사사기 8

1에브라임 사람들이 기드온에게 이르되 네가 미디안과 싸우러 갈 때에 우리를 부르지 아니하였으니 우리를 이같이 대접함은 어찜이뇨 하고 크게 다투는지라 2기드온이 그들에게 이르되 나의 이제 행한 일이 너희의 한 것에 비교 되겠느냐 에브라임의 끝물 포도가 아비에셀의 맏물 포도보다 낫지 아니하냐 3하나님이 미디안 방백 오렙과 스엡을 너희 손에 붙이셨으니 나의 한 일이 어찌 능히 너희의 한 것에 비교되겠느냐 기드온이 이 말을 하매 그들의 노가 풀리니라 4기드온과 그 좇은 자 삼백 명이 요단에 이르러 건너고 비록 피곤하나 따르며 5그가 숙곳 사람들에게 이르되 나의 종자가 피곤하여 하니 청컨대 그들에게 떡덩이를 주라 나는 미디안 두 왕 세바와 살문나를 따르노라 6숙곳 방백들이 가로되 세바와 살문나의 손이 지금 어찌 네 손에 있관대 우리가 네 군대에게 떡을 주겠느냐 7기드온이 가로되 그러면 여호와께서 세바와 살문나를 내 손에 붙이신 후에 내가 들가시와 찔레로 너희 살을 찢으리라 하고 8거기서 브누엘에 올라가서 그들에게도 그같이 구한즉 브누엘 사람들의 대답도 숙곳 사람들의 대답과 같은지라 9기드온이 또 브누엘 사람들에게 일러 가로되 내가 평안이 돌아올 때에 이 망대를 헐리라 하니라 10이 때에 세바와 살문나가 갈골에 있는데 동방 사람의 모든 군대 중에 칼 든 자 십이만 명이 죽었고 그들을 좇아 거기 있더라 11적군이 안연히 있는 중에 기드온이 노바와 욕브하 동편 장막에 거한 자의 길로 올라가서 적군을 치니 12세바와 살문나가 도망하는지라 기드온이 추격하여 미디안 두 왕 세바와 살문나를 사로잡고 그 온 군대를 파하니라 13요아스의 아들 기드온이 헤레스 비탈 전장에서 돌아오다가 14숙곳 사람 중 한 소년을 잡아 신문하매 숙곳 방백과 장로 칠십칠 인을 그를 위하여 기록한지라 15기드온이 숙곳 사람들에게 이르러 가로되 너희가 전에 나를 기롱하여 이르기를 세바와 살문나의 손이 지금 어찌 네 손에 있관대 우리가 네 피곤한 사람에게 떡을 주겠느냐 한 그 세바와 살문나를 보라 하고 16그 성읍 장로들을 잡고 들가시와 질려로 숙곳 사람들을 징벌하고 17브누엘 망대를 헐며 그 성읍 사람들을 죽이니라 18이에 세바와 살문나에게 묻되 너희가 다볼에서 죽인 자들은 어떠한 자이더뇨 대답하되 그들이 너와 같아서 모두 왕자 같더라 19가로되 그들은 내 형제 내 어머니의 아들이니라 내가 여호와의 사심으로 맹세하노니 너희가 만일 그들을 살렸더면 나도 너희를 죽이지 아니하였으리라 하고 20그 장자 여델에게 이르되 일어나 그들을 죽이라 하였으나 그 소년이 칼을 빼지 못하였으니 이는 아직 어려서 두려워함이었더라 21세바와 살문나가 가로되 네가 일어나 우리를 치라 대저 사람이 어떠하면 그 힘도 그러하니라 기드온이 일어나서 세바와 살문나를 죽이고 그 약대 목에 꾸몄던 새 달 형상의 장식을 취하니라 22때에 이스라엘 사람들이 기드온에게 이르되 당신이 우리를 미디안의 손에서 구원하셨으니 당신과 당신의 아들과 당신의 손자가 우리를 다스리소서 23기드온이 그들에게 이르되 내가 너희를 다스리지 아니하겠고 나의 아들도 너희를 다스리지 아니할 것이요 여호와께서 너희를 다스리시리라 24기드온이 또 그들에게 이르되 내가 너희에게 한 일을 청구하노니 너희는 각기 탈취한 귀고리를 내게 줄지니라 하니 그 대적은 이스마엘 사람이므로 금 귀고리가 있었음이라 25무리가 대답하되 우리가 즐거이 드리리이다 하고 겉옷을 펴고 각기 탈취한 귀고리를 그 가운데 던지니 26기드온의 청한 바 금 귀고리 중 수가 금 일천칠백 세겔이요 그 외에 또 새 달 형상의 장식과 패물과 미디안 왕들의 입었던 자색 의복과 그 약대 목에 둘렀던 사슬이 있었더라 27기드온이 그 금으로 에봇 하나를 만들어서 자기의 성읍 오브라에 두었더니 온 이스라엘이 그것을 음란하게 위하므로 그것이 기드온과 그 집에 올무가 되니라 28미디안이 이스라엘 자손 앞에 복종하여 다시는 그 머리를 들지 못하였으므로 기드온의 사는 날 동안 사십 년에 그 땅이 태평하였더라 29요아스의 아들 여룹바알이 돌아가서 자기 집에 거하였는데 30기드온이 아내가 많으므로 몸에서 낳은 아들이 칠십 인이었고 31세겜에 있는 첩도 아들을 낳았으므로 그 이름을 아비멜렉이라 하였더라 32요아스의 아들 기드온이 나이 많아 죽으매 아비에셀 사람의 오브라에 있는 그의 아비 요아스의 묘실에 장사하였더라 33기드온이 이미 죽으매 이스라엘 자손이 돌이켜 바알들을 음란하게 위하고 또 바알브릿을 자기들의 신으로 삼고 34사면 모든 대적의 손에서 자기들을 건져내신 여호와 자기들의 하나님을 기억지 아니하며 35또 여룹바알이라 하는 기드온의 이스라엘에게 베푼 모든 은혜를 따라서 그의 집을 후대치도 아니하였더라

1The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us, when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply. 2He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 4Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. 5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” 6The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” 7Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. 9He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.” 10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword. 11Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure. 12Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army. 13Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres. 14He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men. 15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’” 16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. 