Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 7
1 Gideon, ame si wogayɔna be Yerubaal kple eƒe aʋakɔ fɔ ŋdi kanya heyi keke Harɔd vudo la gbɔ. Midiantɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ ƒo ƒu ɖe Gideon ƒe aʋakɔ ƒe anyiehe lɔƒo le balime si le More to la gbɔ xa.
Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.
2 Yehowa gblɔ na Gideon be, “Wò aʋakɔ la sɔ gbɔ akpa! Nyemaɖe mɔ mi katã miawɔ aʋa kple Midiantɔwo o, elabena Israelviwo ava ƒo adegbe nam be, ‘Míawoe ɖe mía ɖokuiwo to míawo ŋutɔ ƒe ŋusẽ me’
And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.
3 Ɖo wò ame siwo nye vɔvɔ̃nɔtɔwo kple ame siwo dzidzi ƒo la ɖe aƒe.” Ale ame akpe blaeve-vɔ-eve trɔ dzo eye ame akpe ewo siwo nɔ klalo na aʋawɔwɔ koe susɔ.
So now, let it be given out to the people that anyone who is shaking with fear is to go back from Mount Galud. So twenty-two thousand of the people went back, but there were still ten thousand.
4 Yehowa gagblɔ na Gideon be, “Ameawo sɔ gbɔ akpa. Kplɔ wo yi tɔ la to, ekema mafia ame siwo ayi kpli wò kple esiwo mayi o la wò. Ne megblɔ be, ‘Ame sia nayi kpli wò la’ ekema ayi, ke ne megblɔ be, ‘Ame sia mayi kpli wò o la’ ekema mayi o.”
Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.
5 Gideon kplɔ wo yi tɔ la gbɔ eye Yehowa gblɔ na Gideon be, “Ame siwo akpe nu ɖe tsi me eye woano tsi abe avu ene la, nanɔ hatsotso ɖeka me eye ame siwo adze klo eye woaku tsia kple asi ano la hã nanɔ hatsotso bubu me.”
So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.
6 Ewɔ nenema eye ame siwo ku tsia kple asi heno la nɔ ame alafa etɔ̃, ame bubuawo katã nye ame siwo dze klo heno tsia abe avu ene.
Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.
7 Yehowa gblɔ na Gideon be, “Maɖu Midiantɔwo dzi kple ame alafa etɔ̃ siawo! Na ame mamlɛawo natrɔ ayi aƒe!”
And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.
8 Gideon xɔ anyikpluawo kple kpẽawo le Israelviwo si, ɖo wo ɖe aƒe eye ame alafa etɔ̃awo koe tsi anyi. Midiantɔwo ƒo ƒu ɖe balime si le Gideon te.
So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.
9 Aƒetɔ la gblɔ na Gideon le zã me be, “Fɔ kaba! Kplɔ wò aʋawɔlawo, eye miadze Midiantɔwo dzi elabena mana miaɖu wo dzi!
The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.
10 Ke ne èle vɔvɔ̃m la, ekema wò ɖeka yi futɔwo ƒe asaɖa la me, kplɔ wò subɔla Pura ɖe asi,
But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;
11 eye nàɖo to nya siwo gblɔm futɔwo le, ekema dzi aɖo ƒowò, eye nàtso enumake ɖe aʋa la wɔwɔ ŋu!” Ale Gideon kplɔ Pura ɖe asi eye wowɔ ɖɔɖɔɖɔ yi futɔwo ƒe nɔƒe.
And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.
12 Midiantɔwo kple Amalekitɔwo kple dukɔ bubuwo tso ɣedzeƒe ƒo ƒu ɖe balime la abe ʋetsuviwo alo ƒutake ene eye woƒe kposɔwo sɔ gbɔ wu xexlẽ.
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.
13 Gideon te ɖe agbadɔ aɖe ŋu esime futɔwo dometɔ ɖeka ku drɔ̃e, ɖi vo, nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me teti henɔ drɔ̃e la lĩm na nɔvia. Egblɔ be, “Meku drɔ̃e dziŋɔ aɖe, abolo gã aɖe mli ge ɖe míaƒe asaɖa la me eye wòlɔ míaƒe agbadɔ la ƒu anyi gbloo!”
