Sodniki 7
1 Potem je Jerubáal, ki je Gideón in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim, vstalo zgodaj in se utaborilo poleg vodnjaka Haród, tako da je bila vojska Midjáncev na njihovi severni strani, v dolini pri Moréjevem hribu.
Then Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon) rose up early, and all the people who were with him, and they encamped beside the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was to their north in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
2 Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »Ljudstva, ki je s teboj, je zame preveč, da bi Midjánce izročil v njihove roke, da se ne bi Izrael poveličeval zoper mene, rekoč: ›Moja lastna roka me je rešila.‹«
Yahweh said to Gideon, “There are too many soldiers for me to give you victory over the Midianites, so that Israel may not boast over me, saying, 'Our own power has saved us.'
3 Zdaj torej pojdi, razglasi v ušesa ljudstva, rekoč: ›Kdorkoli je boječ in se boji, naj se vrne in zgodaj odide z gore Gileád.‹« In tam se jih je izmed ljudstva vrnilo dvaindvajset tisoč, ostalo pa jih je deset tisoč.
Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people and say, 'Whoever is afraid, whoever trembles, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.'” So twenty-two thousand people went away, and ten thousand remained.
4 Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »Ljudstva je še preveč. Privedi jih dol k vodi in tam ti jih bom preizkusil.« Zgodilo se bo, da o komer ti rečem: ›Ta bo šel s teboj, ‹ bo ta isti šel s teboj; in o komer ti rečem: ›Ta ne bo šel s teboj, ‹ ta isti ne bo šel.«
Yahweh said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will make their number smaller for you there. If I say to you, 'This one will go with you,' he will go with you; but if I say, 'This one will not go with you,' he will not go.”
5 Tako je ljudstvo privedel dol k vodi in Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »Kdorkoli s svojim jezikom sreba vodo, kakor sreba pes, tega boš postavil poleg sebe, podobno vsakega, ki poklekne dol na svoja kolena, da bi pil.«
So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and Yahweh said to him, “Separate everyone who laps up the water, as a dog laps, from those who kneel down to drink.”
6 Število tistih, ki so srebali s pristavljanjem svoje roke k svojim ustom, je bilo tristo mož, toda vsi drugi izmed ljudstva so se upognili na svoja kolena, da pijejo vodo.
Three hundred men lapped. The rest of the men kneeled down to drink water.
7 Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »S tristo možmi, ki so srebali, vas bom rešil in Midjánce izročil v tvojo roko. Vse preostalo ljudstvo pa naj gre vsak mož k svojemu kraju.«
Yahweh said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped, I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Let every other man go back to his own place.”
8 Tako je ljudstvo v svojo roko vzelo živež in svoje šofarje, ves preostanek Izraela pa je vsakega moža poslal k svojemu šotoru in obdržal tistih tristo mož. Midjánska vojska pa je bila pod njim v dolini.
So those who were chosen took their supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent away all the men of Israel, every man to his tent, but he kept the three hundred men. Now the Midian camp was down below him in the valley.
9 Iste noči se je pripetilo, da mu je Gospod rekel: »Vstani, spusti se k vojski, kajti izročil sem jo v tvojo roko.
That same night Yahweh said to him, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am going to give you victory over it.
10 Toda če se bojiš iti dol, pojdi dol k vojski s svojim služabnikom Purájem.
But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
11 Slišal boš kaj govorijo. Potem se bodo tvoje roke okrepile, da greš dol k vojski.« Potem je s svojim služabnikom Purájem odšel dol k zunanjim izmed oboroženih mož, ki so bili v vojski.
and listen to what they are saying, and your courage will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So Gideon went with Purah his servant, down to the guard posts of the camp.
12 Midjánci in Amalečani in vsi otroci vzhoda pa so ležali povprek po dolini, zaradi množice podobni kobilicam in njihovih kamel je bilo zaradi množice brez števila, kakor peska ob morski obali.
The Midianites, the Amalekites, and all the people of the east settled along in the valley, as thick as a cloud of locusts. Their camels were more than could be counted; they were more in number than the grains of the sand on the seashore.
