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,
Israel ca rhoek loh BOEIPA mikhmuh ah thaea saii. Te dongah BOEIPA loh amih te kum rhih khuiah Midian kut aha paek.
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.
Te dongah Midian mikhmuh ah, Midian kut te Israel soah tanglue. Israel ca rhoek loh amamih ham buep te tlang, lungko neh, rhalmahim ah a tuk uh.
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,
Israel kah a lotawn khaw Midian, Amalek neh khothoeng ca loh ham paan tih a luei thil uh.
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;
Amih te a rhaeh thil uh tih khohmuen cangpai tea phae uh. Gaza duela na ka cet te Israel neh tu, vaito, laak ham kangna khaw hinglu hlawtnah paih uh pawh.
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.
Amih loh a dap te boiva neh a paan uh. A paan uh vaengah hlangping neh kaisih bangla muep ha pawk uh. Te vaengah amih neh a kalauk rhoek tah tae lek na moenih. Te dongah khohmuen phae ham nia muk uh.
6 And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry to YHWH.
Midian mikhmuh ah Israel he bahoenga tlayae coeng dongah Israel ca rhoek loh BOEIPAa pang thiluh.
7 And it comes to pass, when the sons of Israel have cried to YHWH concerning Midian,
Midian kawng dongah BOEIPA te Israel ca rhoek loh a pang thil uh khaw ana om coeng.
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,
Te vaengah Israel ca rhoek ham tonghma pakhat te BOEIPA loh a tueih tih, “Amih te, 'Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh, 'Nangmih he kai loh Egypt lamkah kan doek tih sal imkhui lamloh nangmih he kam poh.
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,
Egypt kut lamkah khaw, nangmih aka nen kut cungkuem lamkah khaw, nangmih kan lat coeng. Nangmih mikhmuh lamloh amih te ka haek tih amih khohmuen te nangmih kam paek.
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.”
Te vaengah nangmih taengah, 'Kai tah BOEIPA na Pathen ni, a khohmuen ah na om uh thil Amori pathen te rhih uh boeh,’ ka ti lalah ka ol na hnatun uh pawh,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
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;
BOEIPA kah puencawn te koep ha pawk tih Ophrah kah rhokael hmuiah ngol. Te vaengah Midian mikhmuh lamkah rhaelrham ham Abiezer Joash neh a capa Gideon loh misur rhom ah canga boh.
12 and the Messenger of YHWH appears to him and says to him, “YHWH [is] with you, O mighty man of valor.”
Anih taengah khaw BOEIPA puencawna phoe pah tih, “Tatthai hlangrhalh nang taengah BOEIPA om,” a ti nah.
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.”
Tedae anih te Gideon loh, “Ka boeipa, kaimih taengah BOEIPA om ta. Tedae balae tih kaimih taengah a cungkuem hea thoeng? A khobaerhambae cungkuem te melae? Te te kaimih taengah a paa thui vaengah tah Kaimih he BOEIPA loh Egypt lamkah n'doek moenih a?” a ti. Tedae BOEIPA loh kaimih he n'phap tih Midian kut ah kaimih n'tloeng coeng he,” a ti nah.
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?”
Te vaengah BOEIPA te anih taengla la hooi uh tih, “Na thadueng neh cet lamtah Midian kut lamkah Israel he khang laeh. Nang kan tueih rhoe moenih a?” a ti nah.
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.”
Te dongah amah te, “Ka Boeipa aw, Israel he ba nen lae ka khang eh? Manasseh khuiah tattloel la kai he thawngkhat ka lo tih a pa imko khuiah kai ni canoi coeng,” a ti nah.
16 And YHWH says to him, “Because I am with you—you have struck the Midianites as one man.”
Tedae anih te BOEIPA loh, “Nang taengah ka om vetih Midian te hlang pakhat banglam ni na tloek ngawn eh?,” a ti nah.
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.
Te vaengah Gideon loh, “Na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ni ka dang atah kai taengah na thui te miknoek la kai taengah han saii laeh.
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.”
Nang taengla ka pawk tih ka khosaa kang khuen te na mikhmuh ah ka tloeng duela he lamloh ana nong boel dae,” a ti nah. Te dongah, “Kai khaw nang bal duela kana om bitni,” a ti nah.
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.
Gideon te cet tih maae ca neh vaidam te vaidamding la cangnoek pakhat a hmoel. Maeh te vaihang dongah a doh phoeiah maehhang te am khuiah a thun. Te phoeiah rhokael hmui kah puencawn taengla a khuen tih a tawn pah.
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.
Pathen kah puencawn loh Gideon taengah, “Maeh neh vaidamding te lo lamtah thaelpang soah tloeng lah. Te phoeiah maehhang bueih thil,” a ti nah vanbanglaa saii pah.
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.
Te phoeiah BOEIPA puencawn loh a kut dongkah cunghol hmuidong tea thueng tih maeh neh vaidamding tea nawn te a nawn hatah lungpang lamloh hmai thoo tih maeh neh vaidamding tea hlawp. Te phoeiah BOEIPA puencawn khaw a mikhmuh lamloh vik cet.
