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3 Mahi nɛ Yehowa ha nɛ a hi si konɛ a ka nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ Israel nɛ a hwui ta hyɛ ngɛ Kanaan ɔ ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ 2 (e pee jã konɛ Israel yi nɔ bimɛ nɛ maa ba ngɛ se, nɛ ji ni nɛmɛ nɛ a nɛ ta hyɛ ɔ nɛ a hwu ta): 3 Filisti bi a ma nɔ yeli enuɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ Kanaan bi ɔmɛ tsuo, Sidon bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Hiv bi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ Lebanon Yoku ɔ nɔ kɛ je Baal Hermon Yoku ɔ nɔ hluu kɛ ya si Lebo Hamat.* 4 A ngɔ mɛ kɛ ka Israel bi ɔmɛ konɛ a kɛ hyɛ kaa a maa bu mlaahi nɛ Yehowa gu Mose nɔ kɛ wo a tsɛmɛ ɔmɛ ɔ tue lo. 5 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ hi Kanaan bi, Hit bi, Amor bi, Periz bi, Hiv bi, kɛ Yebus bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti. 6 A ngɔ je ma amɛ a biyi ɔmɛ kaa a yihi, nɛ a ngɔ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a biyi ɔmɛ kɛ ha je ma amɛ a binyumu ɔmɛ, nɛ a bɔni a mawu ɔmɛ sɔmɔmi.

7 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ pee ní yayami ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi, nɛ a hɛ je Yehowa, a Mawu ɔ nɔ, nɛ a ngɛ Baal amagahi kɛ wɔ tsohi* sɔmɔe. 8 Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ Yehowa mi mi fu Israel wawɛɛ, nɛ e jua mɛ kɛ ha Mesopotamia* Matsɛ Kushan Rishataim. Israel bi ɔmɛ sɔmɔ Kushan Rishataim jeha kpaanyɔ. 9 Benɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ tsɛ Yehowa kaa e ye bua mɛ ɔ, Yehowa je yi wami helɔ ko kɛ ha Israel bi ɔmɛ. Lɛ ji Kaleb senɔ nyumu Kenaz binyumu Otniel. 10 Yehowa mumi ɔ ba e nɔ, nɛ e ba pee Israel bi ɔmɛ a kojolɔ. Benɛ e ya ta a, Yehowa ngɔ Kushan Rishataim nɛ ji Mesopotamia* matsɛ ɔ kɛ wo e dɛ mi, nɛ e ye Kushan Rishataim nɔ kunimi. 11 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, tue mi jɔmi ba zugba a nɔ jeha 40. Kɛkɛ nɛ Otniel, Kenaz binyumu ɔ ba gbo.

12 Israel bi ɔmɛ kpale bɔni ní yayamihi peemi ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi ekohu. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yehowa ha nɛ Moab Matsɛ Eglon ye Israel nɔ kunimi, ejakaa a pee ní yayamihi ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi. 13 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, e sú Amon bi ɔmɛ kɛ Amalek bi ɔmɛ ngɔ wo a he. A ba tua Israel bi ɔmɛ, nɛ a ngɔ ma nɛ tãhi ngɛ mi ɔ. 14 Israel bi ɔmɛ sɔmɔ Moab Matsɛ Eglon jeha 18. 15 Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ tsɛ Yehowa kaa e ye bua mɛ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yehowa je yi wami helɔ ko kɛ ha mɛ. Lɛ ji Ehud, Gera binyumu ɔ, nɛ ji Benyamin no ɔ. E ji muɔtsɛ. Be ko ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ tsɔ lɛ kaa e ngɔ nike ní* kɛ ya ha Moab Matsɛ Eglon. 16 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Ehud sɔ̃ klaate nya enyɔtsɛ ko nɛ e kami ji kɔni fa kake,* nɛ e kɛ wo e hiɔ nɔ ngmɔngmɔ he ngɛ e tade ɔ sisi. 17 Kɛkɛ nɛ e ngɔ nike ní ɔ kɛ ya ha Moab Matsɛ Eglon. Eglon ji nyumu nɛ e kle wawɛɛ nitsɛ.

