Judges 7
1 The next morning, Gideon and his men got up early and went as far as Harod Spring. The army of Midian was camped north of them, in the valley near Moreh Hill.
Næste Morgen tidlig brød Jerubba'al, det er Gideon, op med alle sine Folk og lejrede sig ved Harodkilden, medens Midjaniternes Lejr var nedenfor paa Sletten, norden for Morehøjen.
2 Yahweh said to Gideon, “You have too many soldiers with you. If I allow all of you to fight the army of Midian, [if your army defeats them], they will boast to me that they defeated their enemies by themselves, [without my help].
Da sagde HERREN til Gideon: »Du har for mange Folk hos dig, til at jeg kan give Midjaniterne i deres Haand; gjorde jeg det, vilde Israel gøre sig stor over for mig og sige: Min egen Kraft skaffede mig Sejr!
3 So tell the men, ‘Whoever among you is timid or afraid may leave us and go home.’” So [after Gideon told that to them], 22,000 of them went home. Only 10,000 men were left there.
Lad derfor udraabe for Folket: Enhver, som er ræd og angst, skal vende hjem!« Gideon sigtede dem da, og 22 000 Mand af Folket vendte hjem, medens 10 000 blev tilbage.
4 But Yahweh told Gideon, “There are still too many men! Take them down to the spring, and there I will choose from among them, which ones will go with you and which ones will not go.”.
Men HERREN sagde til Gideon: »Endnu er der for mange Folk; før dem ned til Vandet, der vil jeg sigte dem for dig. Den, jeg siger skal gaa med dig, han skal gaa med; men enhver, om hvem jeg siger til dig: denne skal ikke gaa med dig, han skal ikke gaa!«
5 When Gideon took the men down to the spring, Yahweh told him, “When they drink, put into one group the ones who scoop the water into their hands, and then lap it up like dogs do. Put into another group the ones who kneel down [and bend over] and drink with their mouths in the water.”
Da han havde ført Folket ned til Vandet, sagde HERREN til Gideon: »Alle dem, der laber Vandet med Tungen som Hunde, skal du stille for sig; ligesaa alle dem, der lægger sig paa Knæ for at drikke!«
6 So when they drank, only 300 men drank from their hands. All the others drank with their mouths down in the water.
Og Tallet paa dem, der labede, var 300; derimod lagde Resten af Folket sig paa Knæ for at drikke af Vandet, idet de førte det til Munden med Haanden.
7 Then Yahweh told Gideon, “The 300 men who lapped the water from their hands will be your army! I will enable them to defeat the Midian army. Let all the others go home!”
Da sagde HERREN til Gideon: »Med de 300 Mand, som labede, vil jeg frelse eder og give Midjaniterne i din Haand; men Resten af Folket skal drage hver til sit!«
8 So Gideon’s 300 men collected the food and rams’ horns from all the other men, and then he sent them home. The men of Midian were camping in the valley below Gideon.
Derpaa tog han Folkets Krukker og deres Horn fra dem; og alle Israeliterne lod han drage hjem, hver til sit, men de 300 Mand beholdt han hos sig. Og Midjaniternes Lejr var nede paa Sletten.
9 That night, Yahweh said to Gideon, “Get up and go down to their camp, [and you will hear something that will convince you that] I will enable your men to defeat them.
Samme Nat sagde HERREN til ham: »Staa op og drag ned imod Lejren, thi jeg har givet den i din Haand!
10 But if you are afraid to attack them by yourself, take your servant Purah with you.
Men er du bange for at drage derned, saa begiv dig med din Tjener Pura ned til Lejren
11 Go down and listen to what some of the Midian soldiers are saying. Then you will be very encouraged, and you will be ready to attack their camp.” So Gideon took Purah with him, and they went down to the edge of the enemy camp.
og hør, hvad de siger der; saa vil du faa Mod til at drage ned imod Lejren!« Han gik da med sin Tjener Pura ned til Lejrens Forposter.
12 The armies of the people of Midian and Amalek and from the east had set up their tents and looked like a swarm of locusts. It seemed that their camels were as impossible to count as the grains of sand on the seashore.
Midjaniterne, Amalekiterne og alle Østens Stammer havde lejret sig paa Sletten mangfoldige som Græshopper, og deres Kameler var utallige, mangfoldige som Sandet ved Havets Bred.
13 Gideon crept closer and heard one man telling a friend about a dream. He said, “I just had a dream, and in the dream I saw a round loaf of barley bread tumble down into our Midian camp. It struck a tent so hard that the tent turned upside down and collapsed!”
Just som Gideon kom, var en Mand i Færd med at fortælle en anden noget, han havde drømt, idet han sagde: »Jeg har haft en Drøm! Se, et Bygbrød kom rullende ned mod Midjaniternes Lejr, og da det kom til Teltet, stødte det til det og væltede det over Ende, saa at Teltet faldt.«
14 His friend said, “Your dream can mean only one thing. It means that God will enable Gideon, the man of Israel, to defeat all of the armies that are here with us men from Midian.”
