Judges 8

1 Then the men of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us when you went to attack the Midianite?” They argued furiously with him.

Orang Efraim berkata kepada Gideon, "Mengapa kami tidak diajak waktu engkau berangkat untuk memerangi orang Midian? Apa sebab kami kauperlakukan demikian?" Begitulah mereka mengomel terhadap Gideon.

2 “Now what have I achieved in comparison to you?” Gideon replied. “Even Ephraim's left-over grapes are better than Abiezer's whole grape harvest!

Tetapi Gideon menjawab, "Apa yang saya lakukan tidaklah begitu berarti bila dibandingkan dengan apa yang sudah kalian lakukan. Walaupun yang kalian lakukan hanya sedikit, tetapi yang sedikit itu jauh lebih berharga daripada semua yang telah dilakukan oleh seluruh pasukan kaum saya.

3 God handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders. What have I managed to achieve in comparison to you?” When he told them this their animosity towards him died down.

Kalianlah yang mendapat kuasa dari Allah sehingga dapat membunuh Oreb dan Zeeb, kedua tokoh Midian itu! Dibandingkan dengan itu, apakah jasa saya?" Setelah Gideon berkata demikian, mereka tidak marah lagi.

4 Then Gideon crossed the Jordan with his three hundred men. Even though they were exhausted they continued the chase.

Pada saat itu Gideon dengan ketiga ratus anak buahnya sampai ke seberang Sungai Yordan. Mereka lelah sekali tetapi masih terus saja mengejar musuh.

5 When they got to Succoth, Gideon asked the people there, “Please provide some bread to the men with me because they're worn out—I'm pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the Midianite kings.”

Kemudian mereka sampai di Sukot. Di situ Gideon berkata kepada penduduk kota, "Tolonglah berikan kepada anak buahku sedikit makanan. Mereka lelah sekali sedangkan kami masih mengejar Zebah dan Salmuna, raja-raja Midian itu."

6 But the Succoth town leaders replied, “Why should we give your army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?”

Tetapi pemimpin-pemimpin di Sukot itu menjawab, "Ah, kalian belum lagi menangkap Zebah dan Salmuna, kalian sudah minta makanan! Untuk apa anak buahmu harus diberi makan?"

7 “In that case, once the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I'll return and thrash you with thorns and briers from the desert!” Gideon replied.

Maka kata Gideon, "Baiklah! Nanti kalau TUHAN telah memberikan kepadaku kemenangan atas Zebah dan Salmuna, kalian akan kucambuk dengan duri dan onak dari padang pasir!"

8 He left and went to Penuel and asked them the same thing, but the people of Penuel answered the same way as the people of Succoth.

Kemudian Gideon meneruskan perjalanan lalu sampai di Pnuel. Di sana juga ia minta makanan untuk anak buahnya. Tetapi jawaban orang Pnuel sama dengan jawaban orang Sukot.

9 So he told them, “When I return victorious, I'll demolish this tower!”

Oleh karena itu Gideon berkata kepada mereka, "Nanti saya akan kembali dengan selamat. Dan pada saat itu saya akan merobohkan menara kota ini!"

10 Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies of around fifteen thousand men. These were all who remained of the armies of the people of the East—one hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already been killed.

Sementara itu Zebah dan Salmuna dengan seluruh pasukan mereka sedang berada di Karkor. Dari seluruh pasukan orang-orang padang pasir, hanya ada kira-kira 15.000 orang saja yang sisa; 120.000 tentaranya sudah tewas.

11 Gideon took the caravan route to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, catching them offguard.

Gideon menyusuri perbatasan padang pasir di sebelah timur Nobah dan Yogbeha lalu menyerang musuh secara mendadak.

12 Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, but he chased after the two Midianite kings and captured them, defeating the whole of their terrified army.

Zebah dan Salmuna, kedua raja Midian itu lari, tetapi Gideon mengejar dan menangkap mereka, sehingga seluruh angkatan perang mereka menjadi panik.

13 Then Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle through the Heres Pass.

Kemudian dalam perjalanan pulang dari pertempuran, Gideon mengambil jalan yang melewati pendakian Heres.

14 There he captured a young man from Succoth and questioned him. The man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

Di situ ia menangkap seorang muda dari Sukot, lalu ia menanyai orang itu tentang nama-nama para pemuka di Sukot. Maka orang itu menuliskan nama-nama itu untuk Gideon--semuanya ada 77 orang.

15 Gideon went and said to the Sukkoth town leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, the ones you taunted me about when you said, ‘Why should we give your exhausted army bread when you haven't even captured Zebah and Zalmunna yet?’”

Sesudah itu Gideon pergi menemui pemuka-pemuka di kota itu lalu berkata, "Pasti kalian masih ingat bahwa kalian pernah menolak untuk menolong saya, karena saya belum menangkap Zebah dan Salmuna, bukan? Kalian tak mau memberi makanan kepada anak buah saya; padahal mereka sedang lelah pada waktu itu. Lihat, ini Zebah dan Salmuna."

16 So he took the town elders of Succoth and taught them a lesson using thorns and briers from the desert.

Sesudah itu Gideon mengambil duri dan onak dari padang pasir, lalu menghajar para pemuka kota Sukot itu.

17 He also demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

Di Pnuel pun ia merobohkan menara dan membunuh semua orang laki-laki di kota itu.

18 Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were they like, the men you killed at Tabor?” “They looked like you,” they answered. “Each of them had the stature of a prince.”

