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Judges

Chapter 9

KJV · Textus Receptus

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
37And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
38Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
39And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
40And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
42And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
43And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
44And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

Asante Twi

1Na Abimelek, Yerubaal babarima kɔɔ Sekem, ne maame nuammarima nkyɛn, na ɔne wɔn ne ne maame agya fie abusua nyinaa kasaeɛ sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Mesrɛ mo, monka ngu Sekem mmarima nyinaa asom sɛ, Deɛ ɛwɔ he na ɛyɛ ma mo, sɛ Yerubaal mmammarima nyinaa, nnipa aduɔson bɛdi mo so, anaasɛ ɔbaako bɛdi mo so? na monkae nso sɛ meyɛ mo dompe ne mo honam.Under pastoral review
3Na ne maame nuammarima kaa saa nsɛm yi nyinaa guu Sekem mmarima nyinaa asom wɔ ne ho: na wɔn akoma danee dii Abimelek akyi; efisɛ wɔkaa sɛ, Ɔyɛ yɛn nua.Under pastoral review
4Na wɔmaa no dwetɛ aduɔson firii Baalberit fie, na Abimelek de bɔɔ nnipa hunu a wɔn ho yɛ hare paa, na wɔdii n'akyi.Under pastoral review
5Na ɔkɔɔ n'agya fie wɔ Ofra, na ɔkunkumm ne nuanom, Yerubaal mmammarima, nnipa aduɔson wɔ ɛboɔ baako so: nanso Yotam, Yerubaal ba akumaa no kaeɛ; efisɛ ɔde ne ho sieeɛ.Under pastoral review
6Na Sekem mmarima nyinaa ne Milo fie nyinaa boaa wɔn ho ano, na wɔkɔeɛ, na wɔsii Abimelek hene, wɔ dum a ɛsi hɔ tee wɔ Sekem no ho.Under pastoral review
7Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Yotam no, ɔkɔ gyinaa bepɔ Gerisim atifi, na ɔmaa ne nne so teaam, na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Montie me, mo Sekem mmarima, na Onyankopɔn atie mo.Under pastoral review
8Nnua no firii adi ɛda bi sɛ wɔrekɔsra ɔhene ama wɔn ho; na wɔka kyerɛɛ ngo dua sɛ, Di yɛn so hene.Under pastoral review
9Na ngo dua ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Mennyae me sradeɛ a wɔnam so hyɛ Onyankopɔn ne onipa animuonyam no, na menkɔkyinkyini nnua so anaa?Under pastoral review
10Na nnua no ka kyerɛɛ borɔdɔma dua sɛ, Bra wo, na bɛdi yɛn so hene.Under pastoral review
11Na borɔdɔma dua ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Mennyae me dɛ ne m'aba pa, na menkɔkyinkyini nnua so anaa?Under pastoral review
12Afei nnua no ka kyerɛɛ bobe sɛ, Bra wo, na bɛdi yɛn so hene.Under pastoral review
13Na bobe ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Mennyae me nsã a ɛma Onyankopɔn ne onipa ani gye no, na menkɔkyinkyini nnua so anaa?Under pastoral review
14Afei nnua no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ nkasɛɛ sɛ, Bra wo, na bɛdi yɛn so hene.Under pastoral review
15Na nkasɛɛ ka kyerɛɛ nnua no sɛ, Sɛ nokorɛ mu mosra me ɔhene ma mo ho deɛ a, ɛnneɛ mommra mmɛfa me nwunu mu ahotosoɔ: na sɛ ɛnte saa deɛ a, ma ogya mfiri nkasɛɛ mu mmɛhye Lebanon ntweneduro.Under pastoral review
16Na afei, sɛ moayɛ nokorɛ ne pɛpɛyɛ mu, sɛ moasi Abimelek hene, na sɛ moayɛ Yerubaal ne ne fie yie, na moayɛ no sɛdeɛ ne nsa ano adwuma fata no a;Under pastoral review
