Hakim-hakim 8

1 Lalu berkatalah orang-orang Efraim kepada Gideon: "Apa macam perbuatanmu ini terhadap kami! Mengapa engkau tidak memanggil kami, ketika engkau pergi berperang melawan orang Midian?" Lalu mereka menyesali dia dengan sangat.

The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you did not call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.

2 Jawabnya kepada mereka: "Apa perbuatanku dalam hal ini, jika dibandingkan dengan kamu? Bukankah pemetikan susulan oleh suku Efraim lebih baik hasilnya dari panen buah anggur kaum Abiezer?

He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

3 Allah telah menyerahkan kedua raja Midian itu, yakni Oreb dan Zeeb, ke dalam tanganmu; apa yang telah dapat kucapai, jika dibandingkan dengan kamu?" Setelah ia berkata demikian, maka redalah marah mereka terhadap dia.

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

4 Ketika Gideon sampai ke sungai Yordan, menyeberanglah ia dan ketiga ratus orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia, meskipun masih lelah, namun mengejar juga.

Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

5 Dan berkatalah ia kepada orang-orang Sukot: "Tolong berikan beberapa roti untuk rakyat yang mengikuti aku ini, sebab mereka telah lelah, dan aku sedang mengejar Zebah dan Salmuna, raja-raja Midian."

He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

6 Tetapi jawab para pemuka di Sukot itu: "Sudahkah Zebah dan Salmuna itu ada dalam tanganmu, sehingga kami harus memberikan roti kepada tentaramu?"

The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

7 Lalu kata Gideon: "Kalau begitu, apabila TUHAN menyerahkan Zebah dan Salmuna ke dalam tanganku, aku akan menggaruk tubuhmu dengan duri padang gurun dan onak."

Gideon said, “Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

8 Maka berjalanlah ia dari sana ke Pnuel, dan berkata demikian juga kepada orang-orang Pnuel, tetapi orang-orang inipun menjawabnya seperti orang-orang Sukot.

He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

9 Lalu berkatalah ia juga kepada orang-orang Pnuel: "Apabila aku kembali dengan selamat, maka aku akan merobohkan menara ini."

He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”

10 Sementara itu Zebah dan Salmuna ada di Karkor bersama-sama dengan tentara mereka, kira-kira lima belas ribu orang banyaknya, yakni semua orang yang masih tinggal hidup dari seluruh tentara orang-orang dari sebelah timur; banyaknya yang tewas ada seratus dua puluh ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.

11 Gideon maju melalui jalan orang-orang yang diam di dalam kemah di sebelah timur Nobah dan Yogbeha, lalu memukul kalah tentara itu, ketika tentara itu menyangka dirinya aman.

Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army felt secure.

12 Zebah dan Salmuna melarikan diri, tetapi Gideon mengejar mereka dan menawan kedua raja Midian itu, yakni Zebah dan Salmuna, sedang seluruh tentara itu diceraiberaikannya.

Zebah and Zalmunna fled and he pursued them. He took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.

13 Kemudian kembalilah Gideon bin Yoas dari peperangan dengan melalui pendakian Heres;

Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

14 ditangkapnyalah seorang muda dari penduduk Sukot. Setelah ditanyai, orang itu menuliskan nama para pemuka dan para tua-tua di Sukot untuk Gideon, tujuh puluh tujuh orang banyaknya.

He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.

15 Lalu pergilah Gideon kepada orang-orang Sukot sambil berkata: "Inilah Zebah dan Salmuna yang karenanya kamu telah mencela aku dengan berkata: Sudahkah Zebah dan Salmuna itu ada dalam tanganmu, sehingga kami harus memberikan roti kepada orang-orangmu yang lelah itu?"

He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”

16 Lalu ia mengumpulkan para tua-tua kota itu, ia mengambil duri padang gurun dan onak, dan menghajar orang-orang Sukot dengan itu.

