Jij 8
1 Alò, mesye Éphraïm yo te di li: “Kisa nou te fè ou; kòmsi ou pa rele nou pou antre nan batay avèk Madian an?” Epi yo te menase li byen rèd.
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
2 Men li te di yo: “Kisa menm mwen te fè ki konpare avèk nou? Èske se pa vrè ke li pi bon pou ranmase dèyè rekòlt Éphraïm nan pase fè gwo rekòlt nan chan Abiézer a?
But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
3 Bondye vin mete chèf a Madian yo, Oreb avèk Zeeb nan men ou menm. Epi kisa mwen te reyisi fè ki konpare avèk nou?” Alò, chalè kòlè kont li te bese lè li te di sa a.
God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
4 Konsa, Gédéon avèk twa-san lòm ki te avè l yo te rive nan Jourdain an e te travèse l. Yo te byen fatige, men toujou t ap kouri dèyè yo.
Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
5 Li te di a mesye Succoth yo: “Souple, ban mwen pen pou pèp la k ap swiv mwen an, paske yo fatige, e mwen ap kouri dèyè Zébach avèk Tsalmunna, wa a Madian yo.”
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6 Chèf Succoth yo te di: “Èske men a Zébach avèk Zalmunna deja nan men ou, pou nou ta bay pen a lame ou a?”
But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
7 Gédéon te di: “Trè byen, lè SENYÈ a fin mete Zébach avèk Tsalmunna nan men m, m ap vin kale nou avèk pikan dezè yo e avèk chadwon savann nan.”
“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
8 Li te monte soti la nan Penuel. Li te pale menm jan an avèk yo, epi mesye Penuel yo te reponn li menm jan mesye Succoth yo te reponn nan.
From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
9 Konsa, li te pale osi avèk mesye Penuel yo, e li te di: “Lè m retounen an bon eta, m ap chire fò sa a.”
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
10 Alò, Zébach avèk Tsalmunna te nan Kakor, e lame yo te avèk yo, anviwon kenz-mil lòm, tout sila ki te rete nan lame a fis a lès yo nèt; paske sila ki te tonbe yo se te san-ven-mil mesye ak nepe.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
11 Gédéon te monte pa chemen a sila ki te rete nan tant yo sou lès a Nobach avèk Jogbeha, e te atake lame a an lè yo pa t sispèk anyen.
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
12 Lè Zébach avèk Tsalmunna te fin sove ale, li te swiv yo. Li te kaptire de wa a Madian yo, Zébach avèk Tsalmunna e te mete tout lame a an dewout.
When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
13 Konsa, Gédéon, fis a Joas la te retounen soti nan batay akote pant Héres la.
After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
14 Li te kaptire yon jenn gason ki sòti Succoth e te kesyone l. Epi li te bay li detay prens a Succot yo ak ansyen li yo, swasann-dis-sèt lòm.
There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
15 Li te vini kote mesye Succoth yo e te di: “Gade byen, Zébach avèk Tsalmunna, pa sila nou te anmède mwen yo, lè nou te di: ‘Èske men a Zébach avèk Tsalmunna nan men ou deja, pou nou ta dwe bay pen a mesye ou ki fatige yo?’”
And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
16 Li te pran ansyen lavil Succoth yo, e avèk pikan ak chadwon savann, li te enstwi yo.
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
17 Li te chire fò Penuel la e te touye mesye lavil yo.
He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
18 Alò, li te di a Zébach avèk Tsalmunna: “Ki kalite mesye sa yo ke nou te touye Thabor a?” Epi yo te di: “Yo te sanble avèk ou. Yo tout te sanble a fis a yon wa.”
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
19 Li te di: “Yo se frè mwen, fis a manman m jan SENYÈ a viv la, si sèlman nou te kite yo viv, mwen pa t ap touye nou.”
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
20 Konsa, li te di a Jéther, premye ne li a: “Leve touye yo.” Men jennonm nan pa t rale nepe li, paske li te pè, paske li te toujou jèn.
So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
21 Alò, Zébach avèk Tsalmunna te di: “Leve ou menm vin tonbe sou nou; paske jan yon gason ye, konsa fòs li ye.” Pou sa, Gédéon te leve e te touye Zébach avèk Tsalmunna e te pran òneman lin kaba yo ki te sou kou chamo yo.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
22 Alò, mesye Israël yo te di a Gédéon: “Vin renye sou nou, ni ou menm ni fis ou yo, ni fis a fis ou yo, paske ou te delivre nou soti nan men Madian.”
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
23 Men Gédéon te di yo: “Mwen p ap renye sou nou, ni fis mwen p ap renye sou nou. Se SENYÈ a k ap renye sou nou.”
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
24 Men Gédéon te di yo: “Mwen ta fè yon demand a nou, pou nou chak ta ban mwen yon zanno soti nan piyaj li yo.” (Paske yo te gen zanno an lò, akoz se te Izmayelit ke yo te ye.)
Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 Yo te di: “Anverite, n ap bay yo.” Konsa, yo te ouvri yon vètman e yo chak te jete yon zanno la soti nan piyaj yo.
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
26 Pèz a zanno lò sila ke li te mande yo se te mil-sèt-san sik, anplis bijou yo, kolye zòrèy yo, manto mov ki te pou wa Madian yo, e anplis, kolye kou chamo ki te sou kou chamo yo.
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
27 Gédéon te sèvi l pou fòme yon efòd, li te plase li nan vil pa li a, Ophra e tout Israël te jwe pwostitiye avè l la. Konsa, li te vin yon pèlen pou Gédéon avèk lakay li.
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
28 Konsa Madian te kraze ba devan fis Israël yo. Yo pa t leve tèt yo ankò. Epi peyi a te san twoub pandan karant ane nan jou a Gédéon yo.
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
29 Alò, Jerubbaal, fis a Joas la te ale rete nan pwòp kay li.
and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
30 Gédéon te gen swasann-dis fis ki te desandan dirèk pa li, paske li te gen anpil madanm.
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
31 Mennaj li ki te nan Sichem, osi te fè yon fis pou li e li te bay li non Abimélec.
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
32 Konsa, Gédéon, fis a Joas la te mouri a yon laj granmoun, e li te antere nan tonm a papa li, Joas, nan Ophra ki te pou Abizerit yo.
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 Li te vin rive ke depi Gédéon te fin mouri, fis Israël yo ankò te jwe pwostitiye avèk Baal yo e te fè Baal-Berith dye pa yo.
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
34 Konsa, fis Israël yo pa t sonje SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a, ki te delivre yo nan men a tout lènmi pa yo tout kote.
The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
35 Ni yo pa t bay favè a kay Jerubbaal (sa vle di, Gédéon) an akò avèk tout byen ke li te fè pou Israël yo.
They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
