< Judges 7 >

1 And Jerubbaal (he [is] Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who [are] with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.
Dia nifoha maraina koa Jerobala (Gideona izany) sy ny vahoaka rehetra teo aminy ka nitoby teo akaikin’ ny loharano Haroda; ary ny tobin’ ny Midiana kosa teo avarany, teo an-dohasaha anilan’ ny havoana More.
2 And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Too many [are] the people who [are] with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me;
Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Maro loatra ny vahoaka eo aminao, ka tsy hanolotra ny Midiana eo an-tànany Aho, fandrao hirehareha amiko ny Isiraely ka hanao hoe: Ny tanako ihany no namonjy ahy.
3 and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso [is] afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;' and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.
Koa ankehitriny andeha miantso eo anatrehan’ ny vahoaka hoe: Na iza na iza no matahotra sy mangovitra, aoka izy hiverina ka hiala amin’ ny tany havoan’ i Gileada. Dia niverina ny olona roa arivo sy roa alina; fa ny iray alina no sisa.
4 And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Yet [are] the people too many; bring them down unto the water, and I refine it for thee there; and it hath been, he of whom I say unto thee, This doth go with thee — he doth go with thee; and any of whom I say unto thee, This doth not go with thee — he doth not go.'
Fa hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Mbola maro ihany ny olona; koa ampidino ho eo amin’ ny rano izy, ary eo no hizahako toetra azy ho anao; ary izay holazaiko aminao hoe: Io no hiaraka aminao, dia izy no hiaraka aminao; ary izay rehetra holazaiko aminao hoe: Io no tsy hiaraka aminao, dia izy kosa no tsy hiaraka aminao.
5 And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth — thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'
Ary dia nampidinin’ i Gideona ho eo amin’ ny rano ny olona; ary hoy Jehovah taminy: Izay rehetra milelaka rano amin’ ny lelany tahaka ny filelaky ny amboa dia atokàny, ary izay rehetra mandohalika kosa hisotro dia atokàny koa.
6 And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.
Ary telon-jato lahy no isan’ izay nanainga ny tànany tamin’ ny vavany ka nilelaka; fa ny olona sisa rehetra dia nandohalika hisotro rano.
7 And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.'
Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Ny telon-jato lahy izay nilelaka rano no hamonjeko anareo ka hanolorako ny Midiana eo an-tananao; fa aoka ny olona sisa rehetra samy hody any amin’ ny fonenany avy.
8 And the people take the provision in their hand, and their trumpets, and every man of Israel he hath sent away, each to his tents; and on the three hundred men he hath kept hold, and the camp of Midian hath been by him at the lower part of the valley.
Ary ny olona nitondra vatsy sy ny anjomarany teny an-tànany; ary ny Isiraely sisa dia nalefany hody samy ho any amin’ ny lainy avy, fa ny telon-jato lahy ihany no nohazoniny; ary ny tobin’ ny Midiana dia teo ambaniny teo an-dohasaha.
9 And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith unto him, 'Rise, go down into the camp, for I have given it into thy hand;
Ary tamin’ izany alina izany dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Mitsangàna, midìna ho any amin’ ny toby ianao; fa efa natolotro eo an-tananao io.
10 and if thou art afraid to go down — go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,
Fa raha matahotra hidina ianao, dia aoka hidina miaraka aminao ho any amin’ ny toby Pora zatovonao;
11 and thou hast heard what they speak, and afterwards are thy hands strengthened, and thou hast gone down against the camp.' And he goeth down, he and Phurah his young man, unto the extremity of the fifties who [are] in the camp;
dia ho renao izay lazain’ ny olona, ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hampaherezina ny tananao hidinanao any amin’ ny toby. Dia nidina niaraka tamin’ i Pora zatovony izy ho any an-tsisin’ ny olona efa voaomana hiady, izay teo amin’ ny toby.
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 sea-shore for multitude.
Ary ny Midiana sy ny Amalekita ary ny zanaky ny atsinanana rehetra dia nandry teny an-dohasaha, tahaka ny valala ny hamarony; ary tsy hita isa ny ramevany, tahaka ny fasika any amoron-dranomasina ny hamarony.
13 And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, 'Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.'
Ary raha tonga tao Gideona, indro, nisy lehilahy nilaza nofy tamin’ ny namany ka nanao hoe: Nanonofy aho, ka, indro, nisy mofo vary hordea nikodiadia ho eo amin’ ny tobin’ ny Midìna ka nankamin’ ny lay anankiray, dia nampiongana ka nampivadika azy, ka dia nipetraka teo ny lay.
14 And his companion answereth and saith, 'This is nothing save the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; God hath given into his hand Midian and all the camp.'
