Waamuzi 3 Библия на английском и суахили (KJV)

¹ Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Basi haya ndiyo mataifa ambao Bwana aliwaacha, ili awajaribu Israeli kwa hao, yaani, awajaribu hao wote ambao hawakuvijua vita vyote vya Kanaani;

² only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
ili kwamba vizazi vya wana wa Israeli wapate kujua ili kuwafundisha vita, hasa wao ambao hawakujua vita kabla ya wakati ule;

³ namely , five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
aliwaacha wakuu watano wa Wafilisti, na Wakanaani wote, na Wasidoni, na Wahivi waliokaa katika kilima cha Lebanoni, toka mlima wa Baal-hermoni mpaka kuingia Hamathi.

⁴ And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Naye aliwaacha ili awajaribu Israeli kwa hao, apate kujua kwamba watasikiliza amri za Bwana, alizowaamuru baba zao, kwa mkono wa Musa.

⁵ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
Basi wana wa Israeli wakaketi kati ya Wakanaani; hao Wahiti, na hao Waamori, na hao Waperizi, na hao Wahivi na hao Wayebusi;

⁶ and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
wakawaoa binti zao, na binti zao wenyewe wakawaoza wana wao waume, na kuitumikia miungu yao.

⁸ Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Kwa hiyo hasira za Bwana ziliwaka juu ya Israeli, naye akawauza na kuwatia mikononi mwa Kushan-rishathaimu mfalme wa Mesopotamia; na wana wa Israeli wakamtumikia huyo Kushan-rishathaimu muda wa miaka minane.

⁹ And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Kisha wana wa Israeli walipomlingana Bwana, Bwana akawainulia wana wa Israeli mwokozi, aliyewaokoa, yaani, Othnieli mwana wa Kenazi, ndugu mdogo wa Kalebu.

¹⁰ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
Roho ya Bwana ikamjilia juu yake, naye akawa mwamuzi wa Israeli; akatoka kwenenda vitani, naye Bwana akamtia huyo Kushan-rishathaimu, mfalme wa Mesopotamia, mkononi mwake; na mkono wake ukamshinda Kushan-rishathaimu.

¹¹ And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Nayo nchi ikawa na amani muda wa miaka arobaini. Kisha Othnieli, mwana wa Kenazi, akafa.

¹³ And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
Huyo Egloni akakutanisha kwake wana wa Amoni na Amaleki; akaenda na kuwapiga Israeli, nao wakauchukua huo mji wa mitende.

¹⁴ So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Wana wa Israeli walimtumikia Egloni mfalme wa Moabu muda wa miaka kumi na minane.

¹⁶ But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Ehudi alijifanyia upanga uliokuwa na makali kuwili, urefu wake ulipata dhiraa moja; akaufunga huo upanga ndani ya nguo yake katika paja lake la mkono wa kuume.

¹⁷ And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
Kisha akamsongezea Egloni, mfalme wa Moabu, hiyo tunu; basi Egloni alikuwa ni mtu aliyewanda sana.

¹⁸ And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Naye hapo alipokuwa amekwisha kuisongeza hiyo tunu, akawapa ruhusa watu hao walioichukua tunu, wakaenda zao.

¹⁹ But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
Lakini yeye mwenyewe akageuka kutoka huko kwenye sanamu zilizokuwa karibu na Gilgali, akasema, Mimi nina ujumbe wa siri kwako wewe, Ee mfalme. Naye akasema, Nyamazeni kimya. Watu wote waliokuwa wanasimama karibu naye wakatoka na kumwacha.

²⁰ And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
Basi Ehudi akamwendea; naye alikuwa anaketi peke yake katika chumba chake cha baridi. Ehudi akasema, Mimi nina ujumbe utokao kwa Mungu kwako wewe. Basi akainuka katika kiti chake.

²¹ And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Ehudi akaunyosha mkono wake wa kushoto, akaushika huo upanga kuutoa hapo katika paja lake la kuume, akamtia tumboni mwake;

²² and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
hicho kipini nacho kikaingia ndani pamoja na huo upanga wenyewe; nayo mafuta yakashikamana tena juu ya upanga, kwani hakuutoa tena upanga tumboni; nao ukatokea kwa nyuma.

²³ Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Ndipo Ehudi akatoka nje barazani, akamfungia milango ya hicho chumba na kuifunga kwa ufunguo.

²⁵ And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Wakangoja hata wakatahayari; na tazama, hakuifungua milango ya chumba; basi wakatwaa ufunguo, na kuifungua; na tazama, bwana wao alikuwa ameanguka nchi, naye amekufa.

²⁷ And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Ikawa, hapo alipofika akapiga tarumbeta katika nchi ya vilima vilima ya Efraimu, ndipo wana wa Israeli wakatelemka pamoja naye kutoka huko milimani, naye akawatangulia.

²⁸ And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
Akawaambia, Niandameni mimi; kwa kuwa Bwana amewatia adui zenu, Wamoabi, mikononi mwenu. Basi wakatelemka na kumfuata, wakavishika vivuko vya Yordani kinyume cha Wamoabi, wala hawakumwacha mtu kuvuka.

²⁹ And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
Wakati huo wakapiga katika Wamoabi watu waume wapata kama elfu kumi, ambao wote walikuwa wanene, na wote mashujaa; hakupona hata mtu mmoja.

³⁰ So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Basi Moabu alishindwa siku hiyo chini ya mikono ya Israeli. Nayo nchi ikawa na amani muda wa miaka themanini