1At sinabi ng mga lalake ng Ephraim sa kaniya, Bakit ginawa mo sa amin ang ganyan, na hindi mo kami tinawag nang ikaw ay yumaong makipaglaban sa Madian? At siya'y pinagwikaan nilang mainam. 2At sinabi niya sa kanila, Ano ang aking ginawa ngayon na paris ng inyo? Di ba mainam ang pagsimot ng ubas ng Ephraim kay sa pagaani ng sa Abiezer? 3Ibinigay ng Dios sa inyong kamay ang mga prinsipe sa Madian, si Oreb, at si Zeeb, at ano ang aking magagawa na paris ng inyo? Nang magkagayo'y ang kanilang galit sa kaniya ay lumamig, nang kaniyang sabihin yaon. 4At si Gedeon ay dumating sa Jordan, at siya'y tumawid, siya, at ang tatlong daang lalake na mga kasama niya, mga pagod na, ay humahabol pa. 5At sinabi niya sa mga lalake sa Succoth, Isinasamo ko sa inyo na bigyan ninyo ng mga tinapay ang bayan na sumusunod sa akin; sapagka't sila'y mga pagod, at aking hinahabol si Zeba at si Zalmunna, na mga hari sa Madian. 6At sinabi ng mga prinsipe sa Succoth, Nasa iyo na bang kamay ngayon ang mga kamay ni Zeba at ni Zalmunna, upang bigyan namin ng tinapay ang iyong hukbo? 7At sinabi ni Gedeon, Kaya, pagka ibinigay ng Panginoon, si Zeba at si Zalmunna sa aking kamay, ay akin ngang gagalusan ang inyong laman ng mga tinik sa ilang at ng mga dawag. 8At inahon niya mula roon ang Penuel, at siya'y nagsalita sa kanila ng gayon din: at sinagot siya ng mga lalake sa Penuel na gaya ng isinagot ng mga lalake sa Succoth. 9At sinalita niya naman sa mga lalake sa Penuel, na sinasabi, Pagbabalik kong payapa, ay aking ilalagpak ang moog na ito. 10Ngayo'y si Zeba at si Zalmunna ay nasa Carcor, at ang kanilang mga hukbo na kasama nila, na may labing limang libong lalake, yaong lahat na nalabi sa buong hukbo ng mga anak sa silanganan: sapagka't nabuwal ang isang daan at dalawang pung libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak. 11At si Gedeon ay umahon sa daan ng mga tumatahan sa mga tolda sa silanganan ng Noba at Jogbea, at sinaktan ang hukbo; sapagka't ang hukbo ay tiwasay. 12At si Zeba at si Zalmunna ay tumakas; at kaniyang hinabol sila: at kaniyang hinuli ang dalawang hari sa Madian, na si Zeba at si Zalmunna, at nalito ang buong hukbo. 13At tinalikdan ni Gedeon na anak ni Joas ang pagbabaka, mula sa sampahan sa Heres. 14At hinuli niya ang isang may kabataan sa mga lalake sa Succoth, at nagusisa siya sa kaniya: at ipinaalam sa kaniya ang mga prinsipe sa Succoth, at ang mga matanda niyaon na pitong pu't pitong lalake. 15At sila'y naparoon sa mga lalake sa Succoth, at sinabi, Narito si Zeba at si Zalmunna, na tungkol sa kanila, ay inyo akong tinuya na inyong sinasabi, Nasa iyo na bang kamay ngayon ang mga kamay ni Zeba at ni Zalmunna, upang bigyan namin ng tinapay ang iyong mga lalake na mga pagod? 16At kaniyang kinuha ang mga matanda sa bayan, at mga tinik sa ilang at mga dawag, at sa pamamagitan ng mga yaon ay kaniyang tinuruan ang mga lalake sa Succoth. 17At kaniyang inilagpak ang moog ng Penuel, at pinatay ang mga lalake sa bayan. 