Waamuzi 3 – NEN & NIRV

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Waamuzi 3:1-31

Mataifa Yaliyobaki Katika Ile Nchi

13:1 Kut 15:25Haya ndiyo mataifa Bwana aliyoyaacha ili kuwajaribu Waisraeli wote ambao hawakujua vita vyovyote vya Kanaani 2(alifanya hivi ili tu kuwafundisha wazao wa Waisraeli ambao hawakuwa wamejua vita hapo awali): 33:3 Yos 13:2; Mwa 10:14; 10:17; Kut 3:8; Kum 3:8; Hes 13:21wafalme watano wa Wafilisti, Wakanaani wote, Wasidoni, Wahivi waishio katika milima ya Lebanoni kuanzia Mlima wa Baal-Hermoni hadi Lebo-Hamathi. 43:4 Kut 12:25Waliachwa ili kuwajaribu Waisraeli kuona kama wangetii amri za Bwana, alizokuwa amewapa baba zao kwa mkono wa Mose.

53:5 Za 106:36; Yos 3:10; 11:3; Ezr 9:1Waisraeli wakaishi miongoni mwa Wakanaani, Wahiti, Waamori, Waperizi, Wahivi na Wayebusi. 63:6 Ezr 10:18; Neh 13:23; Mal 2:11; Kut 34:16; Kum 7:3-4, 16Wakawaoa binti zao, nao wakawatoa binti zao waolewe na wana wa hayo mataifa, na kuitumikia miungu yao.

Othnieli

73:7 Kum 4:9; 32:18; Amu 8:34; Za 78:11; 106:7; Yer 23:27; Amu 2:11-13; 1Fal 16:33; 2Nya 34:7; Isa 17:8Waisraeli wakafanya maovu machoni pa Bwana, wakamsahau Bwana Mungu wao na kutumikia Mabaali na Maashera. 83:8 Amu 2:14; Za 44:12; Isa 50:1; 52:3; Mwa 24:10Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya Israeli, hivyo akawauza na kuwatia mikononi mwa Kushan-Rishathaimu mfalme wa Aramu-Naharaimu3:8 Yaani Mesopotamia ya Kaskazini-Magharibi. ambaye Israeli walikuwa chini yake wakimtumikia kwa muda wa miaka minane. 93:9 Amu 6:6-7; 10:10; 1Sam 12:10; Za 106:44; 107:13; Kum 28:29; Neh 9:27Waisraeli walipomlilia Bwana, yeye akawainulia mwokozi, Othnieli mwana wa Kenazi, ndugu mdogo wa Kalebu, ambaye aliwaokoa. 103:10 Hes 11:25; Amu 6:34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6; 15:14; 1Sam 11:6; 16:13; 1Fal 18:46; 1Nya 12:18; 2Nya 24:20; Isa 11:2; Mwa 10:22Roho wa Bwana akaja juu yake, hivyo akawa mwamuzi wa Israeli, akaenda vitani. Bwana akamtia Kushan-Rishathaimu mfalme wa Aramu mikononi mwa Othnieli, naye akamshinda. 113:11 Yos 14:15; Amu 5:31; 8:28; Kut 16:35; 15:17Hivyo nchi ikawa na amani kwa muda wa miaka arobaini, mpaka Othnieli mwana wa Kenazi alipofariki.

Ehudi

123:12 Amu 2:11; 1Sam 12:9Waisraeli wakafanya maovu mbele za Bwana tena, kwa kuwa walifanya maovu hayo Bwana akamtia nguvu Egloni mfalme wa Moabu dhidi ya Israeli. 133:13 Mwa 19:38; Amu 10:11; Mwa 14:7; Amu 1:16Egloni akawataka Waamoni na Waamaleki waungane naye, akaja kuishambulia Israeli, nao wakatwaa Mji wa Mitende3:13 Yaani Yeriko. 143:14 Yer 48:1Waisraeli wakawa chini ya Egloni mfalme wa Moabu kwa muda wa miaka kumi na minane.

