Judges 6
1 And the sons of Israel do evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gives them into the hand of Midian [for] seven years,
| وَعَادَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقْتَرِفُونَ الإِثْمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ فَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ. | ١ |
2 and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, [so] the sons of Israel have made for themselves the nooks which [are] in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds [to hide] from the presence of Midian.
| وَاشْتَدَّتْ وَطْأَةُ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى لَجَأَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ لِيَعِيشُوا فِي الْكُهُوفِ وَالْمَغَائِرِ. | ٢ |
3 And it has been, if Israel has sowed, that Midian has come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, indeed, they have come up against him,
| وَكُلَّمَا زَرَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ زَرْعاً جَاءَ النَّاهِبُونَ الْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ وَالْعَمَالِقَةُ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَشْرِقِ لِيَنْهَبُوا مَحَاصِيلَهُمْ، | ٣ |
4 and encamp against them, and destroy the increase of the land until your entering Gaza; and they leave no sustenance in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or donkey;
| فَيَغْزُونَهُمْ وَيُتْلِفُونَ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِهِمْ حَتَّى تُخُومِ غَزَّةَ وَلا يَتْرُكُونَ لِلإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مَا يَقْتَاتُونَ بِهِ، وَيَسْتَوْلُونَ أَيْضاً عَلَى الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ. | ٤ |
5 for they and their livestock come up, with their tents; they come in as the fullness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their livestock there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.
| لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَغْزُونَ الْبِلادَ بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَخِيَامِهِمْ، فَكَانُوا فِي كَثْرَةِ الْجَرَادِ، لَا يُحْصَى لَهُمْ وَلا لِجِمَالِهِمْ عَدَدٌ، فَيَغْزُونَ الأَرْضَ وَيُتْلِفُونَهَا. | ٥ |
6 And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry to YHWH.
| فَأَذَلَّ الْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ جِدّاً، فَاسْتَغَاثَ هَؤُلاءِ بِالرَّبِّ. | ٦ |
7 And it comes to pass, when the sons of Israel have cried to YHWH concerning Midian,
| وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَغَاثَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالرَّبِّ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ، | ٧ |
8 that YHWH sends a man, a prophet, to the sons of Israel, and he says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I have brought you up out of Egypt, and I bring you out from a house of servants,
| أَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ نَبِيًّا إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَحَرَّرْتُكُمْ مِنْ نِيرِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ. | ٨ |
9 and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all your oppressors, and I cast them out from your presence, and I give their land to you,
| وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ مُضَايِقِيكُمْ، وَطَرَدْتُهُمْ مِنْ وَجْهِكُمْ وَوَهَبْتُكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ. | ٩ |
10 and I say to you, I [am] your God YHWH, you do not fear the gods of the Amorite in whose land you are dwelling—and you have not listened to My voice.”
| وَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا آلِهَةَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أَنْتُمْ مُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوا قَوْلِي». | ١٠ |
11 And the Messenger of YHWH comes and sits under the oak which [is] in Ophrah, which [is] to Joash the Abi-Ezrite, and his son Gideon is beating out wheat in the winepress, to remove [it] from the presence of the Midianites;
| ثُمَّ جَاءَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى قَرْيَةِ عَفْرَةَ، وَجَلَسَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ الْبَلُّوطِ الَّتِي يَمْلِكُهَا يُوآشُ الأَبِيعَزَرِيُّ. وَكَانَ ابْنُهُ جِدْعُونُ يَخْبِطُ حِنْطَةً فِي الْمِعْصَرَةِ لِكَيْ يُهَرِّبَهَا مِنَ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ. | ١١ |
12 and the Messenger of YHWH appears to him and says to him, “YHWH [is] with you, O mighty man of valor.”
| فَتَجَلَّى لَهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «الرَّبُّ مَعَكَ أَيُّهَا الْمُحَارِبُ الْجَبَّارُ». | ١٢ |
13 And Gideon says to Him, “O my Lord, [if] YHWH is indeed with us, then why has all this found us? And where [are] all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Has YHWH not brought us up out of Egypt? And now YHWH has left us, and gives us into the hand of Midian.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ جِدْعُونُ: «دَعْنِي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي: إِنْ كَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَنَا، فَلِمَاذَا أَصَابَنَا كُلُّ هَذَا الْبَلاءِ؟ وَأَيْنَ كُلُّ عَجَائِبِهِ الَّتِي حَدَّثَنَا بِها آبَاؤُنَا قَائِلِينَ: أَلَمْ يُخْرِجْنَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟ وَالآنَ قَدْ نَبَذَنَا الرَّبُّ وَجَعَلَنَا فِي قَبْضَةِ مِدْيَانَ». | ١٣ |
14 And YHWH turns to him and says, “Go in this—your power; and you have saved Israel out of the hand of Midian—have I not sent you?”
| فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّبُّ وَأَجَابَ: «اذْهَبْ بِمَا تَمْلِكُهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَأَنْقِذْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ. أَلَسْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكَ؟» | ١٤ |
15 And he says to Him, “O my Lord, with what do I save Israel? Behold, my chief [is] weak in Manasseh, and I [am] the least in the house of my father.”
| فَأَجَابَ جِدْعُونُ: «دَعْنِي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي: كَيْفَ أُنْقِذُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَعَشِيرَتِي هِيَ أَضْعَفُ عَشَائِرِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، وَأَنَا أَقَلُّ أَفْرَادِ عَائِلَتِي شَأْناً؟» | ١٥ |
16 And YHWH says to him, “Because I am with you—you have struck the Midianites as one man.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «سَأَكُونُ مَعَكَ فَتَقْضِي عَلَى الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ وَكَأَنَّكَ تَقْضِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ». | ١٦ |
17 And he says to Him, “Now if I have found grace in Your eyes, then You have done a sign for me that You are speaking with me.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ حَقّاً قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ، فَأَعْطِنِي عَلامَةً أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُخَاطِبُنِي. | ١٧ |
18 Please do not move from here until my coming to You, and I have brought out my present, and put it before You”; and He says, “I abide until your return.”
| أَرْجُوكَ أَلا تَمْضِيَ مِنْ هُنَا حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ وَأَضَعَ تَقْدِمَتِي أَمَامَكَ». فَأَجَابَهُ: «سَأَبْقَى حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ». | ١٨ |
19 And Gideon has gone in, and prepares a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour [worth] of unleavened things; he has put the flesh in a basket, and he has put the broth in a pot, and he brings [them] out to Him, to the place of the oak, and brings [them] near.
| فَدَخَلَ جِدْعُونُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَأَعَدَّ جَدْياً وَإِيفَةَ دَقِيقٍ فَطِيراً، وَوَضَعَ اللَّحْمَ فِي سَلٍّ وَالْحِسَاءَ فِي قِدْرٍ، وَحَمَلَهَا إِلَيْهِ تَحْتَ الْبَلُّوطَةِ وَقَدَّمَهَا لَهُ. | ١٩ |
20 And the Messenger of God says to him, “Take the flesh and the unleavened things, and place [them] on this rock—and pour out the broth”; and he does so.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلاكُ لَهُ: «خُذِ اللَّحْمَ وَالْفَطِيرَ، وَضَعْهُمَا فَوْقَ تِلْكَ الصَّخْرَةِ وَاسْكُبِ الْحِسَاءَ» فَفَعَلَ جِدْعُونُ ذَلِكَ. | ٢٠ |
21 And the Messenger of YHWH puts forth the end of the staff which [is] in His hand, and comes against the flesh, and against the unleavened things, and the fire goes up out of the rock and consumes the flesh and the unleavened things—and the Messenger of YHWH has gone from his eyes.
| فَمَدَّ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ طَرَفَ الْعُكَّازِ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ وَمَسَّ بِهِ اللَّحْمَ وَالْفَطِيرَ، فَانْدَلَعَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ وَالْتَهَمَتْهُمَا. وَتَوَارَى مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٢١ |
22 And Gideon sees that He [is] the Messenger of YHWH, and Gideon says, “Aah, Lord YHWH! For so I have looked on the Messenger of YHWH face to face!”