18Nang magkagayo'y kaniyang sinabi kay Zeba at kay Zalmunna. Anong mga lalake yaong inyong pinatay sa Tabor? At sila'y sumagot, Kung ano ikaw ay gayon sila; bawa't isa'y nahuhuwad sa mga anak ng isang hari. 19At kaniyang sinabi, Sila'y aking mga kapatid, na mga anak ng aking ina: buhay ang Panginoon, kung inyong iniligtas sana silang buhay, disin hindi ko kayo papatayin. 20At sinabi niya kay Jether na kaniyang panganay, Bangon, at patayin mo sila. Nguni't ang bata'y hindi humawak ng tabak: sapagka't siya'y natakot, dahil sa siya'y bata pa. 21Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Zeba at ni Zalmunna, Bumangon ka, at daluhungin mo kami: sapagka't kung paano ang pagkalalake ay gayon ang kaniyang lakas. At bumangon si Gedeon, at pinatay si Zeba at si Zalmunna, at kinuha ang mga pahiyas na may anyong kalahating buwan na nasa mga leeg ng kanilang mga kamelyo. 22Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng mga lalake ng Israel kay Gedeon, Magpuno ka sa amin ngayon, ikaw at ang iyong anak, sapagka't iniligtas mo kami sa kamay ng Madian. 23At sinabi ni Gedeon sa kanila, Hindi ako magpupuno sa inyo, o magpupuno man ang aking anak sa inyo: ang Panginoon ang magpupuno sa inyo. 24At sinabi ni Gedeon sa kanila, Hangad ko ang isang kahilingan sa inyo, na bigyan ako ng bawa't isa sa inyo ng mga hikaw na kaniyang samsam. (Sapagka't sila'y may mga gintong hikaw, dahil sa sila'y mga Ismaelita.) 25At sumagot sila, Ibibigay namin ng buong pagibig. At sila'y naglatag ng isang balabal, at inilagay roon ng bawa't isa ang mga hikaw na kaniyang samsam. 26At ang timbang ng mga gintong hikaw na kaniyang hiniling, ay isang libo at pitong daang siklong ginto; bukod pa ang mga pahiyas na may anyong kalahating buwan, at ang mga hikaw at ang mga damit na morado na suot ng mga hari sa Madian, at bukod pa ang mga tanikala na nangasa leeg ng mga kamelyo. 27At ginawang epod ni Gedeon at inilagay sa kaniyang bayan, sa makatuwid baga'y sa Ophra: at ang buong Israel ay naparoroon na sumasamba sa kaniya roon: at siyang naging ikinasilo ni Gedeon at ng kaniyang sangbahayan. 28Gayon napasuko ang Madian sa harap ng mga anak ni Israel, at hindi na nila itinaas pa ang kanilang ulo. At ang lupain ay nagpahingang apat na pung taon sa mga araw ni Gedeon. 29At si Jerobaal na anak ni Joas ay yumaon at tumahan sa kaniyang sariling bahay. 30At nagkaroon si Gedeon ng pitong pung anak na lumabas sa kaniyang mga balakang: sapagka't siya'y mayroong maraming asawa. 31At ang kaniyang babae na nasa Sichem ay nagkaanak naman sa kaniya ng isang lalake, at kaniyang tinawag ang pangalan na Abimelech. 32At namatay si Gedeon na anak ni Joas na may mabuting katandaan at inilibing sa libingan ni Joas na kaniyang ama, sa Ophra ng mga Abiezerita. 33At nangyari, pagkamatay ni Gedeon, na ang mga anak ni Israel ay bumalik at sumamba sa mga Baal, at ginawang kanilang dios ang Baal-berith. 34At hindi naalaala ng mga anak ni Israel ang Panginoon nilang Dios, na siyang nagpapaging laya sa kanila sa kamay ng lahat nilang mga kaaway sa buong palibot: 35O gumanti man lamang ng kagandahang loob sa sangbahayan ni Jerobaal, na siyang Gedeon ayon sa lahat ng kabutihan na kaniyang ipinakita sa Israel.
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.
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