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وَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ أَفْرَايِمَ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلْتَ بِنَا، إِذْ لَمْ تَدْعُنَا عِنْدَ ذِهَابِكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ؟». وَخَاصَمُوهُ بِشِدَّةٍ. ١ 1
And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتُ ٱلْآنَ نَظِيرَكُمْ؟ أَلَيْسَ خُصَاصَةُ أَفْرَايِمَ خَيْرًا مِنْ قِطَافِ أَبِيعَزَرَ؟ ٢ 2
And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
لِيَدِكُمْ دَفَعَ ٱللهُ أَمِيرَيِ ٱلْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ غُرَابًا وَذِئْبًا. وَمَاذَا قَدِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ نَظِيرَكُمْ؟». حِينَئِذٍ ٱرْتَخَتْ رُوحُهُمْ عَنْهُ عِنْدَمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ. ٣ 3
God has delivered into your hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.
وَجَاءَ جِدْعُونُ إِلَى ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ وَعَبَرَ هُوَ وَٱلثَّلَاثُ مِئَةِ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ مُعْيِينَ وَمُطَارِدِينَ. ٤ 4
And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِ سُكُّوتَ: «أَعْطُوا أَرْغِفَةَ خُبْزٍ لِلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعِي لِأَنَّهُمْ مُعْيُونَ، وَأَنَا سَاعٍ وَرَاءَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ مَلِكَيْ مِدْيَانَ». ٥ 5
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, 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.
فَقَالَ رُؤَسَاءُ سُكُّوتَ: «هَلْ أَيْدِي زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْآنَ حَتَّى نُعْطِيَ جُنْدَكَ خُبْزًا؟» ٦ 6
And the rulers of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we should give bread to thine army?
فَقَالَ جِدْعُونُ: «لِذَلِكَ عِنْدَمَا يَدْفَعُ ٱلرَّبُّ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ بِيَدِي أَدْرُسُ لَحْمَكُمْ مَعَ أَشْوَاكِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ بِٱلنَّوَارِجِ». ٧ 7
And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
وَصَعِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى فَنُوئِيلَ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ هَكَذَا. فَأَجَابَهُ أَهْلُ فَنُوئِيلَ كَمَا أَجَابَ أَهْلُ سُكُّوتَ، ٨ 8
And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
فَكَلَّمَ أَيْضًا أَهْلَ فَنُوئِيلَ قَائِلًا: «عِنْدَ رُجُوعِي بِسَلَامٍ أَهْدِمُ هَذَا ٱلْبُرْجَ». ٩ 9
And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
وَكَانَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ فِي قَرْقَرَ وَجَيْشُهُمَا مَعَهُمَا نَحْوُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا، كُلُّ ٱلْبَاقِينَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ جَيْشِ بَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ. وَٱلَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا مِئَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَرِطِي ٱلسَّيْفِ. ١٠ 10
Now 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 sons of the east, for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew a sword.
وَصَعِدَ جِدْعُونُ فِي طَرِيقِ سَاكِنِي ٱلْخِيَامِ شَرْقِيَّ نُوبَحَ وَيُجْبَهَةَ، وَضَرَبَ ٱلْجَيْشَ وَكَانَ ٱلْجَيْشُ مُطْمَئِنًّا. ١١ 11
And Gideon went up by the way of those who dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the army, for the army was confident.
فَهَرَبَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ، فَتَبِعَهُمَا وَأَمْسَكَ مَلِكَيْ مِدْيَانَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ وَأَزْعَجَ كُلَّ ٱلْجَيْشِ. ١٢ 12
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 army.
وَرَجَعَ جِدْعُونُ بْنُ يُوآشَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْبِ مِنْ عِنْدِ عَقَبَةِ حَارَسَ. ١٣ 13
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
وَأَمْسَكَ غُلَامًا مِنْ أَهْلِ سُكُّوتَ وَسَأَلَهُ، فَكَتَبَ لَهُ رُؤَسَاءَ سُكُّوتَ وَشُيُوخَهَا، سَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا. ١٤ 14
And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him. And he described for him the rulers of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.
وَدَخَلَ إِلَى أَهْلِ سُكُّوتَ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ ٱللَّذَانِ عَيَّرْتُمُونِي بِهِمَا قَائِلِينَ: هَلْ أَيْدِي زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْآنَ حَتَّى نُعْطِي رِجَالَكَ ٱلْمُعْيِينَ خُبْزًا؟» ١٥ 15
And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye taunted me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men who are weary?
وَأَخَذَ شُيُوخَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَأَشْوَاكَ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَٱلنَّوَارِجَ وَعَلَّمَ بِهَا أَهْلَ سُكُّوتَ. ١٦ 16
And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
وَهَدَمَ بُرْجَ فَنُوئِيلَ وَقَتَلَ رِجَالَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. ١٧ 17
And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
وَقَالَ لِزَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ: «كَيْفَ ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلْتُمَاهُمْ فِي تَابُورَ؟» فَقَالَا: «مَثَلُهُمْ مَثَلُكَ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ كَصُورَةِ أَوْلَادِ مَلِكٍ». ١٨ 18
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye killed at Tabor? And they answered, As thou are, so were they. Each one resembled the sons of a king.
