1Shure kwaAbhimereki, Tora mwanakomana waPua, mwanakomana waDhodho, murume waIsakari, wakamuka akaponesa Isiraeri; iye waigara paShamiri panyika yamakomo yaEfuremu.
1After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
2Iye akatonga vaIsiraeri makore ana makumi maviri namatatu, akafa; akavigwa paShamiri.
2He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3Shure kwake Jairi muGiriyadhi wakamuka, iye akatonga vaIsiraeri makore ana makumi maviri namaviri.
3After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-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.
4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5Jairi akafa, akavigwa paKamoni.
5Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
6Vana vaIsiraeri vakaitazve zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, vakashumira vaBhaari navaAshitaroti navamwari vavaSiria, navamwari veSidhoni, navamwari vaMoabhu, navamwari vavana vaAmoni, navamwari vavaFirisitia; vakarasha Jehovha, vakasamushumira.
6The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.
7Ipapo kutsamwa kwaJehovha kwakamukira vaIsiraeri, akavatengesa mumaoko avaFirisitia, nomumaoko avana vaAmoni.
7The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand 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.
8They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the 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.
9The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was very distressed.
10Zvino vaIsiraeri vakachema kuna Jehovha, vakati, Takakutadzirai imwi, nekuti takarasha Mwari wedu, tikashumira vaBhaari.
10The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”
11Jehovha akati kuvana vaIsiraeri, Handina kukuponesai here pavaEgipita, navaAmori, navana vaAmoni, navaFirisitia?
11Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “Didn’t I save 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 Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
13Kunyange zvakadaro makandirasha, mukandoshumira vamwe vamwari; naizvozvo handina kukuponesaizve.
13Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: therefore I will save you no more.
14Endai mundochema henyu kuvamwari vamakazvisanangurira; ivo ngavakuponesei panguva yokutambudzika kwenyu.
14Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”
15Vana vaIsiraeri vakati kuna Jehovha, Takatadza; tiitirei henyu sezvamunofunga, asi tinokumbira kuti mutirwirei henyu nhasi.
15The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, this day.”
16Ipapo vakarasha vamwari vatorwa vakanga vari pakati pavo, vakashumira Jehovha; moyo wake ukachema pamusoro pokutambudzika kwavaIsiraeri.
16They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; 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. The children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.
18Zvino vanhu, iwo machinda aGiriyadhi, vakataurirana, vakati, Ndianiko munhu uchatanga kurwa navana vaAmoni? Iye uchava mukuru wavose vagere Giriyadhi.
18The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, “What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”