Baahloli
3 Tsena ke lichaba tseo Jehova a ileng a li lumella hore li ’ne li be teng e le hore li leke Baiseraele bohle ba e-s’o kang ba loana le Bakanana+ 2 (o ile a etsa sena e le hore meloko e latelang ea Baiseraele e e-s’o kang e loana, e ithute ho loana): 3 Marena a mahlano a Bafilista,+ Bakanana bohle, Basidone+ le Baheve+ ba ahileng Thabeng ea Lebanone+ ho tloha Thabeng ea Baale-hermone ho ea fihla Lebo-hamathe.*+ 4 Lichaba tsena li ne li leka Baiseraele ho bona hore na ba tla mamela litaelo tseo Jehova a neng a li file baholo-holo ba bona ka Moshe.+ 5 Kahoo, Baiseraele ba lula har’a Bakanana,+ Bahethe, Baamore, Bapereze, Baheve le Bajebuse. 6 Baiseraele ba ne ba nyala barali ba lichaba tsena ’me ba nyalisa barali ba bona bara ba lichaba tsena eaba ba qala ho sebeletsa melimo ea tsona.+
7 Baiseraele ba etsa lintho tse sa thabiseng Jehova. Ba lebala Jehova Molimo oa bona ’me ba sebeletsa melimo ea Baale+ le lipalo tse halalelang.*+ 8 Eaba Jehova o halefela Baiseraele haholo ’me o ba rekisetsa Kushane-rishathaime morena oa Mesopotamia.* Baiseraele ba sebeletsa Kushane-rishathaime ka lilemo tse robeli. 9 Ha Baiseraele ba kopa thuso ho Jehova,+ Jehova o ile a khetha mopholosi e le hore a ba pholose+ e leng Othniele+ mora oa Kenaze, ngoan’abo Kalebe. 10 Jehova a mo fa moea oa hae o halalelang+ ’me ea e-ba moahloli oa Iseraele. Ha a ea ntoeng, Jehova a etsa hore a hlole Kushane-rishathaime morena oa Mesopotamia.* 11 Ka mor’a moo, ha e-ba le khotso naheng ka lilemo tse 40. Eaba Othniele mora oa Kenaze oa shoa.
12 Baiseraele ba qala hape ho etsa lintho tse sa thabiseng Jehova.+ Jehova a tlohela Eglone morena oa Moabe+ hore a ba hlole hobane ba ne ba entse lintho tse sa thabiseng Jehova. 13 Ho feta moo, a tlisa Baamone+ le Baamaleke+ hore ba hlasele Baiseraele eaba ba hapa motse oa lifate tsa palema.*+ 14 Baiseraele ba ile ba sebeletsa Eglone morena oa Moabe ka lilemo tse 18.+ 15 Eaba Baiseraele ba kopa thuso ho Jehova.+ Kahoo, Jehova a ba fa mopholosi+ e leng Ehude+ ea neng a le leqele,*+ mora oa Gera, Mobenjamine.+ Ka mor’a nako, Baiseraele ba mo roma hore a ise lekhetho* ho Eglone morena oa Moabe. 16 Joale Ehude a iketsetsa sabole e sehang ka mahlakore a mabeli, e bolelele ba lisenthimithara tse ka bang 40* eaba o e tlamella seropeng se setona tlas’a seaparo sa hae. 17 A fa Eglone morena oa Moabe lekhetho leo. Eglone e ne e le monna e motenya haholo.
18 Ha Ehude a qetile ho fana ka lekhetho, a tsamaea le batho ba neng ba tlile ba nkile lekhetho. 19 Empa ha a fihla litšoantšong tse rapeloang tse Gilgale,+ a khutla ’me a re ho morena: “Ke u tliselitse molaetsa oa lekunutu morena.” Eaba morena o re: “Tholang!” Kahoo, basebeletsi ba hae ba tsamaea. 20 Joale Ehude a tla ho eena ha a ntse a lutse a le mong ka kamoreng ea hae e marulelong e pholileng. Ehude a re: “Ke u tliselitse molaetsa o tsoang ho Molimo.” Eaba morena o phahama teroneng* ea hae. 21 Joale Ehude a ntša sabole e seropeng sa hae se setona ka letsoho le letšehali eaba o hlaba morena ka eona mpeng. 22 Sabole ea kena kaofela eaba e koaheloa ke mafura empa ha aa ka a ntša sabole mpeng ea morena eaba mantle aa tsoa. 23 Ehude a tsoa ka monyako o kenang ka kamoreng* ea morena eaba o koala mamati a kamore e marulelong ’me a a notlela. 24 Ha a qeta ho tsoa, basebeletsi ba morena ba khutla ’me ba bona mamati a kamore e marulelong a notletsoe. Kahoo ba re: “E tlameha ebe o ntse a ithusa ka kamoreng e ka hare e pholileng.” 25 Ba ’na ba leta ho fihlela ba qala ho tšoenyeha empa ha ba bona hore o ntse a sa bule mamati a kamore e marulelong, ba nka senotlolo ba bula eaba ba fumana morena oa bona a oetse fatše a shoele.
26 Ha ba ntse ba lieha, Ehude a baleha ’me a feta pel’a litšoantšo tse rapeloang+ eaba o balehela Seira. 27 Ha a fihla, a letsa lenaka+ sebakeng se lithaba sa Efraime+ ’me Baiseraele ba theoha le eena ho tloha moo, a ba eteletse pele. 28 Joale a re ho bona: “Ntateleng hobane Jehova o tla etsa hore le hlole Bamoabe lira tsa lona.” Eaba baa mo latela ’me ba hapa maliboho a Jordane ho Bamoabe. Ha baa ka ba lumella mang kapa mang ho tšela. 29 Ka nako eo, ba bolaea Bamoabe ba ka bang 10 000+ e leng banna bohle ba matla le ba sebete. Ha ho le ea mong ea ileng a phonyoha.+ 30 Kahoo, Bamoabe ba ile ba hloloa ke Baiseraele letsatsing leo eaba ho ba le khotso naheng ka lilemo tse 80.+
31 Ka mor’a hae, ho ile ha latela Shamgare+ mora oa Anathe, ea ileng a hlaba banna ba Bafilista ba 600+ ka tsenene ea likhomo+ ’me a ba bolaea. Le eena o ile a pholosa Baiseraele.