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1 Da ndai gaw, Hkanan mung na majan amu n chye lawm ai Israela masha ni hpe chyam yu na matu mung;
2 majan n chye gun ai Israela kashu kasha prat mi hte prat mi na ni, majan amu sharin nna, gasat chye wa mu ga mung, Yehowa ngam da ai amyu ni rai nga ai:
3 dai ni gaw, Hpilisti du manga hte hte, Hkanani amyu ni yawng; Sidon masha ni, Bala-hermon bum kaw nna Hamat mare ringhpung du hkra nga ai Lebanon bum na Hiwi masha ni rai nga ma ai.
4 Yehowa, Mawshe a n-gup hta shanhte a kaji kawa ni hpe hkang da ai matsun maroi ga hte maren, hkan na n hkan na chye lu hkra, Israela hpe chyam yu na matu ngam da ai rai nga ai.
5 Israela kashu kasha ni chyawm gaw, Hkanani, Hiti, Amori, Perizi, Hiwi hte Yebusi amyu ni hte rau nga nga nna,
6 shanhte a shayi sha ni hpe la ya let, tinang a shayi sha ni hpe mung shanhte a shadang sha ni hpe ya sha let, shanhte a Hpara ni hpe jaw jau lawm ma ai.
Otniela
7 Ya Israela kashu kasha ni gaw, Yehowa man e n shawp ai amu galaw let, shanhte a Karai Kasang Yehowa hpe malap kau nna Bala hpara ni hte Asherot hpe jaw jau ma ai.
8 Dai majaw Yehowa Israela kashu kasha ni hpe pawt bu ai hte, Mesopotami hkawhkam Hkushan-re-shahtim a lata hta shanhte hpe dut kau mu ai rai nna, Israela kashu kasha ni gaw matsat ning tup Hkushan-re-shahtim kaw yamnga ma ai.
9 Shaloi, Israela kashu kasha ni Yehowa hpe jahtau jang, Yehowa gaw shanhte hpe hkye la ai wa, Hkaleb a kanau Kenaza kasha Otniela hpe paw pru shangun wu ai rai nna, shi shanhte hpe hkye la wu ai.
10 Yehowa a Wenyi shi hta dung nga ai rai nna, shi gaw Israela masha ni hta tara dara ya nga ai: hpyen gasat mung shi woi awn nna, Yehowa gaw Mesopotami hkawhkam Hkushan-re-shahtim hpe shi a lata de ap kau wu ai: shi a lata hte dai hkawhkam hpe dang kau wu ai.
11 Shaloi, mung ting mali shi ning tup majan sim mat ai. Kenaza kasha Otniela mung si mat ai.
Ehud
12 Bai, Israela kashu kasha ni gaw Yehowa man e n shawp ai amu galaw ma ai: shing rai Yehowa man e n shawp ai amu galaw ai majaw, Israela hpe ari jaw na matu Yehowa gaw Moba hkawhkam Eglon hpe n-gun shaja wu ai.
13 Dai wa gaw Amon masha ni hte Amalek masha ni hpe grau la nna, hpyen rawt nhtawm, Israela masha ni hpe gasat nna namhtan hpun mare dip la kau ya mu ai.
14 Shing rai, Israela kashu kasha ni gaw shi matsat ning tup Moba hkawhkam Eglon kaw yamnga ma ai.
15 Bai, Israela kashu kasha ni Yehowa hpe jahtau yang, Yehowa gaw shanhte a matu hkye la ai wa ngu ai, Ben-yamin amyu, Gera kasha, lata lapai ai wa Ehud hpe paw pru shangun ya wu ai: Israela kashu kasha ni gaw shi a lata hta, Moba hkawhkam Eglon hpang de shawa jahkawn shagun dat mu ai.
16 Ehud gaw dawng mi galu nna, nshan lahkawng dai ai nhtu galaw nna, hkra magyi na labu kata e tsat tawn mu ai.
17 Shing rai, Moba hkawhkam Eglon kaw jahkawn shang sak wu ai: Eglon chyawm gaw nachying hpum ai wa rai nga ai.
18 Jahkawn sak da ngut jang, jahkawn gun sa ai ni hpe dat dat mu ai.
19 Shi chyawm gaw Gilgala shara makau na nlung mahtan du jang, bai nhtang sa nhtawm, hkawhkam hpe, “Hkawhkam wa e, ngai nang hpe lagyim tsun na ga lu nngai,” ngu wu ai. Hkawhkam wa gaw, “Naw tsin u,” ngu wu yang, shi kaw tsap nga ai ni nlang pru mat wa ma ai.
20 Ya hkawhkam wa gaw shi chyu nga nga re ai katsi ai ntsa kawk hta dung nga yang, Ehud gaw shi hpang de sit sa nna, “Karai Kasang kaw na nang hte seng ai ga ngai gun nngai,” ngu wu ai. Shaloi shi rawt tsap wa jang,
21 Ehud mung shi a pai lata hte hkra magyi de tsat tawn ai nhtu shaw nhtawm, hkawhkam a kan galun baw ya wu ai:
22 nhtu dai mung nhku lawm hkra shang wa nna, shi a kan na n shaw sai majaw, nhtu dai hpe sau e galup tawn nna, shingdu de hkrang hkra rai nga ai.
23 Shaloi Ehud gaw shinggan jan de pru nhtawm, dai ntsa gawk chyinghka ni hpe la nna, htinggrang kau da wu ai.
24 Ya Ehud pru mat wa ai hpang, hkawhkam wa a shangun ma ai wa yu nna, yu u, chyinghka htinggrang nga la nga ai hpe mu jang shanhte gaw, “Gaja wa, ntsa gawk e hkum tsan ai she rai sam ai,” nga ma ai.
25 Shanhte jin hkra la yu timung, ntsa gawk na chyinghka n hpaw ya ai majaw, shanhte sumtsaw la nna, hpu yu mu yang, yu u, shanhte a Madu ga e si taw nga ai hpe mu mu ai.
26 Shanhte shing rai naw la nga ai laman e Ehud gaw hprawng lawt lu nna, nlung mahtan tu ai shara lai kau da ai hte Seira de du mat wa ai.
27 Shaloi shi du wa jang Ehprim bum ga e, shi pahtau dum dat wu ai rai nna, Israela kashu kasha ni mung shi kaw hkan nang let bum ga de na yu wa ma ai.
28 Shi mung, “Ngai kaw hkan marit; Yehowa gaw nanhte a hpyen, Moba masha ni hpe nanhte a lata hta ap ya manit dai,” ngu wu ai. Shanhte mung shi kaw hkan nang nna, Moba mung de sa ai lam Yawdan hka rap ai uhkan e hkap nna langai mi hpe muk n rap kaw shangun mu ai.
29 Dai shaloi, n-gun ja ai Moba share mun mi hpe, langai mi mung n lawt hkra, sat kau mu ai.
30 Shing rai, Israela masha ni Moba masha ni hpe dang kau mu ai. Dai kaw nna matsat shi ning tup mung ting, majan sim mat ai.
Shamga
31 Ehud a hpang e Anat a kasha Shamga paw pru nna, majawn hte Hpilisti masha marai kru tsa hpe sat kau nna, Israela masha ni hpe hkye la wu ai.