< اَلْقُضَاة 6 >
وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَدَفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَدِ مِدْيَانَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ. | ١ 1 |
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
فَٱعْتَزَّتْ يَدُ مِدْيَانَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. بِسَبَبِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ عَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمِ ٱلْكُهُوفَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْجِبَالِ وَٱلْمَغَايِرَ وَٱلْحُصُونَ. | ٢ 2 |
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
وَإِذَا زَرَعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، كَانَ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيُّونَ وَٱلْعَمَالِقَةُ وَبَنُو ٱلْمَشْرِقِ، يَصْعَدُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ، | ٣ 3 |
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up against them.
وَيَنْزِلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُتْلِفُونَ غَلَّةَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى مَجِيئِكَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَلَا يَتْرُكُونَ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ قُوتَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ، وَلَا غَنَمًا وَلَا بَقَرًا وَلَا حَمِيرًا. | ٤ 4 |
And they camped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and they left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey.
لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ بِمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَخِيَامِهِمْ وَيَجِيئُونَ كَٱلْجَرَادِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ وَلِجِمَالِهِمْ عَدَدٌ، وَدَخَلُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ لِكَيْ يُخْرِبُوهَا. | ٥ 5 |
For they came up with their livestock and their tents and their camels. They would come in like locusts in number, and they were innumerable. And they came into the land to ravage it.
فَذَلَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ جِدًّا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ. وَصَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٦ 6 |
Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
وَكَانَ لَمَّا صَرَخَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ بِسَبَبِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ | ٧ 7 |
It happened, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,
أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَرْسَلَ رَجُلًا نَبِيًّا إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِّي قَدْ أَصْعَدْتُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ، | ٨ 8 |
that the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ مُضَايِقِيكُمْ، وَطَرَدْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ وَأَعْطَيْتُكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ. | ٩ 9 |
and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
وَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا آلِهَةَ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْتُمْ سَاكِنُونَ أَرْضَهُمْ. وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِي». | ١٠ 10 |
and I said to you, "I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.'"
وَأَتَى مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَلَسَ تَحْتَ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي عَفْرَةَ ٱلَّتِي لِيُوآشَ ٱلْأَبِيعَزَرِيِّ. وَٱبْنُهُ جِدْعُونُ كَانَ يَخْبِطُ حِنْطَةً فِي ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ لِكَيْ يُهَرِّبَهَا مِنَ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ. | ١١ 11 |
The angel of the LORD came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
فَظَهَرَ لَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَكَ يَا جَبَّارَ ٱلْبَأْسِ». | ١٢ 12 |
The angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."
فَقَالَ لَهُ جِدْعُونُ: «أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي، إِذَا كَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَنَا فَلِمَاذَا أَصَابَتْنَا كُلُّ هَذِهِ؟ وَأَيْنَ كُلُّ عَجَائِبِهِ ٱلَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا بِهَا آبَاؤُنَا قَائِلِينَ: أَلَمْ يُصْعِدْنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟ وَٱلْآنَ قَدْ رَفَضَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَجَعَلَنَا فِي كَفِّ مِدْيَانَ». | ١٣ 13 |
Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."
فَٱلْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبْ بِقُوَّتِكَ هَذِهِ وَخَلِّصْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ كَفِّ مِدْيَانَ. أَمَا أَرْسَلْتُكَ؟» | ١٤ 14 |
The LORD looked at him, and said, "Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Look, haven't I sent you?"
فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي، بِمَاذَا أُخَلِّصُ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ هَا عَشِيرَتِي هِيَ ٱلذُّلَّى فِي مَنَسَّى، وَأَنَا ٱلْأَصْغَرُ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِي». | ١٥ 15 |
He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Look, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَكُونُ مَعَكَ، وَسَتَضْرِبُ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ». | ١٦ 16 |
And the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَٱصْنَعْ لِي عَلَامَةً أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تُكَلِّمُنِي. | ١٧ 17 |
He said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
لَا تَبْرَحْ مِنْ هَهُنَا حَتَّى آتِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَأُخْرِجَ تَقْدِمَتِي وَأَضَعَهَا أَمَامَكَ». فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَبْقَى حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ». | ١٨ 18 |
Please do not go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."
فَدَخَلَ جِدْعُونُ وَعَمِلَ جَدْيَ مِعْزًى وَإِيفَةَ دَقِيقٍ فَطِيرًا. أَمَّا ٱللَّحْمُ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي سَلٍّ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَرَقُ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي قِدْرٍ، وَخَرَجَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ إِلَى تَحْتِ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ وَقَدَّمَهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱللهِ: «خُذِ ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلْفَطِيرَ وَضَعْهُمَا عَلَى تِلْكَ ٱلصَّخْرَةِ وَٱسْكُبِ ٱلْمَرَقَ». فَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.
فَمَدَّ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ طَرَفَ ٱلْعُكَّازِ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ وَمَسَّ ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلْفَطِيرَ، فَصَعِدَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ ٱلصَّخْرَةِ وَأَكَلَتِ ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلْفَطِيرَ. وَذَهَبَ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
فَرَأَى جِدْعُونُ أَنَّهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ: «آهِ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلرَّبَّ! لِأَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَلَاكَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجْهًا لِوَجْهٍ.» | ٢٢ 22 |
Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord GOD. Because I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."
فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱلسَّلَامُ لَكَ. لَا تَخَفْ. لَا تَمُوتُ». | ٢٣ 23 |
The LORD said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not be afraid. You shall not die."
فَبَنَى جِدْعُونُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ وَدَعَاهُ «يَهْوَهَ شَلُومَ». إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي عَفْرَةِ ٱلْأَبِيعَزَرِيِّينَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it "The LORD is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
وَكَانَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَالَ لَهُ: «خُذْ ثَوْرَ ٱلْبَقَرِ ٱلَّذِي لِأَبِيكَ، وَثَوْرًا ثَانِيًا ٱبْنَ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ، وَٱهْدِمْ مَذْبَحَ ٱلْبَعْلِ ٱلَّذِي لِأَبِيكَ، وَٱقْطَعِ ٱلسَّارِيَةَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُ، | ٢٥ 25 |
It happened the same night, that the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it;
وَٱبْنِ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ عَلَى رَأْسِ هَذَا ٱلْحِصْنِ بِتَرْتِيبٍ، وَخُذِ ٱلثَّوْرَ ٱلثَّانِي وَأَصْعِدْ مُحْرَقَةً عَلَى حَطَبِ ٱلسَّارِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَقْطَعُهَا. | ٢٦ 26 |
and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."
فَأَخَذَ جِدْعُونُ عَشْرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ وَعَمِلَ كَمَا كَلَّمَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ. وَإِذْ كَانَ يَخَافُ مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ ذَلِكَ نَهَارًا، فَعَمِلَهُ لَيْلًا. | ٢٧ 27 |
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken to him: and it came about, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
فَبَكَّرَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَإِذَا بِمَذْبَحِ ٱلْبَعْلِ قَدْ هُدِمَ وَٱلسَّارِيَةُ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُ قَدْ قُطِعَتْ، وَٱلثَّوْرُ ٱلثَّانِي قَدْ أُصْعِدَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي بُنِيَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
When the men of the city arose early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
فَقَالُوا ٱلْوَاحِدُ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «مَنْ عَمِلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ؟» فَسَأَلُوا وَبَحَثُوا فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّ جِدْعُونَ بْنَ يُوآشَ قَدْ فَعَلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ». | ٢٩ 29 |
And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" When they inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
فَقَالَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِيُوآشَ: «أَخْرِجِ ٱبْنَكَ لِكَيْ يَمُوتَ، لِأَنَّهُ هَدَمَ مَذْبَحَ ٱلْبَعْلِ وَقَطَعَ ٱلسَّارِيَةَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُ». | ٣٠ 30 |
Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."
فَقَالَ يُوآشُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْقَائِمِينَ عَلَيْهِ: «أَنْتُمْ تُقَاتِلُونَ لِلْبَعْلِ، أَمْ أَنْتُمْ تُخَلِّصُونَهُ؟ مَنْ يُقَاتِلْ لَهُ يُقْتَلْ فِي هَذَا ٱلصَّبَاحِ. إِنْ كَانَ إِلَهًا فَلْيُقَاتِلْ لِنَفْسِهِ لِأَنَّ مَذْبَحَهُ قَدْ هُدِمَ». | ٣١ 31 |
Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."
فَدَعَاهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ «يَرُبَّعْلَ» قَائِلًا: «لِيُقَاتِلْهُ ٱلْبَعْلُ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ هَدَمَ مَذْبَحَهُ». | ٣٢ 32 |
Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."
وَٱجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْعَمَالِقَةِ وَبَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ مَعًا وَعَبَرُوا وَنَزَلُوا فِي وَادِي يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Then all Midian and Amalek and the Kedemites assembled themselves together; and they crossed over, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
وَلَبِسَ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ جِدْعُونَ فَضَرَبَ بِٱلْبُوقِ، فَٱجْتَمَعَ أَبِيعَزَرُ وَرَاءَهُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى جَمِيعِ مَنَسَّى، فَٱجْتَمَعَ هُوَ أَيْضًا وَرَاءَهُ، وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى أَشِيرَ وَزَبُولُونَ وَنَفْتَالِي فَصَعِدُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
وَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ لِلهِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تُخَلِّصُ بِيَدِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ، | ٣٦ 36 |
Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
فَهَا إِنِّي وَاضِعٌ جَزَّةَ ٱلصُّوفِ فِي ٱلْبَيْدَرِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ طَلٌّ عَلَى ٱلْجَزَّةِ وَحْدَهَا، وَجَفَافٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا، عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ تُخَلِّصُ بِيَدِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ». | ٣٧ 37 |
look, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken."
وَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ. فَبَكَّرَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَضَغَطَ ٱلْجَزَّةَ وَعَصَرَ طَّلًا مِنَ ٱلْجَزَّةِ، مِلْءَ قَصْعَةٍ مَاءً. | ٣٨ 38 |
It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ لِلهِ: «لَا يَحْمَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَيَّ فَأَتَكَلَّمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ. أَمْتَحِنُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ بِٱلْجَزَّةِ. فَلْيَكُنْ جَفَافٌ فِي ٱلْجَزَّةِ وَحْدَهَا وَعَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَكُنْ طَلٌّ». | ٣٩ 39 |
Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
فَفَعَلَ ٱللهُ كَذَلِكَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ. فَكَانَ جَفَافٌ فِي ٱلْجَزَّةِ وَحْدَهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا كَانَ طَلٌّ. | ٤٠ 40 |
God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew all over the ground.