Sesudah itu Gideon bertanya kepada Zebah dan Salmuna, "Bagaimana rupa orang-orang yang kalian bunuh di Tabor itu?" Zebah dan Salmuna menjawab, "Mereka semuanya mirip engkau, seperti keturunan bangsawan."

19 “Those were my brothers, my mother's sons,” Gideon burst out. “As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I wouldn't kill you!”

"Itu saudara-saudara saya--anak-anak ibu saya," kata Gideon. "Seandainya kalian tidak membunuh mereka, sungguh mati saya tidak akan membunuh kalian juga."

20 He told Jether, his oldest son, “Go on, kill them!” But the boy refused to draw his sword, because he was young and afraid.

Lalu kata Gideon kepada Yeter, anak sulungnya, "Bunuhlah mereka!" Tetapi Yeter masih muda. Jadi, ia takut sehingga ia tidak mencabut pedangnya untuk membunuh.

21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on, you do it! Show yourself a man and kill us!” So Gideon went over and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments from the necks of their camels.

Kata Zebah dan Salmuna kepada Gideon, "Ayo, kalau kau laki-laki, bunuhlah kami dengan tanganmu sendiri!" Maka Gideon pun membunuh mereka lalu mengambil semua perhiasan yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

22 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “You must become our ruler, you, your son, and your grandson; because you've saved us from the Midianites.”

Kemudian berkatalah umat Israel kepada Gideon, "Kau sudah melepaskan kami dari kekuasaan orang Midian. Sebab itu hendaklah kau menjadi pemimpin kami--kau dan keturunanmu."

23 “I won't be your ruler, and my son won't either,” Gideon replied. “The Lord will be your ruler.”

Sahut Gideon, "Tidak. Saya tidak akan menjadi pemimpinmu; anak saya pun tidak. Tuhanlah pemimpinmu."

24 Then Gideon said, “I have a request to ask of you: that each of you give me an earring from your plunder.” (Their enemies were Ishmaelites and wore gold earrings.)

Tetapi kemudian Gideon berkata lagi, "Hanya satu permintaan saya; anting-anting yang kalian rampas dari musuh, hendaklah kalian serahkan semuanya kepada saya." (Orang Midian biasanya memakai anting-anting emas; sama seperti orang-orang lainnya yang tinggal di padang pasir.)

25 “We'll happily give them to you,” they replied. They spread out a cloak, and each of them threw on it earrings from their plunder.

"Baik," jawab mereka, "dengan senang hati kami akan memberikannya kepadamu." Lalu mereka membentangkan sehelai kain, kemudian setiap orang datang dan meletakkan di situ anting-anting yang telah dirampasnya dari musuh.

26 The weight of the earrings he'd asked for was 1,700 shekels, not including the ornaments, the pendants, and the purple garments worn by the Midianite kings or the chains that were round their camels' necks.

Semua anting-anting emas yang diserahkan kepada Gideon pada waktu itu beratnya hampir dua puluh kilogram, belum termasuk perhiasan-perhiasa kalung, kain ungu yang dipakai raja-raja Midian, dan kalung yang terdapat pada leher unta-unta mereka.

27 From the gold Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in his hometown of Ophrah. All Israel prostituted themselves there by worshiping it as an idol, and it became a trap to Gideon and his family.

Dari emas itu, Gideon membuat sebuah patung berhala, lalu menempatkannya di desanya, yaitu di Ofra. Semua orang Israel pergi ke sana untuk menyembah patung berhala itu, sehingga mereka tidak lagi memperhatikan Allah. Dan hal itu menjadi seperti jerat bagi Gideon dan keluarganya.

28 This is how the Midianites was subjugated before the Israelites and did not gain power again. So the land was at peace for forty years during the lifetime of Gideon.

Orang Midian tak dapat berkutik lagi; mereka telah dikalahkan oleh orang Israel. Maka amanlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya selama Gideon masih hidup.

29 Jerub-baal, son of Joash, went home, living his own house.

Setelah pertempuran itu, Gideon kembali ke kampung halamannya dan tinggal di sana.

30 Gideon had seventy sons, all his own, because he had many wives.

Ia mempunyai tujuh puluh orang anak laki-laki, sebab istrinya banyak.

31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also had a son. He named him Abimelech.

Ada juga selirnya di Sikhem; dari selirnya ini ia mendapat seorang anak laki-laki yang dinamainya Abimelekh.

32 Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Setelah lanjut sekali usianya barulah Gideon anak Yoas itu meninggal. Ia dimakamkan di kuburan Yoas, ayahnya. Kuburan itu terletak di Ofra, yaitu kota kaum Abiezer.

33 But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelites went back to prostituting themselves, worshiping before the Baals. They made Baal-berith their god.

Setelah Gideon meninggal, orang Israel tidak setia lagi kepada Allah. Mereka menyembah dewa-dewa Baal dan menjadikan Baal-Berit dewa mereka.

34 They forgot about the Lord their God, who had saved them from all their enemies that surrounded them.

Mereka tidak beribadat lagi kepada Allah, TUHAN mereka, yang telah melepaskan mereka dari kekuasaan semua musuh di sekeliling mereka.

35 They did not show any respect to the family of Jerub-baal (Gideon) for all the good he had done for Israel.

Mereka juga tidak membalas budi kepada keluarga Gideon atas segala jasa Gideon bagi umat Israel.