Fakamaau 20
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Pea naʻe toki ʻalu ai kituʻa ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea kātoa fakataha ʻae kakai ʻo loto taha, mei Tani ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa, mo e fonua ko Kiliati, kia Sihova ʻi Misipa.
1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
2Pea naʻe haʻu foki ʻae kakai mālohi kotoa pē, ʻi he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ki he fakataha ʻoe kakai ʻoe ʻOtua, ko e kau tangata tau ʻe toko fā kilu naʻe toʻo heletā.
2And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
3(Pea naʻe fanongo ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani kuo ʻalu hake ki Misipa ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.) Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, “Tala kiate kimautolu, naʻe fēfeeʻi ʻae angakovi ni?’
3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us , how was this wickedness?
4Pea naʻe lea ʻae tangata Livai, ʻaia ko e husepāniti ʻoe fefine naʻe fakapoongi, ʻo ne pehē, “Naʻaku hoko ki Kipea ʻaia ʻoku kau mo Penisimani, ko au mo hoku uaifi, ke mau mohe.
4And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
5Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae kau tangata Kipea kiate au, ʻonau ʻohofi mo kāpui ʻae fale ʻi he poʻuli, ʻonau tokanga ke tāmateʻi au: pea naʻa nau tohotoho ʻa hoku uaifi, pea ne mate ia.
5And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
6Pea naʻaku toʻo hoku uaifi ʻo tafatafaʻi, pea ʻave ia ki he fonua kotoa pē ʻoe tofiʻa ʻo ʻIsileli: he kuo nau fai ʻae angahala mo e meʻa kovi lahi ʻi ʻIsileli.
6And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
7Vakai, ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻakimoutolu kotoa pē; mou fakahā ʻi heni homou loto, mo hoʻomou fakakaukau.”
7Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
8¶ Pea naʻe tuʻu hake loto taha pe ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē, “ʻE ʻikai ʻalu ha tau niʻihi ki fale, pea ʻe ʻikai ha tau taha ʻe afe ki hono fale.
8¶ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
9Ka ko eni ʻae meʻa te tau fai ki Kipea; te tau fai ʻae talotalo ʻo ʻalu hake ki ai;
9But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
10Pea te tau fili ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko hongofulu mei he toko teau ʻi he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, mo e toko teau ʻi he toko afe, mo e toko afe mei he toko mano kotoa pē, koeʻuhi kenau tokonaki meʻakai ki he kakai, koeʻuhi ka nau ka hoko ki Kipea ʻo Penisimani, kenau fai ʻo fakatatau ki he angakovi kuo nau fai ʻi ʻIsileli.”
10And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
11Ko ia naʻe kātoa ʻae kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo tuʻu hake ki he kolo, ʻonau kau loto taha ʻo hangē ko e tangata pē taha.
11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
12¶ Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae kau tangata ki he faʻahinga kātoa ʻo Penisimani, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻae angakovi ni ʻaia kuo fai ʻiate kimoutolu?
12¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
13Pea ko eni, tuku mai kiate kimautolu ʻae kau tangata, ʻae fānau ʻoe kovi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Kipea, koeʻuhi ke mau tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu, kae fakangata ʻae kovi mei ʻIsileli.” Ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻe he fānau ʻa Penisimani ki he lea ʻa honau kāinga ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
13Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
14Ka naʻe fakakātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻe he fānau ʻa Penisimani mei he ngaahi kolo ki Kipea, kenau ʻalu ʻo tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15Pea naʻe lau ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani ʻi he kuonga ko ia mei he ngaahi kolo, ko e toko ua mano mo e toko ono afe, ko e kau tangata naʻe toʻo heletā, ka naʻe kehe ʻae kakai ʻo Kipea, ʻaia ko honau tokolahi ko e kau tangata ʻe toko fitungeau kuo fili.
15And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16Pea ʻi he kakai ni kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai ʻae kau tangata ongoongo ʻe toko fitungeau naʻe nima hema; naʻe poto kotoa pē ʻakinautolu ʻi he makatā, pea naʻa mo e laulahi ʻo ha foʻi louʻulu ʻe taha, naʻe ʻikai ke hala ai.
