Judges 8
1 Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
| وَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ أَفْرَايِمَ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلْتَ بِنَا، إِذْ لَمْ تَدْعُنَا عِنْدَ ذِهَابِكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ؟». وَخَاصَمُوهُ بِشِدَّةٍ. | ١ |
2 But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتُ ٱلْآنَ نَظِيرَكُمْ؟ أَلَيْسَ خُصَاصَةُ أَفْرَايِمَ خَيْرًا مِنْ قِطَافِ أَبِيعَزَرَ؟ | ٢ |
3 God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
| لِيَدِكُمْ دَفَعَ ٱللهُ أَمِيرَيِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ غُرَابًا وَذِئْبًا. وَمَاذَا قَدِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ نَظِيرَكُمْ؟». حِينَئِذٍ ٱرْتَخَتْ رُوحُهُمْ عَنْهُ عِنْدَمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ. | ٣ |
4 Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
| وَجَاءَ جِدْعُونُ إِلَى ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ وَعَبَرَ هُوَ وَٱلثَّلَاثُ مِئَةِ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ مُعْيِينَ وَمُطَارِدِينَ. | ٤ |
5 So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
| فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِ سُكُّوتَ: «أَعْطُوا أَرْغِفَةَ خُبْزٍ لِلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعِي لِأَنَّهُمْ مُعْيُونَ، وَأَنَا سَاعٍ وَرَاءَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ مَلِكَيْ مِدْيَانَ». | ٥ |
6 But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
| فَقَالَ رُؤَسَاءُ سُكُّوتَ: «هَلْ أَيْدِي زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْآنَ حَتَّى نُعْطِيَ جُنْدَكَ خُبْزًا؟» | ٦ |
7 “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
| فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ: «لِذَلِكَ عِنْدَمَا يَدْفَعُ ٱلرَّبُّ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ بِيَدِي أَدْرُسُ لَحْمَكُمْ مَعَ أَشْوَاكِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ بِٱلنَّوَارِجِ». | ٧ |
8 From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
| وَصَعِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى فَنُوئِيلَ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ هَكَذَا. فَأَجَابَهُ أَهْلُ فَنُوئِيلَ كَمَا أَجَابَ أَهْلُ سُكُّوتَ، | ٨ |
9 So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
| فَكَلَّمَ أَيْضًا أَهْلَ فَنُوئِيلَ قَائِلًا: «عِنْدَ رُجُوعِي بِسَلَامٍ أَهْدِمُ هَذَا ٱلْبُرْجَ». | ٩ |
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
| وَكَانَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ فِي قَرْقَرَ وَجَيْشُهُمَا مَعَهُمَا نَحْوُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا، كُلُّ ٱلْبَاقِينَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ جَيْشِ بَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ. وَٱلَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا مِئَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَرِطِي ٱلسَّيْفِ. | ١٠ |
11 And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
| وَصَعِدَ جِدْعُونُ فِي طَرِيقِ سَاكِنِي ٱلْخِيَامِ شَرْقِيَّ نُوبَحَ وَيُجْبَهَةَ، وَضَرَبَ ٱلْجَيْشَ وَكَانَ ٱلْجَيْشُ مُطْمَئِنًّا. | ١١ |
12 When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
| فَهَرَبَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ، فَتَبِعَهُمَا وَأَمْسَكَ مَلِكَيْ مِدْيَانَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ وَأَزْعَجَ كُلَّ ٱلْجَيْشِ. | ١٢ |
13 After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
| وَرَجَعَ جِدْعُونُ بْنُ يُوآشَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْبِ مِنْ عِنْدِ عَقَبَةِ حَارَسَ. | ١٣ |
14 There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
| وَأَمْسَكَ غُلَامًا مِنْ أَهْلِ سُكُّوتَ وَسَأَلَهُ، فَكَتَبَ لَهُ رُؤَسَاءَ سُكُّوتَ وَشُيُوخَهَا، سَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا. | ١٤ |
15 And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
| وَدَخَلَ إِلَى أَهْلِ سُكُّوتَ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ ٱللَّذَانِ عَيَّرْتُمُونِي بِهِمَا قَائِلِينَ: هَلْ أَيْدِي زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْآنَ حَتَّى نُعْطِي رِجَالَكَ ٱلْمُعْيِينَ خُبْزًا؟» | ١٥ |
16 Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
| وَأَخَذَ شُيُوخَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَأَشْوَاكَ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَٱلنَّوَارِجَ وَعَلَّمَ بِهَا أَهْلَ سُكُّوتَ. | ١٦ |
17 He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
| وَهَدَمَ بُرْجَ فَنُوئِيلَ وَقَتَلَ رِجَالَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٧ |
18 Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
