¹Shure kwaAbhimereki, Tora mwanakomana waPua, mwanakomana waDhodho, murume waIsakari, wakamuka akaponesa Isiraeri; iye waigara paShamiri panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu.

¹And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

²Iye akatonga vaIsiraeri makore ana makumi maviri namatatu, akafa; akavigwa paShamiri.

²And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

³Shure kwake Jairi muGiriyadhi wakamuka, iye akatonga vaIsiraeri makore ana makumi maviri namaviri.

³And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

⁴wakange ana vanakomana vana makumi matatu, vaitasva vana vembongoro vana makumi matatu, uye vakanga vana maguta ana makumi matatu, anonzi Havhori-jairi kusvikira nhasi, ari munyika yeGiriyadhi.

⁴And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

⁵Jairi akafa, akavigwa paKamoni.

⁵And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

⁶Vana vaIsiraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, vakashumira vaBhaari navaAshitaroti navamwari vavaSiria, navamwari veSidhoni, navamwari vaMoabhu, navamwari vavana vaAmoni, navamwari vavaFirisitia; vakarasha Jehovha, vakasamushumira.

⁶And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

⁷Ipapo kutsamwa kwaJehovha kwakamukira vaIsiraeri, akavatengesa mumaoko avaFirisitia, nomumaoko avana vaAmoni.

⁷And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

⁸Ivo vakanetsa nokumanikidza vana vaIsiraeri gore iro; vakamanikidza vana vaIsiraeri vose vakanga vagere mhiri kwaJoridhani munyika yavaAmori, yaiva paGiriyadhi, makore ane gumi namasere.

⁸And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

⁹Zvino vana vaAmoni vakayambuka Joridhani , vakarwawo navaJudha, navaBhenjamini, uye neimba yavaEfuremu; naizvozvo vaIsiraeri vakamanikidzwa kwazvo.

⁹Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

¹⁰Zvino vaIsiraeri vakachema kuna Jehovha, vakati, Takakutadzirai imwi, nekuti takarasha Mwari wedu, tikashumira vaBhaari.

¹⁰And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

¹¹Jehovha akati kuvana vaIsiraeri, Handina kukuponesai here pavaEgipita, navaAmori, navana vaAmoni, navaFirisitia?

¹¹And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

¹²VaSidhoni, navaAmareki, navaMaoni vakakutambudzaiwo, imwi mukachema kwandiri, ndikakuponesai pamaoko avo.

¹²The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

¹³Kunyange zvakadaro makandirasha, mukandoshumira vamwe vamwari; naizvozvo handina kukuponesaizve.

¹³Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

¹⁴Endai mundochema henyu kuvamwari vamakazvisanangurira; ivo ngavakuponesei panguva yokutambudzika kwenyu.

¹⁴Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

¹⁵Vana vaIsiraeri vakati kuna Jehovha, Takatadza; tiitirei henyu sezvamunofunga, asi tinokumbira kuti mutirwirei henyu nhasi.

¹⁵And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

¹⁶Ipapo vakarasha vamwari vatorwa vakanga vari pakati pavo, vakashumira Jehovha; moyo wake ukachema pamusoro pokutambudzika kwavaIsiraeri.

¹⁶And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

¹⁷Zvino vana vaAmoni vakanga vaungana, vakadzika matende avo paGiriyadhi. Vana vaIsiraeri vakaunganawo, vakadzika matende avo paMizipa.

¹⁷Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

¹⁸Zvino vanhu, iwo machinda aGiriyadhi, vakataurirana, vakati, Ndianiko munhu uchatanga kurwa navana vaAmoni? Iye uchava mukuru wavose vagere Giriyadhi.

¹⁸And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.