¹Dia nivoaka ny Zanak'Isiraely rehetra, ary ny fiangonana hatrany Dana ka hatrany Beri-sheba ary ny tany Gileada koa nivory tahaka ny olona iray ho any amin'i Jehovah tany Mizpa.

¹Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.

²Ary ny loholona rehetra tamin'ny firenen'Isiraely niseho teo amin'ny fiangonan'ny olon'Andriamanitra, dia lehilahy efatra hetsy mandeha tongotra sady mahatan-tsabatra.

²The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.

³Ary ren'ny taranak'i Benjamina fa niakatra ho any Mizpa ny Zanak'Isiraely. Dia hoy ny Zanak'Isiraely: Lazao izay nahatonga izao ratsy izao.

³(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?”

⁴Dia namaly ilay Levita, vadin-dravehivavy novonoina, ka nanao hoe: Tonga tany Gibea, izay an'ny Benjamita, izaho sy ny vaditsindranoko handry tao.

⁴The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

⁵Dia nitsangana hamely ahy ny mponina tao Gibea ka nanodidina ny trano hamely ahy tamin'ny alina; izaho saiky novonoiny, ary ny vaditsindranoko nandriany ka matiny.

⁵The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They thought to have slain me, and they forced my concubine, and she is dead.

⁶Dia nalaiko ny vaditsindranoko ka norasaiko ary nampitondraiko tany amin'ny tany rehetra izay lovan'ny Isiraely, satria efa nanao fahavetavetana sy zavatra fady indrindra teo amin'ny Isiraely ireo.[Heb. fahadalana]

⁶I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

⁷Koa indreto ianareo Zanak'Isiraely rehetra, mba alaharo izay teny sy hevitrareo.

⁷Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”

⁸Dia nitsangana tahaka ny olona iray ny vahoaka rehetra ka nanao hoe: Tsy hisy hankany amin'ny laintsika akory isika, ary tsy hisy hody any an-tranontsika akory.

⁸All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.

⁹Fa ankehitriny, izao no hataontsika amin'i Gibea: araka ny filokana no aoka hanaovantsika azy.

⁹But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;

¹⁰Ary haka folo lahy isan-jato amin'ny firenen'Isiraely rehetra isika, dia zato amin'ny arivo, ary arivo amin'ny iray alina, mba haka vatsy ho an'ny olona, ka rehefa tonga any Gibean'ny Benjamina izy, dia araka ilay zavatra fady indrindra efa nataony teo amin'ny Isiraely no hataony aminy.

¹⁰and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.”

¹¹Dia nivory ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Isiraely ka efa nikambana tahaka ny olona iray hamely ny tanàna.

¹¹So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

¹²Ary ny firenen'Isiraely dia naniraka olona tany amin'ny firenen'i Benjamina rehetra hanao hoe: Inona izao ratsy natao teto aminareo izao?

¹²The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that is happen among you?

¹³Koa ankehitriny atolory anay ireo olona tena ratsy fanahy avy any Gibea ireo, mba hataonay maty izy, ka hesorinay tsy ho eo amin'ny Isiraely ny ratsy. Fa ny taranak'i Benjamina tsy nety nihaino ny feon'ny Zanak'Isiraely rahalahiny.

¹³Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.” But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Israel.

¹⁴Ary nivory ny taranak'i Benjamina avy tamin'ny tanànany rehetra hankany Gibea mba handeha hiady amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely.

¹⁴The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

¹⁵Dia voalamina tamin'izany andro izany ny taranak'i Benjamina avy tamin'ireo tanàna ireo, ka enina arivo sy roa alin-dahy nahatan-tsabatra, afa-tsy ny mponina tao Gibea izay voalamina, dia fiton-jato lahy voafantina.

¹⁵The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

¹⁶Ary teo amin'izany olona rehetra izany nisy olona kavia fiton-jato lahy nofantenany, samy nahay nitoraka tamin'ny antsamotady, ka tsy nisy nivena na dia hoatra ny singam-bolo aza.

¹⁶Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

¹⁷Ary ny lehilahy voalamina tamin'ny Isiraely, afa-tsy ny Benjamina, dia efatra hetsy nahatan-tsabatra; mpanafika avokoa ireo rehetra ireo.