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!”
Te daengah anih te BOEIPA kah puencawn la Gideon loh a hmuh. Te phoeiah Gideon loh, “Aw, ka Boeipa Yahovah, BOEIPA puencawn te maelhmai neh ka hmuh,” a ti.
23 And YHWH says to him, “Peace to you; do not fear; you do not die.”
Tedae anih te BOEIPA loh, “Na sading saeh, rhih boeh, na duek mahpawh,” a ti nah.
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.
Te dongah Gideon loh BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk pahoia suem pah. Hmueithuk te khaw ngaimongnah BOEIPAa sui tih tihnin duela Abiezer Ophrah ah om pueng.
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,
Tekah khoyin ah Gideon te BOEIPA loh, “Na pa kah vaitoa tal pakhat neh vaitotal kum rhih koep khuen lamtah na pa kah Baal hmueihtuk koengloeng laeh, a taengkah Asherah te khaw top pah.
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.”
Hekah lunghim som ah he BOEIPA na Pathen ham hmueihtuk suem laeh. Vaitoa pabae te maehlaep la khuen lamtah na top sut Asherah thing neh hmueihhlutnah la nawn laeh,” a ti nah.
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.
Te dongah Gideon loh a sal hlang parha te a khuen tih BOEIPA loh a taengaha thui pah vanbanglaa saii. Tedae khothaih ah a saii ham te a napa cako neh khopuei kah hlang rhoek tea rhih dongah khoyin ah a saii.
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.
Mincang ah khopuei kah hlang rhoek loh a thoh uh vaengah Baal kah hmueihtuk te ana tim tih a taengkah Asherah khaw ana top pa uh, vaito pabae te khaw hmueihtuka suem tangtae dongah tarha ana nawn pauh.
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.”
Te dongah hlang loh a hui taengah, “Hekah hno aka saii he ulae?” a ti uh tiha cae uh. Tedaea tlap uh vaengah tah, “Hekah hno he Joash capa Gideon long ni a saii,” a ti uh.
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.”
Te dongah khopuei hlang rhoek loh Joash taengah, “Na capa te hang khuen, Baal kah hmueihtuka palet tih a taengkah Asheraha top dongah duek kangna saeh,” a ti uh.
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.”
Tedae a taengkah aka pai rhoek boeih taengah Joash loh, “Nangmih loh Baal ham na kamkaih uh a ya? Anih te nangmih loh na khang uh tang a ya? Anih aka oelh tah mincang a pha neh ki duek bitni. Baal he pathen la a om van oeh atah a hmueihtuka palet pah vaengah amah loha huul kanoek mako,” a ti nah.
32 And he calls him, on that day, Jerubba‘al, saying, “The Ba‘al pleads against him, because he has broken down his altar.”
Te dongah tekah khohnin lamkah longtah tah, “A hmueihtuk ka palet pah tih Baal amah te khaw ka ho coeng,” a ti nah ngaih la Gideon te Jerubbaal la tloep a khue.
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,
Te vaengah Midian boeih neh Amalek khaw khothoeng ca rhoek loh tun kibaeng uh tiha kat phoeiah Jezreel kol ah rhaeh uh.
34 and the Spirit of YHWH has clothed Gideon, and he blows with a horn, and Abi-Ezer is called after him;
Tedae BOEIPA Mueihla loh Gideon tea thing dongah tuki tea ueng tih a hnukkah Abiezer te a hueh.
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.
Manasseh ram tom ah puencawn te a tueih tih amah hnuk ah a khue. Te phoeiah puencawn te Asher, Zebulun neh Naphtali laa tueih tih amih doe hamla cet uh.
36 And Gideon says to God, “If You are Savior of Israel by my hand, as You have spoken,
Te phoeiah Gideon loh Pathen te, “Na thui tangtae bangla Israel te ka kut neh aka khang la na om atah,
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”;
Tumul hluem khat te cangtil hmuen ah ka khueh he. Teka tumul hluem khat dong bueng ah buemtui om tih diklai boeih te phueihuet la a om atah na thui bangla Isreal te ka kut neh na khang ni tila ka ming eh?,” a ti nah.
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.
Te dongah om tangloeng tiha vuen kah a thoh vaengah tah tumul hluem tea sui. Te vaengah tumul hluem dongkah buem tui te baeldunga bae la a sui.
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.”
Tedae Gideon loh Pathen taengah, “Na thintoek loh kai taengah sai boel mai saeh lamtah, vai mah ka thui mai vai bueng mah ka noem dae eh, tumul hluema phueihuet he tumul hluem amah thim la om vetih diklai pum he buemtui a om atah,” a ti nah bal.
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.
Pathen long khaw a rhoi pah dongah tekah khoyin ah tah tumul hluem bueng te phueihuet la om tih diklai pum te buemtui boeih bo.
