Књига о судијама 8

1 А људи од племена Јефремовог рекоше му: Шта нам то учини те нас не позва кад пође у бој на Мадијане? И викаху на њ жестоко.

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

2 А он им рече: Па шта сам учинио тако као ви? Није ли пабирчење Јефремово боље него берба Авијезерова?

And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

3 Вама је у руке дао Господ кнезове мадијанске, Орива и Зива; па шта ја могох учинити тако као ви? Тада се утиша дух њихов према њему кад тако говори.

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

4 А кад Гедеон дође на Јордан, пређе преко њега с триста људи који беху с њим, а беху уморни гонећи.

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

5 Па рече људима Сокоћанима: Дајте неколико хлебова народу који иде за мном, јер су уморни, а ја гоним Зевеја и Салмана цареве мадијанске.

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

6 А главари сокотски рекоше му: Је ли песница Зевејева и Салманова већ у твојој руци да дамо хлеба твојој војсци?

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

7 А Гедеон им рече: Кад ми Бог преда Зевеја и Салмана у руке, тада ћу помлатити телеса ваша трњем из ове пустиње и драчом.

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

8 И отиде оданде у Фануил, и рече Фануиљанима исто онако, а они му одговорише као што одговорише људи у Сокоту.

So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

9 Зато и људима Фануиљанима рече: Кад се вратим здраво, развалићу ту кулу.

So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.

10 А Зевеј и Салман беху у Каркору, и војска њихова с њима, око петнаест хиљада, што их год оста од све војске источне; а побијених беше сто и двадесет хиљада људи који махаху мачем.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.

11 И отиде Гедеон преко оних што живе под шаторима, с истока Нови и Јогвеји, и удари на војску кад војска стајаше безбрижна.

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.

12 А Зевеј и Салман побегоше, а он их потера, и ухвати два цара мадијанска, Зевеја и Салмана, и распуди сву војску.

And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

13 И врати се Гедеон син Јоасов из боја пре сунчаног рођаја.

Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:

14 И ухвати момка из Сокота, и испитива га; а он му пописа кнезове сокотске и старешине, седамдесет и седам људи.

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

15 Па кад дође к Сокоћанима, рече: Ево Зевеја и Салмана, за које ми се ругасте говорећи: Је ли песница Зевејева и Салманова већ у твојој руци, да дамо хлеба уморним људима твојим?

So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

16 И узевши старешине оног места и трња из пустиње и драче даде на њима углед Сокоћанима.

Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

17 И кулу фануилску развали и поби људе тамошње.

And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.

18 Потом рече Зевеју и Салману: Какви беху људи које побисте на Тавору? А они рекоше: Такви као ти; сваки беше на очима као царски син.

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.

19 А он рече: То беху моја браћа, синови моје матере. Тако Господ био жив! Да сте их оставили у животу, не бих вас погубио.

And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

20 Тада рече Јетеру првенцу свом: Устани, погуби их. Али дете не извуче мач свој, јер се бојаше, јер беше још дете.

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

21 Тада рече Зевеј и Салман: Устани ти, уложи на нас; јер какав је човек онаква му је и снага. И уставши Гедеон погуби Зевеја и Салмана, и узе месечиће који беху о вратовима камила њихових.

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

22 Потом рекоше Израиљци Гедеону: Буди нам господар ти и син твој и син сина твог, јер си нас избавио из руке мадијанске.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

23 А Гедеон им рече: Нећу вам ја бити господар, нити ће вам син мој бити господар; Господ ће вам бити Господар.

But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.

24 Још им рече Гедеон: Једно ћу искати од вас: да ми дате сваки гривну од плена свог. А гривне имаху златне, јер беху Исмаиљци.

Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 И одговорише: Даћемо драге воље. И разастрвши хаљину бацише на њу гривне, сваки од плена свог.

And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

26 И беше на меру златних гривана што изиска хиљаду и седам стотина сикала злата, осим месечића и ланчића и хаљина скерлетних, што ношаху цареви мадијански, и осим литарова, што беху око врата камила њихових.

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

27 И Гедеон начини од тога оплећак, и остави га у свом граду Офри; и онде сав Израиљ стаде чинити прељубу за њим, и би Гедеону и дому његовом замка.

And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

28 Тако бише покорени Мадијани пред синовима Израиљевим, и више не дигоше главе. И земља би мирна четрдесет година за века Гедеоновог.

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

29 И отишавши Јеровал син Јоасов оста у својој кући.

And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

30 И имаше Гедеон седамдесет синова, који изиђоше од бедара његових, јер имаше много жена.

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

31 И иноча његова, која беше у Сихему, и она му роди сина, и наде му име Авимелех.

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

32 Потом умре Гедеон син Јоасов у доброј старости, и би погребен у гробу Јоаса оца свог Авијезерита у Офри.

And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 И кад умре Гедеон, опет синови Израиљеви чинише прељубу за Валима, и поставише себи Вал-Верита за бога.

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

34 И не сећаше се синови Израиљеви Господа Бога свог, који их је избавио из руку свих непријатеља њихових унаоколо.

And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

35 И не учинише милости дому Јеровала Гедеона према свему добру што је он учинио Израиљу.

And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.