Bilombe 7
1 Na tongo-tongo, Yerubali, elingi koloba Jedeon, abimaki elongo na bato nyonso oyo balandaki ye mpe batongaki molako na bango pembeni ya etima ya mayi ya Arodi. Nzokande molako ya bato ya Madiani ezalaki na ngambo ya nor ya molako ya bana ya Isalaele, na lubwaku, pembeni ya ngomba moke ya More.
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Bato oyo ozali na bango baleki ebele mpo na ngai kokaba bato ya Madiani na maboko na bango, noki te Isalaele akozwa lolendo na koloba: ‹ Loboko na ngai moko nde ebikisi ngai. ›
The LORD said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'
3 Yango wana, loba na bato oyo: ‹ Tika ete moto nyonso oyo azali kolenga na kobanga azala mosika ya ngomba Galadi mpe azonga epai na ye. › » Boye, bato nkoto tuku mibale na mibale bazongaki epai na bango mpe nkoto zomi batikalaki.
Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.' There returned of the people twenty-two thousand; but ten thousand remained.
4 Kasi Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Bato bazali kaka ebele. Kitisa bango nyonso na mayi, mpe kuna, nakomeka bango mpo na yo. Soki nalobi: ‹ Oyo akoki kokende na yo, ye nde asengeli kokende na yo. › Kasi soki nalobi: ‹ Oyo akoki te kokende na yo, ye asengeli te kokende na yo. › »
The LORD said to Gideon, "The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I tell you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
5 Boye, Jedeon akitisaki bato na mayi. Kuna, Yawe alobaki na ye: « Kabola bango: tia na ngambo moko, bato oyo bakomela mayi na nzela ya lolemo lokola mbwa; mpe tia na ngambo mosusu, bato oyo bakofukama, mpo na komela mayi. »
So he brought down the people to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall put to one side; and everyone who gets down on his knees to drink with hand to mouth shall be on the other side."
6 Bato nkama misato bazwaki mayi na maboko na bango mpo na komema yango na minoko na bango mpe komela yango na nzela ya lolemo; bato nyonso oyo batikali bafukamaki mpo na komela mayi.
The number of those who lapped with their tongues was three hundred men, but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.
7 Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Nakobikisa bino na nzela ya bato nkama misato oyo bamelaki mayi na nzela ya lolemo lokola mbwa, mpe nakokaba bato ya Madiani na maboko na yo. Tika ete bato nyonso oyo batikali bazonga, moto na moto na esika na ye. »
The LORD said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand; and let all the people go every man to his home."
8 Boye mibali yango nkama misato bazwaki biloko ya kolia mpe bakelelo ya bato mosusu. Mpe Jedeon azongisaki na bandako na bango, bana ya Isalaele oyo batikalaki. Nzokande, molako ya bato ya Madiani ezalaki na lubwaku, na se ya molako ya bana ya Isalaele.
So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. And the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 Na butu wana, Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Telema, kita mpo na kobundisa molako ya bato ya Madiani, pamba te napesi yango na maboko na yo.
It happened the same night, that the LORD said to him, "Arise, get down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 Soki ozali kobanga kobunda, kita elongo na Pura, mosali na yo ya mobali,
But if you fear to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp:
11 mpe yoka maloba oyo bazali koloba. Boye okozwa makasi ya kobundisa bango. » Jedeon akitaki elongo na Pura, mosali na ye ya mobali, kino na liboso ya molako ya bitumba.
and you shall hear what they say; and afterward will your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp." Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
12 Bato ya Madiani, ya Amaleki mpe ya ngambo ya este bazalaki ya kopanzana kati na lubwaku, ebele lokola mabanki. Bashamo na bango ezalaki ebele koleka zelo ya ebale.
And Midian, Amalek, and all the Kedemites lay along in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand which is on the seashore.
13 Jedeon akomaki na molako ya banguna na bango na tango kaka mobali moko ya Madiani azalaki kobeta lisolo ya ndoto na ye epai ya moninga na ye: — Tala ndoto naloti: Namonaki lipa moko basala na bambuma ya orje ezali kobaluka kati na molako na biso mobimba, bongo lipa yango eyaki kotuta ndako ya kapo na makasi koleka. Ndako ya kapo ekweyaki mpe ebalukaki.