17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city. 18Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.” 19He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.” 20He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up, and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth. 21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks. 22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.” 23Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.” 24Gideon said to them, “I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it. 26The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks. 27Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house. 28So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon. 29Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives. 31His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. 32Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god. 34The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side; 35neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

1Toen zeiden de mannen van Efraim tot hem: Wat stuk is dit, dat gij ons gedaan hebt, dat gij ons niet riept, toen gij heentoogt om te strijden tegen de Midianieten? En zij twistten sterk met hem. 2Hij daarentegen zeide tot hen: Wat heb ik nu gedaan, gelijk gijlieden; zijn niet de nalezingen van Efraim beter dan de wijnoogst van Abi-ezer? 3God heeft de vorsten der Midianieten, Oreb en Zeeb, in uw hand gegeven; wat heb ik dan kunnen doen, gelijk gijlieden? Toen liet hun toorn van hem af, als hij dit woord sprak. 4Als nu Gideon gekomen was aan de Jordaan, ging hij over, met de driehonderd mannen, die bij hem waren, zijnde moede, nochtans vervolgende. 5En hij zeide tot de lieden van Sukkoth: Geeft toch enige bollen broods aan het volk, dat mijn voetstappen volgt, want zij zijn moede; en ik jaag Zebah en Tsalmuna, de koningen der Midianieten, achterna. 6Maar de oversten van Sukkoth zeiden: Is dan de handpalm van Zebah en Tsalmuna alrede in uw hand, dat wij aan uw heir brood zouden geven? 7Toen zeide Gideon: Daarom, als de HEERE Zebah en Tsalmuna in mijn hand geeft, zo zal ik uw vlees dorsen met doornen der woestijn, en met distelen. 8En hij toog van daar op naar Pnuel, en sprak tot hen desgelijks. En de lieden van Pnuel antwoordden hem, gelijk als de lieden van Sukkoth geantwoord hadden. 9Daarom sprak hij ook tot de lieden van Pnuel, zeggende: Als ik met vrede wederkome, zal ik deze toren afwerpen. 10Zebah nu en Tsalmuna waren te Karkor, en hun legers met hen, omtrent vijftien duizend, al de overgeblevenen van het ganse leger der kinderen van het oosten; en de gevallenen waren honderd en twintig duizend mannen, die het zwaard uittrokken. 11En Gideon toog opwaarts, den weg dergenen, die in tenten wonen, tegen het oosten van Nobah en Jogbeha; en hij sloeg dat leger, want het leger was zorgeloos. 12En Zebah en Tsalmuna vloden; doch hij jaagde hen na; en hij ving de beide koningen der Midianieten, Zebah en Tsalmuna, en verschrikte het ganse leger. 13Toen nu Gideon, de zoon van Joas, van den strijd wederkwam, voor den opgang der zon, 14Zo ving hij een jongen van de lieden te Sukkoth, en ondervraagde hem; die schreef hem op de oversten van Sukkoth, en hun oudsten, zeven en zeventig mannen. 