اَلْقُضَاة 6

١ 1 وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَدَفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَدِ مِدْيَانَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ.

And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

٢ 2 فَٱعْتَزَّتْ يَدُ مِدْيَانَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. بِسَبَبِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ عَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمِ ٱلْكُهُوفَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْجِبَالِ وَٱلْمَغَايِرَ وَٱلْحُصُونَ.

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

٣ 3 وَإِذَا زَرَعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، كَانَ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ وَٱلْعَمَالِقَةُ وَبَنُو ٱلْمَشْرِقِ، يَصْعَدُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ،

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

٤ 4 وَيَنْزِلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُتْلِفُونَ غَلَّةَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى مَجِيئِكَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَلَا يَتْرُكُونَ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ قُوتَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ، وَلَا غَنَمًا وَلَا بَقَرًا وَلَا حَمِيرًا.

and they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

٥ 5 لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَخِيَامِهِمْ وَيَجِيئُونَ كَٱلْجَرَادِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ وَلِجِمَالِهِمْ عَدَدٌ، وَدَخَلُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ لِكَيْ يُخْرِبُوهَا.

For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.

٦ 6 فَذَلَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ جِدًّا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ. وَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ لَمَّا صَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ بِسَبَبِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian,

٨ 8 أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَرْسَلَ رَجُلًا نَبِيًّا إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِّي قَدْ أَصْعَدْتُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ،

that the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel; and he said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

٩ 9 وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ مُضَايِقِيكُمْ، وَطَرَدْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ وَأَعْطَيْتُكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ.

and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.

١٠ 10 وَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا آلِهَةَ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْتُمْ سَاكِنُونَ أَرْضَهُمْ. وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِي».

And I said unto you: I am the LORD your God; ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye have not hearkened unto My voice.'

١١ 11 وَأَتَى مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَلَسَ تَحْتَ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي عَفْرَةَ ٱلَّتِي لِيُوآشَ ٱلْأَبِيعَزَرِيِّ. وَٱبْنُهُ جِدْعُونُ كَانَ يَخْبِطُ حِنْطَةً فِي ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ لِكَيْ يُهَرِّبَهَا مِنَ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ.

And the angel of the LORD came, and sat under the terebinth which was in Ophrah, that belonged unto Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

١٢ 12 فَظَهَرَ لَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَكَ يَا جَبَّارَ ٱلْبَأْسِ».

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.'

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ لَهُ جِدْعُونُ: «أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي، إِذَا كَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَنَا فَلِمَاذَا أَصَابَتْنَا كُلُّ هَذِهِ؟ وَأَيْنَ كُلُّ عَجَائِبِهِ ٱلَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا بِهَا آبَاؤُنَا قَائِلِينَ: أَلَمْ يُصْعِدْنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟ وَٱلْآنَ قَدْ رَفَضَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَجَعَلَنَا فِي كَفِّ مِدْيَانَ».

And Gideon said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all His wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying: Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.'

١٤ 14 فَٱلْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبْ بِقُوَّتِكَ هَذِهِ وَخَلِّصْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ كَفِّ مِدْيَانَ. أَمَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ؟»

And the LORD turned towards him, and said: 'Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian; have not I sent thee?'

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي، بِمَاذَا أُخَلِّصُ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ هَا عَشِيرَتِي هِيَ ٱلذُّلَّى فِي مَنَسَّى، وَأَنَا ٱلْأَصْغَرُ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِي».

And he said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.'

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَكُونُ مَعَكَ، وَسَتَضْرِبُ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ».

And the LORD said unto him: 'Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.'

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَٱصْنَعْ لِي عَلَامَةً أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تُكَلِّمُنِي.

And he said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

١٨ 18 لَا تَبْرَحْ مِنْ هَهُنَا حَتَّى آتِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَأُخْرِجَ تَقْدِمَتِي وَأَضَعَهَا أَمَامَكَ». فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَبْقَى حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ».

Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee.' And he said: 'I will tarry until thou come back.'

١٩ 19 فَدَخَلَ جِدْعُونُ وَعَمِلَ جَدْيَ مِعْزًى وَإِيفَةَ دَقِيقٍ فَطِيرًا. أَمَّا ٱللَّحْمُ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي سَلٍّ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَرَقُ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي قِدْرٍ، وَخَرَجَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ إِلَى تَحْتِ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ وَقَدَّمَهَا.

And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal; the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the terebinth, and presented it.

٢٠ 20 فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱللهِ: «خُذِ ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلْفَطِيرَ وَضَعْهُمَا عَلَى تِلْكَ ٱلصَّخْرَةِ وَٱسْكُبِ ٱلْمَرَقَ». فَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ.

And the angel of God said unto him: 'Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.' And he did so.

٢١ 21 فَمَدَّ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ طَرَفَ ٱلْعُكَّازِ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ وَمَسَّ ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلْفَطِيرَ، فَصَعِدَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ ٱلصَّخْرَةِ وَأَكَلَتِ ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلْفَطِيرَ. وَذَهَبَ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ.

Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

٢٢ 22 فَرَأَى جِدْعُونُ أَنَّهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ: «آهِ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلرَّبَّ! لِأَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَلَاكَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجْهًا لِوَجْهٍ.»

And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said: 'Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.'

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱلسَّلَامُ لَكَ. لَا تَخَفْ. لَا تَمُوتُ».

And the LORD said unto him: 'Peace be unto thee; fear not; thou shalt not die.'