When Gideon had come, look, there was a man telling a dream to his friend; and he said, "Look, I had a dream, and look, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent collapsed."
14 Moninga na ye azongisaki: — Oyo ekoki kozala eloko mosusu te! Ezali kaka mopanga ya Jedeon, mwana mobali ya Joasi, moto ya Isalaele. Solo, Nzambe akabi bato ya Madiani mpe molako mobimba na maboko na ye.
His friend answered, "This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. Into his hand God has delivered Midian, and all the army."
15 Tango Jedeon ayokaki ndoto mpe ndimbola na yango, afukamelaki Nzambe mpe atondaki Ye. Azongaki na molako ya Isalaele mpe agangaki: « Botelema, Yawe akabi molako ya bato ya Madiani na maboko na biso. »
It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped, and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, "Get up, for the LORD has delivered into your hand the army of Midian."
16 Jedeon akabolaki basoda na ye nkama misato na biteni misato. Mpe apesaki na mobali moko na moko kelelo moko, mbeki moko oyo ezangi eloko na kati, singa ya mwinda mpe moto ya mbeki.
He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
17 Na sima, apesaki bango mitindo oyo: « Bino nyonso, botala esika ngai nazali mpe bolanda ndenge ngai nakosala tango nakokoma pembeni ya molako ya banguna na biso.
He said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise. And look, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.
18 Tango ngai mpe bato nyonso oyo bazali elongo na ngai tokobeta kelelo, bino nyonso, na zingazinga ya molako, bokobeta mpe bakelelo na bino mpe bokoganga: ‹ Mpo na Yawe mpe mpo na Jedeon. › »
When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then you blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, "For the LORD and for Gideon."
19 Jedeon mpe mibali nkama moko oyo bazalaki na ye elongo, bakomaki pembeni ya molako, mwa tango moke liboso ete midi ya butu ekoka, wana bawutaki kotia bakengeli mosusu. Babetaki bakelelo mpe babukaki bambeki oyo ezalaki na maboko na bango.
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
20 Biteni nyonso misato ya basoda babetaki bakelelo mpe babukaki bambeki. Na loboko na bango ya mwasi, basimbaki minda, mpe, na loboko ya mobali, bakelelo mpo na kobeta. Mpe bazalaki koganga: « Mopanga mpo na Yawe mpe mpo na Jedeon. »
The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they called out, "The sword of the LORD and of Gideon.'"
21 Wana soda moko na moko ya Isalaele atelemaki na esika na ye zingazinga ya molako, banguna kati na molako bapotaki mbangu, bagangaki mpe bakimaki.
They each stood in his place every man around the camp; and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.
22 Tango bakelelo nkama misato ebetaki lisusu, Yawe asalaki ete, kati na molako mobimba, moto na moto atuba moninga na ye mopanga; mpe bango nyonso bakimaki kino na Beti-Shita, na ngambo ya Tserera, mpe kino na ngambo ya Abele-Meola pembeni ya Tabati.
They blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against each other throughout the camp; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
23 Bana ya Isalaele oyo bawutaki na Nefitali, na Aseri mpe na Manase basanganaki mpo na kobengana bato ya Madiani.
The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
24 Jedeon atindaki bantoma kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi mpo na koloba: « Bokita mpo na kokutana na bato ya Madiani; bokanga, liboso na bango, nzela ya mayi kino na Beti-Bara mpe na Yordani. » Bana nyonso ya libota ya Efrayimi bakitaki mpe bakangaki nzela ya mayi kino na Beti-Bara mpe na Yordani.
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against Midian, and capture the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and seized the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
25 Bakangaki bakonzi mibale ya bato ya Madiani: Orebi mpe Zeebi. Babomaki Orebi na libanga monene ya Orebi, mpe Zeebi na esika oyo bakamolaka vino ya Zeebi. Balandaki bato ya Madiani mpe bamemelaki Jedeon mito ya Orebi mpe ya Zeebi, kuna na ngambo ya Yordani.
They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian. Then they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