Dia namaly ilay namany ka nanao hoe: Tsy zavatra hafa izany, fa ny sabatr’ i Gideona, zanak’ i Joasy, lehilahy Isiraelita, mihitsy: efa natolotr’ Andriamanitra eo an-tànany ny Midiana sy ny toby rehetra.
15 And it cometh to pass, when Gideon heareth the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he boweth himself, and turneth back unto the camp of Israel, and saith, 'Rise ye, for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.'
Ary rehefa ren’ i Gideona ny filàzany ny nofy sy ny heviny, dia nivavaka izy; ary niverina ho any amin’ ny tobin’ ny Isiraely izy ka nanao hoe: Mitsangàna, fa efa natolotr’ i Jehovah eo an-tananareo ny tobin’ ny Midiana.
16 And he divideth the three hundred men [into] three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Dia nozarainy telo toko ny telon-jato lahy, ary samy nomeny anjomara iray avy ho eny an-tànany ary siny tsy nisy rano sy fanilo tao anatin’ ny siny.
17 And he saith unto them, 'Look at me, and thus do; and lo, I am coming into the extremity of the camp — and it hath been — as I do so ye do;
Dia hoy izy taminy: Mijere ahy ianareo, ka manaova araka izay ataoko; ary, indro, raha mankany amin’ ny sisin’ ny toby aho, dia izay ataoko ihany no mba ataovinareo koa.
18 and I have blown with a trumpet — I and all who [are] with me, and ye have blown with trumpets, even ye, round about all the camp, and have said, For Jehovah and for Gideon.'
Raha mitsoka ny anjomara izaho sy izay miaraka amiko, dia mba mitsofa ny anjomara manodidina ny toby rehetra koa ianareo, ka miantsoa hoe: An’ i Jehovah sy Gideona!
19 And Gideon cometh — and the hundred men who [are] with him — into the extremity of the camp, [at] the beginning of the middle watch (it hath only just confirmed the watchmen), and they blow with trumpets — dashing in pieces also the pitchers which [are] in their hand;
Dia nankany amin’ ny sisin’ ny toby tamin’ ny fiandohan’ ny fiambenana faharoa Gideona sy ny zato lahy izay teo aminy; raha vao nalatsaka ny fiambenana; dia nitsoka ny anjomara ireo sady namaky ny siny teny an-tanany.
20 and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, 'The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.'
Dia mba nitsoka ny anjomara avokoa ny telo toko sady namaky ny sininy, ka nihazona ny fanilo teny an-tànany ankavia ary ny anjomara teny an-tànany ankavanana mba hotsofiny; dia niantso hoe izy: Ny sabatr’ i Jehovah sy Gideona!
21 And they stand each in his place, round about the camp, and all the camp runneth, and they shout, and flee;
Ary samy nijanona teo amin’ ny fitoerany avy manodidina ny toby izy rehetra; dia nihazakazaka ny miaramila rehetra ka ninananana sady nandositra.
22 and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath.
Dia nitsoka ny anjomara ny telon-jato lahy, ary nampifamelezin’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny sabatra ny miaramila eran’ ny toby rehetra, dia nandositra hatrany Beti-sita izy ka hatrany Zereraha sy hatramin’ ny fari-tanin’ i Abela-mehola akaiky an’ i Tabata.
23 And the men of Israel are called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and pursue after Midian.
Dia nivory ny lehilahy amin’ ny Isiraely avy tamin’ ny Naftaly sy ny Asera ary ny Manase rehetra ka nanenjika ny Midiana.
24 And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, 'Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;' and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan,
Ary Gideona naniraka olona hitety ny tany havoan’ i Efraima rehetra ka nanao hoe: Midìna hisakana ny Midiana, ka vonjeo ny rano eo alohany hatrany Beti-bara sy Jordana. Dia nivory ny lehilahy rehetra amin’ ny Efraima ka namonjy ny rano hatrany Beti-bara sy Jordana.
25 and they capture two of the heads of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb, and slay Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they have slain at the wine-vat of Zeeb, and they pursue unto Midian; and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they have brought in unto Gideon beyond the Jordan.
Ary nisambotra ny andriana roa lahy amin’ ny Midiana izy, dia Oreba sy Zeba, ary Oreba novonoiny teo ambonin’ ny vatolampin’ i Oreba, ary Zeba novonoiny teo amin’ ny famiazam-boalobok’ i Zeba, dia nanenjika ny Midiana izy; ary ny lohan’ i Oreba sy Zeba dia nentiny tany amin’ i Gideona tany an-dafin’ i Jordana.

< Judges 7 >