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1 Jephthah, tangada dauwa maaloo mai Gilead, tama daane ni di ahina huihui dono huaidina. Dono damana go Gilead 2 guu hai labelaa ana dama daane gi dono lodo donu. Nadau tomo aga gi nua, gei digaula ga hagabagi a Jephthah gii hana gi daha mo di nadau hale. Digaula ne helekai gi mee, “Goe hagalee hai mee gi di mee mai tadau damana. Goe tama daane ni tuai ahina.” 3 Jephthah guu lele gi daha mo ono duaahina gaa noho i tenua go Tob. Mee gaa hai dana hagabuulinga balu daangada e heehee i muli o mee.
4 Nomuli gei digau Ammon ga hai tauwa gi digau Israel. 5 Di madagoaa di hai deenei ne hai, nia dagi o Gilead guu hula e laha mai a Jephthah mai tenua go Tob. 6 Digaula ga helekai gi Jephthah, “Hanimoi e dagi gimaadou gii mee di madau heebagi gi digau Ammon.”
7 Jephthah ga helekai, “Goodou ne de hiihai mai huoloo gi di au gaa hono au gi daha mo di hale dogu damana. Goodou gu i lodo di haingadaa dolomeenei, e aha ala e lloomoi gi di au?”
8 Digaula ga helekai gi Jephthah, “Gimaadou e huli adu gi di goe dolomeenei, idimaa, gimaadou e hiihai bolo goe e hana i madau mua e heebagi gi digau Ammon, e dagi digau Gilead huogodoo.”
9 Jephthah ga helekai gi digaula, “Maa goodou gaa lahi au gi muli gi dogu guongo e heebagi gi digau Ammon, gei Dimaadua gaa hai au gi maaloo, gei au gaa hai di godou dagi.”
10 Digaula ga helekai, “Gimaadou e donu ginai. Dimaadua la go di madau dangada hagadootonu.”
11 Jephthah gaa hana dalia nia dagi o Gilead, gei nia daangada gaa hai a mee gii hai di nadau dagi. Jephthah ga hagi aga dono manawa i Mizpah i mua nnadumada Dimaadua.
12 Jephthah ga hagau ana daangada kae hegau gi di king o Ammon mo dana helekai, “Dau dee donu mai gi gimaadou la di aha? Goe ne heebagi mai eiaha?”
13 Di king o Ammon ga helekai gi nia gau kae hegau a Jephthah, “Di madagoaa digau Israel ne loomoi i Egypt, digaula guu kae agu gowaa mai di monowai Arnon gaa hana gi di monowai Jabbok mo di monowai Jordan. Goodou gaamai nia maa gi muli dolomeenei i di aumaalia.”
14 Jephthah ga hagau labelaa ana gau kae hegau gi di king o Ammon, 15 mo dana helekai, “Ma hagalee donu bolo Israel guu kae tenua o Moab be go tenua o Ammon. 16 Deenei di mee ne hai: Digau Israel ne hagatanga i Egypt, gaa hula laa hongo di anggowaa, gaa hula gi di Malua o Aqaba* ga lloomoi gi Kadesh, 17 ga hagau nadau gau kae hegau gi di king o Edom belee dangi anga i di nadau hula laa hongo tenua o maa. Gei di king o Edom hagalee dumaalia. Digaula gu heeu labelaa gi di king o Moab, gei mee hagalee dumaalia labelaa bolo digaula e hula laa lodo dono henua. Gei digau Israel ga noho hua i Kadesh.* 18 Nomuli, gei digaula gaa hula laa hongo di anggowaa, laa daha Edom mo Moab, gaa dau adu loo gi bahi i dua i Moab, di baahi gi daha di monowai Arnon. Digaula gaa noho i golo, digi hula laa lodo di monowai Arnon, idimaa ma tagageinga ni Moab.* 19 Digau Israel ga hagau nadau daangada kae hegau gi Sihon, di king o Amor dela nogo dagi i Heshbon, gaa dangi gi di king gi dumaalia anga gi ginaadou gii hula laa lodo dono henua gi di nadau henua. 20 Sihon digi dumaalia gi digau Israel. Mee ne haga dagabuli mai ana gau dauwa huogodoo gaa noho i Jahaz, ga heebagi gi digau Israel. 21 Dimaadua, di God o digau Israel, guu hai digau Israel gi maaloo i Sihon mo ana gau dauwa. Malaa, digau Israel gaa kae nnenua huogodoo digau Amor ala nogo noho i tenua deelaa. 22 Digaula gaa noho i nnenua huogodoo digau Amor mai di monowai Arnon i bahi i ngaaga gaa tugi i di monowai Jabbok i bahi i ngeia, mo mai di anggowaa i bahi i dua gaa tugi i di monowai Jordan i bahi i dai.* 23 Ma go Dimaadua, go di God digau Israel, dela ne hagabagi gi daha digau Amor i mua ana daangada, digau Israel. 24 Goe e hagamada e kae di maa gi muli? Goe e mee di daahi nia mee di godou god go Chemosh ne gowadu gi di goe. Gei gimaadou ga daahi nia mee huogodoo ala ne gaamai go Yihowah, di madau God, gi gimaadou. 25 Goe e hagabau bolo goe e mada humalia i Balak, tama Zippor, di king o Moab? Mee digi hai baahi gi Israel, be guu hai dana dauwa mai gi gimaadou.* 26 Israel nogo noho i Heshbon mo Aroer i nia ngadau e dolu lau, mo nia waahale i nau gili, mo nia waahale i taalinga di monowai Arnon. Goe e aha dela digi lahia digaula gi muli i nia madagoaa huogodoo aanei? 27 Deeai, au digi hai dagu mee huaidu adu gi di goe. Goe e hai dau mee hai gee dela e hai au dauwa mai gi di au. Dimaadua la go tangada hai gabunga. Mee gaa hai dana hagamodu i mehanga digau Israel mo digau Ammon dangi nei.” 28 Malaa, di king Ammon hagalee hagalongo gi nnelekai mai baahi o Jephthah.