٢٤ 24 فَبَنَى جِدْعُونُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ وَدَعَاهُ «يَهْوَهَ شَلُومَ». إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي عَفْرَةِ ٱلْأَبِيعَزَرِيِّينَ.

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it 'Adonai-shalom'; unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

٢٥ 25 وَكَانَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَالَ لَهُ: «خُذْ ثَوْرَ ٱلْبَقَرِ ٱلَّذِي لِأَبِيكَ، وَثَوْرًا ثَانِيًا ٱبْنَ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ، وَٱهْدِمْ مَذْبَحَ ٱلْبَعْلِ ٱلَّذِي لِأَبِيكَ، وَٱقْطَعِ ٱلسَّارِيَةَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُ،

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: 'Take thy father's bullock, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

٢٦ 26 وَٱبْنِ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ عَلَى رَأْسِ هَذَا ٱلْحِصْنِ بِتَرْتِيبٍ، وَخُذِ ٱلثَّوْرَ ٱلثَّانِي وَأَصْعِدْ مُحْرَقَةً عَلَى حَطَبِ ٱلسَّارِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَقْطَعُهَا.

and build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down.'

٢٧ 27 فَأَخَذَ جِدْعُونُ عَشْرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ وَعَمِلَ كَمَا كَلَّمَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَإِذْ كَانَ يَخَافُ مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ ذَلِكَ نَهَارًا، فَعَمِلَهُ لَيْلًا.

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken unto him; and it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

٢٨ 28 فَبَكَّرَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَإِذَا بِمَذْبَحِ ٱلْبَعْلِ قَدْ هُدِمَ وَٱلسَّارِيَةُ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُ قَدْ قُطِعَتْ، وَٱلثَّوْرُ ٱلثَّانِي قَدْ أُصْعِدَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي بُنِيَ.

And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

٢٩ 29 فَقَالُوا ٱلْوَاحِدُ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «مَنْ عَمِلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ؟» فَسَأَلُوا وَبَحَثُوا فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّ جِدْعُونَ بْنَ يُوآشَ قَدْ فَعَلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ».

And they said one to another: 'Who hath done this thing?' And when they inquired and asked, they said: 'Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.'

٣٠ 30 فَقَالَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِيُوآشَ: «أَخْرِجِ ٱبْنَكَ لِكَيْ يَمُوتَ، لِأَنَّهُ هَدَمَ مَذْبَحَ ٱلْبَعْلِ وَقَطَعَ ٱلسَّارِيَةَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُ».

Then the men of the city said unto Joash: 'Bring out thy son, that he may die; because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.'

٣١ 31 فَقَالَ يُوآشُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْقَائِمِينَ عَلَيْهِ: «أَنْتُمْ تُقَاتِلُونَ لِلْبَعْلِ، أَمْ أَنْتُمْ تُخَلِّصُونَهُ؟ مَنْ يُقَاتِلْ لَهُ يُقْتَلْ فِي هَذَا ٱلصَّبَاحِ. إِنْ كَانَ إِلَهًا فَلْيُقَاتِلْ لِنَفْسِهِ لِأَنَّ مَذْبَحَهُ قَدْ هُدِمَ».

And Joash said unto all that stood against him: 'Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, shall be put to death before morning; if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.'

٣٢ 32 فَدَعَاهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ «يَرُبَّعْلَ» قَائِلًا: «لِيُقَاتِلْهُ ٱلْبَعْلُ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ هَدَمَ مَذْبَحَهُ».

Therefore on that day he was called Jerubbaal, saying: 'Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'

٣٣ 33 وَٱجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْعَمَالِقَةِ وَبَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ مَعًا وَعَبَرُوا وَنَزَلُوا فِي وَادِي يِزْرَعِيلَ.

Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

٣٤ 34 وَلَبِسَ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ جِدْعُونَ فَضَرَبَ بِٱلْبُوقِ، فَٱجْتَمَعَ أَبِيعَزَرُ وَرَاءَهُ.

But the spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon; and he blew a horn; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.

٣٥ 35 وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى جَمِيعِ مَنَسَّى، فَٱجْتَمَعَ هُوَ أَيْضًا وَرَاءَهُ، وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى أَشِيرَ وَزَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِي فَصَعِدُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ.

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him; and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

٣٦ 36 وَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ لِلهِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تُخَلِّصُ بِيَدِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ،

And Gideon said unto God: 'If Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,

٣٧ 37 فَهَا إِنِّي وَاضِعٌ جَزَّةَ ٱلصُّوفِ فِي ٱلْبَيْدَرِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ طَلٌّ عَلَى ٱلْجَزَّةِ وَحْدَهَا، وَجَفَافٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا، عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ تُخَلِّصُ بِيَدِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ».

behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken.'

٣٨ 38 وَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ. فَبَكَّرَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَضَغَطَ ٱلْجَزَّةَ وَعَصَرَ طَّلًا مِنَ ٱلْجَزَّةِ، مِلْءَ قَصْعَةٍ مَاءً.

And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

٣٩ 39 فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ لِلهِ: «لَا يَحْمَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَيَّ فَأَتَكَلَّمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ. أَمْتَحِنُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ بِٱلْجَزَّةِ. فَلْيَكُنْ جَفَافٌ فِي ٱلْجَزَّةِ وَحْدَهَا وَعَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَكُنْ طَلٌّ».

And Gideon said unto God: 'Let not Thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray Thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.'

٤٠ 40 فَفَعَلَ ٱللهُ كَذَلِكَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ. فَكَانَ جَفَافٌ فِي ٱلْجَزَّةِ وَحْدَهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا كَانَ طَلٌّ.

And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.