¹Zvino ndidzo ndudzi dzakasiiwa naJehovha, kuti aidze vaIsiraeri nadzo, ivo vaIsiraeri vose vakanga vasina kuziva hondo dzose dzapaKanani;

¹And these [are] the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;

²nemhaka iyochetekuti marudzi avana vaIsiraeri azive, kuti avadzidzise kurwa, ivo vasina kumboziva izvozvo pakutanga,

²(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel`s knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —

³vaiti: Madzishe mashanu avaFirisitia, navaKanani vose, navaZidhoni, navaHivhi, vakanga vagere mugomo reRebhanoni, kubva pagomo reBhaariherimoni, kusvikira pavanopinda paHamati.

³five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;

⁴Ivo vakasiiwapo, kuti vaIsiraeri vaidzwe navo, kuti kuzikamwe kana vachida kuteerera mirairo yaJehovha yaakanga araira madzibaba avo naMozisi.

⁴and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

⁵Vana vaIsiraeri vakagara pakati pavaKanani, navaHeti, navaAmori, navaPerizi, navaHivhi, navaJebhusi.

⁵And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

⁶ivo vakawana vakunda vavo, kuti vave vakadzi vavo, vakapa vanakomana vavo vakunda vavo, vakashumira vamwari vavo.

⁶and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

⁷Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, vakakangamwa Jehovha Mwari wavo, vakashumira vaBhaari namatanda okunamata nawo.

⁷and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

⁸Saka kutsamwa kwaJehovha kwakamukira vaIsiraeri, akavatengesa muruoko rwaKushani-rishataimu, mambo weMesopotamia; vana vaIsiraeri vakashumira Kushani-rishataimi makore masere.

⁸And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;

⁹Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakati vachichema kuna Jehovha, Jehovha akamutsira vana

⁹and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them — Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb`s younger brother;

¹⁰Mweya waJehovha akauya pamusoro pake, akatonga vaIsiraeri, akandorwa, Jehovha akaisa Kushani-rishataimi, mambo weMesopotamia, muruoko rwake; ruoko rwake rukakunda Kushani-rishataimi.

¹⁰and the Spirit of Jehovah is upon him, and he judgeth Israel, and goeth out to battle, and Jehovah giveth unto his hand Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram, and strong is his hand against Chushan-Rishathaim;

¹¹Ipapo nyika yakazorora makore ana makumi mana. Otinieri, mwanakomana waKenazi, akafa.

¹¹and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,

¹²Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, Jehovha akasimbisa Egironi, mambo waMoabhu, kuti arwe navaIsiraeri, nekuti vakanga vaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha.

¹²and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

¹³Akaunganidza kwaari vana vaAmoni navaAmareki, akandokunda valsiraeri, vakavatorera guta remichindwe.

¹³and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

¹⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakashumira Egironi, mambo waMoabhu, makore ane gumi namasere.

¹⁴and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁵Asi vana vaIsiraeri vakati vachichema kuna Jehovha, Jehovha akavamutsira muponesi, iye Ehudhi, mwanakomana waGera, muBhenjamini, munhu waiva neziboshwe; vana valsiraeri vakatumira Egironi, mambo waMoabhu, chipo naye.

¹⁵And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man — shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

¹⁶Zvino Ehudhi wakazviitira munondo wakange wakarodzwa kunhivi dzose, wakange wakasvika kubhiti rimwe pakureba kwavo; akausungira pasi penguvo dzake pachidya chorudyi.

¹⁶and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;

¹⁷Ipapo akandopa Egironi, mambo waMoabhu, chipo; Egironi wakange ari munhu wakakora kwazvo.

¹⁷and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.

¹⁸Zvino wakati apedza kumupa chipo, akaendisa vanhu vakanga vakatakura chipo.

¹⁸And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,

¹⁹Asi iye amene wakadzoka pamifananidzo yakavezwa yamabwe paGirigari, akati, Ndine shoko rakavanzika nemwi mambo. Iye akati, Nyararai. Ipapo vose vakanga vamire naye vakabva kwaari.

¹⁹and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;` and he saith, `Hush!` and go out from him do all those standing by him.

²⁰Zvino Ehudhi akaswedera kwaari; iye wakange agere ari oga muimba yake inotonhorera; Ehudhi akati, Ndine shoko kwamuri rinobva kuna Mwari. Iye ndokusimuka pachigaro chake.

²⁰And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, `A word of God I have unto thee;` and he riseth from off the throne;

²¹Ipapo Ehudhi akatambanudza ruoko rwake rworuboshwe, akavhomora munondo pachidya chake chorudyi, akamubaya nawo nomudumbu rake;

²¹and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

²²chibato chikapindawo chichitevera chese, mafuta akadzivira pamusoro pechese, nekuti haana kuvhomora munondo mudumbu rake, mafuta akabuda.

²²and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.

²³Zvino Ehudhi akabuda paberere, akapfiga mikova yeimba yokumusoro shure kwake, akaikiya.

²³And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it];

²⁴Wakati abuda, varanda vake vakasvika, vakawana mikova yeimba yokumusoro yakapfigwa; vakati, Zvimwe unofukidza makumbo ake paimba yake inotonhorera.

²⁴and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, `He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.`

²⁵Zvino vakamira kusvikira vapera mano, asi haana kuzarura mikova yeimba yokumusoro; ipapo vakatora kiyi, vakazarura mukova, vakawana ishe wavo akawira pasi, afa.

²⁵And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth — dead.

²⁶Asi ivo vachanonoka, Ehudhi akapukunyuka, akapfuura mifananidzo yakavezwa yamabwe, akapukunyukira Seira.

²⁶And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.

²⁷Wakati asvikapo, akaridza hwamanda panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, vana vaIsiraeri vakaburuka naye panyika yamakomo, iye akavatungamirira.

²⁷And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them;

²⁸Akati kwavari, Nditeverei, nekuti Jehovha wakaisa vaMoabhu, vavengi venyu, mumaoko enyu. Vakaburuka vachimutevera, vakandogarira mazambuko aJoridhani paiyambukira vaMoabhu, vakasatendera munhu mumwe kuyambuka.

²⁸and he saith unto them, `Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;` and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.

²⁹Nenguva iyo vakauraya varume vaMoabhu vanenge zviuru zvine gumi, vose vari varume vane simba novoumhare, hakuna munhu mumwe wakapukunyuka.

²⁹And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,

³⁰Naizvozvo vaMoabhu vakakundwa musi iwoyo noruoko rwavaIsiraeri, nyika ikazorora makore ana makumi masere.

³⁰and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land resteth eighty years.

³¹Shure kwake kwakanga kuna Shamugari, mwanakomana waAnati, wakauraya kuvaFirisitia vana mazana matanhatu norutanda rwokubaya mombe narwo; iye akaponesawo vaIsiraeri.

³¹And after him hath been Shamgar son of Anath, and he smiteth the Philistines — six hundred men — with an ox-goad, and he saveth — he also — Israel.