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَ جِدْعُونُ أَنَّهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ، هَتَفَ مُرْتَعِباً: «آهِ يَا سَيِّدِي الرَّبَّ! لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ». | ٢٢ |
23 And YHWH says to him, “Peace to you; do not fear; you do not die.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «السَّلامُ لَكَ، لَا تَخَفْ، فَأَنْتَ لَنْ تَمُوتَ». | ٢٣ |
24 And Gideon builds an altar to YHWH there, and calls it YHWH-Shalom, it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites to this day.
| فَبَنَى جِدْعُونُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ سَمَّاهُ: يَهْوَهْ شَلُومَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الرَّبُّ سَلامٌ). وَمَازَالَ الْمَذْبَحُ قَائِماً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ فِي عَفْرَةِ الأَبِيعَزَرِيِّينَ. | ٢٤ |
25 And it comes to pass, on that night, that YHWH says to him, “Take the young ox which your father has, and the second bullock of seven years, and you have thrown down the altar of Ba‘al which your father has, and cut down the Asherah which [is] by it,
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِجِدْعُونَ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ: «خُذْ ثَوْراً كَامِلَ النُّضْجِ مِنْ قَطِيعِ أَبِيكَ: وَثَوْراً ثَانِياً عُمْرُهُ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ، وَاهْدِمْ مَذْبَحَ الْبَعْلِ الَّذِي يَعْبُدُهُ أَبُوكَ، وَاقْطَعْ نُصُبَ عَشْتَارُوثَ الَّذِي إِلَى جِوَارِهِ. | ٢٥ |
26 and you have built an altar to your God YHWH on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and have taken the second bullock, and caused a burnt-offering to ascend with the wood of the Asherah which you cut down.”
| وَابْنِ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ عَلَى رَأْسِ تِلْكَ الصَّخْرَةِ، وَرَتِّبْ حِجَارَتَهُ فِي الْمَكَانِ الْمُعَدِّ، وَخُذِ الثَّوْرَ وَأَصْعِدْهُ مُحْرَقَةً عَلَى خَشَبِ النُّصُبِ الَّذِي قَطَّعْتَهُ». | ٢٦ |
27 And Gideon takes ten men of his servants, and does as YHWH has spoken to him, and it comes to pass, because he has been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do [it] by day, that he does [it] by night.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَخَذَ جِدْعُونُ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ وَنَفَّذَ لَيْلاً مَا أَمَرَهُ الرَّبُّ بِهِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَخْشَى غَضَبَ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَلَمْ يَجْرُؤْ عَلَى فِعْلِ ذَلِكَ نَهَاراً. | ٢٧ |
28 And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and behold, the altar of Ba‘al has been broken down, and the Asherah which is by it has been cut down, and the second bullock has been offered on the altar which is built.
| وَفِي فَجْرِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي اكْتَشَفَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنَّ مَذْبَحَ الْبَعْلِ مُتَهَدِّمٌ وَالنُّصُبَ الَّذِي إِلَى جِوَارِهِ مَقْطُوعٌ، وَالثَّوْرَ الثَّانِي قَدْ أُصْعِدَ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الْجَدِيدِ. | ٢٨ |
29 And they say to one another, “Who has done this thing?” And they inquire and seek, and they say, “Gideon son of Joash has done this thing.”
| فَسَأَلَ الْوَاحِدُ صَاحِبَهُ: «مَنْ صَنَعَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ؟» وَبَعْدَ بَحْثٍ وَتَحَرٍّ، اكْتَشَفُوا أَنَّ جِدْعُونَ بْنَ يُوآشَ هُوَ الْجَانِي. | ٢٩ |
30 And the men of the city say to Joash, “Bring out your son, and he dies, because he has broken down the altar of Ba‘al, and because he has cut down the Asherah which [is] by it.”
| فَقَالَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لِيُوآشَ: «أَخْرِجِ ابْنَكَ. يَجِبُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ لأَنَّهُ هَدَمَ مَذْبَحَ الْبَعْلِ وَقَطَعَ النُّصُبَ الَّذِي إِلَى جِوَارِهِ». | ٣٠ |
31 And Joash says to all who have stood against him, “You, do you plead for Ba‘al? You—do you save him? He who pleads for him is put to death during the morning; if he [is] a god he pleads against him himself, because he has broken down his altar.”
