Jij 8
1 Moun fanmi Efrayim yo di Jedeyon konsa: -Poukisa ou pa t' rele nou depi lè ou tapral goumen ak moun peyi Madyan yo? Poukisa ou fè nou sa? Yo te fache anpil sou li.
The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “What is this you have done to us? You did not call us when you went to fight against Midian.” Then they had a violent argument with him.
2 Men, li di yo: -Sa m' fè a pa ka parèt devan sa nou menm nou fè a! Ti sa nou menm moun Efrayim yo, nou fè a pi plis pase sa nou menm ti fanmi Abyezè a, nou fè!
He said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim's grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?
3 Bondye lage Orèb ak Zeyèb, de chèf moun Madyan yo, nan men nou. Kisa mwen fè ki ka parèt devan sa? Fini li fin di yo sa, mesye Efrayim yo pa fache sou li ankò.
God has given you victory over the princes of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb! What have I accomplished compared to you?” Their anger toward him died down when he said this.
4 Jedeyon rive bò larivyè Jouden an avèk twasan mesye ki te avè l' yo. Yo janbe larivyè a. Apre tout kouri sa a yo te fè dèyè lènmi yo, yo te bouke anpil.
Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over it, he and the three hundred men who were with him. They were exhausted, yet they still kept up the pursuit.
5 Jedeyon pale ak moun lavil Soukòt yo, li di yo: -Tanpri, bay mesye m' yo kèk moso pen pou yo manje. Yo bouke anpil. M'ap kouri dèyè Zebak ak Salmouna, wa moun Madyan yo.
He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6 Men chèf lavil Soukòt yo di l' konsa: -Poukisa ou vle pou nou bay lame ou la manje! Ala ou poko mete men sou Zebak ak Salmouna!
Then the officials said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand? Why should we give bread to your army?”
7 Jedeyon di yo: -Anhan! Se konsa! Bon! Lè Seyè a va fin lage Zebak ak Salmouna nan men mwen, m'ap tounen pou nou! M'ap filange nou ak fwèt pikan ak chadwon savann.
Gideon said, “When Yahweh has given us victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will tear your skin with the desert thorns and briers.”
8 Li kite lavil Soukòt, li moute lavil Penyèl. Li mande yo menm bagay la. Men, moun lavil Penyèl yo reponn li tankou moun lavil Soukòt yo.
He went up from there to Peniel and spoke to the people there in the same way, but the men of Peniel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 Jedeyon di yo: -Mwen gen pou m' tounen apre batay la! Lè sa a, m'ap kraze gwo fò won sa a.
He spoke also to the men of Peniel and said, “When I come again in peace, I will pull down this tower.”
10 Zebak ak Salmouna te lavil Kakò avèk tout lame yo. Nan tout kantite sòlda moun dezè yo, te gen sanvenmil (120.000) sòlda ki te mouri. Te rete sèlman kenzmil (15.000) gason.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who remained out of the entire army of the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men who drew the sword.
11 Jedeyon pran wout ki pase nan dezè a, sou bò solèy leve lavil Nobak ak lavil Yogbeya, epi li tonbe sou lame a ki te kwè pa t' gen danje pou yo ankò.
Gideon went up the road taken by tent dwellers, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack.
12 Zebak ak Salmouna, de wa Madyan yo, kouri met deyò. Jedeyon kouri dèyè yo, li mete men sou yo, li gaye tout lame a, li fè yo kraze rak.
Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and as Gideon pursued them, he captured the two kings of Midian—Zebah and Zalmunna—and set their whole army into a panic.
13 Lè Jedeyon, pitit Joas la, tounen soti nan lagè a, li pase sou ti mòn Erès la.
Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle going through the pass of Heres.
14 Li fè yo mete men sou yon jenn gason ki te rete lavil Soukòt epi li keksyonnen l'. Jenn gason an ekri non swasanndisèt moun ki te otorite ak chèf fanmi lavil Soukòt li bay Jedeyon.
He caught a young man of Succoth and questioned him. The young man wrote down the names of seventy-seven officials and elders of Succoth.
15 Apre sa, Jedeyon al jwenn moun lavil Soukòt yo, li di yo: -Nou chonje jan nou te joure m' pou Zebak ak Salmouna! Nou te di m' nou pa t' ka bay mesye m' yo moso pen pou yo manje atout yo te bouke, paske mwen pa t' ankò mete men sou Zebak ak Salmouna. Men yo tande!
Gideon came to the men of Succoth and said, “Look at Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you mocked me and said, 'Have you already conquered Zebah and Zalmunna? We do not know that we should give bread to your army.'”
16 Lèfini, li pran branch pikan ak chadwon nan savann lan, li bat chèf lavil Soukòt yo byen bat.
Gideon took the elders of the city, and he punished the men of Succoth with the desert thorns and briers.
17 Apre sa, l' al kraze gwo fò won lavil Penwèl la, epi li touye mezi gason ki te rete nan lavil la.
Then he pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of that city.
