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1 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.
And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] thou hast done to us, in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.
2 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?
And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 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.
The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.
4 Gideon kom til Jordan, og for yver, han og dei tri hundrad mann som var med honom, og dei var trøytte og svoltne.
And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.
5 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.»
And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
6 Men hovdingarne i Sukkot sagde: «Hev du alt fenge kloi i Zebah og Salmunna, sidan me skal gjeva heren din mat?»
And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy host?
7 «Godt!» svara Gideon, «når Herren hev gjeve Zebah og Salmunna i henderne mine, so skal eg treskja kropparne dykkar med villtornar og tistlar.»
And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.
8 So for han upp til Penuel, og tala like eins der, og Penuels-mennerne svara honom på same vis som Sukkot-buarne hadde svara.
And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him.
9 Då sagde han til deim og: «Kjem eg vel heim att, so skal eg riva ned denne borgi.»
And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 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.
And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.
11 Og Gideon for uppetter driftevegen austanfor Nobah og Jogbea og kom yver fiendeheren, med dei låg ottelause i lægret.
And Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he smote the host, and the host was secure.
12 Zebah og Salmunna rømde, men han sette etter deim; han tok båe Midjans-kongarne, Zebah og Salmunna, og støkte heile heren ifrå einannan.
And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.
13 Då Gideon Joasson var komen til Solskardet, vende han heim att frå striden.
And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.
14 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.
And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
15 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?»»
And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom ye reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?
16 So greip han styresmennerne i byen, og han tok villtornar og tistlar, og tukta med deim Sukkot-buarne.
And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.
17 Penuelborgi reiv han ned, og slo i hel mennerne i byen.
And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 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».
And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom ye slew in Thabor? and they said, As thou, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.
19 «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.»
And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if ye had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
20 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.
And he said to Jether his first-born, Rise and slay them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.
21 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.
And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise thou and fall upon us, for thy power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
22 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!»
And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Madiam.
23 Men Gideon svara: «Ikkje vil eg vera kongen dykkar, og ikkje skal son min vera det; Herren skal vera kongen dykkar!»
And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.
24 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.
And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do ye give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.
25 «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.
And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
26 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.
And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
27 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.
And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling-block to Gedeon and his house.
28 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.
And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.
29 So for Jerubba’al Joasson heim att til garden sin, og vart buande der.
And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.
30 Han, Gideon, hadde sytti søner, som var hans eigne born; for han hadde mange konor.
And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
31 Med fylgjekona si i Sikem fekk han ein son, og kalla han Abimelek.
And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
32 Gideon Joasson døydde i høg alder, og vart nedsett i gravstaden åt Joas, far sin, i Ofra, bygdi åt Abiezer-ætti.
And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.
33 Då Gideon var burte, tok Israels-sønerne atter til å halda seg med avgudarne, og gjorde Sambands-Ba’al til guden sin.
And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
34 Israels-sønerne kom ikkje i hug Herren, sin Gud, som hadde berga deim frå alle fiendar rundt ikring;
And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
35 og dei gjorde ikkje vel mot Jerubba’als, Gideons, ætt for alt det gode han hadde gjort Israel.
And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.
