Judges 7
1 And Jerubba‘al (he [is] Gideon) rises early, and all the people who [are] with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian has been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.
Suatu hari Gideon dengan semua anak buahnya bangun pagi-pagi sekali. Mereka pergi dan berkemah di dekat sumber air Harod. Perkemahan orang Midian berada di sebelah utara dari mereka, di lembah dekat Bukit More.
2 And YHWH says to Gideon, “The people who [are] with you [are] too many for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand has given salvation to me;
TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Anak buahmu terlalu banyak. Aku tak mau memberikan kemenangan kepada mereka atas orang Midian, sebab nanti mereka pikir mereka menang karena kekuatan sendiri, sehingga mereka tidak memuji Aku.
3 and now, please call in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever [is] afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from Mount Gilead”; and there return twenty-two thousand of the people, and ten thousand have been left.
Jadi, umumkanlah kepada anak buahmu, 'Siapa yang merasa takut, harus cepat-cepat meninggalkan Gunung Gilead ini dan kembali ke rumahnya.'" Maka ada 22.000 orang yang pulang; dan hanya 10.000 yang tinggal.
4 And YHWH says to Gideon, “The people [are] yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I refine him for you there; and it has been, he of whom I say to you, This goes with you—he goes with you; and any of whom I say to you, This does not go with you—he does not go.”
Lalu TUHAN berkata lagi kepada Gideon, "Anak buahmu masih terlalu banyak. Bawalah mereka ke sungai. Di sana Aku akan menyaring mereka untuk engkau. Jika Aku berkata kepadamu, 'Orang ini harus pergi dengan engkau,' ia harus pergi. Tetapi jika Aku berkata, 'Orang ini tidak boleh pergi dengan engkau,' ia tidak boleh pergi."
5 And he brings the people down to the water, and YHWH says to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue as the dog laps—you set him apart; also everyone who bows on his knees to drink.”
Maka Gideon membawa orang-orang itu ke sungai, lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Orang yang menjilat air seperti anjing, harus kaupisahkan dari orang yang berlutut untuk minum."
6 And the number of those lapping with their hand to their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.
Maka ada 300 orang yang menjilat air dari tangannya; semua yang lain berlutut untuk minum.
7 And YHWH says to Gideon, “I save you by the three hundred men who are lapping, and have given Midian into your hand, and all the people go, each to his place.”
Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Dengan ketiga ratus orang yang menjilat air itu, Aku akan membebaskan kamu dan memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas orang Midian. Suruhlah yang lainnya pulang."
8 And the people take the provision in their hand, and their horns, and he has sent every man of Israel away, each to his tents; and he has kept hold on the three hundred men, and the camp of Midian has been by him at the lower part of the valley.
Karena itu Gideon menyuruh semua orang Israel yang lain pulang kecuali yang tiga ratus itu. Semua bekal dan trompet diambil dari orang-orang yang pulang itu. Orang Midian berada di lembah di bawah tempat orang Israel berkemah.
9 And it comes to pass, on that night, that YHWH says to him, “Rise, go down into the camp, for I have given it into your hand;
Malam itu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Bangun, Gideon! Pergilah menyerang perkemahan orang Midian. Aku memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas mereka.
10 and if you are afraid to go down—go down, you and your young man Phurah, to the camp,
Tetapi kalau kau takut, ajaklah Pura, hambamu itu pergi bersama-sama ke perkemahan musuh.
11 and you have heard what they speak, and afterward your hands are strengthened, and you have gone down against the camp.” And he goes down, he and his young man Phurah, to the extremity of the fifties who [are] in the camp;
Nanti kau akan mendengar apa yang dipercakapkan musuh, dan hal itu akan menjadikan engkau berani menyerang." Lalu pergilah Gideon dengan Pura, ke perbatasan perkemahan musuh.
12 and Midian, and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which [is] on the seashore for multitude.
Orang Midian, Amalek dan orang-orang lainnya dari padang pasir, tersebar di mana-mana di lembah itu. Kelihatannya seperti belalang yang berkerumun. Unta-unta mereka banyak sekali seperti pasir di pinggir pantai.
13 And Gideon comes in, and behold, a man is recounting a dream to his companion, and says, “Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it comes to the tent, and strikes it, and it falls, and turns it upwards, and the tent has fallen.”
Ketika Gideon tiba di sana, ia mendengar seseorang sedang menceritakan mimpinya kepada kawannya. Orang itu berkata begini, "Saya bermimpi ada seketul roti terguling-guling masuk ke perkemahan kita lalu melanggar sebuah kemah. Kemah itu roboh sampai menjadi serata tanah."
