Judges 8
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.
Efraims-mennerne sagde til Gideon: «Korleis er det du hev bore deg imot oss! Kvi sende du’kje bod etter oss då du tok ut i striden mot midjanitare?» Og dei tok kvast på honom.
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?
Då sagde han til deim: «Kva hev eg gjort no som kann liknast med det de hev gjort? Var’kje etterrakstren åt Efraim betre enn avlingi åt Abiezer?
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.
I dykkar hender gav Gud midjanitar-hovdingarne, Oreb og Ze’eb! Og kva hev eg vunnest gjort, so eg kunde mæla meg med dykk?» Då han tala so, logna dei og var’kje vonde på honom lenger.
4 And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
Gideon kom til Jordan, og for yver, han og dei tri hundrad mann som var med honom, og dei var trøytte og svoltne.
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.
Då sagde han til Sukkot-mennerne: «Kjære, gjev folki som fylgjer meg nokre matbitar! Dei er trøytte, og eg elter Zebah og Salmunna, Midjans-kongarne.»
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?
Men hovdingarne i Sukkot sagde: «Hev du alt fenge kloi i Zebah og Salmunna, sidan me skal gjeva heren din mat?»
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.
«Godt!» svara Gideon, «når Herren hev gjeve Zebah og Salmunna i henderne mine, so skal eg treskja kropparne dykkar med villtornar og tistlar.»
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.
So for han upp til Penuel, og tala like eins der, og Penuels-mennerne svara honom på same vis som Sukkot-buarne hadde svara.
9 And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Då sagde han til deim og: «Kjem eg vel heim att, so skal eg riva ned denne borgi.»
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.
Zebah og Salmunna låg i Karkor med heren sin, um lag femtan tusund mann; det var alt som var att av heile austmannheren, og hundrad og tjuge tusund våpnføre menner var falne.
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.
Og Gideon for uppetter driftevegen austanfor Nobah og Jogbea og kom yver fiendeheren, med dei låg ottelause i lægret.
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.
Zebah og Salmunna rømde, men han sette etter deim; han tok båe Midjans-kongarne, Zebah og Salmunna, og støkte heile heren ifrå einannan.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
Då Gideon Joasson var komen til Solskardet, vende han heim att frå striden.
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.
Han fekk tak i ein gut som høyrde heime i Sukkot, og spurde honom ut; og guten skreiv upp for honom hovdingarne og styresmennerne i Sukkot, sju og sytti mann.
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?
Då han so kom til Sukkot-buarne, sagde han: «Sjå her er Zebah og Salmunna, dei som de spotta meg med då de sagde: «Hev du alt fenge kloi i Zebah og Salmunna, sidan me skal gjeva mat til dei trøytte mennerne dine?»»
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.
So greip han styresmennerne i byen, og han tok villtornar og tistlar, og tukta med deim Sukkot-buarne.
17 And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
Penuelborgi reiv han ned, og slo i hel mennerne i byen.
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.
Sidan sagde han til Zebah og Salmunna: «Korleis såg dei ut, dei mennerne som de slo i hel på Tabor?» «Dei var like eins som du, » svara dei. «Kvar var som ein kongsson på skapnad».
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.
«Då var det brørne mine, » sagde han, «sønerne åt mi eigi mor. So sant Herren liver: hadde de spart livet deira, skulde eg ikkje ha drepe dykk.»
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.
So sagde han til Jeter, eldste son sin: «Gakk fram, og slå deim i hel!» Men guten drog ikkje sverdet sitt. Han torde ikkje; han var endå berre ein gut.
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.
Då sagde Zebah og Salmunna: «Kom du og hogg oss ned! Det vil manns nerk til å gjera manns verk.» So gjekk Gideon fram, og slo Zebah og Salmunna i hel, og tok sylgjorne som kamelarne deira hadde kring halsen.
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.
Og Israels-mennerne sagde til Gideon: «Du skal vera kongen vår, både du og son din og soneson din; for du hev berga oss frå midjanitarne!»
23 And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Jehovah shall rule over you.
Men Gideon svara: «Ikkje vil eg vera kongen dykkar, og ikkje skal son min vera det; Herren skal vera kongen dykkar!»
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.)
Sidan sagde Gideon til deim: «Eg vil beda dykk um ein ting: at de alle vil gjeva meg dei ringarne de hev vunne i krigen!» For Midjans-mennerne gjekk med gullringar; dei var ismaelitar.
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.
«Det skal du då visst få, » svara dei. So breidde dei ut ei kåpa, og på den kasta alle mann dei ringarne dei hadde vunne i krigen.
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.
Då dei so vog gullringane som han hadde bede um, so var det halvonnor vog gull, umfram gullsylgjorne og øyredobborne og purpurklædi som midjanitarkongarne hadde havt på seg, og umfram lekkjorne som kamelarne deira hadde bore kring halsen.
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.
Av gullet gjorde Gideon eit gudsbilæte. Det sette han upp i Ofra, heimbygdi si; heile Israel dyrka det der som ein avgud, og det vart til ulukka for Gideon og hans hus.
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.
Soleis laut Midjan bøygja seg under Israel, og vann ikkje reisa hovudet meir, og sidan hadde landet ro i fyrti år, so lenge som Gideon livde.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
So for Jerubba’al Joasson heim att til garden sin, og vart buande der.
30 And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his body, for he had many wives.
Han, Gideon, hadde sytti søner, som var hans eigne born; for han hadde mange konor.
31 And his concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
Med fylgjekona si i Sikem fekk han ein son, og kalla han Abimelek.
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.
Gideon Joasson døydde i høg alder, og vart nedsett i gravstaden åt Joas, far sin, i Ofra, bygdi åt Abiezer-ætti.
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.
Då Gideon var burte, tok Israels-sønerne atter til å halda seg med avgudarne, og gjorde Sambands-Ba’al til guden sin.
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,
Israels-sønerne kom ikkje i hug Herren, sin Gud, som hadde berga deim frå alle fiendar rundt ikring;
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.
og dei gjorde ikkje vel mot Jerubba’als, Gideons, ætt for alt det gode han hadde gjort Israel.