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

17 Juga menara Pnuel dirobohkannya dan dibunuhnya orang-orang kota itu.

He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

18 Kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada Zebah dan Salmuna: "Di manakah orang-orang yang telah kamu bunuh di Tabor itu?" Jawab mereka: "Mereka itu serupa dengan engkau, sikap mereka masing-masing seperti anak raja."

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. They all resembled the children of a king.”

19 Lalu kata Gideon: "Saudara-saudarakulah itu, anak-anak ibuku! Demi TUHAN yang hidup, seandainya kamu membiarkan mereka hidup, aku tidak akan membunuh kamu."

He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”

20 Katanya kepada Yeter, anak sulungnya: "Bangunlah, bunuhlah mereka." Tetapi orang muda itu tidak menghunus pedangnya, karena ia takut, sebab ia masih muda.

He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up and kill them!” But the youth did not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

21 Lalu kata Zebah dan Salmuna: "Bangunlah engkau sendiri dan paranglah kami, sebab seperti orangnya, demikian pula kekuatannya." Maka bangunlah Gideon, dibunuhnya Zebah dan Salmuna, kemudian diambilnya bulan-bulanan yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.

22 Kemudian berkatalah orang Israel kepada Gideon: "Biarlah engkau memerintah kami, baik engkau baik anakmu maupun cucumu, sebab engkaulah yang telah menyelamatkan kami dari tangan orang Midian."

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”

23 Jawab Gideon kepada mereka: "Aku tidak akan memerintah kamu dan juga anakku tidak akan memerintah kamu tetapi TUHAN yang memerintah kamu."

Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. The LORD shall rule over you.”

24 Selanjutnya kata Gideon kepada mereka: "Satu hal saja yang kuminta kepadamu: Baiklah kamu masing-masing memberikan anting-anting dari jarahannya." --Karena musuh itu beranting-anting mas, sebab mereka orang Ismael.

Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 Jawab mereka: "Kami mau memberikannya dengan suka hati." Dan setelah dihamparkan sehelai kain, maka masing-masing melemparkan anting-anting dari jarahannya ke atas kain itu.

They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.

26 Adapun berat anting-anting emas yang dimintanya itu ada seribu tujuh ratus syikal emas, belum terhitung bulan-bulanan, perhiasan telinga dan pakaian kain ungu muda yang dipakai oleh raja-raja Midian, dan belum terhitung kalung rantai yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

27 Kemudian Gideon membuat efod dari semuanya itu dan menempatkannya di kotanya, di Ofra. Di sanalah orang Israel berlaku serong dengan menyembah efod itu; inilah yang menjadi jerat bagi Gideon dan seisi rumahnya.

Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.

28 Demikianlah orang Midian tunduk kepada orang Israel dan tidak dapat menegakkan kepalanya lagi; maka amanlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya pada zaman Gideon.

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

29 Lalu Yerubaal bin Yoas pergilah dan diam di rumahnya sendiri.

Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

30 Gideon mempunyai tujuh puluh anak laki-laki, semuanya anak kandungnya, sebab ia beristeri banyak;

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.

31 juga gundiknya yang tinggal di Sikhem melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki baginya, lalu ia memberikan nama Abimelekh kepada anak itu.

His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32 Gideon bin Yoas mati pada waktu rambutnya telah putih, lalu dikuburkan dalam kubur Yoas, ayahnya, di Ofra kota orang Abiezer.

Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 Setelah Gideon mati, kembalilah orang Israel berjalan serong dengan mengikuti para Baal dan membuat Baal-Berit menjadi allah mereka;

As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

34 orang Israel tidak ingat kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka, yang telah melepaskan mereka dari tangan semua musuhnya di sekelilingnya,

The children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

35 juga tidak menunjukkan terima kasihnya kepada keturunan Yerubaal-Gideon seimbang dengan segala yang baik yang telah dilakukannya kepada orang Israel.

neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.