15Toen kwam hij tot de lieden van Sukkoth, en zeide: Ziet daar Zebah en Tsalmuna, van dewelke gij mij smadelijk verweten hebt, zeggende: Is de handpalm van Zebah en Tsalmuna alrede in uw hand, dat wij aan uw mannen, die moede zijn, brood zouden geven? 16En hij nam de oudsten dier stad, en doornen der woestijn, en distelen, en deed het den lieden van Sukkoth door dezelve verstaan. 17En de toren van Pnuel wierp hij af, en doodde de lieden der stad. 18Daarna zeide hij tot Zebah en Tsalmuna: Wat waren het voor mannen, die gij te Thabor doodsloegt? En zij zeiden: Gelijk gij, alzo waren zij, enerlei, van gedaante als koningszonen. 19Toen zeide hij: Het waren mijn broeders, zonen mijner moeder; zo waarlijk als de HEERE leeft, zo gij hen hadt laten leven, ik zou ulieden niet doden! 20En hij zeide tot Jether, zijn eerstgeborene: Sta op, dood hen; maar de jongeling trok zijn zwaard niet uit, want hij vreesde, dewijl hij nog een jongeling was. 21Toen zeiden Zebah en Tsalmuna: Sta gij op, en val op ons aan, want naar dat de man is, zo is zijn macht. Zo stond Gideon op, en doodde Zebah en Tsalmuna, en nam de maantjes, die aan de halzen hunner kemelen waren. 22Toen zeiden de mannen van Israel tot Gideon: Heers over ons, zo gij als uw zoon en uws zoons zoon, dewijl gij ons van der Midianieten hand verlost hebt. 23Maar Gideon zeide tot hen: Ik zal over u niet heersen; ook zal mijn zoon over u niet heersen; de HEERE zal over u heersen. 24Voorts zeide Gideon tot hen: Een begeerte zal ik van u begeren: geeft mij maar een iegelijk een voorhoofdsiersel van zijn roof; want zij hadden gouden voorhoofdsierselen gehad, dewijl zij Ismaelieten waren. 25En zij zeiden: Wij zullen ze gaarne geven; en zij spreidden een kleed uit, en wierpen daarop een iegelijk een voorhoofdsiersel van zijn roof. 26En het gewicht der gouden voorhoofdsierselen, die hij begeerd had, was duizend en zevenhonderd sikkelen gouds, zonder de maantjes, en ketenen, en purperen klederen, die de koningen der Midianieten aangehad hadden, en zonder de halsbanden, die aan de halzen hunner kemelen geweest waren. 27En Gideon maakte daarvan een efod, en stelde die in zijn stad, te Ofra; en gans Israel hoereerde aldaar denzelven na; en het werd Gideon en zijn huis tot een valstrik. 28Alzo werden de Midianieten ten onder gebracht voor het aangezicht der kinderen Israels, en hieven hun hoofd niet meer op. En het land was stil veertig jaren, in de dagen van Gideon. 29En Jerubbaal, de zoon van Joas, ging henen en woonde in zijn huis. 30Gideon nu had zeventig zonen, die uit zijn heupe voortgekomen waren; want hij had vele vrouwen. 31En zijn bijwijf, hetwelk te Sichem was, baarde hem ook een zoon; en hij noemde zijn naam Abimelech. 32En Gideon, de zoon van Joas, stierf in goeden ouderdom; en hij werd begraven in het graf van zijn vader Joas, te Ofra, des Abi-ezriets. 33En het geschiedde, als Gideon gestorven was, dat de kinderen Israels zich omkeerden, en de Baals nahoereerden; en zij stelden zich Baal-Berith tot een God. 34En de kinderen Israels dachten niet aan den HEERE, hun God, Die hen gered had van de hand van al hun vijanden van rondom. 35En zij deden geen weldadigheid bij het huis van Jerubbaal, dat is Gideon, naar al het goede, dat hij bij Israel gedaan had.