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.

And the men of Ephraim said to him: What is this that thou meanest to do, that thou wouldst not call us when thou wentest to fight against Madian? and they chid him sharply and almost offered violence.

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?

And he answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages 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.

The Lord hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.

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

And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men, that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled.

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."

And he said to the men of Soccoth: Give, I beseech you, bread to the people that is with me, for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana the kings of Madian.

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 Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy 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."

And he said to them: When the Lord therefore shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.

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.

And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.

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

He said therefore to them also: When I shall return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy 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.

But Zebee and Salmana were resting with all their army. For fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people, and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword, were slain.

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.

And Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobe and Jegbaa, and smote the camp of the enemies, who were secure, and suspected no hurt.

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.

And Zebee and Salmana fled, and Gedeon pursued and took them, all their host being put in confusion.

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

And returning from the battle before the sun rising,

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 took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him 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?"

And he came to Soccoth and said to them: Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana, are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.

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

So he took the ancients of the city and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth.

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

And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and slew 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."

And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son 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 answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, 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.

And he said to Jether his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy.

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.

And Zebee and Salmana said: Do thou rise, and run upon us: because the strength of a man is according to his age: Gedeon rose up and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the ornaments and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned.

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."

And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son’s son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.

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

And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but 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.

And he said to them: I desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.

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 give them most willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground, they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils.

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.

And the weight of the earlets that he requested, was a thousand seven hundred sicles of gold, besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple raiment which the kings of Madian were went to use, and besides the golden chains that were about the 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.

And Gedeon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gedeon and to all 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.

But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their beads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided.

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

So Jerobaal the son of Joas went, and dwelt in his own house.

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

And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, 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.

And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.

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

And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the family of Ezri.

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

But after Gedeon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and committed fornication with Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal, that he should be their god:

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

And they remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about:

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

Neither did they shew mercy to the house of Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things he had done to Israel.