Judges 8

1 And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

Lalu berkatalah orang-orang Efraim kepada Gideon: "Apa macam perbuatanmu ini terhadap kami! Mengapa engkau tidak memanggil kami, ketika engkau pergi berperang melawan orang Midian?" Lalu mereka menyesali dia dengan sangat.

2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

Jawabnya kepada mereka: "Apa perbuatanku dalam hal ini, jika dibandingkan dengan kamu? Bukankah pemetikan susulan oleh suku Efraim lebih baik hasilnya dari panen buah anggur kaum Abiezer?

3 God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

Allah telah menyerahkan kedua raja Midian itu, yakni Oreb dan Zeeb, ke dalam tanganmu; apa yang telah dapat kucapai, jika dibandingkan dengan kamu?" Setelah ia berkata demikian, maka redalah marah mereka terhadap dia.

4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

Ketika Gideon sampai ke sungai Yordan, menyeberanglah ia dan ketiga ratus orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia, meskipun masih lelah, namun mengejar juga.

5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

Dan berkatalah ia kepada orang-orang Sukot: "Tolong berikan beberapa roti untuk rakyat yang mengikuti aku ini, sebab mereka telah lelah, dan aku sedang mengejar Zebah dan Salmuna, raja-raja Midian."

6 But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

Tetapi jawab para pemuka di Sukot itu: "Sudahkah Zebah dan Salmuna itu ada dalam tanganmu, sehingga kami harus memberikan roti kepada tentaramu?"

7 Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

Lalu kata Gideon: "Kalau begitu, apabila TUHAN menyerahkan Zebah dan Salmuna ke dalam tanganku, aku akan menggaruk tubuhmu dengan duri padang gurun dan onak."

8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

Maka berjalanlah ia dari sana ke Pnuel, dan berkata demikian juga kepada orang-orang Pnuel, tetapi orang-orang inipun menjawabnya seperti orang-orang Sukot.

9 So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.

Lalu berkatalah ia juga kepada orang-orang Pnuel: "Apabila aku kembali dengan selamat, maka aku akan merobohkan menara ini."

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

Sementara itu Zebah dan Salmuna ada di Karkor bersama-sama dengan tentara mereka, kira-kira lima belas ribu orang banyaknya, yakni semua orang yang masih tinggal hidup dari seluruh tentara orang-orang dari sebelah timur; banyaknya yang tewas ada seratus dua puluh ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.

11 And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

Gideon maju melalui jalan orang-orang yang diam di dalam kemah di sebelah timur Nobah dan Yogbeha, lalu memukul kalah tentara itu, ketika tentara itu menyangka dirinya aman.

12 And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

Zebah dan Salmuna melarikan diri, tetapi Gideon mengejar mereka dan menawan kedua raja Midian itu, yakni Zebah dan Salmuna, sedang seluruh tentara itu diceraiberaikannya.

13 Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

Kemudian kembalilah Gideon bin Yoas dari peperangan dengan melalui pendakian Heres;

14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

ditangkapnyalah seorang muda dari penduduk Sukot. Setelah ditanyai, orang itu menuliskan nama para pemuka dan para tua-tua di Sukot untuk Gideon, tujuh puluh tujuh orang banyaknya.

15 So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

Lalu pergilah Gideon kepada orang-orang Sukot sambil berkata: "Inilah Zebah dan Salmuna yang karenanya kamu telah mencela aku dengan berkata: Sudahkah Zebah dan Salmuna itu ada dalam tanganmu, sehingga kami harus memberikan roti kepada orang-orangmu yang lelah itu?"

16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

Lalu ia mengumpulkan para tua-tua kota itu, ia mengambil duri padang gurun dan onak, dan menghajar orang-orang Sukot dengan itu.

17 And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.

Juga menara Pnuel dirobohkannya dan dibunuhnya orang-orang kota itu.

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.

Kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada Zebah dan Salmuna: "Di manakah orang-orang yang telah kamu bunuh di Tabor itu?" Jawab mereka: "Mereka itu serupa dengan engkau, sikap mereka masing-masing seperti anak raja."

19 And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

Lalu kata Gideon: "Saudara-saudarakulah itu, anak-anak ibuku! Demi TUHAN yang hidup, seandainya kamu membiarkan mereka hidup, aku tidak akan membunuh kamu."

20 Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

Katanya kepada Yeter, anak sulungnya: "Bangunlah, bunuhlah mereka." Tetapi orang muda itu tidak menghunus pedangnya, karena ia takut, sebab ia masih muda.

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

Lalu kata Zebah dan Salmuna: "Bangunlah engkau sendiri dan paranglah kami, sebab seperti orangnya, demikian pula kekuatannya." Maka bangunlah Gideon, dibunuhnya Zebah dan Salmuna, kemudian diambilnya bulan-bulanan yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

Kemudian berkatalah orang Israel kepada Gideon: "Biarlah engkau memerintah kami, baik engkau baik anakmu maupun cucumu, sebab engkaulah yang telah menyelamatkan kami dari tangan orang Midian."

23 But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.

Jawab Gideon kepada mereka: "Aku tidak akan memerintah kamu dan juga anakku tidak akan memerintah kamu tetapi TUHAN yang memerintah kamu."

24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

Selanjutnya kata Gideon kepada mereka: "Satu hal saja yang kuminta kepadamu: Baiklah kamu masing-masing memberikan anting-anting dari jarahannya." --Karena musuh itu beranting-anting mas, sebab mereka orang Ismael.

25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

Jawab mereka: "Kami mau memberikannya dengan suka hati." Dan setelah dihamparkan sehelai kain, maka masing-masing melemparkan anting-anting dari jarahannya ke atas kain itu.

26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

Adapun berat anting-anting emas yang dimintanya itu ada seribu tujuh ratus syikal emas, belum terhitung bulan-bulanan, perhiasan telinga dan pakaian kain ungu muda yang dipakai oleh raja-raja Midian, dan belum terhitung kalung rantai yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

Kemudian Gideon membuat efod dari semuanya itu dan menempatkannya di kotanya, di Ofra. Di sanalah orang Israel berlaku serong dengan menyembah efod itu; inilah yang menjadi jerat bagi Gideon dan seisi rumahnya.

28 So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

Demikianlah orang Midian tunduk kepada orang Israel dan tidak dapat menegakkan kepalanya lagi; maka amanlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya pada zaman Gideon.

29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

Lalu Yerubaal bin Yoas pergilah dan diam di rumahnya sendiri.

30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

Gideon mempunyai tujuh puluh anak laki-laki, semuanya anak kandungnya, sebab ia beristeri banyak;

31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

juga gundiknya yang tinggal di Sikhem melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki baginya, lalu ia memberikan nama Abimelekh kepada anak itu.

32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Gideon bin Yoas mati pada waktu rambutnya telah putih, lalu dikuburkan dalam kubur Yoas, ayahnya, di Ofra kota orang Abiezer.

33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

Setelah Gideon mati, kembalilah orang Israel berjalan serong dengan mengikuti para Baal dan membuat Baal-Berit menjadi allah mereka;

34 And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

orang Israel tidak ingat kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka, yang telah melepaskan mereka dari tangan semua musuhnya di sekelilingnya,

35 And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.

juga tidak menunjukkan terima kasihnya kepada keturunan Yerubaal-Gideon seimbang dengan segala yang baik yang telah dilakukannya kepada orang Israel.