| وَقَالَ لِزَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ: «كَيْفَ ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلْتُمَاهُمْ فِي تَابُورَ؟» فَقَالَا: «مَثَلُهُمْ مَثَلُكَ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ كَصُورَةِ أَوْلَادِ مَلِكٍ». | ١٨ |
19 “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
| فَقَالَ: «هُمْ إِخْوَتِي بَنُو أُمِّي. حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ لَوِ ٱسْتَحْيَيْتُمَاهُمْ لَمَا قَتَلْتُكُمَا!». | ١٩ |
20 So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
| وَقَالَ لِيَثَرَ بِكْرِهِ: «قُمِ ٱقْتُلْهُمَا». فَلَمْ يَخْتَرِطِ ٱلْغُلَامُ سَيْفَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ خَافَ، بِمَا أَنَّهُ فَتًى بَعْدُ. | ٢٠ |
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
| فَقَالَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ: «قُمْ أَنْتَ وَقَعْ عَلَيْنَا، لِأَنَّهُ مِثْلُ ٱلرَّجُلِ بَطْشُهُ». فَقَامَ جِدْعُونُ وَقَتَلَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ، وَأَخَذَ ٱلْأَهِلَّةَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَعْنَاقِ جِمَالِهِمَا. | ٢١ |
22 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
| وَقَالَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِجِدْعُونَ: «تَسَلَّطْ عَلَيْنَا أَنْتَ وَٱبْنُكَ وَٱبْنُ ٱبْنِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ خَلَّصْتَنَا مِنْ يَدِ مِدْيَانَ». | ٢٢ |
23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ جِدْعُونُ: «لَا أَتَسَلَّطُ أَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا يَتَسَلَّطُ ٱبْنِي عَلَيْكُمُ. اَلرَّبُّ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَيْكُمْ». | ٢٣ |
24 Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ جِدْعُونُ: «أَطْلُبُ مِنْكُمْ طِلْبَةً: أَنْ تُعْطُونِي كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَقْرَاطَ غَنِيمَتِهِ». لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُمْ أَقْرَاطُ ذَهَبٍ لِأَنَّهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلِيُّونَ. | ٢٤ |
25 “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
| فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّنَا نُعْطِي». وَفَرَشُوا رِدَاءً وَطَرَحُوا عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَقْرَاطَ غَنِيمَتِهِ. | ٢٥ |
26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
| وَكَانَ وَزْنُ أَقْرَاطِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي طَلَبَ أَلْفًا وَسَبْعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ ذَهَبًا، مَا عَدَا ٱلْأَهِلَّةَ وَٱلْحَلَقَ وَأَثْوَابَ ٱلْأُرْجُوَانِ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى مُلُوكِ مِدْيَانَ، وَمَا عَدَا ٱلْقَلَائِدَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَعْنَاقِ جِمَالِهِمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
| فَصَنَعَ جِدْعُونُ مِنْهَا أَفُودًا وَجَعَلَهُ فِي مَدِينَتِهِ فِي عَفْرَةَ. وَزَنَى كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَرَاءَهُ هُنَاكَ، فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ لِجِدْعُونَ وَبَيْتِهِ فَخًّا. | ٢٧ |
28 In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
| وَذَلَّ مِدْيَانُ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَمْ يَعُودُوا يَرْفَعُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ. وَٱسْتَرَاحَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أَيَّامِ جِدْعُونَ. | ٢٨ |
29 and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
| وَذَهَبَ يَرُبَّعْلُ بْنُ يُوآشَ وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِهِ. | ٢٩ |
30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
| وَكَانَ لِجِدْعُونَ سَبْعُونَ وَلَدًا خَارِجُونَ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ نِسَاءٌ كَثِيرَاتٌ. | ٣٠ |
31 His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
| وَسُرِّيَّتُهُ ٱلَّتِي فِي شَكِيمَ وَلَدَتْ لَهُ هِيَ أَيْضًا ٱبْنًا فَسَمَّاهُ أَبِيمَالِكَ. | ٣١ |
32 Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
| وَمَاتَ جِدْعُونُ بْنُ يُوآشَ بِشَيْبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ، وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِ يُوآشَ أَبِيهِ فِي عَفْرَةِ أَبِيعَزَرَ. | ٣٢ |
33 And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
| وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ جِدْعُونَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجَعُوا وَزَنَوْا وَرَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِيمِ، وَجَعَلُوا لَهُمْ بَعَلَ بَرِيثَ إِلَهًا. | ٣٣ |
34 The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
| وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ. | ٣٤ |
35 They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
| وَلَمْ يَعْمَلُوا مَعْرُوفًا مَعَ بَيْتِ يَرُبَّعْلَ، جِدْعُونَ، نَظِيرَ كُلِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَ مَعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣٥ |
