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29 (A)Awo Abayisirayiri ne bateegera ku njuyi zonna eza Gibea. 30 Ku lunaku olwokusatu abaana ba Isirayiri ne bambuka okulwanyisa abaana ba Benyamini ne basimba ennyiriri nga boolekedde Gibea ng’olulala. 31 (B)Abaana ba Benyamini ne bavaayo okubalwanyisa ne basikirizibwa okuva mu kibuga, ne batandika okukuba n’okutta ng’olulala, nga bava ku luguudo olumu okudda e Beseri, ne ku lulala oludda e Gibea mu nnimiro. Ne batta abasajja Abayisirayiri ng’amakumi asatu.

32 (C)Abaana ba Benyamini bwe baagambanga nti, “Tubawangula nga luli bwe kyali ku mulundi ogwasooka,” Abayisirayiri bo ne beeteesa nti, “Tuddeyoko emabega, tubasikirize okubaggya mu kibuga badde mu nguudo.” 33 (D)Abasajja bonna aba Isirayiri ne bava mu nnyiriri zaabwe mu bifo byabwe, ne badda e Baalutamali. Abayisirayiri abaateega ne bafubutuka okuva mu bifo byabwe mu ttale erya Gibea. 34 (E)Awo abasajja omutwalo gumu abaalondebwa okuva mu Isirayiri yonna, ne balumba Gibea ne waba okulwana okw’amaanyi, Ababenyamini ne batamanya nti akabi kabajjidde. 35 (F)Awo Mukama Katonda n’awangula Benyamini mu maaso ga Isirayiri, era ku lunaku olwo abaana ba Isirayiri ne batta Ababenyamini bonna abaalina ebitala, abasajja emitwalo ebiri mu enkumi ttaano mu kikumi. 36 (G)Abaana ba Benyamini ne balaba nga bakubiddwa.

Abasajja ba Isirayiri ne bakolera Ababenyamini ekkubo, nga bo Abayisirayiri beesize abateezi be baali batadde okumpi ne Gibea. 37 (H)Abaali bateeze ne badduka ne beesogga mu Gibea, ne basaasaana ne batta abaakirimu bonna. 38 (I)Abasajja ba Isirayiri baali balagaanye n’abaateega nti abateezi bwe banaanyoosa omukka omungi mu kibuga,

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29 Then Israel set an ambush(A) around Gibeah. 30 They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before. 31 The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away(B) from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel(C) and the other to Gibeah. 32 While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,”(D) the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”

33 All the men of Israel moved from their places and took up positions at Baal Tamar, and the Israelite ambush charged out of its place(E) on the west[a] of Gibeah.[b] 34 Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize(F) how near disaster was.(G) 35 The Lord defeated Benjamin(H) before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords. 36 Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten.

Now the men of Israel had given way(I) before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush(J) they had set near Gibeah. 37 Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.(K) 38 The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke(L) from the city,(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Judges 20:33 Hebrew Geba, a variant of Gibeah

19 (A)Amangwago ng’agaludde omuwunda abaali beekwese ne bafubutukayo ne besogga ekibuga era amangwago ne bakikoleeza omuliro.

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19 As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly(A) from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.(B)

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