Judges 8
1 Then the descendants of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you acted toward us like this? When you went out to fight against the people of Midian, why did you not summon us [to help you]?” They rebuked Gideon severely.
Ary hoy ny lehilahy amin’ ny Efraima tamin’ i Gideona: Ahoana izao zavatra nataonao taminay izao, no tsy nantsoinao izahay, raha nandeha hiady tamin’ ny Midiana ianao? Dia nanome tsiny azy mafy ireo.
2 But Gideon replied, “I have done [RHQ] very little compared with what you have done! My small clan of descendants of Abiezer only started the battle, but [your very large group of] descendants of Ephraim [helped me to finish the task very well. It is like] the final grapes of the harvest being much better than the first grapes that are picked.
Fa hoy Gideona taminy: Zinona izao nataoko izao, raha oharina amin’ izay nataonareo? Tsy tsara va ny fitsimponam-boalobok’ i Efraima noho ny fiotazam-boalobok’ i Abiezera?
3 God enabled you to defeat Oreb and Zeeb, the generals of the army from Midian. That is [RHQ] much more important than what I did!” After Gideon told them that, they no longer resented what he had done.
Teo an-tananareo no nanoloran’ Andriamanitra ny andrianan’ ny Midiana, dia Oreba sy Zeba; ary inona no azoko atao, raha oharina amin’ ny nataonareo? Ary rehefa nilaza izany teny izany Gideona, dia nitony ny fahatezeran’ ireo taminy.
4 Then Gideon and his 300 men [went east and] crossed the Jordan [River]. Although they were very tired, they continued to pursue their enemies.
Ary Gideona nankany Jordana, ka nita izy sy ny telon-jato lahy teo aminy, na dia efa reraka aza, mbola nanenjika ihany.
5 When they arrived at Succoth [town], Gideon said to the town leaders, “Please give my men some food! They are very tired. We are pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Ary hoy izy tamin’ ny mponina tao Sokota: Masìna ianareo, mba omeo mofo ny olona manaraka ahy, fa reraka izy, ary izaho manenjika an’ i Zebaha sy Zalmona, mpanjakan’ ny Midiana.
6 But the leaders of Succoth replied, “You have not caught [RHQ] Zebah and Zalmunna yet. So why should we give food to your troops [now? Catch them first, and then we will give you food].”
Fa hoy ireo andrianan’ i Sokota: Moa efa voahazon’ ny tananao ankehitriny va ny tànan’ i Zebaha sy Zalmona, no homenay mofo ny miaramilamao?
7 Gideon replied, “[Because you said that], after Yahweh enables us to defeat Zebah and Zalmunna, we will return. And then we will make whips from thorns from the desert, and with them we will rip the flesh off your bones!”
Dia hoy Gideona: Rehefa voatolotr’ i Jehovah eo an-tanako Zehaba sy Zalmona, dia handalasiko amin’ ny tsilo avy any an-efitra sy ny sampivato ny tenanareo.
8 From there, Gideon [and his 300 men] went to Peniel and asked for food there, but the people gave him the same answer.
Ary niakatra avy teo izy ka nankany Penoela, dia nanao teny tahaka izany koa tamin’ ny olona tao; ary ny mponina tao Penoela koa dia namaly azy tahaka ny navalin’ ny mponina tao Sokota ihany.
9 So he said to the men of Peniel, “After I defeat those kings, I will return and tear down this tower!”
Dia niteny tamin’ ny mponina tao Penoela izy ka nanao hoe: Raha tafaverina soa aman-tsara aho, dia horavako ity tilikambo ity.
10 By that time, Zebah and Zalmunna had gone to Karkor [town] with 15,000 troops. They were all that were left of the armies that had come from the east. 120,000 of their men had already been killed.
Ary Zebaha sy Zalmona dia tonga tao Karkora mbamin’ ny miaramila teo aminy tokony ho dimy arivo sy iray alin-dahy, dia izay sisa rehetra tamin’ ny miaramila rehetra an’ ny zanaky ny atsinanana; ary ny maty kosa dia roa alina sy iray hetsy, samy lehilahy mpitan-tsabatra avokoa ireo.
11 Gideon [and his men] went east along the road on which caravans travel. They went past Nobah and Jogbehah [villages] and arrived at the enemy camp by surprise.
