¹Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to the Benjaminites as wife.

¹Ary ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely efa nianiana tany Mizpa nanao hoe: Aoka tsy hisy amintsika hanome ny zananivavy ho vadin'ny Benjamita.

²And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

²Dia nankany Betela ny olona ka nitoetra teo anatrehan'Andriamanitra mandra-paharivan'ny andro, dia nanandratra ny feony ka nitomany mafy dia mafy

³and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?

³nanao hoe: Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely ô, nahoana no tonga tamin'ny Isiraely izao ankehitriny, ka fongotra ny firenena iray amin'ny Isiraely?

⁴And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

⁴Ary nony ampitson'iny dia nifoha maraina koa ny olona ka nanorina alitara teo ary nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanati-pihavanana.

⁵And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to Jehovah? For they had [made] a great oath concerning him that came not up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall certainly be put to death.

⁵Ary hoy ny Zanak'Isiraely: Iza amin'ny ferenen'Isiraely rehetra no tsy niakatra teo amin'ny fiangonana hanatona an'i Jehovah? fa efa nisy fianianana lehibe ny amin'izay tsy niakatra ho any amin'i Jehovah tany Mizpa hoe: Hatao maty tokoa izy.

⁶And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.

⁶Ary ny Zanak'Isiraely nanenina ny amin'i Benjamina rahalahiny ka nanao hoe: Misy firenena iray voafongotra eo amin'ny Isiraely ankehitriny.

⁷What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives.

⁷Ahoana no hataontsika amin'ireo sisa hahazoany vady; fa isika efa nianiana tamin'i Jehovah tsy hanome vady azy amin'ny zanakavavintsika?

⁸And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpah to Jehovah? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-Gilead, to the congregation;

⁸Dia hoy izy: Iza amin'ny firenen'Isiraely no tsy mba niakatra ho any amin'i Jehovah tany Mizpa? Ary, indro, tsy nisy olona avy tany Jebesi-gileada na dia iray akory aza nankany an-toby ho ao amin'ny fiangonana.

⁹for the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead there.

⁹Fa rehefa voalamina ny olona, dia, indro, tsy nisy tao na dia iray akory aza avy tamin'ny tompon-tany tany Jabesi-gileada.

¹⁰And the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, and the women and the children.

¹⁰Dia naniraka lehilahy mahery roa arivo sy iray alin-dahy ny fiangonana ka nandidy azy hoe: Mandehana, ka mameleza ny mponina any Jabesi-gileada amin'ny lelan-tsabatra mbamin'ny zaza amim-behivavy.

¹¹And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.

¹¹Ary izao no hataonareo: Ny lehilahy rehetra sy ny vehivavy rehetra izay efa nahalala lahy dia haringanareo.[Heb. hataonareo herema]

¹²And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women that were virgins, who had known no man by lying with any male, and they brought them to the camp, to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

¹²Ary nahita zazavavy virijina efa-jato tsy mbola nahalala lahy teo amin'ny mponina tany Jabesi-gileada izy ka nitondra ireo ho any an-toby tany Silo any amin'ny tany Kanana.

¹³And the whole assembly sent to speak to the children of Benjamin that were at the cliff of Rimmon, and to proclaim peace to them.

¹³Ary ny fiangonana rehetra dia naniraka niteny tamin'ny taranak'i Benjamina, izay tao amin'ny harambato tao Rimona, ka niantso azy hihavana aminy.

¹⁴And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them the wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead; but even so they found not enough for them.

¹⁴Dia niverina tamin'izany andro izany ny Benjamita, ka nomeny azy ireo vehivavy efa novelominy tamin'ny vehivavy tao Jabesi-gileada ireo; kanjo mbola tsy nahenina azy ihany ireo.

¹⁵And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

¹⁵Ary ny olona nanenina noho ny amin'i Benjamina, satria nisy nobangain'i Jehovah ny firenen'Isiraely.

¹⁶And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.

¹⁶Dia hoy ny loholon'ny fiangonana: Ahoana no hataontsika ho an'ireo sisa mba hahazoany vady, fa efa naringana ny vehivavy tamin'ny Benjamita?

¹⁷And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.

¹⁷Ary hoy izy: Tsy maintsy mahazo lova ny Benjamita izay afa-nandositra, mba tsy hisy firenena iray fongotra amin'ny Isiraely.

¹⁸But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites!

¹⁸Nefa isika tsy mahazo manome azy ny zanakavavintsika ho vadiny, satria efa nianiana ny Zanak'Isiraely ka nanao hoe: Ho voaozona anie izay manome vady ho an'ny Benjamita.

¹⁹And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, toward the sun-rising of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

¹⁹Dia hoy izy: Indro, misy andro firavoravoana isan-taona ho an'i Jehovah any Silo, izay avaratr'i Betela, atsinanan'ny lalambe miakatra avy any Betela hankany Sekema, ary atsimon'i Lebona.

²⁰And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

²⁰Ary nandidy ny taranak'i Benjamina izy ka nanao hoe: Mandehana, ka manotreha any amin'ny tanim-boaloboka,

²¹and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

²¹ka jereo, ka raha, indreo, mivoaka handihy ny zazavavy avy any Silo, dia mivoaha avy ao amin'ny tanim-boaloboka ianareo, ary samia misambotra amin'ny zazavavy avy any Silo ho vadiny avy, ka mandehana any amin'ny tanin'ny Benjamina indray.

²²And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Gratify us with them, because we did not take each man his wife in the war; for ye did not give them to them, that ye should now be guilty.

²²Ary raha mankany aminay hitaraina ny rainy na ny anadahiny, dia holazainay aminy hoe: Omeo anay ihany izy, fa izahay tsy mba nahazo vady tany amin'ilay ady teo; fa tsy ianareo no nanome azy; fa raha izany, dia meloka ihany ianareo.

²³And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

²³Dia nanao izany ny taranak'i Benjamina ka samy naka vady araka ny isany tamin'ny mpandihy izay nosamboriny; dia nandeha izy ka niverina ho any amin'ny lovany ary namboatra ireo tanàna ireo ka nonina tao.

²⁴And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

²⁴Dia samy nandeha niala teo ny Zanak'Isiraely tamin'izany andro izany, samy ho any amin'ny fireneny sy ny fokony avy; dia niala teo ho any amin'ny lovany avy ny olona rehetra.Tsy nisy mpanjaka teo amin'ny Isiraely tamin'izany andro izany; fa samy nanao izay nataony ho marina avy izy rehetra.

²⁵In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

²⁵Tsy nisy mpanjaka teo amin'ny Isiraely tamin'izany andro izany; fa samy nanao izay nataony ho marina avy izy rehetra.