153:15 Amu 1:4; 20:16; 1Nya 12:2; 2Sam 8:2-6; 1Fal 4:21; 2Fal 17:3; Es 10:1; Za 68:29; 72:10; 89:22; Mhu 2:8; Isa 60:5; Hos 10:6; Za 107:13Waisraeli wakamlilia tena Bwana, naye akawapa mwokozi: Ehudi, mtu wa shoto, mwana wa Gera, Mbenyamini. Waisraeli wakatuma kwa Egloni mfalme wa Moabu ushuru kwa mkono wa Ehudi. 16Basi Ehudi alikuwa ametengeneza upanga wenye ukatao kuwili, urefu wake ni kama dhiraa moja,3:16 Dhiraa moja ni sawa na sentimita 45. akaufunga upanga huo ndani ya nguo yake kwenye paja lake la mkono wa kuume. 173:17 Ay 15:27; Za 73:4Akamkabidhi ushuru Egloni mfalme wa Moabu, ambaye alikuwa mtu mnene sana. 18Baada ya Ehudi kumkabidhi ule ushuru, wale watu waliokuwa wameubeba huo ushuru aliwaruhusu waende zao. 19Yeye mwenyewe akafuatana nao hadi kwenye sanamu ya kuchora kwenye mawe karibu na Gilgali, ndipo yeye akarudi, akafika kwa Egloni na kusema, “Ee Mfalme, ninao ujumbe wa siri kwa ajili yako.”

Mfalme akasema, “Nyamazeni kimya!” Nao wale waliomhudumia wote wakamwacha, wakatoka nje.

203:20 Amo 3:15; Neh 8:5Ndipo Ehudi akamsogelea alipokuwa ameketi peke yake kwenye chumba cha juu cha jumba lake la kifalme la majira ya kiangazi, na kusema, “Ninao ujumbe kutoka kwa Mungu kwa ajili yako.” Mfalme alipokuwa anainuka kutoka kwenye kiti chake, 213:21 2Sam 2:16; 3:27; 20:10Ehudi akaunyoosha mkono wake wa kushoto na kuufuta ule upanga aliokuwa ameufunga kwenye paja lake la kulia, akamdunga Mfalme Egloni tumboni mwake. 22Hata mpini nao ukazama tumboni pamoja na upanga wenyewe, nao upanga ukatokea mgongoni mwake. Ehudi hakuuchomoa huo upanga, nayo mafuta yakashikamana juu ya upanga. 23Ehudi akatoka nje barazani; akamfungia milango ya chumba cha juu na kuifunga kwa funguo.

243:24 1Sam 24:3Baada ya kuondoka, watumishi wakaja na kukuta milango ya chumba cha juu imefungwa kwa funguo. Wakasema, “Bila shaka amejipumzisha kwenye chumba cha ndani cha nyumba yake ya majira ya kiangazi.” 253:25 2Fal 2:17; 8:11Wakangoja hata wakawa na fadhaa, basi wakati hakufungua milango ya chumba, wakachukua funguo na kuifungua. Tazama wakaona bwana wao amelala sakafuni, amekufa.

26Walipokuwa wangali wanangoja, Ehudi akatoroka, akapita hapo kwenye sanamu ya kuchora kwenye mawe na kukimbilia Seira. 273:27 Law 25:9; Amu 6:34; 7:18; 2Sam 2:28; Isa 18:3; Yer 42:14Alipofika huko, akapiga tarumbeta katika nchi ya vilima ya Efraimu, nao Waisraeli wakateremka pamoja naye kutoka vilimani, yeye akiwa anawaongoza.

283:28 Mwa 19:37; Yos 2:24; Amu 1:2; Hes 13:29; Yos 2:9Akawaagiza, “Nifuateni, kwa kuwa Bwana amewatia Moabu, adui zenu, mikononi mwenu.” Kwa hiyo wakateremka wakamfuata, wakavishika vivuko vya Yordani kuelekea Moabu, wala hawakuacha mtu yeyote kuvuka. 29Wakati huo wakawaua Wamoabu watu waume wapatao 10,000 ambao wote walikuwa wenye nguvu na mashujaa; hakuna mtu yeyote aliyetoroka. 303:30 Mwa 36:35Siku ile Moabu wakashindwa na Israeli, nayo nchi ikawa na amani kwa miaka themanini.

