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.
Ndipo Yerubaali (yaani Gideoni) akainuka mapema, na watu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye, wakaweka kambi kando ya chemchemi ya Harodi. Kambi ya Midiani ilikuwa kaskazini mwao katika bonde karibu na kilima cha 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;
Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, Kuna askari wengi sana kwa mimi kukupa ushindi juu ya Wamidiani, ili Waisraeli wasijisifu juu yangu, wakisema, 'Nguvu zetu zimetuokoa'.
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.
Basi, tangaza masikioni mwa watu, ukisema, Yeyote anayeogopa, anayetetemeka, arudi na atoke katika mlima Gileadi. 'Basi, watu elfu ishirini na mbili wakaondoka, na elfu kumi wakabaki.
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.”
Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, 'Watu bado ni wengi sana. Wapeleke chini kwenye maji, na nitafanya idadi yao iwe ndogo kwa ajili yako. Kama nikisema, 'Huyu atakwenda pamoja nawe,' atakwenda pamoja nawe; lakini kama nikisema, 'Huyu hawezi kwenda pamoja nawe,' hatakwenda. '
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.”
Gideoni akawapeleka watu kwenye maji; Bwana akamwambia, “Ondoa kila mtu atakayelamba maji, kama mbwa alambavyo, kutoka kwa wale wanaopiga magoti na kunywa.”
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.
Wanaume mia tatu walilamba. Wengine wote walipiga magoti kunywa maji.
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.”
Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, “Kwa watu hawa mia tatu waliokwisha kulamba maji, nitakuokoa na kukupa ushindi juu ya Wamidiani. Acha kila mtu arudi mahali pake.”
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.
Kwa hiyo wale waliochaguliwa walichukua vifaa vyao na tarumbeta zao. Gideoni akawarudisha watu wote wa Israeli, kila mtu kwenda kwenye hema yake, lakini akawaweka watu mia tatu. Basi kambi ya Midiani ilikuwa chini yake katika bonde.
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;
Usiku huo huo Bwana akamwambia, “Simama! Kavamie kambi, kwa maana nitakupa ushindi juu yake.
10 and if you are afraid to go down—go down, you and your young man Phurah, to the camp,
Lakini ikiwa unaogopa kushuka, shka kwenye kambi pamoja na Purh mtumishi wako,
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;
na usikilize kile wanachosema, na ujasiri wako utaimarishwa kushambulia kambi.” Basi Gidioni akaenda pamoja na Pura mtumishi wake, mpaka chini kwa walinzi wa kambi.
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.
Wamidiani, Waamaleki, na watu wote wa mashariki walikaa karibu na bonde, wengi kama wingu la nzige. Ngamia zao walikuwa zaidi ya mawingu; walikuwa zaidi kuliko idadi ya mchanga katika bahari.
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.”
Gideoni alipofika huko, mtu alikuwa akimwambia mwenzake ndoto. Mtu huyo akasema, “Angalia! Niliota ndoto, na nikaona mkate wa shayiri umeanguka ndani ya kambi ya Midiani. Ukaja hemani, na kuipiga kwa nguvu sana hata ikaanguka chini ikapinduka na kulala chini. '
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.”
Mtu mwingine akasema, 'Hii si kitu kingine isipokuwa upanga wa Gideoni (mwana wa Yoashi), Mwisraeli. Mungu amempa ushindi juu ya Midiani na jeshi lake lote. '
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.”
Gideoni aliposikia habari ya ile ndoto na tafsiri yake, akainama chini na kuabudu. Alirudi kwenye kambi ya Israeli na kusema, “Simameni! Bwana ametupa ushindi juu ya jeshi la Midiani.”
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.
Akawagawa watu mia tatu katika makundi matatu, na akawapa tarumbeta zote na mitungi tupu, na taa ndani ya kila mtungi.
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;
Akawaambia, 'Niangalieni mimi na kufanya yale ninayoyafanya. Tazama! Ninapofika kwenye mwisho wa kambi, ni lazima mfanye kile ninachofanya.
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!”
Nitakapopiga tarumbeta, mimi na wote Mlio pamoja nami, basi mtapiga tarumbeta zenu katika kila upande wa kambi nzima na kupiga kelele, “Kwa Bwana na Gideoni!”
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;
Basi Gideoni na watu mia moja waliokuwa pamoja naye walifika mwisho wa kambi, hapo mwanzoni mwa saa ya kati. Wakati Wamidiani walikuwa wakibadilisha walinzi, walipiga tarumbeta na kuvunja mitungi iliyokuwa mikononi mwao.
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!”
Vikosi vitatu vilipiga tarumbeta na kuvunja mitungi. Walikuwa na taa katika mikono yao ya kushoto na tarumbeta katika mikono yao ya kulia ili kuwapiga. Walipiga kelele, “Upanga wa Bwana na wa Gideoni.”
21 And they each stand in his place, around the camp, and all the camp runs, and they shout, and flee;
Kila mtu alisimama mahali pake kando ya kambi na jeshi la Midiani likakimbia. Walipiga kelele na kukimbia
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.
Walipopiga tarumbeta mia tatu, Bwana akaweka upanga wa kila mtu wa Midiani dhidi ya wenzake na dhidi ya jeshi lake lote. Jeshi likimbia mpaka Bethshita kuelekea Serera, mpaka mpaka wa Abel Mehola, karibu na Tabathi.
23 And the men of Israel are called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and pursue after Midian.
Watu wa Israeli kutoka Naftali, Asheri, na Manase wote waliitwa nje, nao wakawafuata Midiani.
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,
Gideoni akatuma wajumbe katika nchi zote za mlima wa Efraimu, akisema, “Nenda chini dhidi ya Midiani na umiliki Mto Yordani mpaka Bethbara, ukawazuie.” Basi wanaume wote wa Efraimu walikusanyika pamoja na kuimiliki maji, mpaka Bethbara na Mto Yordani.
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.
Wakawatwaa wakuu wawili wa Midiani, Orebu na Zeebu. Wakamwua Orebu kwenye mwamba wa Orebu, nao wakamwua Zeebu katika shinikizo la divai la Zeebu. Wakawafuata Wamidiani, wakamletea Gideoni vichwa vya Orebu na Zeebu, ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani.
