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Imwiseklahn Lohdien mehn Midian kan
1 Mehn Epraim eri ndaiong Kidion, “Dahme komw sohte ekerkinkit ni omwi mahweniong mehn Midian ko? Dahme komw wiahkihongkitki soangen irairen?” Irail eri kaulimala kowahlap.
2 Kidion ahpw sapeng irail, nda, “Me I wiadahro sohte kak pahrekiong dahme kumwail wiadahro. Pwe kisin mehkot tikitik me kumwail mehn Epraim kan wiadahr, laudsang wiewia kan koaros en ei peneinei lap. 3 Koht ketikihong kumwail kaun riemen mehn Midian, Orep oh Seep. Dahme I wiahda me kak kapahrekiong met?” Eri, ni eh nda irair wet, re sohla lingeringer pah.
4 Kidion oh nah sounpei 300-o ahpw lel ni Pillap Sordan oh kotehla pihlo. Re inenen pwangada, ahpw re pwakipwakihete ar imwintihti ko. 5 Kidion eri peki rehn tohnkahnimw Sukot, “Kumwail menlau kihong nei sounpei kat ekei lopwon en pilawa. Pwe re inenen pwangadahr oh duhpeklahr. I pwakipwakihodo Sepa oh Salmuna, nanmwarkien mehn Midian kan.” Mel 83.11.
6 A kaunen Sukot ko ahpw sapeng, nda, “Dahme se pahn kihongki kisin tungoal noumwi sounpei kan, nan omwi saikinte koledi Sepa oh Salmuna?”
7 Kidion eri nda, “Me mwahu! A ni ahnsou me KAUN-O pahn ketikihong pahn ei manaman Sepa oh Salmuna, I pahn kauwehkihla paliwaramwail kan dihpw tekatek en nan sapwtehn.” 8 Kidion ahpw douluhllahng Penuel, e ahpw pil wia soangen pekipekohte me e wiahiong mehn Sukot, a mehn Penuel pil wia soangen pasapengohte me mehn Sukot nda. 9 Kidion eri ndaiong irail, “I pahn pwurodo kehlail, oh ni ei pahn pwurodo, I pahn kauwehla imwen doulik wet!”
10 Sepa oh Salmuna wie ketiket Karkor rehn sapwellimara kariso. Rehn karis en kadaudok en nan sapwtehn, mehte 15,000 me luhwehdi, pwe sounpei 120,000 me kamakamala nan mahweno. 11 Kidion peianlahte ahl me tang ni irepen sapwtehno, palimesehn Nopa oh Sokpea, e ahpw mahweniong irail ni ar sohte onopada. 12 Nanmwarkien Midian riemeno, Sepa oh Salmuna, ahpw tangdoaui. Kidion eri pwakihirahla oh kolirahdi. E pil kamasepwekihada neira karis ko koaros.
13 Ni Kidion eh pwurodo sang nan mahwen, e ahpw keid ni Wasahn Kot en Eres. 14 Ih eri koledi mwahnakapw emen sang Sukot oh wiahiong peidek kei. Mwahnakapw pwulopwulo eri ntingihedi eden kaun 77 ko en Sukot. 15 Kidion eri kohla rehn aramas en Sukot ko oh ndaiong irail, “Kumwail tamanda amwail kahng seweseieo? Kumwail ndaiong ie me kumwail sohte kak kihong nei sounpei kan me pwangadahr kisin mwenge, pwehki ei saikinte koledi Sepa oh Salmuna? Eri, iet ira.” 16 Ih eri ale dihpw tekatek en nan sapwtehno oh kalokehki kaunen Sukot ko. 17 E ahpw pil kauwehla imwen douliko me mi Penuel, oh pil kemehla ohlen kahnimwo.
18 Ih eri idek rehn Sepa oh Salmuna, “Ia mwomwen ohl ako me kumwa kemehla nan Tapor?”
A ira sapeng, mahsanih, “Re duwehte komwi—irail koaros duwehte sapwellimen nanmwarki pwutak.”