18 Benɛ Ehud ngɔ nike ní ɔ kɛ ha lɛ ta a, e wo nihi nɛ a tloo nike ní ɔ kɛ ba a blɔ. 19 Se lɛ nitsɛ lɛɛ benɛ e su amagahi nɛ a hlɔ nɛ a ngɛ Gilgal ɔ he ɔ,* e kpale e se nɛ e ya de lɛ ke: “Oo matsɛ, i ngɛ laami sɛ gbi ko kɛ ha mo.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, matsɛ ɔ de ke: “Hiɛ ɔ nɛ jɔ dii!” Kɛkɛ nɛ e tsɔli ɔmɛ tsuo je e he. 20 Nɛ Ehud ba e ngɔ be mi nɛ lɛ nɔ kake too e hii si ngɛ e hiɔwe tsu nɛ mi jɔ ɔ mi ɔ. Kɛkɛ nɛ Ehud de lɛ ke: “I hɛɛ sɛ gbi ko nɛ je Mawu ngɔ kɛ ha mo.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e te si ngɛ e matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ. 21 Kɛkɛ nɛ Ehud kɛ e muɔ nine hia klaate ɔ ngɛ e hiɔ nɔ ngmɔngmɔ ɔ he, nɛ e kɛ gbɔ e mi mi. 22 Klaate ɔ kɛ e yi ɔ tsuo sɛ e mi mi, nɛ zɔ laa dade ɔ yi, ejakaa e je klaate ɔ he ngɛ e mi mi, nɛ fĩ pã kɛ pue si. 23 Ehud gu ablanaa a nɔ* kɛ je kpo. E nga hiɔwe tsu ɔ sinya amɛ ngɛ e se, nɛ e ngmɛ a mi. 24 Benɛ e je ɔ, tsɔli ɔmɛ kpale a se kɛ ba nɛ a ba na kaa a ngmɛ hiɔwe tsu ɔ sinya amɛ a mi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a de ke: “Eko ɔ, e ho nane nɔ ya* ngɛ se tsu nɛ mi jɔ ɔ mi.” 25 A mlɛ hluu kɛ ya si benɛ a pa li nɔ́ nɛ a maa pee hu. Benɛ a na kaa loloolo ɔ, e bli we hiɔwe tsu ɔ sinya amɛ ɔ, a ngɔ safe ɔ nɛ a bli sinya amɛ, nɛ a na a nyɔmtsɛ ɔ nɛ e gbo kɛ fɔɔ si ngɛ zugba!

26 Be mi nɛ a ngɛ mlɛe ɔ, Ehud tu fo kɛ je, nɛ e ya be ngɛ he nɛ amagahi nɛ a hlɔ ɔ ngɛ ɔ,* nɛ e ya su Seira slɔkee. 27 Benɛ e ya su ɔ, e kpã titimati* ɔ ngɛ Efraim yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ; nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ kple si kɛ je yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ e nyɛɛ a hɛ mi. 28 Kɛkɛ nɛ e de mɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ nyɛɛ ye se, ejakaa Yehowa ngɔ nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ, nɛ ji Moab bi ɔmɛ kɛ wo nyɛ dɛ mi.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a nyɛɛ e se nɛ a ya ngɔ he nɛ a poɔ Yordan Pa a ngɛ kɛ yaa Moab ɔ, nɛ a ngmɛ́ nɔ ko blɔ nɛ e po. 29 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, a gbe Moab bi 10,000 nɛ́ a ji nyumu katsɛmɛ; nɔ kake ngmelu po ji a dɛ. 30 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, a ba Moab si kɛ wo Israel sisi;* nɛ tue mi jɔmi ba zugba a nɔ jeha 80.

31 Ngɛ Ehud se ɔ, Shamgar, Anat binyumu ɔ ba. E ngɔ na tsɔ̃mi tso kɛ gbe Filisti bi 600; lɛ hu e he Israel yi wami.