ቶላ
1ከአቤሜሌክ በኋላ ከይሳኮር ነገድ የሆነ የዱዲ ልጅ፣ የፎሖ ልጅ ቶላ እስራኤልን ለማዳን ተነሣ፤ እርሱም በኰረብታማው በኤፍሬም አገር ሳምር በምትባል መንደር ይኖር ነበር። 2ቶላ በእስራኤል ላይ ሃያ ሦስት ዓመት በፈራጅነት ከተቀመጠ በኋላ ሞተ፤ በሳምርም ተቀበረ።
ኢያዕር
3ከቶላ ቀጥሎ ገለዓዳዊው ኢያዕር ተነሣ፤ እርሱም በእስራኤል ላይ ሃያ ሁለት ዓመት በፈራጅነት10፥3 በዚህና በቍጥር 3 ላይ በትውፊት መሳፍንት ይባላል። ተቀመጠ። 4ኢያዕር በሠላሳ አህዮች የሚጋልቡ ሠላሳ ወንዶች ልጆች ነበሩት፤ ልጆቹም እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ የኢያዕር መንደሮች ተብለው የሚጠሩ ሠላሳ ከተሞች በገለዓድ ምድር ነበሯቸው። 5ኢያዕር ሞተ፤ በቃሞንም ተቀበረ።
ዮፍታሔ
6እስራኤላውያን እንደ ገና በእግዚአብሔር ላይ ክፉ ድርጊት ፈጸሙ፤ በኣልንና አስታሮትን እንዲሁም የሶሪያን፣ የሲዶናን፣ የሞዓብን፣ የአሞንንና የፍልስጥኤማውያንን አማልክት አመለኩ፤ እስራኤላውያን እግዚአብሔርን ስለ ተዉና ስላላገለገሉት፣ 7ተቈጣቸው፤ በፍልስጥኤማውያንና በአሞናውያን እጅ ሸጣቸው፤ 8እነርሱም በዚያን ዓመት ሰበሯቸው፤ አደቀቋቸውም፤ እስራኤላውያንን ሁሉ ከዮርዳኖስ በስተ ምሥራቅ ባለው በገለዓድ ምድር፣ 9በአሞራውያን አገር ዐሥራ ስምንት ዓመት እንዲሁም አሞናውያን ይሁዳን፣ ብንያምንና የኤፍሬምን ቤት ለመውጋት ዮርዳኖስን ስለ ተሻገሩ እስራኤላውያን እጅግ ተጨነቁ። 10ከዚያም እስራኤላውያን፣ “አንተን አምላካችንን በመተው የበኣልን አማልክት በማምለካችን አንተን በድለናል” ብለው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኹ።
11እግዚአብሔርም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ግብፃውያን፣ አሞራውያን፣ አሞናውያን፣ ፍልስጥኤማውያን፣ 12ሲዶናውያን፣ አማሌቃውያንና ማዖናውያን10፥12 አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች ምድያማውያን ይላሉ። አሠቃዩአችሁ፤ እናንተም እንድረዳችሁ ወደ እኔ ጮኻችሁ፤ ታዲያ እኔ ከእጃቸው አላዳንኋችሁምን? 13እናንተ ግን እኔን ትታችሁ ሌሎች አማልክትን አመለካችሁ፤ ስለዚህ ከእንግዲህ ወዲያ አላድናችሁም፤ 14ሂዱና ወደ መረጣችኋቸው አማልክት ጩኹ፤ መከራ በሚያገኛችሁ ጊዜ እስቲ ያድኗችሁ።”
15እስራኤላውያንም እግዚአብሔርን፣ “ኀጢአት ሠርተናል፤ መልካም መስሎ የታየህን አድርግብን፤ እባክህን የዛሬን ብቻ አድነን” አሉት። 16ከዚያም በመካከላቸው ያሉትን ባዕዳን አማልክት አስወገዱ፤ እግዚአብሔርንም አመለኩ፤ እግዚአብሔርም እስራኤል ስትጐሳቈል ዝም ብሎ ማየት አልቻለም።
17አሞናውያን ለጦርነት ዝግጁ ሆነው በገለዓድ በሰፈሩ ጊዜ፣ እስራኤላውያንም እንደዚሁ ተሰብስበው በምጽጳ ሰፈሩ። 18የገለዓድ ሕዝብ አለቆችም እርስ በእርሳቸው፣ “በአሞናውያን ላይ ጦርነቱን የሚጀምር ሰው በገለዓድ ነዋሪዎች ሁሉ ላይ አለቃ ይሆናል” ተባባሉ።
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.10.1 defend: or, deliver: Heb. save 2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.10.4 Havoth-jair: or, the villages of Jair 5And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6¶ And 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. 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. 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.10.8 oppressed: Heb. crushed 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.
10¶ And 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. 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? 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. 13Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
15¶ And 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.10.15 seemeth…: Heb. is good in thine eyes 16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.10.16 strange…: Heb. gods of strangers10.16 grieved: Heb. shortened 17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.10.17 gathered: Heb. cried 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.
