Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim say to him, “What [is] this thing you have done to us—not to call for us when you went to fight with Midian?” And they strive with him severely;
Moun fanmi Efrayim yo di Jedeyon konsa: -Poukisa ou pa t' rele nou depi lè ou tapral goumen ak moun peyi Madyan yo? Poukisa ou fè nou sa? Yo te fache anpil sou li.
2 and he says to them, “What have I now done like you? Are the gleanings of Ephraim not better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?
Men, li di yo: -Sa m' fè a pa ka parèt devan sa nou menm nou fè a! Ti sa nou menm moun Efrayim yo, nou fè a pi plis pase sa nou menm ti fanmi Abyezè a, nou fè!
3 God has given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your hand; and what have I been able to do like you?” Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.
Bondye lage Orèb ak Zeyèb, de chèf moun Madyan yo, nan men nou. Kisa mwen fè ki ka parèt devan sa? Fini li fin di yo sa, mesye Efrayim yo pa fache sou li ankò.
4 And Gideon comes to the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him—wearied, yet pursuing—
Jedeyon rive bò larivyè Jouden an avèk twasan mesye ki te avè l' yo. Yo janbe larivyè a. Apre tout kouri sa a yo te fè dèyè lènmi yo, yo te bouke anpil.
5 and he says to the men of Succoth, “Please give cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”
Jedeyon pale ak moun lavil Soukòt yo, li di yo: -Tanpri, bay mesye m' yo kèk moso pen pou yo manje. Yo bouke anpil. M'ap kouri dèyè Zebak ak Salmouna, wa moun Madyan yo.
6 And the heads of Succoth say, “Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we give bread to your host?”
Men chèf lavil Soukòt yo di l' konsa: -Poukisa ou vle pou nou bay lame ou la manje! Ala ou poko mete men sou Zebak ak Salmouna!
7 And Gideon says, “Therefore—in YHWH’s giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand—I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.”
Jedeyon di yo: -Anhan! Se konsa! Bon! Lè Seyè a va fin lage Zebak ak Salmouna nan men mwen, m'ap tounen pou nou! M'ap filange nou ak fwèt pikan ak chadwon savann.
8 And he goes up there [to] Penuel, and speaks to them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.
Li kite lavil Soukòt, li moute lavil Penyèl. Li mande yo menm bagay la. Men, moun lavil Penyèl yo reponn li tankou moun lavil Soukòt yo.
9 And he also speaks to the men of Penuel, saying, “In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.”
Jedeyon di yo: -Mwen gen pou m' tounen apre batay la! Lè sa a, m'ap kraze gwo fò won sa a.
10 And Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] one hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.
Zebak ak Salmouna te lavil Kakò avèk tout lame yo. Nan tout kantite sòlda moun dezè yo, te gen sanvenmil (120.000) sòlda ki te mouri. Te rete sèlman kenzmil (15.000) gason.
11 And Gideon goes up the way of those who dwell in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and strikes the camp, and the camp was confident;
Jedeyon pran wout ki pase nan dezè a, sou bò solèy leve lavil Nobak ak lavil Yogbeya, epi li tonbe sou lame a ki te kwè pa t' gen danje pou yo ankò.
12 and Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursues after them, and captures the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he has caused all the camp to tremble.
Zebak ak Salmouna, de wa Madyan yo, kouri met deyò. Jedeyon kouri dèyè yo, li mete men sou yo, li gaye tout lame a, li fè yo kraze rak.
13 And Gideon son of Joash turns back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,
Lè Jedeyon, pitit Joas la, tounen soti nan lagè a, li pase sou ti mòn Erès la.
14 and captures a young man of the men of Succoth, and asks him, and he describes to him the heads of Succoth, and its elderly—seventy-seven men.
Li fè yo mete men sou yon jenn gason ki te rete lavil Soukòt epi li keksyonnen l'. Jenn gason an ekri non swasanndisèt moun ki te otorite ak chèf fanmi lavil Soukòt li bay Jedeyon.
15 And he comes to the men of Succoth and says, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom you reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand that we give bread to your men who [are] wearied?”
Apre sa, Jedeyon al jwenn moun lavil Soukòt yo, li di yo: -Nou chonje jan nou te joure m' pou Zebak ak Salmouna! Nou te di m' nou pa t' ka bay mesye m' yo moso pen pou yo manje atout yo te bouke, paske mwen pa t' ankò mete men sou Zebak ak Salmouna. Men yo tande!
16 And he takes the elderly of the city, and [the] thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teaches the men of Succoth by them,
Lèfini, li pran branch pikan ak chadwon nan savann lan, li bat chèf lavil Soukòt yo byen bat.
17 and he has broken down the Tower of Penuel, and slays the men of the city.
Apre sa, l' al kraze gwo fò won lavil Penwèl la, epi li touye mezi gason ki te rete nan lavil la.
18 And he says to Zebah and to Zalmunna, “What manner of men [were they] whom you slew in Tabor?” And they say, “As you—so they, [each] one as the form of the king’s sons.”