¹⁷The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.

¹⁸Dia niainga ny Zanak'Isiraely ka niakatra tany Betela ary nanontany tamin'Andriamanitra hoe: Iza no hiakatra voalohany hiady amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina ho anay? Dia hoy Jehovah: Joda no ho voalohany.

¹⁸The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, “Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” Yahweh said, “Judah first.”

¹⁹Dia niainga maraina koa ny Zanak'Isiraely ka nitoby tandrifin'i Gibea.

¹⁹The children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

²⁰Ary nivoaka ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely hiady amin'ny Benjamita; ary nilahatra ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely hiady aminy tao akaiky an'i Gibea.

²⁰The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.

²¹Ary nivoaka avy tany Gibea kosa ny taranak'i Benjamina ka naharingana ny Zanak'Isiraely roa arivo sy roa alin-dahy niampatrampatra tamin'ny tany tamin'izany andro izany.

²¹The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty-two thousand men.

²²Fa nifanome toky ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely ka nilahatra hiady indray teo amin'ilay nilaharany tamin'ny andro voalohany.

²²The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

²³Ary niakatra ny Zanak'Isiraely ka nitomany teo anatrehan'i Jehovah mandra-paharivan'ny andro, dia nanontany tamin'i Jehovah hoe: Handroso indray va aho hiady amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina rahalahiko? Ary hoy Jehovah: Miakara hiady aminy.)

²³The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?” Yahweh said, “Go up against him.”

²⁴Ary ny Zanak'Isiraely dia nandroso tamin'ny andro faharoa hiady amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina.

²⁴The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

²⁵Dia nivoaka avy tany Gibea ny Benjamita hiady aminy indray tamin'ny andro faharoa ka naharingana ny Zanak'Isiraely valo arivo sy iray alin-dahy niampatrampatra tamin'ny tany; nahatan-tsabatra avokoa ireo rehetra ireo.

²⁵Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

²⁶Dia niakatra ny Zanak'Isiraely rehetra sy ny olona rehetra ka nankany Betela, dia nitomany sy nipetraka teo anatrehan'i Jehovah ary nifady hanina tamin'izany andro izany mandra-paharivan'ny andro; ary nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanati-pihavanana teo anatrehan'i Jehovah izy.

²⁶Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.

²⁷Dia nanontany tamin'i Jehovah ny Zanak'Isiraely (fa tao ny fiaran'ny faneken'Andriamanitra tamin'izany andro izany,

²⁷The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

²⁸ary Finehasa, zanak'i Eleazara, zanak'i Arona, nijanona teo anoloany tamin'izany andro izany) ka nanao hoe: Mbola hivoaka indray va aho hiady amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina rahalahiko, sa hitsahatra? Ary hoy Jehovah: Miakara, fa rahampitso dia hatolotro ho eo an-tananao izy.

²⁸and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?” Yahweh said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.”

²⁹Ary nasian'ny Isiraely otrika manodidina an'i Gibea.

²⁹Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.

³⁰Dia niakatra ny Zanak'Isiraely tamin'ny andro fahatelo hiady amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina ka nilahatra tandrifin'i Gibea tahaka ilay teo aloha ihany.

³⁰The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

³¹Dia nivoaka ny taranak'i Benjamina hiady tamin'ny olona ka voatarika niala tamin'ny tanàna izy ary nanomboka namely sy nahafaty ny olona tahaka ny teo aloha, dia tokony ho telo-polo lahy teo amin'ny Isiraely tany an-tsampanan-dalana, miakatra ho any Betela ny anankiray, ary ny anankiray kosa ho any Gibea any an-tsaha.

³¹The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

³²Ary hoy ny taranak'i Benjamina: Resy eo anoloantsika tahaka ilay teo aloha ihany izy. Fa hoy ny Zanak'Isiraely: Andeha hanao tari-dositra isika mba hampiala azy amin'ny tanàna ho any an-dalambe.

³²The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before us, as at the first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.”