Ary Gideona niakatra tamin’ ny lalan’ ny mpitoetra an-day, atsinanan’ i Noha sy Jogbeha, ka dia namely ny toby, raha mbola ilay tsy nanampo iny ny olona.
12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled, but Gideon’s men pursued them and captured them and all their warriors.
Dia nandositra Zebaha sy Zalmona, ary nanenjika azy ny Isiraely ka nisambotra ny mpanjaka roa tamin’ ny Midiana, dia Zebaha sy Zalmona, fa efa nampihorohoroiny avokoa ny toby rehetra.
13 After that, Gideon and his men [took Zebah and Zalmunna with them and] started to return, going through Heres Pass.
Dia niverina avy tamin’ ny ady Gideona, zanak’ i Joasy, avy teo amin’ ny fiakarana Heresa;
14 There he captured a young man from Succoth, and demanded that he write down the names of all of the leaders in the town. The young man wrote down seventy-seven names.
ary nisambotra zatovo tamin’ ny mponina tao Sokota izy ka nanontany azy; dia nosoratan’ ilay zatovo ny anaran’ ireo andrianan’ i Sokota sy ny loholona tao, ka fito amby fito-polo lahy izy.
15 Then Gideon and his men returned to Succoth and said to those leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you made fun of me and said ‘You have not [RHQ] caught Zebah and Zalmunna yet! After you catch them, we will give your exhausted men some food.’”
Ary Gideona dia nankany amin’ ny mponina tao Sokota ka nanao hoe: Indreo Zebaha sy Zalmona, izay efa nandatsanareo ahy hoe: Moa efa voahazon’ ny tananao ankehitriny va ny tànan’ i Zebaha sy Zalmona, no homenay mofo ny olonao efa reraka?
16 Then Gideon’s men took the town leaders and whipped them with whips made from briers from the desert, to teach them [that they deserved to be punished for not giving them any food].
Dia naka ny loholona tao an-tanàna izy ary tsilo avy tany an-efitra sy sampivato, ka ireny no namaizany ny mponina tao Sokota.
17 Then [they went to] Peniel and tore down the tower, and killed all the men in the town.
Ary nandrava ny tilikambo tao Penoela koa izy ka namono ny lehilahy tao an-tanàna.
18 Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “The men you killed near Tabor [Mountain], what did they look like?” They replied, “They were like you; they all looked like they were sons of a king.”
Dia hoy izy tamin’ i Zebaha sy Zalmona: Lehilahy toy inona ange izay novonoinareo tany Tabara? Ary hoy izy roa lahy: Tahaka anao ihany izy. Nitarehin-janak’ andriana avokoa izy rehetra.
19 Gideon replied, “They were my brothers! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, I would not kill you if you had not killed them.”
Ary hoy izy: Rahalahiko, zanaky ny reniko ireo. Raha velona koa Jehovah, dia tsy mba hovonoiko ianareo, raha novelominareo ireo.
20 Then he turned to his oldest son, Jether. He said to him, “Kill them!” But Jether was only a boy, and he was afraid, so he did not pull out his dagger [to kill them].
Ary hoy izy tamin’ i Jatera lahimatoany: Mitsangàna, ka vonoy izy roa lahy. Fa ilay zatovo tsy nanatsoaka ny sabany, fa natahotra, satria mbola tanora fanahy izy.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Do not ask a young boy to do the work that a man should do!” So Gideon killed both of them. Then he took the gold ornaments from the necks of their camels.
Ary hoy Zebaha sy Zalmona: Aoka ianao no hitsangana hamely anay; fa araka ny toetry ny olona ihany ny heriny. Dia nitsangana Gideona ka namono an’ i Zebaha sy Zalmona ary naka ny ravaka sarim-bolan-tsinana, izay teo amin’ ny vozon’ ny ramevany.
22 Then a group of Israeli men [came to] Gideon and said to him, “You be our ruler! [We want] you and your son and your grandsons [to] be our rulers, because you rescued us from the Midian army.”
Dia hoy ny lehilahy amin’ ny Isiraely tamin’ i Gideona: Manapaha anay ianao sy ny zanakao ary ny zafinao; fa efa namonjy anay tamin’ ny tanan’ ny Midiana ianao.