17(Efisɛ m'agya ko maa mo, na ɔde ne nkwa too hɔ akyirikyiri, na ɔgyee mo firii Midian nsam:Under pastoral review
18Na moasɔre atia m'agya fie ɛnnɛ, na moakunkum ne mmammarima, nnipa aduɔson wɔ ɛboɔ baako so, na moasi Abimelek, n'afenaa babarima hene ama Sekem mmarima, efisɛ ɔyɛ mo nua;)Under pastoral review
19Sɛ moayɛ Yerubaal ne ne fie nokorɛ ne pɛpɛyɛ mu ɛnnɛ deɛ a, ɛnneɛ momma mo ani nnye Abimelek ho, na ɔno nso ani nnye mo ho:Under pastoral review
20Na sɛ ɛnte saa deɛ a, ma ogya mfiri Abimelek mu mmɛhye Sekem mmarima ne Milo fie; na ma ogya mfiri Sekem mmarima ne Milo fie mu mmɛhye Abimelek.Under pastoral review
21Na Yotam tuu mmirika dwaneeɛ, na ɔkɔɔ Beer, na ɔtenaa hɔ, ne nua Abimelek ho suro nti.Under pastoral review
22Na Abimelek dii Israel so mfeɛ mmiɛnsa no,Under pastoral review
23Onyankopɔn somaa honhom bɔne baa Abimelek ne Sekem mmarima ntam; na Sekem mmarima yɛɛ nnaadaa Abimelek ho:Under pastoral review
24Sɛdeɛ atirimuɔden a wɔyɛɛ Yerubaal mmammarima aduɔson no bɛba, na wɔn mogya bɛgu Abimelek wɔn nua a ɔkunkumm wɔn no so, ne Sekem mmarima a wɔboaa no ne nuanom no kum mu no so.Under pastoral review
25Na Sekem mmarima maa atɛfoɔ kɔtɛɛ no wɔ mmepɔ atifi, na wɔfoo wɔn a wɔfaa saa ɛkwan no so wɔ wɔn nkyɛn nyinaa: na wɔka kyerɛɛ Abimelek.Under pastoral review
26Na Gaal, Ebed babarima ne ne nuanom baeɛ, na wɔtwa kɔɔ Sekem: na Sekem mmarima de wɔn ho too no so.Under pastoral review
27Na wɔfirii adi kɔɔ mfuo mu, na wɔtetee wɔn bobe nturo mu aba, na wɔtiatiaa so, na wɔgyee wɔn ani, na wɔkɔɔ wɔn nyame fie, na wɔdidiiɛ na wɔnomeeɛ, na wɔdomee Abimelek.Under pastoral review
28Na Gaal, Ebed babarima kaa sɛ, Hwan ne Abimelek, na hwan ne Sekem, a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛsom no? ɛnyɛ Yerubaal babarima anaa? na Sebul nnyɛ ne panin anaa? Monsom Hamor, Sekem agya mmarima: na adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛsom ɔno?Under pastoral review
29Na sɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi hyɛ me nsa ase a! ɛnneɛ anka mɛyi Abimelek afiri hɔ. Na ɔka kyerɛɛ Abimelek sɛ, Ma w'asraadɔm nnɔɔso, na firi adi bra.Under pastoral review
30Na ɛberɛ a Sebul, kuro no sodifoɔ tee Gaal, Ebed babarima nsɛm no, ne bo fuiɛ.Under pastoral review
31Na ɔsomaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ Abimelek nkyɛn kokoam sɛ, Hwɛ, Gaal, Ebed babarima ne ne nuanom aba Sekem; na hwɛ, wɔrehyɛ kuro no den atia wo.Under pastoral review
32Enti afei sɔre anadwo, wo ne nnipa a wɔka wo ho, na kɔtɛ wɔ afuo no mu:Under pastoral review
33Na ɛbɛba sɛ, anɔpa, owia pue ara pɛ, wobɛsɔre ntɛm ato ahyɛ kuro no so: na hwɛ, sɛ ɔne nnipa a wɔka ne ho firi adi ba wo so a, ɛnneɛ yɛ wɔn sɛdeɛ wo nsa bɛso.Under pastoral review
34Na Abimelek ne nnipa a wɔka ne ho nyinaa sɔree anadwo, na wɔkɔtɛɛ Sekem akuo ɛnan mu.Under pastoral review
35Na Gaal, Ebed babarima firii adi, na ɔgyinaa kuro no ɛpono ano kwan ano: na Abimelek ne nnipa a wɔka ne ho sɔre firii atɛeɛ hɔ.Under pastoral review
36Na ɛberɛ a Gaal hunuu nnipa no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Sebul sɛ, Hwɛ, nnipa bi resiane firi mmepɔ no atifi aba. Na Sebul ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Wohunu mmepɔ no sunsumma sɛ nnipa.Under pastoral review