19 Kidion eri nda, “Riei irail, nein ei nohno. I kahukihla ni mehlel, ma kumwa sohte kemeirailla, I sohte pahn kemeikumwahla.” 20 Ih eri ndaiong Seder, nah meseniho, “Nna, uhda oh kemeirahla!” Ahpw kisin pwutako sohte usada nah kedlahso, pwehki eh masepwehk, pwe kisin pwutak tikitik kis mwo.
21 A Sepa oh Salmuna ahpw mahsanihong Kidion, “Nna, komw pein kemeikitala, pwe ohl emen en wia doadoahk en ohl.” Kidion eri kemehla Sepa oh Salmuna; e ahpw kihsang kapwat ako me mihmi nin tepinweren neira kamel ko.
22 Mwurin mwo, mehn Israel ko ahpw ndaiong Kidion, “Komw kaunkitada—komwi oh pil nein noumwi pwutaken mwurimwi. Pwe komw me ketin kapitasang kiht pahn manaman en mehn Midian akan.”
23 Kidion ahpw sapengkin irail, “I sohte pahn kaunkumwailda, pil nei pwutaket soh. KAUN-O me pahn kin ketin kakaun kumwail.” 24 E ahpw usehlahte oh ketihtihki, “I men peki rehmwail mehkot. Ma emenemen kumwail sohte kak kihong ie nah kisin mehn tiati kohl me e rikada sang nin dipwisoun mahwen kan.” (Mehn Midian kin epwehnki kapwatki kisin mehn tiati kohl, pwehki ar kisehn mehn nan sapwtehn.)
25 Irail eri sapeng, patohwanohng, “Se pahn inenen perenki kihong komwi.” Irail eri pahkpeseng pelien likou ehu, oh emenenmen aramas ako ahpw kihdiong loale kisin mehn tiati kohl sang ni kepwe me e rikada nan mahweno. 26 Mehn tiati me kohpene wiahda pohnangin paun 40. Met sohte iangahki kapwat teiko, elen takai kesempwal ko oh likou poh ntahnmwel me nanmwarkien Midian ko kin likawih, de mwaramwar me kin mwotomwotou ni tepinweren kamel ko. 27 Kidion eri wiahkihda dikedik en eni men sang kohl ko oh kihdi nan eh kahnimwo, Opra. Mehn Israel koaros eri sohpeisang Koht oh tapihada pwongih dikedik en enio. Iei met me kahrehda en Kidion eh pwupwula iangahki eh peneinei.
28 Iei duwen met mehn Israel ko ar kalowehdi mehn Midian. Mehn Midian ko eri mihla pahn manaman en mehn Israel. Sahpwo eri mour meleilei erein sounpar 40, lao Kidion mehla.
En Kidion eh Mehla
29 Kidion eri pwurala oh kousoanla ni imweo. 30 Nah pwutak me 70, pwehki eh pwoudikihda lih tohto. 31 E pil pekehikihda lih emen nan Sekem, me naitikihada pwutak emen me e kihong ede Apimelek. 32 Kidion nein Sohas ahpw mehla ni eh likeilapalahr, e seridi nan sousoun eh pahpa Sohas, nan Opra, kahnimw en peneineien Apieser.
33 Mwurin mehlahn Kidion, mehn Israel ko pil pwurehng sohpeisang Koht oh kin kaudokiong Paal ko. Re ahpw pilada Paal-en-Inou oh wiahki ar koht. 34 Re sohla papah de pwongih KAUN-O, ar Koht, me ketin kapitasang irail pahn arail imwitihti kan me kapikapil irail. 35 Re pil sohla tehk de wia ar kapingkalahngan ong peneineien Kidion pwehki kamwahu koaros me ohlo wiahiong Israel.

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8:5: Mel 83.11.

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