Tola
1 Odra Abimeleka ro vosi oko Tola, ŋgwa Pua ro kwozo Dodo ro, ŋgate Yisaraele opane. Nda ni 'bakala Yisakara ro yasi ago rite Samira ya 'bädri lutu ro Eperaima roya. 2 Nda a'dote dri'ba ro Yisaraele dri ndroa na 'buteritu fonätu. 'Dooko nda drate, ago asete Samira ya.
Jaira
3 Tola vosi Jaira ni Gilada yasi ŋgate. Nda a'dote dri'ba ro Yisaraele dri ndroa na 'buteritu foritu. 4 Nda orivoya ŋgwàagoro be 'butenätu se lämuyite doŋgyii 'butenätu si. Ago ànya orivoya 'bakicii 'butenätu be wari Gilada roya se äzite 'bakicii Jaira ro gile tu ono si ono. 5 Jaira drate ago asete Kamona ya.
Yepetaha
6 Ago Yisaraele'bai go yeyi taundiro kpate to'dina OPI mile, mätuyi Bala yi ndi Asetarete yi be te, ndi lui Siria ro, Sidona ro, Moaba ro, Amona ro, ndi Felesete'bai robe te. Ànya e'beyi OPI te, ago mätuyi nda kote. 7 Ta'dota OPI a'dote kyilaro Yisaraele'bai be, ago nda ozo ànyate Felesete'bai ndi Amona'bai be rigye. 8 Ànya yeyi drikyitri te ago ezayi Yisaraele'bai te ndroa ana si. Ànya ezayi Yisaraele'bai cini se koribe 'bädri Amora'bai roya 'buzele Golo Yaradene roya Gilada ya kai te ndroa na 'butealo fonjidriena. 9 Ago Amora'bai zayidri Golo Yaradene ro kpate kyila oyene 'bakalai Yuda, Benjamina, ndi Eperaima robe. Ndi rueza Yisaraele ro a'dote ndra.
10 'Dooko Yisaraele'bai ayoyidrite OPI ri ekye: “Màye takozi te mi lomvo, tana mè'be mi Lu amaro te, ago mä̀mätute Bala ayani.”
11 Ago OPI zatadri Yisaraele'bai ro te nonye ekye: “Tuse Ezipeto'bai, Amora'bai, Amona'bai, Felesete'bai, 12 Sidona'bai, Amaleka'bai, ndi Maona'bai be, kezayi ami te si nyàyodrite märi. Inye'do mapa ami ṛoko ni ànya risi ya? 13 Caoko nyè'be ma te ago nyä̀mätu lui azaka te; ta'doro märi ami opane te i'do tona. 14 Nyòyi driayone lui se mìnjibe ri. Mi'ba ànya kopayi ami tu rriti amiro rosi.”
15 Oko lidri Yisaraele ro atayi te OPI ri ekye: “Màye takozi te. Tase milebe oyene ämäri miye teri; oko molo'baru miri, tu ono si ono mipa gi toto ama ayani.” 16 Ta'dota ànya anayi lui atra ro teni ànya lakosi ago mätuyi OPI te; ago nda ni kote yaiŋgyine ni rueza Yisaraele ro ondrevoya.
17 'Dooko Amona'bai edeyi kyila'bai ànyaro te, ago otoyi gawa te Gilada ya ago lidri Yisaraele ro ikyiyite voaloya, ago otoyi gawa te Mizepa se Gilada ya ana ya. 18 Ago ni lau lidri Yisaraele ro ndi dri'bai ànyaro be ejiyi iyi te iyivoya ekye: “Mano a'di etona kyila ni Amona'bai be ya? Nda se koyete inye a'dona ndi ni dri'ba ro ama lidri cini se Gilada ya ono dri.”
Tola
1 After Abimelech's death Tola, the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo, came to free Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar and lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He was Israel's leader for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.
Jair
3 After Tola came Jair from Gilead. He led Israel for twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which are still called the villages of Jair. 5 Jair died and was buried at Kamon.
Jephthah
6 Once again the Israelites sinned against the Lord by worshiping the Baals and the Astartes, as well as the gods of Syria, of Sidon, of Moab, of Ammon, and of Philistia. They abandoned the Lord and stopped worshiping him. 7 So the Lord became angry with the Israelites, and let the Philistines and the Ammonites conquer them. 8 For eighteen years they oppressed and persecuted all the Israelites who lived in Amorite country east of the Jordan River in Gilead. 9 The Ammonites even crossed the Jordan to fight the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was in great distress.
10 Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord and said, “We have sinned against you, for we left you, our God, and worshiped the Baals.”
11 The Lord gave them this answer: “The Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, 12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you in the past, and you cried out to me. Did I not save you from them? 13 But you still left me and worshiped other gods, so I am not going to rescue you again. 14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them rescue you when you get in trouble.”
15 But the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do whatever you like, but please, save us today.” 16 So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the Lord; and he became troubled over Israel's distress.
17 Then the Ammonite army prepared for battle and camped in Gilead. The people of Israel came together and camped at Mizpah in Gilead. 18 There the people and the leaders of the Israelite tribes asked one another, “Who will lead the fight against the Ammonites? Whoever does will be the leader of everyone in Gilead.”