37Na Gaal sane kasaa bio sɛ, Hwɛ, nnipa bi resiane firi asase no mfimfini aba, na ekuo baako nso nam Meonenim tata so reba.Under pastoral review
38Afei Sebul ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, W'ano a wokaa sɛ, Hwan ne Abimelek a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛsom no no wɔ he afei? ɛnyɛ saa nnipa yi na wobuu wɔn animtiaa no anaa? Mesrɛ wo, firi adi seesei, na wo ne wɔn nkɔko.Under pastoral review
39Na Gaal dii Sekem mmarima anim firii adi, na ɔne Abimelek koeɛ.Under pastoral review
40Na Abimelek taa no, na ɔdwane firii n'anim, na bebree hwehwee ase a wɔapirapira, kɔsii ɛpono no ano kwan ano.Under pastoral review
41Na Abimelek tenaa Aruma: na Sebul pamoo Gaal ne ne nuanom, sɛ wɔntena Sekem.Under pastoral review
42Na ɛbaa adekyeeɛ sɛ, nkurɔfoɔ no firii adi kɔɔ afuo no mu; na wɔka kyerɛɛ Abimelek.Under pastoral review
43Na ɔfaa nnipa no, na ɔkyɛɛ wɔn mu akuo mmiɛnsa, na ɔkɔtɛɛ afuo no mu, na ɔhwɛeɛ, na hwɛ, nkurɔfoɔ no firi kuro no mu reba; na ɔsɔre tiaa wɔn, na ɔbobɔɔ wɔn.Under pastoral review
44Na Abimelek ne ekuo a ɛka ne ho no bɔɔ so kɔgyinaa kuro no ɛpono ano kwan ano: na akuo mmienu no tuu mmirika kɔɔ wɔn a wɔwɔ mfuo mu nyinaa so, na wɔkunkumm wɔn.Under pastoral review
45Na Abimelek ko tiaa kuro no ɛda mua no nyinaa; na ɔfaa kuro no, na ɔkunkumm nnipa a wɔwɔ mu, na ɔbubuu kuro no guiɛ, na ɔpetee so nkyene.Under pastoral review
46Na ɛberɛ a Sekem abantenten mu mmarima nyinaa teeɛ no, wɔwuraa nyame Berit fie abanbɔeɛ no mu.Under pastoral review
47Na wɔka kyerɛɛ Abimelek sɛ Sekem abantenten mu mmarima nyinaa aboa wɔn ho ano.Under pastoral review
48Na Abimelek ne nnipa a wɔka ne ho nyinaa foro kɔɔ bepɔ Salmon so; na Abimelek faa abonnua wɔ ne nsam, na ɔtwaa dua mman bi, na ɔfaeɛ de too ne mmatire, na ɔka kyerɛɛ nnipa a wɔka ne ho no sɛ, Deɛ moahunu sɛ mayɛ no, monyɛ ntɛm nyɛ sɛ me ara.Under pastoral review
49Na nnipa no nyinaa nso twitwaa obiara ne mman, na wɔdii Abimelek akyi, na wɔde guu abanbɔeɛ no ho, na wɔde ogya too abanbɔeɛ no mu wɔ wɔn so; enti Sekem abantenten mu nnipa nyinaa nso wuwuiɛ, mmarima ne mmaa bɛyɛ apem.Under pastoral review
50Afei Abimelek kɔɔ Tebes, na ɔbɔɔ atenaeɛ tiaa Tebes, na ɔfaa no.Under pastoral review
51Na abantenten a ɛyɛ den bi wɔ kuro no mu, na ɛhɔ na mmarima ne mmaa nyinaa, ne kuro no mu nnipa nyinaa dwane kɔeɛ, na wɔtotoo wɔn ho mu, na wɔforo kɔɔ abantenten no atifi.Under pastoral review
52Na Abimelek baa abantenten no ho, na ɔko tiaa no, na ɔtwe bɛnee abantenten no ɛpono ano sɛ ɔde ogya rebɛhye no.Under pastoral review
53Na ɔbaa bi too oyuyammoɔ fa bi guu Abimelek ti so, na ɛpɛkyɛɛ ne ti kwankoraa.Under pastoral review
54Afei ɔfrɛɛ aberanteɛ a ɔso n'akodeɛ no ntɛm, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Twe w'akofena, na kum me, na nnipa annka me ho asɛm sɛ, Ɔbaa na ɔkumm no. Na n'aberanteɛ no wɔɔ no maa ɔwuiɛ.Under pastoral review
55Na ɛberɛ a Israel mmarima hunuu sɛ Abimelek awu no, obiara kɔɔ ne beaeɛ.Under pastoral review
56Saa na Onyankopɔn tuaa Abimelek amumuyɛ a ɔyɛɛ n'agya, sɛ ɔkunkumm ne nuanom aduɔson no so ka:Under pastoral review
57Na Sekem mmarima bɔne nyinaa nso, Onyankopɔn tuaa so ka guu wɔn ti so: na Yotam, Yerubaal babarima nnome no baa wɔn so.Under pastoral review

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