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 Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon) rose up early, and all the people who were with him, and they encamped beside the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was to their north in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
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.
Yahweh said to Gideon, “There are too many soldiers for me to give you victory over the Midianites, so that Israel may not boast over me, saying, 'Our own power has saved us.'
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.
Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people and say, 'Whoever is afraid, whoever trembles, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.'” So twenty-two thousand people went away, and ten thousand remained.
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."
Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will make their number smaller for you there. If I say to you, 'This one will go with you,' he will go with you; but if I say, 'This one will not go with you,' he 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 Gideon brought the people down to the water, and Yahweh said to him, “Separate everyone who laps up the water, as a dog laps, from those who kneel down to drink.”
6 Maka ada 300 orang yang menjilat air dari tangannya; semua yang lain berlutut untuk minum.
Three hundred men lapped. The rest of the men kneeled down 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."
Yahweh said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped, I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Let every other man go back to his own 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 those who were chosen took their supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent away all the men of Israel, every man to his tent, but he kept the three hundred men. Now the Midian camp was down below him in the valley.
9 Malam itu TUHAN berkata kepada Gideon, "Bangun, Gideon! Pergilah menyerang perkemahan orang Midian. Aku memberikan kemenangan kepadamu atas mereka.
That same night Yahweh said to him, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am going to give you victory over it.
10 Tetapi kalau kau takut, ajaklah Pura, hambamu itu pergi bersama-sama ke perkemahan musuh.
But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
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 listen to what they are saying, and your courage will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So Gideon went with Purah his servant, down to the guard posts of 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.
The Midianites, the Amalekites, and all the people of the east settled along in the valley, as thick as a cloud of locusts. Their camels were more than could be counted; they were more in number than the grains of the sand on the seashore.
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 arrived there, a man was telling a dream to his companion. The man said, “Look! I had a dream, and I saw a round loaf of barley bread tumbling into the camp of Midian. It came to the tent, and hit it so hard that it fell down and turned it upside down, so that it lay flat.”
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!"
The other man said, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon (the son of Joash), the Israelite. God has given him victory over Midian and all their army.”
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!"
When Gideon heard the retelling of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down in worship. He went back to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up! Yahweh has given you victory over the Midian army.”
16 Lalu Gideon membagi ketiga ratus anak buahnya menjadi tiga regu. Setiap orang diberi sebuah trompet dan sebuah kendi yang berisi obor.
He divided the three hundred men into three groups, and he gave them all trumpets and empty jars, with torches inside each jar.
17 Kata Gideon kepada mereka, "Kalau saya tiba di perbatasan perkemahan orang Midian, perhatikan saya baik-baik, dan lakukanlah apa yang saya lakukan.
He said to them, “Look at me and do what I do. Watch! When I come to the edge of the camp, you must do what I 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!'"
When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow your trumpets also on every side of the entire camp and shout, 'For Yahweh 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 hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp, right at the beginning of the middle watch. Just as the Midianites were changing guard, they blew the trumpets and broke the jars 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!"
The three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow them. They shouted out, “The sword of Yahweh and of 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.
Every man stood in his place around the camp and all the Midianite army ran. They shouted and ran away.
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.
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, Yahweh set every Midianite man's sword against his comrades and against all their army. The army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near 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.
The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they 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.
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Go down against Midian and take control of the Jordan River, as far as Beth Barah, to stop them.” So all the men of Ephraim gathered together and took control of the waters, as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan River.
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.
They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They went after the Midianites, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was on the other side of the Jordan.
