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.
И обутренева Иероваал, сей есть Гедеон, и вси людие иже с ним, и ополчишася у источника Арад: и полк Мадиамль и Амаликов бяше ему с севера на холме Мосе Гавааф-Аморе в долине.
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].
И рече Господь к Гедеону: мнози людие иже с тобою, сего ради не предам Мадиама в руку их, да не когда похвалится Израиль на Мя, глаголя: рука моя спасе мя:
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.
и ныне рцы во ушы людем, глаголя: кто боязлив и ужастив, да возвратится и да отидет от горы Галаадовы. И возвратишася от людий двадесять две тысящы, и десять тысящ осташася.
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.”.
И рече Господь к Гедеону: еще людие мнози суть: сведи я на воду, и искушу тебе их тамо: и будет егоже аще реку тебе, сей да идет с тобою, той да пойдет с тобою: и всяк егоже аще реку тебе, сей да не пойдет с тобою, той да не пойдет с тобою.
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.”
И сведе люди на воду, и рече Господь к Гедеону: всяк иже полочет языком своим от воды, якоже лочет пес, да поставиши его особь: и всяк иже на колену падет пити, отлучи его особь.
6 So when they drank, only 300 men drank from their hands. All the others drank with their mouths down in the water.
И бысть число в горстех локавших языком триста мужей: и вси оставшии людие преклонишася на колена своя пити воду.
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!”
И рече Господь к Гедеону: треми сты мужей локавшими воду спасу вас, и предам Мадиама в руку твою: и вси людие да пойдут, кийждо на место свое.
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.
И взяша себе брашно от людий в руку свою и роги своя: и всякаго мужа Израилтеска отпусти коегождо в кущу свою, а триста мужей удержа: полк же Мадиамль бяше ниже его в долине.
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.
И бысть в ту нощь, и рече к нему Господь: востав сниди отсюду скоро в полк, яко предах их в руку твою:
10 But if you are afraid to attack them by yourself, take your servant Purah with you.
и аще боишися ты снити, сниди ты и Фара раб твой в полк,
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.
и услышиши, что возглаголют: и по сем укрепятся руце твои, и снидеши в полк. И сниде сам и Фара раб его в часть пятьдесятников, иже быша в полце.
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.
И Мадиам и Амалик и вси сынове востоков стояху в долине яко прузи множеством, и велблюдом их не бяше числа, но бяху яко песок на краи морстем множеством.
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!”
И вниде Гедеон, и се, муж поведаше сон подругу своему, и рече: сей сон егоже видех, и се, тесто хлеба ячна валяющееся в полце Мадиамли, и привалися к кущи Мадиамли, и поби ю, и преврати ю, и паде куща.
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.”
И отвеща подруг его и рече: несть (сие тесто), но мечь Гедеона сына Иоасова мужа Израилева: предаде Бог в руку его Мадиама и весь полк.
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!”
И бысть яко услыша Гедеон поведание сна и разсуждение его, и поклонися Господеви, и возвратися в полк Израилев и рече: востаните, яко предаде Господь в руки нашя полк Мадиамль.
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].
И раздели триста мужей на три началства, и вдаде роги в руце всем, и водоносы тщы, и свещы среде водоносов,
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.
и рече им: мене смотрите, и такожде творите: и се, аз вниду в часть полка, и будет якоже сотворю, такожде сотворите:
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!’”
и аз вострублю рогом, и вси иже со мною, да вострубите и вы в роги окрест всего полка, и да речете: (мечь) Богу и Гедеону.
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.
И вниде Гедеон и сто мужей иже с ним в часть полка в начале стражи средния: и убужением возбудиша стрегущих, и вострубиша в роги, и сразиша водоносы иже в руках их.
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!”
И вострубиша три началства в роги и сокрушиша водоносы, и удержаша в левых руках своих свещы, и в десных руках их роги, в няже трубити: и возопиша: мечь Господеви и Гедеону.
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.
И сташа кийждо о себе окрест полка: и смятеся весь полк, и возопиша, и побегоша.
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.
И вострубиша в триста рогов: и положи Господь мечь мужа на подруга его во всем полце, и пробеже полк до Вифасетта, и собрася до страны Авелмаула и к Тавафу.
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.
И возопиша мужие Израилтестии от Неффалима и от Асира и от всего Манассии, и погнаша вслед Мадиама.
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.
И посла послы Гедеон во всю гору Ефремлю, глаголя: снидите во сретение Мадиаму и удержите им воду до Вефира и Иордана. И воззва всяк муж Ефремль, и предотяша воду до Вефира и Иордана,
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.
и яша два князя Мадиамля, Орива и Зива: и убиша Орива в Суре, и Зива убиша во Иакефзиве: и погнаша Мадиама, и главу Орива и Зива принесоша к Гедеону от оноя страны Иордана.
