Judges 1

1 ¹After Joshua don die, di Israel people ask our Papa say, "Who go go up first for us go fight di Canaan people?"

²Our Papa talk say, "Judah go go up. I don give di land into im hand."

³Judah talk to im brother Simeon say, "Come go up with me enter di land wey dem share give me, make we fight di Canaan people; and me too go follow you enter your own." So Simeon follow am go. ⁴So Judah go up, and our Papa give di Canaan people and di Perizzite people into their hand, and dem kill 10,000 men for Bezek. ⁵For Bezek dem meet Adoni-bezek, dem fight am, and dem kill di Canaan people and di Perizzite people. ⁶Adoni-bezek run comot, but dem chase am, catch am, and cut off im two big finger and im two big toe. ⁷Adoni-bezek talk say, "Seventy king wey dem don cut their big finger and big toe be di people wey dey gather di scrap wey dey fall under my table. Di way I do, na so God don pay me back." Dem carry am go Jerusalem, and na there im die.

⁸Judah men fight against Jerusalem, dem capture am, dem strike am with sword, and dem burn di city. ⁹After that Judah go down go fight di Canaan people wey dey live for di hill country, di Negev, and di lowland for west. ¹⁰Judah move against di Canaan people wey dey Hebron (wey dem first call Kiriath-arba) and dem kill Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

¹¹From there dem march against di people wey dey live for Debir (dem first call Debir na Kiriath-sepher). ¹²Caleb talk say, "Anybody wey attack and capture Kiriath-sepher, I go give am my pikin girl Achsah make she be im wife." ¹³Othniel, pikin of Kenaz, Caleb small brother, capture am, so Caleb give am im pikin girl Achsah for marriage.

¹⁴When she come meet Othniel, she beg am make e go ask her papa for one field. As she come down from her donkey, Caleb ask her say, "Wetin you want?"

¹⁵She talk to am say, "Give me blessing. Since you don give me di land for di Negev, give me spring water too." So Caleb give her di upper spring and di lower spring. ¹⁶Di children of di Kenite, di family of Moses papa-in-law, follow Judah people go up from di city of palm tree enter Judah wilderness for di Negev near Arad, and dem come settle among di people. ^a a v16 Di city of palm tree na Jericho, for di Jordan valley. ¹⁷Judah follow im brother Simeon go; dem kill di Canaan people wey dey live for Zephath and dem destroy am finish, so dem call di city Hormah. ^b b v17 Hormah mean "destruction" — di new name dey show say dem give di city over completely to destruction. ¹⁸Judah still capture Gaza with im land, Ashkelon with im land, and Ekron with im land. ¹⁹Our Papa dey with Judah, wey take di hill country but no fit drive comot di people for di valley, because dem get iron chariot. ²⁰Dem give Hebron to Caleb, as Moses don promise, and e drive comot di three sons of Anak from there. ²¹But Benjamin no drive comot di Jebusite people wey dey Jerusalem; so di Jebusite people dey live with Benjamin for Jerusalem till today.

²²Di house of Joseph too go up against Bethel, and our Papa dey with dem. ²³Di house of Joseph send men go spy Bethel (dem first call di city na Luz). ²⁴Di spies see one man wey dey comot from di city and dem talk to am say, "Show us di way to enter, and we go treat you well." ²⁵So e show dem di way to enter, and dem strike di city with sword, but dem let di man and im whole family go. ²⁶Di man go di land of di Hittite people, e build one city, and e call am Luz—na im name till today.

²⁷Manasseh no drive comot di people of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo, or their villages; so di Canaan people make up their mind say dem go continue to live for that land. ²⁸When Israel come strong, dem force di Canaan people do hard work, but dem never drive dem comot completely. ²⁹Ephraim no drive comot di Canaan people wey dey live for Gezer, so dem continue to live among dem for there. ³⁰Zebulun no drive comot di people of Kitron or di people of Nahalol, so di Canaan people live among dem but dem come turn to people wey dem force do hard work. ³¹Asher no drive comot di people wey dey live for Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob; ³²so di Asher people live among di Canaan people of di land, because dem no drive dem comot. ³³Naphtali no drive comot di people wey dey live for Beth-shemesh or Beth-anath, so dem live among di Canaan people of di land; but di people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath come turn to people wey dem force do hard work. ³⁴Di Amorite people force di Dan people enter di hill country, dem no gree make dem come down go di plain. ³⁵Di Amorite people hold strong to dey live for Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but di hand of di house of Joseph press dem, and dem come put dem for hard work. ³⁶Di border of di Amorite people run from di climb of Akrabbim, from Sela dey go up.