Manyadali

12 Kɛkɛ nɛ a tsɛ Efraim nyumu ɔmɛ nɛ a po mi kɛ ho Zafon ya,* nɛ a ya de Yefta ke: “Benɛ o po mi kɛ ho nɛ o kɛ Amon bi ɔmɛ yaa hwu ta a, mɛni he je nɛ o tsɛ we wɔ konɛ waa kɛ mo nɛ ya a? Wa maa sã o we ɔ kɛ pue o nɔ.” 2 Se Yefta de mɛ ke: “I kɛ ye we bi ɔmɛ ɔ, waa kɛ Amon bi ɔmɛ ná pɛ ngua ko. I tsɛ nyɛ konɛ nyɛ ba je ngmlaa ha mi, se nyɛ ba he we ye yi wami kɛ ji a dɛ mi. 3 Benɛ i na kaa nyɛ be bae nɛ nyɛ ba he ye yi wami ɔ, i ma ye juɛmi nya si kaa ma ngɔ ye wami kɛ wo oslaa mi* konɛ i kɛ Amon bi ɔmɛ nɛ ya hwu ta, nɛ Yehowa ngɔ mɛ kɛ wo ye dɛ mi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, mɛni he je nɛ nyɛ ba mwɔnɛ ɔ kaa nyɛɛ kɛ mi ma ta hwumi ɔ?”

4 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yefta bua Gilead nyumu ɔmɛ tsuo a nya, nɛ a kɛ Efraim hwu ta; Gilead nyumu ɔmɛ ye Efraim bi ɔmɛ a nɔ kunimi. Efraim bi nɛ ɔmɛ lɛ a de ke: “Nyɛ Gilead bi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ Efraim kɛ Manase ɔ, nyɛ ji nihi nɛ a je Efraim nɛ́ a ngɛ laami tso mi” ɔ nɛ. 5 Gilead bi ɔmɛ sɛ Efraim bi ɔmɛ a hlami nɛ a ya ngɔ hehi nɛ a poɔ Yordan Pa a ngɛ ɔ; nɛ ke Efraim bi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ fo tue ɔ a ti nɔ ko de ke, “Nyɛ ha nɛ ma po pa a”; kɛkɛ ɔ, Gilead nyumu ɔmɛ ma bi lɛ ke, “Efraim no ji mo lo?” Ke e ha heto ke, “Dɛbi!” ɔ, 6 a deɔ lɛ ke, “Wa kpa mo pɛɛ, de ke Shibolet.” Se Efraim no ɔ ma de ke, “Sibolet,” ejakaa e nyɛ we munyungu ɔ tsɛmi saminya. Kɛkɛ a maa nu lɛ nɛ a maa gbe lɛ. A pee jã ngɛ Yordan Pa a pomi he ɔmɛ. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Efraim bi 42,000 gbo ngɛ jamɛ a be ɔ mi.

7 Yefta kojo Israel jeha ekpa, lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yefta, Gilead no ɔ gbo, nɛ a pu lɛ ngɛ e ma a mi ngɛ Gilead.

8 Ngɛ e se ɔ, Ibzan nɛ e je Betlehem ɔ kojo Israel. 9 E ngɛ binyumuhi 30 kɛ biyihi 30. E ha nɛ e biyi ɔmɛ ya gba nyumuhi nɛ a be e weku ɔ mi, nɛ e ya ngɔ yihi 30 kɛ ba, nɛ a ba gba e binyumu ɔmɛ. E kojo Israel jeha kpaago. 10 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Ibzan gbo nɛ a pu lɛ ngɛ Betlehem.

11 Ngɛ e se ɔ, Elon, Zebulun no ɔ kojo Israel; e kojo Israel jeha nyɔngma. 12 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Elon, Zebulun no ɔ gbo, nɛ a pu lɛ ngɛ Aiyalon ngɛ Zebulun zugba a nɔ.

13 Ngɛ e se ɔ, Piraton no Hilel binyumu Abdon kojo Israel. 14 E ngɛ binyumuhi 40 kɛ bibinyumuhi 30 nɛ a hiɔ teji 70 nɔ. E kojo Israel jeha kpaanyɔ. 15 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Piraton no Hilel binyumu Abdon gbo nɛ a pu lɛ ngɛ Piraton ngɛ Efraim zugba a nɔ, ngɛ Amalek bi ɔmɛ a yoku ɔ nɔ.