فَقَالَ: «هُمْ إِخْوَتِي بَنُو أُمِّي. حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ لَوِ ٱسْتَحْيَيْتُمَاهُمْ لَمَا قَتَلْتُكُمَا!». ١٩ 19
And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Jehovah lives, if ye had saved them alive, I would not kill you.
وَقَالَ لِيَثَرَ بِكْرِهِ: «قُمِ ٱقْتُلْهُمَا». فَلَمْ يَخْتَرِطِ ٱلْغُلَامُ سَيْفَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ خَافَ، بِمَا أَنَّهُ فَتًى بَعْدُ. ٢٠ 20
And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth did not draw his sword, for he feared because he was yet a youth.
فَقَالَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنَّاعُ: «قُمْ أَنْتَ وَقَعْ عَلَيْنَا، لِأَنَّهُ مِثْلُ ٱلرَّجُلِ بَطْشُهُ». فَقَامَ جِدْعُونُ وَقَتَلَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنَّاعَ، وَأَخَذَ ٱلْأَهِلَّةَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَعْنَاقِ جِمَالِهِمَا. ٢١ 21
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
وَقَالَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِجِدْعُونَ: «تَسَلَّطْ عَلَيْنَا أَنْتَ وَٱبْنُكَ وَٱبْنُ ٱبْنِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ خَلَّصْتَنَا مِنْ يَدِ مِدْيَانَ». ٢٢ 22
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also, for thou have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ جِدْعُونُ: «لَا أَتَسَلَّطُ أَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا يَتَسَلَّطُ ٱبْنِي عَلَيْكُمُ. اَلرَّبُّ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَيْكُمْ». ٢٣ 23
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Jehovah shall rule over you.
ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ جِدْعُونُ: «أَطْلُبُ مِنْكُمْ طِلْبَةً: أَنْ تُعْطُونِي كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَقْرَاطَ غَنِيمَتِهِ». لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُمْ أَقْرَاطُ ذَهَبٍ لِأَنَّهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلِيُّونَ. ٢٤ 24
And Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّنَا نُعْطِي». وَفَرَشُوا رِدَاءً وَطَرَحُوا عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَقْرَاطَ غَنِيمَتِهِ. ٢٥ 25
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast in it every man the earrings of his spoil.
وَكَانَ وَزْنُ أَقْرَاطِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي طَلَبَ أَلْفًا وَسَبْعَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ ذَهَبًا، مَا عَدَا ٱلْأَهِلَّةَ وَٱلْحَلَقَ وَأَثْوَابَ ٱلْأُرْجُوَانِ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى مُلُوكِ مِدْيَانَ، وَمَا عَدَا ٱلْقَلَائِدَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَعْنَاقِ جِمَالِهِمْ. ٢٦ 26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
فَصَنَعَ جِدْعُونُ مِنْهَا أَفُودًا وَجَعَلَهُ فِي مَدِينَتِهِ فِي عَفْرَةَ. وَزَنَى كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَرَاءَهُ هُنَاكَ، فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ لِجِدْعُونَ وَبَيْتِهِ فَخًّا. ٢٧ 27
And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
وَذَلَّ مِدْيَانُ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَمْ يَعُودُوا يَرْفَعُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ. وَٱسْتَرَاحَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أَيَّامِ جِدْعُونَ. ٢٨ 28
So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
وَذَهَبَ يَرُبَّعْلُ بْنُ يُوآشَ وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِهِ. ٢٩ 29
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
وَكَانَ لِجِدْعُونَ سَبْعُونَ وَلَدًا خَارِجُونَ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ نِسَاءٌ كَثِيرَاتٌ. ٣٠ 30
And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his body, for he had many wives.
وَسُرِّيَّتُهُ ٱلَّتِي فِي شَكِيمَ وَلَدَتْ لَهُ هِيَ أَيْضًا ٱبْنًا فَسَمَّاهُ أَبِيمَالِكَ. ٣١ 31
And his concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
وَمَاتَ جِدْعُونُ بْنُ يُوآشَ بِشَيْبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ، وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِ يُوآشَ أَبِيهِ فِي عَفْرَةِ أَبِيعَزَرَ. ٣٢ 32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ جِدْعُونَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجَعُوا وَزَنَوْا وَرَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِيمِ، وَجَعَلُوا لَهُمْ بَعَلَ بَرِيثَ إِلَهًا. ٣٣ 33
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ. ٣٤ 34
And the sons of Israel did not remember Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side,
وَلَمْ يَعْمَلُوا مَعْرُوفًا مَعَ بَيْتِ يَرُبَّعْلَ، جِدْعُونَ، نَظِيرَ كُلِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَ مَعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٣٥ 35
neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

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