Judges 7
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Suatu hari, Gideon (yang dijuluki Yerubaal) beserta pasukannya bangun pagi-pagi lalu berkemah di dekat mata air Harod. Perkemahan orang Midian ada di sebelah utara mereka, di lembah dekat bukit More.
2 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, “Prajuritmu terlalu banyak. Jika Aku membuat kalian menang atas pasukan Midian, orang Israel akan menyombongkan diri dengan mengaku, ‘Kita menang karena kekuatan kita sendiri.’
3 Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Karena itu umumkanlah, ‘Siapa saja yang merasa takut silakan pergi dari gunung Gilead ini dan pulang.’” Maka 22.000 orang pulang, dan tersisa 10.000 orang di sana.
4 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
TUHAN berkata lagi kepada Gideon, “Jumlah mereka masih terlalu banyak. Bawalah mereka turun ke sungai dan Aku akan memilah mereka di sana. Kalau Aku berkata, ‘Orang ini akan pergi bersamamu,’ pilihlah dia untuk pergi. Kalau Aku katakan, ‘Orang ini tidak akan pergi bersamamu,’ jangan pilih dia.”
5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Maka Gideon membawa para prajurit ke tepi sungai. Lalu kata TUHAN kepadanya, “Pisahkanlah orang yang mencedok dan mencucup air dengan tangannya seperti anjing minum, dari orang yang berlutut dan minum langsung dari permukaan sungai.”
6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Ada sekitar tiga ratus orang yang menghirup air dengan tangan mereka, selebihnya berlutut dan minum langsung dari permukaan air.
7 And Jehovah said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place.
TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, “Dengan tiga ratus orang yang menghirup air dari tangannya itu, Aku akan membuat kamu menang atas Midian, dan Aku akan menyelamatkan kalian semua. Suruhlah orang yang lainnya pulang ke rumah masing-masing.”
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Maka Gideon menyuruh prajurit Israel yang lebih dari 300 tadi untuk pulang. Ketiga ratus prajurit itu mengambil bekal dan terompet dari orang-orang yang pulang. Pada waktu itu perkemahan bangsa Midian ada di lembah di bawah Gideon dan pasukannya.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.
Malam itu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, “Bangunlah! Seranglah perkemahan itu, karena Aku sudah menyerahkannya kepadamu.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:
Tetapi kalau kamu takut untuk menyerang, pergi mengintip ke bawah di perkemahan itu bersama Pura, pelayanmu.
11 and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.
Setelah mendengar pembicaraan mereka, kamu akan menjadi berani untuk menyerang perkemahan itu.” Maka Gideon bersama Pura menyusup ke pinggir perkemahan musuh.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.
Orang Midian, Amalek, dan beberapa kelompok bangsa dari timur memenuhi lembah itu seperti gerombolan belalang. Unta-unta mereka tidak terhitung, banyak sekali seperti pasir di tepi laut.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
Saat Gideon tiba, dia mendengar seorang prajurit sedang menceritakan mimpinya kepada temannya. Kata orang itu, “Aku bermimpi melihat sebongkah roti jelai terguling-guling turun ke perkemahan Midian. Roti itu menghantam sebuah kemah, lalu kemah itu roboh dan terguling.”
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.
Jawab temannya, “Itu pasti pertanda kita akan dikalahkan oleh Gideon anak Yoas, orang Israel itu. Allah sudah menyerahkan Midian dan seluruh perkemahan ini ke dalam tangannya.”
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
Ketika Gideon mendengar cerita mimpi itu beserta artinya, dia pun bersujud memuji TUHAN. Lalu dia kembali ke perkemahan Israel dan berseru, “Bangkitlah, karena TUHAN sudah menyerahkan pasukan Midian ke tangan kita!”
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
Dia membagi ketiga ratus prajuritnya menjadi tiga kelompok, kemudian memberi mereka masing-masing terompet dan kendi kosong dengan obor di dalamnya.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
Kata Gideon kepada mereka, “Perhatikan saya dan ikuti apa yang saya lakukan. Waktu saya sampai ke pinggir perkemahan, kalian harus melakukan apa yang saya lakukan!
18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon.
Nanti ketika saya dan semua yang bersama saya meniup terompet, kalian juga harus meniup terompet di sekeliling perkemahan. Berteriaklah, ‘Untuk TUHAN dan untuk Gideon!’”
19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
Gideon membawa seratus orang ke tepi perkemahan pada saat tentara Midian baru saja ganti giliran jaga malam yang kedua. Gideon dan orang-orangnya meniup terompet dan memecahkan kendi yang mereka bawa.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.
Maka ketiga kelompok pasukan itu meniup terompet dan memecahkan kendi. Mereka memegang obor di tangan kiri dan terompet di tangan kanan. Lalu mereka berteriak, “Berperanglah untuk TUHAN dan Gideon. Serang!”
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
Mereka hanya berdiri di posisi masing-masing di sekeliling perkemahan, sementara seluruh pasukan musuh panik dan melarikan diri sambil berteriak-teriak.
22 And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Saat ketiga ratus orang itu meniup terompet, TUHAN menyebabkan seluruh tentara musuh di perkemahan saling menyerang rekannya sendiri. Pasukan itu melarikan diri sampai Bet Sita ke arah Zerera, dan sampai perbatasan Abel Mehola di dekat Tabat.
23 And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
Lalu Gideon memanggil orang-orang Israel dari suku Naftali, Asyer, dan seluruh Manasye. Mereka bergabung untuk mengejar bangsa Midian dan sekutunya.
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan.
Gideon juga mengirim pesan ke seluruh pegunungan Efraim. Katanya, “Seranglah bangsa Midian dan rebutlah tempat-tempat penyeberangan mereka di sungai Yordan sampai ke Bet Bara.” Maka semua orang Efraim dikerahkan. Mereka merebut tempat-tempat penyeberangan di sungai Yordan sampai ke Bet Bara.
25 And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
Mereka juga menangkap dua jenderal bangsa Midian, yang dijuluki Gagak dan Serigala. Mereka membunuh Gagak di sebuah batu besar, dan Serigala dibunuh di dekat tempat pemerasan anggur. Tempat-tempat itu kemudian diberi nama Batu Gagak dan Pemerasan Anggur Serigala. Beberapa prajurit Efraim memberikan kepala dua orang itu kepada Gideon ketika sudah berada di sebelah timur sungai Yordan, sedangkan yang lain terus mengejar bangsa Midian.