13 Ko je Gideón prišel, glej, je bil tam mož, ki je svojemu tovarišu povedal sanje ter rekel: »Glej, sanjal sem sanje in glej, kolač ječmenovega kruha se je privalil v midjánsko vojsko, prišel k šotoru in ga udaril, da je ta padel in ga prevrnil, da je ležal postrani.«
When Gideon arrived there, a man was telling a dream to his companion. The man said, “Look! I had a dream, and I saw a round loaf of barley bread tumbling into the camp of Midian. It came to the tent, and hit it so hard that it fell down and turned it upside down, so that it lay flat.”
14 Njegov tovariš je odgovoril in rekel: »To ni nič drugega kakor meč Gideóna, Joáševega sina, moža iz Izraela, kajti v njegovo roko je Bog izročil Midjánce in vso vojsko.«
The other man said, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon (the son of Joash), the Israelite. God has given him victory over Midian and all their army.”
15 Bilo je tako, ko je Gideón slišal pripovedovanje sanj in njeno razlago, da je oboževal, se vrnil v Izraelovo vojsko in rekel: »Vstanite, kajti Gospod je v vašo roko izročil midjánsko vojsko.«
When Gideon heard the retelling of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down in worship. He went back to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up! Yahweh has given you victory over the Midian army.”
16 Tristo mož je razdelil na tri skupine in v roko vsakega moža položil šofar s praznimi lončenimi vrči in svetilkami znotraj vrčev.
He divided the three hundred men into three groups, and he gave them all trumpets and empty jars, with torches inside each jar.
17 Rekel jim je: »Glejte mene in storite podobno. In glejte, ko pridem k robu tabora, se bo zgodilo, da kakor storim jaz, boste tako storili tudi vi.
He said to them, “Look at me and do what I do. Watch! When I come to the edge of the camp, you must do what I do.
18 Ko zatrobim s šofarjem, jaz in vsi tisti, ki so z menoj, potem tudi vi zatrobite s šofarji na vsaki strani tabora in recite: › Meč od Gospoda in od Gideóna.‹«
When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow your trumpets also on every side of the entire camp and shout, 'For Yahweh and for Gideon!'”
19 Tako so Gideón in sto mož, ki so bili z njim, prišli k robu tabora na začetku srednje straže in imeli so ravno sveže postavljeno stražo. Zatrobili so na šofarje in razbili lončene vrče, ki so bili v njihovih rokah.
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp, right at the beginning of the middle watch. Just as the Midianites were changing guard, they blew the trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.
20 Tri skupine so trobile na šofarje in razbile lončene vrče in držale svetilke v svojih levicah in šofarje v svojih desnicah, da z njimi trobijo in kričali: »Meč od Gospoda in od Gideóna.«
The three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow them. They shouted out, “The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon.”
21 Stali so vsak mož na svojem mestu okoli tabora in vsa vojska je stekla, kričala in pobegnila.
Every man stood in his place around the camp and all the Midianite army ran. They shouted and ran away.
22 Tristo [jih] je trobilo na šofarje in Gospod je torej po vsej vojski naravnal meč vsakega moža zoper svojega tovariša in vojska je pobegnila do Bet Šite v Cerédi in do meje Abél Mehóle, do Tabáta.
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, Yahweh set every Midianite man's sword against his comrades and against all their army. The army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near Tabbath.
23 Izraelovi možje so se zbrali skupaj iz Neftálija, iz Aserja, iz vsega Manáseja in zasledovali Midjánce.
The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they went after Midian.
24 Gideón je poslal poslance po vsej gori Efrájim, rekoč: »Pridite dol zoper Midjánce in pred njimi zasedite vode do Bet Bare in Jordana.« Potem so se vsi Efrájimovi možje zbrali skupaj in zasedli vode do Bet Bare in Jordana.
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Go down against Midian and take control of the Jordan River, as far as Beth Barah, to stop them.” So all the men of Ephraim gathered together and took control of the waters, as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan River.
25 Zajeli so dva princa izmed Midjáncev, Oréba in Zeéba. Oréba so usmrtili na Orébovi skali, Zeéba pa so usmrtili na Zeébovi vinski stiskalnici in zasledovali Midjánce ter glavi Oréba in Zeéba prinesli Gideónu, na drugo stran Jordana.
They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They went after the Midianites, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was on the other side of the Jordan.
