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Wifes Fo Da Benjamin Guys
1 Befo time, Mizpah side, da Israel guys wen make one strong promise fo erybody know dat dey goin keep um: “No mo nobody from us guys goin let dea girls marry one Benjamin guy.”
2 Da peopo go Bethel town, an sit in front Da One In Charge till almos dark, moaning an crying real bad. 3 Dey tell, “Da One In Charge, you da God fo da Israel peopo! How come dis wen happen inside Israel? How come today, one Israel ohana wen disappea, so no moa?”
4 Early da nex morning da peopo build one altar, an dey make burn up kine sacrifices an da kine sacrifices dat tell dat dem an Da One In Charge stay good wit each odda.
5 Den da Israel peopo tell, “From all da Israel ohanas, get anybody dat neva show up Mizpah town in front Da One In Charge? da time us guys all meet togedda ova dea.” Cuz dey wen make one strong promise ova dea fo erybody know dat dey goin do um, dat whoeva no show up in front Da One In Charge Mizpah side, fo shua dey gotta mahke.
6 But now, da Israel peopo stay sad inside cuz a dea Benjamin ohana braddahs. Dey tell, “Today us guys wen cut off one ohana from oua Israel peopo! 7 How we goin find wifes fo da Benjamin guys dat still stay alive? Cuz us guys wen make one strong promise in front Da One In Charge fo no give da Benjamin guys oua girls fo marry!”
8 Den dey aks, “Wen us guys wen stay Mizpah side, get any peopo from da Israel ohanas, dat neva come togedda wit us guys in front Da One In Charge?” Dey find out dat wen dey wen count da army guys, nobody from Jabesh-Gilead wen come da camp dat time, fo da meeting. 9 Cuz wen dey wen count da men, dey find out dat no mo nobody from Jabesh-Gilead wen stay dea.
10 So da guys dat meet togedda sen twelve tousan guys fo go Jabesh-Gilead side an kill all da army guys dat live ova dea, an da wahines an da kids too. 11 Dey tell, “Dis wat you guys goin do. Wipe out all da Jabesh-Gilead guys jalike dey one sacrifice. An same ting fo all da wahines ova dea dat sleep wit one guy awready.” 12 Dey go Jabesh-Gilead, an find 400 young wahines dat neva sleep wit one guy. Dey bring dem to da camp Shiloh side, inside Canaan.
13 Den all da peopo sen messenjas by da 600 Benjamin guys dat stay Rimmon Cliff, fo tell dem dey no like fight no moa. 14 So dat time da Benjamin guys come back. Da Israel guys give dem da 400 young wahines dey neva kill from Jabesh-Gilead. But no mo enuff fo all a da Benjamin guys.
15 Da army guys still stay sad inside fo da Benjamin ohana, cuz Da One In Charge make one puka inside da Israel ohanas. 16 So da older leadas tell, “Da Benjamin wahines, almos wipe out awready. So, how we goin get wifes fo da Benjamin guys dat no mo wife? 17 Gotta get peopo dat goin get kids, so dea kids goin get da right fo own da Benjamin ohana property! Cuz no good, one Israel ohana come wipe out! 18 Us guys no can give dem oua girls fo come dea wifes, cuz us Israel guys wen make da strong promise: ‘Anybody give dea girl fo come da wife fo one Benjamin guy, dey get kahuna on top dem!’ 19 But you know wat?! Get one hoolaulea fo Da One In Charge ery year inside Shiloh. (Dass north side from Bethel, an east side a da road dat go from Bethel to Shekem, an south a da road dat go Lebonah.)”
20 So dey tell da Benjamin guys dat still no mo wife wat dey gotta do: “Go hide inside da grape farms an wait dea. 21 Wen you see da girls from Shiloh come out fo dance, den run outa da grape farms! Grab one Shiloh girl fo come yoa wife, an go da Benjamin land! 22 Fo shua, dea faddahs o braddahs goin come grumble to us guys. But we goin tell dem, ‘Eh, try do one good ting fo help dem! Cuz us neva find enuff wifes fo dem wen we fight da Jabesh-Gilead guys. An dis way, you guys no goin get da blame fo broke yoa promise to Da One In Charge, cuz you neva give yoa girls to da Benjamin guys!’ ”
23 So az wat da Benjamin guys wen do. Wen da girls stay dance, all dem catch one, an kidnap her fo come his wife. Den dey go back da land dey own, an build dea towns one mo time, an live ova dea.
24 Den da odda Israel guys go way from ova dea, an go back dea families an ohanas, all dem to dea property.
25 ✡Dat time da Israel peopo neva get king. Erybody wen do wateva dey tink az good.
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