23 But Gideon replied, “No, I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.”
Fa hoy Gideona taminy: Tsy hanapaka anareo aho, ary tsy hanapaka anareo koa ny zanako; Jehovah ihany no hanapaka anareo.
24 Then he said, “I request only one thing. I request that each of you give me one earring from the things you captured after the battle.” [All the men descended from Ishmael wore gold earrings.]
Ary hoy koa Gideona taminy: Zavatra iray loha monja no hany mba angatahiko aminareo; aoka samy hanome ahy ny kavina izay avy amin’ ny babony avy ianareo (fa nanana kavim-bolamena ireny, satria Isimaelita).
25 They replied, “We will be glad to give earrings to you!” So they spread a cloth [on the ground], and each man threw on it one gold earring that he had taken [from a man he had killed in the battle].
Dia hoy kosa ny olona: Eny, fa homenay tokoa izany. Dia namelatra lamba ny olona, ka samy nanipy ny kavina izay avy tamin’ ny babony teo.
26 The weight of all the earrings was (43 pounds/19.4 kg.). That did not include other things [that they gave to Gideon]—the other ornaments or the pendants or the clothes that the kings of Midian wore or the gold chains that were on the necks of their camels.
Ary ny lanjan’ ny kavim-bolamena nangatahiny dia sekely volamena fiton-jato amby arivo, afa-tsy ny ravaka sarim-bolan-tsinana sy ny kavina voavola sy ny lamba volomparasy, izay teny amin’ ireo mpanjakan’ ny Midiana, ary ny rojo, izay teny amin’ ny vozon’ ny ramevany.
27 Gideon made/decorated a sacred vest from the gold, and later he put it in his hometown, Ophrah. But soon the Israeli people started to worship the vest. So it became like a trap [MET] for the people, [causing them to worship it instead of worshiping only God].
Dia nataon’ i Gideona efoda ireo, ka nataony tao an-tanànany, dia tao Ofra; ary ny Isiraely rehetra nankany nijangajanga nanaraka izany efoda izany; ary tonga fandrika tamin’ i Gideona sy ny ankohonany izany.
28 That is how the Israelis defeated the people from Midian. The people of Midian did not become strong enough to attack Israel again. So while Gideon was alive, there was peace in the land for 40 years.
Dia resy teo anoloan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely ny Midiana ka tsy nahatraka ny lohany intsony. Dia nandry efa-polo taona ny tany tamin’ ny andron’ i Gideona.
29 Gideon went back home to live there.
Dia nandeha Jerobala, zanak’ i Joasy, ka nitoetra tao an-tranony.
30 He had many wives, and they bore him seventy sons.
Ary Gideona nanan-janaka fito-polo lahy izay naterany: fa maro vady izy.
31 He also had a slave wife in Shechem [town], who bore him a son whom he named Abimelech.
Ary ny vaditsindranony, izay tany Sekema, dia niteraka zazalahy taminy koa, ka ny anarany nataony hoe Abimeleka.
32 Gideon died when he was very old. They buried his body in the grave where his father Joash was buried, at Ophrah, in the land belonging to the descendants of Abiether.
Dia maty Gideona, zanak’ i Joasy, rehefa tratrantitra tsara, ka nalevina tao amin’ ny fasan’ i Joasy rainy tao Ofran’ ny Abiezrita izy.
33 But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelis [stopped worshiping God and started worshiping the images of the god Baal, like] [MET] adultresses [leave their husbands and go to sleep with other men]. They made a [statue of a] new god called Baal-Berith.
Ary rehefa maty Gideona, dia nijangajanga nanaraka ireo Bala indray ny Zanak’ Isiraely ka nanao an’ i Bala-berita ho andriamaniny.
34 They forgot about Yahweh, the one who had rescued them from all their enemies that surrounded them.
Ary ny Zanak’ Isiraely tsy nahatsiaro an’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny, Izay efa namonjy azy tamin’ ny tanan’ ny fahavalony rehetra nanodidina,
35 And even though Gideon had done many good things for the Israelis, they were not kind to Gideon’s family.
sady tsy nanao soa tamin’ ny taranak’ i Jerobala (na Gideona), araka izay soa rehetra nataon’ i Gideona tamin’ ny Isiraely, izy.
