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.
Jerub-baal (Gideon) and those who were with him got up early and went and camped by the Harod spring. The Midianite camp was to the north in the valley near the Moreh hill.
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.
The Lord told Gideon, “There are too many soldiers with you for me to hand over the Midianites to them, otherwise Israel will brag to me, saying, ‘I saved myself by my own strength.’
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.
So tell the soldiers, ‘Anyone who is worried or afraid can leave Mount Gilead and go back home.’” Twenty-two thousand of them went back home, but ten thousand stayed.
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 told Gideon, “There are still too many soldiers. Take them down to the water and I will reduce them for you. Whoever I tell you, ‘He shall go with you,’ he shall go. But anyone that I say, ‘He 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.
Gideon took the soldiers down to the water. The Lord told Gideon, “Set to one side those who lap the water with their tongues, like a dog does, and on the other side those who kneel down 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.
Three hundred lapped water from their hands to their mouths. All the rest knelt down to drink the water.
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.
The Lord told Gideon, “With these three hundred men that lapped I will save you and hand over the Midianites to you. Let all the rest of the soldiers 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.
The three hundred took over the supplies and trumpets of the others. Gideon sent all the rest home, but held onto the three hundred men. The Midianite camp was 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 spoke to Gideon, “Get up, go down and attack the camp, for I have handed it over to you.
10 Fa raha matahotra hidina ianao, dia aoka hidina miaraka aminao ho any amin’ ny toby Pora zatovonao;
But if you are afraid to go down, go with your servant Purah to the camp.
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.
You'll hear what they're talking about and then you'll have the courage to attack the camp.” So he took his servant Purah with him and went to the edge of the camp where armed men were on guard.
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.
The Midianites, Amalekites, and all the peoples of the East filled the valley like a swarm of locusts, and as for their camels, they were as uncountable 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.
Just as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream he'd had. He was saying, “I had this dream. I dreamed I saw a round loaf of barley bread come rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent, knocking it upside-down, flat on the ground!”
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.
“This can only represent the victory by the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel,” his friend answered. “God has handed over to him the Midianites and everyone else camped here.”
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 what it meant, he bowed in thanks to God. He went back to the Israelite camp and announced, “On your feet! For the Lord has handed over the Midianite camp to you!”
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.
He divided the three hundred men into three companies. He handed them all trumpets, and empty jars with torches inside them.
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 follow my example,” he told them. “So when I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly what 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!
Immediately I and those with me blow the trumpets, then you blow your trumpets 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 who with him arrived at the edge of the camp around midnight, after the guards were changed. They blew their trumpets and smashed the jars they were holding.
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!
All three companies blew their trumpets and smashed their jars. They held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, and 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 man stood in his place encircling the camp, and all the enemy soldiers ran around shouting—then they fled.
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.
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord made all the men in the camp attack one other with their swords. The enemy army fled to Beth-shittah near Zererah, all the way to 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.
The Israelite soldiers were summoned from Naphtali, Asher, and all of Manasseh, and they chased after 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 through all the hill country of Ephraim saying, “Come and attack the Midianites, and take control of the Jordan fords ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they took control of the Jordan fords 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, two of the Midianite commanders. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They continued chasing down the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb back to Gideon who was on the other side of the Jordan.