³³Ary ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Isiraely nitsangana niala tamin'ny fitoerany ka nilahatra tany Bala-tamara; ary ny Isiraely izay nanotrika dia niroatra avy tamin'fitoerany, avy tao an-tsahan'i Gibea.

³³All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.

³⁴Ary tonga tandrifin'i Gibea ny iray alin-dahy voafantina tamin'ny Isiraely rehetra, ary efa mafy ny ady nefa tsy fantatry ny Benjamita fa efa hiharan-doza izy.

³⁴There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that evil was close on them.

³⁵Ary Jehovah namely ny Benjamita teo anoloan'ny Isiraely, ary tamin'izany andro izany ny taranak'i Benjamina dia nahafatesan'ny Zanak'Isiraely zato sy dimy arivo amby roa alin-dahy; nahatan-tsabatra avokoa ireo rehetra ireo.

³⁵Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.

³⁶Ary hitan'ny taranak'i Benjamina fa resy izy; ary ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely nanao tari-dositra tamin'ny Benjamita, satria natoky ny otrika izay efa napetrany teo akaikin'i Gibea izy.

³⁶So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.

³⁷Ary ny otrika niroatra faingana hankany Gibea, dia nandeha faingana ka namely ny tanàna rehetra tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra.

³⁷The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

³⁸Ary ny famantarana nifaneken'ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely sy ny otrika dia tsangan'afo lehibe hisavoana ao an-tanàna.

³⁸Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

³⁹Ary nirona tamin'ny ady ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely (ny taranak'i Benjamina nanomboka namely sy nahafaty ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely tokony ho telo-polo lahy; fa hoy izy: Resy tokoa eo anoloantsika izy tahaka ny tamin'ny ady voalohany;

³⁹The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, “Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.”

⁴⁰fa raha vao niakatra avy tao amin'ny tanàna ny setroka mitankosina, dia niherika ny taranak'i Benjamina; ary, indro, niakatra ho amin'ny lanitra avokoa ny setroky ny tanàna).

⁴⁰But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.

⁴¹Ary raha niverina ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely, dia talanjona ny Benjamita, satria hitany fa efa nidiran-doza izy.

⁴¹The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.

⁴²Dia niamboho teo anoloan'ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely hankany amin'ny lalana ho any an-efitra izy, fa ny ady nahatratra azy: ary izay nivoaka avy tao amin'ny tanàna koa dia novonoiny teo.

⁴²Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in its midst.

⁴³Nanemitra ny Benjamita izy ka nanenjika azy ary nanitsaka azy mora foana tandrifin'i Gibea atsinanany.[Na: teo Menoha]

⁴³They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.

⁴⁴Ary ny Benjamita dia nahafatesany valo arivo sy iray alin-dahy; lehilahy nahery avokoa ireo rehetra ireo.

⁴⁴There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.

⁴⁵Dia nivily sy sisa ka nandositra nankany an-efitra ho any amin'ny harambato any Rimona; ary ny voatsimpona teny an-dalana dia dimy arivo lahy, ary ny voatsimpona teny an-dalana dia dimy arivo lahy, ary mbola nenjehiny mafy ihany hatrany Gidoma izy ka nahafatesany roa arivo lahy.

⁴⁵They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.

⁴⁶Ary ny Benjamita rehetra izay lavo tamin'izany andro izany dia dimy arivo sy roa alin-dahy nahatan-tsabatra; lehilahy nahery avokoa ireo rehetra ireo.

⁴⁶So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

⁴⁷Fa nisy enin-jato lahy nihodina ka nandositra nankany an-efitra ho any amin'ny harambato any Rimona, dia nitoetra tao efa-bolana.Ary ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely niverina indray tany amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina ka namely azy tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra, hatramin'ny olona tao an-tanàna ka hatramin'ny biby fiompy ary izay hitany dia nodorany tamin'ny afo avokoa.

⁴⁷But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.

⁴⁸Ary ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely niverina indray tany amin'ny taranak'i Benjamina ka namely azy tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra, hatramin'ny olona tao an-tanàna ka hatramin'ny biby fiompy ary izay hitany dia nodorany tamin'ny afo avokoa.

⁴⁸The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the livestock, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.