Shamgari

313:31 Amu 5:6; Yos 23:10; 13:2; Amu 10:11; 13:1; 1Sam 5:1; 31:1; 2Sam 8:1; Yer 25:30; 47:1Baada ya Ehudi akaja Shamgari mwana wa Anathi, aliyewapiga Wafilisti 600 kwa fimbo iliyochongoka ya kuongozea ngʼombe. Naye pia akawaokoa Waisraeli.

New International Reader’s Version

Judges 3:1-31

1The Lord left some nations in the land. He left them to test the Israelites who hadn’t lived through any of the wars in Canaan. 2He wanted to teach the men in Israel who had never been in battle before. He wanted them to learn how to fight. 3So he left the five rulers of the Philistines. He left the people of Canaan and the people of Sidon. He left the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains. They lived in the area between Mount Baal Hermon and Lebo Hamath. 4The Lord left those nations where they were to test the Israelites. He wanted to see whether they would obey his commands. He had given those commands through Moses to their people of long ago.

5So the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 6They married the daughters of those people. They gave their own daughters to the sons of those people. And they served the gods of those people.

Othniel

7The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God. They served gods that were named Baal. They also served female gods that were named Asherah. 8So the Lord was very angry with Israel. He handed them over to the power of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Aram Naharaim. For eight years Israel was under his rule. 9They cried out to the Lord. Then he provided someone to save them. The man’s name was Othniel, the son of Kenaz. He was Caleb’s younger brother. 10The Spirit of the Lord came on Othniel. So he became Israel’s leader. He went to war. The Lord handed over to him Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Aram. Othniel won the battle over him. 11So the land was at peace for 40 years. Then Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.

Ehud

12Again the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord gave Eglon power over Israel. Eglon was the king of Moab. 13He got the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him. All of them came and attacked Israel. They captured Jericho. Jericho was also known as The City of Palm Trees. 14For 18 years the Israelites were under the rule of Eglon, the king of Moab.

15Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord. Then he provided someone to save them. The man’s name was Ehud, the son of Gera. Ehud was left-handed. He was from the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to Eglon, the king of Moab. They sent him to give the king what he required them to bring him. 16Ehud had made a sword that had two edges. It was about a foot and a half long. He tied it to his right leg under his clothes. 17Eglon, the king of Moab, was a very fat man. Ehud gave him the gift he had brought. 18After that, Ehud sent away those who had carried it. 19When he came to the place where some statues of gods stood near Gilgal, Ehud went back to Eglon. He said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.”

The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And all his attendants left him.

20Then Ehud approached him. King Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his palace. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” So the king got up from his seat. 21Then Ehud reached out his left hand. He pulled out the sword tied to his right leg. He stuck it into the king’s stomach. 22Even the handle sank in after the blade. Eglon sagged and fell to the floor. Ehud didn’t pull out the sword. And the fat closed over it. 23Ehud went out to the porch. He shut the doors of the upstairs room behind him. Then he locked them.

24After he had gone, the servants came. They found the doors of the upstairs room locked. They said, “Eglon must be going to the toilet in the inside room of the palace.” 25They waited for a long time. They waited so long they became worried. But the king still didn’t open the doors of the room. So they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their king. He had fallen to the floor and was dead.

26While Eglon’s servants had been waiting, Ehud had gotten away. He passed by the statues of gods and escaped to Seirah. 27There in the hill country of Ephraim he blew a trumpet. Then he led the Israelites down from the hills.

28“Follow me,” Ehud ordered. “The Lord has handed your enemy Moab over to you.” So they followed him down. They took over the only places where people could go across the Jordan River to get to Moab. They didn’t let anyone go across. 29At that time they struck down about 10,000 men of Moab. All those men were strong and powerful. But not even one escaped. 30That day Moab was brought under the rule of Israel. So the land was at peace for 80 years.

Shamgar

31After Ehud, Shamgar became the next leader. He was the son of Anath. Shamgar struck down 600 Philistines with a large, pointed stick used to drive oxen. He too saved Israel.