29 Di Hagataalunga Dimaadua gu hanimoi gi baahi o Jephthah, gei mee gaa hana laa lodo Gilead mo Manasseh ga hanimoi gi muli gi Mizpah i Gilead, gaa hana gi Ammon. 30 Jephthah gaa hai dana hagababa hagamodu ang gi Dimaadua boloo: “Goe ma ga gaamai gi di au di maaloo i digau Ammon, 31 gei au gaa dudu dagu tigidaumaha go tangada dela ma ga ulu matagidagi gi daha mo dogu hale belee heetugi mai i dogu hanimoi i dogu maaloo. Au ga gowadu tangada deelaa e hai ai tigidaumaha.”
32 Jephthah ga hanadu laa lodo di monowai Arnon, e heebagi gi digau Ammon, gei Dimaadua gaa hai a mee gi maaloo. 33 Mee ne heebagi gi digaula mai i Aroer gaa hana gi di gowaa i di gili Minnith, nia waahale huogodoo e madalua, gaa hana loo gaa tugi i Abel-Keramim. Nia daangada dogologo gu daaligi guu mmade, gei digau Ammon gu haga magedaa go digau Israel.
Tama ahina Jephthah
34 Di madagoaa Jephthah ne hana gi dono hale i Mizpah, tama ahina a maa ga hanimoi belee heetugi gi mee, e gagaalege ge dadaagala i di ‘tambourine’. Mee go tama ahina hua e dahi a maa. 35 Dono madagoaa ne mmada gi mee, gei Jephthah ga hahaahi ono gahu i dono lodo huaidu, ga helekai, “Oo, dagu dama ahina, goe e oho dogu manawa. Ma e aha dela e hai loo kooe dela e haga mmae au? Au guu hai dagu hagababa hagamodu gi Dimaadua dela e deemee dagu haga hai gee.”*
36 Tama ahina ga helekai gi mee, “Maa goe guu hai dau hagababa gi Dimaadua, heia dau mee ne helekai ai bolo e hai mai gi di au, i Dimaadua dela gu dugu adu dau tala di hui gi o hagadaumee digau Ammon.” 37 Mee gaa dangi gi dono damana, “Heia di mee dahi deenei mai gi di au. Dugua mai nia malama e lua e hana iei au mo ogu ihoo gi taele i hongo nia gonduu e manawa gee iei au gi dogu made tama ahina madammaa.” 38 Jephthah gu dumaalia gi mee gii hana, ga hagau a mee gii hana i nia malama e lua. Mee gaa hana mo nia hoo o maa, gaa hula gi tomo nia gonduu ga manawa gee, idimaa mee gaa made gei mee digi hai dono lodo ge ana dama ai. 39 I muli nia malama e lua, gei mee ga hanimoi gi muli gi dono damana. Tamana gaa hai dana mee dela ne hagababa ang gi Dimaadua. Gei mee guu made tama ahina madammaa.
Deenei taamada o di hangahaihai mouli o digau Israel, 40 bolo nia dama ahina Israel e hula gi daha i lodo nia laangi e haa i nia ngadau huogodoo e haga manawa gee ang gi tama ahina Jephthah o Gilead.
* 11:16 Di ingoo i nnelekai Hebrew di tai deenei go Yam Suph, dono hadinga bolo di Tai o nia Aalek * 11:17 Numbers 20.14-21 * 11:18 Numbers 21.4 * 11:22 Numbers 21.21-24 * 11:25 Numbers 22.1-6 * 11:35 Numbers 30.2