Di Papa Raise Tola Make E Save Israel
Tola and Jair judge quietly between di storms. Den Israel serve di gods of every neighbour at once and Ammon crush dem eighteen years. When dem cry out, our Papa count every rescue wey e don do before and refuse — go cry to di gods wey una choose. Dia suffering dey pain am.
10 1After Abimelech, Tola pikin of Puah, wey be Dodo pikin, wey be man from Issachar, come rise up to save Israel; e dey live for Shamir wey dey Ephraim mountain-side. 2E lead Israel as judge for twenty-three years; then e die, dem come bury am for Shamir.
Jair Lead Israel
3After am, Jair wey be Gilead man rise up, wey lead Israel as judge for twenty-two years. 4E get thirty sons wey dey ride thirty donkey, wey get thirty town for Gilead, wey dem dey call Havvoth-jair till today. a a v4 Havvoth-jair mean "di places wey Jair people settle" — di town dem take im name. 5When Jair die, dem bury am for Kamon.
Israel Comot For di Papa Again
6Israel people come do bad thing again for our Papa eye, dem dey serve di Baal dem, di Ashtoreth dem, di gods of Aram, di gods of Sidon, di gods of Moab, di gods of di Ammon people, and di gods of di Philistine people. Dem comot for our Papa, dem no serve am again. 7So our Papa vex well well against Israel, and e sell dem give di Philistine people and di Ammon people. 8For that year dem break and crush Israel people—for eighteen years dem dey oppress all di Israel people wey dey for di other side of Jordan for di Amorite people land, for Gilead. 9Di Ammon people sef cross Jordan to fight Judah, Benjamin, and di house of Ephraim, so Israel dey inside big trouble. 10Then Israel people cry to our Papa: "We don sin against you, we comot for our Papa to serve di Baal dem."
11And our Papa tell Israel people say, "No be me save una from di Egypt people, di Amorite people, di Ammon people, and di Philistine people? 12Di Sidon people, di Amalek people, and di Maon people oppress una; una cry to me, and I save una from dem hand. 13But una don forsake me, una serve other gods; na why I no go save una again. 14Go cry to di gods wey una choose; make dem save una when una dey inside trouble."
15Israel people tell our Papa say, "We don sin. Do us anything wey you feel say good; na only, abeg, rescue us today." 16Dem come throway di foreign gods, dem serve our Papa, and im heart no fit bear di suffer wey Israel dey suffer again.
17Di Ammon people gather togeda dem camp for Gilead; Israel people sef gather dem camp for Mizpah. 18Di people, di leaders of Gilead, tell dem-self say, "Anybody wey start to fight di Ammon people go be head over all Gilead people."
