< 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.
And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.
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?
And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?
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 given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
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 came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.
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.”
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after 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 chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to 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.”
Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.
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.
So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.
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 he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.
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 and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.
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 the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.
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.
And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.
13 Konsa, Gédéon, fis a Joas la te retounen soti nan batay akote pant Héres la.
Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:
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.
And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.
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?’”
So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?
16 Li te pran ansyen lavil Succoth yo, e avèk pikan ak chadwon savann, li te enstwi yo.
Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.
17 Li te chire fò Penuel la e te touye mesye lavil yo.
And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.
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.”
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.
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.”
And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.
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.
Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
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, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.
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 men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands 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 said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler 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 Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, 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.
And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.
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 ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.
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.
And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
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.
So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.
29 Alò, Jerubbaal, fis a Joas la te ale rete nan pwòp kay li.
And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.
30 Gédéon te gen swasann-dis fis ki te desandan dirèk pa li, paske li te gen anpil madanm.
Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.
31 Mennaj li ki te nan Sichem, osi te fè yon fis pou li e li te bay li non Abimélec.
And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name 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.
And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, 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 after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith 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.
And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters 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.
And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.