When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.
14 Ame evelia gblɔ be, “Gɔmeɖeɖe ɖeka koe le wò drɔ̃e la si. Gideon, Yoas ƒe vi, Israel ŋutsu la ava tsrɔ̃ Midiantɔwo kple dukɔ bubu siwo kpe ɖe wo ŋu la ƒe aʋakɔwo katã.”
And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.
15 Gideon se drɔ̃e la kple eƒe gɔmeɖeɖe. Nu si ko wòte ŋu wɔ lae nye etsi tsitre ɖe afi ma eye wòkafu Mawu! Azɔ etrɔ enumake yi Israelviwo ƒe asaɖa me eye wòdo ɣli be, “Mifɔ kaba elabena Yehowa ana míaɖu Midiantɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ gã siawo dzi!”
Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.
16 Gideon ma ame alafa etɔ̃ la ɖe akpa etɔ̃ me, tsɔ kpẽ kple anyikplu si me akakati le la na ame sia ame.
Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.
17 Ke eɖe eƒe ɖoɖowo me na wo hegblɔ be, “Ne míeva ɖo futɔwo ƒe asaɖaŋudzɔlawo gbɔ la, miwɔ nu si tututu mawɔ.
And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same.
18 Ne nye kple nye amewo míeku míaƒe kpẽwo ko la, miawo hã miku mia tɔwo le asaɖa la ƒe akpa ɖe sia ɖe eye miado ɣli sesĩe be, ‘Míele aʋa wɔm na Mawu kple Gideon!’”
At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.
19 Ale Gideon kple ame alafa ɖeka siwo nɔ eŋu la ɖo Midiantɔwo ƒe asaɖa la ƒe gbɔto le zãtitina esime woɖɔli dzɔlawo teti. Woku woƒe kpẽwo eye wogbã anyikplu siwo le wo si.
So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.
20 Aʋalɔgo etɔ̃awo me nɔlawo hã ku kpẽawo, gbã woƒe anyikpluwo, lé akakatiawo ɖe mia eye wolé kpẽawo ɖe ɖusi hena kuku. Wodo ɣli sesĩe be, “Esia nye yi na Yehowa kple Gideon!”
So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.
21 Esi Gideon ƒe ameawo ɖe to ɖe asaɖa la la, Midiantɔwo katã lé du tsɔ eye wonɔ ɣli dom esime wonɔ dua dzi.
Then they made a line round the tents, every man in his place; and all the army, awaking from sleep, came running out, and with loud cries went in flight.
22 Esi ame alafa etɔ̃awo ku kpẽawo la, Yehowa de zi asaɖa la me be wotsɔ yi ɖe wo nɔewo ŋu. Woƒe asrafowo si yi ɖe Bet Sita ɖo ta Zerera gbɔ va se ɖe keke Abel Mehola si te ɖe Tabat ƒe liƒo dzi ke.
And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.
23 Woyɔ Israelvi siwo tso Naftali, Aser kple Manase la, wodo go eye woti Midiantɔwo yome.
And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.
24 Gideon dɔ dɔlawo wotsa le Efraim tonyigba la katã dzi nɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Miɖi va dze Midiantɔwo dzi eye miaxe mɔ na woƒe Yɔdan tɔsisi la tsotso va se ɖe keke Bet Bera ke.” Ale woyɔ Efraim ŋutsuwo katã do goe eye woxe Yɔdan ƒe tɔtsoƒewo katã va se ɖe Bet Bera ke.
Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.
25 Israelviwo lé Midiantɔwo ƒe aʋafia eveawo, Oreb kple Zeb. Wowu Oreb le agakpe si wotsɔ eƒe ŋkɔ na eye woyɔnɛ fifia be Oreb la gbɔ eye wowu Zeb le wainfiaƒe si woyɔna fifia be Zeb. Woti Midiantɔwo yome eye wotsɔ Oreb kple Zib ƒe tawo vɛ na Gideon le Yɔdan tɔsisi la godo.
And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jordan to Gideon.