| فَقَالَ يُوآشُ لِجَمِيعِ الثَّائِرِينَ عَلَيْهِ: «أَعَازِمُونَ أَنْتُمْ عَلَى الدِّفَاعِ عَنِ الْبَعْلِ؟ أَمْ أَنْتُمْ تُحَاوِلُونَ إِنْقَاذَهُ؟ إِنَّ مَنْ يُقَاتِلُ دِفَاعاً عَنِ الْبَعْلِ حَتْماً يَمُوتُ فِي هَذَا الصَّبَاحِ (لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ إِهَانَةٌ لِلْبَعْلِ). إِنْ كَانَ الْبَعْلُ حَقّاً إِلَهاً فَلْيُقَاتِلْ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ لأَنَّ مَذْبَحَهُ قَدْ هُدِمَ». | ٣١ |
32 And he calls him, on that day, Jerubba‘al, saying, “The Ba‘al pleads against him, because he has broken down his altar.”
| وَمُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ دُعِيَ جِدْعُونُ يَرُبَّعْلَ، لأَنَّ يُوآشَ قَالَ: «لِيُقَاتِلْهُ بَعْلٌ»؛ لأَنَّ جِدْعُونَ قَدْ هَدَمَ مَذْبَحَهُ. | ٣٢ |
33 And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the Valley of Jezreel,
| وَتَحَالَفَتْ جُيُوشُ مِدْيَانَ وَعَمَالِيقَ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَشْرِقِ وَعَسْكَرُوا فِي وَادِي يَزْرَعِيلَ. | ٣٣ |
34 and the Spirit of YHWH has clothed Gideon, and he blows with a horn, and Abi-Ezer is called after him;
| وَحَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى جِدْعُونَ فَنَفَخَ الْبُوقَ فَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالُ أَبِيعَزَرَ. | ٣٤ |
35 and he has sent messengers into all Manasseh, and it is also called after him; and he has sent messengers into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali, and they come up to meet them.
| وَأَرْسَلَ جِدْعُونُ مَبْعُوثِينَ إِلَى أَسْبَاطِ مَنَسَّى وَأَشِيرَ وَزَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِي يَسْتَدْعِي قُوَّاتِهِمِ الْمُحَارِبَةَ، فَخَفُّوا إِلَيْهِ. | ٣٥ |
36 And Gideon says to God, “If You are Savior of Israel by my hand, as You have spoken,
| وَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ لِلهِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ حَقّاً سَتُنْقِذُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى يَدَيَّ كَمَا وَعَدْتَ (فَأَعْطِنِي عَلامَةً عَلَى ذَلِكَ): | ٣٦ |
37 behold, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is only on the fleece, and dryness on all the earth—then I have known that You save Israel by my hand, as You have spoken”;
| سَأَضَعُ اللَّيْلَةَ جَزَّةَ صُوفٍ فِي الْبَيْدَرِ، فَإِنِ ابْتَلَّتِ الْجَزَّةُ وَحْدَهَا بِالنَّدَى، وَبَقِيَتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا جَافَّةً، أُدْرِكُ أَنَّكَ تُنْقِذُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى يَدَيَّ كَمَا وَعَدْتَنِي». | ٣٧ |
38 and it is so, and he rises early on the next day, and presses the fleece, and wrings dew out of the fleece—the fullness of the bowl of waters.
| وَهَذَا مَا حَدَثَ: فَعِنْدَمَا بَكَّرَ جِدْعُونُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي أَخَذَ جَزَّةَ الصُّوفِ وَضَغَطَهَا وَعَصَرَهَا فَقَطَرَ مِنْهَا مِلْءُ قَصْعَةٍ مِنَ الْمَاءِ. | ٣٨ |
39 And Gideon says to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me, and I only speak this time; please let me try only this time with the fleece—please let there be only dryness on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the earth.”
| فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ للهِ: «لا يَحْتَدِمْ غَضَبُكَ عَلَيَّ وَدَعْنِي أَتَقَدَّمُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَقَطْ بِطَلَبٍ وَاحِدٍ. اسْمَحْ لِي أَنْ أُجْرِيَ اخْتِبَاراً آخَرَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْجَزَّةِ. لِتَبْقَ هَذِهِ الْجَزَّةُ وَحْدَهَا جَافَّةً، أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الأَرْضِ فَلْيُبَلِّلْهَا النَّدَى». | ٣٩ |
40 And God does so on that night, and there is only dryness on the fleece, and there has been dew on all the earth.
| فَصَنَعَ الرَّبُّ ذَلِكَ. فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ ابْتَلَّتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا بِالنَّدَى وَبَقِيَتِ الْجَزَّةُ وَحْدَهَا جَافَّةً. | ٤٠ |