Da sagde den anden: »Det kan ikke betyde andet end Israeliten Gideons, Joasj's Søns, Sværd; Gud har givet Midjan og hele Lejren i hans Haand!«
15 When Gideon heard the [man tell about his] dream and the meaning of that dream, he thanked God. Then he [and Purah] returned to the Israeli camp, and he shouted to the men, “Get up! Because God is enabling you to defeat the men from Midian!”
Da Gideon hørte Beretningen om Drømmen og dens Tydning, tilbad han og vendte derefter tilbage til Israels Lejr, hvor han sagde: »Staa op, thi HERREN har givet Midjaniternes Lejr i eders Haand!«
16 He divided his men into three groups. He gave each man a ram’s horn and an empty clay jar. He also gave each of them a torch [that they lit].
Derpaa delte han de 300 Mand i tre Afdelinger og gav dem alle Horn og tomme Krukker med Fakler i;
17 Then he said to them, “Watch me. When we come close to the enemy camp, [spread out to surround the camp]. Then do exactly what I do.
og han sagde til dem: »Giv Agt paa mig og gør som jeg! Naar jeg kommer til Udkanten af Lejren, skal I gøre som jeg;
18 As soon as I and the men with me blow our ram’s horns, you men in the other two groups surrounding the camp blow your horns and shout, ‘[We are doing this] for Yahweh and for Gideon!’”
naar jeg og alle de, der er hos mig, støder i Hornet, skal I ogsaa støde i Hornene rundt om hele Lejren og raabe: For HERREN og for Gideon!«
19 A while before midnight, just after a new group of Israeli guards took the places of the previous group, Gideon and the 100 men with him arrived at the edge of the Midian camp. Suddenly they all blew their horns, and broke their jars.
Da nu Gideon og de 100 Mand, der var hos ham, kom hen til Udkanten af Lejren ved Begyndelsen af den midterste Nattevagt, lige som man havde stillet Vagtposterne ud, stødte de i Hornene og slog deres Krukker itu.
20 Then the men in all three groups blew their horns and smashed their jars. They held the torches high with their left hands, and held up the horns with their right hands and alternatively blew them and shouted, “[We have] swords [to fight] for Yahweh and for Gideon!”
Saa blæste de tre Afdelinger i Hornene og slog Krukkerne itu; men de holdt Faklerne i deres venstre Haand og i deres højre Haand Hornene for at blæse i dem, og de raabte: »HERRENS Sværd og Gideons!«
21 Each of Gideon’s men stood in his position around the enemy camp. As they watched, all the Midian men started running around and shouting in a panic.
Og de blev staaende, hvor de stod, rundt om Lejren, hver paa sin Plads. Da vaagnede hele Lejren, og de skreg op og flygtede.
22 While the 300 Israeli men kept blowing their horns, Yahweh caused their enemies to start fighting each other with their swords/daggers. Some of them killed each other. The rest fled. Some fled south to Beth-Shittah. Some fled to Zerarah [village], near Tabbath.
Og da de blæste i de 300 Horn, satte HERREN den enes Sværd mod den andens i hele Lejren, og de flygtede til Bet-Sjitta hen imod Zerera, til Bredden ved Abel-Mehola over for Tabbat.
23 Then Gideon sent messages to the soldiers in the areas where the descendants of Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh lived, to tell them to come and pursue the army of Midian.
Derpaa stævnedes Israeliterne sammen fra Naftali, Aser og hele Manasse, og de satte efter Midjaniterne;
24 He also sent messengers throughout the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, saying, “Come down to attack the army of Midian. Come down to the Jordan River, to the place where people can wade across, to prevent enemy troops from crossing it! Station men as far south as Beth-Barah.” So the men of Ephraim did what Gideon told them to do.
og Gideon sendte Bud ud i hele Efraims Bjergland og lod kundgøre: »Drag Midjaniterne i Møde og afskær dem Adgangen til Vandet lige til Bet-Bara ved Jordan!« Da stævnedes alle Efraimiterne sammen, og de afskar dem Adgangen til Vandet lige til Bet-Bara ved Jordan
25 They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two generals of the Midian army. They killed Oreb at [the big rock which is now called] the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at [the place where people crush grapes that is now called] the winepress of Zeeb. Afterwards, the Israelis cut off the heads of Oreb and Zeeb and brought them to Gideon, while he was near the Jordan River.
og tog Midjaniternes to Høvdinger Oreb og Ze'eb til Fange; Oreb dræbte de paa Orebs Klippe, Ze'eb i Ze'ebs Perse; og de forfulgte Midjaniterne og bragte Orebs og Ze'ebs Hoveder til Gideon hinsides Jordan.