18 Lèfini, li di Zebak ak Salmouna: -Moun nou te touye sou mòn Tabò a, ki jan yo te ye? Sa yo te sanble? Yo reponn: -Yo te sanble avè ou. Nou ta di yo tout se pitit wa yo ye.
Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they. Every one of them looked like the son of a king.”
19 Li di yo: -Se frè m' yo te ye, pitit menm manman avè m'. Mwen fè sèman, devan Bondye ki vivan an, si nou pa t' touye yo, mwen pa ta touye nou tou!
Gideon said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”
20 Epi li di Jetè, premye pitit gason l' lan: -Annavan! Touye yo! Men, jenn gason an pa wete nepe l' nan djenn li. Li te pè paske li te timoun toujou.
He said to Jether (his firstborn), “Get up and kill them!” But the young man did not draw his sword for he was afraid, because he was still a young boy.
21 Lè sa a, Zebak ak Salmouna di: -Annavan non, monchè! Se ou menm ki pou touye nou! Se gason tout bon ki pou fè kalite travay konsa. Jedeyon leve vre, li touye Zebak ak Salmouna. Apre sa, li pran tout bijou ki te gen fòm dekou lalen ki te mare nan kou chamo yo.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up yourself and kill us! For as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon rose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. He also took off the crescent-shaped ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
22 Apre sa, moun pèp Izrayèl yo di Jedeyon konsa: -Se pou ou vin chèf sou nou, ou menm, pitit ou ak pitit pitit ou apre ou. Paske ou delivre nou anba men moun Madyan yo.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”
23 Men, Jedeyon reponn yo: -Mwen p'ap chèf nou, ni pitit mwen p'ap chèf nou tou. Se Seyè a ki va chèf nou.
Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither will my son rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.”
24 Apre sa, Jedeyon di yo: -Yon sèl bagay m'ap mande nou: Se pou chak moun wete yon grenn zanno nan sa li pran an ban mwen. Moun Madyan yo te pote zanno lò, tankou lòt moun k'ap viv nan dezè a.
Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you: Every one of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” (The Midianites had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 Moun pèp Izrayèl yo reponn li: -Se tout plezi nou pou n' ba ou yo! Yo louvri yon rad atè, epi chak moun pran yon zanno nan sa yo te pran an, yo mete l' sou rad la.
They answered, “We are glad to give them to you.” They spread out a cloak and every man threw on it the earrings from his plunder.
26 Tout zanno Jedeyon te mande yo te fè antou swasant liv lò konsa, san konte bijou ki te gen fòm dekou lalen yo, kolye yo, bèl rad wouj ki te sou wa yo, ak kolye ki te mare nan kou chamo yo.
The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold. This plunder was in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple clothing that was worn by the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that had been around their camels' necks.
27 Jedeyon fè yon estati ak lò a, li mete l' nan lavil Ofra, kote l' moun lan. Tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo vire do bay Bondye, yo vin adore estati a lavil Ofra. Sa te tounen yon pèlen pou Jedeyon ak tout fanmi li yo.
Gideon made an ephod out of the earrings and put it in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there. It became a trap for Gideon and for those in his house.
28 Se konsa moun Madyan yo te vin soumèt devan moun pèp Izrayèl la. Depi jou sa a yo pa janm leve tèt yo ankò. Pandan karantan te gen lapè nan peyi a jouk jou Jedeyon mouri.
So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel and they did not raise their heads up again. So the land had peace for forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Jedeyon, pitit Joas la, ki rele Jewoubaal tou, tounen al rete lakay li.
Jerub Baal, son of Joash, went and lived in his own house.
30 Li te gen swasanndis pitit gason, paske li te gen anpil manman pitit.
Gideon had seventy sons who were his descendants, for he had many wives.
31 Li te gen yon fanm kay ki te rete Sichèm. Ti fanm sa a te fè yon pitit gason pou li, li rele l' Abimelèk.
His concubine, who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, and Gideon gave him the name Abimelech.
32 Lè Jedeyon, pitit Joas la, mouri, li te gen yon bèl laj sou tèt li. Yo antere l' nan kavo Joas, papa l', te genyen lavil Ofra, lavil ki te pou fanmi Abyezè yo.
Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the clan of Abiezer.
33 Apre Jedeyon mouri, pèp Izrayèl la vire do bay Bondye ankò, yo pran fè sèvis pou Baal yo. Yo fè Baal-Berit sèvi yo bondye.
It came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, the people of Israel turned again and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.
34 Se konsa, yo pa dòmi reve Seyè a, Bondye yo a, li menm ki te delivre yo anba men lènmi ki te sènen yo toupatou.
The people of Israel did not remember to honor Yahweh, their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.
35 Yo moutre yo engra, yo bliye fanmi Jedeyon an ansanm ak tout byen li te fè pou pèp Izrayèl la.
They did not keep their promises to the house of Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon), in return for all the good he had done in Israel.