16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth , and not miss.
17Pea naʻe lau hono toe ʻoe kakai ʻIsileli, kae tuku kehe ʻa Penisimani, ko e kau tangata ʻe toko fā kilu naʻe faʻa toʻo ʻae heletā; ko kinautolu ni kotoa pē ko e kau tangata tau.
17And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
18¶ Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea ʻalu hake ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻonau kole ʻae poto ʻi he ʻOtua, ʻo pehē, “Ko hai ʻiate kimautolu ʻe ʻalu ʻo muʻomuʻa hake ki he tau ʻo tuʻu hake ki he fānau ʻa Penisimani?” Pea pehē ʻe Sihova, “Ke ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻa Siuta.”
18¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
19Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻapongipongi, pea teu tau ki Kipea.
19And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20Pea ʻalu kituʻa ʻae kau tangata ʻo ʻIsileli ke tauʻi ʻa Penisimani; pea naʻe fakanofo ʻae tau ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi Kipea.
20And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
21Pea naʻe haʻu kituaʻā ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani mei Kipea, ʻonau tā hifo ki he kelekele ʻi he kau ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻae toko ua mano mo e toko ua afe.
21And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
22Pea naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau tangata ʻIsileli, ʻo toe fakalanga ʻae tau ʻi he potu ko ia naʻa nau tali teuteu ai ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho.
22And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
23(Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo tangi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi, pea kole ʻae fakakaukau ʻia Sihova, ʻo pehē, “Te u toe ʻalu ke tauʻi ʻa Penisimani ko hoku tokoua?” Pea pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻAlu hake ʻo tauʻi ia.”)
23(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD , saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
24Pea naʻe ʻunuʻunu atu ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ke tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho.
24And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
25Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻa Penisimani mei Kipea ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho, pea toe tā hifo ki he kelekele ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻae tokotaha mano mo e toko ua afe; ko e kau toʻo heletā ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
25And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
26¶ Pea naʻe toki ʻalu hake ʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli, mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hoko ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻo tangi, ʻonau nofo ʻi ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo ʻaukai ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi, pea naʻe ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakalelei ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.
26¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD , and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD .
27Pea naʻe fehuʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli kia Sihova, (he naʻe ʻi ai ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia.
27And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD , (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
28Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono haʻohaʻonga ʻo ia ʻa Finiasi, ko e foha ʻo ʻEliesa, ko e foha ʻo ʻElone, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia,) ʻo pehē, “Te u toe ʻalu kituʻa ke tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani ko hoku tokoua, pe te u tukuā?” Pea pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻAlu hake; he te u tukuange ʻakinautolu ki ho nima ʻapongipongi.”
28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
29Pea naʻe fakatoka ʻae malumu ʻe ʻIsileli ke takatakai ʻa Kipea.
29And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
30Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ke tauʻi ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, ʻonau fokotuʻu teuteu pē ʻakinautolu ki Kipea, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa nau fai.
30And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani ke tauʻi ʻae kakai, pea kuo matoho ʻakinautolu mei he kolo: pea naʻa nau kamata teʻia ʻae kakai, ʻo tāmateʻi, ʻo hangē ko ʻenau fuofua fai, ʻi he ngaahi hala lahi, (ʻa ia ko e hala ʻe taha ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, mo e taha ki Kipea ʻi he ngoue,) ko e kau tangata ʻIsileli ʻe toko tolungofulu nai.
31And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32Pea pehē ʻe he fānau ʻa Penisimani, “Kuo tā hifo ʻakinautolu ʻi hotau ʻao, ʻo hangē ko hono fuofua fai.” Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, “Tau hola, pea tohoaki ʻakinautolu mei he kolo ki he ngaahi hala lahi.”
32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
33Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae kau tangata kotoa pē mei honau potu, pea tali tau pe ʻakinautolu ʻi Peali tama: pea naʻe hiki ʻae malumu mei honau ngaahi potu, ʻio, mei he ngaahi ngoue mohuku ʻo Kipea,
33And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34Pea naʻa nau haʻu ke tauʻi ʻa Kipea ʻae kau tangata fili ʻe tokotaha mano mei ʻIsileli kotoa pē, pea naʻe fakamanavahē ʻae tau: ka naʻe ʻikai tenau ʻilo kuo ofi ʻae kovi kiate kinautolu.
