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.
Le hoe o nte-Efraimeo ama’e, Ino o nanoe’o anay t’ie tsy kinanji’o, ihe nionjomb’eo hialy amy Midiane? Le nitrevohe’ iareo an-keloke.
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?
Le hoe ty natoi’e, Ino ty nanoeko, te amy nanoe’oy? Tsy lombolombo te amo valòbo’ i Abiezereo hao ty fitsindroham-bahe’ i Efraime?
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.
Ie fa natolon’ Añahare am-pità’ areo i roandria’ i Midiane rey: t’i Orebe naho i Zeèbe? Aa le ino ty nilefeko mandikoatse i anahareoy? Niketrak’ amy zao ty haviñera’ iareo amy saontsi’ey.
4 Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
Nomb’ am-pitsaha’ Iordaney mb’eo t’i Gidone le nitsake, ie rekets’ indaty telon-jato rey, nidazidazitse f’ie mbe nañoridañe avao.
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.”
Le hoe re amo nte-Sokoteo, Anjotso boko-mofo i lia-raike mañorik’ ahiy, fa mikolempañe hañoridaña’ay i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, mpanjaka’ i Midiane.
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?”
Le hoe o roandria’ i Sokoteo: Am-pità’o hao ty fità’ i Zebàke naho i Tsalmonà hamahana’ay mofo o lahin-defo’oo?
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!”
Le hoe t’i Gidone, Aa ie fa natolo’ Iehovà an-tañako t’i Zebàke naho i Tsalmonà, le ho riateko am-patin-kivoke naho ropiteke ty nofo’ areo.
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.
Boak’ao re nionjomb’e Penoele mb’eo le nahere’e am’ iereo i saontsiy; vaho nanoiñe aze manahake i natoi’ o lahilahi’ i Sokoteoy.
9 So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
Aa le hoe ty asa’e amo lahilahi’ i Penoeleo: Ie mibalik’ atoy am-panintsiñañe, le harotsako o fitalakesañ’ aboo.
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.
Ie amy zao, te Karkore añe reketse lahin-defoñe va’e rai-ale-tsi-lime-arivo t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà. Izay ty nisisa’ i lia-rain-tatiñanañey, fa nikoromak’ an-kotakotak’ao ty lahindefo rai-hetse-tsi-ro’ ale.
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.
Aa le nionjomb’ amy Lalam-Pimoneñ’ an-Kibohotsey t’i Gidone, atiñana’ i Nobà naho Iogbehà, vaho linafa’e i lia-raikey, amy te nierañerañe avao i firimboñañey.
12 When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
Nilay añe t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà fe hinorida’ iereo naho tsinepake i mpanjaka roe rey, i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, vaho navalitsikota’e i valobohòkey.
13 After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
Nibalik’ amy hotakotakey t’i Gidone, ana’ Ioase aolo’ ty fanjiriha’ i àndroy,
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.
le tsinepa’e ty ajalahy boak’ amo nte-Sokoteo nañontane aze naho nampandrendreha’e o roandria’ i Sokote naho o talè’eo, ondaty fitompolo-fito’ amby.
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?’”
Nivotrak’ am’ ondati’ i Sokoteo re, nanao ty hoe: Ingo t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, o nañendaha’ areo ahio ami’ ty hoe: am-pità’o hao ty fità’ i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà hamahana’ay ondati’o màmakeo?
16 Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
Aa le nendese’e o roandria’ i rovaio, miharo fatike naho ropiteke vaho nanare’e amy rezay o lahilahi’ i Sokoteo.
17 He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Finofopòfo’e ka ty fitalakesañ’ abo’ i Penoele vaho navetra’e o lahilahi’ i rovaio.
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.”
Le hoe re amy Zebake naho i Tsalmonà: Akore v’ondaty vinono’ areo e Taboreo? Le hoe ty toi’ iareo: Nihambañe ama’o iereo, vintañe raik’ amo anam-panjakao.
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.”
Le hoe re, Nilongoko iereo, anan-dreneko; amy te veloñe t’Iehovà, naho rinomba’ areo veloñe iereo le tsy ho vinonoko nahareo.
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.
Le hoe ty asa’e am’ Ietère tañoloñoloña’e: Miongaha vonò. Fe tsy nakare’ i ajalahiy ty fibara’e; amy t’ie nihembañe fa mbe tòra’e.
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.
Le hoe t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmonà, Miongaha le miambotraha ama’ay fa mira ami’ty lahilahy ty haozara’e. Aa le nitroatse t’i Gidone naho vinono’e t’i Zebake naho i Tsalmone vaho rinambe’e o saren-jirim-bolañe am-bozon-drameva’ iareoo.
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.”
Le hoe o ana’ Israeleo amy Gidone: Mifehea anay, ihe naho i ana’oy, naho ty anan’ ana’o; fa rinomba’o am-pità’ i Midiane.
23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
Hoe ty natoi’ i Gidone: Tsy ho feleheko, naho tsy ho fehe’ o anakoo, fa ho fehe’ Iehovà.
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.)
Le hoe t’i Gidone am’ iereo, Mihalaly ama’ areo iraho te songa hanolotse ahy o bangen-tsofiñe nikoahe’eo. (Toe nivolamena o bangen-tsofi’ iareoo amy t’ie nte Ismaele.)
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.
Le hoe ty natoi’ iareo, Hatolo’ay an-joton-troke; Nalafi’ iareo eo amy zao ty lamba vaho songa nampipoke o bange kinopa’eo ze lahilahy.
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.
Arivo tsy fiton-jato sekele ty lanja’ o bange volamena nihalalie’eo, tsy añate’ izay o bange naho firavake vaho saroñe malo-mavo tamy mpanjaka’ i Midiane reio, le tsy tama’e ka o silisily nandravake ty vozon-drameva’eo.
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.
Nitsene efode ama’e t’i Gidone naho nitana’e e Ofrà, an-drova’e ao naho fonga nanao hakarapiloañe ama’e amy toetsey t’Israele; ie ni-fandrik’ amy Gidone naho amy hasavereña’ey.
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,
Aa le nampiambanèñe añatrefa’ o ana’ Israeleo t’i Midiane tsy nahafiandra ty añambone’e ka. Nitofa efa-polo taoñe faha’ i Gidone i taney.
29 and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
Aa le nisitake t’Ierobaale ana’ Ioase, nimoneñe añ’anjomba’e ao.
30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
Nahatoly anadahy fitompolo am-bata’e t’i Gidone, fa nimaro ty vali’e.
31 His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
Nisamak’ ana-dahy ho aze ka i sakeza’e e Sekeme añey, le natao’e Abimeleke ty añara’e.
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.
Nivilasy am-pahantera’e soa t’i Gidone ana’ Ioase, vaho nalentek’ an-kibori’ Ioase rae’e, e Ofrà’ o nte-Abiezereo.
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.
Aa ie nihomake t’i Gidone le nandifike mb’ amo Baaleo indraike o ana’ Israeleo, vaho nanoe’ iareo ho ‘ndrahare’ iareo ty Baale-berite.
34 The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Le tsy nitiahi’ o ana’ Israeleo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo nandrombake iareo am-pità’ o rafelahi’ iareo niariseho iareo mb’ etiam-beroañeo;
35 They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
mbore tsy nanoe’ iereo vali-kare ty anjomba’ Ierobaale, toe i Gidone, ty amy ze hene soa nanoe’e e Israeleo.
