Hakim-hakim 7
1 Suatu hari Gideon dengan semua anak buahnya bangun pagi-pagi sekali. Mereka pergi dan berkemah di dekat sumber air Harod. Perkemahan orang Midian berada di sebelah utara dari mereka, di lembah dekat Bukit More.
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 TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Anak buahmu terlalu banyak. Aku tak mau memberikan kemenangan kepada mereka atas orang Midian, sebab nanti mereka pikir mereka menang karena kekuatan sendiri, sehingga mereka tidak memuji Aku.
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 Jadi, umumkanlah kepada anak buahmu, 'Siapa yang merasa takut, harus cepat-cepat meninggalkan Gunung Gilead ini dan kembali ke rumahnya.'" Maka ada 22.000 orang yang pulang; dan hanya 10.000 yang tinggal.
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 Lalu TUHAN berkata lagi kepada Gideon, "Anak buahmu masih terlalu banyak. Bawalah mereka ke sungai. Di sana Aku akan menyaring mereka untuk engkau. Jika Aku berkata kepadamu, 'Orang ini harus pergi dengan engkau,' ia harus pergi. Tetapi jika Aku berkata, 'Orang ini tidak boleh pergi dengan engkau,' ia tidak boleh pergi."
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 Maka Gideon membawa orang-orang itu ke sungai, lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Orang yang menjilat air seperti anjing, harus kaupisahkan dari orang yang berlutut untuk minum."
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 Maka ada 300 orang yang menjilat air dari tangannya; semua yang lain berlutut untuk minum.
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 Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Dengan ketiga ratus orang yang menjilat air itu, Aku akan membebaskan kamu dan memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas orang Midian. Suruhlah yang lainnya pulang."
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 Karena itu Gideon menyuruh semua orang Israel yang lain pulang kecuali yang tiga ratus itu. Semua bekal dan trompet diambil dari orang-orang yang pulang itu. Orang Midian berada di lembah di bawah tempat orang Israel berkemah.
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 Malam itu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Bangun, Gideon! Pergilah menyerang perkemahan orang Midian. Aku memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas mereka.
The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.
10 Tetapi kalau kau takut, ajaklah Pura, hambamu itu pergi bersama-sama ke perkemahan musuh.
But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;
11 Nanti kau akan mendengar apa yang dipercakapkan musuh, dan hal itu akan menjadikan engkau berani menyerang." Lalu pergilah Gideon dengan Pura, ke perbatasan perkemahan musuh.
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 Orang Midian, Amalek dan orang-orang lainnya dari padang pasir, tersebar di mana-mana di lembah itu. Kelihatannya seperti belalang yang berkerumun. Unta-unta mereka banyak sekali seperti pasir di pinggir pantai.
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 Ketika Gideon tiba di sana, ia mendengar seseorang sedang menceritakan mimpinya kepada kawannya. Orang itu berkata begini, "Saya bermimpi ada seketul roti terguling-guling masuk ke perkemahan kita lalu melanggar sebuah kemah. Kemah itu roboh sampai menjadi serata tanah."
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 Kawannya menjawab, "Wah, itu pasti pedang Gideon anak Yoas, orang Israel itu! Berarti Allah sudah memberikan kemenangan kepadanya atas orang Midian dan seluruh angkatan perang kita!"
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 Ketika Gideon mendengar tentang mimpi orang itu dan artinya, ia pun sujud menyembah Allah. Kemudian ia kembali ke perkemahan Israel dan berkata, "Bersiap-siaplah! TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas angkatan perang Midian!"
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 Lalu Gideon membagi ketiga ratus anak buahnya menjadi tiga regu. Setiap orang diberi sebuah trompet dan sebuah kendi yang berisi obor.
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 Kata Gideon kepada mereka, "Kalau saya tiba di perbatasan perkemahan orang Midian, perhatikan saya baik-baik, dan lakukanlah apa yang saya lakukan.
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 Apabila saya dan regu saya meniup trompet, kalian juga harus meniup trompetmu. Lalu kalian harus berteriak di sekeliling perkemahan itu, 'Untuk TUHAN dan untuk 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 Menjelang tengah malam, Gideon dan orang-orangnya tiba di perbatasan perkemahan musuh. Pada waktu itu orang yang mengawal perkemahan itu, baru saja berganti jaga. Lalu Gideon dan regunya meniup trompet dan memecahkan kendi-kendi mereka.
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 Kedua regu yang lainnya berbuat begitu juga. Lalu mereka semuanya mengangkat obor-obor mereka dengan tangan kiri, dan meniup trompet yang ada di tangan kanan mereka. Mereka berteriak, "Pedang untuk TUHAN dan untuk 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 Mereka semuanya tetap berdiri masing-masing di tempatnya di sekeliling perkemahan itu. Maka seluruh angkatan perang musuh itu lari terbirit-birit sambil berteriak-teriak.
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 Ketika Gideon dan orang-orangnya sedang membunyikan trompet, TUHAN membuat angkatan perang musuh saling menyerang satu sama lain dengan pedang. Mereka lari ke arah Zerera sampai sejauh Bet-Sita dan kota Abel-Mehola dekat Tabat.
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 Maka suku Naftali, Asyer, dan suku Manasye baik yang di sebelah timur maupun yang di sebelah barat Sungai Yordan dipanggil juga. Lalu mereka mengejar tentara Midian.
And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.
24 Juga ke seluruh daerah pegunungan Efraim, Gideon mengirim berita panggilan ini, "Mari turun memerangi orang Midian. Pertahankanlah Sungai Yordan dan semua anak sungai sampai sejauh Bet-Bara. Jangan biarkan orang Midian menyeberang dari sana." Maka orang-orang Efraim pun dikerahkan, lalu mereka mempertahankan Sungai Yordan dan semua anak sungai sampai sejauh Bet-Bara.
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 Dua tokoh bangsa Midian, yaitu Oreb dan Zeeb ditangkap oleh mereka. Oreb dibunuh di Batu Oreb dan Zeeb dibunuh di tempat pemerasan anggur Zeeb. Orang-orang Efraim itu terus mengejar orang Midian, lalu membawa kepala Oreb dan Zeeb kepada Gideon di seberang Yordan bagian timur.
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.
