Giudici 8

1 E GLI uomini di Efraim gli dissero: Che cosa è questo che tu ci hai fatto, di non averci chiamati, quando tu sei andato a combattere contro a Madian? E contesero aspramente con lui.

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

2 Ma egli disse loro: Che ho io ora fatto al par di voi? il raspollar d'Efraim non vale egli meglio che la vendemmia d'Abiezer?

And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

3 Iddio vi ha dati i Capi de' Madianiti, Oreb, e Zeeb, nelle mani; e che ho io potuto fare al par di voi? Allora, dopo ch'ebbe loro così parlato, il lor cruccio contro a lui si acquetò.

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

4 Or Gedeone arrivò al Giordano, e, passandolo con que' trecent'uomini ch'[erano] con lui, [i quali] stanchi [come erano], pur perseguitavano [i Madianiti],

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

5 disse a que' di Succot: Deh! date alcuni pezzi di pane alla gente che [è] al mio seguito; perciocchè [sono] stanchi, e io perseguito Zeba, e Salmunna, re di Madian.

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

6 Ma i principali di Succot risposero: Hai tu già in mano le palme di Zeba e di Salmunna, che noi diamo del pane al tuo esercito?

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

7 E Gedeone rispose: Perciò, quando il Signore mi avrà dato nelle mani Zeba e Salmunna, io vi sminuzzerò le carni con delle spine del deserto, e con triboli.

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

8 Poi di là egli salì in Penuel, e parlò a que' di Penuel nella medesima maniera; ed essi gli risposero come que' di Succot aveano risposto.

So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

9 Ed egli disse parimente a que' di Penuel: Quando io ritornerò in pace, io disfarò questa torre.

So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.

10 Or Zeba e Salmunna, [erano] in Carcor, co' lor campi d'intorno a quindicimila [uomini, ch'erano] tutti quelli ch'erano rimasti di tutto il campo degli Orientali; e i morti [erano] cenventimila uomini, che potevano trar la spada.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

11 E Gedeone salì traendo [al paese di] coloro che abitano in padiglioni, dal lato orientale di Noba, e di Iogbea; e percosse il campo, il qual se ne stava in sicurtà.

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

12 E Zeba, e Salmunna, fuggirono; ma egli li perseguitò, e prese i due re di Madian, Zeba, e Salmunna, e mise in rotta tutto il campo.

And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

13 Poi Gedeone, figliuolo di Ioas, se ne ritornò dalla battaglia, dalla salita di Heres.

Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

14 E prese un fanciullo della gente di Succot, e lo domandò; ed egli gli descrisse i principali e gli Anziani di Succot, [ch'erano] settantasette uomini.

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

15 Poi [Gedeone] venne agli uomini di Succot, e disse: Ecco Zeba, e Salmunna, de' quali per ischerno voi mi diceste: Hai tu già nelle mani le palme di Zeba, e di Salmunna, che noi diamo del pane alla tua gente stanca?

So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

16 Ed egli prese gli Anziani della città, e delle spine del deserto, e de' triboli, e con essi castigò quegli uomini di Succot.

Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

17 Disfece ancora la torre di Penuel, e uccise gli uomini della città.

And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.

18 Poi disse a Zeba, ed a Salmunna: Come [erano] quegli uomini che voi uccideste in Tabor? Ed essi risposero: Come tu appunto; ciascuno [di essi] pareva nel sembiante un figliuolo di re.

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.

19 Ed egli disse loro: Essi [erano] miei fratelli, figliuoli di mia madre; [come] il Signore vive, se voi aveste loro salvata la vita, io non vi ucciderei.

And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

20 Poi disse a Ieter, suo primogenito: Levati, uccidili. Ma il fanciullo non trasse fuori la sua spada; perciocchè avea paura; conciossiachè egli [fosse] ancor giovanetto.

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

21 E Zeba, e Salmunna, dissero: Levati su tu, e avventati sopra noi; perciocchè quale [è] l'uomo [tale è] la sua forza. Gedeone adunque si levò, e uccise Zeba, e Salmunna, e prese le borchie che i lor cammelli aveano al collo.

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

22 E gl'Israeliti dissero a Gedeone: Signoreggia sopra noi, tu, e il tuo figliuolo, e il figliuolo del tuo figliuolo; conciossiachè tu ci abbi salvati dalla mano de' Madianiti.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

23 Ma Gedeone disse loro: Nè io, nè il mio figliuolo, signoreggeremo sopra voi; il Signore signoreggerà sopra voi.

But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.

24 Poi Gedeone disse loro: Io vi farò una richiesta, che ciascun di voi mi dia il monile ch'egli ha predato; perciocchè coloro aveano de' monili d'oro, perchè erano Ismaeliti.

Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 Ed essi dissero: Noi del tutto [te li] daremo. Steso adunque un ammanto, ciascuno vi gittò il monile ch'egli aveva predato.

And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

26 E il peso dei monili d'oro, che [Gedeone] avea chiesti, fu di mille settecento [sicli] d'oro; oltre alle borchie, e alle collane, e a' vestimenti di porpora, che i re di Madian aveano indosso; e oltre a' collari che i cammelli loro aveano al collo.

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

27 E Gedeone fece di quell'[oro] un Efod, e lo pose in Ofra, sua città; e tutto Israele fornicò quivi dietro ad esso; e [ciò] fu in laccio a Gedeone e alla sua casa.

And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

28 Così Madian fu depresso davanti a' figliuoli d'Israle, e non alzò più il capo; e il paese ebbe riposo per quarant'anni, a' dì di Gedeone.

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

29 E Ierubbaal, figliuolo di Ioas, se ne andò, e dimorò in casa sua.

And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

30 Or Gedeone ebbe settanta figliuoli, ch'[erano] usciti della sua anca; conciossiachè egli avesse molte mogli.

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

31 E la sua concubina, ch'[era] in Sichem, gli partorì anch'essa un figliuolo, al quale egli pose nome Abimelec.

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

32 Poi Gedeone, figliolo di Ioas, morì in buona vecchiezza, e fu seppellito nella sepoltura di Ioas, suo padre, in Ofra degli Abiezeriti.

And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 E, dopo che Gedeone fu morto, i figliuoli d'Israele tornarono a fornicare dietro a' Baali, e si costituirono Baal-berit per dio.

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

34 E non si ricordarono del Signore Iddio loro, il quale li avea riscossi dalle mani di tutti i lor nemici d'ogn'intorno;

And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

35 e non usarono benignità inverso la casa di Ierubbaal, [cioè], di Gedeone, secondo tutto il bene ch'egli avea operato inverso Israele.

And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.