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.
And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, [reaching] from Gabaathamorai, 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 Gedeon, The people with you [are] many, so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand has saved me.
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.
And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who [is] afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left.
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."
And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water, and I will purge them there for you: and it shall come to pass that of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall go with you, [even] he shall go with you; and of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall not go with you, [even] he shall not go with you.
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."
And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, you shall set him apart, and [also] whoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.
6 Maka ada 300 orang yang menjilat air dari tangannya; semua yang lain berlutut untuk minum.
And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink 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 Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Madiam into your hand; and all the [rest of the] people shall go every one 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.
And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were beneath him in the valley.
9 Malam itu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Bangun, Gideon! Pergilah menyerang perkemahan orang Midian. Aku memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas mereka.
And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 Tetapi kalau kau takut, ajaklah Pura, hambamu itu pergi bersama-sama ke perkemahan musuh.
And if you are afraid to go down, go down you and your servant Phara into the camp.
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 you shall hear what they shall say, and afterwards your hands shall be strong, and you shall go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of the [companies of] fifty, which were in the camp.
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.
And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east [were] scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
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."
And Gedeon came, and behold a man [was] relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and struck it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
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 neighbor answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand.
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!"
And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand.
16 Lalu Gideon membagi ketiga ratus anak buahnya menjadi tiga regu. Setiap orang diberi sebuah trompet dan sebuah kendi yang berisi obor.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the hands of all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers:
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, You shall look at me, and so shall you do; and behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass [that] as I do, so shall you do.
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!'"
And I will sound with the horn, and all you with me shall sound with the horn round about the whole camp, and you shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon.
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.
And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns, and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands,
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!"
and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon.
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.
And [every] man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded [an alarm], and fled.
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 they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set [every] man's sword in all the host against his neighbor.
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 host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men of Israel from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed after Madiam.
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.
And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand to Baethera and 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 princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they killed Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they killed Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan.
