Књига о судијама 8
1 А људи од племена Јефремовог рекоше му: Шта нам то учини те нас не позва кад пође у бој на Мадијане? И викаху на њ жестоко.
And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they disputed with him sharply.
2 А он им рече: Па шта сам учинио тако као ви? Није ли пабирчење Јефремово боље него берба Авијезерова?
And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
3 Вама је у руке дао Господ кнезове мадијанске, Орива и Зива; па шта ја могох учинити тако као ви? Тада се утиша дух њихов према њему кад тако говори.
Into your hands hath God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their spirit was appeased toward him, when he said that word.
4 А кад Гедеон дође на Јордан, пређе преко њега с триста људи који беху с њим, а беху уморни гонећи.
And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
5 Па рече људима Сокоћанима: Дајте неколико хлебова народу који иде за мном, јер су уморни, а ја гоним Зевеја и Салмана цареве мадијанске.
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, for they are faint; and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 А главари сокотски рекоше му: Је ли песница Зевејева и Салманова већ у твојој руци да дамо хлеба твојој војсци?
And the chief men of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy hand, that we should give bread to thine army?
7 А Гедеон им рече: Кад ми Бог преда Зевеја и Салмана у руке, тада ћу помлатити телеса ваша трњем из ове пустиње и драчом.
And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah delivers Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will thresh your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and with briars.
8 И отиде оданде у Фануил, и рече Фануиљанима исто онако, а они му одговорише као што одговорише људи у Сокоту.
And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 Зато и људима Фануиљанима рече: Кад се вратим здраво, развалићу ту кулу.
And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 А Зевеј и Салман беху у Каркору, и војска њихова с њима, око петнаест хиљада, што их год оста од све војске источне; а побијених беше сто и двадесет хиљада људи који махаху мачем.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of the whole camp of the children of the east; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 И отиде Гедеон преко оних што живе под шаторима, с истока Нови и Јогвеји, и удари на војску кад војска стајаше безбрижна.
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the camp; for the camp was at its ease.
12 А Зевеј и Салман побегоше, а он их потера, и ухвати два цара мадијанска, Зевеја и Салмана, и распуди сву војску.
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the camp.
13 И врати се Гедеон син Јоасов из боја пре сунчаног рођаја.
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.
14 И ухвати момка из Сокота, и испитива га; а он му пописа кнезове сокотске и старешине, седамдесет и седам људи.
And he caught a youth of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the chief men of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy-seven men.
15 Па кад дође к Сокоћанима, рече: Ево Зевеја и Салмана, за које ми се ругасте говорећи: Је ли песница Зевејева и Салманова већ у твојој руци, да дамо хлеба уморним људима твојим?
And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are weary?
16 И узевши старешине оног места и трња из пустиње и драче даде на њима углед Сокоћанима.
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 И кулу фануилску развали и поби људе тамошње.
And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 Потом рече Зевеју и Салману: Какви беху људи које побисте на Тавору? А они рекоше: Такви као ти; сваки беше на очима као царски син.
Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What sort of men were they that ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the sons of a king.
19 А он рече: То беху моја браћа, синови моје матере. Тако Господ био жив! Да сте их оставили у животу, не бих вас погубио.
And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. [As] Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20 Тада рече Јетеру првенцу свом: Устани, погуби их. Али дете не извуче мач свој, јер се бојаше, јер беше још дете.
And he said to Jether his firstborn, Arise, slay them! But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Тада рече Зевеј и Салман: Устани ти, уложи на нас; јер какав је човек онаква му је и снага. И уставши Гедеон погуби Зевеја и Салмана, и узе месечиће који беху о вратовима камила њихових.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the moons that were on their camels' necks.
22 Потом рекоше Израиљци Гедеону: Буди нам господар ти и син твој и син сина твог, јер си нас избавио из руке мадијанске.
And the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.
23 А Гедеон им рече: Нећу вам ја бити господар, нити ће вам син мој бити господар; Господ ће вам бити Господар.
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you.
24 Још им рече Гедеон: Једно ћу искати од вас: да ми дате сваки гривну од плена свог. А гривне имаху златне, јер беху Исмаиљци.
And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you: give me every man the earrings of his booty; for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.
25 И одговорише: Даћемо драге воље. И разастрвши хаљину бацише на њу гривне, сваки од плена свог.
And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.
26 И беше на меру златних гривана што изиска хиљаду и седам стотина сикала злата, осим месечића и ланчића и хаљина скерлетних, што ношаху цареви мадијански, и осим литарова, што беху око врата камила њихових.
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
27 И Гедеон начини од тога оплећак, и остави га у свом граду Офри; и онде сав Израиљ стаде чинити прељубу за њим, и би Гедеону и дому његовом замка.
And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
28 Тако бише покорени Мадијани пред синовима Израиљевим, и више не дигоше главе. И земља би мирна четрдесет година за века Гедеоновог.
And Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 И отишавши Јеровал син Јоасов оста у својој кући.
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his house.
30 И имаше Гедеон седамдесет синова, који изиђоше од бедара његових, јер имаше много жена.
Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.
31 И иноча његова, која беше у Сихему, и она му роди сина, и наде му име Авимелех.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelech.
32 Потом умре Гедеон син Јоасов у доброј старости, и би погребен у гробу Јоаса оца свог Авијезерита у Офри.
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
33 И кад умре Гедеон, опет синови Израиљеви чинише прељубу за Валима, и поставише себи Вал-Верита за бога.
And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as their god.
34 И не сећаше се синови Израиљеви Господа Бога свог, који их је избавио из руку свих непријатеља њихових унаоколо.
And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side.
35 И не учинише милости дому Јеровала Гедеона према свему добру што је он учинио Израиљу.
And they shewed no kindness to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according to all the good that he had done to Israel.
