Mpitsara 7
1 Dia nifoha maraina koa Jerobala (Gideona izany) sy ny vahoaka rehetra teo aminy ka nitoby teo akaikin’ ny loharano Haroda; ary ny tobin’ ny Midiana kosa teo avarany, teo an-dohasaha anilan’ ny havoana More.
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
2 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Maro loatra ny vahoaka eo aminao, ka tsy hanolotra ny Midiana eo an-tànany Aho, fandrao hirehareha amiko ny Isiraely ka hanao hoe: Ny tanako ihany no namonjy ahy.
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
3 Koa ankehitriny andeha miantso eo anatrehan’ ny vahoaka hoe: Na iza na iza no matahotra sy mangovitra, aoka izy hiverina ka hiala amin’ ny tany havoan’ i Gileada. Dia niverina ny olona roa arivo sy roa alina; fa ny iray alina no sisa.
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
4 Fa hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Mbola maro ihany ny olona; koa ampidino ho eo amin’ ny rano izy, ary eo no hizahako toetra azy ho anao; ary izay holazaiko aminao hoe: Io no hiaraka aminao, dia izy no hiaraka aminao; ary izay rehetra holazaiko aminao hoe: Io no tsy hiaraka aminao, dia izy kosa no tsy hiaraka aminao.
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
5 Ary dia nampidinin’ i Gideona ho eo amin’ ny rano ny olona; ary hoy Jehovah taminy: Izay rehetra milelaka rano amin’ ny lelany tahaka ny filelaky ny amboa dia atokàny, ary izay rehetra mandohalika kosa hisotro dia atokàny koa.
So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
6 Ary telon-jato lahy no isan’ izay nanainga ny tànany tamin’ ny vavany ka nilelaka; fa ny olona sisa rehetra dia nandohalika hisotro rano.
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
7 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Ny telon-jato lahy izay nilelaka rano no hamonjeko anareo ka hanolorako ny Midiana eo an-tananao; fa aoka ny olona sisa rehetra samy hody any amin’ ny fonenany avy.
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
8 Ary ny olona nitondra vatsy sy ny anjomarany teny an-tànany; ary ny Isiraely sisa dia nalefany hody samy ho any amin’ ny lainy avy, fa ny telon-jato lahy ihany no nohazoniny; ary ny tobin’ ny Midiana dia teo ambaniny teo an-dohasaha.
So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
9 Ary tamin’ izany alina izany dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gideona: Mitsangàna, midìna ho any amin’ ny toby ianao; fa efa natolotro eo an-tananao io.
That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 Fa raha matahotra hidina ianao, dia aoka hidina miaraka aminao ho any amin’ ny toby Pora zatovonao;
But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
11 dia ho renao izay lazain’ ny olona, ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hampaherezina ny tananao hidinanao any amin’ ny toby. Dia nidina niaraka tamin’ i Pora zatovony izy ho any an-tsisin’ ny olona efa voaomana hiady, izay teo amin’ ny toby.
and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
12 Ary ny Midiana sy ny Amalekita ary ny zanaky ny atsinanana rehetra dia nandry teny an-dohasaha, tahaka ny valala ny hamarony; ary tsy hita isa ny ramevany, tahaka ny fasika any amoron-dranomasina ny hamarony.
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 Ary raha tonga tao Gideona, indro, nisy lehilahy nilaza nofy tamin’ ny namany ka nanao hoe: Nanonofy aho, ka, indro, nisy mofo vary hordea nikodiadia ho eo amin’ ny tobin’ ny Midìna ka nankamin’ ny lay anankiray, dia nampiongana ka nampivadika azy, ka dia nipetraka teo ny lay.
And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
14 Dia namaly ilay namany ka nanao hoe: Tsy zavatra hafa izany, fa ny sabatr’ i Gideona, zanak’ i Joasy, lehilahy Isiraelita, mihitsy: efa natolotr’ Andriamanitra eo an-tànany ny Midiana sy ny toby rehetra.
His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
15 Ary rehefa ren’ i Gideona ny filàzany ny nofy sy ny heviny, dia nivavaka izy; ary niverina ho any amin’ ny tobin’ ny Isiraely izy ka nanao hoe: Mitsangàna, fa efa natolotr’ i Jehovah eo an-tananareo ny tobin’ ny Midiana.
When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
16 Dia nozarainy telo toko ny telon-jato lahy, ary samy nomeny anjomara iray avy ho eny an-tànany ary siny tsy nisy rano sy fanilo tao anatin’ ny siny.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
17 Dia hoy izy taminy: Mijere ahy ianareo, ka manaova araka izay ataoko; ary, indro, raha mankany amin’ ny sisin’ ny toby aho, dia izay ataoko ihany no mba ataovinareo koa.
“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
18 Raha mitsoka ny anjomara izaho sy izay miaraka amiko, dia mba mitsofa ny anjomara manodidina ny toby rehetra koa ianareo, ka miantsoa hoe: An’ i Jehovah sy Gideona!
When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”
19 Dia nankany amin’ ny sisin’ ny toby tamin’ ny fiandohan’ ny fiambenana faharoa Gideona sy ny zato lahy izay teo aminy; raha vao nalatsaka ny fiambenana; dia nitsoka ny anjomara ireo sady namaky ny siny teny an-tanany.
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
20 Dia mba nitsoka ny anjomara avokoa ny telo toko sady namaky ny sininy, ka nihazona ny fanilo teny an-tànany ankavia ary ny anjomara teny an-tànany ankavanana mba hotsofiny; dia niantso hoe izy: Ny sabatr’ i Jehovah sy Gideona!
The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
21 Ary samy nijanona teo amin’ ny fitoerany avy manodidina ny toby izy rehetra; dia nihazakazaka ny miaramila rehetra ka ninananana sady nandositra.
Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
22 Dia nitsoka ny anjomara ny telon-jato lahy, ary nampifamelezin’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny sabatra ny miaramila eran’ ny toby rehetra, dia nandositra hatrany Beti-sita izy ka hatrany Zereraha sy hatramin’ ny fari-tanin’ i Abela-mehola akaiky an’ i Tabata.
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
23 Dia nivory ny lehilahy amin’ ny Isiraely avy tamin’ ny Naftaly sy ny Asera ary ny Manase rehetra ka nanenjika ny Midiana.
Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
24 Ary Gideona naniraka olona hitety ny tany havoan’ i Efraima rehetra ka nanao hoe: Midìna hisakana ny Midiana, ka vonjeo ny rano eo alohany hatrany Beti-bara sy Jordana. Dia nivory ny lehilahy rehetra amin’ ny Efraima ka namonjy ny rano hatrany Beti-bara sy Jordana.
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
25 Ary nisambotra ny andriana roa lahy amin’ ny Midiana izy, dia Oreba sy Zeba, ary Oreba novonoiny teo ambonin’ ny vatolampin’ i Oreba, ary Zeba novonoiny teo amin’ ny famiazam-boalobok’ i Zeba, dia nanenjika ny Midiana izy; ary ny lohan’ i Oreba sy Zeba dia nentiny tany amin’ i Gideona tany an-dafin’ i Jordana.
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