34And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
35Pea naʻe teʻia ʻa Penisimani ʻe Sihova ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻIsileli: pea tāmateʻi ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻae toko ua mano mo e toko nima afe mo e toko teau ʻi he kakai Penisimani: naʻe toʻo heletā ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
35And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36Pea kuo mamata ʻae fānau ʻa Penisimani kuo teʻia ʻakinautolu: he naʻe matamata hola ʻae kau tangata ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau Penisimani, koeʻuhi naʻa nau falala ki he malumu naʻe toka ʻaia naʻa nau tuku ʻo ofi ki Kipea.
36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
37Pea naʻe fai fakatoʻotoʻo ʻe he malumu, ʻo ʻoho atu ki Kipea; pea ʻalu atu pē ʻae malumu, ʻo teʻia ʻae kolo kotoa pē ʻaki ʻae mata ʻoe heletā.
37And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
38Pea ko eni, naʻe ai ʻae fakaʻilonga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kau tangata ʻIsileli mo e malumu, koeʻuhi ke nau tutu ʻae afi ke ulo lahi mo e ʻohuafi ke ʻalu hake mei he kolo.
38Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
39Pea ʻi he kamata hola ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he tau, pea kamata taaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Penisimani, pea tāmateʻi ʻi he kau tangata ʻIsileli ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko tolungofulu nai: he naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e moʻoni kuo tā hifo ʻakinautolu ʻi hotau ʻao, ʻo hangē ko e ʻuluaki tau.”
39And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
40Pea ʻi he kamata ʻalu hake ʻae ulo afi mei he kolo mo e ngaahi pou ʻohuafi, pea tangaki kimui ʻae kau Penisimani ʻo sio kimui ʻiate kinautolu, pea vakai, kuo ʻalu hake ki langi ʻae ulo ʻoe kolo.
40But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
41Pea ʻi he tafoki ʻae kakai ʻIsileli, naʻe ofo ʻae kau Penisimani: he naʻa nau vakai kuo hoko ʻae kovi kiate kinautolu.
41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
42Ko ia naʻa nau fulituʻa, ki he kau tangata ʻIsileli ʻi he hala ki he toafa; ka naʻe lavaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he tau; pea mo kinautolu naʻe hola kituʻa mei he ngaahi kolo naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻi honau lotolotonga.
42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
43Naʻe pehē ʻenau ʻākilotoa ʻae kau Penisimani ʻo takatakai, pea tuli ʻakinautolu, ʻo malakaki faingofua hifo ʻakinautolu ʻo hangatonu ki Kipea ʻo hanga ki he hopoʻangalaʻā.
43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
44Pea naʻe tō ai ʻae kau tangata Penisimani ko e tokotaha mano mo e toko valu afe; ko e kau tangata toʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
45Pea naʻa nau tafoki ʻo hola atu ki he toafa ki he maka ko Limoni: pea naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻi he ngaahi hala lahi ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko nima afe; pea naʻe tuli mālohi ʻakinautolu ʻo aʻu ki Kitomi, pea naʻe tāmateʻi ʻae toko ua afe ʻokinautolu.
45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
46Ko ia ko kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe tō ʻi he kakai Penisimani ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ko e kau tangata ʻe toko ua mano, mo e toko nima afe ʻaia naʻe toʻo heletā: ko e kau tangata toʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
46So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
47Ka naʻe tafoki ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko onongeau ʻo hola ki he toafa ʻo aʻu ki he maka ko Limoni, pea ne nau nofo ʻi he maka ko Limoni ʻi he māhina ʻe fā.
47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
48Pea naʻe toe tafoki kimui ʻae kau tangata ʻo ʻIsileli ki he fānau ʻa Penisimani, ʻo teʻia ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae mata ʻoe heletā, ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo kotoa pē, mo e fanga manu, mo e meʻa kotoa pē naʻa nau ʻilo: pea naʻa nau tutu foki ʻae kolo kotoa pē naʻa nau hoko ki ai ʻaki ʻae afi.
48And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
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