14 And his companion answers and says, “This is nothing except the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given Midian and all the camp into his hand.”
Kawannya menjawab, "Wah, itu pasti pedang Gideon anak Yoas, orang Israel itu! Berarti Allah sudah memberikan kemenangan kepadanya atas orang Midian dan seluruh angkatan perang kita!"
15 And it comes to pass, when Gideon hears the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he bows himself, and turns back to the camp of Israel, and says, “Rise, for YHWH has given the camp of Midian into your hand.”
Ketika Gideon mendengar tentang mimpi orang itu dan artinya, ia pun sujud menyembah Allah. Kemudian ia kembali ke perkemahan Israel dan berkata, "Bersiap-siaplah! TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas angkatan perang Midian!"
16 And he divides the three hundred men [into] three detachments, and puts horns into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Lalu Gideon membagi ketiga ratus anak buahnya menjadi tiga regu. Setiap orang diberi sebuah trompet dan sebuah kendi yang berisi obor.
17 And he says to them, “Look at me, and thus do; and behold, I am coming into the extremity of the camp—and it has been—as I do so you do;
Kata Gideon kepada mereka, "Kalau saya tiba di perbatasan perkemahan orang Midian, perhatikan saya baik-baik, dan lakukanlah apa yang saya lakukan.
18 and I have blown with a horn—I and all who [are] with me, and you have blown with horns, even you, around all the camp, and have said, For YHWH and for Gideon!”
Apabila saya dan regu saya meniup trompet, kalian juga harus meniup trompetmu. Lalu kalian harus berteriak di sekeliling perkemahan itu, 'Untuk TUHAN dan untuk Gideon!'"
19 And Gideon comes—and the hundred men who [are] with him—into the extremity of the camp, [at] the beginning of the middle watch (they had just posted watchmen), and they blow with horns—also dashing in pieces the pitchers which [are] in their hand;
Menjelang tengah malam, Gideon dan orang-orangnya tiba di perbatasan perkemahan musuh. Pada waktu itu orang yang mengawal perkemahan itu, baru saja berganti jaga. Lalu Gideon dan regunya meniup trompet dan memecahkan kendi-kendi mereka.
20 and the three detachments blow with horns, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the horns to blow, and they cry, “The sword of YHWH and of Gideon!”
Kedua regu yang lainnya berbuat begitu juga. Lalu mereka semuanya mengangkat obor-obor mereka dengan tangan kiri, dan meniup trompet yang ada di tangan kanan mereka. Mereka berteriak, "Pedang untuk TUHAN dan untuk Gideon!"
21 And they each stand in his place, around the camp, and all the camp runs, and they shout, and flee;
Mereka semuanya tetap berdiri masing-masing di tempatnya di sekeliling perkemahan itu. Maka seluruh angkatan perang musuh itu lari terbirit-birit sambil berteriak-teriak.
22 and the three hundred blow the horns, and YHWH sets the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp flees to Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, to the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath.
Ketika Gideon dan orang-orangnya sedang membunyikan trompet, TUHAN membuat angkatan perang musuh saling menyerang satu sama lain dengan pedang. Mereka lari ke arah Zerera sampai sejauh Bet-Sita dan kota Abel-Mehola dekat Tabat.
23 And the men of Israel are called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and pursue after Midian.
Maka suku Naftali, Asyer, dan suku Manasye baik yang di sebelah timur maupun yang di sebelah barat Sungai Yordan dipanggil juga. Lalu mereka mengejar tentara Midian.
24 And Gideon has sent messengers into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to meet Midian, and capture the waters from them as far as Beth-Barah, and the Jordan”; and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters as far as Beth-Barah, and the Jordan,
Juga ke seluruh daerah pegunungan Efraim, Gideon mengirim berita panggilan ini, "Mari turun memerangi orang Midian. Pertahankanlah Sungai Yordan dan semua anak sungai sampai sejauh Bet-Bara. Jangan biarkan orang Midian menyeberang dari sana." Maka orang-orang Efraim pun dikerahkan, lalu mereka mempertahankan Sungai Yordan dan semua anak sungai sampai sejauh Bet-Bara.
25 and they capture two of the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and slay Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they have slain Zeeb at the wine-vat of Zeeb, and they pursue into Midian; and they have brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
Dua tokoh bangsa Midian, yaitu Oreb dan Zeeb ditangkap oleh mereka. Oreb dibunuh di Batu Oreb dan Zeeb dibunuh di tempat pemerasan anggur Zeeb. Orang-orang Efraim itu terus mengejar orang Midian, lalu membawa kepala Oreb dan Zeeb kepada Gideon di seberang Yordan bagian timur.