Lèfini, li di Zebak ak Salmouna: -Moun nou te touye sou mòn Tabò a, ki jan yo te ye? Sa yo te sanble? Yo reponn: -Yo te sanble avè ou. Nou ta di yo tout se pitit wa yo ye.
19 And he says, “They [were] my brothers—sons of my mother; YHWH lives, if you had kept them alive—I would not kill you.”
Li di yo: -Se frè m' yo te ye, pitit menm manman avè m'. Mwen fè sèman, devan Bondye ki vivan an, si nou pa t' touye yo, mwen pa ta touye nou tou!
20 And he says to his firstborn Jether, “Rise, slay them”; and the young man has not drawn his sword, for he has been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.
Epi li di Jetè, premye pitit gason l' lan: -Annavan! Touye yo! Men, jenn gason an pa wete nepe l' nan djenn li. Li te pè paske li te timoun toujou.
21 And Zebah and Zalmunna say, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man—his might”; and Gideon rises, and slays Zebah and Zalmunna, and takes the crescents which [are] on the necks of their camels.
Lè sa a, Zebak ak Salmouna di: -Annavan non, monchè! Se ou menm ki pou touye nou! Se gason tout bon ki pou fè kalite travay konsa. Jedeyon leve vre, li touye Zebak ak Salmouna. Apre sa, li pran tout bijou ki te gen fòm dekou lalen ki te mare nan kou chamo yo.
22 And the men of Israel say to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
Apre sa, moun pèp Izrayèl yo di Jedeyon konsa: -Se pou ou vin chèf sou nou, ou menm, pitit ou ak pitit pitit ou apre ou. Paske ou delivre nou anba men moun Madyan yo.
23 And Gideon says to them, “I do not rule over you, nor does my son rule over you; YHWH rules over you.”
Men, Jedeyon reponn yo: -Mwen p'ap chèf nou, ni pitit mwen p'ap chèf nou tou. Se Seyè a ki va chèf nou.
24 And Gideon says to them, “Let me ask a petition of you, and each give to me the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.”
Apre sa, Jedeyon di yo: -Yon sèl bagay m'ap mande nou: Se pou chak moun wete yon grenn zanno nan sa li pran an ban mwen. Moun Madyan yo te pote zanno lò, tankou lòt moun k'ap viv nan dezè a.
25 And they say, “We certainly give”; and they spread out the garment, and each casts the ring of his prey there;
Moun pèp Izrayèl yo reponn li: -Se tout plezi nou pou n' ba ou yo! Yo louvri yon rad atè, epi chak moun pran yon zanno nan sa yo te pran an, yo mete l' sou rad la.
26 and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked for is one thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] on the necks of their camels,
Tout zanno Jedeyon te mande yo te fè antou swasant liv lò konsa, san konte bijou ki te gen fòm dekou lalen yo, kolye yo, bèl rad wouj ki te sou wa yo, ak kolye ki te mare nan kou chamo yo.
27 and Gideon makes it into an ephod, and sets it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go whoring after it there, and it is for a snare to Gideon and to his house.
Jedeyon fè yon estati ak lò a, li mete l' nan lavil Ofra, kote l' moun lan. Tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo vire do bay Bondye, yo vin adore estati a lavil Ofra. Sa te tounen yon pèlen pou Jedeyon ak tout fanmi li yo.
28 And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land rests [for] forty years in the days of Gideon.
Se konsa moun Madyan yo te vin soumèt devan moun pèp Izrayèl la. Depi jou sa a yo pa janm leve tèt yo ankò. Pandan karantan te gen lapè nan peyi a jouk jou Jedeyon mouri.
29 And Jerubba‘al son of Joash goes and dwells in his own house,
Jedeyon, pitit Joas la, ki rele Jewoubaal tou, tounen al rete lakay li.
30 and there have been seventy sons of Gideon, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;
Li te gen swasanndis pitit gason, paske li te gen anpil manman pitit.
31 and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, has borne to him—even she—a son, and he appoints his name Abimelech.
Li te gen yon fanm kay ki te rete Sichèm. Ti fanm sa a te fè yon pitit gason pou li, li rele l' Abimelèk.
32 And Gideon son of Joash dies, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.
Lè Jedeyon, pitit Joas la, mouri, li te gen yon bèl laj sou tèt li. Yo antere l' nan kavo Joas, papa l', te genyen lavil Ofra, lavil ki te pou fanmi Abyezè yo.
33 And it comes to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go whoring after the Ba‘alim, and set Ba‘al-Berith over them for a god;
Apre Jedeyon mouri, pèp Izrayèl la vire do bay Bondye ankò, yo pran fè sèvis pou Baal yo. Yo fè Baal-Berit sèvi yo bondye.
34 and the sons of Israel have not remembered their God YHWH, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their surrounding enemies,
Se konsa, yo pa dòmi reve Seyè a, Bondye yo a, li menm ki te delivre yo anba men lènmi ki te sènen yo toupatou.
35 neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubba‘al—Gideon—according to all the good which he did with Israel.
Yo moutre yo engra, yo bliye fanmi Jedeyon an ansanm ak tout byen li te fè pou pèp Izrayèl la.
