matsohong a Kushane-Ristaima, morena wa Mesopotamia;
9Eitse ha bana ba Iseraele ba ipiletsa ho Jehova, Jehova a hlahisetsa bana ba Iseraele mopholosi, ya ba lopollang, e leng Othniele, mora Kenase, moena Kalebe.
10Moea oa Jehova oa e-ba holim ’a hae, ’me a tataisa Baiseraele, a tsoa ho ea loana mme letsoho la hae la hlola Kusan-Risataime.
11Naha ea phomola ka lilemo tse mashome a mane. Mme Othniele, mora Kenase, a shwa.
12Bana ba Iseraele ba boela ba etsa ho leng hobe mahlong a Jehova; ’me Jehova a matlafatsa Eglone morena oa Moabe khahlanong le Baiseraele, hobane ba ne ba entse se sebe mahlong a Jehova.
13A bokella bana ba Ammone le Amaleke le eena, a ea, a hlola Baiseraele, a hapa motse oa lifate tsa palema.
14Bana ba Iseraele ba sebeletsa Eglone, morena oa Moabe, ka lilemo tse leshome le metso e robeli.
15Empa ha bara ba Iseraele ba ipiletsa ho Jehova, Jehova a ba hlahisetsa mopholosi, Ehude, mora oa Gera, Mobenjamine, monna ea leqele; ka yena bana ba Iseraele ba romela dimpho ho Eglone, morena wa Moabe.
16Empa Ehude a iketsetsa sabole e leolitsoeng ka nģa tse peli, bolelele ba eona e le setsoe se le seng; a le tlama ka tlas’a seaparo sa hae seropeng sa hae se letona.
17A tlisa mpho ho Eglone, morena oa Moabe, ’me Eglone e ne e le monna ea nonneng haholo.
18Eitse ha a qetile ho fana ka mpho, a re batho ba jereng mpho ba tsamaee.
19Empa eena a khutla litšoantšong tse betliloeng tse Gilgale, a re: Ke na le lentsoe la ka sephiring bakeng sa hao, morena, le reng: Khutsa. Mme bohle ba emeng pela hae ba tswa ho yena.
20Ehude a tla ho eena; mme a dula phaposing ya hlabula, eo a neng a ena le yona. Ehude a re: Ke na le molaetsa o tswang ho Modimo bakeng sa hao. Mme a phahama setulong sa hae.
21Ehude a otlolla letsoho la hae le letšehali ’me a nka sabole seropeng sa hae se letona ’me a mo hlaba ka eona mpeng.
22Lehare le lona la kena kamora lehare; mafura a koala lehare, hoo a neng a sitoa ho ntša sabole mpeng ea hae; mme ditshila tsa tswa.
23Joale Ehude a tsoela ka ntle ka mathule ’me a koala mamati a kamore ea ho phomola holim ’a hae ’me a a notlela.
24Ha a tsoa, bahlanka ba hae ba tla; ’me ha ba bona menyako ea kamore ea ho phomola e koetsoe, ba re: “Kannete, o ikoahela maoto ka kamoreng ea hae ea lehlabula.”
25Mme ba ema ho fihlela ba hlajwa ke dihlong, mme bonang, ha a ka a bula mamati a kamore ya ho phomola; jalo he ba tsaya sekopololo mme ba se bula, mme bonang, morena wa bone a wela fa fatshe a sule.
26Ehude a phonyoha ba ntse ba lieha, ’me a feta litšoantšo tse betliloeng ’me a balehela Seirate.
27Eitse ha a fihla, a letsa terompeta thabeng ya Efraime, mme bana ba Iseraele ba theoha le yena thabeng, a ba etella pele.
28A re ho bona: Ntateleng, hobane Jehova o neetse lira tsa lōna, Bamoabe, matsohong a lōna. Mme ba fologa ba mo sala morago mme ba tshwara matsibogo a Joredane go ya kwa Moabe, mme ba se ka ba letla ope go kgabaganya.
29Ka nako eo ba bolaea banna ba ka bang likete tse leshome ba Moabe, e le banna bohle ba takatso e matla le ba sebete; mme ha ho a ka ha phonyoha motho.
30Ke ka lebaka leo Moabe e ileng ea hlōloa letsatsing leo tlas’a letsoho la Iseraele. ’Me naha ea phomola ka lilemo tse mashome a robeli.
31Ka mor’a hae e ne e le Samgare, mora oa Anathe, ea ileng a bolaea banna ba makholo a tšeletseng ba Bafilista ka tsenene ea likhomo; mme a pholosa le Iseraele.
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